i just want to introduce -- i know you all know her and the case, judith miller. i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning with lincoln's second inaugural address. speech was only nine minutes long but i would venture to say that it ended so memorably that even after that brief time lapse, people had forgotten the beginning of the speech. and at the beginning of that address, lincoln launched into a recollection of his first inaugural appearance. not without a little malice of his own. at least towards some. this is what he said. while inaugural address was being delivered four years ago, devoted all together to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. both depricated war. one rather would accept war than let it perish and the war came. in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning of the conflict and as he looked toward its conclusion. and in his mind, washington in 1861 was literally crawling with what

destruction, it was a literal conspiracy by people acting in concert with media professionals like judith miller. in the case of austerity, you have a billion air like pete peterson setting up foundations and having people write op-eds and all the rest. so what we see as a result of the decline of this sort of civic minded journalism that i think with profound exceptions, henry luce represented i think nobly is something in which the interests have taken over from the public interest. >> michael. >> i guess i'd like on just stay a few words of dissent again. from the idea a little disagreement i guess with alan, also with rick, about the idea that was ever anything lacking in the golden age of journalism, ever a time when there was really an opportunity for a much more balanced reporting and jackson mentioned the muck rakers, too. i think to my mind, golden age journalism is when the press was as popular as it ever was probably which is roughly from the 1880s to the 1920s, i think, in the sense that i think reader ship event with up by a factor of ten times or 15 times.reader factor of ten times

i just want to introduce and i know you'll all know her and the case judith miller. i want to start with the end of the war, not the beginning. with lincoln's second inaugural address which is most famous as you all know for its closing words calling for malice toward none and charity for all. the speech was only about nine minutes long, but i would venture to say it ended so memorably that people had probably forgotten the beginning of the speech. and at the beginning of that address, lincoln launched into a recollection of his first inaugural appearance. and not without a little malice of his own, at least toward some. this is what he said. while the inaugural address was being delivered four years ago, devoted altogether to saving the union without war, insurgent agents were in the city seeking to destroy it without war. both parties dep -- the other would accept war rather than let it perish. and the war came. in a way that recollection sets the stage for tonight's discussion because it sheds light on lincoln's thinking both at the beginning of the conflict and a

judith miller, our condolences to you and the colvin family and her many friends around the world. >> paying tribute to her. >> and tonight for an hour, war stories with oliver north will pay tribute to marie colvin and other correspondents who put their lives on the line to cover war zones. the program airs tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox newschannel. heather? >>> a weird transition, but we are going to talk about tinseltown next and their night to shine. the 84th annual academy awards. who will walk away with best picture, best actor and best actress? our oscar expert is here with his predictions up next. >>> a big night for the academy awards that are tonight. that means some the biggest names will be strutting their stuff down the walkway, that walkway right there. but which stars will be heading home with some brand-new statues? fox news oscar expert is joining us with more on this. so you are our resident expert. >> that is right. >> predict the big winners. >> the best picture and the best director "the artist" and best actor" jean will win over george c

judith miller is with us pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox news contributor.she is reporting today that this, all options are on the tail, that is not true? >>reporter: the israelis understand the limitation their military capability. there was a report today that perez wanted to tell president obama this israel doesn't have an effective military option and he was forced to walk it back because the israelis want to scare the iranian into making a deal. >>shepard: but you cannot scare them into a deal if the iranians know there is no military option. the wool over your eyes does not hide the reality. it makes it so you cannot see it. we will get to that after a commercial break. and two military aircraft have collided in midair over the desert. >>shepard: is there a military option for the israelis in iran? could they, if they felt they must, take out the iranian nuclear program? sounds like the answer is "no." a pulitzer prize winning journalist, judith anythinger is there, from the manhattan institute, a think tank and returned from a trip to the mill east in

author judith miller has been looking into it as well.a pulitzer prize investigative report and a fox news contributor. this group the mek, you know of them pretty well. >> yes, i know them, and they were for a longtime on the u.s. terrorist list, they remain on the terrorist list, though their supporters want them off the list because they are very proisraeli, and of course anti-iranian. jon: the old saying is the enemy of my enemy is my friend. >> yes, except in the middle east where everybody tends to be your potential enemy. jon: there have been pretty audacious assassinations carried out by black-clad motorcyclists who pull up next to the car of a iranian scientist, put a magnetic bomb and board, and has taken out a number of these scientists. >> i actually asked a lot of experts on the nuclear program in iran, is this effective. we know that people say it's illegal, some people say it's immoral, but is it effective? and their answer by and large has been, yes, it's pretty effective. as a decapitation strategy you remove the top tier

joining us is pulitzer prize winning journalist and fox contributor judith miller.is one little thing after another little thing. and soon we will have real hell. >>guest: we starting to have real hell, shep, in the form of a tit for tat assassination war. five iranian scientists have been killed. israel has not championed credit but most people say they have had a hand in this. >>shepard: to stop the nuclear --. >>guest: to try and slow it down. by dissuading those from joining that program. and killing them is a way to do that. and, the eastern ends have not, until now, spended, but now in the past welcome we have eastbound a definite response from iran, although the eastern ends say, no, it is not us, these are terrible lies but, in fact, most people assume this is iran because the people who are responsibility for the failed attempts so far happen to be connected with hezbollah which iran controls. >>shepard: you know this region and this situation as well as anyone i know, please tell me that somebody relies if you hit iran you have just opened up a whole new s

fox's judith miller was at the speech in israel. >> i feel based on everything i heard that a decision has not been made and that had a decision been made, no one would be speaking as freely as they have been to me this past week. what's going on now is an effort to telegraph to the other side and also to the iranians how seriously each side takes this issue. >> former defense secretary robert gates was asked by cnn's john king about the risk of getting involved in a war with iran. >> this is, i think, one of the toughest foreign policy problems i have ever seen since entering the government 45 years ago. >> there is confusion at the pentagon and white house as to why defense secretary panetta told "washington post" columnist david ignatius during a nato summit in brussels israel was like toe to strike iran in april, may or june. this takes after the secretary told the "wall street journal" that there were problems with the pentagon's massive ordinance penetrate bomb, the 30,000-pound bunker buster that the u.s. has bought to penetrate difficult to bomb underground sites. one former go

judith miller is here, pulitzer prize winning journalist. we talk about diplomacy and we pulled out our dip makes and pulled the personnel. >>guest: when the president of the united states says that we are virtually ruling out outside mellary intervention, 48 hours after the u.n. security council has just -- vetoed a resolution denouncing assad for the vicious crackdown there are no openings and that is what the president is saying to assad, and if i were sitting in damascus, today, i would say i am home free, nothing bad is going to happen to me because i am killing between 5,000 syrian opposition people and up to 7,000 people. nothing will happen to me. this is the worst possible signal we could send right new. >>shepard: are there defectors from the military? are they really able to put up a fight? >>guest: they are seeking shelter in turkey and putting up a fight. but we have not had senior military people defect. we have had lower ranking people who don't know how to organize a counterinsurgency or an insubject answer like this, so, thi

fox news contributor judith miller was at the speech in israel. >> i feel based on everything i heardt a decision has not been made and that had a decision been made no one would be speaking as freely as they have been to me this past week. what is going on now is an effort to telegraph to the other side and also to the iranians how seriously each side takes the issue. >>reporter: one official thinks that panetta's remarks may have actually had a chilling effect on israel's decision to strike and, also, may have alerted iran that israel is serious. >>shepard: iran does not seem to be interested in lowering the tension. not yet. >>shepard: and the supreme leader as you mentioned, calling israel a cancer that would be cut, and he also telegraphed that iran had been supporting hezbollah and hamas trying to, and any approximatecy group troying -- trying to destroy israel at the time that iran's president watched a satellite launch the third if recent months and a day after a minister said iran was working on a missile that would reach the united states. so what we are seeing right now is

i asked fox's judith miller who was at the speech whether a decision to strike iran has already been everything i heard that a decision has not been made and that had a decision been made, no one would be speaking as freely as they have been to me this past week. >> a game of high stakes poker indeed, shep. but one that could have unintended consequences. >> jennifer griffin pentagon tonight our national security correspondent. thanks. egypt now, concerns over a spike in violence and the treatment of american citizens are threatening a major amount of united states aid. the united states gives the egyptian military more than a billion tax dollars each year. but the vermont senator patrick leahy along with 41 members of congress say they want egypt to prove that it's working toward democracy before it gets any more money. lawmakers also calling for a resolution to the situation involving the son of the transportation secretary ray la hood and several other americans. they are stuck in egypt on some sort of a no exit list. because they work for pro-democracy organizations there accordi

judith miller, investigative reporter and jehmu greene, former president of the women's media center.nk you all for joining us. as we said at the very top. just to add what santorum said. he did clarify later, he was not questioning president obama's christianity or his lack thereof but says there are lots of stripes of christianity. quote, he is imposing his values on the church and i think that is wrong. that was a clarification from santorum. regardless, did he get in the thick of things of it? >> he did. it started last week, a speech came out that he made few years, he called 45 million protestants not christian enough. this is another in a series of really bad misstatements. to be fair, on multiple occasions he is not questioning president obama's christianity. but i agree santorum's intolerant comments disqualify him from being president. the president of united states should not be in the business of deciding whose theology is correct and who is not. >> absolutely. when you have to explain the comments it's safe to assume that misfired. he does this again and again and again.

lis wiehl and judith miller. author and fox news contributor. joining us. >>>. >> heather: so the first topic, is it a matter of national security or public safety or invasion of personal life? >> it's a matter of national security. i know it's annoying when they are pulled out of the line but the fact of the matter is, al-qaeda and groups like it remain fixated on airplanes. what this thasa has not been able to do is really get this list refined to a point it works and reflects it. they make a thousand changes a day to this list. so lots is going on. >> you mentioned airlines specifically. they lowered the standard that people were not just a threat to airlines are now included. >> i think what we're expecting the higher number. i think it should not just airlines but ferries and buses and on trains because let's face it. terrorists are going to be thinking, all right. the list is getting higher and higher on airlines, let's go to other venues. >> heather: people on the list now could be a threat they would do something on a train or some other

let's bring in our power panel, judith miller, author and fox news contributor.nd list, thanks so much for joining us. we want to get the facts at the very top. everything else is speck laits liags. everything about her being found in the bathtub. that has not been confirmed. pills being discovered, that has not been confirmed. but there is a lot being said. what was your first thought? >> my first thought, liability, my first thought was conrad murray, doctor of michael jackson that was convicted of michael jackson. he was prescribing these pills. if there is one or more doctors involved in this, it's an issue that will be out there. was he is getting xanax, did the doctors know she was mixing the pills with alcohol? what about the cocaine use? >> heather: unsubstantiated reports pills found and xanax and if you mix that with alcohol and mix it. >> you get in the bathtub. did the doctor know, should the doctor have known that she was taking alcohol and other stuff. >> heather: could be liable. >> and the fact, if the drug reports are true, is that you have a lot

joining to us talk about that and more, fox news contributor judith miller. great to see you. joining us. >> thank you. >> shannon: they said we feel the financial pressure that we and others putting op syria are doing the work. theory home will end. is it good enough? >> it's hard to know what to do. the administration are not the only people here who want to do more or do a great deal more to stop the killing, slaughter. almost all the policy options are bad. what we don't want to do and this is the important thing to keep in mind we don't want to toment a civil war -- foment a civil war. conflict between two well-armed sides. we don't want to be the person that the assad government will blame. we want to help foment a transition. getting involved in civil war is not the answer. >> shannon: i want to reference a tape from al-qaeda leader ayman al-zawahiri saying we don't want the syrian people to rely on the west or the arab league to help them. calling on fighters to join muslims there and say the west had something planned for syrian people they don't want. what is your re

let's talk about it with kristen powers, judith miller. both of fox news contributors.onald trump, judy, does it help mitt romney? i think it does and it certainly annoys newt gingrich because his aids 15 minutes before were still saying that they thought that he was going to get the donald's endorsement. donald-the show man-trump, never a dull moment. jon: kristen? >> i don't think there is a single voter that will change their vote one way earth other because of what donald trump says. jon: he says he's got all kinds of followers on twitter and the apprentice and they are all going to do what he does. >> all of us know whoever follows you on twitter is going to wait for you to tell them who to vote for president. he is a show man, for some reason the media keeps falling for it. why anybody shows up for this and covers this. or why mitt romney would associate with him i have no idea. there is not a single voter who is going to say, oh, now i'm going to vote for mitt romney because trump endorsess him. jon: poe lit particular could he, the well respected political websi

it is a perfect circle and reminded me that of when -- dick cheney would leak intelligence to judith millery would be on the "meet the press" and said there is an article in "the new york times." very troubling about what -- the intelligence is. it is all the same people. >> that's what the outrage was about. part of the outrage was that komen foundation seemed to be kind of sanctioning and justifying what is clearly a perennial partisan witch-hunt against planned parenthood. >> and i also think the other part of it was that they -- what's interesting to me is i think they thought they could have it both ways. what was inning to me is this is the culture war. can you not mess around in the middle of the culture war. you have to choose which side and cannot decide you are going to join up on that part of the culture war and then -- preep tend you are not. everyone understands. >> it is a says a lot about the washington bubble or i guess they are not in washington. they are in dallas. about this establishment bubble when it comes to planned parenthood that they really by all reports didn't th