we heard senator john barrasso there echoing mitch mcconnell about how upset they are.what mitch mcconnell had to say. he said we will act. we will act when the new congress is formed in january. so we asked the senator does that mean a government shutdown? what kind of action are they talking about? he reiterated no shutdown. we're not going to breach the debt ceiling. it doesn't sound like impeachment, they're going the take the bait on that one. so the question remains, interestingly enough, if they were to act, for example, on immigration, would that be the very outcome the president is ultimately after? >> and you know, the way that wall street is acting to all of this, as we often joke, you know, wall street loves when there is gridlock in washington. but that seems to be what the anticipation is in the stock market right now, right? >> sure. and we've gone back and forth on this. and whether or not it is still good. but i can tell you, and you know, bill, the one thing everybody talks to us about is the need for corporate tax reform. what is the one thing that lo

republican senator john barrasso and democratic congressman xavier becerra. plus, the president authorizes sending 1,500 more u.s. troops to iraq in the fight against isis. our sunday panel will tackle that. and our power player of the week, a man who goes undercover to rescue child sex slaves. >> we kind of broke roles and said, guys, this is the sound of liberation, the sound of emancipation. all right now on "fox news sunday". >> hello from fox news in washington. we'll get to the new balance of power in washington in a moment. but first some breaking news. two americans held by north korea are back home, and u.s. air strikes in iraq may have taken out the leader of isis. fox news chief intelligence correspondent has the latest on both stories. >> chris, senior administration officials insist there was no quid pro quo for release of two americans but now that they're home on american soil, there are new questions about the timing and motivation of north korea's secretive leader. saturday the blue and white government jet touched down in washington state. t

john barrasso is chair of -- >> and xavier becerra, welcome back to "fox news sunday." want to ask you about the president's decision on friday to send 1500 more u.s. troops to iraq, almost doubling our deployment there. senator barrasso, you're on the foreign relations committee. one, are you going to vote for the 5.6 billion that the president wants, and how do you feel about the slow motion bitbybit escalation of our footprint. >> we're going to look specifically at how he wants the money spent, but it's right for the president to come to congress for the support. you do get concerned about a mission creep. i think they've been doing a good job in trying to degrade, but they have a long way to go in terms of destroying isis and securing iraq. there are still big problems, and we discussed all of this with the general. >> and congressman becerra, any concerns that this escalation has the scent of vietnam about it? and do you think the president has a strategy, a strategy and plan to beat isis? >> the way it was outlined on friday, it seemed like a coheernt plan that w

senator john barrasso, chairman of the senate republican policy. and congressman xavier becerra is head of the house democratic caucus. gentlemen, welcome back to "fox news sunday." before we get to the white house lunch, i want to ask you about the president's decision on friday to send 1,500 more u.s. troops to iraq, almost doubling our deployment there. senator barrasso, you're on the foreign relations committee. a couple questions. one, are you going to vote for the $5.6 billion in extra money the president wants? secondly, how do you feel about this slow motion, bit by bit escalation of our footprint in iraq? >> we're going to look at specifically how he wants the money spent, but it's right that the president does come to congress for an authorization for use of military force. i support that. i think congress ought to be involved in those discussions. you do get concerned about mission creep. i think they've been doing a good job in terms of trying to degrade, but they have a long way to go in terms of destroying isis and trying to secure ir

you'll hear from republican senator john barrasso and democratic congressman henry quair whose district is right on the border. >>> the bizarre murder mystery in colorado that accuses a husband of pushing his wife off a cliff to collect millions in her insurance policy but that's not all. investigators are also probing the death of his first wife who also died under bizarre circumstances. >>> a huge triumph in space exploration may be meeting a premature end. we're talking about the robot on that super comet that's now in the dark. that has scientists on edge. can it be saved? hello, everybody, i'm uma pemmaraju. america's news headquarters live from the nation's capital starts right now. >>> and we begin this hour with round two for obamacare enrollment under this way at this hour. the white house is hoping a year of improvements to the troubled website will have paid off. as republican leaders in congress say, they have a main date from the american people to repeal it. the supreme court takes up a case that could remove a key part of that law. peter ducey standing by live. >> a year

senate republican policy chairman john barrasso joins us live next. >>> and so much for hbo's concert song on veterans day in front of our vets. the outrage straight ahead. ♪ ♪ >>> the comments were made in an academic conference. i was speaking off the cuff and basically spoke inappropriately and i regret having made those comments. >> okay. well, that's one of the obamacare architects, mit professor, jonathan gruber, he's backtracking after calling americans stupid. but we just learned it wasn't the first time he said crazy stuff like that. >> pretty much the same thing. what does it matter? you'll see. that tax, the american people are stupid enough. >> busted! now democrats are doing major damage control. joining us right now from capitol hill is chairman of the senate republican policy committee and orthopedic surgeon, senator john barrasso. good morning to you, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> when you heard mr. gruber say the crazy stuff, did you think to yourself, we knew that. they wrote this bill in such tortured language, nobody knew what it was about. >> well, absolutely.

. >> joining us senator and dock john barrasso, nice to see you sir, welcome back to wawsmght i should also add that this man jonathan gruber is also apparently the architect of romney care in massachusetts. never the less, calling the american people stupid is that just a rogue employee of the obama creation and the president himself. >> clearly offensive and just confirms americans' worst fierce about the government. see this as slap in the face and insult to the american people. this is repetitive behavior. he was paid almost $400,000 by this duration and what he tried to do deflect the attention of the american people and try to deceive the american people to try to get this healthcare law passed which has turned out to be bad for patients and bad for the doctors and nurses taking care of them and terrible for american taxpayers. >> his effort yesterday on msnbc to sort of say well this is sort of an off-the-cuff statement to suggest maybe this was something stupid or inappropriate he said occasionally. when we find these on the videos it appears to me this is far deeper seeded and

john barrasso says it's an end run around the american people.ith regard to immigration, we need to modernize it and clearly border security and enforcement are the first steps in the process. >> more tonight from washington. molly? >> julie, president only says he's just about finished waiting on congress to pass immigration legislation. he wants house republicans to accept the democratically controlled senate immigration bill and house republicans want senate democrats to agree to their version of the bill. so the president says lawmakers should not be surprised if he acts alone by executive action before the end of the year. republicans are threatening to fight, quote, tooth and nail if the president changes the nation's immigration laws separate from congress. the president returns from his trip to asia and australia tomorrow and suggests he's prepared for some conflict with congress. >> there are going to be areas of agreement between me and republicans and areas of disagreement. there are going to be actions i take they don't like and bills

so senator john barrasso is actually calling for him to give back that money based on the revelationse recent videos. what i also want to know is who was in the room, and why did it take years for us to find out he was making these comments? >> yeah. >> you know, there's some red flags here as a journalist that i see, and i hear kirsten talking about, you know, this man's background and who knew him and who didn't. i'm telling you, if you are on the hill right now, you might want to see what comments you made about mr. gruber, you might want to see if there's any other tape. former senator max baucus says most people believe gruber is one of the best outside experts. he said that. senator harry reid, nevada, currently the house leader until the end of the year, called gruber, quote: one of the most respected economists in the world. so there's some people who had him on their radar at one point at the exception of obamacare. so that's a red flag to me because he called him an outside expert. as sandra just pointed out, he wasn't so outside. he was hired as a consultant by the hhs. >>

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leland: senator john barrasso of wyoming is chairman of the senate republican policy committee, joins capitol hill. senator, is bill right? is this war? >> well, my concern is that the president is ignoring the american people, he's rejecting what the voters said just a little over a week ago, and it's not an executive order, it's executive amnesty. that's my concern. we need to do immigration reform. we have just, though, had this election. we have all these new members coming in. i think it's important that we work together to actually modernize our immigration laws. to me, that starts with border security and enforcement. leland: it seems like the president's willing to go alone on this in terms of actually what the republicans are able to do, we've heard a lot of statements, things like toxic, things like war, things like poisoning the well, all these kinds of words. what really are republicans prepared to do to take the fight back to the president? are we going to see something like a government shutdown? is there going to be showdowns on other things in terms of this, or is the

with john cornyn of texas as the width and john thune of south dakota as the conference chair, john barrasso is the policy chair and we also understand from the number of reports deciding who will be the next nrsc, dean heller running for the position that no members have come out yet to speak to reporters and neither have the democrats. they've been meeting since buying a clock this morning in the senate chamber and there is no word yet on the democratic leadership. we do know that senator mccaskill said earlier that she would not support kerry read. here is a tweet that says senator reid told a story yesterday i met with. read and told them i wouldn't be supporting him for the minority leader. i heard the voters loud and clear. they want change in washington and common sense tells me that begins with changes in leadership. that is from senator mccaskill. also more from abc news about the leadership on the democratic side. even elizabeth warren will be a liaison to the liberal groups as part of harry reid's leadership team and they learned the policy position. a number of news outlets repor

and john barrasso of wyoming will serve as policy chairman. senate democrats also holding elections for leadership during the next session of congress that convenes in january. harry reid will be the minority leader. he's now the majority leader, he will continue to lead the democrats, however. dick durbin of illinois will be the assistant leader. chuck schumer of new york, policy chair. patty murray of washington is democratic conference secretary. debbie stabenow of michigan will be ddvp vice chair. and elizabeth warren of massachusetts will serve as strategic policy adviser to the dpcc. house minority leader nancy pelosi held a news conference earlier today. one question concerned her future as minority leader. her response, she suggested there was a gender bias to the question. >> -- leadership after democrats lost seats last week in the election. i'm wondering if you gave any thought to stepping down as the leader, and what you thought about -- >> okay. why don't we start with the second question because i've heard it from you, from you a

john barrasso from wyoming. mark begich from alaska, who just unfortunately lost his race because of several reasons, one of which is that people talk a lot about bipartisanship, don't really honor it and nobody better than mark begich has shown a willingness to work across party lines, but he is no longer with us, but he signed this letter. roy blunt from missouri. john hoeven from north dakota. and ron johnson. but you know a signature that's not on this letter is mitch mcconnell. now, maybe mitch mcconnell was too busy to sign this letter, but his name is not on here. now, am i saying that mitch mcconnell has not been a supporter of keystone pipeline? absolutely not. senator mcconnell has supported this project. but what i am saying is that senator mcconnell has not been truthful with the american people about actually how this has all evolved. to support that claim, which is a strong one, on may 7, 2014, senator reid offered a vote on the x.l. pipeline. senator mcconnell objected. on may 12, 2014, senator re

joining us with his thoughts on his parties agenda, wyoming senator john barrasso.xhausted, senator. just reading the way that intro was written exhausts me. some people blame the house republicans. on the other side you hear about harry reid shelving 370 bills. it's exhausting. at this point i'm not sure what to expect for the next two years but we're doing fine here in the business world and corporations are doing pretty well, the oil boom continues. i'm ready to write off washington and say stay out of the way. how about you? >> well, i'm optimistic about our opportunities to actually get some things done. you're right, most people don't care about politics but they care about their own lives. for families all across the country, that involves job security, financial security, economic security, so they're concerned. i want to actually get things done in congress to get people back to work, focus on jobs, the economy, opportunities in energy, opportunities with actually helping people get healthcare rather than what they're dealing with now. we have lots of oppor