we need to protect the country. >> all right, obama drew a line, brigitte in the sand, when it came tonk it was meaningless. i think the president showed weakness abroad. now that the iranian warships are sailing toward the u.s., why doesn't the american president issue a clear ultimatum, why don't they say we are going to blow your ships to smithereens? >> he doesn't have the will power or the back bone to stand up to the iranians. it would make this memorable to show a show of strength and create calculated buzz and escorts the way we used to do with the soviets back in the cold war. but we don't have the will power to do that. these two ships will probably dock in venezuela, unload some cargo, and then go on to other countries, with relationships with both countries -- >> maybe we should fly over the ships and send the iranians a message. >> sean, right now we are negotiating with iran, we can't screw it up. let the negotiations continue. >> we didn't negotiate, we caved, bowed and surrendered. they got all of their money back. >> sean, we did not surrender. >> and they have given n

so, for her birthday, brigitte got a huge present.g the giant box on her big day. oh my goodness. >> there is tissue. come over here and open up the flap. let's see. >> happy birthday. [giggles] [squeals] >> hi, i missed you. [giggles] >> oh, man, was that a silly present? >> can't you just watch those all day? every one. thanks for inviting us into your home tonight. that's it for this "special report,", balanced and unafraid. greta goes "on the record" right now. and "special report" online begins in 8 seconds. this is a fox news alert. the house approving republican backed. democrats insist all the deals does is keeps the irs targeting scandal alive and the democrats once again calling the irs targeting a phony scandal and pointing fingers right at fox news. >> we have all heard the outrage and the innuendo republican colleagues and chief mouth piece fox news. >> political theater crowded to make the producers at fox television happy. this is not a political issue. this is not about an r or a d this is about a we. >> this r. here c

rachel, brigitte, mike and mike or is it one michael and one mike or both mike. >> i would say michaeles. mcduck. >> stephen: all right. >> i will go mike nordic, mike italian. all right, okay, you are lake street dive. you guys eck employed-- eck ploded this career with a youtube video, everybody watched. you did a great cover i want you back by the jackson 5. are you also what is the fox say guys. >> unfortunately, not. >> no, okay. >> didn't receive that. >> stephen: okay. got a couple of questions here, to cut. first television appearance, tonight. >> very first. (cheers and applause) >> stephen: are you guys ready for the bump. >> yes. >> stephen: ready for the colbert bump. >> yes. >> stephen: where did you meet? >> in college at the new england conserve tore of music in boston. >> stephen: what is a conserve tore? is that the place where colonel's mustard kills you with a candlestick, what is that. >> it's a place where, conserve tore of muss sick where you study music and you don't generally study other subjects. you study just music. >> stephen: okay, all right. >> very focuse

do we hear back from brigitte kelly? >> it was an important date and also being told by lawmakers who are going to be receiving that material that some of the lawyers involved asked for more time and given more time for e-mails and documents and that can take some time to do. they'll go through what's provided to them and tomorrow is an important date and watching for a few weeks. >> all right. on top of it, nbc's kelly o'donnell, thank you so much. >>> dana mill bank is columnist, perry bacon political editor and republican strategist and contributor susan delpresio. thank you for being with us. dana, there were defenders and detractors of mr. christie weighing in on the scandal today. former mayor giuliani said politics are most definitely at play here. take a listen. >> i think there's a real incident that was unfortunate and bad and the governor apologized for that. i don't want to minimize for that but you take that and now you have pile-on. >> so is he right, dana? have the political sharks tasted blood in the wate