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. >>> for more on this let's talk to chris stirewalt, he joins us now live. hi chris. >> shannon bream. >> these topics based there in d.c. and possibly the former secretary's chances in return there to the white house, this time not as first lady but as the 39. what do you make of this? we have gotten new clarifications in statements and nuances to things that have been said and things that haven't been said. >> the political reality for her is that democrats -- there was a period of time where democrats said it would be nice to have a challenger for her because then she could warm up a little bit and she wouldn't be so rusty going in. then there's the phase where they said, we might actually need a challenger. now the thing that's happening and this is key, as you see her -- the one declared rival she has, martin o'malley, who is actually irish, that he is swinging harder. he's hitting harder. . in an interview with a "washington post" columnist, he went after the triangulation, the clinton brandword, for cutting a deal with the other side. he said, we don't

chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor. he joins me now. for those not up to date bob menendez is a democrat and he appears to be in a lot of trouble. he denies everything but they think he did something very bad, like felony bad. and now they want to talk to not just menendez but mr. reid. why? >> it doesn't count if you say it out of the side of your mouth. i think that's actually what the rules are. >> i'm feeling fat. >> exactly. then it would be fine. if harry reid had an emoji it would have a black eye. not just because of the bad fall he took it would be because not only did he lose an election and go into the minority but now he's got to deal with this serious corruption case that is swirling around congress. what it relates to is bob menendez, he is a democrat from new jersey. ranking member on the senate foreign committee has harassed the president on his foreign policy. mr. menendez points out he's not been charged with anything, but if you're holding a press conference and defending yourself against the noncharges it's not exact

and chris stirewalt joins us, he's our prognosticator for the power index. i remember seeing -- didn't johnny carson used to do that? >> i don't have an envelope, though. >> you need to get one. that will be your prop next week. let's talk about -- you have three new names today who's up and who's down. let's start with fiorina? >> she's been doing a good job. she's been hustling and been out there. she did a particularly good job at cpac a new-look cpac and she did a great job primarily on these grounds, that of anybody on the stage she most lacerated hillary clinton and took the fight directly to hillary clinton because remember when republicans are thinking about who they're going to nominate, they're thinking of who can take on hillary clinton on a debate stage. and carly fiorina wowed of people in that hall and she's definitely earned a place for herself in that top ten. >> i thought that was extremely smart strategy for her. let's talk about rand paul, up or down? >> he's up. he won the cpac poll. i was thinking we might see more movement from paul. bu

chris stirewalt is next with the story behind the story. law in a small town in texas complete with an islamic courtroom? stay tuned for this report. >>> let me be very clear very clear, i have always conducted myself appropriately and in accordance with the law. i fight for these issues and for the people of our country every single day. that's who i am. and i am not going anywhere. >> breaking tonight a u.s. senator is reportedly about to be indicted. reports today that eric holder's justice department is preparing to bring serious criminal charges against democratic senator bob menendez of new jersey. the reports of potential charges had many noting the senator's recent set of very public foreign policy knocks on president obama with some media outlets questioning if the latest move from the doj is political retribution. joining us now chris stirewalt, fox news's digital politics editor. chris, he's -- this investigation's been going on for some time. and it focuses on his relationship with some shady opthamologist. >> i see what you did

so we asked chris stirewalt to weigh-in on what's going on with scott walker. stirewalt's our fox news digital politics editor. they say he's made some missteps in particular in iowa which you should not misstep in if you want to be the presidential nominee. what did he do? >> well it wasn't that he misstepped as it relates to winning in iowa. it was that he was perceived as flip-flopping to curry favor with iowans that is to say -- >> a politician? >> yeah. hard to imagine but what he did was say that he was open to the idea of continuing a rule that said your gasoline has to have a certain amount of corn-based alcohol in it. it's a subsidy by another name. he's opposed to subsidies in general but said he was open to that continuing. people said you're flip-flopping, you're flip-flopping. he said i'm not flip-flopping, it's complicated. it's indicative of the difference between the time you're rising and the time you get to the top and you start feeling that scrutiny. >> iowans like his new position but not his old position. >> uh-huh. and the compromise positi

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knight is fox news digital politics editor chris stirewalt and also host power play good to see you. that looks to be a major problem for this administration to disappear and fade into the night. it is hard to keep a hold of the threats and then how they come to bite you that is the decision predicated on a short-term desire as that was unraveling this looked like a story that came with the opportunity to empty out guantanamo bay. with the opportunity to finance interest to close guantanamo and the consequences that continue to bring out now to be charged with desertion. to those who would be swapped out for those in the taliban and the looks worse and worse. lou: we have our first official candidate senator ted cruz is an opening to early? >> no. he made the right choice and did it well he asserts tough questions isn't went to abc and cbs but he also had a great to launch with the evangelical launch a and i would warn any republican who thinks it is the easy out to be disqualified they're wrong he will go the distance and and a conservative candidate will have to see if they could t

chris stirewalt is our politics editor. clinton says there's no -- there, there, come on, this is like powell did it colin powell did it, that's her defense. >> her defense is in fact colin powell did it. and it is very common across this glorious federal government of ours for people to use private e-mail accounts when conducting government business. in fact within this administration, people like lois lerner are said to have done it. we know the epa had dummy e-mail addresses -- >> dick windsor. or epa administrator was e-mailing everybody under the name of dick windsor. >> our friend richard windsor true story. so yes, the commonness of the practice of evading the requirements that you -- >> but wait, i see the point you're getting to. which is the fact that so many people are doing it. and under questionable circumstances. this doesn't excuse her. >> but this is different. >> let's start with the fact that what she's alleging is not true. it's unprecedented as far as we know for a government official to conduct all of t

chris stirewalt joins me now. chris, is this a republican thing and the senate investigating this?s said reported to be bipartisan by our colleagues at foxnews.com. and certainly there is -- the simplest way i can put it is this administration's been trying to defeat benjamin netanyahu for a long time. this goes back to 2009. what could be different here, what could be consequential here is money. funds that were provided to an ngo nonprofit group that sounds like a nice-nice. it's about -- i can't remember its name right now. >> one voice. >> one voice. that it's about bringing everyone together. exactly. and then it turns out that they get money from the u.s. department of -- we give a lot of money to a lot of different groups around the world that are do-gooder groups. this group then decided it was going to have an unprecedented political effort. now, they would say that is different from the money we get from the united states. >> that's what they did say. >> and the analogy -- >> they said, hey, state give us this money. we did so much good with it. and later we had to use no

chris stirewalt is our politics editor. clinton says there's no -- there, there, come on, this is like powell did it colin powell did it, that's her defense. >> her defense is in fact colin powell did it. and it is very common across this glorious federal government of ours for people to use private e-mail accounts when conducting government business. in fact within this administration, people like lois lerner are said to have done it. we know the epa had dummy e-mail addresses -- >> dick windsor. or epa administrator was e-mailing everybody under the name of dick windsor. >> our friend richard windsor true story. so yes, the commonness of the practice of evading the requirements that you -- >> but wait, i see the point you're getting to. which is the fact that so many people are doing it. and under questionable circumstances. this doesn't excuse her. >> but this is different. >> let's start with the fact that what she's alleging is not true. it's unprecedented as far as we know for a government official to conduct all of t

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