running is now, army vice chief of staff general jack keane, and fox news military analyst, thank youg and it's good to see you. >> thank you for having me. lou: are those welcome words or troubling words? >> it's troubling given what happened in afghanistan and iraq. he does compliment the troops come i will give him that. but they are fighting these low-tech wars that are very decentralized, hiding in among the people and as a result of that they take time to deal with this counterinsurgency tactics to cope with that kind of reality. i am not suggesting that you have to do nation building, but the fact is that the enemy chooses the form of war and not us. lou: we have even allow the creation of doctrine. but we have some generals talking about this and creating doctrine that insist upon patience and carrying out war which seems to be the inverse of what we learned and the anon, which is not to move the forces unless we can extricate them after achieving victory. and this is a difficult time for the military and it has much to work out. >> yes, it does. the military, particularly gro

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general jack keane. great to have you with us. merry christmas.ime to look at our online poll results. do you believe on a matter of national security, the white house should have called sony pictures rather than wait for sony to call them? 87% of you said yes. it would have been sort of not leading from behind. right? be sure to vote in tonight's poll. is there any way president obama, al sharpton, or mayor de blasio can ever make amends for their campaign of ignorance against law enforcement agencies and officers. we'd like to hear from you. cast your vote on loudobbs.com. the war of words between rand paul and marc marco rubio escalating. this time senator rubio says paul has no idea what he's talking about. after the senator from kentucky supported that initiative. this fight playing out on the sunday talk show host. it was terrible. >> first of all, if he wants to become the chief chair leader of obama's foreign policy. he has the right to do that. i'll continue to oppose the obama poll foreign policy on cuba. it won't lead to freedom and lib

jack keane, fox news military analyst. how are you, general?rning to you, bill. bill: are we getting better? is it a question of time? >> yeah, we are getting better. general jim terry, as you said, he's really an outstanding officer. he's knotts over-- he's not overstating the case. isis has not taken new territory in weeks and, in fact, we have retaken some territory ourselves. isis is still attacking in iraq, to be sure, and this week they're attacking in three different places, mostly in anbar province and also in baji, but they have not taken territory. so as a result of that, the airstrikes have had some significant impact here. the other thing that's enabled us to retake territory, bill, is the isf, but that's in name only. the isf that's retaken territory is actually the shia militia that were trained and influenced by iran and actually some of their advisers are on the ground with them. that is not good news in terms of iran's influence inside iraq. bill: a lot of people predicted that, too, as you know. is there a big difference betwe

. >> you'll hear from a four-scar general jack keane about the blowback for troops. >>> what the steep drop in oil prices mean for our economy. >>> fighting for his faith. an army chaplain punished for sharing his faith at a suicide prevention class. i'm shannon bream. america's news headquarters starts right now. >>> the yeas are 56. nays are 40. >>> the 1. $.1 trillion spending bill is now headed to the president's desk but the fight is not over. some agencies are only funded through february setting up congress for another showdown in 2015. >> circle february 27th on your calendar which is when the first real showdown between president obama and the republican congress should take place. they'll seek to cut funding for the president's action on immigration. some lawmakers are questioning why conservative senators ted cruz and mike lee tried to fight now with democrats still running the senate. >> i don't think they accomplished anything except perhaps that harry reid was able to get nominations, appointments through the senate that he otherwise probably wouldn't have. but i respect

general jack keane will take that on today.ha: then congressional staffers stage a walkout on capitol hill. what was this all about? we'll tell ya. bill: late last night this woman voted against, voted no on the house spending bill. michele bachmann is our guest in a moment. we will ask her why and what is next. >> nobody's here to shut down the government. the mesh people have to live -- the american people have to live under the rule of law, we think the president should have to live under the rule of law. health can change in a minute. so cvs health is changing healthcare. making it more accessible and affordable, with over 900 locations for walk-in medical care. and more on the way. minuteclinic. another innovation from cvs health. because health is everything. bill: congressional protests on the hill. dozens of staff members staging a walkout of the capitol building angry over the deaths of michael brown and eric garner. the walkout was organized by the congressional black associates, but staff members from other minority

retired general jack keane is chairman of institute for study of war and fox news military analyst.joining us here this week. >> glad to be here, molly. molly: is this about a loss of confidence in the president? >> basically the same issue that the general population has but with the military it is pretty specific. first foreign policy, there is a loss of confidence in that policy as it pertains to iraq, afghanistan, syria, the rise of isis. certainly the power grab that putin's been exercising in crimea and ukraine. but, it cuts really deep with iraq and afghanistan because our troops have been obviously personally involved there. their families have sacrificed. they have lost teammates. many of them, tens of thousands have been wounded themselves as a result of conflict the last 13 years. the issues are obvious. one is that given that sacrifice they resent we just walked away from iraq, did not leave our troops, disengaged with the political growth of iraq and they know it gave rise to isis. and it begins to squander the sacrifices they made. also in afghanistan, the fact is, in

i was talking with general jack keane the other night. nato just is a shell, as you say, an american operation, and it's a shell of what it might have been or what it was. i don't see anything in the world that could stop putin at all. you couldn't mobilize enough force to stop him if he acted right now. >> i agree, look, this is not a military problem, lou, this is a political problem. if you look at numbers, nato and the united states overwhelmed russia in terms of military power. air, sea, land, you name it. the russian military is just a caricature of a military. and just a little commitment by nato and the u.s., just a little strength in character, just a little devotion of military forces into these threatened states, ukraine, estonia, perhaps moldova could call putin's bluff. he's the head of a country in a recession. they can't sell oil overseas, his economy is in the toilet and military is not one fifth the combat power of nato and the u.s., and we allow him weak after weak, month after month to continue his aggression and the ru

lou: general jack keane, thanks for being with us, we appreciate your insight as always. >> always good to you, lou. lou: up next, the mayor of one of the country's biggest cities calls the summit counterparts across the country. on how to best implement president obama's unconstitutional immigration fiat. how's that work again? we'll show you here next. lou: joining us now the a-team, ed rollins. michael goodwin. both fox news contributors. let's start with mayor de blasio of new york city, will coordinate bring together mayors to implement the executive fiat of president's delivery? >> it is grandstanding on his part, he is a politician more than a mayor. everything he does is with an eye on politics whether feather bedding with unions or whether it is playing the card. card. >> are you referring to mayor or president. >> i refer to him as -- lou: you have to be impressed, to see 3 successive meetings with a cabinet, and a group of other folks, two are closed one is open, all about how to retrain police. >> we have police to do a fabulous job. they keep us safe, we're safe as a nation

general jack keane, thank you very much. we'll see you next time. >> good talking to you, martha. martha: you too. >> martha, the president expected to make the announcement just under one hour from now at 10:00 a.m. eastern. we'll of course have it live for you when it happens. >>> meanwhile back here in new york city, a second straight night of protests occurred last night over that controversial grand jury decision in the case of eric garner. >> what do we want? >> justice. >> when do we want it? >> now. >> eric garner michael brown. >> the police say more than 200 people arrested last night for disorderly conduct in manhattan. many groups marched peacefully across the brooklyn bridge and congregated in times square. some were carrying coffins to protest the death of garner and decision not to indict the officer involved in this incident. the mayor's office announcing that new york city police officers will go through what they call, retraining. >> in relationship between police and community has to change. the way we go about policing has to change. has to change in this city,

. >> all right, general jack keane, we thank you for joining us and we have our work cut out ahead ofs. thank you. >> take care, kelly. >> "rolling stone" changing its tune about an explosive report about a gang rape at the university of virginia. it alleges a culture of sexual assault at the ufrtd based on the story of one woman identified as jackie. the magazine stood by the story until holes appeared in the alleged's victim's account and in a statement the magazine says in the face of new information, they are now appear to be discrepancies in jackie's account. we have to come to the conclusion that our trust in her was misplaced. the article had already caused outrage and journalistic reporter was questioned because the story was so one sided. >> a new study revealing just how bad the three-year drought in california really is. scientists are putting it in historic terms saying it would be the worst drought in 1200 years. here are the details from the los angeles bureau. will? >> good afternoon, large parts of california got much needed rain but we'll have to see a number of storm

we should note retired general jack keane told fox news earlier today that he thinks carter trained as a nuclear physicist is brilliant, a very intelligent person who has the stature to stand tall. gener general keene also noted over the past few years the president has downgraded the secretary of defense and that will be a challenge for carter. >> mentioning a leaner military he will be dealing with. have a great weekend. >>> new jersey governor chris christie weighing in on the eric garner chokehold case by staying out of it. as his neighbors to the north erupt in protest over the staten island man's death, here is what he had to say about the grand jury's decision not to in tite the officer who killed garner, saying quote, as someone who ran a prosecuting office for seven years before i became governor, one of the things i learned is that you never know all the things a grand jury knows unless you're in that grand jury and working with them. so, was staying out the smart move? we debate it with alan combs and mike gallagher, both fox news contributors. mike, what do you think? a lot

lou: general jack keane, thanks for being with us, we appreciate your insight as always. >> always goodg to you, lou. lou: up next, the mayor of one of the country's biggest cities calls the summit counterparts across the country. on how to best implement president obama's unconstitutional immigration fiat. how's that work again? we'll show you here next. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected. but a lot of us leave our identities unprotected. nearly half a million cars were stolen in 2012, but for every car stolen, 34 people had their identities stolen. identity thieves can steal your money, damage your credit, and wreak havoc on your life. why risk it when you can help protect yourself from identity theft with one call to lifelock, the leader in identity-theft protection? lifelock actively patrols your sensitive, personal information every second of every day, helping to guard your social security number, your bank accounts and credit, even the equity in your home -- your valuable personal assets. look. your bank may alert you to suspicious activity on your credit

we had general jack keane right here on this couch, and he said as much.mentioned valerie jarrett and others that are setting the tone and the policy. and, sandra, when you look at panetta, a clinton guy, when you look at now carter, a clinton guy, and you look at hagel who's a republican but not a very hawkish republican, these are not terribly, i would say, you know, the most red meat of folks. and even they got to the dod and realized that certain policies, hagel in particular, on the transfer of these gitmo detainees out of gitmo, he couldn't get behind it. i mean, there are certain things that these e defense secretaries look at and say this is not in the best interest of the military, it's strained our relationship, i think it's put us in a very dangerous place to have the white house and the dod at odds. but i think now carter is simply going to implement whatever president obama wants. there will be no direction coming out of carter directly that isn't coming from obama. >> regardless of who gets the job, it's a tough job, there's a lot on his or h

general jack keane joins me now on the phone. want to give you my reaction, i want to see this administration have a new attitude toward terrorism. it is not over, we are vulnerable and i want to see more proactive attitude from our administration to go look at them within our own borders. are you with me? >> the best way to deal with people motivated and inspired by isis is to destroy and defeat isis with a sense of urgency. that makes this near-term problem with isis galway and undermining ideology of private islam and a comprehensive and forceful way. but we don't have a sense of urgency at all. stuart: do you think we will get in urgency? this has opened up america and its vulnerability. do you have any confidence this administration will change tack? >> no, don't think they will at all. i hate to get into the motivation, but i suspect their intent is to pass this problem to the next administration, that is why they keep talking about you have to have patience and why this is a moral war. 20, 30,000 terrorists is what isis ha

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let's ask retired four star general jack keane with impeccable at the cree tensions and contacts.ve for the administration? is this a good guy? >> yeah, absolutely. ashton carter is very experienced. he served all four years of this administration's first four in the second and third position in department of defense and he also spent three years in a key position during the clinton administration. he stayed in the business while out of government as well at harvard and m.i.t. he's very bright, as i indicated, he's experienced. what i like about him is in addition to those qualifications, that he's very approachable. he truly listens and he truly tries to understand. so i think the generals will enjoy working with him. >> we'll see, because we understand two things. number one, we find out yesterday that secretary of defense hagel when he heard he was going to be ousted was asked to stay on, he said no. what does that indicate to you about the relationships between the secretary of defense and the defense department and the white house? >> well, it's pretty obvious that this relat