dan henninger is back with us as well. dan, is he right?are soft on crime because they want felons to vote for them and media is soft on democrats as well, i think he is probably right on that. but look, these republicans are out there at the moment, because of donald trump trying to prove who is the angriest conservative and ted cruz scored a lot of points in that cnbc debate going after the media. remember that? so i think he is going back to the media well again. there is some truth but trying to build up support out there. david: julie, i hold in my hands a article from none other than "mother jones" magazine. into the right-wing -- >> i'm happy you read "mother jones." david: particularly when it agrees with ted cruz. says the obama administration wants 6 billion americans to get back their right to vote, 6 million americans, could conceivably fall into this category that ted cruz is talking about, that would vote democratic if they were given right to vote. >> i don't know how they vote, right? much like donald trump -- david: democra

. >> joining the panel wall street journal columnist dan henninger, foreign affairs columnist brett stevens and washington columnist kim strassel. as i look at the debate i saw a fault line emerging roughly like this. trump, cruz, rand paul on one side saying we really want to stay out of most of the fights in the middle east, go after isis with bombing. then you have kasich, christie, bush and rubio on the other side. what does it tell you about republican foreign policy? >> well, that is divide, a split that's a long time in the making. there is always a wing of the republican party that believe it is best policy is staying away from these con florida immigrations where there seems to be no good outcome. there is an irony that the debate happened in vegas. what you heard from guys like trump and paul is an idea that you just leave the middle east alone and it will let you alone. that the vegas rule applies. what happens there stays there. what you were hearing from governor christie, senator marco rubio is an understanding that simply staying away isn't going to help us. these problems en

let's bring in "wall street journal" columnist and deputy editor dan henninger and bret stevens, mariano grady and jason riley. so, bret, start with you. you wrote a book predicting the rise of global disorder and we appear to be right on time with all of the chaos emanating from syria in particular but also north after kashrica, elsewhere. what's happened? >> i think the policy choices that president obama made in his first term and the early years of the second term were sort of came to fruition in 2015. we saw the retreat of american power not only retreats from iraq draw down in afghanistan but clearly the willingness that the advertising the fact that we were not going to intervene in places like syria or we weren't going try to address the spreading chaos in libya. and the result is people sensed the roads of the world sensed there is an open door they could walk through without consequence. >> the president's strategy has been in place for 16 months now. i think he would argue, he had argued, they made a lot of progress. do you agree? >> well, i think bret has it right in that the

stuart: dan henninger sayre says it is all about substance, he says trump needs to step up.s come weighed down from one hundred dollars a barrel to $35. gas has been falling too, $2 a gallon or less in most parts of the country. there's a debate about this. is it good news or bad? if you own oil company stocks it is bad. if you are drill your job is in jeopardy. foreign governments which rely on oil revenue, terrible for them. russia, that is inert, nigeria, brazil and a dozen others in deep financial trouble because of this. understood. some lose when oil is dirt cheap but there are a whole lot of winners with how about a couple hundred million american drivers? cheap gas has been the one hundred billion dollars extra into our pockets this year. this is good news. you can see it on a daily basis everytime you have the gas station. it makes you smile when you fill up for $30 instead of $50. listen to this, in 26 days the average price is below $2. it is all went down to $1.76 in missouri. there are a couple of wire gas stations below the one dollar and $0.50. whether we spen

joining me "wall street journal" dan henninger. sayegh, fox news contributor and democratic strategist, jess at can, tarlof. thanks for joining us. what is the damage if any. >> the damage is not the republican brand. donald trump is his own kind of brand. not essentially something i think republicans have to worry about. it is damaging to the conversation. right before the statement we were focused on the president's address two nights ago, remarkably weak, remarkably off message when you talk about restoring america's people's faith when we have president committed to fight the war on terror and a absolutely ridiculous statement that has no bearing on future policy saying we'll ban muslims. that is are with the damage is. it is changing conversation away from the productive elements i think republican candidates want to focus on. melissa: dan, does it create room in the middle. i hear what you're saying but sounds like there is book ending there is the president who continues to again and again understate the potential threat and

stuart: dan henninger error on this program. our thanks to ashley webster and gretchen carlson. our time is up. neil: seeing a lot of red going on here, we will detail what is getting it and why. and security alert which seems to be building premier entertainment across the country particularly disney which is beefing up security, following see world and others doing the same. increased security at disney theme parks, increased bomb sniffing dogs, and l.a. guns for a theme park with a great ploy story presents, it was odd that no one over 14 years old can wear a costume. they bought star wars, louis zoo but film, everyone is wearing costumes. the president will make a statement, his third in a few weeks, outlining securities. >> we will see what we have coming is interesting, the first speech was a big one, and the address from the oval office but monday at the pentagon, outlined successes, really nothing new in terms of plans going forward, at the national counterterrorism center which is more than publication but an organization, opposed 9/11 brings together intelligence gathe