bret baier with the play-by-play on what we can expect over the next two crucial hours. >>> deadly violence over the border in mexico as drug cartels battle each other for control. >>> stunning home surveillance video. a homeowner asleep when three masked men burst in and attack him. it is all "happening now." jon: welcome to "happening now." i'm jon scott. >> hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee.

bret baier joins me now, anchor of "13erb8 report."ge was being sent very forcefully yesterday by so many individuals. we watched susan rice, we heard from samantha power, we heard from the state department, all basically saying, look, that door has closed. john kerry said that door has closed, all while it was opening. >> reporter: it's almost a case of whiplash here in washington, martha, as the past 24 hours things have changed dramatically. you're right, why isn't this the u.s. proposal to solve the syria chemical weapons deal? it is the russian proposal. why didn't u.s. ambassador to the united nations samantha power take to the united nations security council a proposal exactly like this and steer the way? why didn't, if the president as he said to to chris wallace and five other anchors talked with vladimir putin about this at the g20 conference and that this idea is a continuation of that conversation, why hasn't that even come up? and all of these discussions as they're getting ready to ask lawmakers to cast this vote still, a

." >> good evening, i'm bret baier. in washington, it seems to grow more partisan by the day, there seems to be no clear breakdown by party or anything else on the question of whether to attack syria. that's are joining with republicans, liberals with tea partyers, friends with foes, to deal with president obama's request for authorization. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel begins our coverage tonight from capitol hill. >> ahead of next week's debate on the forced resolution in the senate, lawmakers continued receiving classified briefings we viewing intelligence the syrian regime used chemical weapons on its people. the chair of the senate intelligence committee said visual evidence could help persuade skeptical lawmakers. >> today i had asked the cia to prepare a dvd, which would have specific instances of evidence, largely victims. >> those convinced by the evidence say they are trying to determine if right course of action. >> the next step has to be then what is the way to both deter and degrade his ab

i'm bret baier.bama presidency. the commander in chief struggled again today at the g-20 summit to get any hint of traction for his plan to attack syria. tonight, chief white house correspondent ed henry reports with the president

i'm john roberts in for bret baier. the kenyan interior ministry says forces are combing the mall floor by floor. the ministry believes all the hostages have been released. the death toll has gone down in recent hours and now stands at 62. authorities say three of the attackers were killed in fighting today and more than ten suspects were arrested. here in the united states president obama says the american people stand with kenya against what he called the terrible outrage of the attack. the president says the u.s. is providing law enforcement assistance and all the help it can. there have been reports of americans involved with the terror group. we'll have more on that in just a moment. first though stewart ramsey of our sister network sky news is in nairobi and describes the images coming out of kenya tonight. >> a huge explosion, and then an eruption of gunfire outgoing and incoming. the operation to end the shopping complex siege took a new dramatic turn. and the kenyan soldiers withdrew from the west gate complex

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bret baier, thank you very much. you can catch a lot more of bret tonight. he anchors "special report" each and every weekend, 6:00 p.m. eastern. tonight you do not want to miss. >> it that's a good point. bret was talking about what actually happens when the government shuts down. what exactly closes? so here's what it looks like at this point. turns out not as much as you may think. if you're receiveing a social security check, medicare check, payment or unemployment that will continue. you should be able to make your flight. weather permitting, we can't control that. tsa workers stay on the job as well as air traffic control and food inspectors and you will get your mail. essential government agencies like the fbi and coast guard will remain open for business. as jon mentioned the capitol will remain open for business. most federally funded museums and historic sites will be closed. more than 360 national parks will not be open to the public if the government shuts down. if you're a member of the military or work for the defense department, depending on y

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bret baier here on the fox news channel, good morning to you.e it one step at a time because the senate will have a voice on this, the house will, and then you have to see what the president does after that. in its current form in the senate, would this pass? >> everything we're hearing on capitol hill says no, in its current form. but there's some technical logistics that have to be set up first. just to go a little bit deeper than mike emanuel just said there, tomorrow senator reid will call the senate back into session, a pro forma session, we're told. he has to get unanimous concept to put this resolution on the calendar for monday. everyone has to say, yes, let's go forward. then it's on the calendar. then we're hearing democrats and republicans in the senate want to have policy lunches on tuesday to talk about possible amendments or how this is going to go forward. we've heard democratic senator pat leahy say there will be amendments to this resolution. what those are, we don't know. so that probably takes you into wednesday before you rea

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i am in for bret baier. it's that old familiar feeling. once again, days away from a government shutdown, and the same lines drawn in the sand and the same dramatic consequences if no deal is reached. karl cameron looks at the latest battle in the on going war. >> on a party line vote, the house of representatives passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown with an amendment defunding the affordable care act. >> let's defund this law now and protect the american people from the economic calamity that we know obama care will create. >> the democratic opposition to defunding obama care made support for the government shutdown. >> it's a blatant act of hostage taking. >> what is brought to the floor today is without a doubt a measure designed to shut down government. >> house speaker, john boehner, initially opposed the provision as too risky, but today led the pressure to step up for it, too. >> now it's time for the united states senate to listen to the american people as well. >> it's time to free americans from the sh

. >> i am bret baier reporting from the u.s. department of agriculture. why the usda? for historical and political reasons food stamps fall under the agriculture department's domain. in fact food stamps will cost taxpayers a projected $78 billion this year. a staggering amount. that's more than doubled since 2008. indeed food stamps and other food assistance add up to more that happen 70 percent of the usda's out lay. according to a fox news poll majority of voters think most of the 40 million plus food stamp recipients are taking advantage of the system and not truly in need. you have heard stories of food stamp waste, fraud and abuse. this will go to the recipients and the american terrorists. during the show you can share your thoughts via twitter. use the hash tag fox news reporting. we begin in new york city with one of america's proponents of food stamps is working to get more people signed up. >> individuals have a certain income limitation. >> you are watching a team of determined activists preparing their plan of action. >> guidelines a little bit you will be

"special report with bret baier" is up next. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> time for one more thing.fox news announced to carry fox news through august 2019. sirius will broadcast fox next month. two exciting new shows on the channel premiering this weekend. "a healthy you with carol alt." and then media buzz debuts sunday, september 8th at 11:00 a.m. don't miss it. bob's right. a big cashing in. kimberly guilfoyle will be on the show. we will talk about the cluster freedom. 11:30 a.m. saturday. >> b.b. >> take a look at this. viral on the internet. >> my name is matthew cordle. on june 22nd, 2013, i hit and killed vincent this video will act as my confession. when i get charged, i will plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything i have done to vincent and his family. >> we have a short period of time. let's say this is another example of what happens when you drink and drive. >> k.g. >> i want to talk about betty white. who is now a guinness world record holder. 91 years old. i'm a huge fan of "golden girls." longest career as an entertainer. 74 years work in the indust

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paul bear the 6-year-old son of bret baier is doing well tonight following his second open heart surgerys surgeon is pleased and looks solid so far. bret sends his thanks to all of you who have sent your good wishes to his family. i'm chris wallace in washington. feel better pauley. >>> this is the fox report. tonight thousands of american tourists stranded inside mexico. and getting the truth about a terrorist attack on our consulate in benghazi, libya. powerful testimony from loved ones of the victims and fiery words from some of our elected leaders. lawmakers demanding answers. it's been more than a year since the killing of four americans. >> the state department has not made those people available, has played hide and go seek. i've seen no evidence to support these reckless accusations. >> tonight, showdown on capitol hill.

i am in for bret baier. it's that old familiar feeling.m a government shutdown, and the same lines drawn in the sand and the same dramatic consequences if no deal is reached. karl cameron looks at the latest battle in the on going war. >> on a party line vote, the house of representatives passed a short-term spending bill to avert a government shutdown with an amendment defunding

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i'm bret baier. this is a fox news alert. secretary of state john kerry is scramble to seal the chemical weapons deal with russia. heading to jen esa va to meet with the russian saeks. this after they pulled out this afternoon. that meeting was then abruptly canceled. tonight's national address from president obama is shaping up dramatically differently than it did just yesterday. all of this started by what the state department described as a throwaway rhetorical line from america's top diplomat. cheap white house correspondent. >> he's in desperate need of an escape hatch to help avoid humiliating defeats on capitol hill. so senior officials tell fox in a speech in the nation that has been draft and redrafted as the events changed, the president will call for a diplomatic pause for the votes in congress over whether to authorize military force. aides say the president will lay out a two-track process where the potential stick of military action will still be head over syrian president bashar al assad's head while offering t

." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier.t the advanced blame on house republicans. if a deal on the new spending plan cannot be reached and the government shuts down next week. and today's action in the senate has put the house back on the clock. we have fox team coverage tonight. wendell goler is at the white house on the consequences of a possible shutdown.

i'm bret baier in washington, in just a few minutes we'll go live to the east room of the white houseident obama was originally expected to lay out his rationale for the strategy on the expected targets against syria, after which he would seek congressional authorization for any action. a skeptical congress has largely opposed the idea. so the president has intended to make his case tonight for why it was in the national interest of the country, what a strike would look like, and what it means for the country. the entire dynamic change, however, russia and syria says they have agreed on a deal that would have russia turn over their stock pile of chemical weapons to be inspected. an idea that was originally floated as an off-the-cuff remark by secretary of state john kerry monday. the russians reacted to it. and the president, vladimir putin, reacted in another way. the u.s. must take the threat of a strike off the table. so here we are president obama the u.s. will examine any deal closely, secretary of state john kerry has headed to geneva to try to help seal or salvage this deal. th

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appearance, bret baier. he anchors "special report." you know i was thinking back towards some of my high school speech writing classes. when you write a speech you're supposed to figure out who your audience is and what you want them to do, what you want them to take away from it. who was this speech intended for, bret? >> that's a great question, jon. there are a number of different parts to this speech as you all have mentioned. one of the big parts of it though was about iran and this focus on a more, quote, moderate course, that he says iran is taking, directing secretary of state john kerry to start this diplomatic overture with the e.u. and iran to try to get another effort at diplomacy to solve the nuclear issue. this is really where the focus i think of the speech was, although, as you just heard on air here, ambassador bolton saying that there were a number of different parts of it that kind of went on for some time. the critics of this will say that, that you've seen this diplomat stick dance with iran many times before as th

camouflaging, even though they wear camouflage. >> steve: loved and recognizable, the same way we describe bret baier> good morning. maybe i need a big beard or something. >> gretchen: yeah. be careful. by the end of the segment, they may place one on you on a picture. "fox & friends" has been known to do stuff like that. let's talk about the selling campaign that president obama has to do starting today. he's going to start today hitting capitol hill and doing interviews with tv outlets, like fox. do you think it's going to work or what's going to happen to this selling campaign? >> it's really an uphill battle, gretchen. he's looking at votes right now that are upside down in the house and the senate actually. you have the president and vice president having italian style dinner with six republican senators last night, passing around the spaghetti and meat balls, but it is really i think democrats that are the big question mark for this president and this administration. even though there is this pressure that this week is monumental for this president, not just on syria, but for the rest of his ag

bret baier and joe trippi join us to discuss. >>> plus former secretary of homeland security michaelbing national security leak. some are calling it much worse than the spilled nsa secrets. >>> we introduce you to our brand new studio launching today. it is a beaut. see you in seven minutes for "happening now." martha: and we have this fox extreme weather out of austin, texas, where some wild weekend flooding left a few cars almost completely underwater. rescue crews had to pull at least six people out of their vehicles over the weekend. one man in his 50s rescued from his roof. heavy rains and storms kept crews busy saturday night and all day sunday with seven inches of rainfalling in those areas. some wicked weather out there now. thankfully no injuries were reported. bill: so the retrial of the american exchange student amanda knox getting underway in italy without the star defendant. knox was found guilty four years ago of murdering her british roommate. she served four years in jail best conviction was overturned two years ago. amy kellogg is live in london watching this. why is

i'm bret baier. one senator has definitively grabbed the spotlight in the battle to defund obama care. getting the ire of some, the adulation of others. and one thing is clear, people are talking about tax senator ted cruz and they're talking about obama care, too. with a government shutdown potentially just five days away, the question is what happens next with this effort to fund the government without funding the president's health care law? we have fox team coverage tonight. ed henry is at the white house with what critics charge is some fuzzy math to polish obama care's image. but we begin with mike emanuel. good evening, mike. >> reporter: good evening, bret. the bill moves forward after a marathon session on the floor and passing a procedural hurdle. >> on this vote, the yeas are 100. the nays are zero. >> reporter: the bill passed an initial vote although it defunds obama care. all say they want to avoid a government shutdown and top democrats plans to strip the aspect affecting the health ca

." >>> good evening, i'm bret baier. president obama has very clearly put the advanced blame on house republicans. if a deal on the new spending plan cannot be reached and the government shuts down next week. and today's action in the senate has put the house back on the clock. we have fox team coverage tonight. wendell goler is at the white house on the consequences of a possible shutdown. jim engel here in our washington bureau. we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel. >> reporter: good evening. by a party line vote, the senate has sent to the house a stopgap funding bill. >> i would ask my colleagues before they vote yes on this important amendment, do you really want to be responsible for killing more jobs? >> the yeas are 54. the nays are 44. >> reporter: democrats succeeded in placing obama care money back into the stopgap bill. ted cruz looked ahead to the next confrontation. >> the process isn't over. it's going back to the house of representatives and i salute the house for having had the co

i'm bret baier. this may be one of the most important and difficult weekends of the obama presidency. the commander in chief struggled again today at the g-20 summit to get any hint of traction for his plan to attack syria. tonight, chief white house correspondent ed henry reports with the president with the back against the wall returns home and takes a major gambut next week. >> reporter: the stakes could not being higher for president obama. now comes home to face an even more fractious congress and the nationally televised address on tuesday. >> there are times we have to make hard choices if we're going to stand up for the things we care about. i believe this is one of those times. >> reporter: except many of the president's fellow democrats are not buying it. even after a series of classified briefings. this is personified by alan who is wearing a neck tie declaring? >> the american people don't want it. >> reporter: and they gavelled the chamber into session to start the clock running to begin

good evening, i'm bret baier. this is the day after the disaster in d.c. a dozen innocent people are dead and there are dozens of questions tonight about how and why the 34-year-old former navy reservist was able to carry out the worst mass shooting on a military institution since fort hood in 2009. we are learning more tonight about aaron alexis, his history of violence and his apparent cry for help. jennifer griffin is at the pentagon. she has those details, but we begin tonight with senior correspondent rick leventhal. >> reporter: the main gate was reopened this morning but only to walk-ins and essential personnel. the building is still a crime scene and the motive is still a question. >> we believe that mr. alexis entered with a shotgun. >> reporter: the fbi is confirming that alexis did not use an ar rifle, but carried a shotgun purchased days earlier and a gun taken from a security guard that left 12 dead and several wounded. >> we believe that the deceased shooter acted alone. as such, with no other suspects at large, the investigation has moved in

." >> good evening, i'm bret baier.o grow more partisan by the day, there seems to be no clear breakdown by party or anything else on the question of whether to attack syria. that's are joining with republicans, liberals with tea partyers, friends with foes, to deal with president obama's request for authorization. chief congressional correspondent mike emanl

good evening, i'm bret baier. the effort to gain approval for a limited u.s.rin gas on its own people picked up on two fronts tonight. for the second day in a row, president obama's top advisers appeared before an often sk

i'm bret baier in washington. president obama tells fox's chris wallace at the white house he's considering and, quote, running to ground, a russian proposal that would avoid u.s. missile strikes on syria in return for syria turning over all its chemical weapons to international weapons inspectors to be destroyed. it all started out as an answer to a question in london this morning by his secretary of state, john kerry. >> is there anything at this point that his government could do or offer that would stop an attack? >> sure. he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to the international community in the next week, turn it over. all of it. without delay and allow a full and total accounting for that. but he isn't about to do it and it can't be done, obviously. >> the state department quickly called that a rhetorical argument and not a real proposal from kerry. but within a few hours, the russian foreign minister turned kerry's answer into a concrete proposal that suddenly started gaining tractio

i'm bret baier in washington.ells fox's chris wallace at the white house he's considering and, quote, running to ground, a russian proposal that would avoid u.s. missile strikes on syria in return for syria turning over all its chemical weapons to international weapons inspectors to be destroyed. it all started out as an answer to a question in london this morning by his secretary of state, john kerry. >> is there anything at this point that his government could do or offer that would stop an attack? >> sure. he could turn over every single bit of his chemical weapons to

i'm bret baier. in washington, we have six hours until the clock strikes midnight here in the east. searching for the metaphor call glass slipper to keep the bureaucracy from turning into an underfunded pumpkin. so far tonight, little compromise. everyone is preceding as if the first government shutdown in 17 years is virtually inevitable. james rhodes is here. he will look at who will be affected and how. ed henry tells us what the president is and is not doing. we begin with chief congressional correspondent,

good evening, i'm bret baier. the effort to gain approval for a limited u.s. attack on syria in punishment for alleged use of sarin gas on its own people picked up on two fronts tonight. for the second day in a row, president obama's top advisers appeared before an often skeptical congressional lawmakers on capitol hill, and the president is in europe tonight where he is staking the reputation of the international community on his promise to strike. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell gohmert is traveling with the president. >> reporter: president stopped in sweden after cancelling a summit with vladimir putin to try to build international support for military action in syria, putin had blocked in the u.n. security council. mr. obama denied his own credibility is at stake. >> first of all, i didn't set a red line, the world set a red line. point number two, my credibility is not on the line. the international community's credibility is on the line and america and congress' credibility is on the line. >> reporter: without mentioning iran, t

." ♪ >> good evening, i'm bret baier. it's all about the numbers here in washington.t to strip billions from the president's health care overhaul. but over in the senate the most important numbers are the ones you can count on one hand. we have fox team coverage. jim engle on the surprising fact behind the health care exchanges that are supposed to go online. brit hume has analysis of the budget and

the concern -- >>> this is a fox news alert, i am bret baier in washington. you're looking live at the senate foreign relations committee on the president's plan for military strikes in syria is about to wrap up at any moment. we will talk live shortly with one of the members of that panel, senator marco rubio. you can watch the end of this hearing, go to foxnews.com, see the live streaming video there. first, here, we will give you headlines, context, analysis. it could be the most important sales pitch of his term. president obama met with leaders and sent teams to capitol hill to continue the hard sell. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel says it may be a harder sell than he anticipated. >> reporter: a key component of the obama administration push for congress to authorize military action against syria is u.s. ground troops won't be involved. >> the military plan that has been developed by our joint chiefs and that i believe is appropriate is proportional, it is limited, it does not involve boots on the ground. >> reporter: at a hearing before

i'm bret baier.ely grabbed the spotlight in the battle to defund obama care. getting the ire of some, the adulation of others. and one thing is clear, people are talking about tax senator ted cruz and they're talking about obama care, too. with a government shutdo

i'm bret baier in washington.

i'm bret baier. in washington, we have six hours until the clock strikes midnight here in the east. lawmakers are desperately searching for the metaphor call glass slipper to keep the bureaucracy from turning into an underfunded pumpkin. so far tonight, little compromise. everyone is preceding as if the first government shutdown in 17 years is virtually inevitable. james rhodes is here. he will look at who will be affected and how. ed henry tells us what the president is and is not doing. we begin with chief congressional correspondent, breaking news from the capital. >> reporter: good evening. with time running out, the senate continues rejecting house passed bills since senator leaders are not negotiating, house republicans continuing hammering away at obama care. >> we're going to move here in the next several hours to take the senate bill, add to it a one-year delay of the individual mandate on the american people and get rid of the exemption for members of congress. >> the house is going to take a position today reflecting one very fundamental principle that our country stands

obama to sit down and talk about the crisis in serria and that will air on special report with bret baier on the fox nows channel. >> and the white house presses on so does the fighting in syria activist said heavy shelling killed 15 people. this is amtower video that is not independently verified by fox. as i mentioned from syria is our embassy from beiut, lebanon. the state department ordering nonemergency personnel out of the country. lebanon is home to hesbollah which is actively helping the assad regime fight rebel forces. they are streaming live and greg, what is the situation where you are? the fighting in syria continues with no let up. syrian regime forces are pounding in the suburbs of damascus. this is the same terrain that was fought over in the alleged chemical weapon attack by the syrian government last month. the fighting rages to the north of damascus in a christian historic town, there al-qaeda- linked rebels are battling with the authorities. we are told priests and nuns and others are caught in the cross fire and churches are damaged and targeting the christians in all

." ♪ >> good evening, i'm bret baier. it's all about the numbers here in washington. republicans want to strip billions from the president's health care overhaul. but over in the senate the most important numbers are the ones you can count on one hand. we have fox team coverage. jim engle on the surprising fact behind the health care exchanges that are supposed to go online. brit hume has analysis of the budget and mike emanuel we start with on capitol hill. good evening, mike. >> we're just hour as way from the senate taking an initial vote on a slightly adjusted version of a house passed bill to avoid a government shutdown. though democrats plan to strip a key component defunding obama care. >> give our senators the wisdom to know what is right and the courage to do it. >> with washington facing a possible government shutdown next week, the senate chaplain made an appeal for divine governance. they will be tested soon said harry reid. >> we'll vote tomorrow regardless of what anyone says or does today. >> still texas conservative ted cruz took to the floor to make h

good evening, i'm bret baier. this is the day after the disaster in d.c.re dead and there are dozens of questions tonight about how and why the 34-year-old former navy reservist was

i'm bret baier. this is a fox news alert, any minute now, republican senator rand paul will give his response to president obama's address on the syrian crisis. senator paul is an out spoken critic of the action on syria. right now, karl rove joins us, first, your reaction to the speech by the president. >> well, let's start by saying the things i liked about it. he gave a concise explanation of why this was in america's security interest and how this was a violation of international norms. he confronted some questions and concerns that people have, slippery slope, will it

i'm bret baier in washington. about a mile from where i am right now, what began as just another monday quickly turned into a day of terror. before it was over, a dozen victims lay dead, victims of a mass shooting within the shadow of the nation's capitol. one gunman is dead, 34-year-old aaron alexis of ft. worth, texas. he is a former naval reservist. a search for possible accompl e accomplices has turned up nothing so far. jennifer griffin is live at the navy yard tonight and begins our coverage. hello, jennifer. >> reporter: hi, bret. u.s. navy officials say the suspect in this shooting never deployed, never served in combat, never deployed to a war zone. he was an aviation electrician until 2011 in ft. worth, texas. his friends say he left the navy because he didn't like getting out of bed so early. the first shots were heard shortly after 8:00 a.m., an initial burst of three gunshots, a gunman described by eyewitnesses at a six-foot tall bald african-american, wearing dark clothes and carrying an ar-15 semiau

bringing in bret baier. and then at the end said i'm not going to negotiate on debt that congress has already spent. >> trace, big news there obviously, that he spoke by phone with iran's president rouhani about the next steps in the negotiation that the administration launched with secretary kerry. yesterday and now this phone call today. republicans will then turn and say, if he can negotiate with iran, a day after a white house senior adviser likened house republicans to suicide bombers, and he can negotiate with iran, a country that has definitively supported suicide bombers, and funded efforts to kill u.s. troops in iraq, why can't he negotiate with us? that will be the line from the house republicans. i heard it last night from the house majority whip. you have this line in the sand. a red line from president obama with house republicans, saying don't do it. don't push me. i'm not going to move forward. that said, you have a anxious house republican caucus that is not really following what house speake