thank you so much, jonathan karl. >>> now, we head overseas to ukraine, where this was the image on the ground. masked gunman raising the russian flag. but russia made a point to reassure the united states today. telling secretary of state john kerry, that russia vows to respect the integrity of ukraine. they will not start an armed conflict. u.s. officials say they remain watchful. >>> and back here at home, police are celebrating a victory against organized car thieves. a multimillion-dollar international ring of carjackers, hauled in and arrested today. and this gang is accused of stealing luxury cars and suvs and selling them overseas. abc's gio benitez shows us why dangerous carjacking is on the rise in america. >> reporter: watch how quickly it can happen. a carjacker pulls a gun on a man, in front of his house. demanding his car keys. to drive off with the victim's mercedes. and just before christmas, a carjacker killed justin friedland, right in front of his wife at the mall, to take his luxury mall. it's what authorities are calling a carjacking epidemic. and today, police brok

here is jonathan karl. >> the race is on to get people to sign up for obama care.t on ad, some of them a little goo goofgoo goof . for. >> but the loss critics are seizing on the dramatic new headline. resulting in 2 million fewer full-time workers by 2017. according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. >> it is worse than anyone anticipat anticipated. >> but it is not that clear cut. the report actually said 2 million fewer people will choose to work full-time. their choice, not because of a lack of jobs. >> they are making a choice about their overall quality of life. and perhaps pursuing something, or a if you job, and choosing to spend more time with their family. >> consider two examples. first, those who can afford to work less. before the law, some had to stay on the job to keep their insurance. now you can qualify for subsidized health care without a full-time job. then again, others will actually find its just not worth it to work full-time. why? because under obama care, subsidized or free health care is only available to those with low or no i

jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> actress julia roberts is mourning a loss in her family.oberts' half-sister has died from an apparent drug overdose. nancy motes' body was discovered in a bathtub at a los angeles home over the weekend. the coroner says prescription and nonprescription drugs were found nearby. the death at first was considered suicide, but determining the actual cause could take weeks. >>> former "saturday night live" cast member chris kattan could face up to six months in jail after a dui arrest. the 43-year-old best known for the "snl" character mango was captured on dash cam taking a field sobriety test. police say he was weaving all over a california freeway before crashing his mercedes into a construction crew's car on the side of the road. >>> all right, let's just say a 10-year-old colorado girl's driving experience got off on the wrong foot. police say she put her mom's suv in gear, drove it right into a dmv office. it rolled through the front glass window until the mom was able to open the driver's door, jump in and stop it. the mother had left the

to remain in afghanistan at all. >> all right, jonathan karl reporting from the white house tonight. >>> and if you have a general motors compact car in your driveway or garage, we have a warning for you tonight. gm is recalling nearly 780,000 older model compact cars. the reason -- a faulty ignition switch that could cause an engine to shut down without warning. it's being blamed for at least six deaths and 22 crashes. the cars in question, chevrolet cobalt and pontiac g5s made between 2005 and 2007. we have all of the details on our website. >>> and now to the news reaching all of the way to american living rooms tonight, the two goliaths -- time warner cable and comcast joining forces in a $45 billion deal. will it happen? 30 million of us asking, what will this mean for our access, our service, and the already sky-high cable bills? abc's rebecca jarvis breaks it down. >> reporter: it's the new world of cable tv. amid fierce competition from internet video like netflix and its hit series "house of cards," today comcast announced it will team up with time warner cable and grow its

jonathan karl, abc news. >>> more than three-quarters of a million cars with a defect.ut off. >>> general motors promising to restore the eight corvettes swallowed up by the sinkhole. they say they rank as some of the most significant in automotive history. >>> i know one gift a lot of guys will be wishing for on this valentine's day. if you're tired of shoveling snow this winter, why not let a robot do it? a north carolina company developed a remote-controlled snowplow you can operate from the lovely warmth of your living room 37 it's based on a robot they built for new york city fire department. >> that's awesome. six wheels, upgrades include headlights and cameras which can send a live feedback to your couch. price tag? $800,000. >> not the most practical valentine's day gift. look at it go. they say it can be wi-fi enabled so can you sit -- >> while in the studio i could plow out the homestead. >> from a company called super droid robots. >> sign me up. >>> coming up, hot hollywood actor colin farrell revealing personal things about his sex life. >>> first, a couple

no jonathan karl was talking about the republican members of the united states senate. the republican party. he was talking about his colleagues in the senate. yeah, there are a the love people really irritated with him among the caucus. i happened to be up there last fall and got an earful from a number of them. i happened to be up there a couple weeks ago and got another earful. you need to distinguish grass roots and colleagues have found him difficult to deal with. >> fair point. >> the message he has portrayed here at home has been well received. >> all right, mr. rove, thanks as always. we appreciate it plenty more ahead as the factor moves along this evening. charles krauthammer on charges the american press is misleading the world about putin and russia. then, a new study out of mit that says there was some outrageous exploitation in the trayvon martin killing. we hope you stay tuned to those reports. peace of mind is important when you're running a successful business. so we provide it services you can rely on. with centurylink as your trusted it partner, you'l

jonathan karl has more. >> more fall out on the f bomb dropped by the top u.s. diplomat for europe.chancellor leader of the european union fired back calling the salty disrespectful language totally unacceptable. >> closer to home more diplomatic embarrassment for president obama. his choice to be u.s. ambassador to argentina revealed he's never even set foot in the country. >> sz of have you been. >> senator i haven't had the opportunity yet to be there. >> main qualification it seems erased more than 500,000 dollars for obama reelection campaign. this after another big dollar donor was tapped to be ambassador to norway. so unfamiliar with the country he didn't know what form of government it has. >> why on earth did nominate mebody who didn't knowow norwa norway. >> erased nearly 850,000 $for the president reelection campaign. oh. then miss bell soap opera producer named ambassador to hand georgia ri. >> what are our strategic interest in hand georgia ri. >> in terms of what our key priorities. >> had a hard time answering most basic question about hand georgia ri but did raise 80

and you have to pay for more of the health care. >> jonathan karl reporting.orresponden correspondent. >> well there is another military cheating scandal. this time involving the navy nuclear power ship program. navy is now investigating at least 30 senior sailors in connection with alleged cheating on written tests back in 2010. the test qualified them to train younger sailors to operate naval nuclear power reactors. scandal came to light when sailor came forward and said he was offered the answers to the test. navy officials say this affects 1% of the 16,000 sailor nubling power system force. >> to say i'm disappointed would be an under statement. whenever i hear about integrity issues. it's disruptive to our unit success and definitely contrary to all of our core value. >>reporter: these new cheating claims come on the heel of a similar investigation upped way by the air force over cheating by officers who operate nuclear missiles. >> across much of the country tonight one storm has passed through but 2 more are on the way. after yesterday blizzard 160 mill

to remain in jonathan karl, abc news, the white house. >> consumer alert this morning about more thanwith a dangerous defect. the auto maker is recalling chevy cobalt and g5 compact cars sold from 2005 to 2007. cars may have faulty ignitions that can shut off the car and cause fatalities. dealers will make repairs at no charge. >> eight classic corvettes swallowed in the sinkhole in kentucky, one gm says they rank as the most significant in automotive history. >> i know one gift that a lot of guys will be wishing for on this valentine's day. if you're tired of shoveling snow this endless winter, why not let a robot do it? a north carolina company has developed a remote control snow plow you can operate from the lovely warmth of your living room. and just based on a robot they built for the new york city fire department. >> that's awesome. the robot plow has six wheels and 52-inch plow blade. upgrades include head lights and cameras which can send a live feedback to your couch. price tag is only $8,500. >> okay so maybe not the most practical valentine's day gift. >> it works really we

jonathan karl, abc news, washington. >>> french president hollande is capping off his visit as a guestnner. he was given a tour of thomas jefferson's estate. in an effort to deepen the ties between france and the u.s. hollande said the two countries would remain friend forever. obama's officially welcomed hollande at a ceremony ahead of the state dinner. >>> there is yet another delay for president obama's health care program after months of glitches. the federal government announced that small businesses with between 50 and 100 full-time employees will get an extra year to comply with obamacare. pushing the mandate from 2015 to 2016, the second reprieve. >>> many american kids are consuming caffeine but what's even more alarming is where that caffeine is coming from. children's caffeine intake from soda dropped significantly between 1999 and 2010. but a new survey found kids are now getting it from coffee and energy drinks. they say majority of 2 to 5-year-olds who consume caffeine on a given day during that ten-year period. >> soda has a descent amount of caffeine. >> they say that k

well, she's now explaining herself, and abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl on it again tonight. >> reporter: more fallout on the f-bomb dropped by the top u.s. diplomat for the eu. today, angela merkel fired back, calling the salty disrespectable language totally unacceptable. more diplomatic embarrassment for president obama. his choice to be u.s. abam door to argentina revealed he's never stepped foot in the country. >> have you been to argentina? >> i have not had the opportunity yet. >> reporter: his main qualification, it seems, he raised more than $500,000 for obama's re-election campaign. this after a top dollar donor was tapped to be ambassador to norway. he didn't know what form of government it has. >> why on earth did president obama nominate a guy that's never gone norway? >> raised nearly $850,000 for the president's re-election campaign. >> oh. >> reporter: and there's colleen bell, a soap opera producer, named ambassador to hungary. >> what are our strategic interests in hundrgary. >> in terms of our key priorities. >> reporter: she had a hard time answer

. >> i want to bring in jonathan karl, who happens to be with us in new york tonight, with reaction. first of all, not a word you would use typically to talk about an ally. >> this is a major embarrassment. this is the top u.s. diplomat for europe, insulting -- clearly insulting our european allies. as you can imagine, david, she immediately apologized. >> the obvious follow-up, this is between two u.s. diplomats. why are we hearing it at all? >> the white house implied it was the russians who intercepted it and leaked it. and the circumstantial evidence is really strong. the world first heard about this on twitter. it was a tweet from an official in the russian government. to be specific, it was the assistant to the deputy prime minister. he put this out on twitter. >> tracking the tweets tonight. who is spying on who. jon karl, thank you. >>> moving to the investigation into the tragic death of actor philip seymour hoffman. tonight, some arrested in connection with the actor's death have appeared in court, as his family and friends prepare to say good-bye with some of the actor's o

and here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: the race is on to get peopleacare. millions spent on ads. some of them, a little goofy. ♪ enroll today >> reporter: but tonight, the law's critics are seizing on the dramatic, new headline. the health law will result in 2 million fewer workers by 2017, according to the nonpartisan congressional budget office. >> the bad consequences are worse than anybody anticipated. >> reporter: but it's not that clear-cut. the report actually says 2 million fewer people will choose to work full-time. their choice, not because of a lack of jobs. >> they're making a choice about their overall quality of life. and perhaps pursuing something, either a new entrepreneurial opportunity or a new job. and they're choosing to spend more time with their family. >> reporter: how's that? consider two examples. first, those who can now afford to work less. before the law, some had to stay on the job to keep their insurance. now, you can qualify for subsidized health care without a full-time job. and again, others will actually find it's jus

abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl has the story. >> reporter: until her death in 2000, diane blair was one of hillary clinton's closest friend. she kept a detailed diary during mrs. clinton's time in the white house. a diary that remained secret for years. among the revelations, new insight into what then-first lady was thinking and days after bill clinton admitted having an affair with the white house intern monica lewinsky. >> indeed i did have a relationship with ms. lewinsky that was not appropriate. in fact, it was wrong. >> reporter: it was a lapse, blair writes, but she says, to his credit, he tried to break it off, tried to pull away, tried to manage someone. but it was beyond control. according to blair, mrs. clinton put some of the blame for the affair on the pressures of the white house and herself. "she thinks she was not smart enough, not sensitive enough to realize the price he was paying." the papers previously under seal were first reported today. by the conservative washington free beacon. the diary portrays mrs. clinton as a hard-nosed political opera

well, she's now explaining herself, and abc's chief white house correspondent jonathan karl on it again tonight. >> reporter: more fallout on the f-bomb dropped by the top u.s. diplomat for europe. >> [ bleep ] the eu. >> reporter: today, german chancellor angela merkel, the de facto leader of the european union, fired back, calling the salty, disrespectful language "totally unacceptable." and closer to home, more diplomatic embarrassment for president obama. his choice to be u.s. ambassador to argentina revealed he's never set foot in the country. >> have you been to argentina? >> senator, i haven't had the opportunity yet to be there. >> reporter: his main qualification, it seems? he raised more than $500,000 for obama's re-election campaign. this, after another big dollar donor was tapped to be ambassador of norway, who was so unfamiliar with the country, he didn't know what form of government it has. >> why on earth did president obama nominate a guy that's never been to norway to be the ambassador to norway in the first place? >> raised nearly $850,000 for the president's re-electi

. >> jonathan, the wall street journal, jonathan karl reviewed you book, and said you have appeared to have fallen in love with your subject. how do you plead? >> not guilty. >> i think you're -- >> not falling in love. tell me about this, one of the more interesting parts in there is where you talk about a relationship between obama and hillary clinton, seems to have ended up pretty good. one of the reasons for that is she supported him pretty wholeheartedly on key moments, the surge and -- in afghanistan, the killing of bin laden and others, where joe biden, who mayock be a contender to go against the democratic nomination, he didn't. so how significant could that be when it comes to determining who actually gets the democratic nomination. >> i think it's pretty significant. you know, we point out in the book, that she doesn't have many marquis achievements. she didn't achieve like a big peace deal or something, but she did back the president on these key points like the bin laden raid and the afghanistan surge. she's going to talk about that a little more, where as biden was on the

what was interesting is when jonathan karl came out with his report, it was funny.n the media caught on because they said abc is finally waking up to this, but we learned the three phases of benghazi, the night before, the during, the after. we learn despite repeated requests for security, they ignored even direct cables from the ambassador himself. why was his security taken away from him that night? how did al qaeda know he was moving around the country? it is a scandal. if it's not a scandal, it's incredible incompetence, and nobody has come to the table and said, wow, we really messed up. they said, it doesn't make a difference. >> yeah, bob, the thing is, you just boil it done to one simple question that never gets answered, then it's not a conspiracy. it's just simple curiosity. >> first of all, the idea that somehow his security was taken away tromhim and his movements were known -- >> according to this report, bob, security requests were specifically downgraded. >> i agree. >> down graded in libya. >> the way you said it, it sounds like they set him up to be

jonathan karl, and alicia menendez, and katrina vanden heuvel, and peggy noonan. katrina, let me begin with you. and what happened in the house this week. john boehner allowing a clean debt limit to go through. exactly what the president wanted. but probably shrewd for boehner too. clears the decks in a year where he thinks they can pick up a lot of seats in november. >> the failure of the shutdown concentrated the mind, and the hostage takers left the scene. we have seen manufactured crisis by a party which has eroded business confidence, hurt the economy, hurt families, and i think as 2014 approaches, the republican party decided they needed to pull up their bootstraps and get in place to pose any real challenge. with ted cruz, you have to -- he is an anti-establishment figure. but when we talk anti-establishment, that the tea party is a corporate-hugging, well-funded lobby. and you saw in ted cruz the possibility for our country moving forward, is that the delusional is no longer marginal when you look at cruz. for the moment he's marginalized. we need to refoc

here's our chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: the race is on to get peoplell today >> reporter: but the critics are seizing on the dramatic new headline. the health law will result in 2 million fewer full-time workers by 2017. according to nonpartisan congressional budget office. >> the bad consequences are worse than anybody anticipated. >> reporter: but it's not that clear-cut. the report actually says, 2 million fewer people will choose to work full time. their choice. not because of a lack of jobs. >> they're making a choice about their overall quality of life. and perhaps pursuing something, either a new entrepreneurial opportunity or new job. and they're choosing to spend more time with their family. >> reporter: how's that? consider two examples. first, those who can now afford to work less. before the law, some had to stay on the job to keep their insurance. now you could qualify for subsidized health care without a full-time job. then again, others will actually find it's just not worth it to work full time. why? because under obamacare, subsidized

jonathan karl, the white house. >> this is video more rare than pictures of lock necessary monster b.tort proceeding. spectator sneaked a videocam are into yesterday session and filmed protestor who disrupted oral argument. foot annual then posted on you tube. not mostly clear what type of device used to make the recording. no electronic device or still or videocamera permitted in the court of any kind in the public sessions. all spectator including members of the media screened at the entrance to the courtroom. the case being heard had to do with attorneys fees. court officials reviewing the video and courtroom screening procedures as well. >>> coming up next. see whether happens when some of close close nation hero go to hollywood and get a very big surprise. >> living legacy of forest gum gump. 7 news at 9:00 back after charles not having coverage stressed me out. i literally haven't been to a doctor in 15 years. i had a car accident when i was uninsured, and i declined medical assistance because it was gonna be too expensive. as a result, i deal with back pain on a pretty regular ba

analysis of the presidential interview today in the white house briefing abc news correspondent jonathan karlth jay carney. >> jay, in the president's interview with broirl last night, he said that there was not even a smidgen of corruption regarding the irs targeting conservative groups. did the president misspeak? >> no he didn't. isn't there an active investigation justice department. >> every look at this, every investigation into this and everything we have learned about this is that this is not something that that in any way reached outside of the irs. >> i mean there is an active justice department investigation. doesn't the president prejudge that investigation when he tells bill o'reilly there is no corruption? >> through the testimony that we have seen, completely backs up what the president said. >> with us now in our new york studio mary katharine ham and from washington juan williams both fox news analyst. all right, juan. now, dr. krauthammer says there is no doubt that the benghazi screwup with a politically motivated deal. you heard the back and forth between karl and carney.

two white house correspondence fnc henry and jonathan karl are exceptions to the rule.hey do ask hard questions. the president seemed to be fine with the interview and posed a picture afterward in front of the american flag. but i do know that some of his advisors were not pleased. one of them sarcastically saying why didn't o'reilly ask him about his birth certificate? that's the mentality some have that he is not to be challenged. that's not the mentality here. brit hume covered the white house for many years, interviewed a lot of presidents. so, hume, i submit to you this is the most docile national press corps we have ever had in this country with the possible exception of the jfk folks. am i wrong? how different the at no, sir fear was in the briefing room at the white house and the chomp prable places on capitol hill. most' much more adversarial at the white house much more aggressive. this was still the hangover atmosphere from the watergate era when the white house press corps photo it had been badly embarrassed by the fact that it failed to pick up on that stor

>> well, i think jonathan karl is right with some people. i'll give him credit for that.owever, i don't think ted cruz cares. whenever you want to do the right thing, you don't care about that. you care about the mission. and if people don't like it, so be it. i actually know that ted is julie's favorite republican. >> 100%. go, ted, go. keep going. because ted cruz has completely put mitch mcconnell's primary race in disarray by making mitch mcconnell's vote on the stimulus, which he apparently was for before he was against. you have people like john mccain retweeting a "wall street journal" editorial board. ted cruz has done more for the democratic party than anybody else, including democrats. >> many times in history, people who are the most successful rattled the cages. that's just the way it is. he's making progress. he's doing a good job. he really is. >> he certainly is. next time he's on the show, we'll ask him if he's employed a food taster. julie and dede, great to see you. >> so we all know retailers track our shopping habits through our club cards and things l

jonathan karl, abc news, the us would. >> jason collins said what he did last night over what he did after his team won, one of those cool treats. matthew shepard was murdered in 1998 because he was gay. he wears number 98 for that honor. word is collins might be signed by the nets for the rest of the season. >> jury deliberations continue in new york this morning and kerry kennedy's dui trial. prosecution disputed kennedy's claim she didn't know she was impaired after accidentally taking a sleeping pill. they said kennedy, daughter of robert kennedy, must have felt drowsy before she slammed that truck with her lexus. >> images recorded on private yahoo! web cams may be in the hands of the british spy agency. the guardian reports the agency is stealing hundreds of thousands of screen shots including a huge hall of interthat the photographs. it is not clear how many people had their images stolen but yahoo! messengers has 75 million users around the world. they got the information from nsa leaker edward snowden. >> they say they were unaware of the snooping and would never condone it.

but let's turn it over to jonathan karl in washington with more on a big week in politics. >> thanks. coming up, what a week. and our powerhouse roundtable is ready to take it on, including john boehner's quick flip on immigration. >>> plus, will president obama hurt democrats in november? >>> and later, a hollywood star's death shining a light on what some warn is america's hidden heroin crisis. dr. besser is here with an urgent warning. back in two minutes. crisis. dr. john besser with an you are sent warning. back in two minutes. ♪ at axa, we offer advice and help you break down your retirement goals into small, manageable steps. because when you plan for tomorrow, it helps you live for today. can we help you take a small step? for advice, retirement, and life insurance, connect with axa. ready to take it on, including back in two minutes. >>> the roundtable is ready to go, back in just over a minute. tall the building is, or how ornate the halls are. it doesn't matter if there are granite statues, or big mahogany desks. when working with an investment firm, what's really important

i want you to respond to some of the criticism jonathan karl -- sorry, i'm sure you read the "wall streetal" review where he said there isn't a whole lot new in this book. there's not a whole lot about hillary clinton that we don't know. so what can we learn from this book that we don't already know about her? >> actually this is the job that she's had that's had the most responsibility. her first time in charge of a large department of the government, 70,000 people. i think there's great information essentially all over the book. there's a lot of news in here. what you really take away is an understanding of how she makes decisions, who she puts around her, what her priorities are evened how she might govern as president. i think for anybody who's thinking about how they will vote in 2016, and we expect she's going to run, this is a book they have to read to get a real understanding of who hillary clinton is at this point in her career. >> amy, one of the things that you report on in the book is hillary's hit list. i did a little commentary earlier in the week and i may be added to the l

i don't know if jonathan karl is here.lly appreciate, thank you so much, good review, very generous. christian carol is also hear a thing. magisterial. but deep -- magisterial is code for long. >> what was the name of the? >> "days of fire." i want to thank the people who are here from the bush-cheney white house, the administration, many of whom were incredible generous to take the time to talk with me, sometimes more than once, sometimes three, four, five times and endless e-mails back and forth. the patients and the willingness to cooperate with a book they had no control over and no, no, knowledge about how it would turn out. they told her story and you could fair and accurate way. i'm not going to mean anybody because they might be exiled from whatever bush-cheney alumni society is but i want to thank you all for doing that. [laughter] i want to thank, i want to thank president bush and vice president cheney for getting us a very interesting administration to write about. [laughter] it is endlessly fascinating. we're

>> jonathan karl, always a tv question. >> oh, but it's a real question.uckabee is here to tell us. >>> and i'm mike in for clayton. sorry, kids, no candy for you. a school banning all valentine's day sweets, yeah, the little hearts. should that school be playing parent? well, you'll hear from one angry mom this morning about the candy. "fox & friends" our third hour on a saturday starts right now. >>> if you like "fox & friends" you will keep "fox & friends." >> good morning. >> it's so nice -- >> thank you for having us in. >> this is fun. >> two hours have gone by. it feels like about 20 minutes. >> flies by when you're having fun. let me tell you what your headlines are this morning. a would be hijacker who tried diverting a plane to sochi during the opening ceremonies of the olympics has been identified. he's a 45-year-old ukrainian man. here he is face down, handcuffed wheeled into a hospital in istanbul. he said that he had a bomb on board that flight that was out of the ukraine and heading to sochi. then tried and failed to break into the locked co

. >>> i want to bring in jonathan karl, so jon, tell us where we stand at this moment, does the white house believe that russia has invaded ukraine and that requires a military response? >> well, look, the white house is not saying that, the president referred to reports of an invasion, but make no mistake, diane, you wouldn't have seen the president of the united states come out on national television and make a statement like that if he had any reason to doubt that the russian military is behind of what we're seeing in ukraine. no discussion of u.s. military involvement. >> the president talked about response and cost. what will happen first, next? >> they're deeply concerned about this, the president said very clearly there will be costs. you heard that in terry's story. they haven't specified this. the russians are hosting a major summit of eight of the top world economies in june, in sochi, russia, the united states could boycott that and european nations. >> first thing may be to isolate him more democracy? >> je. >>> now, we'll head out to west to that storm so big it inspires