host: fred barnes?uest: i agree with that, that republicans are going to work with president obama and will he have to work with them. even ronald regan had the iran contra scandal and bill clinton did have impeachment. so they are really tough and in your administration your best people, your first team you have on your staff and in cabinet positions in your first term, many of them go away in your second term so it's one where democrats and republicans are going to have to come together especially on the fiscal issue. we know what will happen. we will have huge spending cuts in defense and it will go into effect january 1 or the bush tax cuts will expire as of january is so they will have to do one of two things, either have a stopgap measure and let the next congress and president obama work out something over the entire year of 2013, tax reform measure and so on or they are going to have to act in the lame duck session. this is not ducking the issue but knocking it over to the new congress that had

best-selling author, "wall street journal" opinion page editor, weekly standard senior editor, fred barnesamong our guests. we begin with new details on the relationship between patraeus and his alleged mattress -- mistress. exactly when the affair began, how the fbi started its investigation, who knew what and when, and the validity of his statements about the benghazi's cia aniks. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin with our report. >> general patraeus told friends he had an affair that started two months after he left the military, around the same time he took over at the cia in september 2011. that is been nearly a year together in afghanistan while she research is biography, all in the education of david patraeus, he says the affair ended four months ago. here is how she described her mentor. >> everybody says this man is such a military genius. this man is seen doing things that no one else is ever done before. true. >> he is quite a genius. i think he is able to balance on many different levels of thinking. i don't think all senior military officers do. there a

fred barnes of the "the weekly standard." stoddard of the hill newspaper -- a.b.the "washington post." tonight, let me check, from atlanta, yes, syndicated columnist charles krauthammer. charles, how is your manual call mystery tour going? >> i'm out here going city to city and rooting out harassries among conservatives. >> chris: i hope you are making money you will need it to pay higher tax rates. >> and the lawyers, too. >> chris: there you go. start with benghazi. the president was asked -- he wasn't asked much about it today. but asked at the event on the night of the attack he said i told officials to do everything they could to protect the americans. fred barnes how does it move the story forward or not? >> for one thing it moves it a little. he was immediately involved. this was a 7-hour episode in benghazi. the attack on the consulate and the c.i.a. annex. it leads to another question. the question is well, you ordered this. why was so little done in why did nobody go there to rescue the ambassador or to rescue the people at the c.i.a. annex? why was so l

host: fred barnes? guest: i agree with that, that republicans are going to work with president obama and will he have to work with them. even ronald regan had the iran contra scandal and bill clinton did have impeachment. so they are really tough and in your administration your best people, your first team you have on your staff and in cabinet positions in your first term, many of them go away in your second term so it's one where democrats and republicans are going to have to come together especially on the fiscal issue. we know what will happen. we will have huge spending cuts in defense and it will go into effect january 1 or the bush tax cuts will expire as of january is so they will have to do one of two things, either have a stopgap measure and let the next congress and president obama work out something over the entire year of 2013, tax reform measure and so on or they are going to have to act in the lame duck session. this is not ducking the issue but knocking it over to the new congress that ha

fred barnes, executive editor of the weekly standard. columnist and charles crowd hammer, welcome to you all. and thank you for coming to thanksgiving and share your wisdom with our viewers, we appreciate it. and fred, thank you, a lot are pointing out this people have to be food on the table and don't necessarily even if they don't want to give to charity and if there's a cut back, if that's eliminated, how is it going to play out. >> it didn't happen in the short run, dealing with the fiscal cliff, and i don't think it's going it happen for the simple reason, the people who are the biggest donors as a couple of folks said, introducing this issue, are the most powerful people in the country. they're republicans and democrats and give, this is would decimate hospitals, museums, colleges, universities, so many charities, and that's why it's just not going to happen. and research organizations, and look, there's a lot of money there to be gained by the government. but, it won't happen because the elite of america are the big donors, the ri

host: fred barnes? guest: i agree with that, that republicans are going to work with president obama and will he have to work with them. even ronald regan had the iran contra scandal and bill clinton did have impeachment. so they are really tough and in your administration your best people, your first team you have on your staff and in cabinet positions in your first term, many of them go away in your second term so it's one where democrats and republicans are going to have to come together especially on the fiscal issue. we know what will happen. we will have huge spending cuts in defense and it will go into effect january 1 or the bush tax cuts will expire as of january is so they will have to do one of two things, either have a stopgap measure and let the next congress and president obama work out something over the entire year of 2013, tax reform measure and so on or they are going to have to act in the lame duck session. this is not ducking the issue but knocking it over to the new congress that ha

fred barnes who i rate faithfully, he talks about the aside in the weeds one.d and i don't. the enthusiasm piece. not just the crowd side. the ground game that president obama talked about, not as good as they say. ung decided by a long shot deciding to go for romney. they go in tied but romney pulls it out. >> kimberly: huge numbers with independents. >> bob: they registered 175 million people. >> dana: i think people drown in numbers. >> bob: but in the end it's what matters how the numbers add up. >> kimberly: what about the undecided that dana mentioned and the independents? >> bob: there are no undecided. >> bob: they are broken m >> kimberly: so that is a wash. >> bob: turn-out operation. independents are done, finished. aline with one party or another. >> kimberly: they align with romney. >> eric: the headline -- >> bob: i don't believe the polls weighted democratic. >> eric: november 30, 1980 the headline, too close tomorrow. what happened the next day? land slide, reagan victory. >> bob: if you believe in the landslide idea, i admire barroan -- >> kimb

that's sunday night at 8:00 on c-span. >> on the "washington journal" to our morning -- fred barnes, editor of the "weekly standard" will take questions about the future of the republican party. we will discuss the hispanic vote and the washington bureau chief will look at -- of the "los angeles times" will look at changes in the demographic. today, we spoke with the couple of reporters to see what lies ahead for members of congress when they return to work on tuesday. host: we are back with two longtime editors of congress here. thank you both for being here. let me show our viewers some have done from your publication. here is "the hill." what is your take on this? guest: i think part since standing down may not be something we see in our lifetimes. it is always good after as much gridlock as we have seen, at least part of using terms like compromise. that is not a bad thing. let's get together. this has to be solved. but we will see. guest: we have the same players that we had with the gridlock. nothing has really changed. we are watching what nancy pelosi is going to do. the main

tucker carlson and fred barnes weigh in.hen will obamacare contraception mandate affect the catholic vote. does politics belong in the pulpit? plus mitt romney has closed president obama's lead with women voters? what thiangd chair minds? that is coming occupant tom sullivan show. ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] they are a glowing example of what it means to be the best. and at this special time of year, they shine even brighter. come to the winter event and get the mercedes-benz you've always wished for, now for an exceptional price. [ santa ] ho, ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer lease a 2013 glk350 for $399 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. >> tom: days before the presidential election, polls are all over the place. which polls can we trust. joining me is fred barnes and cofounder of daily caller, tucker carlson. let's start with you, fred. it depends on which poll you read determines who is going to win. who is going to win this thing? >> i think romney is going to win by how much i don't know. there are other things in poll

just talking with friend and our colleague fred barnes yesterday.e not heard the offer from the obama administration, have you? >> no, but you don't bet against yourself. it is up to the president to lead, he has a do over now. there is a lot of doubt out there. it is up to president bush's offer on the table. if he acts in good faith the republicans have returned the good faith. the president had his chance, he couldn't close the deal with hs own party. lou: the man had a mandate with all these people giving up looking for work. 70.9 unemployment rate, that is a mandate? >> still the brightest spot in the economy. the only spot that has a better is canada. i come to america and it productivity. lou: doesn't it concern you? >> we're in a pennant society. >> i am still in the hope category. lou: as yo as to talk about whae doing in rejecting the european model, it is that statist model this administration seems to be embracing, i am sure that is a misinterpretation on my part. thank you. the final word. >> the final word is that as of the presidents

lou: well made, fred barnes. >> the questions, point to the genel, general petraeus will have to testifyether heants to or not, he will have to explain why ciaia s sayyng this is a protest again thisnti-muslim video even his station chief and libya and everyone else in the intelligence community and defense dartment was saying the opposite, was he compromised because the whi house and he knew about this scandal brewing with broadwell. >> what were they covering up? the dettion facility that was outlawed by president in the u.s. in january 2009. was it a combination or neither. lou: it tns outs sex scandal may be central to te very mess that is benghazi. thank you very much. impeach it fred, monica, and james, thank you. time for your comments, paul, says, god bless all who served this nation in uniform we cou have not said it better, we thank you for your co

fred barnes from "the weekly standard," good to have you on. >> thanks, jon.na: after taking time out to focus on the devastation caused by sandy, both candidates are back on the campaign trail today. ed rollins and bob beckel join us next on who won the final week of the presidential campaign. that's kind of interesting ahead of who actually won. jon: i think we'll have to have them on on wednesday, because we might not have an answer on was. jenna: that's a good point. plus, also this story, the coast guard makes a difficult decision. after searching for days for the captain of this tall ship that sank during hurricane sandy, an update next. [ male announcer ] this is sheldo whose long day setting up the news starts with arthritis pain and a choice. take tylenol or take aleve, the #1 recommended pain reliever by orthopedic doctors. just two aleve can keep pain away all day. back to the news. jenna: well, an update on a story we brought you earlier this week. the coast guard suspending its search for the hms bounty, the replica of an historical tall ship. fou

and fred barnes executive editor of "weekly standard" as well. talk all about the 2012.t of that but start with this. catherine herridge had interesting document from august. this is breaking about all of this, cbs told is moving this as well. that the security group not called in action. >> we seem to get to the point where everybody is paying attention to the story. a big story from person policy magazine. kind of story to make those inside the beltway to take notice. documents found on the ground of the consulate on octobe october 26, seven weeks after the attack described the letters in which the u.s. ambassador and others in the consulate were asking for additional security because they had seen a police officer who is charged with guarding the compound casing the compound instead. sent letters to the libyan officials, made requests to american officials asking for security. this is a big deal story, because it took -- why in the world would they be able to find these documents on the floor of the consulate. after the f.b.i. has done its investigation. >> bret: now,

joining me now is fred barnes, fox news contributor and executive editor of "the weekly standard."uan williams, fox news political analyst. you know what, guys? i'm going to bring people together if it kills me here. you know? fred, give me your olive branch. what could the republican offer? we have to solve the problems the fiscal cliff not like we're going over it anymore. it is speeding at us. i'm terrified. give me an olive branch. >> melissa, you first thing you need to do is not do all this in the lame-duck session of congress. you have the stopgap measures is. turn it over to the new president, same president, obama. democrats ought to be happy with that because there are a few more democrats than there were in the last one. if you listened to speaker boehner last night. he is happy to have tax revenues go up, just not tax rates. you don't want to raise tax rates when you have an economy that is so weak it is disincentive to invest, and job, and --. melissa: fred, no olive branch what you're saying there, my friend. >> sure what do you mean? melissa: juan, did you hear an al

fred barns. >> fred barns. >> this is a world of barack obama.cares about the economy. he wants to raise taxes on the wealthy. >> what? >> stephanie: yes, he ran on the rich paying their fair share and he won. fyi. >> big time. >> stephanie: rush limbaugh. >> i have waxed eloquently here on this program. i have longed for the day where people understand what liberal liberalism ideologically. i have begged the republican party to campaign on ideology and to explain to people what liberalism is. >> stephanie: yeah, they did. >> by pointing liberals out. you want to see liberalism. look at detroit. you want to see liberalism, look at california. you want to see liberalism, look at cuba. >> stephanie: another c-word. i think you did, and guess what, we won ♪ neener ♪ neener ♪ glenn beck. >> thank you non-choir. you have given our permission to programbarack obama and his evil nasty crew to lie to our faces for another four years. to put our country our freedoms, all of our hard-earned money, our businesses. >> stephanie: in glenn beck's mine. >> all

fred barns writes no doubt the media must insist the republicans must change, embrace social liberalism, all that is hogwash which is why republicans are likely to reject it. their ideology is not a problem. >> my colleague carl set up a great contrast in this morning "times" and said the republicans have two camps. they have the mathematicians, people who are looking at the kind of demographic numbers you were talking about saying the party has no choice. then on the other hand, there are the priests, there are the hard-core ideologues who believe that if only the republican party could be more conservatively pure, they could dominate. so we are going to see the latest chapter of a struggle that has been playing out for a while over the soul of the gop. and in a way, it is a weird postponement of coming that was supposed to happen four years ago. four years ago we sat here, barack obama had had an even more transcendent victory than the one he had last night, and we were all predicting that there would be a huge reckoning in the gop that essentially never happened. >> you know, and ind

follow all of the debates on c- span. >> on "washington journal" this morning fred barnes. and we will discuss the hispanic vote with max sevilla. and david lauter from the los angeles times. >> several live events. the world affairs council holds a forum on national security issues facing the united states. that is on c-span 2 at 9:00 a.m. eastern. and on c-span 3 at 9:00 a.m. eastern, a forum hosted by the barbarous and policy center on post-election analysis. and now the national journal hosted a forum that included several pollsters. this is a little more than an hour. >> al-qaida and not like united technologies? i am a fat guy who prefers elevators and escalators. and i fly away too much for the engines. if i looked like you know what, then you are right, your eyes and not deceiving you, i got about 2.5 hours of sleep. we were on the decision desk at nbc. about 50 people and a room at about two-thirds of them are statisticians and they are looking like models on each race. it is like nasa meets politics. and we are sort of the non quantitative people. they are sort of

yesterday, fred barnes on fox news said no, no, no, he is a man without a plan, without a man a mandateauthammer said he's got no mandate. dick morris who predicted a romney landslide said he might have won but he doesn't have any mandate. let me tell you something. that is total b.s. president obama has a mandate. he won the election. mitt romney lost. that's a mandate. he got 303 electoral votes. mitt romney got 206. if you add florida in, which we soon will, president obama will have 332 electoral votes. that's a mandate. he got 60.6 million of the popular vote and mitt romney got 57.8 million popular votes. so he won the popular vote by about three million. that's a freakin' mandate. he's got a mandate to push his agenda. you know what? republicans have a mandate to stop opposing everything he's for. that's what the american people want. stop gridlock. stop this obstructionism. they've got a mandate to cooperate with president obama to stop saying no to everything and to start saying yes to something. so let's talk about it. why? why? african-americans, latinos women, young people v

he said -- fred barnes, a conservative also writes -- he will be our guest tomorrow morning to talk abouthe future of the republican party. tv ratings for election night approached 2008 records. this is from "the new york times." may break it down by networks in case you are interested in that. rebuttal raises questions about his role. one of fox executive one floor up when karl rove questioned why fox was calling ohio for president obama, the team of producers allowed him to say on television what he was finding and hearing from the romney campaign. the story about why carl rove was allowed to stay on air, why he did not think ohio was going to go for the president. a couple of more phone calls. stu, what was your vote and what was caller: your:might vote was for mitt romney, and my message was jobs. i run a relatively small aviation service company, primarily with first time employees. yesterday i called all of my part-time employees and and said because obama won, i was cut in their hours from 30 to 25 a week so i would not fall under the obamacare mandate. if i am forced to change the