john bennett, r ryanrowdy, mackenzie glen and lauren thompson.e overseas contingency operating fund. mike mccord said last week, the administration sigled that by 17 -- 2017 they want to move that money into the base b budget so it becomes more predicable d caulable. but is it goingg anywhere? afghanisistan remains a major operation. not with 1 100,00000 troops, butut even with the presence we have there. the "new york times" reported on the significicancof operations going on. is it going to go anywhere, ryan? >> i think it is around for a while. 2017 is a hopul thought b that meansns you have findd another $3billion in t the base budget. and they can't fi what t they wawant in the base budget, much less morore. there's considerabable more risk there than they realize. it's $5illion for isis andnd $42.5 blion f for afghanian. ,000eop supportinwhat's going g on acrossenco t the enduring freedom that t they ed toind a place for. that's a real challenge. >> i don'think is gng anywhere. out of necessity. there's talk now of exextendg th ahanistan mi

. ♪ [male narrator] before his injury, john bennett was a career soldier.hile serving in iraq, he was shot by a sniper. i stepped out, turned back towards the humvee and as soon as i did i got hit. [sound of gun shot] it shattered two vertebrae and fractured another one. i ended up losing my right kidney, my spleen, my colon and half my pancreas. [dena bennett] paralyzed veterans of america got us our benefits. [nso michael killen] i helped them fill out the forms. i hand carried the forms over to the v-a and walked them through the system. you're. you're just trying to survive and they help you. they help you along the way. [nso michael killen] it's very nice to see when your work pays off and you are very successful in it, because you can see the change in that veteran. [dena bennett] him starting a taxidermy business is accomplishing something every day. [john bennett] i gotta get up, go to a job and do something that i enjoy. i'm glad to be back to work. [narrator] to learn more about paralyzed veterans of america, visit p-v-a dot org. >>mark: is above

last month we had an elected official named john bennett, a state senator, said islam is a cancer thato be cut out of society. the republican party came out and made a point to say that we stand by him. these people need to reflect sincerely about what they're doing to the social cohesion of this country. imagine if someone had said that about the jewish community and the important point is black lives matter white lives matter and muslim lives matter, all lives matter. we need to put this point across to the community. >> i understand your frustration. it sounds like perhaps some of these young people did as well. thank you. >> you're welcome. >>> just ahead, the movie captivated the nation and now the real life version of american "american sniper" is unfolding in court. we'll take you inside that courtroom. he's suspended for six months without pay. or will it be worse? our next guest says do not count on brian williams returning to that set at all. >>> plus did he actually lobby to replace jay leno as a late-night talk show host? stick around for this. you're watching cnn. i've alw

i brought up the political issue, we see republicans, people like john bennett, oklahoma state representative cancers must be cut out of society. and congressman jodie hies newly elected, saying doesn't deserve first amendment protection. bobby jindal fabricating stories and saying these are coming to america. what do we hear from the democrats? silence. that was my plea to the president, to encourage fellow democrats, could be in safe seats. i understand it is daring to speak on our behalf. if a governor like jindal would say something racest homophobic democrats would line up. they say that about us we don't hear it. >> it is important to speak up everybody should be speaking up. for example, i find it odd the white house wouldn't publish your names. tell the american people who was invited to the white house. >> name the names. josh earnest, white house press secretary said they will release names. and everyone who went to the meeting was fine with having their name we are bragging. we met the president of the united states, it is a thrill. i want to update my daily beast article i wrote y

democrats in the white house, we can't fight against terrorism one of the reporters covering this is john bennett who says the secretary nominee carter endorses the white house's isis air strike strategy but we'll hear more from ashton carter as senators return with their questions. we thought during this break we would show you the opening statement by the defense secretary nominee. >> thank you, mr. chairman. ranking member reid, all of the distinguishing members of this committee, thank you all. thank you for inviting me to appear before you as president obama's nominee to be secretary of defense. i'm honored by his trust and confidence and also by the prospect of serving, once again the troops and the country that i love so much. if confirmed i will take the office of secretary of defense after one of our nation's most honorable and conscientious public servants chuck hagel. i worked for secretary hagel and i have known him for decades. though not overall of the many decades he's served our country. among the many traits i admire in secretary hagel is the tireless care with which he carried o

bennett. of course, john legend and pharell.so many great ones. >> reporter: you are definitely one of the great ones. thank you for joining me. good luck tonight. you look fabulous. who are you wearing? >> kent. >> reporter: live on the red carpet. >> a lot of people may not know she is being nominated for a spoken word album. she has an amazing speaking voice, too. michael, that black, i'm telling you, you have set a trend. wow. have fun tonight. >> thanks. take care. >>> this is also happening this weekend, too. tonight grammy host l.l. cool j. is not expected to give a special tribute to bobbi kristina brown during grammys saying he does not want to impose on her family's personal moment. brown remains in critical condition after being found face down in her bath tub more than a week ago. according to tmz law enforcement forces say brown had curious injuries and their investigation is focused on her long-time boyfriend, nick gordon. this wednesday will mark three years to the day brown's mother whitney houston was found dead

bennett immediately connected the father with john mccain on his personal cell and the diplomatic racen to save kayla mueller. the muellers suffered an excruciating silence, speaking to virtually no one about kayla. todd guyler is a long-time family friend. >> it's not hard to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are making made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair sitting there. >> reporter: for nine months deafening silence, then last may, isis sends proof of life confirmation. a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fail but the military finds stranding of hair believed to be mueller's. just days later isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless the muellers pay nearly $7 million in ransom. the 30 days pass and then silence. no word until this claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in this building. the muellers, still afraid to say the wrong thing, remain in their home behind police cars, still suffering in a hell few can imagine. they released a public statement to isis to reach out t

bennett immediately connected mueller's father with senator john mccain and representative paul gosar on their personal cells and the diplomatic race was on to save kayla mueller. the muellers suffered an excruciating silence, speaking to virtually no one about kayla. todd is a longtime family friend. >> it's not hard to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are being made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair sitting there. >> reporter: for nine months deafening silence. then last may, isis sends proof of life confirmation. two months later in early july a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley fails. but the military finds strands of hair believed to be from kayla. then isis announces it will kill kayla unless a ransom is paid. 30 days pass, again, silence. no word until this isis claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in this building. >> kyung lah reporting for us. as we said we don't know when or how kayla mueller lost her life. coming up, more on the breaking news. the american hostage kayla muell

bennett immediately connected mueller's father with senator john mccain and the diplomatic race was on to save kayla mueller. the muellers suffered silence speaking to virtually no one about kayla. todd is a longtime family friend. >> it's not hard to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are being made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair sitting there. >> reporter: for nine months deafening silence and then last may isis sends proof of life confirmation. two months later in early july a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fails but the military finds strands of hair believed to be mueller's. just days later on july 12th, isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless muellers pay nearly $7 million in ransom. the 30 days pass and again silence. no word until this isis claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in this building. the muellers still afraid to say the wrong thing remain in their home behind police cars still suffering alone in a hell few can ever imagine. they released a public sta

bennett immediately connected mueller's father with senator john mccain and representative paul gosar on their cells, and the diplomatic race was on to save kayla mueller. the muellers suffering an excruciating silence speaking to virtually no one about kayla. todd geiler is a long-time family friend. >> it's not difficult to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are being made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair. >> reporter: for nine millions deafening silence -- nine months deafening silence. then isis sends proof of life confirmation. in july, a daring rescue tampa by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fails, but the military finds stranz strands of hair believed to be mueller's. on july 12th isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless the muellers pay nearly $7 million in ransom. the 30 days pass and again, silence. no word until this isis claim on friday that kayla mueller was killed in this building. the mulers still afraid to say the wrong thing remain home behind police cars still suffering alone in a hell f

. >> reporter: former arizona so ken bennett immediately connected kayla mueller's family with senator johnd others to get them the help they needed. >> in the phone calls after, you could still send the pain and the anguish of a father and a family wanting for their daughter. >> reporter: and bennett says her father carl mueller, always spoke about how proud he is of kayla. >> just to hear him talk about who she is and the love in her heart. it's always tough to hear him share who she is at a time when he's so anguished over the condition that she might be in. >> reporter: they have suffered in silence to protect her. you were one of the few people that they had opened up to. what do you think about that aspect of having to keep their pain hidden? >> well i think that's one of the most amazing pars of the story is that -- parts of the story is that out of love for their daughter they had to bear this almost alone. you know, we don't want to speculate on what has happened or what might happen. i just hope that she's still alive, and i know the family still carries that hope. and we keep the

john hopkins professor n.d.b. connolly. thank you very much. >> host: daniel webster have a year in the united states today? >> it is difficult to estimate bennett is the range of 250 million gallons. beagle guns. >> host: handguns shotguns or rifles? >>. >> host: how many illegal guns? mcfadyen difficult to determine. anything in the market is difficult to measure. but it gets confusing with legal and illegal. most hour legal reading the possessor is not prohibited the dozen is legal. so mostly we talk about individuals who are prohibited by law to have guns. that is difficult to estimate because we don't have access to measure those individuals. >> host: our most gun crimes committed with register unregistered guns? >> it is surprising that we don't have a registry at the federal level it may not maintain a registry. it is lot. a few states have their own there for handguns only. paul though forebear landor in new york or new jersey. by and large under federal law we do not have a registry. >> host: in the book you coedited reducing gun violence in america you report there were 31,000 gun deaths each year how does that break down between suici

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john. >> i think i would call it datante at best. i'll close with this. mike lee put the party on the map when he defeated robert bennett. establishment is trying to get revenge. you might say trying to return the favor. as yet, no serious lead challenger has emerged for 2016. the senator has been working to quiet some of his business and establishment critics. i'm told several business leaders in the state, that's utah, making a push to convince john huntsman to return. he bombed as a gop presidential candidate in 2012. he's in washington most of the time and is host of a radio show for the bipartisan group no labels. he was a popular governor. i'm told some national establishment players now about to join their utah allies and try to push governor huntsman to get back home. i'm skeptical. that's it for "inside politics." that's it for sunday morning. "state of the union" starts right now. >>> terror hits denmark. isis threatens u.s. troops in iraq. and a former defense secretary says president obama made mistakes in the fight against terror. this is "state of the union." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking news. >>> and

. >> reporter: bennett, as arizona's secretary of state, carries no international diplomatic pull but has friends in power. he then was connected to john on their personal cells and the diplomat tech race was on to save kayla mueller. they received excruciating silence, speaking to virtually no one about kayla. >> it's not hard to keep a secret like this when demands of this caliber are being made. when you look across your breakfast table and there's an empty chair sitting there. >> reporter: for nine months deafening silence. then last may, isis sends proof of life confirmation. two months later, in early july a daring rescue attempt by u.s. forces to save journalist james foley. it fails but the military finds strands of hair believed to be mueller. isis announces it will kill kayla in 30 days unless they pay ransom. on friday they said that she was killed in this building. the muellers are still afraid to say the wrong thing and remain in their home behind police cars still suffering alone in a hell few can ever imagine. they asked isis to reach out to them privately and directly. >> i think it's one of the amazing parts of the sto

bennett. >>> and the president wants to spend billions more on new programs. our sunday panel weighs in. >>> and our power player this super bowl sunday former pro-football player johniggins and his legacy on and off the field. >> i came to play the game and have fun and i think i accomplished that. >> all right now on "america's news headquarters." >>> and hello again from phoenix news in washington. we begin with breaking news. jordan has renewed the offer to trade a prisoner for a pilot after there was a release of a murder of a japanese hostage. we'll discuss that with key players on this issues. but first conor powell is live in the middle east newsroom with the latest. >> in just about every corner of the region there is cause of concern of the growing threat from isis and iran and the friction of the u.s. and one of its closest allies. two days ago there were hopes that talks would lead to the release of kenji goto and the jord arian pilot. but isis released video of goto's execution and vowing more violence. after weeks of u.s. airstrikes isis regrouped and launched a strike on kirkuk, once again proving fighting against the radical group is far from over. a

bennett. >>> plus, president obama wants to break those automatic spending caps and spends billions more on new programs. our sunday panel weighs in. >>> and our power player this super bowl sunday hall of famer, john riggins, on his larger than life legacy on and off the field. >> i came to play. i was there to play the game and to have fun. and i think i accomplished that. >> all right now on "fox news sunday." >>> and hello again from fox news in washington. we begin with breaking news. jordan has renewed its offer to trade an al qaeda prisoner for a juror pilot being held by isis after they released a video which appears to show the murder of a second japanese hostage. we'll discuss the worsening situation in the region and growing criticism of u.s. policy with some key players on these issues. >>> but first, conner powell is live in our mideast news room with the latest. >> chris kenji goto's death is the latest in a long line of challenges facing the united states here in the middle east just about every corner of the region there's cause for concern from the growing threat of isis, iran to the friction between the united states and one of its closest allies. >> two days ago there was hope th

bennett, you are next. >> thank you, mr. chairman. and what a great privilege to have both of you here. i was thinking back, actually, as senator packwood was talked to john mcphee's book, a book about senator bradley when he was playing basketball at princeton and asked the question, how could this -- maybe not the best athlete that we have or the best of this or that, succeed so well at what he was doing and senator packwood said the opportunity appears to do it. and so with that in mind, i wanted to read -- i took a look at showdown at gucci gulch and the first chapter and i think it is worth the historic perspective and i would just ask you to respond to us. the groups with an interest in the existing tax system were well organize and ready to defend the tax breaks at a moment's notice. the tax populous were unorganized and diffuse. furthermore congress was a slow and cumbersome institution -- that is not true any more, of course -- that only made piecemeal changes. this produced a revamping of the tax structure. there was a tremendous inertia in congress that resists any such sweeping change as a result they held that tax reform was destined to lose

bennett, you are next. >> thank you mr. chairman. and what a great privilege to have both of you here. i was thinking back actually as senator packwood was talked to john mcphee's book, a book about senator bradley when he was playing basketball at princeton and asked the question, how could this -- maybe not the best athlete that we have or the best of this or that, suckceed so well at what he was doing and senator packwood said the opportunity appears to do it. and so with that in mind, i wanted to read -- i took a look at showdown at gucci gulch and the first chapter and i think it is worth the historic perspective and i would just ask you to respond to us. the groups with an interest in the existing tax system were well organize and ready to defend the tax breaks at a moment's notice. the tax populous were unorganized and diffuse. furthermore congress was a slow and cumbersome institution -- that is not true any more, of course -- that only made piecemeal changes. this produced a revamping of the tax structure. there was a tremendous inertia in congress that resists any such sweeping change as a result they held that tax reform was destined to lose