you can write it in facebook.com/brett baier or on twitter at brett baier and use the #specialreport. we may use the question. >>> other candidates are now weighing in tonight on donald trump's comment on this program last night, about eminent domain. the practice of government taking private property with what the government determines is fair compensation. chief washington correspondent james rosen shows us. >> on the campaign trail, donald trump's full-throated defense of eminent domain is drawing fire. >> constitutional amendment. >> keeps development like donald trump from using the power of eminent domain to take private property away from an owner. >> likewise jeb bush recently invoked vera coken, the new jersey woman who once refused to sell her modest dmak city property to trump and prevailed in court. >> one of the candidates for president tried to use the police powers to garner property from a widow that did not want to sell to build a casino i don't know if you know which one i'm talking about now. >> and it's wrong. >> eminent domain cases typically involve the governmen

. >> we're going to call brett baier. >> do you wonder how you can fill that block? >> that was fun. the commander of our forces in afghanistan is challenging the president's plan to pull our troops out. general john campbell is warning when "the five" return. i was going to the library to do my homework. it was a little bit of a walk to get to the bus stop. i had to wait in line to use the computer. took a lot of juggling to keep it all together. what's possible when you have high-speed internet at home? the library never closes. it makes it so much better to do homework when you're at home. internet essentials from comcast. helping to bridge the digital divide. . we're seeing the consequences of president obama's failed straj in syria, russian has stepped in. perhaps actor ruprd friend of "homeland" can reenact this scene. he plays a cia operative just back from syria, briefing his superiors. >> assad is still in power, isil is still growing. are we really getting anywhere in syria? >> i just said yes. >> you said the program should be renewed, i'm asking is our st

good evening i'm chris wallace, in for brett baier. vice president joe biden says his window to run for president has closed. citing the period of mourning over the death of his son. biden said he and his family could not come to a decision in time to make a presidential campaign work. the move seems to smooth the path for hillary clinton, who face as crucial test of her own, tomorrow. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story. >> beau is our inspiration. unfortunately i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> in the end, the gut-check for vice president joe biden was simple -- advisers say he wanted to jump in, but by the time he had gotten through the early stages of grieving his son, beau, death, co-not see a path to win the democratic nomination. >> i've concluded it has closed. >> it clears much of the field for front-runner hillary clinton. especially just 24 hours after moderate democrat jim webb left the race. clinton, with an eye on wooing biden su

this is "special report." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier.he obama administration policy on combat in iraq really is. the president has said there will not be any. today the secretary of defense acknowledged otherwise. in describing the death of an american serviceman. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. >> the pentagon has released the identity of the fst

good evening i'm chris wallace, in for brett baier. vice president joe biden says his window to run for president has closed. citing the period of mourning over the death of his son. biden said he and his family could not come to a decision in time to make a presidential campaign work. the move seems to smooth the path for hillary clinton, who face as crucial test of her own, tomorrow. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story. >> beau is our inspiration. unfortunately i believe we're out of time. the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. >> in the end, the gut-check for vice president joe biden was simple -- advisers say he wanted to jump in, but by the time he had gotten through the early stages of grieving his son, beau, death, co-not see a path to win the democratic nomination. >> i've concluded it has closed. >> it clears much of the field for front-runner hillary clinton. especially just 24 hours after moderate democrat jim webb left the race. clinton, with an eye on wooing biden su

i'm brett baier. sometimes the thing you least expect happens. that is the case tonight. house majority leader, kevin mccarthy stunned his republican colleagues today, by withdrawing his name from consideration. to the next house speaker. the gop conference has postponed its election, in what appeared to be a relatively peaceful transfer of power to a trusted lieutenant has been blown apart. creating questions about the

." >>> good evening, and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama will not keep his promisebut a handful of u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of his second term. the commander-in-chief made that official today. upping the number of americans who will stay in the country for the foreseeable future. many inside and outside the military are asking are the numbers enough to strengthen what has been a weak afghan fighting force.

." >>> good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier.a day of rage against israel. and they got their wish. right now, it's just past 1:00 a.m. in israel and darkness has replaced the flash of firebombs, grenades and gunfire. against this backdrop president obama said today that israel has a right to prevent its citizens from being

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama is stepping up the fightending 50 special operations forces to the civil war-racked country. directly contradicting earlier vows not to put american boots on the ground. the decision comes as foreign ministers from the u.s. its allies, plus iran and russia gather in austria to try to find a way out of the quagmire. we h

. >>> this is a fox news alert, i'm brett baier, welcome to washington, donald trump says he's in ite republican presidential front-runner told me today he's not going anywhere and expects to win iowa and new hampshire, despite what he calls some shifts in polls. he talked about topics he has not addressed, laying out his opposition to a new trade deal. his defense of eminent domain and explaining why he sent marco rubio a care package. we'll have my extended interview with donald trump in a moment. >>> first the headlines, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the deadly air strike on a hospital in kunduz was a mistake. general john campbell told a senate panel the call went through a chain of

good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, hillary clinton did nothing to jeopardize her-runner status during last night's first of the campaign. democratic debate. what was billed as a clash between the five declared candidates was essentially a one-on-one between clinton and primary challenger bernie sanders. all the threat from vice president biden's possible entry may be starting to

donald trump telling our brett baier he is not the fighter that everyone makes him out to be, with his republican opponents. >> i wish that republicans could get together, i am a counter puncher, i never started, you will say that bush started with me, i have been nice with bush. i want to be nice to everyone, it very important for republicans to win they get along, i am not looking to do this with everyone. lou: that is a kin kinder donald trump. jedediah bila is joining us. she is always kinder, and michael goodwin. fox news contributors. i have to give you some credit for being kind. start with mccarthy that absurd gift that he gave too hillary clinton, it resurrected her campaign. >> i think it would cost him his leadership, and i think it should. i wonder if he is not signaling that the committee has been source of a lot of stories about the e-mail. the committee itself has not done anything yet, it has not broken new ground. lou: jedediah circumstanc, is ie stupidest thing have you seen, the republican leadership in the house has not been blessed with great talent, for that matte

good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house republicans are going after the president's tax man. they have begun the process of trying to impeach irs commissioner john koskennen. correspondent doug mcelway is here to tell us why. >> the spark that innighted these proceedings was the decision last week by the department of justice, not to press charges against lois lerner. when that decision was made, the chairman of the

good evening i'm chris wallace, in for brett baier.esident joe biden says his window to run for president has closed. citing the period of mourning over the death of his son. biden said he and his family could not come to a decision in time to make a presidential campaign work. the move seems to smooth the path for hillary clinton, who face as crucial test of her own, tomorrow. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top

." >>> good evening, and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama will not keep his promise to withdraw all but a handful of u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of his second term. the commander-in-chief made that official today. upping the number of americans who will stay in the country for the foreseeable future. many inside and outside the military are asking are the numbers enough to strengthen what has been a weak afghan fighting force. correspondent kevin corke reports from the white house tonight on a major reversal for this president. >> while america's combat mission in afghanistan may be over, our commitment to afghanistan and its people endures. >> a commitment that has now endured for 14 years and will continue with today's announcement that the u.s. will slow its withdrawal from afghanistan. opting to have troops by the thousands remain beyond next year. >> we anticipated as we were drawing down troops, there would be times where we might need to slow things down or fill gaps in afghan capacity. and this is a reflection of that. >> the president announced t

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house speaker john boehner joins me in justoday, canada will soon be under new management. but the name is familiar -- justin trudeau, the son of former prime minister pierre trudeau led liberals to a major victory in monday's parliamentary elections, he will replace conservative prime minister stephen harper. the 43-year-old trudeau is seen as a

good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house republicans are going after the president's tax man. they have begun the process of trying to impeach irs commissioner john koskennen. correspondent doug mcelway is here to tell us why. >> the spark that innighted these proceedings was the decision last week by the department of justice, not to press charges against lois lerner. when that decision was made, the chairman of the house oversight committee jason chaffetz tweeted that a clear message will not be tolerated. there may be another fact that are spurred the impeachment resolution. the imminent change in house leadership. paul ryan chairman of the house ways and means committee, also had jurisdiction over the irs. listen to his last words to koskennen. >> i don't believe you, this is incredible. >> i have a long career. that's the first time that anybody has said they don't believe me. >> i don't believe you. >> it may be with ryan expected to come in chairman chaffetz felt he had a green light to go with an impeachment resolution. he said the commissioner violated the pu

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house speaker john boehner joins me in justent. first the headlines today, canada will soon be under new management. but the name is familiar -- justin trudeau, the son of former prime minister pierre trudeau led liberals to a major victory in monday's parliamentary elections, he will replace conservative prime minister stephen harper. the 43-year-old trudeau is seen as a

good evening, i'm chris wallace in for brett baier. if at first you don't succeed -- quit. that apparently is the obama administration's fillfy when it comes to training syrian rebels. the president is abandoning a half billion dollar program that produced only a handful of fighters. this comes as russia continues to expand its military role in syria. correspondent doug mckelway reports from the pentagon. >> more than three weeks after centcom's general made the admission that only four or five rebels have been trained. the administration pulled the plug on the army's training program. >> i wasn't satisfied with the early efforts in that regard and so we're looking at different ways to achieve the basically the same kind of strategic objective. >> a new program to take its place will quote provide equipment packages and weapons to a select group of vetted leaders and their units. >> what they're going to focus on now are efforts that have proven effective in the past. >> critics see it as another sign of administration indecision. that as russian forces escalate their syria

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. president obama is putting the blame for mass shootings like the one that took nine lives yesterday in oregon squarely at the feet of congress with a strong emphasis on republicans. his comments come as we learn more about the young man who pulled the trigger. we have fox team coverage. kevin corke at the white house from the president's comment from an afternoon news conference. we begin with dan springer in roseburg, oregon tonight.

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. president obama is putting the blame for mass shootings like the one that took nine lives yesterday in oregon squarely at the feet of congress with a strong emphasis on republicans. his comments come as we learn more about the young man who pulled the trigger. we have fox team coverage. kevin corke at the white house from the president's comment from an afternoon news conference. we begin with dan springer in roseburg, oregon tonight. hello, dan. >> a full day after the mass shooting at umpqua community college. police have still blocked access to the campus. a makeshift memorial grows, lots of flowers and a sign that says pray for roseburg. many helped where they could by giving blood. nine people were killed. almost all students, several more were injured, three are still fighting for their lives. among those shot was chris minz, who tried to keep the gunman out of the classroom and shielded others. >> tried to blom the door do keep the gunman from coming in. shot three times, hits

good evening, i'm chris wallace in for brett baier. if at first you don't succeed -- quit.parently is the obama administration's fillfy when it comes to training syrian rebels. the president is abandoning a half billion dollar program that produced only a handful of fighters. this comes as russia continues to expand its military role in syria. correspondent doug

." >>> good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. hamas called on all palestinians to take part in a day of rage against israel. and they got their wish. right now, it's just past 1:00 a.m. in israel and darkness has replaced the flash of firebombs, grenades and gunfire. against this backdrop president obama said today that israel has a right to prevent its citizens from being subjected to whey called random violence. but he added, both sides should tamp down rhetoric that feeds misunderstanding and anger. earlier, correspondent john had you haddy -- huddy was in the middle of fighting in bethlehem. >> this has been the site of clashes all week here in the west bank city of bethlehem. you can see riders on the other side. here comes the military police. this is definitely increasing in intensity again. there have been clashes, rioting throughout the week, as the violence throughout jerusalem and other parts of israel has been escalating. today a palestinian man posing as a news photographer attacked an israeli soldier in the west ban

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama is stepping up the fight inside syria. sending 50 special operations forces to the civil war-racked country. directly contradicting earlier vows not to put american boots on the ground. the decision comes as foreign ministers from the u.s. its allies, plus iran and russia gather in austria to try to find a way out of the quagmire. we have fox team coverage. benjamin hall in vienna tells us what was accomplished today. we begin with correspondent kevin corke at the white house and what many see as a significant mission creep in the middle east. good evening, kevin. >> good evening to you, despite dismissing suggestions that this is in fact a classic case of mission creep. white house officials suggest tonight that this evolving strategy in syria is simply a reflection of conditions on the ground. for the white house this latest shift in syria strategy has been months in the making beginning with a meeting between the president and pentagon officials in july. the newest plan authorizes that up to 50 special ops

not many people at fox can play with brett baier. >> ooh, trash talking. bush our former president not handling 9/11 well and saying he could have done it better preventing attacks. watch this. >> i think i could certainly have maybe done a lot better. my immigration policies were in effect. i don't know that that would have happened because i would, i have very, very strong immigration. i'm not just talking about the southern border, i'm talking generally speaking. i'm not blaming anybody, but the statement was made that, during, at the debate, during my brother's reign essentially, during my brother's reign, we were safe. well, we weren't safe because the world trade center came down and 3,000 lives were lost and lots of other bad things happened. >> what do you think, brett? >> yes, so listen, i think that this is really an interesting tact because it started with a question to bloomberg friday and donald trump doubled down over the weekend, really tripled down on your show and it raises this whole question about fighting 9/11 and the security after 9/1

brett baier here to react in 30 seconds. >>> and live from new york it's "fox & friends," kinda. be a member of congress. it can be anybody. folks have thrown out names like mitt romney and newt gingrich. >> i don't know about him. that's the man who stole christmas. >> good job, brian. >> spot on. >> how do we feel about the spoof? kimberly thinks it's spot on. mornings are still better with friends, real friends. >>> and live from studio "e" today kimberly guilfoyle in for elisabeth taking columbus day off. >> you only have eight more hours. >> i'm just getting waur warmed it on. >> she'll be on at 5:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern time is brett baier who joins us from our nation's capit capitol. >> good morning. >> i'm sure you were watching "60 minutes" last night, the president in the legacy phase of his administration. steve cross brought up the pesky syria thing and said essentially mr. president, vladimir putin is kicking wyour butt. watch the reaction and then get your reaction. >> he's challenging your leadership, mr. president. he's challenging your leadership. >> steve, i go

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama is stepping up the fightia. sending 50 special operations forces to the civil war-racked country. directly contradicting earlier vows not to put american boots on the ground. the decision comes as foreign ministers from the u.s. its allies, plus iran and russia gather in austria to try to find a way out of the

." >>> good evening i'm shannon breen in for brett baier, who is on assignment. enters tonight's debate with a sizeable lead over fellow democrats, as she deals with the ongoing fallout from her email scandal, it appears that americans are more willing to support vice president biden if and when he decides to jump in. ed henry has tonight's top story from las vegas. >> the stage is set for democrats to debate after two republican showdowns. while front-runr

i'm brett baier. sometimes the thing you least expect happens. that is the case tonight. house majority leader, kevin mccarthy stunned his republican colleagues today, by withdrawing his name from consideration. to the next house speaker. the gop conference has postponed its election, in what appeared to be a relatively peaceful transfer of power to a trusted lieutenant has been blown apart. creating questions about the house leadership pending legislation and frankly the future of the republican party. chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has the story from capitol hill. >> i think i shocked some of you, huh? >> after being the favorite to be the republican nominee for speaker, house majority speeder kevin mccarthy stunned colleagues by announcing he's not the guy for the job. >> there's something to be said for us to unite. we probably need a fresh face, i'll stay on as majority leader. but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. so nothing more than that. >> house oversite chai

." >>> good evening, and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama will not keep his promise to withdraw all but a handful of u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of his second term. the commander-in-chief made that official today. upping the number of americans who will stay in the country for the foreseeable future. many inside and outside the military are asking are the numbers enough to strengthen what has been a weak afghan fighting force. correspondent kevin corke reports from the white house tonight on a major reversal for this president. >> while america's combat mission in afghanistan may be over, our commitment to afghanistan and its people endures. >> a commitment that has now endured for 14 years and will continue with today's announcement that the u.s. will slow its withdrawal from afghanistan. opting to have troops by the thousands remain beyond next year. >> we anticipated as we were drawing down troops, there would be times where we might need to slow things down or fill gaps in afghan capacity. and this is a reflection of that. >> the president announced t

." >>> good evening i'm shannon breen in for brett baier, who is on assignment. hillary clinton enters tonight's debate with a sizeable lead over fellow democrats, as she deals with the ongoing fallout from her email scandal, it appears that americans are more willing to support vice president biden if and when he decides to jump in. ed henry has tonight's top story from las vegas. >> the stage is set for democrats to debate after two republican showdowns. while front-runner hillary clinton and the others have insisted their debates will have more substance than the donald trump-nominated gop slugfest. democrats threw punches before the debate. chelsea gabbert charging that dnc chairwoman debbie wasserman-schultz is lying. gabbert said she was disinvited from tonight's debate for demanding just four debates before the election. the democrats charge the limited debates coddle clinton. >> this is so silly, so ridiculous. this is my point. we need to focus on our candidate. >> nevada's senior senator harry reid tried to mediate. as soon as clinton arrived in will ha

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house speaker john boehner joins me in just a moment. first the headlines today, canada will soon be under new management. but the name is familiar -- justin trudeau, the son of former prime minister pierre trudeau led liberals to a major victory in monday's parliamentary elections, he will replace conservative prime minister stephen harper. the 43-year-old trudeau is seen as a dashing young voice for change and has been compared to barack obama. >>> the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon is appealing for calm ease visits with israeli and palestinian leaders. a palestinian attacker rammed his car into a group of realize at a bus stop today. two were injured, drifrt was shot and killed. >>> and the latest polling indicates that hillary clinton is widening her lead over bernie sanders. "wall street journal"/nbc news survey has clinton at 49%, sanders at 29 and joe biden at 15. to house speaker john boehner, he stunned the political world in september by announcing his imminent retirement. in the months since then, it's

good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, hillary clinton did nothing to jeopardize herront-runner status during last night's first of the campaign. democratic debate. what was billed as a clash between the five declared candidates was essentially a one-on-one between clinton and primary challenger bernie sanders. all the threat from vice president biden's possible entry may be starting to fade. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story from henderson, nevada. >> as a pumped-up hillary clinton thanked supporters and a debate watch party lasted into the night, even some republicans quickly declared her the winner of the democrat's first clash. >> we're going to win. >> one notable today appeared to be vice president joe biden, who was either just trying to stay neutral. or was raining on clinton's parade with a luke warm grade. >> i thought they all did well. >> top clinton advisers told fox immediately after the debate they see no credible path to the race for biden. the privately admit another clinton stumble after months of sliding polls over her

good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, hillary clinton did nothing to jeopardize herunner status during last night's first of the campaign. democratic debate. what was billed as a clash between the five declared candidates was essentially a one-on-one between clinton and primary challenger bernie sanders. all the threat from vice president biden's possible entry may be starting to fade

i'm brett baier, welcome to washington, hillary clinton is flip-flopping again.ing another major break with her former boss. this time, the democratic presidential front-runner is distancing herself from president obama's legacy trade deal. chief white house correspondent ed henry is here with that story tonight. >> it was yesterday, hillary clinton mocked republicans by sending every single candidate a copy of her book, "hard choices." she said the trade deal, if implemented correctly, would benefit america. she negotiated it for president obama, called it the gold standard. that was then, this is now. >> what i know about it as of today, i'm

i'm brett baier in washington, hillary clinton continues her testimony at this hour before the house on benghazi. we will take you back there live shortly. first a recap of what's gone on since the hearing began eight hours ago, plusrom our expanded all-star panel. let's begin with our fox team coverage. catherine herridge with some fact-checking of what clinton said today. and we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel. >> hillary clinton has spoken about benghazi before. this time her email provided a useful tool to help with asking her questions. >> i was the one who asked

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. president obama is putting the blame for mass shootings like the one that took nine lives yesterday in oregon squarely at the feet of congress with a strong emphasis on republicans. his comments come as we learn more about the young man who pulled the trigger. we have fox team coverage. kevin corke at the white house from the president's comment from an afternoon news conference. we begin with dan springer in roseburg, oregon tonight. hello, dan. >> a full day after the mass shooting at umpqua community college. police have still blocked access to the campus. a makeshift memorial grows, lots of flowers and a sign that says pray for roseburg. many helped where they could by giving blood. nine people were killed. almost all students, several more were injured, three are still fighting for their lives. among those shot was chris minz, who tried to keep the gunman out of the classroom and shielded others. >> tried to blom the door do keep the gunman from coming in. shot three times, hits

i'm brett baier. sometimes the thing you least expect happens. that is the case tonight. house majority leader, kevin mccarthy stunned his republican colleagues today, by withdrawing his name from consideration. to the next house speaker. the gop conference has postponed its election, in what appeared to be a relatively peaceful transfer of power to a trusted lieutenant has been blown apart. creating questions about the house leadership pending legislation and frankly the future of the republican party. chief congressional correspondent mike emmanuel has the story from capitol hill. >> i think i shocked some of you, huh? >> after being the favorite to be the republican nominee for speaker, house majority speeder kevin mccarthy stunned colleagues by announcing he's not the guy for the job. >> there's something to be said for us to unite. we probably need a fresh face, i'll stay on as majority leader. but the one thing i found in talking to everybody, if we're going to unite and be strong, we need a new face to help do that. so nothing more than that. >> house oversite chai

." >>> good evening, and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, president obama will not keep his promiseo withdraw all but a handful of u.s. troops from afghanistan by the end of his second term. the commander-in-chief made that official today. upping the number of americans who will stay in the country for the foreseeable future. many inside and outside the military are asking are the numbers enough to strengthen what has been a weak afghan fighting force.

>>> this is a fox news alert, i'm brett baier, welcome to washington, donald trump says he's in it to win it. the republican presidential front-runner told me today he's not going anywhere and expects to win iowa and new hampshire, despite what he calls some shifts in polls. he talked about topics he has not addressed, laying out his opposition to a new trade deal. his defense of eminent domain and explaining why he sent marco rubio a care package. we'll have my extended interview with donald trump in a moment. >>> first the headlines, the top u.s. commander in afghanistan says the deadly air strike on a hospital in kunduz was a mistake. general john campbell told a senate panel the call went through a chain of command and the hospital was mistakenly struck killing 22 people. also discussed at the hearing how many troops president obama should leave in afghanistan. and it's more than planned. >>> the death toll from the weekend storms in the carolinas has grown to 17. tens of thousands of people in columbia, south carolina have no water service. others are being told to boil theirs be

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. president obama is putting the blame for mass shootings like the one that took nine lives yesterday in oregon squarely at the feet of congress with a strong emphasis on republicans. his comments come as we learn more about the young man who pulled the trigger. we have fox team coverage. kevin corke at the white house from the president's comment from an afternoon news conference. we begin with dan springer in roseburg, oregon tonight.

good evening, i'm chris wallace in for brett baier. if at first you don't succeed -- quit.tly is the obama administration's fillfy when it comes to training syrian rebels. the president is abandoning a half billion dollar program that produced only a handful of fighters. this comes as russia continues to expand its military role in syria. correspondent doug

"special report" with brett baier begins right after this commercial break. >>> this is a fox news alertwestern oregon are reporting at least 13 fatalities tonight from a shooting rampage at a community college. the shooter is also dead. umpqua college is in roseburg, about 180 miles south of portland. let's go live to trace gallagher in our west coast news room for the latest. >> the shooting happened after 10:30 west coast time. 18-year-old kortney moore, a student inside snyder hall where we believe the shooting was confined, said a bullet pierced a window, hitting her teacher and the shooter walked in, saying state your religion and apparently opened fire

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, house speaker john boehner joins me in just a moment. first the headlines today, canada will soon be under new management. but the name is familiar -- justin trudeau, the son of former prime minister pierre trudeau led liberals to a major victory in monday's parliamentary elections, he will replace conservative prime minister stephen harper. the 43-year-old trudeau is seen as a dashing young voice for change and has been compared to barack obama. >>> the united nations secretary-general ban ki-moon is appealing for calm ease visits with israeli and palestinian leaders. a palestinian attacker rammed his car into a group of realize at a bus stop today. two were injured, drifrt was shot and killed. >>> and the latest polling indicates that hillary clinton is widening her lead over bernie sanders. "wall street journal"/nbc news survey has clinton at 49%, sanders at 29 and joe biden at 15. to house speaker john boehner, he stunned the political world in september by announcing his imminent retirement. in the months since then, it's

." >>> good evening, welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, tonight we have limited commercial breaks to our sponsor for the hour, norfolk southern. fewer and shorter breaks and a lot more news and analysis. we begin tonight with the republican presidential race and the fallout from last night's third candidate debate. presidential candidate and texas senator ted cruz will join us live here shortly. but first, chief political correspondent carl cameron has

good evening, i'm chris wallace in for brett baier. if at first you don't succeed -- quit. that apparently is the obama administration's fillfy when it comes to training syrian rebels. the president is abandoning a half billion dollar program that produced only a handful of fighters. this comes as russia continues to expand its military role in syria. correspondent doug mckelway reports from the pentagon. >> more than three weeks after centcom's general made the admission that only four or five rebels have been trained. the administration pulled the plug on the army's training program. >> i wasn't satisfied with the early efforts in that regard and so we're looking at different ways to achieve the basically the same kind of strategic objective. >> a new program to take its place will quote provide equipment packages and weapons to a select group of vetted leaders and their units. >> what they're going to focus on now are efforts that have proven effective in the past. >> critics see it as another sign of administration indecision. that as russian forces escalate their syria

." >>> good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier. hamas called on all palestinians to take part in a day of rage against israel. and they got their wish. right now, it's just past 1:00 a.m. in israel and darkness has replaced the flash of firebombs, grenades and gunfire. against this backdrop president obama said today that israel has a right to prevent its citizens from being subjected to whey called random violence. but he added, both sides should tamp down rhetoric that feeds misunderstanding and anger. earlier, correspondent john had you haddy -- huddy was in the middle of fighting in bethlehem. >> this has been the site of clashes all week here in the west bank city of bethlehem. you can see riders on the other side. here comes the military police. this is definitely increasing in intensity again. there have been clashes, rioting throughout the week, as the violence throughout jerusalem and other parts of israel has been escalating. today a palestinian man posing as a news photographer attacked an israeli soldier in the west ban

good evening and welcome to washington, i'm brett baier, hillary clinton did nothing to jeopardize her front-runner status during last night's first of the campaign. democratic debate. what was billed as a clash between the five declared candidates was essentially a one-on-one between clinton and primary challenger bernie sanders. all the threat from vice president biden's possible entry may be starting to fade. chief white house correspondent ed henry has tonight's top story from henderson, nevada. >> as a pumped-up hillary clinton thanked supporters and a debate watch party lasted into the night, even some republicans quickly declared her the winner of the democrat's first clash. >> we're going to win. >> one notable today appeared to be vice president joe biden, who was either just trying to stay neutral. or was raining on clinton's parade with a luke warm grade. >> i thought they all did well. >> top clinton advisers told fox immediately after the debate they see no credible path to the race for biden. the privately admit another clinton stumble after months of sliding polls over h

i'm brett baier. sometimes the thing you least expect happens. that is the case tonight.leader, kevin mccarthy stunned his republican colleagues today, by withdrawing his name from consideration. to the next house speaker. the gop conference has postponed its election, in what appeared to be a relatively peaceful transfer of power to a trusted lieutenant has been blown apart. creating questio