liz: with us bret baier, host of "special report" with bret baier and bret you got a chance to speakh with mr. geithner about his new book. dave and i were just wondering, what is the most amazing thing you got from this interview? because he did preside over treasury during the toughest time in our lifetime. >> a few things came out of it from my perspective. obviously he defended the moves that the administration made, that he made but he kind of walked back a statement that he made in the "new york times," a piece just recently about his book, where he said that too big to fail preventing these banks to fail, that was misguided policy. that is what he said in the new york types. he kind of walked that back in this interview, saying that you can't definitely say we solved the problem but you can say we made it much, much better and much more stable. there was a lot of back and forth about people reacting to this book. and he stands by a statement that glenn hubbard he says made at a dinner that glenn hubbard, of course former advisor to mitt romney, said we, we know we need to rais

bret? >> live on the north lawn, thank you. >>> new insight this evening on the reasons behind the decision for democrats to participate in the house select committee on benghazi. t mike emanuel reports. >> reporter: a day after naming five house democrats to participate in the men gauzy select committee, nancy pelosi sounded like she's in a rush to wrap up the panel's work. >> been there. done that. what's the purpose? what's the time line? what rt milestones of success that we should be looking for? that's why we send people to that committee. not to validate it. >> reporter: two melt formally today for the fist time to discuss hiring up to 40 staffers, many of whom need to have security clearances or acquire them. the essential building blocks for the probe. john bic bainer says the select committee isn't likely to produce headlines soon. >> they'll have to have time to go through all of those documents. they're going to have to decide, what do we know and what don't we know? and how to

bret? >> mike, thank you. more on that with the panel. for just the second time as we said at the front of the show, the second time since june of 2009, the economy posted a quarterly decline in the first three months of the year. the gross domestic product contracted at an annual rate of 1%. a big change from the initial estimate of a 0.1 point uptick. rich edison is here to tell us what changed. >> good evening. the culprit here is american companies imported more products, stocked fewer items on their shelves than first thought. that shrank domestic product, this report means the u.s. economy was smaller in the first three months of this year than it was at the end of last year. that's a rarity outside of a recessi recession. economists primarily blamed severe winter weather keeping shoppers from stores and workers from construction sites. they say the missing economic activity from the beginning of the year is now returning. investors largely slhrugged off the report as goldman sachs re

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bret? >> wendall, thank you. >>> up next, grilling the prospective person to head up obamacare. up on capitol hill, first here's what some of our fox affiliates across the country are covering tonight. fox 25 in oklahoma city as the state's attorney general agrees to a stay of execution for charles warner who was scheduled to be put to death next after last month's botched execution of another inmate. fox 5 in new york with a preview of tonight's national football league draft at radio city music hall. this year much of the speculation involves which nfl team will select former texas a&m quarterback johnny manziel also known as johnny football. this is a live look at dallas from fox 4, the big story there a late morning rescue of five children caught by rising creek water during a round of thunderstorms. police believe the kids were playing near a drainage tunnel by the creek and were swept in by high water. they say they think the teens were swkinning school. that's the look outside the be

as it turns out bret baier had tommy vietor in the chair last night. he wanted to know who changed the talking points. who soft pedalled the language to make the president look better. you know what? turns out tommy vitor may have been the man. >> did you also change the text to demonstrations in the talking points? >> maybe. i don't really remember. >> you don't snsh >> dude, this is like two years ago. >> dude, it's the thing that everybody is talking about. >> we're talking about processing editing talking points. that's what bureaucrats do all day long. >> he actually does understand that when you change talking points after an ambassador is killed, three other people are dead in a major military operation led by the united states then that's huge and by the way this is a communications expert. this is a man that is supposed to understand the story more than the guy or woman interviewing them and for him to come back and dismissively use the word "dude" in a sentence. >> that's the most disturbing sound and i think because if you examine the tone b

good evening, i'm bret baier. few issues can deeply divide republicans and departments like veterans care. both part eighties took care trying to figure out what had is wrong with the way america treats its war heroes and how to fix it. ed henry is at the white house with the question of accountability for a president who has made big promises. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill where the veterans secretary faced an unhappy group of lawmakers. >> lawmakers are calling for decisive action and not just another government report to solve a deadly problem. >> any allegation, any adverse incident like this makes me mad as hell. >> reporter: more than a month after the revelation that an estimated 40 veterans died for waiting for care at the v.a. facility in arizona, eric shinseki was on the hot seat. >> about minute laigss of appointments scheduling in phoenix, i'm committed to taking all actions necessary to identify exactly what the issues are. to fix them and to strengthen v

good evening, i'm bret baier. the obama administration looks a lot different tonight than it did when we last got together. gone is the president's veterans chief in a highly anticipated move, and on the way out his main spokesman, and something of a surprise. chief white house correspondent ed henry was in the briefing room for both nouxts. he joins us live tonight. quite a day, ed. >> that's right. jay carney has been fielding tough questions about eric shinseki for weeks. suddenly they are both gone. >> one day, two abrupt anouxts. in a few minutes ago, secretary shinseki offered his res nation. jay is a great press secretary. >> the first order of business was dealing with the veterans administration scandal. shinseki resign in the oval office. except last night, shinseki told veterans groups he had no plans to step down and shortly before the president's announcement, the secretary had a speech that talked about firing officials. >> i've initiated the process for removal of the leaders of the phoenix medical

about ten years ago -- >> charlie dams was set to perform this evening with bret michael, but bret michaelschester, new hampshire. apparently they're attributing it to low blood sugar. of course, he's a type 1 diabetic. his guitarist took to facebook to tell us pretty much what we know right now. >> he said in the nine years i've stood next to him, i've never seen a look like the one on his face, as if i was a complete stranger. when i rushed to the bus, he could barely speak. >> look at his history. >> it's been tough. he had an emergency appendectomy , brain surgery. he came back and said, i'm going to be okay. paramedics did take him to the hospital. >> geraldo rivera is here. >> good morning, everybody. hi, anna. >> good morning. >> he was also the winner on apprentice. >> we can't talk about that. >> if we weren't live, we would have taken it back and edited out. >> good morning, anna. >> it was great to see charlie daniels. he did a big benefit for me in the '70s. he's been around even longer than i have. that's a long time. did he a benefit for the d institutionalization of the devel

i'm bret baier. president obama wants to keep fewer than 10,000 american troops in afghanistan as advisers after the end of this year. the announcement today is part of the what the president describes as his effort to bring a responsible end to a war that began after the 9/11 attacks. others are calling it anything but responsible. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler starts us off tonight. >> reporter: in the rose garden, the president said half will leave afghanistan and the rest by the time he leaves office. they want to present the weakened aauthority they are seeing in iraq where a deal to leave a residual force. the afghan force will act as trainers and go after terrorists but not everyone is convinced it can do the job. >> i personally think the minimum responsible level is about 30,000 at 2025 u.s., you can make up the difference with nato. >>. >> reporter: sunday in an awn nonsed visit to afghanistan, president obama said he wanted to meet with them face to face be

bret? >> catherine, thank you. the push to get answers on benghazi is a acause not only kept alive by fox news and a handful of other immediate 0 area outlets. now the mainstream media is getting involved as well and at times it's getting intense. here's chief white house correspondent ed henry. >> day two of white house press secretary jay carney under fire, sticking to his story that the key e-mail from ben rhodes used to brief susan rice for the sunday talk shows was not about benghazi. >> the e-mail was about protests around the region. >> even as republicans pounced, charging the credibility of president obama and his top aides is on the line. >> it is not only now the needless and tragic deaths of four americans but it is an obvious cover-up by the white house. >> carney pushed back hard on that charge, saying the only part of the e-mail mentioning benghazi was taken from cia talking points. the press secretary also seemed to blame the barrage of questions on fox this week, even thoug

here is what former national security council spokesperson tommy vetoer told bret baier. >> i was in the situation room that night. we didn't know where the ambassador was definitively. >> was the president in the situation room? >> no. and the fact that your network at one time reported that he watched video feed of the attack as it was ongoing is part of what i think has been a pattern of inaccurate. >> where was the president? >> in the white house. >> so where was the president? senators john mccain and lindsey graham and kelly ayotte writing directly to president obama demanding an answer to that he question and senator mccain joins us. nice to see you, sir. >> thank you, greta. may i just say this young man gowdy is right out of the lindsey graham mold. i think he is an excellent dhirm chair this committee he he is a smart young man just like his uncle lindsey graham. >> he has a big job. have you sent a letter to the white house. demanding to know where president obama was the night of september 11th, 2012. why do you want to he know that? >> the president of the united states

. >>> good evening, i'm bret baier from our washington, d.c. news room. we start with breaking news, a stunning new development on capitol hill. chief washington correspondent james rosen with the very latest. >> reporter: bret, good evening, house speaker john boehner announced his chamber will soon select a house committee to investigate the attacks. he cited the recent disclosure of e-mails showing that ben rhodes played a critical role in shaping a false narrative of the atta attacks. these revelations compelled them to make sure the american people had the truth, john boehner said, i intend for it to have authority and will expect answers, the panel will be bipartisan by like the house itself controlled by the gop, bret. >> i guess the mainstream media will have to cover this more. >> we're talking about a congressional committee with subpoena power that will likely be live streaming testimony from key witnesses. >> thank you, james. that was the bombshell on the hill. just down pennsylvania avenue, the other bombshell, the e-mail coming from the whi

i'm bret baier in washington. startling new information tonight about the irs targeting of conservative groups. who did it and who was behind it. the government watchdog group judicial watch is out with another batch of documents, new emails, and what's inside directly challenges the administration's narrative on the irs case. live on capitol hill with the story. >> reporter: the obama administration has tried to blame the irs targeting of conservative groups on a few rogue agents in cincinnati, but this latest information uncovered by judicial watch ties the behavior directly to washington. lois lerner the former irs official who was found in contempt of congress last week sent an email correspondence in april of last year. the april email explains the bolo criteria looked to pick groups for additional scrutiny and screening. looking for groups with tea party, patriot and 9/12 project. organizations seeking to make america a better place to live and groups with statements in their case files that are critical of

on "special report" last night bret baier asked what information was mrs. clinton relying on at that time? >> who tells hillary clinton at 10:00 p.m. to put out this statement, that says, some have sought to justify this vicious behavior. the announcement has already happened about the benghazi attack. as a response to inflammatory material posted on the internet. the united states deplores any intentional effort to denigrate the religious beliefs of others. our commitment is to religious tolerance. goes back to the very beginning of our nation. let me be clear. there is never any justification for violent acts at anytime. at 10:00 p.m. eastern time this is still going on this attack. where does that come from. >> i don't know. >> reporter: little is actually known about the president's whereabouts about the night on attack. when pressed former spokesman said the president was not in the situation room that evening. that response is prompting a leading republican senator to send a letter today to the white house asking for further explanation. how could the

bret is right.ne big problem for the united states is the middle east where israelis and saudis are beginning to doubt american leadership and iran deal will help with that we also got to do more on syria, to arm moderate rebel groups to push back against assad and hezbollah and the iranian revolutionary guard core command. again speeches are very important to pave the way forward. but now we see to see the actions. the president's has got a lot of time left in his term of office. he is certainly capable of changing the tune and changing the perception. jenna: like to have you both back as we have seen perhaps more action on any of these fronts. bret, ambassador burns, thank you so much. great to see you. >> thank you. jenna: well now to our america's asking question. we want to know in light of the president's speech what do you think of the president's foreign policy? log on to foxnews.com/happeningnow. click on "america's asking" tab to weigh in on the live chat. senator mccain joins us at top of

bret, we'll be watching, 6:00 eastern, "special report." thank you. >> thanks, gretchen. >>> dramatic rescue. >> just jump out. >> is everyone okay? >> coming up next, more about what happened to this woman stranded in the middle of a massive thunderstorm and who she's thanking today. >>> gluten-free, you know, it's exploding in popularity, right? but is this diet really necessary? is gluten intolerant even a real thing? the surprising results of a new study coming up. >>> and the w.h.o. releasing its list of the world's heaviest drinkers. that brings us to our question of the day. who do you think is on the list? tweet me, @gretchencarlson. use #therealstory. we'll read your comments at the end of the show. okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here! aah! [ female announcer ] the complete balanced nutrition of great-tasting ensure. 24 vitamins and minerals, antioxidants, and 9 grams of protein. [ bottle ] ensure®. nutrition inharge™. woman: this is not exactly what i expected. man: definitely more murd

bret, how did all of this come to light? >> well, jon, this was the result of a foia request by "the washington times," the specific story you're talking about in regards to when the obama transition team was briefed about the problems at the va. the other scandals that have, the allegations have come up for at least 11 states now. and investigations are ongoing. so this is snowballing as you have lawmakers on both sides of the aisle calling for more in depth investigations and bringing in the fbi. jon: there is a former member of the va staff, high level staffer, who had this to say to congress a few weeks ago when some of these allegations first came up. i want to play you for this now. >> to date, we found no evidence of a secret list, and we have found no patient who is have died because they have been on a wait list. >> that was dr. robert petzel, undersecretary for veterans affairs. he said at the time we haven't found any evidence of secret lists. we haven't found any evidence that people died waiting for care. well,

jon: bret baier, lots to talk about tonight on "special report." we expect we'll get the announcement of that special committee between now and then. bret, thank you. >> sure. jenna: another big news story today, more bloodshed in ukraine. the interior minister says at least six ukrainian personnel were killed in fierce gun battles with pro-russian fighters in a key eastern city. leland vittert is live in ukraine with the latest. >> reporter: good morning, jenna. this is quickly escalating from an insurgency to all-out civil war in eastern ukraine. we just got back from the battlefield. for the first time both side are really pulling out their heavy weapons in this fight that they say they are in it to win. the last ukrainian check point before the pro-russian strong hold of slaviansk. this is the first time we've really seen the you rainian army trying to lay siege -- ukrainian. they are checking every car, turning a number around. five armored personal carriers in fighting position. the soldiers appear to be heavily armed and certainly on guard.

lou: i loved that bret baier shove that dude right back into his face. >> i make a quick point about john boehner. we talked with for about how he didn't do one. >> absolutely. >> but now i think that there is something new and i think that this may actually benefit the republicans are out there pushing and now they have a real reason and something that renews the vigor of the investigation. so maybe he did the wrong thing but it turned out all right. >> we will see how it turned out. so many choices that the republican leadership will have to make now that we have seen job creation and the economy could bolster itself with unseen possibilities before us now. michael good one and james and mercedes, thank you so much. a reminder to vote in our poll tonight. which congressman is your choice to tear the select committee? trey gowdy, pete sessions, mike turner? go to loudobbs.com. and up next, the markets finished lower. a job supported that saw the unemployment rate move much lower. lower. michael holland is with us ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ our planet together our hands

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i believe bret baier is standing by in washington, d.c. i hope i'm right with that, bret. nice to see you. obviously a big headline today and unexpected in some camps potentially hearing this from the president. in your assessment how significant is this? >> it is significant politically because the avalanche of press releases coming from capitol hill from democrats was really picking up. 11 senate democrats, more than a dozen house members, and think it was in the cards because jay carney yesterday couldn't offer any confidence from the president in the va secretary when pressed about that numerous types. that said, it's not the end of the story obviously because this investigation been so blown up to 42 facilities that are now in the inspector general's looking at these wait times of the thing the president said there which doesn't help his describing his management style here is that he, is aware of this issue and has been dealing with this issue since he was a senator on the senate veterans affairs committee. if you go back to the tape, senator obama, then president ob

this is all presented in november to assistant superintendent bret stevens. in that meeting at the end of the meeting he promised that w he would work with the jefferson parents on those judge's of turning the teachers lounge into a temporary classroom so we won't have to lose the library upstairs and promised he welcomed mayor edwin lee me to work with him so i yet again use my firms free resources to help the unified school district develop plans to make it work for everybody because we want a welcoming environment. and two days before the meeting with bret stephen's and the facilities i was asked not to attend. so we're tired of we get promises and we're promised things and it's rein the first degree on i. i appreciate the letter on friday with those promises of allocating funds and working with us but i'm weary i want to see a real plan we want to find a solution for everybody that's why we're here so we want you - >> thank you very much. to follow through (clapping) >> good evening deputy superintendent and commissioners. i understand that after educatio

i'm bret baier in washington. wild fires in southern california are forcing another big evacuation right now. at this hour, the u.s. marines are ordering base residents at camp pendleton to evacuate because a blaze they say is zero% contained. a few miles south of camp pendleton. >> reporter: good evening, bret. three fires are at camp pendleton right now. we're told more than a thousand people have had to evacuate the base. this is on top of evakses -- vak situations from yesterday on the base. this is just one of a number of fires that have broken out in this region in just the past couple of days. more than 11,000 people are still evacuated due to the saint marcos fire and that fire there's 1,000 firefighters on the front lines right now. over the past three days, they tell us they have end, countered some of the strongest winds that they have ever seen. gusts up to 100 miles per hour. it's only 10% contained and local authorities say this area is far from safe. >> day four is a much better day than the precedi

because the va caregivers's rule bret's employer kept his job open so bret could fulfill this important role for his brother. bret is back in chicago at his job and kyle is doing great. and they both credit the caregiver rule as critical to kyle's recovery. that example gives us the entire picture. government doing its part, business doing its part, and one person doing his or her part. that's what this is all about. americans stepping up to do their part. there is no greater priority that we as a country have than to fill what my husband joe calls, our nation's most sacred obligation, serving our returning troops and their families as well as they have served us. so for wounded warriors and their caregivers like kyle and bret, for the returning servicemen and women trying to complete their college education, or embark on a new career, and most of all, for the families of those like the six-year-old girl i told you about whose loved ones are never coming home, there is so much that we can do as a country, as americans, to support them. that's why all of you are here today. thank you for

fox news bret baier host of special report with bret baier sat down with former u.s. treasury secretary to get his views on this. reflections on the financial crisis. he is standing by from washington, d.c. listen, treasury secretary tim geithner was at the heart of all of those negotiations during the drama of that time, what struck you most about what he said today? spiege>> a number of different headlines from this interview. he was the head of the new york fed at the beginning of the crisis and became treasury secretary as it went on. a couple of stories, charlie gaaparino broke yesterday about this lawsuit in new york and a deposition he gave that did not seem to track what the book was with when he knew aig, the insurance was really a threat to the global financial situation. in the deposition he suggest that it happened they relate, too late. he had a handle on it early. he kind of said once you see the full deposition, it will lineup. other headlines, he walked back comments about too big to fail being misguided policy. he said you cannot say you solve that pr

. >> reporter: new headline may be emerging from bret baier's interview thursday with tommy vietor. he admits to having made significant changes to the talking points, adding references to cairo and protests and possibly changing the wording attacks to demonstrations. catherine herridge points out that that conflicts directly with the testimony of former deputy c.i.a. director mike moral, that only technical changes were made. listen up. >> did you also change attacks to demonstrations in the talking points? >> maybe. i don't really remember. >> you don't remember? >> dude, this was like two years ago. we're still talking about -- >> dude, it is the thing that everybody is talking about. >> we're talking about the process of editing talking points. that's what bureaucrats do all day long. >> that and the release of this key ben rose e-mail is what is sparking the gop's move to a select committee. >> when you have someone who is supposed to be a professional communications person sounding like jeff spicoli talking to bret baier the other night august the word dude and when you have j

jon: joining us now, bret baier, the anchor of "special report." so we know now, bret, that seven republican members of this committee. what do we know about the democrats intentions here? >> well, jon, i tell you, you listen to representative javier becerra this weekend also on "fox news sunday" and there seems to be growing momentum for democrats to take part in this committee. there is always a couch to that answer though, if it is a fair exercise and, as we said, the seven republicans who were appointed by speaker boehner, meeping that there would be five slots for democrats. you heard nancy pelosi saying she wanted it to be even. that was not in the cards, since republicans obviously control the house and have the majority. so it is still a open question but it seems just talking to people on capitol hill that democrats will take part in this committee after they get back from this recess. jon: i guess one of the issues is deciding whether or not democrats will be allowed to sign off on subpoenas, meaning, if, if, they will have the power to b

. >> bret baier is the host of "special report" and he's my guest.und it fascinating, bret, to watch this unfold because just a few days ago, nancy pelosi was poo-pooing benghazi. other people were calling it a kangaroo court. i didn't hear any of that language other than a few hits at republicans when she came to the podium. >> yeah, i think the consensus was they needed to be in this. they needed to be a part of this committee. congressman steny hoyer said, we shouldn't leave the playing field without having our people there, clearly that was the consensus of the caucus. and it also may be part of the effort to protect some of the witnesses who will likely be called before this committee to provide some balance in the democrats' mind in their presentation because it potentially could get pretty specific -- >> but it's certainly not the talking point lines that we had heard from jay carney for the last couple of weeks. you could hear these talking points coming out almost every day, conspiracy theories, republicans on a witch hunt. do you believe th

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so bret hart likely look at.e might be seen in this stylish overcoat with a splash of color and a crimson necktie that set him apart from the rest. every folded fabric of the young man's outfit would be carefully arranged like a brilliantly plumed bird. if your eyes happened to meet his, he would smile. if you spoke a few words including summit would be agreeable, but there would be no yarn spinning or anything to remind one about the macho wildland mark twain. he preferred to be admired and there was much to admire. at 26 years old he had become the literary light of the pacific coast and no small feat in the state were even the shabbiest minor aspired to him, including cheering crowds of public gatherings. hart had a rising reputation and a wife and infant son and his evenings been involved drunken romps come and they centered on more domestic concerns like how to keep baby griswold from disturbing his studying or his wife from drugging him into house chores that he might have a couple quiet hours to write. thi

we want to thank everyone, bret wilsey, bret, and todd horowitz. we'll see you at the close of s&p 500 futures. david: great stuff. internal tug-of-war, we got into it at the fed as hawks and doves debate how to unwind a 4 trillion plus balance sheet without a big market disruption. and without an inflation spike. will they be able to carry this off? former fed vice-chair alan blinder has an answer. he joins us in a "first on fox business" interview straight ahead. liz: plus the president meeting with ceos on finding out how to bring manufacturing back home and strengthening what we do have already here. we're talking to the ceo of connection. he was with the president. what ideas were proposed? does he think the white house was receptive? why did he move his business back to the u.s.? we'll find out. david: "godzilla," the movie that liz had a chance to see. she wanted to but her husband didn't. stock stomped out the competition this weekend the looks like it is also symptomming out japan's market. one of the worst in the world right now. one stra

bret baier reacts to the governor's comments.family members disgusted? would you buy these souvenirs? mornings are better with friends. >>> used to saying, starts right now. >> go ahead. >> hour three starts right now. >> ladies and gentlemen, eric bolling in for brian kilmeade. eric is on at 5:00 p.m. eastern time on "the five": what's the show after that? >> there is a secret thing happening at noon that no one is supposed to know about. >> oh, you -- no, i'm talking about what show is after you. >> the bret baier show. >> segueway to our guest. >> i got you. >> that was easy. >> best lead in television. >> that's really cool. thank you very much. >> you want to fire back, bret? >> no. i'll leave it there. eric's got it covered. >> we're all good. >> i got a feeling tonight you're probably going to lead with the v.a. again, at least 100 dead, delay in treatment, according to the dayton daily news. also there is a whistle blower who has come out in albuquerque who says that v.a. officials are destroying records left and right to

i'm bret baier in washington.20 months after the terror astrikes that killed four americans in benghazi. congress is taking its most controversial step yet to try to get the truth about the white house response. we have reaction. ed henry, speaker john boehner's block buster decision. >> john boehner had been under heavy conservative pressure for some time to appoint a special committee to investigate benghazi. he was motivated by the latest revelations this week which told

i'm going to start with bret in virginia. bret?> caller: what an honor it is to speak with you, sir. >> same. >> you also have some sweet young ladies answersing phone in there, too. >> yeah. >> caller: hey, i bought about a year and a half ago, and gradually, but recently it took a big dive. man, i'm just trying to get back some confident. what do you think it's going to do? >> which is the stock? i'm sorry. >> excel. >> no, it's too risky, sir. the market changed the coloration in the small biotech companies are all now what's under distribution, people are selling left and right. can't get behind it. chris in new york. >> caller: hey, jim bo, love your so. thanks for having me on. >> of course. >> caller: everything in me wants to short it itches that's the problem. thank you for mentioning it. let's get some statistics out here. this stock 37% of the float is shorted meanwhile, spence are ascot is shooting everybody short, and got some big long-term buyers taking it in if it does take out the high, which is only five points, i'

and they did the interview with dude, with bret baier.ody is talking dude, and also benghazi. >> where is the public interest. what a horrible way to respond. it is a tragedy. i can't believe he was so flippant about it. where does the public interest lie on the benghazi story now it is breaking outside of the fox arena as well? >> i think most people have the sense and well established that the white house engaged in hafty spinning after the tragic attack in libya and now we are filling in the details. public interest faded other things came up. donald sterling and the racist rant which we will talk about. and other newer stories crowded out and now there is interest in what the white house did and who knew what and if there was a cover up. >> you mentioned donald sterling and there was media outrage on that story. do you think that forced the commissioner's hand in acting swiftly. >> that and the disgusting remarks. and captured on the the audio tape that made his way talking to his gal pal. and so much media outrage, and also all of th

. >> good evening, i'm shannon bream, in for bret baier. this is a fox news alert. nigerian's defense minister said they have located the 300 girls who were being held by islamic extremists. he says he will not use force to try to get them back. american officials have not independently confirmed this report out of nigeria. >> back here at home on the day america remembers the men and women who gave their lives in defense of the country, many of those who survived their military service continue to receive substandard care or no care at all. we have team coverage on this. jennifer griffin on the ongoing fallout. we began with the most solemn of ceremonies. wendell goler has details. >> reporter: the weather here in washington was spectacular but the va scandal cast a cloud over this day of remembrance. in a solemn ceremony at arlington national cemetery, president obama placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns. then he addressed the scandal involving delays in getting medical care to veterans who are still living. >> these americans have done their duty. they are

good evening, i'm bret baier. as ukrainians prepare to vote in a presidential election that pro russian separatists have vowed to stop. 16 people have died today fighting in the donetsk region. ukraine's defense ministry says 20 rebels and one soldier were killed. russian leader vladimir putin calls it chaos and a full scale civil war. reports tonight on the final dangerous. >> it is a deadly run-off to the presidential vote for ukraine. along for billboards for candidates in ukraine's election. pro russian separatists are at the barricades with automatic weapons. at least three pro kiev militia were killed in one fight. 20 yesterday. this aadmit arguments about the future of the region. vladimir putin asserted ukraine is in a civil war but with a lot of proviso could acknowledge a possible vote. >> we want the deescalation to have begun and we will respect the choice of ukrainian people. >> separatists here aren't respecting it. they say elections will not happen in the region. >> no, no, no. >> armed rebels from

let me know at facebook.com/bret baier sr. be sure to join us wednesday when i will talk one on one with the former treasury secretary. >>> texas republican senator ted cruz is asking for his colleagues for consent on request to establish a select committee on benghazi. democrats have had no interest so far and it would only take one to reject the procedure. cruz is also questioning the president's whereabouts on the night of the assault. >> the bottom line is that would that have saved anybody? i don't know either. >> if the chairman of the foreign relations committee two years later cannot answer that question, it make abunt danly clear that the response of the administration and senate democrats has been partisan stone walling rather than trying to get to the truth in the immortal line of jack nick ol son, it makes one perhaps they can't handle the truth or at least they don't want to know it. >> the house is putting together its select committee right now and while it is likely, democrats have not officially announced whet

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no doubt that bret baier is a good dude. thanks for having me on. should he be the news dude from now on? >> i think the whole thing was what happened on social media. first the dude comment and then the throw back thursday. he made a comment that going on and talking about benghazi is part of the throw back thursday agenda and that is inappropriately making light of such a serious situation. this can only backfire. >> going to john's point too about -- well, both of yours about the select committee and what are they going to find? the bigger problem right now for the administration even though the president is not up, his party, and his approval ratings impact those on the ballot this year. when you look at and this is an old poll now and the last time the washington post asked the question do you think that republicans are raising a legitimate concern or is this just political posturing, americans were split. but when you asked do you think the obama administration is honestly disclosing what it knows or covering something up? 55% said covering up

bret, we've got a photograph from yesterday.eakfast for mom and had a good day. mom got a massage. it was a nice day. you know what? i knew that wasn't brian 'cause he doesn't have that leap. i don't have the vertical. >> you saw my combine from the '80s. definitely didn't do quite as well. >> your 40-yard dash is okay, right, bret? >> that's right. pretty fast. >> beautiful family pic. >> good morning to you. we're glad you're here. love that picture. want to talk about what's going on at the v.a., phoenix has a new quarterback. we call him steve young stepping in to take over and make some changes here. we have sharon hellman, she was placed on administrative leave. will this be a difference maker as we wait for the affairs secretary there to testify this week? >> it may change the situation on the ground. but the bottom line is they have not had significant changes as of yet, even after this thing came out. you have the v.a. secretary saying that he wants to get to the bottom of it. this is not why he came to washington. in a

i'm bret baier. on a day when the nation honors one of its military heroes there are new allegations that the government is failing miserably to take care of its veterans. new reports of neglect or fraud at va hospitals across the country, new calls for the secretary of veterans affairs to be held responsible. and new outrage about the growing problem with veterans' care coming from lawmakers in both parties. white house correspondent wendell goler looks at an emotionally and politically charge issue in the spotlight. >> at a medal of honor ceremony nor kyle white who saved lives at the risk of his own in afghanistan, president obama spoke of the commitment to our veterans. >> all who served in america's armed forces, we want you to know that we will always be grateful. >> but the scandal sparked by allegations that delayed care cost dozens of lives at phoenix va hospital continue to grow. two workers were suspended for what were called inappropriate scheduling practices and two dozen texas lawmakers

i'm bret baier from our washington, d.c. newsroom. tonight, fox news reporting, benghazi. has a white house coverup been revealed? we start with breaking news. a stunning new development. on capitol hill, james rosen with the very latest. james? >> reporter: brett, good evening. john boehner announced his chamber will soon vote to create a special select house commit toy to investigate the benghazi attacks. he had long resisted calls for a watergate style committee, but now e-mails show that ben rhodes played a critical early role in shaping a false narrative of the attacks. these revelations compelled the house to take every possible action to ensure the american people have the truth, adding i tend for this committee to have robust authority. the panel will be bipartisan, but like the house, controlled by the gop. brett? >> i guess this means the main stream media will have to cover this story a bit more now. >> that would stand to reason. we're talking about the formation of a dedicated committee with subpoena power. >> thank you, james. that was the bombshell on the hi

." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier. the house select committee to investigate what happened in benghazi on september 11th, 2012 is starting to take shape. leaving the white house and democrats on capitol hill with a dilemma. whether to cooperate or boycott the effort completely. >>> house speaker john boehner tapped south carolina congressman trey gowdy to lead the investigation. citing his experience as a prosecutor. his zeal for the truth makes him the ideal person to lead this panel. i know he shares my commitment to get to the bottom of this tragedy and will not tolerate any stone walling from the obama administration. >> he has relationships on the both sides of the aisle as being fair, tough, but fair, and he's just the ideal person to lead this select committee. >> the white house dismissed the republican's leadership decision to take the benghazi discussion to the next level. >> it's a conspiracy theory based on a conspiracy theory. >> the speaker called for a select committee. citing the administration's failur

i'm bret baier. critics of the administration's handling over veterans care are not impressed with president obama's first detailed comments on the matter. while stressing intolerance of the situation, the president refused to fire his v.a. secretary and emphasized the long wait times for care problem existed long before he moved into the oval office. the president added that the specific allegations about cooking the books on wait times for treatment have to be further investigated. we have tonight's top story. >> reporter: pushed to take personal charge of the scandal over v.a. facilities allegedly hiding veterans' long waits for medical care, president obama voiced his outrage at an appearance. >> if these allegations prove to be true, it's dishonorable, disgraceful and i will not tolerate it. >> reporter: mr. obama spoke after a meeting with secretary eric she know secondy whom he declined to fire. the president said he wants a report from him on the scope of the problem by next week. also in the