. >> john bolton says our enemies see that. se >> i think her they see a declining weakening america it encourages them. >> pat buchanan says we are committing suicide. glen beck says the republic will not last. >> is serfdom is right around the corner. >> john: i worry thatte bureaucrats will regulate us into serfdom. >> it has gotten much, much. worse. >> john: the economy. the military. the culture.c are we going to hell in a hand basket or are complaints about decline just the standard whine we always heard from crochety old people? >> we have more freedom to livm how we want to. m >> john: is america in decline? that is our show, tonight. tonight we ask the question is america in decline? many people say, yes. few have said it is often or dramatically as glen beck. he used to spend an hour every night on fox from this studio actually saying that theur survival of our republic hangsa in the balance and wondering if we will close the book onk america. what do you mean -- >> i don't know if i said we are going to close the bo

not to be out done his top foreign policy advisor john bolton goes further.ticle he wrote about syria says syria is where i wish we would invaded syria right after we invaded iraq. that would have been perfect because iraq was going so well at the time. he says now, it might be too late. so he has a different idea. what should we do instead? he explains, rather than encourage more fighting in syria, we should concentrate on eliminating taehrantehran's nuclear weapons program. syria is terrible. let's invade iran instead. how does that affect make any sense? well, it doesn't have to. he is a neo-con. this is a guy going to tell mitt romney what to do on foreign policy. wait until you hear the second part his article: u.s. intervention could not be confined to syria and would inev-i believe ity vive confronting iran and possibly russia. now we are going to war with russia. not just our top geo political foe and we are going into iran and might go into russia. do you understand how dangerous these people are? mitt romney is going to bring these lunatic neo cons

. >> john bolton says our enemies see that. >> when they see a weakening america it encourages them. >> john: pat buchanan says we're committing suicide. glenn beck says the republic will not last. serfdom is right around the corner. >> john: i worry that bureaucrats will regulated us into serfdom. >> regulatory environment in the last five years has gotten much worse. >> economy, the military, the culture are we going to 84 in a hand basket? or complaints about a decline just the standard line we have heard from old people. >> despite all the problems we have we have more freedom to live how we wanted to. >> john: is america in decline? that is our show tonight. 4 >> john: few has said it as often as glenn beck saying that the survival of our republic hangs in the balance and wondering if we will close the book on america. >> i don't know we were going to close the book, i'm quoting you he is the crazy man. >> i'm told that. [ laughter ] >> you have a choice, john. you look at the numbers. you use common sense. you see where we're headed. we're a country that is damn near insane in m

john bolton says that. what do you mean?atever order and stability world and there isn't that much but whateverti there is is essentially prostrided by the united states and its system of alliances. i'm not of the view that theis united states is the world's policemen. i think our role is to protecta our interests and those of our. friends and allies but we are the only world power and it is: a big job. >> john: why is that good? doesn't our role as thee dominant paver a negative impact? if there were chinese securityh forces outside the studio chiny forces outside the studio frisking me, i would be furious. i think other countries get furious when we have troops everywhere? >> i think most other countries understand and appreciate the role that we play. what criticism we get often masks the private position is that they understand that only the united states can play that role. don't get me wrong. i think a lot of other countries are free riding on the united states and a lot of countries, best friends in the nato alliance

ambassador, john bolton from los angeles, thanks for joining us and next week we'll discuss the talks, whatever happens with them in moscow, thanks, ambassador, as always. >> see you next week. >> jamie: thank you, ambassador and, to egypt, hosni mubarak reportedly in critical condition in a prison hospital. the ousted leader said to be slipping in and out of consciousness and breathing with the help of a ventilator. the 82-year-old was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month for failing to stop the killing of protesters. during last year's up rising which forced him from power and that sentence sparked new protests with many demanding death sentences for hosni mubarak and other top security officials. and, to syria now, government forces pounding rebel positions in the central province of homs. witnesses describing mortars raining down by the dozens. with women and children huddling in basements of apartment buildings, for days now, way too frightened to come out and activists say at least 38 have been killed in the shelling there over the last 24 hours. >> eric: and hamid kar

john bolton, a former ambassador to the u.n. and a fox news contributor who joins us every sunday at this time. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, eric, glad to be with you. >> eric: there were zillions of meetings in vienna and istanbul and tomorrow, moscow, why would we expect any different result from the meetings that start tomorrow than before? >> well, i think it is very unlikely there will be a different result. we have seen a lot of coordination in the past few weeks, between russia and iran. every prospect that iran will try to insist that for it to do anything, the europeans and the united states have to back off their new economic sanctions. and i think given the potential economic turmoil in europe, there is a powerful incentive for the europeans to do something to find some kind of deal with iran, i'm worried the obama administration will agree to that. but, i would be extremely surprised if there is any progress at all unless the west makes a compromise. >> eric: how does what is happening today in greece,

yes says former ambassador john bolton. no says congressman cue seven after.dent eisenhower was right to warn about a military complex that has too much influence? >> by that i mean, i f you look at the cost of the military they are taking a greater part of our g.d.p.. we need to understand. >> john: that is not true. it's not a greater amount, not a greater amount of our g.d.p.. >> they are taking increasingly larger amount. it's 3.35% of our g.d.p. i think we need to be aware. the economic effect of that inevitablely slows employment and causes diversion of resources that would be beneficial to economy. it's not clear that it actually makes america safer. >> john: ambassador bolton that is big question. how much safer does this make us? >> i think you have to look at the divergent threats the united states faces around the world, continuing threat of terrorism the real threat of the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, nuclear chemical and biological. increasingly assertiveness of china. >> john: those are real threats but i think back to the past w

john bolton says we are destroying our military.buchanan says few americans are white and europeans we are declining morally and ethically. please, our diverse it is our strength. we still spend seven times on our military than the next big e-military. chaos and rioting? people have always predicted the collapse of america. 33 years ago jimmy carter gave us the malaise speech. >> eighth crisis of confidence, not only in government itself, but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shakers of our democracy. >> john: that same year. sensible george will wrote america's decline was sergt along a downward crumbling path. c.i.a. predicted that the soviet economy would be three times bigger than america. after the soviet union fell, this best-seller explained how europe was surpassing us. our free economy outperformed theirs. it's possible we will regulated ourselves to death. this, all these rules is why job growth has stalled. yet the i had hypothetical in washington add more, not just in washington but in state

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john bolton says we are destroying our military.ays few americans are white and europeans we are declining morally and ethically. please, our diverse it is our strength. we still spend seven times on our military than the next big e-military. chaos and rioting? people have always predicted the collapse of america. 33 years ago jimmy carter gave us the malaise speech. >> eighth crisis of confidence, not only in government itself, but in the ability as citizens to serve as the ultimate rulers and shakers of our democracy. >> john: that same year. sensible george will wrote america's decline was sergt along a downward crumbling path. c.i.a. predicted that the soviet economy would be three times bigger than america. after the soviet union fell, this best-seller explained how europe was surpassing us. our free economy outperformed theirs. it's possible we will regulated ourselves to death. this, all these rules is why job growth has stalled. yet the i had hypothetical in washington add more, not just in washington but in state capitols a

rice, john bolton, richard pearl, doug fife. there's a lot of books. >> quite a cast. >> jon: yeah.nly one i have that ever talked to who has expressed any regret about the intelligence leading up to it, planning mistakes, and you're the only one with military experience. and you think that thatõf has se correlation to your own... i find that the military guys that i meet are very into finding out what went wrong, trying to fix it. was there any correlation with your military experience to that? >> absolutely. i have a doctrine that's attributed to me that when you go into a conflict first of all see if you can avoid it but political and diplomatic and economic means but if you have to, go in decisive with the force necessary to get the job done and i don't think that was done in this case i of course regret the u.n. speech that i give a became the prominent presentation of our case but we thought it was correct at the time. the president thought it was correct. congress thought it was correct. they passed an overwhelming resolution in support of the president's action but mine is t

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that is john bolton, a former ambassador to the united nations and fox news contributor.e president saying it wasn't the white house, and his critics suggesting it likely was. i want to just tee up -- listen to how the president phrased the denial friday and listen to pete king and his accusations. >> the notion that my white house would purposely release classified national security information is offencive. >> this is the most shameful cascade of leaks i have ever heard or seen in government. the stories came right from the white house to the national security council and situation room. it has to lead to people very high up in the administration in his white house. megyn: there you hear the distinction. the president says not my white house. axlerod saying not my white house sanjay carney -- listen to him correct himself. play it. >> this administration -- this white house -- megyn: are they drawing a distinction that the leak didn't come from the white house about it may have come from the administration? >> that minneapolis part what they are trying to do. that's in

. >> john bolton says our enemies see that. >> when they see a weakening america it encourages them. ys we're committing suicide. glenn beck says the republic will not last. serfdom is right around the corner. >> john: i worry that bureaucrats will regulated us into serfdom. >> regulatory environment in the last five years has gotten much worse. >> economy, the military, the culture are we going to 84 in a hand basket? or complaints about a decline

it does sound if you follow john bolton's advice, former very controversial u.n. ambassador of course in the previous administration, some would say you would be cutting off your nose to spite your face because we would be withdrawing from arms treaties that many people believe in bipartisan administrations that people believe are good for the united states. >> here's where i agree with ambassador bolton. we need to be tougher on russia. right now, what we see happening in russia is not only is putin thumbing his nose at us in terms of providing these weapons to the assad regime to murder its own people, but look at the stalin-esque crackdowns on his own people in terms of putting people in jail just for speaking out. it's really outrageous what's happening in russia right now. i do think we need to be tougher with russia, because we cannot continue to condone any type of behavior by russia in fueling the violence in syria. let's not lose sight that they have also cooperated with cuba, venezuela, other bad actors around the world, including they have been part of

during the clinton administration and most interestingly, they issued one against harriet miers and john bolton during the bush administration over the firing of federal attorneys. so, i'm not sure that the-- this is a serious issue between congress and eric holder, but in the political season right now, there are political liabilities for both of them going down this path. the republicans might not win that con at the point in time vote, on the other hand, the democrats don't necessarily want eric holder's role elevated in the public mind because then people will start asking about the other political things he's done and make him an issue in the campaign. but, this is a very serious battle between these two and i think that both have to have reason to think they might come out on the down side, if they push with contempt vote. >> and eric holder is a friend. >> i am neat sure there that much loyalty, but i think that eric holder has been carrying water for the president, and voter i.d. laws and sort of meant to inflame the african-american base and the idea that somehow these white states are

john bolton is here live next with his take on the breaking news. supreme court's ruling on the president's healthcare overhaul could be revealed any day now. but did two of the justices, one from the right and one from the left just drop major hints about how this case is likely to come down? we'll take a look and tell what you they said. mexico's president says he is very happy with president obama's executive order on illegal immigration. deferring deportation for hundreds of thousands of young illegal immigrants. but is that decision legal? we'll tell you why some say no, and what some are planning on doing about it. >> mr. president we would like to thank you for the valor and courage you had in implementing this action. i'm sure many, many families in united states of america are thankful to you as well. so anyway, i've been to a lot of places. you know, i've helped a lot of people save a lot of money. but today...( sfx: loud noise of large metal object hitting the ground) things have been a little strange. (sfx: sound of piano smashing) roadr

should we follow john bolton and a couple stories off that. and this is where we have the intent to do that, and you heard carrie talk about principles and reforms, but we are not there yet. we are not there yet for a couple of reasons. and one is -- this is when i say obnoxious you can tell i am not in the military complex, and we have an aid industrial complex. this is not a bad thing necessarily, because you want to have experience and you want to have institutional memory over time, but we have a whole lot of groups in and out of government that are very invested in things going on the way they have always gone on. and it's been hard to go to the community and say we know you are constantly terrified about senator x slashing your budget by 25%, but you have to change in the fundamental ways. we have missed those opportunities time and again and we have to be honest with

ambassador john bolton, thank you, sir. >> thank you.yn: well, a new target now in some liberal crosshairs with the supreme court decision on the law expected in three days, we're talking about the health care law, of course. the country's leading advocate for small businesses now finds itself under attack by some democrats because it is doing what the majority of its constituents in those small businesses want it to do, and that is challenge the health care law. stu varney is here on that right after the break. >>> and bears gone wild in this front yard, not something you want to see while you're eating breakfast. the conclusion of the bear-knuckle brawl -- nice, nice -- next. megyn: a fight breaks out in a quiet florida neighborhood, but forget calling the cops, call animal control. a pair of black bears sparring in the middle of someone's front yard near orlando. look at them. they're kind of play fighting, right? they were only there a few minutes, but they managed to do plenty of damage to the homeowner's bushes and garden. [laughte

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john bolton, former ambassador to the u.n. and fox news contributor. getting word that the ship is heading back to russia or may be heading back to russia at this time. what do you think? >> i think it is heading to a port somewhere because it corporate owners don't want it sailing without insurance. so it's an interesting move by the british insurance company. certainly put as crimp in this particular sail but i don't think it is a permanent obstacle. the russian government is the seller or the renewer of these helicopters and they will find a way to get them there but it is certainly one more tactic to make it harder for the russians to provide arms. jenna: we should point out it is not illegally for russia to sell arms to syria. they're not breaking the law but it brings up the question whether or not the united states would do something like this u.k. insurer and set up a blockade, make it harder for russia to aid syria? >> well there is certainly no indication that the administration is prepared to do that and i think the outcome of the meeting to

john bolton said it is animated. >> when they see a decline and weakening in america it encourages themnan said the united states is in decline. glenn beck said it will not last. >> it is right around the corner. and i worry that they will regulate us. >> it will last five years is much, much worse. >> the economy and military and culture. >> are we going to hell in a hand basket or our complaints about decline just a standard whine we have always heard from crotchety old people. despite the problems we have. we have more freedom to live how we want to. it is true you look over time people are getting richer and we live longer. it is getting better and wars and cars are down. the kids are committing less violence and there is less teenage pregnancy in general. things get better. >> so people might paint you eternal optmist in a time when we have the looms crisis that is takes place in europe and many people are unemployed and hard to find jobs and parents are having to house their kid and graduating from college and a lot of folks are worried about what is aus. but i think it is a mista

. >> john bolton says our enemies see that. >> when they see a weakening america it encourages them. n: pat buchanan says we're committing suicide. glenn beck says the republic will not last. serfdom is right around the corner. >> john: i worry that bureaucrats will regulated us into serfdom. >> regulatory environment in the last five years has gotten much worse. >> economy, the military, the culture are we going to 84 in a hand basket? or complaints about a decline just

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