joining us on the phone now is fox news washington correspondent james rosen. revealed his son to be his successor. any idea how that transition might unfold? >> well, behind closed doors for the most part. the united states has no diplomatic presence in north korea. we will be relying heavily on the south koreans and chinese to tell us what is going on. if as the major u.s. intelligence agencies have been tracking for some time kim jong un the third son of kim jong-il does take power as belief will happen will be an extraordinary moment in u.s. doings with the kingdom and perhaps for the world. kim jong is believed to be 27 or 28 years old. he was educated at an english speaking school and he is believed to be a fan of michael jordan's. although very little is known about him. it is believed he will be taking over the helm. he has already invested prior to his father's death with the titles of generals with people's armed forces with the central military commission and so forth issued the kinds of titles with which his father was invested when he was a young ma

in washington, james rosen, fox news. >> bret: stocks in the u.s. began on a down note. lost 100. s&p 500 gave back 14. nasdaq closed 32 behind. congressional investigators say four house lawmakers received discounted loans through countrywide financial. now defunked lender who sub prime mortgage program seen as one of the firm's responsible for the nation foreclosure crisis. oversight and government reform committee chairman republican darrell issa did not name the four in letter to house ethics committee. in 2009, the senate ethics committee cleared kent conrad and chris dodd, despite receiving similar loans from the sub prime lender. the pair said they were unaware they were getting preferential treatment. serious case of are we there yet? i'll, plain next in grapevine. the jaw-dropping feat attributed to the departed north korean dictator. [ male announcer ] if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪

james rosen? >> reporter: reeling from the ransacking of the embassy by the iranian students and militia men, britain responded withdrawalling all diplomatic staff and expelling the 18 diplomats that iran had stationed in london. >> the idea iranian could not have protected our embassy or without degree of concept is fanciful. if any country makes it impossible for us to operate on their soil, they can't expect to have a functioning embassy here. >> while they stopped short of severing diplomatic relations with iran it's a low point for 25 years in addition, germany and france recalled their ambassador from tehran. norway citing concerns closed the embassy there. other newspaperrian nations summoned the iranian ambassador in their cap if arrest sound thrashing. since the hostage crisis of 1979, the u.s. has had no diplomatic relations with iran. in south carolina, secretary of state hillary clinton demanded all government provide proper protection for foreign diplomats. >> the diplomatic friction

james rosen has the details of it live in d.c. s. >> shep, good evening, what was officially titled victory base complex was under iraqi control by 3:05 eastern time this morning. at its peak this complex housed 43,000 people. transfer part of complete withdrawal of u.s. forces by year's end. the iraq war cost the lives of 4500 americans and hundreds of thousands of iraqis and left scores more wounded for life. it was not without noble and enduring accomplishments as vice president biden noted in iraq yesterday. >> as a result of our joint efforts, we toppled a murderous dictator and after grave struggle gave iraq both the time and the space for a society that has long suffered, long been stifled. >> for americans, the battleground now shifts to history, books, films, ph.d. dissertations and consensus on the bush administration's decision to invade remain allusive as long as iraq's long-term stability remain uncertain. leon panetta told a think tank audience in washington less than an hour ago the u.s. will maintain a troop presenc

fox's james rosen reports. >> reporter: making his first public comment since the collapse of mf globalage firm he led and whose bankruptcy in october marked the eighth largest in american history jon corzine expressed deep regret but denied criminal culpability. >> every effort and intent in my actions to were do the right thing of. >> reporter: but corzine could not explain why mf -- thing. >> reporter: but corzine could not explain why mf global famed to segregate firm accounts from the customers accounts nor what happened to the $1.2 billion in funds now unaccounted for. he said he played a limited role in the firm's accounting and does not have access to the records to allow him to construct the chaotic final days of mf. >> as a consequence, it would be very hard for me to speculate why or where that shortfall took place. >> reporter: a former chairman of goldman sachs, corzine explained the complicated deals known as repurchase transactions to maturity or repos that mf used to buy, sell and buy back european sovereign debt, but the democratic former new jersey senator and governor

>> shepard: james rosen in d.c. the presidential candidates are looking to get in some last licks before the first presidential contest in iowa. the republic caucus there is now just three weeks away. thursday, candidates will face off here on fox news channel in their last debate before the caucuses. and even as they get set for the showdown, they are very well aware that if they keep trading punches, everybody is going to walk away with bruises. and that could put the eventual republic nominee at a disadvantage when it comes to facing off against the current president. carl cameron with the news live in des moines, iowa. one of the front unrunners who is known historically to ratchet up the rhetoric now wants to tone down the rhetoric, he says. >> yeah, you are talking about newt gingrich, of course, shep. the frontrunner nationally here in iowa. everywhere but new hampshire has made it very clear that he does not want his surrogates, his staff, or his supporters or any super pacs, any independent outside groups t

. >>> joining us on the phone is fox news chief washington correspondent james rosen. james, what kind of effect is this going to have on the isolated nation of north korea? >> well, it really remains to be seen because we don't know whether the new regime in north korea will be more or less report same in terms of its opacity and inscruitability for the rest of the world. we have every reason to believe that kim jong un will be like his father and the reaction of the people in north korea will be like it has been when these others have taken power in that country. >> and kim junge i will has over the yearsts voter years to south korea. what do you think they are talking about and what steps they are taking at this time? >> well, certainly they would be defensive when he sures. their territory, south korea's territory has recently been shelled by north korea. north korea is a raddic regime. what has to be gaged here is the role of other nations, not only south korea but also china which is the patron state of north korea which is a client state of china and the role of

unclear whether the ground game will benefit from, this shep. >> shepard: james rosen in d.c.ight. thanks very much. u.s. officials say they are worried that new bird flu research could become a blueprint for bioterrorism. and for what could be the first time our government is asking our scientists to keep the findings to themselves. health officials have long feared a global outbreak of the deadly bird flu virus. in its current form, humans rarely contract it and it also doesn't easily spread from one person to another. now scientists in both the united states and yiewmp say they figured out how to make the virus more contagious and that's potentially capable of infecting millions of people. they say they have even produced a lethal super strain in labs to help them fight any future pandemic. but u.s. government biosecurity experts are asking those scientists and the editors of scientific journals not to publish all the details of their experiments. it's clear why. they say the research could help control the spread of the disease but it could also help terrorists build biolo

james rosen, fox news. >> bret: custom agent at moscow's airport confirm receiving radioactive metalm luggage of a passenger bound for tehran. it showed level 20 times higher than normal. ide the on the passenger is unclear. iran says reports are inaccurate. after two decades of trying, russia has been approved to join the world trade organization. the move is seen as a boost for the russian economy and european union. and prit vides level of victory for vladimir putin who faces popular discontent after allegation of fraud in elections. candidates made the closing argument before the awe what caucus in last night's debate. we get the winner and losers and thoughts after the break. ♪ ♪ >>> he has put his re-election over adding jobs and making the united states energy independent. >> fortunately for the republican party this year, probably anybody up here could probably beat obama. >> this is a president that the spy drone being brought down, he says pretty please? a foreign policy based on pretty please this you've got to be kiddal. >> we have been kicked around as people. we're get

megyn: james rosen, thank you.nterview with a virginia tv station is getting a lot of attention. listen to mr. obama's response when pressed if he is responsible for the bad economy and the millions of americans out of work. >> we didn't create the condition. because of automation and globalization, you had a lot of manufacturing move out of the united states. megyn: joining me now for a fair and balanced debate. simon rosenberg and rich lowry, editor of "the national review." the president said we didn't create it and we didn't voiflt yet. look at the trend lines, it wasn't us. >> if you are in the position to take credit for a good economy all these interviews would be about taking credit. the entirety of his communications effort is about shifting the blame. you have got everything he wanted more or less, blaming the rich, even though they had nothing to do with the struggles of the middle or lower end. now he's blaming huge historical forces which he has no control over. he's supposedly modeling himself on harr

chief washington correspondent james rosen is live in our d.c. bureau with that. james?porter: jon, good morning. super pacs are kind of like trial lawyers. everyone laments their influence and everyone uses them. with independent entities with virtually unlimited powers of fund-raising and spending they're very useful. accordingly the pro-romney super pac, restore our future, buying 3 million in airtime for this anti-gingrich ad. strong medicine. decrying the former house speakers baggage more than the airlines, but asserting gingrich supported fax taxpayer-funded of abortions. he post the on his website a petition for citizens to sign asking gop candidates to refrain attacks on each other. gingrich before and after he became a front runner lashed out against mitt romney and he did so in iowa yesterday afternoon. >> now, his super pac is run by his former staff with money given by his friends. and i would simply suggest to all of you, if he can't influence his former staff and his friend, how is he going to influence the congress? >> there are limits what you can tell a

chief washington correspondent james rosen has the inside story on issue coming out of the shadows. >> no disrespect to any of you intended personally but america doesn't trust you. >> so commence that congress effort to police itself in what has been the murky unregulated world of the lawmakers stock trade. >> vastly increased transparency that everyone talks about here. sometimes it doesn't get done. >> it's known as the stop trading on congressional knowledge or stock act. it would for the first time ban lawmakers in both houses. from using the knowledge they glean to enrich themselves on wall street. it would require the lawmakers and top aid to disclose security action in top dollars instead of the three months time, instead of the year now allowed. >> i'm sure they would come up with something that removes all doubt that is not something acceptable in congress. it seems it would fly through congress, i would think. >> the stampede began last month. until the "60 minutes" piece i had no knowledge this was allowed. >> a the cbs news program "60 minutes" broadcast expose see to acc

here is chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> this country. >> stumping in iowa, governor romneystled anew with how to hand the illegal immigrants in this country. >> they might have a transition time to allow them to set affairs in order and go back home and get in line with everybody else. >> but romney did not say how he would bring about the voluntary exodus he envisioned. the former massachusetts governor all but assured the illegals here now he would not use the full weight of the executive branch to force them out. >> was an jut let for the jewish channel where he cast aspergess. >> there was no palestine as a state. it was it's part of ottoman empire. we invented the palestinian people, who are arabs and historically part of the arab community. >> i don't think right wing social engineering is more desirable than left wing social engineering. >> he reminded republicans of harasssy committed in may when he disparaged the spending plan put forward by the g.o.p. leading voice on budget issues, congressman paul ryan. >> it's a good deal of time with congressman ryan. in is a

james rosen is live on our capitol hill newsroom. >> jon corzine in the congressional witness chair for the second time in a week but was joined by two top deputies of the doomed commodities and brokerage firm. bradley be hablo. october 31st. corzine suggested it was in that time frame that the 1.2 billion in customer funds went missing. thursday corzine told the house agriculture committee how something he said could have been misconstrued. >> how could you paint a scenario in which you could unintentionally do that? >> well, i -- a, that would be speculative on my part. someone could misinterpret we have to fix this, which i said the evening of october 30th. we've got to find the money. >> in today's testimony, before the senate agriculture committee, corzine, former c.e.o. of goldman sachs testified nothing he said could have been misinterprettied. >> i never directed anyone at mf global to misuse customer funds. i never intended to and as far as i am concerned, i never gave instructions that anybody could misconstrue. >> that subtle change reflects fine tuning between witness appear

we are two weeks from the first in the nation caucuses and james rosen show us how some of the candidatesve new cause for optimism. shannon bream has more on letting illegal aliens vote. and in the grapevine how half a million dollars of your money used to show the relationship between rock 'n' roll and the collapse of the soviet union. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: yellow river? i don't know what that means. progressives went to hobnob with obama. this lump of lefties included schultz, rachel maddow, bloggers too boring to mention and the lady from the nation. the crowd in the room was bigger than the collective audience. the only group more progressive than this wore mouse suits to work. they tackled the strategy to fight the candidates and fighting corporate influence. it was occupy the white house without evangelized port-o-portie. if you need to know where the president is coming from, you coulded find better stable. these people are left of the left. obama is comfortable around them bec

james rosen, fox news. >> bret: custom agent at moscow's airport confirm receiving radioactive metalluggage of a passenger bound for tehran. it showed level 20 times higher than normal. ide the on the passenger is unclear. iran says reports are inaccurate. after two decades of trying, russia has been approved to join the world trade organization. the move is seen as a boost for the russian economy and european union. and prit vides level of victory for vladimir putin who faces popular discontent after allegation of fraud in elections. candidates made the closing argument before the awe what caucus in last night's debate. we get the winner and losers and thoughts after the break. if you have high blood pressure, like me, and get a cold... ...you need a cold medicine with a heart. only coricidin hbp has a heart, right here. it's the only cold and flu brand that won't raise your blood pressure. yo nothing melts away the cold like a hot, delicious bowl of chicken noodle soup from campbell's. ♪ let it snow, let it snow and video chat with up to 9 of your friends with the galaxy nexus by s

as chief washington correspondent james rosen reports the former massachusetts governor also picked upig endorsement today. >> three weeks after the meeting in houston, former president george h.w. bush endorsed mitt romney for the g.o.p. nomination. telling the "houston chronicle" i think romney is the best choice for us. he has stability, experience, principles. she a fine person match. ture and reasonable. not a bomb-thrower. lest you interpret the comment as a dish against rick perry, bush added "i like perry, he is our governor. he doesn't seem to be going anywhere and he is not surging forward." >> i must admit this is more important to me personally than politically. he is a real hero to me. and my family. i appreciate his support. >> newt gingrich spent a consecutive day in virginia. finalizing signature and paperwork needed to secure the inclusion on the ballot. >> we have a tremendous amount of organization. we have a people-based campaign. not a money based campaign. >> but a new website failed to corral romney in a one-on-one debate. >> until it's narrowed down and other pe

chief washington correspondent james rosen reports on a new financial incentive. >> marking international rights day, secretary of state hillary clinton urged the world to see gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender individuals as fellow human beings whose sexual orientation is genetics, not of choice. >> we need to ask ourselves how would it feel if it were a crime to love the person i love? how would it feel to be discriminated against for something about myself that i cannot change? >> in a men ran dumb, president obama ordered the state department and usaid to use foreign aid where possible to have equality for the lbgt sits. i am deeply concerned about the violence and discrimination for lgbt persons around the world. whether it's passing laws that criminalize the lgbt status, beating individuals for joining the peaceful pride celebrations or killing, men, women, children for their perceived sexual orientation. >> first and foremost, it will continue to raise the profile of the lgbt issues internationally. in many countries, 80 countries it's still the fact that it's criminalized for

james rosen shows us., most of his questions centered on operation fast and furious. some republicans are demanding he fire some of his staff members. and in some tense exchanges. william la jeunesse shows us what happened there. in the grapevine, can you be prosecuted for things you do in video games? "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. from washington. ♪ ♪ >> bob: welcome back to "the five." professor at stanford has been arrested after police learned teens were drinking in his house and he may go to jail. he and his wife allowed his son to have friends over to celebrate the last game of the season. he says he didn't know the kids were drinking. he said his wife and he did everything they could to make sure it wasn't happening. but did they do everything? >> we put clear rules in place. we patrolled the party. we were both at the house. we were upstairs. the kids were downstairs in the basement. >> i don't think there is anything else we could have done short of sitting there in the middle of the pa

tonight on "special report," james rosen shows us how newt gingrich and mitt romney handle the emotionaldays. the attacks from surrogates begun ahead of two big debates. we'll chronicle what an interesting ride the g.o.p. race has been from the beginning until now. it is looking that president obama may have to decide to accept a republican version of payroll tax extension or use a veto pen. new factor in the equation and bringing many republicans in the fold. a big development over the plan against boeing. jim angle tells us what happened. "special report" from washington with all of the latest political news starts at 6:00 eastern. now we'll send it back to new york and my colleagues at "the five." ♪ ♪ >> andrea: welcome back to "the five." we are doing this to annoy bob. donald trump, the debate, everybody talking about it. two remaining participants. newt gingrich and rick santorum. should trump dump the debate? >> kimberly: it's like laughing from the bob facial expressions. he can't take it. this is getting a little awkward. making me uncomfortable. do you have a debate with two pe

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get to james rosen on this. he is live in washington. hey, james. >> shep, good afternoon. this day on the campaign trail brings us reminders as much as gingrich and romney might prefer to be so this is not, not yet anyway a two man race. rick santorum show 4% despite having spent the mother time on the ground in iowa won the endorsement of a pair of social conservatives with wide sway in the hawkeye state. among them bob van der plats ceo of the family leader. the group's board of directors opted to remain neutral. the windfall from this may not includes infusion of foot soldiers. ron paul, professor of the fear some field team is now the frontrunner according to the real clear of polls. updated version of a previous tv ad set to run on broadcast and cable outlets and patterned paul plays up his estrangement from the establishment. >> the story of smooth talking politicians. insider deals. games of he said, she said. rhetoric and the division. one man has stood apart stood strong and true. >> newt gingrich meantime is hitting four cities in iowa today looking to arrest the

james rosen is live for us in d.c. with more. james, in addition to attacking each other, these candidates have created some problems for themselves. today mitt romney wrestled with illegal immigration again, right? >> that's right. the former massachusetts governor suggested that illegal immigrants in this country should get a little time to set their affairs in order before they are asked to leave the country. >> if they get in line and apply get a green card. they will start at the back of the line, not at the front of the line. >> romney did not explain how he would get violaters to start abiding by them. he made clear he would not use the full weight of the executive branch to force them out. >> i just think we are not going to go across the country and round people up. that's just too big of a task. there are 11, 12, 15 million. who he knows the total number? >> those comments from an economic town hall in cedar rapids, iowa this afternoon. trace? >> trace: newt gingrich raised eyebrows with comments on the israeli minutian

chief washington correspondent james rosen explains it's still almost anybody's race. >> he spent morein iowa than any other g.o.p. presidential candidate. today it paid off when the staunchest critic of gay marriage won the endorsement of the president and ceo of the family leader. >> i saw him as a champion for the family in the u.s. house. i saw him as a champion for family in u.s. senate. it saw him as the champion for the family on the campaign trail. >> the windfall may not include foot soldiers as the family leaders board opted to remain neutral. still, the former pennsylvania senator told fox news this is our moment. >> we are within a dozen points of first place. those folks in first place are not going up. we are. >> one man stood apart. >> texas congressman ron paul leads in iowa according to the real clear politics average of major polls. paul's tv ad equates mitt romney and newt gingrich with each other and with president obama. >> story of smooth-talking politicians. insider deals. games, he said, she said. >> a wide open race. anything can happen. ron paul is leading the