. >> road testing the fall campaign with senators dick durbin and john cornyn. >>> then where next for the gay marriage issue with democratic governor john hickenlooper of colorado. >>> i take your sign hospitality as a sign of things to come. >>> mitt romney and conservative christians with tony perkins and gary bauer. >>> and the politics of top secret with homeland security chairman senator joe lieberman and congressman peter king. i'm candy crowley. and this is "state of the union." >>> the president's congressional to-do list is as broad as it is unlikely to pass. job outsourcing, mortgages, small business tax credits, clean energy, and jobs for vets. the beauty of the president's to-do list, what doesn't get done becomes campaign fodder. the question is whether congress will be anything more this year than a campaign prop. joining me now from springfield, illinois, the number two democrat in the senate, dick durbin, and here in washington, the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to

. >> reporter: republican senator john cornyn said jp morgan proved that dodd-frank is a did you do. >> there needs -- dud. >> there needs to be overtight and why the president's signature of financial revere vices -- services reform bill don't do anything to stop it. >> reporter: in washington, peter doocy, fox news. >> in the "meet the press" interview, "the wall street journal" reports that three executives tied to the loss are expected to resign this week. >>> yahoo ceo scott thompson is stepping down after less than five months on the job. his resignation comes amid controversy over a computer science degree listed on his resume that never received. the scandal cost the top recruiter her job for failing to discover the indiscretion. in the meantime, "the wall street journal" reports that ross levinson will serve as the company's interim ceo. >>> in other news tonight, a vicious animal attack in northwest. a large dog grabbed and killed a 5-pound chihuahua happening in front of the owners of the two owner's dog. now investigators are look into the case. john henrehan joins us fro

i've been in john cornyn's office he wasn't serious he thought the president won't be serious about it. the moment senator cornyn makes a statement to the news media, i'm willing to discuss the studies all get his desk covered up with faxes that come from my good republican friends who act as the puppets. those organizations i named are the puppet ears. in regard to arizona ast's right to pass 1070, i don't argue that right, although i help supported to make us free from the greater houston partnership arguing against it. as far as i'm concerned the states' rights are a big thing, they ought to be able to do whatever they want to do. i think it's a terrible mistake for arizona. i am thrilled that we took the bill. but the sanctuary city bill was proposed in texas. had four unfunded mandates clearly four unfunded mandates. number one, it increased more man hours on the street for the police officers when every municipality was trying to cut back overtime to balance their budget. number two, it required federal trading and federal law for local law enforcement. number three, it put more

not just macand that suddenly supports keynesian economics theory either just yesterday senator john cornyn more defense cuts would harm economic growth he said we have an entirely predictable and preventable jobs crisis approaching in january where because of the sequestration my state alone will lose ninety one thousand private sector jobs and there are about a million private sector jobs at risk if the sequestration goes into effect on january second but the thing is this hawkish keynesianism is not actually a new phenomenon take a look at what senator and super committee member john kyl had to say last september. here with defense for example you've got high unemployment of returning veterans to begin with you have a reduction in strength you've got more people potentially unemployed you've got people making radios build ships and so on. and if those cuts therefore end up reducing the employment in those industries an amount of money spent in those areas obviously it could delay economic recovery yes that's right senator thank you. so republicans are against government spending except f

. >> reporter: but republican senator john cornyn thinks jpmorgan just proved that dodd frank is a dud i think there needs to be oversight investigation to find out what exactly happened and why the president's signature of the financial services reform bill didn't do anything to stop it. >> reporter: the chairman of the rnc made his position clear saying he thinks there should just be less regulation. in washington peter doocy, fox news. >>> yahoo's ceo scott thompson is stepping down after less than five months on the job. s had resignation comes -- his resignation comes amid controversy over a computer science degree that he has never received. yahoo oates global media head ross levinson will serve as the interim ceo. >>> the focus of the presidential election shifted last week from the economy to same sex marriage. now americans are wondering if this should be an issue on which they choose a president. fox' steve centanni has more. >> reporter: with the president's announce. he now supports same sex marriage the issue is suddenly a hot political topic. one key democrat says she wen

. >> road testing the fall campaign with senators dick durbin and john cornyn. >>> then where next forh democratic governor john hickenlooper of

but republican snort john cornyn playoffs that it's a dud. >> what exactly happened and why the president's signature, finance, financial services reform bill didn't do anything to stop it. >> and the chairman of the rnc made his position clear this morning, saying he thinks there should be less regulation, harris. >> harris: peter, thank you very much. bottom line, what does it mean for you and your nest egg. senior business correspondent and host of bulls and bears, brenda buttner will join us later inside the fox report to explain. turning now to the leak of a foiled plot to bomb a u.s. airliner. one lawmaker saying the person who talked should be prosecuted. senator diane feinstein, appearing on fox news sunday earlier today. and she said last week's leak of an undercover operation that stopped a terror plot was very serious. it gives a tip-off to aqap to be more careful about who they use as their couriers, and as their bombers, so, the leak really did endanger sources and methods. and the leak, i think, has to be prosecuted. >> aqap, she says al-qaeda and the arabian pens. and we've l

, and here in washington, the man charged with electing more republicans to the senate, senator john cornyn. thank you both for being here. let me start out, i want to play something that senator durbin said in mid-april to kind of kick off our conversation. "unless there is some intervening event, some external event, i think the reality is we are not going to take up tough issues involving spending, taxes, medicare, social security, before an election. my question to both of you, and i will start with you, senator cornyn, why are you all here at this point? nobody wants to do anything big because they think the other might get the advantage, and you're going to do it all in the lame duck or try to and maybe even kick it then. why even stay in washington? >> well, candy, as you know, senator reid is the majority leader and is the one that determines what the agenda is on the senate floor. and for the last three years, senator reid has said we will not take up and pass a budget in the senate, and you're right. there's no good reason for us to be here if we're not going to make some of these

. >> but john cornyn thinks j.p.proved that dodd-frank is a dud. >> there needs to be oversight and investigation to find out what, exactly, happened, and why the president's signature finance, financial services reform bill did not do anything to stop it. >> chairman of the rnc made the position clear this morning saying he thinks there should be less regulation. >>heather: thank you, peter. >>gregg: we are learning about new concerns over peace efforts in afghanistan following the assassination of a key negotiators and the deadly ambush of two nato soldiers. armed guards, heightened security in kabul today. this is the scene outside the home of a negotiator after he was gunned down. he was a top member of the peace council improving efforts with the taliban. and, at the same time, britain confirms two of their soldiers killed yesterday by members of the afghan police force. and now more from kabul. >>connell: this is the second member of the high peace council to have been assassinated in the past few months. in se

. >> reporter: republican senator john cornyn said he thought the regulations in place should have caught an irresponsible bet like this one before it cost a company $2 billion. >> i thought that's what dodd frank was supposed to be addressed at, and apparently it didn't stop this behavior and so i think there needs to be oversight, investigation to find out what exactly happened. >> reporter: the chairman of the rnc said dodd frank made things worse in the banking industry. he thinks there ought to be less regulation. doug? >> peter doocy, thank you very much. now it's time for you to have your say on this. would more banking regulations help protect your money and stableize the economy? tweet your answers@anhqdc. i'll read some of your responses later this hour. >>> california is facing deep cuts to public safety and schools if voters don't approve tax hikes this november according to a youtube message posted by governor jerry brown. he announced that the state is looking at a $16 billion deficit, almost $7 billion more than originally projected. he blames the increase on tax projection

here's john cornyn. >> president obama brought this issue up because he wants to -- he can't run on hisecord. let's put it that way. and so he's trying to raise divisive issues up to solidify his base and to divide the country, and that isn't what we should be focusing on now. we should be focusing on jobs and the economy. martha: kirsten powers, columnist for the daily beast and fox news contributor and rich lowry, editor of the national review, also a fox news contributor, thank you both for being here today. kirsten, let me start with you. this is definitely the conservative take on this that it's really all about just sort of a dodge to get away from the glaring big issue of the economy. >> yeah, well, the problem with that is i don't think that this was planned. i think it was something that ended up happening because the vice president got out ahead of the white house and obama had to come out. i also don't think it necessarily is a net winner for obama politically. it helps him in certain ways in terms of fundraising, for example, maybe with young voters, but it puts him in peril

my knees and john conyers office, and he wouldn't step for because he felt the president was a series about it, and it would just be a political football. at the moment that senator cornynmakes a statement to the news media, i'm going to discuss immigration reform, fair u.s., numbers u.s.a., centers for immigration studies all get his desk covered up with facts is that come from my good republican friends who act as the puppets, those organizations are named are the puppeteers. anyway, look, bill, in regard to arizona's right to pass s.b. 1070, and i don't argue that right, although i help support an amicus brief from the greater houston partnership argument against it got as far as i am concerned, states' rights are a big thing. they ought to be able to do whatever they want to do but i think it was a terrible mistake for arizona. i am so thrilled that we defeated similar bills in texas, and just very simply, and i take s.b. 1070 and i kind of rapid up in what we call sanctuary city bill. i know it's a lot broader than that, but sanctuary city bill that was proposed in texas had for unfunded mandates. number one, it increased more man hours on the street by the police