come back to you live when josh ernest does speak about that. >>> a powerful speech came -- netanyahuwarning that the deal with iran could spark a nuclear arms race in the -- >> this would not be a fair well to articles it would be a farewell to arms troll. and the middle east would soon be -- a region where small scattered thunderstorm mishs create war would create a tinderbox. >> joe lieberman, great to have you on the real story today. it's my understanding that you were sitting in the speaker's box for the speech by net tachb yahoo, what was your reaction? >> i was honored to be sitting there my reaction was that the prime minister was extremely effective today, we showed eded deference to president obama, he said that the relationship between the u.s. and israel is strong and abiding. but he made a strong rempsz to the zeal that is on the table between the u.s. and iran, the one the president just defended is really a bad deal because it doesn't stop iran from -- the second important thing i think he said was that although the administration would suggest there's no viable altern

he did go into a little bit of detail, josh ernest, asked about deletion of emails, so on so forth. suggested, i think by them he would mean clintons direct your questions to them. your thoughts? >> i think he has to answer some questions. i will go back to what judge andrew napolitano said on fox news and he had some of the best analysis on this issue. is nobody at the white house concerned with where the president of the united states's emails have gone right? valerie jarrett said nobody's emails with hillary clinton, sorry. we know that is not true. but you have to protect the president of the united states. and if we know and we do know now he was emailing with hillary clinton, nobody at the white house was concerned where the president's communications on sensitive issues i'm assuming he wasn't asking her how yoga went? no one is concerned about where those communications went? who is watching the white house? we have fence jumpers. foreign policy in the basement of her house. this white house is asleep at the switch. josh earnest does not get the right to stonewall and deflect

white house briefing now with josh ernest seeing on left side of your screen, that a question or two may come up about that. since we know the president and former secretary of state were on email at some point. so we're anticipating that. as it happens we'll bring you the news. we wanted to let you know we're monitoring this live. back to andrea. >> unmarried with children. it is on the rise in the united states, with big economic implications. in fact, according to a new study by the cdc just over a quarter of births in the past five years were to unmarried cohabitating couples. now that's the highest on record, and nearly double the rate from a decade earlier. researchers say it reflect as shift away from single parenthood but raises concerns that more kids are losing out on the economic benefits of having married parents. this is a story on foxnews.com's health section, dr. manny. a very big issue. i mean couples are opting out of marriage. they're dissent advised i should

there is a very interesting development here, i just pressured josh ernest that there was a blistering report from the department of homeland security that this official, alejandro maorca, gave special access to top democrats, like tony rodham, former secretary of state hillary clinton's brother in getting foreign visas for investors. terry mccauliffe, also very close to the president just pressed josh ernest about favor trading in the administration. listen. >> how can you say this is a great public servant who's trying to are reform a program that he basically gave special visas and access to politically connected democrats. >> the inspector general did take an independent look at this did not suggest that these individuals weren't deserving of the visa, what he suggested is merely that the process didn't work very well. >> what josh ernest said at the poed yuchl is that mr. maorca is staying on the job because of the findings of this independent inspector general. >> so with so many crises, that the president seems to be ducking a meeting now with the head of nato. bring us up on th

. >> i asked josh ernest whether this white house knew about the fact that secretary of state clinton, then secretary of state had her own server at her home and that her e-mails were going through there. and he said i don't know the answer to the that and several other reporters ss ss questioned him about what they knew. >> especially when they're saying whatever whatever@clinton.com. this is raising a bunch of new questions about benghazi, so go again, what are you learning? >> reporter: what's interesting about this is that josh ernest for two days now has said this white house, the administration at large has cooperated with what they call legitimate constitutional investigations. what are you referring to when wru say legitimate. i pressed josh ernest on why it is we learn now that it was only because of trey gallagher's committee that we just learned about e-mails that were never turned over about benghazi. >> you said there was seven investigations into benghazi. but you acknowledge, none of these seven committees got anything from hillary clinton. you stood there, jay carney s

josh ernest was saying we don't want to deal with this. but they have to one way or the other. >> i think the legal platform of breaking laws is important. the state department has not shared information in terms of whether she signed that document in doug's report certifying she had returned records. if there is a legal issue the president is in a box. he either investigates his former secretary of state and democratic frontrunner for the rez or doesn't and it looks like he is covering up for her. it doesn't look like josh ernest wants to mirror himself to hilary clinton's explanation of what happened or obama or many other democrats. this is something that is difficult for the democratic party for a long time to come. >> this is an administration that is quick to investigate the ferguson police department for instance but there doesn't seem to be any appetite to look into whether the former secretary of state here broke the law. >> we have seen a shift as of late. the administration is picking up it isn't just the hilary clinton scandal

. >> white house press secretary jocks josh ernest was asked about yemen. >> the goal has never beeno build a democracy there. the goal is to make sure yemen is not a safe haven extremist can use to attack the west and the the united states. >> let's bring in karl rove. how would you answer that question? is the yemen policy of the united states a success, karl? >> guest: josh ernest went on to say the united states has the supacity supassu capacity to reach special operations in the state. i had lunch with a special operation to came back and he destroyed all of the weapons and i don't think he thinks we have much and our reach is released. the white house is getting close to the edge of lala land saying everything is okay in yemen. the saudi arabia don't want this on their southern border. that is why they mobilized 150,000 troops and started airstrikes. and four vessels from egypt as we speak are arriving on station. the saudi arabia egyptians and sunni arabs whipill not allow this. >> you have the american embassy closed and the leader of the country fleeing by boat and american

think about what josh ernest said, the president was not aware that hillary clinton merged her state department.gov email with the private email that is difference. not that she used private emails. she uses exclusive email and had her own server to house public records. we don't know whether this is 55,000 emails or 255,000. >> it is not 55,000 emails. this is 55,000 pages. it was impossible to search key words and find as one reporter put needle in the haystack by putting in code word needle. you can't do that. you have to go through meticulously each one. all you have to get a one email from valerie jarrett in that fractional cache the state department has, to show she was lying. you're telling me in four years the white house didn't correspond with the secretary of state? is that how they were running business? >> i'm thinking here at fox we have a database i can look up your names and your email pops up. i type in your name. if hillary clinton is not in the white house database they have to call the secretary hey what is her personal email. it is not in the database. how can any

i talked to white house press secretary josh ernest on friday at some length on this issue. they're at the point where they're saying, look, when we were at the united nations and we said, you know what, we're not going to support the palestinians' unilateral push for statehood, we're doing that because we think the israelis are operating in good faith. the white house has been able to turn around and say, you know what, if the israelis aren't going to operate that way, we're going to reconsider reassessing our entire posture and -- >> do you think it's good for the republican party -- i think they are doing enough for the jewish community which is democratic in its voting pattern but that huge evangelical crowd out there saying they don't mind taking a hard right position with netanyahu. isn't in a what politics is? >> politics are that. from a policy perspective that's where the republican party is. they strongly support the state of israel in this fight against barack obama and this disagreement. i think they are with beebe. >> republicans rush to praise netanyahu after h

josh ernest told reporters president obama and secretary clinton enjoy catching up in person when their schedules permit. this afternoon they met privately for about an hour at the white house and discussed a range of topics. nbc meteorologist bill karins here with your tuesday forecast. good morning. >> good morning to you. the tornado season is about to kick off. maybe some of us can put winter behind us and look forward to spring. unfortunately with spring does come some dangers out there. we haven't had any, zero tornadoes so far as we've gone throughout the month of march. that's never happened up to this point. the previous record was march 23rd, now march 24th. 1951 was the record for fewest in the month of march with six. let's see how many we can get in the next week or so. we will have a potential for at least a few. we didn't have any overnight, thunderstorms in missouri. as we go throughout the day today, we will see a chance of storms especially late this evening. i don't think we'll see tornadoes. more or less damaging rain hail i don't think many all the way from springfi

press secretary josh ernest criticized netanyahu's likud party. he says the rhetoric marginalizing one segment of the population is of great concern. in the final days before the israeli election netanyahu said he was against a two-state solution. ernest says this remark suggests a change in netanyahu's position. he says washington will now reevaluate its plans for peace. relations between obama and netanyahu had already been chilly for a while. they both disagree on what to do about iran's nuclear development. experts say netanyahu's re-election will continue to strength strain ties between israel and the u.s. >>> leaders in the u.s. and germany say they will keep pressing russia to honor the cease-fire deal in ukraine. they affirmed they won't ease their sanctions until the russians fulfill all their commitments. president barack obama and chancellor angela merkel spoke on the phone. a white house spokesperson says they agreed a truce deal must be implemented promptly for a lasting peace. u.s. vice president joe biden got on the phone to ukraini

today i was at the white house and had an opportunity to ask the spokesman there, josh ernest, i said the israeli leader came out against this it's u.s. policy with that where does that leave the peace process, which is already in a shambles. they didn't want to touch that at all. you better believe the administration is watching closely. if you put me on the spot, i'd say it's not a far bet to say they're looking to see the opposition forces take control and they would not be disappointed with size zach zach ertz dog was to take the seat. >> who will be the next prime minister of israel, but you if it is prime minister netanyahu, a weakened prime minister netanyahu, where does this leave the republicans and their opposition to a deal with iran? along with the israeli elections, we're in the closing days of agreements with iran. >> first and foremost, it's the israel public, but also an audience in the united states, obviously significant, obviously vital to them. a lot of the support that benjamin netanyahu gets here in the united states is predicated on his backing of a two-state so

josh ernest saying that u.s., and this administration is deeply concerned about rhetoric that seeks to marginalize arab israeli citizens, ernest did not congratulate the prime minister on his win or the israel peal on the historic turn out of arab voters in the election more than tripleed from previous election. that is right ernest did not mention a fifth of israel's population is made up of arabs and palestinians, and arab list took 14 seats in this election, we will take up this, including a negative response to the election ruts not only from the president, and many democrats but national liberal media as well. what does that pore tend for -- port end for israel and u.s. relationship? we will talk with suspected islamic -- stace terrorists launching a deadly attack against a popular tourist attract in tunisia the gunmen storming a museum, killing 20 people authorities then killed two of the gunmen, freed hostages and are now engageed in a manhunt for more suspected terrorists at large. a full report coming up. >> and the the second ranging democrat in the senate staoping to an appa

. >> gretchen, no doubt about it you have seen the last few daily briefings for josh ernest he's gottenstions about what the president knew when he knew it was he

peter, it was unusual, a lot of people have noted, for josh ernest the white house spokesman to go out of his way to really denounce bibi netanyahu after his election. >> yes, that's true. the administration is not only ank are you but they are actually in a real cries because there has been a lot of pressure over the last few years in europe and around the world to support palestinian's around the nation to have bid around the u.n. u.s. behind the scenes has been exerting tremendous pressure to try to storm that and their argument has been the past state hood must be negotiated between two parties. once netanyahu said no state as long as i'm prime minister he cut the rug out from under the us. the obama administration doesn't know how they are going to hold off this pressure now. >> what does it mean all the united states traditionally defended israel not a member of the court but always used its power to protect israel. >> i don't think united states will support certainly palestinians suing international criminal court. i think they will fight that pretty hard. where you could see a

it's fat's fas naturing because when josh ernest was being hit with both this any lawsuit but also the new questions yesterday, he kept referring everybody back to the secretary. >> i would refer you to secretary clinton's team on the process that they undertook. it's her responsibility and the responsibility of her team to make that review. so if you have questions about the procession that the they went through to catalog that e-mail, i would ask that you ask them. >> the administration is dealing with the fallout because of this, they're trying to pichbtd it back to the clinton team. it's the state department caught up in, because they're going through those thousands of pages that the secretary has turned over but they're wondering what else might be there. >> something hillary clinton said yesterday raising new questions as well about who actually paid for that private server. >> it could have been and that's what we're trying to get to the bottom of. because if you listen very carefully to how the secretary answered one of the questions and phrased where the server started, it su

josh ernest yesterday said this: >> we do continue to enjoy the benefits of a sustained counter terrorismnship with the security infrastructure that remains. there are elements of the yemen government that we continue to be in touch with and continue to further further our efforts. >> we saw the violent footage. how is this considered a success? >> this is the problem with the administration. they are digging their heels in trying to tell people they are right. they did it with bowe bergdahl in yemen, and this place is on the bring of war. if they are saying they are still in touch with the government which one? huttis are in control of the capital and he is hanging out under house arrest and what means are you communicating? it is utter non-sense. by the way, if this is success, i hate to see failure. >> we are looking at the sunni's and shiites at each other throat and a looming deadline with the iranian nuclear deal. are we on the verge of seeing an armed race in the middle east? >> it sounds that way. like with bowe bergdahl the president hasn't read the paper to see what is going on.

josh ernest would not commit to an up or down vote in congress.ys the president will veto legislation demanding that. listen. >> committed to giving congress an up or down vote, whether it's through this bill or some other means? they get an up or down vote on iraq. >> it moves through the legislative process as this agreement is being negotiated and signed off on that it would have the potential of undermining those negotiations, and that's why the president has indicated he's strongly owe poised to it, and would veto it. >> what's particularly interesting, it's a very powerful democrat, bob menendez said earlier this week, to apac. that had their conference here in washington he would not be afraid to stand up to the president and push through that legislation getting an up or down vote. in the last 24 hours he's said he does not support fast tracking his own bill something the senate majority leader is now trying to do to force through this legislation. menendez who says he wants to stand up to the president says he's worried if you fast track

. >>> white house press secretary josh ernest tried to assure the public that the administration and its partners are driving a hard bargain. >> no deal is done right now, so once a deal has been reached if one is reached by the end of this month, then we'll present it to the world for the world to see and to take a close look at whether or not we've been able to reach an agreement that does succeed in preventing iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon. >> officials at the talks in switzerland denied reports that the u.s. is frantic to get a deal, saying instead that the talks have reached a focal stage involving critical issues, those issues being iran's deal in the next 16 to 18 years and sanctions if they are not in compliance. >> doug mcelway we appreciate it. you heard from doug, you heard from lawmakers, you heard from the prime minister. now we'd like to hear from you. given what we know so far about the nuclear talks in iran, is the u.s. willing to give up too much in these negotiations to get a deal? you can send us your tweet tweet @shannon breenbream @leland vittert. >>> lead

this is what josh ernest pointed to. hillary merged the two accounts together.private email. only used her private server. as trey gowdy said these are public records hidden and concealed on only hillary clinton knows how to access. melissa: brad, last word to you. go ahead. >> i think hillary is in a world of hurt. i don't think this press conference will do anything to quench the thirst american people have for the truth. melissa: weil leave it there. thanks to all three of you. we're waiting to hear from the woman herself any minute. hillary clinton is going to face the press to give her side of the story on the email and fund-raising scandals. we're going to bring you her live remarks at united nations the second they happen. >>> plus europe's negotiations with greece, taking very frightening turn. why greek officials are now threatening to send a wave of jihadists into germany. have you heard about this? very disturbing story. "piles of money" coming right up. it's a fact. kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. you drop 40 grand on a new set of w

i e-mailed josh ernest who is now his spokesperson and said this e-mail address exists. is it -- does it comport with the presidential records act and freedom of information act. i got no response. >> lots of ways to communicate but i wasn't surprised. thanks for being here. pleasure to be peru. let us know is the the media fair. tweet or facebook user name is brian stelter. media fairness this network unfair this week? see why? sex columnist reaction described as savage next. lack access to healthy food. for the first time american kids are slated to live a shorter life span than their parents. it's a problem that we can turn around and change. revolution foods is a company we started to provide access to healthy affordable, kid-inspired chef-crafted food. we looked at what are the aspects of food that will help set up kids for success? making sure foods are made with high quality ingredients and prepared fresh everyday. our collaboration with citi has helped us really accelerate the expansion of our business in terms of how many communities we can serve. working with c

peter, it was unusual, a lot of people have noted, for josh ernest the white house spokesman, to go out of his way to really denounce bibinetanyahu after his re-election. >> yes, that's true. the administration is not only ang grey but they're actually in a real crisis because there's been a lot of pressure over the past few years from europe and around the world to support the palestinians' efforts at the united nations to get us to -- to have their statehood be endorsed at the u.n. the u.s. behind the scenes has been exerting tremendous diplomatic pressure to try to stop that and the argument has been that the path toward palestinian statehood must be negotiations between the two parties. once benjamin netanyahu went out and said there will be no palestinian state if i'm prime minister he cut the rug out from under the united states. so the obama administration really doesn't know how they're going to hold off this pressure now. >> what does it mean in all the various fora that the united states has traditionally defended israel? i know the u.s. is not a member of the criminal court b

before the election was a reversal of policy and all this after the interview about an hour later josh ernest was briefing at the white house and he sharply rebuked the prime minister saying that what he had said before the election was wrong and it was, you know, divisive and, you know, really used some tough language that it was closive to the relationship. but now just within a last 20 minutes or so we've learned that the president has now called netanyahu two days later to congratulate him on his election victory or less than two days later to congratulate him on the plural ti that they won in the parliament and saying they do need to work together on military and security cooperation but also saying that he is determined to try to reach an agreement with iran on preventing iran from getting a nuclear weapon and making sure that it is verifiable. and on that as you know they still disagree. so i think there's going to be more bumps down the road on this relationship. >> andrea did he address criticism about the way he referred to arab israeli voters? some thought they heard some racial to

white house press secretary josh ernest will be joining us with the president's reactions to the major developments in an international tragedy. new ensure active heart health supports your heart and body so you stay active and strong. ensure, take life in. >>> the vigs of the germanwings crash in the alps, the focus now on the copilot. the astonishing news that 28-year-old andreas lubitz locked the captain out of the cockpit and deliberately crashed that plane with 149 other people on board. lufthansa says this man you're looking at had a perfect flight performance record, 100% fit to fly but the pilots don't undergo psychological testing. the question, what else do we know about this man, about his background? we learned a short time ago that the fbi has been called in to assist. our pamela brown has more on that. good morning, pamela. >> reporter: good morning. we're still trying to put the pieces together of this man's background, andreas lubitz, the 28-year-old copilot, the german national who the prosecutor said deliberately crashed the plane into the french alps. when you look a

white house press secretary josh ernest confirmed that the today in his daily briefing. >> he is regardedt in it comes to the security situation in iraq. so i think it's, it makes a lot of sense for senior administration officials to on occasion consult him for advice. >> and any particular security precautions that you take on this situation given his legal entanglements? >> not that i'm aware of. >> not that i'm aware. general petraeus has been stripped of his security clearance, agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor, potentially has to pay a $40,000 fine and maybe even go to jail. in the meantime he's consulting with white house on what to do in iraq. are they letting him see classified information? that is a thing that is happening right now in real life. [ ding ] thank you. next up. true or false? a new york congressional candidate is campaigning for that seat in congress by promising that he will not post naked photos of himself online. is that a real-life campaign pledge? true or false? [ ding ] also true. yes. his name is daniel donovan. he's the new york republican congressiona

yesterday the white house press secretary josh ernest was asked about this report on ferguson. the report had just come out so ernest has not read it. he said essentially the white house message at this point is they are pointing to the president's 21st century policing task force, this whole episode in ferguson underlines the need for police departments across the country to improve their relations with minority communities. that is something that is a big priority of this white house. you mentioned the interviews that the president is going to be doing today. we understand it may be more than one interview with a whole slew of african-american radio stations around the country. he does this from time to time. my guess is obviously this question will come up and we'll hear what the president has to say about that. we should point out, though, that today's white house briefing has been canceled because of the weather here in washington. keep in mind, john, what's coming up this weekend. this weekend is the 50th anniversary of the selma march, bloody sunday, the martha civil rig

listen to press secretary joshed ernest. >> the president seems to examine the rate of executive authoritythat available to him to try to make congress on his goals. i'm not in a position to talk about this in detail at this point but the president is very interested in this avenue generally. stuart: did you hear is that? the president is very interested in this avenue generally. do you think he will do it? >> he could do and this would really be something outside the separation of powers clause set down in the constitution. bernie sanders sent a letter saying president obama, you could raise the one hundred billion dollars by shutting corporate loopholes and you could do it via treasury regulations. you have the irs shutting these loopholes, regulatory powers, the irs makes a lot of rulemaking and already came up when u.s. companies wanted to move their headquarters overseas. that debate came up at all white house, yes they could force the irs to shut that down. stuart: you think they might do it. judge andrew napolitano is with us fresh from his lunch with me yesterday. in all seriousnes

later press secretary josh ernest addressed events in the middle east including recent comments from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu on a palestinian state. this portion of the briefing runs about 25 minutes. >> thanks. i'll just be brief about the announcement that the president made today and then happy to take questions, if you've got them. we just returned from the department of energy. the president signed an executive order, which sets a new goal for the federal government to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions by 40% over the next decade. that's in comparison to 2008 levels. the executive order also commits the government to increasing the share of electricity that the federal government consumes from renewable sources by 30%. the commitments today build on goals that this administration set in 2009 around greenhouse gas reduction. those goals are ones that we are well on our way to meeting and the progress that we have made over the last several years gives us confidence that we can up our ambition and set these new goals today. indeed last jeer the federal governme

. >> reporter: josh ernest said when there are situations where personal email accounts are used it'srtant for those records to be preserved consistent with the federal records act. do we know if that happened or not? >> we don't. she is in possession, her and her counsel. we can't let them be the arbiters and deciders of what we need. we need to decide what is important for the families of those killed in benghazi so we can get to the truth. and that includes hillary clinton's emails. bill: apawrnltly the associated press is reporting her email was traced back to an internet service registered to her home in chappaqua new york. you have to think as an acting secretary of state this could be valuable information. communicated by way of email. where does this lead? where does this take us? >> we don't know, that's why we need the information. so look, four americans were killed. ambassador stevens sean smith their families want the truth. they need to turn them over to us and we need to subpoena them and go get them. whatever it is we need that information. bill: was she just sloppily

i want you to respond to what josh ernest said.the white house, and this was his response to this e-mail controversy. let's roll that. >> what i can tell you that very specific specific guidance has been given to agencies across the government, which is specifically that employees of the obama administration should use their official e-mail accounts when they're conducting official government business. however, when there are situations where personal e-mail accounts are used it is important for those records to be preserved consistent with the federal records act. >> and the federal records act is again exactly what i'm talking about here. does josh ernest's statement from the white house additionally undercut hillary clinton's position? >> no. i don't think so joe, at all. i don't see how that would be. i believe he's talking about guidance that was given after hillary clinton left office. so it's correct now that the personal e-mail use is is frowned upon for sure but, those were not the regulations that she was operating under

here is josh ernest when he was asked about the lack of intelligence on the ground now in yet anothere that that coordination would be more effective if there were u.s. personnel in the country. doesn't mean that coordination has been eliminated but it would be more effective if u.s. personnel were allowed to remain in that country. >> i'm sorry. the got to be terrible to be josh earnest. it has got to be. you have to make statements like that. gee, if it would be better for us if we didn't have chaos and we had people on the ground to direct our intelligence operations against our campaign against al qaeda in the arabian peninsula. of course it would be. we've essentially allowed this thing to turn itself on its head. iran is the big winner here. iran backing houthi rebels, shiite rebels iran gaining increasing leverage and obviously in syria, obviously in iraq where they're running the show basically. into lebanon. the and no wonder there are still in negotiations with secretary kerry and the white house because the negotiating from a very strong position. they have never had this l

josh ernest laughed this off when ed henry asked him the question. no that is ridiculous.re talking to him. then he went on to say no, we're not meeting with him. but that doesn't mean we don't have a great relationship with him. how do you read that. >> i don't know. everything that happens there is like, we've descended into worse foreign policy i ever thought we could get to. the president is not too busy to meet with the secretary-general. this is a very important man. like everything that happens is sending a message to the russians that we don't want to send. literally vladmir putin is probably sitting there today in moscow going, are you kidding me? the president of the united states did not meet with the secretary-general of nato? martha: what did he do? did he tick somebody off? i don't know what he would have done to not be worth worthy of a meeting with president of the united states. it is pretty mind boggling. >> the president's foreign policy is lazy at best and dangerous at worse. martha: congressman, thank you very much. >> you bet. >> good to see you. >> y

those situations the united states has always protected israel and i think you got yesterday from josh ernest a threat that might no longer be the case. >> the significance of that is, that's profound. >> oh, it's absolutely huge. remember, we were just talking about the iran situation. and that the president chose to go through the united nations over the wishes of israel. i mean, this would just be one other way in which the president could use, if he so chose, could use international bodies to really -- really go against everything that benjamin netanyahu stands for. >> did you see a way for -- quickly. do you see a way for this relationship to be repaired? if you described the president as being angry. what solves that? >> well, they really need a reset here. i think basically what you have to do is cool down from events over the last few days. the president's going to have to recognize that benjamin netanyahu won and he won decisively in their system and, you know, the united states is just going to have to deal with that. netanyahu, of course, always has to remember the dealings between

talk about the president of the united states essentially through josh ernest and others saying, by thehas to do with our relations with the u.n., their relations with blocking legislation and resolutions coming at them in the u.n. we've been blocking for them maybe not anymore. at the same time he cuts a tame on youtube for youtube for everybody in iran to see a big plea to pressure your leaders for a titanic agreement. what's going on with the world? it turned on its head. >> it is odd, isn't it that the white house is talking to the ayatollahs but they're not talking or barely talking to the prime minister of israel. i mean there's a real split there in policy and i think personally, between the president and israel. but, look, it's our strongest, closest ally. it's the only real democracy in that part of the world. they have to patch it up and get together. and i suspect the talk about letting the u.n. pass resolution recognizing palestinian state is more a threat than it is an actual policy on the part of this administration. >> maybe not. >> top officials in the administration who

josh ernest said the president is not expected to watch much of the speech.yahu's position was not viable for negotiations. rice received a handful of stand og vagss for positions she actually opposes. >> for the wrong things. >> listen to this. >> we must also understand what will happen if these negotiations collapse. i know some would argue we should just impose sanctions and walk away but let's remember -- let's remember -- my friends, let's remember that sanctions unfortunately have never stopped iran from advancing its program. >> it certainly got them to the table. >> i thought she did a good job kind of letting that breathe and then trying to make a point right back as if she was dealing with the audience as someone she was talking to. >> she had to end up criticizing the foreign policy which is sanctions. >> which actually got iran in position where they were ready to negotiate and we took our foot off the gas. richard, the president yesterday also seemed to be backing off the 20-year delay and there's a leak that it was going to be ten years and the

white house spokesman spokes joshts jernts josh ernst are expressed. ernz ernest expressed. >> one of them is now dead. ahmed ruisi is now dead, wanted in tunisia for killing two politicians in 2013. before he left to fight with i.s.i.l. ruisi was leader of a u.s. designated terror group with ties to al qaeda. >> we'll have more in a few minutes but now a coalition of iraqi volunteers and shia militia are trying to overtake the northern city of tikrit. stalled because of heavy casualties caused by i.s.i.l. explosives. sunni town of el alam where i.s.i.l. has been forced out. >>> northern town of amerlie as stefanie dekker explains, it happened in september after u.s. and iraqi air strikes forced i.s.i.l. out of amerlie. >> how difficult the situation in iraq is. human rights watch says shia volunteers and iraqi security force hes were engaged after synthesize retook the shia turkmen town of amerlie. >> rd cleared the area of i.s.i.s, but what that has morphed into, a campaign of revenge attacks where they targeted sunni villages, gone through each of these village

. >> reporter: josh earnest said they are missing a key point that there's no deal yet. ernestf on any votes well beyond the end of march when a framework agreement must be reached and at least until june. that's the deadline for a final deal. wolf that's months and months of congress holding off on any legislation. it's doubtful that republicans will go along with that not even talking about democrats. they're likely to balk as well. >> thanks very much. >>> let's get more on what's going on. jane joining us is the state department spokeswoman. what happens to this deal -- we don't know if there will be a deal. but if there is a deal, what happens if congress in a roll call vote rejects it? >> first of all there isn't a vote that congress is going to have on an up or down vote on a deal. they will have a role. congress will continue to have a role. when it comes to a point in the process where they would roll back sanctions. that's always been the case. the letter reiterated the role that they would have. >> what if a vote to eliminate or he's up sanctions against sanctions th

announcer: josh earnest was asked about hillary clinton's e-mails and nuclear negotiations. this portion is 20 minutes. secretary ernest: over the course of the day today, this has taken place over the week. the president and his team has worked to amplify the economic screen throughout the state of the union address. from republican senators getting together and writing letters, or trying to play politics, evening gazing in an effort to convince governors across the country to not -- or even engaging an effort to convince governors across the country. it is focused on an effort to expand opportunity for the middle class. that strategy has yielded some benefits. we have seen that in the latest jobs report. our economy has created more than 200,000 jobs. that is the first time we have had a streak like that in 37 years. that is indication the strategy of focusing on the middle class is paying off. we are doing a lot of that today. the vice president will be giving remarks at the brookings institution on expanding employment opportunities. this afternoon, the director of the office of management will be delivering a spee

at the white house briefing, josh curtis said there is no indication the islamic state have any operational link to a string of suicide bombings in yemen. secretary ernest said the group often claims responsibility for attacks for propaganda value. here is more. mr. earnest: united states strongly condemns the bombings that killed over a hundred and left hundreds of others wounded. we express our condolences to the families of the victims. we deployed the brutality of the terrorists who perpetrated today's attack on you many -- yemeni citizens. political instability threatens the well-being of all yemenis. today's attack underscores the terrorism that affects all yemenis, and no one group alone can get front -- can confront the challenges facing yemen. as relates to your question i can tell you we cannot at this point confirm the veracity of the claim of these extremists that they are affiliated with the islamic state. the -- we have seen these kinds of claims in the passed from other groups. it appears these kinds of claims are often made for the perception that they have, that benefits their propaganda efforts. there is not at this point a clear evide

josh earnest was asked about it, and you can sense a softening of that position. secretary ernest: our negotiators have determined over a mostly sleepless night last night, and long negotiations over the course of the day in europe today, and they are going to continue these conversations tomorrow, as long as -- well, if necessary -- and as long as the conversations continue to be productive. peter: so, that is the key test for the white house right now that these talks remain productive. so far, the indication from negotiators is that it is still productive. they will continue negotiations. it is likely going with what indira is hearing as well likely going past the midnight deadline. there is no sense it will be days or weeks, but something in the short-term. mark: peter, is president obama really prepared to walk away from these talks if necessary? peter: that was a question put to josh earnest, given the time and risky he has taken, would he be willing to walk away, and the message from the white house is the president will not sign a bad deal, but obviously he still believes