let's get to jennifer griffin.oining us by phone, a pentagon correspondent, to give us a perspective on this. >> this is an unusual press conference to come on sunday night at 7:30:00 p.m. you would expect for the new york city mayor and the police chief to be making this sort of announcement about a terrorist that it would have federal implications. we are told from a source the fbi was not contacted, is not involved in this case, that this is a local matter in new york city. as you mentioned, this is a 27-year-old american who has been taken into custody. they have been watching him for the last 2 1/2 years but the last six months he started to assemble a bomb. we have the holidays coming up and i think the new york city authorities are concerned with so much travel taking place that they just want to alert people to be alert. this is a lone wolf, an american who was caught, based on information from an informant. this person was allegedly building a bomb, some sort of bomb that could have targeted, we are told,

>> bret: jennifer griffin live at the pentagon. jennifer, thank you. we learned just moments ago that a top american commander in afghanistan has been relieved of his duties. major general peter fuller was punished for comments he made to politico, disparaging afghan president hamid karzai, saying that afghanistan would side with pakistan in a conflict against the u.s. he also said afghan's leaders are isolated from reality. general fuller was deputy commander of the nato training mission and responsible for training afghan security forces. >>> japan's nuclear minister says his country has not yet developed a plan for disposing nuclear waste that has accumulated since last spring's earthquake and tsunami. those events led to the world's worst nuclear accident since chernobyl. >>> you know that olds saying about no good deed going unpunished? we have another example later in the grapevine. and the latest on the sexual harassment allegations against republican candidate herman cain. >> the two frontrunners in the gop presidential race were at the same pl

>> shannon: jennifer griffin live from the pentagon. thank you, jennifer. we told you last night that president obama threatened to veto a new defense spending bill over the handling of terrorism suspects. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge has more for us this evening. >> reporter: shannon, the president's veto comes after five months of negotiation between the white house and senate armed service committee over the questioning of detainees. >> the administration policy has been a complete failure. >> on the senate floor, the obama administration was chided for promising to close gitmo and failing. promising to try the 9/11 suspects in a federal court and failing. for lacking a clear policy for detention and questioning of terror suspects. >> if today we capture al-zawahiri, the leader of al-qaeda, what would we do with him? >> the requirement to detain a person in military custody does not include u.s. citizens but it would cover al-qaeda terrorists arrested on u.s. soil. >> is america part of the battlefield? >> you better believe it's p

in washington, jennifer griffin, fox news. >> we will discuss possible defense cut in the next segmenth the chairman of the house armed service committee. congressman buck mckeon. >> shannon: the failure of the debt reduction committee could trigger huge cut to defense spending. joining us now from beaverton, oregon, to talk about that is the chairman of the house armed services committee buck mckeon. welcome. thank you for joining us tonight. >> thank you, shannon. thank you for having me. >> shannon: all right. defense secretary leon panetta said this could result in something he termed as doomsday scenario. how worried are you about the cuts as they go in to effect? >> as he said, this is not like shooting ourselves in the foot. it's like shooting ourselves in the head. i think if people understand that we have already cut, what will be in next year's budget almost half a trillion dollars and then sequest tration of another half trillion means going forward i'd cut average of $100 billion a year out of the defense budget. which means in the outlying years we'd be cutting the defense

national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports the price could be much higher when it comes to lives. >> an unusual appearance by all four service chiefs on capitol hill showing how serious the house armed services committee are taking what they warn will be devastating defense cuts. if the supercommittee fails to reach an agreement, automatic cuts will begin and pentagon would have to find an additional $600 billion in reductions over the next ten years. >> there is no reason you have to see the draconian defense cuts as long as congress does its job. >> today they warned the potential cut would lower u.s. deterrent, could lead to more war and come on the back of the troops. >> if we're not decisively dominant we can still win but at the cost of men and women's lives. >> they accused the nation of a september 10 mentality. >> our successes in the global were on terror and in iraq and afghanistan appear to be lulling our nation to a false sense of confidence. >> there were vailed warnings from the chief of naval operations about the rise of china's military and a thinning u.

jennifer griffin now from washington and, jennifer, this looks like those american students are gettingt in time. >> in fact, harris, the situation in egypt is getting increasingly less stable. i just spoke with the boys' family members and they are still waiting at the cairo airport as you mentioned. they will fly back separately and are now just awaiting their flights. the father of luke gates got emotional when he spoke with fox news steve centanni. >> we are just ecstatic. we are so happy for the other boys as well and their families. >> couldn't be a nicer thanksgiving. >> absolutely not. >> and you have a lot to be thankful for. >> yes, very much so. >> a lot to give thanks for, harris. >> they were all students at the university there in cairo. i know, again, they have been waiting at that airport. we are going to talk with one of the moms coming up. jennifer, those american students may be coming home. in egypt proving to be a very dangerous place for female others. >> that's right. we have two new reports of two prominent female journalists being sexually assaulted in egypt tah

the national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live in washington. controversy last night when it came to illegal immigrants. >> that's right. and newt gingrich may have alienated iowa voters with this pronouncement on immigration. >> the party that says it's the party of the family is going to adopt an immigration policy which destroys families that have been here a quarter century and i'm prepared to take the heat for saying let's be humane in enforcing the law. >> iowa governor terry bran stat's age tweeted quote newt did himself significant harm on immigration among caucus and primary voters. governor mitt romney called governor gingrich's plan amnesty. trace? >> jennifer, there was also talk about forcing regime change in iran. >> that's right. newt gingrich was in favor of it. >> we need a strategy of defeating and replacing the current iranian regime with minimum use of force. we need a strategy as rick santorum was saying being honest about radical islam and defeat it wherever it happens to exist. >> herman cain appeared to back israel if it

september and october and now we understand the pentagon has ordered eight more. >> shepard: jennifer griffin pentagon. jennifer, thank you. there is china. there is iran. there is the economy. and there is the polls all for the president to worry about. but one thing he apparently does not need to worry about, crocodiles. is he due to arrive in australia's northern territory mommy tomorrow. the minister there says he will present the president with crocodile insurance. it pays out auto thousand dollars should a croc chomp on the commander and chief though the area has australians largest crocodile population. an attack sun likely. he wants to reassure quote michelle and the kids. it would appear mayors and police in cities across the united states have had enough of the occupy protests. [shouting] couldn't see the stuff in new york because the police wouldn't let the media take pictures. but this is seattle. coming up, a live report from where it all began, new york city straight away. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement ailable only with liberty mutual aut

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national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon to work through a few partsate with us, jen. it looks like you're at our d.c. bureau, instead of the pentagon today. i bet that's a treat for everybody involved! >> thank you. jenna: jennifer, let's start off with this part of the debate. michelle bachmann sits on the house select intelligence committee and there's speculation that maybe she revealed classified information about pakistan's nuclear program. what's the truth in that? >> reporter: well, u.s. officials say no, she did not. she was defending u.s. aid to pakistan, which governor rick perry said he would cut. in the process, she called pakistan too nuclear to fail. apparently she was quoting from the atlantic magazine's december cover story. she just forgot to attribute her information, leading some to conclude that she was revealing classified intelligence. >> we have to recognize that 15 of the sites, nuclear sites, are available, or are potentially penetrable, by jihadists. six attempts have already been made on nuclear sites. this is more than an e

jennifer griffin is here to go through all of them for us. , jennifer. >> reporter: well, the sanctions have an interesting discrepancy between written and the united states. britain went further than the united states and sanctioned the central bank of iran. the u.s. stopped short, focusing more on the oil industry. >> this will allow us to sanction the provision of goods, services and technology to the petrochemical sector. to accompany this new measure, we will launch a worldwide diplomatic campaign to encourage other countries to shift any purchases of iranian petrochemical products to other suppliers. >> no option is off the table, including the possibility of imposing additional sanctions on the bank of iran. >> reporter: u.s. treasury officials warned last week that targeting iran's central bank could have unintended consequences in terms of pushing up the price of oil x that, they say, is not a good idea given the fragile world economy. most analysts agree as well the symbolism of these sanctions are important. without russia and china

jennifer griffin is live in washington. so do we know anything more about how soon they will be released, jennifer? >> reporter: well, jon, a u.s. embassy spokeswoman in cairo said the three american students are still being processed by the egyptian authorities, and in fact she added that she did not know where the three americans were at this stage. an egyptian court gave the parents of the three men who were studying at the american university of cairo the best thanksgiving gift any parent could hope for. we spoke to derek's mother, joyce sweeney. >> hopefully by thanksgiving day they would all be free, however, the paperwork process still has not been completed, but we are in -- we did get to speak to derek again last evening, and that was such -- such a high point of our thanksgiving. >> reporter: she this is her son will go straight to the airport when he is released and the embassy is working on a passport and other paperwork to leave as we speak. jon: what about the other families of the other two, have we heard from

jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this.o why did dakota meyer feel like he needed to bring a lawsuit against his former employer? >> reporter: jon, the defamation suit was brought in texas and dakota meyer says his former employer, bae systems, a defense contractor, essentially defamed him and told another employer that he was not fit, fit to be employed, suggesting that he had, as you mentioned, some sort of mental instability as a result of his service in the military and a drinking problem. the tension with his former employer, bae, erupted over a string of e-mails that meyer sent to his supervisors at bae when he found out that the contractor was selling thermal optic sites to the pakistani military. here is one of the e-mails from meyer to is employer. quote. we are taking the best gear, the best technology on the market to date and giving it to guys known to stab us in the back. these are the same people killing our guys. bae and meyer parted ways in the spring. meyer in fact resigned from that job and then bae suppos

jennifer griffin at the pentagon for us. what do we make of this leaked report, jennifer? have something to do with the bump in approval ratings the president saw when he announced the troops would leave iraq by christmas? >> reporter: it's certainly possible. i'm hearing from multiple sources that these reports in fact are true. that the white house is considering, is considering how to transition faster in afghanistan before that the 2014 deadline handing over more areas to the afghans. they're asking the pentagon to come up with plans even though we're hearing from white house officials and the official word from the pentagon they are still denying these reports in public. take a listen to ben rhodes, the national security advisor who was in cannes with the president today. >> if there is any specific timeline beyond what the president has already laid out which is we are going to bring 10,000 troops out of afghanistan by the end of this year. we're going to bring 33,000, the full west point surge in afghanistan by the end of next summer. >> reporter: the bottom line is

jennifer griffin is following that story at the pentagon. she'll tell us what she's hearing there.man cain sexual harassment allegations. one of the woman involved issued a statement today through her attorney. plus, new polls and a major speech by mitt romney. "special report" from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. we'll send it back to new york and my colleagues with "the five." ♪ >> welcome back to "the fab four" plus me. i was having a feeling we'll see more medical marijuana smokers popping up in one california town. city officials in sebastopol have approved an amendment that prevents medical marijuana smokers from a smoking ban, but get this you're not allowed to smoke cigarettes. what's going on in your favorite state? >> one is supposed to save you, one is supposed to kill you. what do you want me to tell you? california is out of control. >> they're saying medicinal marijuana has a lot of benefits. people use it when given a cancer diagnosis. that's the reason behind this. >> it's a scam. it's for people who want to get high. let's face it, medical marijuana is a complet

. >> shepard: jennifer griffin at the pentagon tonight, thanks.fox news channellive son just hours after his capture. the associated press reports this video shows cease-fire -- saef. he warns people will turn against each other and the country will descend into chaos. he might want to worry more about himself right now. is he going on trial charges against humanity that trial could take place inside libya as long as international criminal court judges are allowed to take part. signs of political progress inside libya, leaders there say they have just formed transitional government to run the country until elections next year. a fire on a passenger train has killed seven people, including children it tops our news around the world in 80 seconds. india. a railway official says the fire started in one car then spread to another as the train was passing through a station in a remote eastern state. one report incident indicates an old heater blew up after passengers turned it up to try to keep warm. indonesia. a stampede killing at least two people at

our jennifer griffin with the news now live in d.c. essage did secretary panetta have for his counter part. >> essentially to be aware of the impact that a military strike would have on the world and u.s. economy. he told reporters he favored sanctions and diplomacy, quote, to go beyond that raises our concerns about the unintended cons sequences that could result. there are going to be economic consequences to that that could impact not just our economy but the world economy. critics of the administration on capitol hill say this sends a mixed message to iran just days after the pentagon received new 30,000-pound bunker buster bombs larger than those you see here. panetta said that the u.s. believes that a military strike will only set back iran's nuclear program by 1 to 2 years,. >> harris: hairs what are critics on capitol hill saying? >> republic senator mark kirk introduced legislation today to sanction iran central bank. >> i'm worried that the obama administration policy on iran is one, becoming aggressive weakness. they are not

national security correspondent jennifer griffin joins us with more, live from theentagon. e medal of honor in september and we watched it "america live", jennifer. now an extraordinary allegationby this decorated marine about what his employer said to somebody else to whom he was apply -- he was apply fog a job. >> reporter: we've obtained the defamation complaint filed by dakota meyer in san antonio, texas. dakota meyer says in an e-mail to his former boss at bea systems, he complains about the fact that they are selling high tech sniper rifles to pakistan. here's the e-mail, quote, i think that one of the most disturbing facts to the whole thing is that we are still going forth with the paf-13 optic and issuing the outdated subpar optics to our own u.s. troops when we have better optics we can put in their hands right now but we are willing to sell it to pakistan. he added we are taking the best gear, the best technology on the market to date and giving it to guys known to stab us in the back. these are the same people killing our guys. that complaint set him on a collisi

national security correspondent jennifer griffin has a look at this one live from the pentagon. ? >> reporter: megyn, the 2500 marines will be placed in northern australia in darwin, about 500 miles from indonesia. the president described the positioning of those marines as significant during a press conference with the australian prime minister today. he pushed back on the idea that china should feel threatened. >> we welcome a rising peaceful china. the notion that we fear china is, is mistaken. the notion that we are looking to exclude china is mistaken. >> reporter: the president's national security aides described the marine presence as a force multiplier. they will train asian and allied militaries and significant number of u.s. warplanes will be there a sign that the marines leave the middle east, asia's growing importance. china's foreign ministry described the decision as misguided. the president says china needs to behave responsibly as a world power. the reference to its attempt to claim territory in asia that the u.s. considers international waters. >> it is important

megyn: jennifer griffin, thank you. big news from america's election headquarters as new hampshire sets the date for america's first primary. it all goes down and january 10th. and here is why that matters. since 1952 only three candidates have lost that primary and then gone onto win the presidency. for 40 years, not one person won the election who had not won new hampshire. interestingly those three candidates that lost the granite state primary and wound up winning the white house are the last three u.s. presidents. new polls out from the campaign trail where we are now about 60 days from the first in the nation caucuses, that happens in iowa. herman cain and mitt romney may be number one and two respectfully, but don't forget ron paul, the texas congressman pulling third place in the latest des moines register poll of likely caucus goers. those are the polls you want to pay attention to of likely caucus goers or sraoeubg lee voters. finishing in first place in the hawk eye state straw poll. he joins us now. thank yo

the way, coming up unrelated on the radio a little later, andrea tantaros, gretchen carlson, jennifer griffingler all in a three hour broadcast. and hopefully your local stations. >> few things to talk about. >> yes, we will. >> meanwhile, before we get to the forecast, you should know our planet will have a close encounter of the asteroid kind. a giant asteroid tonight at 6:25 eastern time. asteroid is the size of an aircraft carrier. now, be forewarned, if it hits the earth, it would cause a magnitude 7 earthquake and a 70 foot tsunami but don't worry, no danger. the earthquake will pass 202,000 miles away from earth. that's ok with us. meanwhile, take a look, we got some widely scattered thunderstorms all the way from the great lake states through the mid missouri and mississippi valley at this hour. it's dry across the eastern third and western third of the u.s. of a. it is bitterly cold already. look at rapid city, only 19 right now. they got 32. it's freezing out in boulder. 30 in provo. much better here in the eastern third. we got 55 here in the new york city area although it's cooler