biden that he has not done anything right in the last four decades. >> what you heard mind hey by jay carney in the briefing room. first defending president biden as carney is doing. saying from bosnia to iraq joe biden has been one of the finest statemenstatesmen of our time. number two, president obama also did not escape criticism in this book. gates described the president as suspicious of the military brass, of angry and resentful that the military brass boxed him in, to choosing a surge in afghanistan in the middle of the president's first term, and the president, especially secretary of state the former secretary of state hillary clinton admitted in a conversation that gates was present for that their votes against the iraq surge back in 2007 were both in the senate, had political overtones had political motivation, something that gates said when he heard he was very dismayed. all in all this has hit washington like a boom shell. it is very unusual for several reasons especially coming from someone who is known to be reserved official behind the scenes, hard working official not so mu

any congressional -- >> so jay carney would fight with jay carney? >> what i would tell you, you and all of my former colleagues in the press have to be beating on us and others around washington to get as much information as you can. i strongly disagree with the statement. yp from experience it's wrong. we provide an extraordinary amount of information and access to reporters and work every day to provide more. >> now the roundtable, former pennsylvania senator and presidential candidate, rick santorum, van jones, co-host of cnn's cross fire. cokie roberts with a new book out tuesday, founding mothers. and greta van susteren of fox news. so jay talked about how they want to bypass congress. and they're not going to judge the success of this year by what they passed. but we see the headline this is week, and republicans are talking about moving forward on immigration reform. can the president finally get what he's never had? a bipartisan legislative accomplishment? >> the budget last week that he signed. those 1600 pages. >> the lights turned on. >>

jay carney would not answer directly whether or not the claim is true.eeming to hold that bill gates himself responsible for the final decision. >> you would not make decisions surging u.s. troops without a thorough debate of the policy objectives in the options available to achieve those objectives and a third debate of the proper focus of the mission and what it ought to be. that produced a policy as others have said and secretary gates was one the co-authors, if you will who did just that. lou: witnessing a shocking conversation between hillary clinton and the president. the two former senators allegedly admitting that their oppositions while in the senatee were strictly for political reasons. jay carney brushed it off when he said that the president was opposed to the entire war. and vice president joe biden was a target of sharp criticism. he wrote that joe biden has been wrong on nearly every major foreign-licy and national security issue over thefour dec. while he accused the vice president of poisoning the well against pentagon leaders. d finally

press conference with jay carney and our own ed henry. >> categorical statement about secretary gates about the vice president and his views. in that case we could say clearly the president disagrees with them. >> you let the photographers in. that is a great positive step but you did not let any reporters in. you seem to think more access is letting photographers in but we can't have anybody shout a question. if the president wants to defend the vice president -- >> he doesn't. we let photographers in -- he knows he doesn't need to. we let photographers in because we've had ongoing discussion about access to photographers. >> reporters as well. you're leaving out we've had an ongoing discussion -- >> you're leaving out word for word, minute for minute, question for question, this president answered more questions from free and independent press or at least as many as his predecessor. >> why not today? >> i don't know any president in history taking questions every day. >> he hasn't taken a question since, what, december 20th? >> you and he were away for quite sometime. >> but it's be

also jay carney, the white house spokesman said the president values the experience of joe biden and a lot of other things to say in defense of the vice president. >> when asked, and the president and others simply reassert the fundamental fact here is that vice president biden is a key adviser on national security matters and domestic policy matters and other matters for this president, and the president greatly values the counsel that he provides. that's just a fact. >> reporter: gates pore praise president obama hazard suspicious of military leadership, resentful of the fact that was backed into the afghan surge that president obama authorized three years ago, and the president, according to gates, thought that his policy was going to fail at the same time he lauds president obama saying the decision to go after osama bin laden in pakistan one of the most courageous things he had seen. >> these laws on biden had been used by republicans before, but is it surprising to hear it coming from robert gates? >> reporter: well, it sure is, and for a lot of reasons, gates has never seen as

it's what the american people expected him to do. >> jay carney played down concerns the president's dislike of hamid karzai will complicate negotiations over the future of american forces after their combat role ends this year. >> the issue here is not about parliamenties, but policies. >> robert gates served as defense secretary at the ned of the bush administration. president bush does not go unscathed, he comes in for criticism. diverting resource, choosing to invade iraq, it was an opening for them, they were on the battlefield, that brought about the surge that came about under president obama's administration. back to you. >> mike viqueira in washington. >> robert gates is taking heat from former white house colleagues over the book. william daly, the white house chief of staff said robert gates should have published the book, or shouldn't are published while president obama was in office. former advisor afl said he was surprised brie the back because gates had a good relationship with the president. >> the obama administration is asking public schools to drop a zero tolerance

secrets don't make friends as jay carney just learned the hard way. >>> enough already. express is making a u-turn back to canada. with that said, we'll make our reporters suffer one more day in frigid temperatures. >>> frozen out. this blast of winter is retreating. it will not be the balast. i'm krystal ball and that's the reality for those who can't afford heat unless there's a thaw on capitol hill. >>> a winter tradition is back. the flu bug. i'm toure. it stayed away from this table which is a good reason to keep ari at a safe distance. >> here he is revealing blow by blow conversations, confidential conversations he had with the president and his other top national security advisers. these are some explosive statements that he has made about the president. this is not some outside critic. >> you have to take the full picture here, john. i would say on that matter, i think the american people expect that their commander in chief listen to all of his advisers, civilian and military, when it comes to discussion and debates about matters of war and peace and decisions

yesterday jay carney was asked about karzai, rather lengthy exchange between jay carney and ed henry but it is worth it. listen to this. you stressed the president's commitment to the mission in afghanistan. they spoke to president karzai. they claim president obama has not spoken to president karzai since june or july. how is it that the two leaders -- if he's committed to the mission, how could the two leaders as you're negotiating a status of forces agreement, how could the two leaders not talk in months? >> when did we go to south africa? i was physically in the presence of both presidents when president karzai and president obama changed greetings. >> they had a substantive discussion about -- >> the president and president karzai have had discussions in the past. there's not a lot of mystery on this document made in good faith and the need to sign it on the part of the afghan government. we have robust and constant communication both from washington and from our embassy in kabul as well as through our military. >> when was the last time the president spoke to the lead u.s. comm

jay carney fending off questions in the daily brief. just out of the breefrg, all right, what did he say today? >> good to see you. jay carney said no phone conversation between the president and secretary gates about the book. he said they did have a phone call over the weekend after secretary gates slipped and hurt his neck and the president just wished him well, perhaps knew the book was coming out. jay said he had no read whether they discussed the details of all of this. they clearly want to turn the page. what's really new today, speaker john boehner is pivoting off this book and allegations about the president's leadership that come out of the book and specifically jumping on all of these headlines coming out of iraq. new round of violence spiraling out of control. speaker john boehner tough talk charging the president is now indifferent to what's happening in iraq, losing the security gain that america had fought for so hard and long. also speaker boehner said the president had outsourced, in his words, iraqi policy to vice pres

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jay carney, the white house press secretary is joining us. jay, thank you very much.d you got a few moments to update our viewers. when the president says he has a pen and a phone, that that strategy of executive action may be necessary, is that appropriate on a day like today when he's trying to reach out to congress for some cooperation? >> absolutely, wolf, because today is not just a day in which he speaks to congress, he speaks in front of the members of congress in the capitol, but he's also speaking to the millions of americans out there who will tune in tonight and want to hear from the president what plans he has and what vision he has for moving the country forward. and i think every american expects the president, whether he, she, a republican or democrat, to use all the tools available to him or her and will take the opportunity and reward hard work and responsibility. that's what the president will say. he wants to work with congress, and when congress will cooperate with him to move forward on his objectives, he looks forward to doing that, but he will a

any congressional -- >> so jay carney would fight with jay carney?e beating on us and others around washington to get as much information as you can. i strongly disagree with that statement. i know from experience it's wrong. and we provide an extraordinary amount of information and abscess to reporters and we work every day to provide more. >> all right. so there you got jay carney saying he would fight with jay carney. >> yeah. i think if you look back at his history as a reporter, he would fight with jay carney. and listen, there is a frustration in the white house press corps about access, about transparency and the "new york times" weighing in is probably positive to that cause. >> we know, everyone has an invisible friend, it's usually not you. >> brian has a giant bunny that was just on tv. >> exactly. so no longer incredible. we're going to watch you tonight at 6 on "special report." >> that sounds good. see you then. >> thank you very much. >>> talking in third person is trending, right, heather? >> funny. oh, boy. daley show will have a goo

. >> another dodge by white house spokesman jay carney. senate intelligence report out today also says the terror attack on ambassador stevens and other americans could have been prevented because the cia told the state department under hillary clinton that the security situation in benghazi in libya in general was getting much worse. yet, the state department did not, did not beef up security. even though it was warned. again, according to the senate report out today. now, all of this should trouble every loyal american and politics should not be a part of it. we need the federal government to be proactive in protecting americans from terrorists. and ironically that's what the national security agency is supposed to do but the nasa may be overdoing it. new information again out today says that the nasa has tapped into computers all over the world to track terrorists. that has led to yet another outcry against a massive spying apparatus, the obama administration has in place. somehow the president has to sort all of this out. in a very cle

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jay carney insists, the reason they opened this up has nothing to do with the book. it's because, as you know, white house news photographers, video photographers as well, have been pushing for more access, so today's the day they decided to provide that. he also offered a sharp defense of the vice president, that he's a key adviser to the president, and more broadly, i think it's important to note that the white house's case is that the president has always liked a differing group of views, especially involving the war in afghanistan. >> he expects to hear competing points of view from every member of his national security team. a lot of you wrote about or talked about at the time that the president picked a team of rivals. and when you pick a team of rivals, you do so in part because you expect competing points of view and competing opinions. >> and in fact, jay carney also went on to sharply deny the broad allegation you mentioned from secretary gates that the president made the tough decision to surge troops into afghanistan, but did not ultimately believe in the

jay carney, who used to be a journalist, saying those claims are dead wrong. >> jay carney reporter wouldsfied with the amount of information that any white house or any congressional -- >> so jay carney would fight with jay carney. >> what i would tell you that you and your colleagues have to be beating on us and others around washington to get as much information as you can. i strongly disagree with the statement, i know from experience it's wrong and we provide an extraordinary amount of information to reporters and we work every day to provide more. jon: joining us is alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show and author of thank the liberals for america and jim pinkerton is also with us, both fox news contributors. alan, what do you think about the assertion this is the most secretive white house in history? >> that would be richard nixon but i think -- i noticed jill ab ram son didn't work the nixon white house but they've not been as forward as they would like to be. we have the n.s.a., thanks to edward snowden, we know about the level of spying going on. we saw what happened with o

. >> thank you, we are waiting on jay carney.preciate it. >> the murder of a beauty queen and her ex-husband, latest crime in a country riddled with violence. armed robbers in venezuela opened fire on the couple and the five-year-old daughter when they tried to look themselves down in a broken car. steve, what do we know? >> bill, this kind of carjacking is all too common in venezuela highways. they used rocks and sharp objects to disable the vehicle and carjacking that went wrong. the family tried to look themselves in the 2002 toyota. the gun men fired shots and killed both parents. the beauty queen had moved to south florida for security reasons and had been robbed six separate times in venezuela. her family here is devastated. she is dead and her ex-husband dead and the five-year-old daughter shot in the leg and witnessed the horrible crime. >> more on that when we get from miami. >> and bill, sales are soaring in the first day to open legal recreational marijuana shops and they could soon run out of pot. did america come out

hablarnos de lo que estÁ planeando, nos acompaÑa vÍa satÉlite desde la casa blanca su portavoz, jay carneyor entregar informaciÓn clasificada, el procurador general ayer en su comentario sobre la posibilidad de que edward snow den fuera declarado culpable de esos casos, obviamente los abogados del gobierno discutieron esto con su abogado, serÍa el caso de cualquier defendido, pero la mociÓn de clemencia no estÁ en discusiÓn. >> ¿hay alguna comunicaciÓn ahora mismo entre los abogados de la casa blanca y los procuradores de snow den? >> bueno, ciertamente los los abogados de la casa blanca no estarÍan involucrados en esta parte, esto es una situaciÓn del departamento de justicia, pero en cuanto yo sÉ no hay comunicaciÓn entre los procuradores y los abogados de los abogados del seÑor snow den, es todo lo que puedo decir con seguridad. >> estÁ bien, hablando de los juegos olÍmpicos, ¿hay alguna preocupaciÓn en seguridad por el equipo de los estados unidos que va a competir a los juegos? >> bueno, cada vez que hay un evento internacional deportivo como este, hay preocupaciones de seguridad, hay

john: the president spokesman, jay carney, says the president will bypass. >> obama plans to give congressy in the fate of the nsa. i think congress passes a law. >> what you are seeing is look at the gallup poll. they now say that the government has too much power and big government is not the answer. >> his reign, i should say presidency, because he keeps addressing is the subject. john: just to go more to these executive orders. >> is in fact i coud solve these problems without passing laws in congress, i would be so. >> jay carney come and the prs secretary and the white house literally says that he thought that it was the role of contract >> why could he have done that when he could've gone straight to $75? [laughter] john: $10.10. not more. this precision -- i mean, there is a difference. he could pay the people under this. >> they are paying a fair wage of at least $10.10 per hour. >> he is not violating this because he allows to set the new contract. john: they should have screamed about "the washington post" headline which allows them to participate. the congress has been beaten d

jay carney said it was not in response to the book, but defended the vice president. >> vice president joe biden is a key advisor on national security and domestic policy matters. the president greatly values the council he provides. that's a fact. >> gates loves president obama in places. such as a decision to go after osama bin laden, which was one of the most courageous decisions i have witnessed. but recounting one meeting, described the president as a reluctant warrior in afghanistan, superiors of military leaders: >> resentful for having been backed into a corner in ordering the afghan surge, president obama was: according to gates. jay carney said the president made his goals in afghanistan clear from the start. >> he thought it was very important to ensure we had a withdrawal date. that even after we surged our forces as part of refocussing the mission and bringing pressure on al qaeda central, that we would also begin the drawdown, or after that begin the drawdown. that is the commitment he has made and is keeping, and is what the american people expected him to do. jay carney

let us know what you think of jay carney's new look. i'm don lemon.ng, ac 360 starts right now. >> don, thanks. >>> tonight, everyone. the deep freeze gets deeper, and you'll be feeling it even if you're some place warm right now. >>> he says he's confident he was forced out of the nfl because he stood up for marriage equality. the always outspoken chris kluhy's first interview since leaving the nfl. >>> we begin tonight with cold that can kill in minutes.

here is jay carney. >> when will you release the data? where are you in terms of how many people paid into the system? >> i think the issue here is the contract is not with the government. the contract if you ed henry would enroll in in the marketplace, pick a plan, you are engaging in a contract with a private insurance company. so it's something that the insurance company knows if and when. >> information eventually comes from insurance companies but important data to tell us whether or not all of this is bending the so-called cost curve whether money is being saved as the president promised all along, gretchen. >> working with republicans going to have to be part of his agenda on health care for sure. for that matter everything else. how are things shaping up ahead of that. >> jay carney asked about that as well. it's a balancing act. the president in recent days said he has a phone and a pen because he can call republicans and democrats to try to work with them. also has a pen and might do expect tiff action, might undermine the state

john: the president spokesman, jay carney, says the president will bypass. >> obama plans to give congressay in the fate of the nsa. i think congress passes a law. >> what you are seeing is look at the gallup poll. they now say that the government has too much power and big government is not the answer. >> his reign, i should say presidency, because he keeps addressing is the subject. john: just to go more to these executive orders. >> is in fact i could solve these problems without passing laws in congress, i would be so. >> jay carney come and the press secretary and the white house literally says that he thought that it was the role of contract >> why could he have done that when he could've gone straight to $75? [laughter] john: $10.10. not more. this precision -- i mean, there is a difference. he could pay the people under this. >> they are paying a fair wage of at least $10.10 per hour. >> he is not violating this because he allows to set the new contract. john: they should have screamed about "the washington post" headline which allows them to participate. the congress has been beat

. >> a clean shaven press secretary to the president of the united states, jay carney. thanks very much for joining us. was that a tough decision, getting rid of that beard? >> i couldn't compete with you, wolf, and i decided it was time to go clean shaven again. >> all right. you look mighty good. jay carney without the beard. thanks very much. we'll see what happens later tonight. i'll be back in a half an hour as our special coverage continues at the top of the hour. right now, "crossfire" begins. >>> tonight on "crossfire," the state of the union address. does president obama have the best ideas for getting you a better job or a raise? >> americans are tired of us squabbling. they want us to get things done. >> or do republicans have the stronger case for revving up the economy. >> we are not going to raise taxes. >> how will tonight's big speech affect the 2014 mid term election? the left, on the right s.e. cupp. in the "crossfire" representative of the democratic leadership and tim scott of south carolina along with representative steve israel who's leading the ef

and this, as of today, is president obama's current press secretary, jay carney. notice anything different here between jay carney and all of his press secretary predecessors? notice something new that we have never seen before? ah! oh, my god! what's that? that. this -- i think it's that. has never happened before in the history of the united states. at least we think so. we reached out to nbc presidential historian michael beschloss about this today, and he said since the modern press secretary has only existed since fkr this in fact might be the first ever beard at the presidential press secretary podium. now, abraham lincoln did have a really cute guy with a beard who used to talk to the press for him, but he was not technically a press secretary because that job didn't exist yet. thank you, michael beschloss. but otherwise, until we are proven wrong, and i would love to be, until we are proven wrong, i believe that jay carney today has made hirsute history. first ever beardy white house press secretary. first ever, america! [ applause ] change is possible. wh

jay carney do it but he is not doing it? >> i think having them come in to take the pictures today, that lunch was brilliant because all day today. >> looked phoney. i thought -- we have been asking for this for months. >> do you know who puts a target on? joe biden? everybody is talking about joe biden. joe biden is what is. >> not in a good way. >> but that's what a vice president -- guess who isn't? the cameras aren't focused on the president. they were focused on the joe biden meeting and joe biden taking the hit in the book. >> wouldn't the more honorable thing be if the president thinks rather than throwing joe biden under the bus if he think joe biden has been a good vice president he would come out and say something? >> i think you will see that probably. the first time there is some q and a going on between the president and the press they are going to ask those questions. i think it was pretty smart to put the target away from the president. >> what do you think former secretary of state hillary clinton thinks when

and we had a meeting with jay carney and members of his staff and. it went really well. among the white house correspondents board of association, excuse me on the board of white house correspondent association, we had meeting with jay and laid out all of our concerns. i think we're moving forward. there's progress. they understand our gripes and complaints and obviously they have their own issues and we have had ours. the president wants it fixed. >> i got ron piece he wrote in december. it starts off "new york timeses" doug mills strode into jay carney's office with pile of pictures taken exclusively by president obama's official photographer at events the white house press corp. was forbidden to cover. this one mills said, this one too and this one and this one. the red face photographer joined by colleagues on the white house correspondent association board finished 10 minute presentation with a flurries that made carney a former moscow correspondent for time went. you guys are just,w like tasks.p how mad were you? >> i think i was pretty upset. it's culmination becau

nothing else. >> jay carney defended the administration.gest complaint about the president appears that he doesn't trust the military. from your experience with cia. is being skeptical a bad idea? >> no. you have to look. it was first of all the white house that got us into two wars. afghanistan and iraq. they didn't go so well. it's clear that the white house at some point is going to turn on the military and say look, we gave you a lot of troops and it's not working. we have to change strategy. this happened with the obama administration. there is always a conflict. the first chief in iraq was pulled out because he sent in an assessment back to washington that there is going to be an insurrection that is going to get bad in the military. he said no, things are fine. he pulled the guy out and he quit the cia. the inteligence wars in the community go on all the time and we are seeing it rose to the white house. >> do you agree with buck that the book is as damaging as he portrays against the administration? >> i think it's damaging, but i d

jay carney's beard. secretary debuted his new look at the first press briefing of the year today. and reaction on social media debating whether it was a good look. one person even started a twitter handle for the beard. and began tweeting. carney is just the most recent high profile person to grow a new look. al gore grew one after he lost the 2000 election. last year the host of the "today" show grew them in support of movember. and professional athletes regularly grow beards during the playoffs. let us know what you think of jay carney's new look. piers morgan live is next. [ male announcer ] at his current pace, bob will retire when he's 153, which would be fine if bob were a vampire. but he's not. ♪ he's an architect with two kids and a mortgage. luckily, he found someone who gave him a fresh perspective on his portfolio. and with some planning and effort, hopefully bob can retire at a more appropriate age. it's not rocket science. it's just common sense. from td ameritrade. >> this is piers morgan l

. >> it is day two of the carney beard, and i for one am not yet used to the jay carney beard. i don't know about you. but i'm just not there yet. six republicans joined democrats today in voting to move toward debate on a three-month extension of emergency unemployment benefits. after the vote in an event in the east room with people who would be helped by that extension, president obama offered his reaction. >> the senate is a complicated place. just because they agreed on this vote, all they've agreed to so far is that we're actually going to be able to have a vote on it. they actually haven't passed it. so we've got to get this across the finish line without obstruction or delay and we need the house of representatives to be able to vote for it as well. and it's -- [ applause ] >> and that's the bottom line. voting for unemployment insurance helps people and creates jobs. and voting against it does not. >> the president also responded directly to this claim made by rand paul. >> i'm not against having unemployment insurance. i do think, though, that the longer you have it t

though spokesman jay carney insists the timing was a coincidence. the president was merely responding to photographers demanding more access. >> you can decide for yourselves what you want to believe. >> gates writes, while the president deserved credit for surging 30,000 more troops to afghanistan, the secretary ultimately concluded the president did not believe in the mission or in his own strategy to win. and was only focused on eventually getting out. has allowed our soldiers and marines and navy corps men to be killed or maimed in a war that the president doesn't believe makes sense or he doesn't believe he can win. that is as low as any president in our history has gone. >> besides sharply defending the vice president as a trusted adviser, amid gates' claim biden has gotten every major national security decision wrong for years, carney insisted the president has had great faith the troops could carry out the mission after inheriting a war that was adrift. >> we focused the mission, made it clear for our troops and civilians in afghanistan what

the spokesman jay carney said the president will bypass congress where necessary.ook at this headline obama plans to give congress a stay. i thought congress passes the laws and the president is to make sure they are properly executed? >> what we see here looking and other data that points out 60 percent of americans say the government has too much power i wonder what change this economy struggle and obamacare fall apart of a lot of history which we cannot explain in words americans will see with their own experience big government is not the answer john: 66%? >> 60% say it has to much power. it is increasing more agree with u obama i saved grain but i should say presidency because he addresses us as subjects. john: with this executive order idea he says i can do them by executive order but a few months ago he said he could not talking about immigration hecklers gave him a hard time. >> if in fact, i could solve all the problems without passing laws in congress then i would do so but we are a nation of laws senate that was a perfect example of the executive order t

the key thing to say and the thing jay carney just set a couple minutes ago in his briefing, this isust one step. this is a big step, not major changes from the draft we saw last year. as you pointed out, environmentalists are not going to be happy. they thought another look at the report would give them a shot. they would be major impact. particularly on climate change, they are not getting that. what this does, it starts off another process. they will be public commentary an opportunity for industry groups to come and talk. john kerry is slated to make the we know thatn, but the president has the option of waiting and -- weighing in. the white house stays pretty far away at this, we have started the final cap down -- the final countdown. not a huge move forward, but deftly a step forward. >> ultimately it will be up to john kerry and the president to decide whether or not this is in the interest of the nation to have the keystone pipeline go for. let's talk about pros and cons. opponents were saying the pipeline was going to cement u.s. dependence on fossil feels. and do a lot of i

robert gibs as this as today is president obama's current press secretary, jay carney.nd all of his press secretary predecessors? notice something new that we have never seen before? oh, my god, what's that? that, this, i think it's that, has never happened before in the history of the united states. at least we think so. we reached out to nbc presidential historian michael beshlaw about this today. he said since the modern press secretary only existed since fdr, this, in fact, might be the first ever beard at the presidential press secretary podium. now abraham lincoln did have a really cute guy with a beard who used to talk to the press for him but he was not technically a press secretary because that job didn't exist yet. but otherwise, until we are proven wrong, and i would love to be, until we are proven wrong, i believe that jay carney today made here suit history. first ever beardy white house press secretary. first ever, america. change is possible. woohoo! we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] alka seltzer plus presents the cold truth. [ coughs, sneezes ] [ s

again today threatening sanctions against ukraine if the violence there escalates the spokesman jay carney did praise the ukrainian president's decision to meet again with the protesters but he did basically pin the blame on the current crisis on the government saying that the president there has basically failed to address what he called the legitimate concerns of the protesters now on the sanctions no firm decision just yet it does seem that washington is sort of hoping to basically wait it out not really resort to taking that step really hoping that in a coach will make some moves perhaps to calm the crisis down but it's not all empty threats we did see earlier this week the u.s. revoking the visas of several top ukrainian officials who were implicated in ordering police violence not in the latest crackdown but what happened in december in november interesting and vice president biden actually called the ukrainian president today what was that conversation it was on is ringing off the hook i think i've got a bunch of european leaders also call them biden basically urged me on the coach

. >> reporter: jay carney, declined to comment to fox news yesterday, bill. bill: more to come.es rosen, good reporting in washington. martha has more. martha: for more on the bombshell report what the president from the get-go about benghazi and potential fallout, let's bring in steve hayes, writer from "the weekly standard" and good morning. good to have you with us. it occurs to me that the meeting that happened in the oval office that was preplanned and exactly timingwise when initial discussion happened with the president about what was going on the ground there. then you hear jay carney say, contrary to what some people told us about what kind of attack this was, we saw no evidence that it was a terrorist attack. we thought it still may be connected to the movie. so is he talking about the general there? >> yeah. this is pretty extraordinary and to see that jay carney comment some seven days later, six, seven days later denying that there was any evidence, he said we looked at all the information, no evidence to suggest that this was any kind of a preplanned attack or terr

and i bet jay carney will look to massachusetts. a lot of those young people didn't come in until the end. the question is, alisyn, all of the polls and people who are uninsured. they are not buying in to obama care and not saying that that is the right choice for them according to the polls. and if that trend holds, there could be a big problem. the big hinge here that is legislative, is whether the insurance companies will get a massive bail out, if it doesn't all come together by the end of the year. >> that is a big question. if the numbers don't add up, then what? the administration hasn't given us the scenario. and you have marco rubio with the legislation that the insurance company should not get the bail out if the numbers don't add up for obama care and i bet you will see the republicans push that. that is the escape hatch. if the administration doesn't meet the targets. they say there is not numbers and targets they are trying to hit. but if you ask the people on the hill, they are looking at the congressional budget offic

. >> jay carney and dan pfeiffer were out and they were saying resident resident -- p was going to play hardball this year. >> they said they would do as much as they can by executive order. they have been trying to do this for a few years and it has had mixed success. some government controls got done, gun control legislation ended up stalling in congress. it is a strategy that has worked for them before. whether it can work on these bigger issues is an open question. >> the new york times had an interesting article saying that 2013, the president govern as a prime minister. 2014, they want him to be more like a president. mentioned, on his agenda, those big issues like immigration reform. >> that was something of a glimmer of hope. it seems like house republicans do want to get something passed, which, for a while, they were not doing anything on the immigration reform front. forpresident's vision immigration reform is something we will have to see. it is not clear if house republicans will go for a path to citizenship. >> thank you. people gathered on the national mall to protest the

white house press secretary jay carney took up the issue and he was asked to address by the white house pushed the absolutely false story about protests and demonstrations that grew out of control in light of this report. a question that jay carney dodged with a three paragraph answer about cooperating with correctional investigations before he ultimately been referred to the state department for further explanations. and we also learned tonight that general martin dempsey made a startling statement in front of a top-secret house armed services committee in october. he told that committee that the military cannot hunt down and kill the terrorists responsible for the benghazi attacks because congress had not authorized the use of such force. and turning to the nsa. the highly anticipated a ballyhoo speech on the matter and suggested that the president will embrace on the most far-reaching proposals of his advisers and will in fact punt on the boldest changes to congress. according to "the new york times", president obama plans to increase access to telephone data and he will have piracy

. >> i think as often as they are doing an end zone dance and jay carney is like, when they say death to america, what they really mean is they want a long-standing comprehensive agreement. oh, psych, suckers! it couldn't get anymore obvious in our faces. obama promised flexibility and what he is showing is he will bend over in some of these stuff. >> i feel like we have cried about a lot of things and maybe they didn't work. i am open to trying different things. >> are you iranian? >> no. >> get the hell out of here. >> these israelis are open to trying something different. they have fueling their jets. >> on a serious note, why wouldn't the iranian president feel he could taunt us on twitter? we have in in fighting going on, congress yelling for more sanctions and the white house and john kerry say don't do that, it is going to ruin our negotiating power. there is a huge opportunity for other world powers to mock us. this was another weird mental image for me. picturing the iranian president sitting at his computer tweeting, right? that's a weird -- >> he may have somebody tweeting