kevin cork live at the white house now. kevin, was different from the president's other speeches on obamacare. >> yeah, john. i think you're right on the money about that. in particular when you think about the fact that they're pretty open, i would say, about this notion of a public option. yeah, they're trying to figure out a way to boost up the existing affordable care act and by rolling out this idea that maybe a public option is the way to go. frankly, for those of us who have had a chance to cover this story for some time, we were kind of expecting this to happen a lot sooner than now. as you point out the president was over in the sunshine state of florida talking about the need to get more people to sign up for the affordable care act. and the president also had a statement out there today. this one issued by the white house. let me just share a little bit from that statement. it said that the president believes there are commonsense ways to continue to improve the aca. this includes working with the 19 states like

kevin cork is at the white house. looks at what may be an aggressive foreign policy by a lame duck president. we begin with connor powell in our middle east newsroom tonight with a possible standoff off the waters of yemen. >> reporter: tensions are rising with the u.s. increasingly drawn into a conflict between saudi arabia and iranian-backed groups in yemen. charred metal and smoking debris is all that remains of three coastal radar systems. the u.s. navy today destroyed the advanced guided equipment after they were used by shiites to fire missiles at the uss mason last week. no one was injureinjured. the mason was forced to deploy on board defensive measures in response to the attack. the rebels have support in yemen. they denied firing the missiles and today offered to help investigate the attack. the pentagon made it clear who it holds accountable. >> these strikes came from that territory. they posed a threat to u.s. warships operating in the red sea. we don't take that threat lightly. we responded. >> reporter:

kevin cork is at the white house. looks at what may be an aggressive foreign policy by a lame duck president. we begin with connor powell in our middle east newsroom tonight with a possible standoff off the waters of yemen. >> reporter: tensions are rising with the u.s. increasingly drawn into a conflict between saudi arabia and iranian-backed groups in yemen. charred metal and smoking debris is all that remains of three coastal radar systems. the u.s. navy today destroyed the advanced guided equipment after they were used by shiites to fire missiles at the uss mason last week. no one was injureinjured. the mason was forced to deploy on board defensive measures in response to the attack. the rebels have support in yemen. they denied firing the missiles and today offered to help investigate the attack. the pentagon made it clear who it holds accountable. >> these strikes came from that territory. they posed a threat to u.s. warships operating in the red sea. we don't take that threat lightly. we responded. >> reporter:

kevin cork has that story tonight from the white house. >> reporter: collapsed, that's what happened today to u.s. russia talks aimed at ending the violence in syria. >> what's clear is there is nothing more for the united states and russia to talk about with regard to trying to reach an agreement that would reduce the violence inside of syria. it's tragic. >> reporter: tragic and a failure for president obama who told new york magazine that he has sought russian cooperation to end the 5 1/2-year-old civil war in syria to no avoil aail a comes as putin announced the suspension of a treaty with washington on cleaning up weapons grade plutonium, a move that makes clear he is willing to use nuclear disarmament. >> it was a thought through thing. he would will have to pursue an alternative approach. >> reporter: russia's alleged use of bunker busting bombs like the ones that levelled a hospital yesterday in aleppo offers clarity that the kremlin is unfazed by washington's complaints and sankaints and an. they suggested that it will lead to terrible consequences not only on the territory

it's a tossup state this year again. >> kevin cork live on the north line. thank you. >>> how important is it really for a political party to control congress? both chambers ideally. we have some answers tonight. >> reporter: no matter who wins the presidency on election day, nearly half of the country will be angered or disappointed. the founders foresaw some division. now the skim ystem of checks an balances will stand a new test. >> he sets the calendar. he determines what comes up for a vote and what is killed in committee. the ability to set that agenda does not just affect the house calendar or the bills that are filed in congress, but it has a real impact on the national conversation around policy. >> reporter: years of redistricting have left most house republicans in largely rural, safe seats. democratic control of the house remains a long shot. democrats are increasingly hopeful given donald trump's recent decline in the polls. >> messaging, mobilization, owning the ground. we did very well last month. and every month before that. i think we're in

kevin cork has more. >> reporter: is it a political pothole?definition, price spikes in atted forabthe affordable ca at an inopportune time. clinton puts her in the position of trying to defend obamacare. >> we're going to get co-pays and premiums and deductibles down. we're going to tackle prescription drug costs. we can do that without ripping away the insurance that people now have. >> reporter: it's not just clinton. from new hampshire to florida to arizona, democrats have been forced to fend off criticism for supporting obamacare. republicans have taken full advantage. >> hassan supports the healthcare law. >> the costs have gone up. >> we're paying more out of pocket than ever. >> reporter: the issue offers gop candidates up and down the ticket something to stoke the base in the final two weeks of the campaign. today, officials actually blamed republicans for the pending rate hike. >> republicans would rather play politics than solve problems. that is true with the republican approach to a wide range of issues. there's no better example o

kevin cork has more. >> reporter: is it a political pothole?y any definition, price spikes in atted forabthe affordable ca at an inopportune time. clinton puts her in the position of trying to defend obamacare. >> we're going to get co-pays and premiums and deductibles down. we're going to tackle prescription drug costs. we can do that without ripping away the insurance that people now have. >> reporter: it's not just clinton. from new hampshire to florida to arizona, democrats have been forced to fend off criticism for supporting obamacare. republicans have taken full advantage. >> hassan supports the healthcare law. >> the costs have gone up. >> we're paying more out of pocket than ever. >> reporter: the issue offers gop candidates up and down the ticket something to stoke the base in the final two weeks of the campaign. today, officials actually blamed republicans for the pending rate hike. >> republicans would rather pla. that is true with the republican approach to a wide range of issues. there's no better example of their approach to play

kevin cork live on the north lawn.ou. >>> the environmental protection agency should have issued an emergency order over the flint water crisis seven months earlier than it. it says the agency had the authority and the information to issue the order as early as june of 2015. >>> stocks were down today. the dow dropped 40, the s&p lost 3, the nasdaq was down 5. >>> tonight, a look at the e-mail that started the c controversy over whether of hillary clinton's top state department officials tried to get the fbi to change the classification of one of the e-mails that went through the secretary's private unsecured server. good evening. >> reporter: a 2012 clinton e-mail about suspected in the benghazi terrorist attack is at the heart of backroom deal allegations about a senior state department executive. this is a significant document. the same e-mail kick started the fbi probe into secretary clinton's use of a personal server for government business and the mishandling of classified information. the november 18, 2012 e-mai

it's a tossup state this year again. >> kevin cork live on the north line. thank you. >>> how important is it really for a political party to control congress? both chambers ideally. we have some answers tonight. >> reporter: no matter who wins the presidency on election day, nearly half of the country will be angered or disappointed. the founders foresaw some division. now the skim ystem of checks an balances will stand a new test. >> he sets the calendar. he determines what comes up for a vote and what is killed in committee. the ability to set that agenda does not just affect the house calendar or the bills that are filed in congress, but it has a real impact on the national conversation around policy. >> reporter: years of redistricting have left most house republicans in largely rural, safe seats. democratic control of the house remains a long shot. democrats are increasingly hopeful given donald trump's recent decline in the polls. >> messaging, mobilization, owning the ground. we did very well last month. and every month before that. i think we're in

kevin cork has the latest from the white house.d the who is didn't get a heads up neither did anyone at the state department or anyone at the hillary clinton campaign so i guess it was at face value operation secret. right? >> yeah. at face value. i think it would be fair to say a lot of people around here skeptical about that. the white house saying all the rights things, we learned about it in the press just like the rest of you guys itch find that hard to believe but does beg the question what did directyear comey find out that made him ultimately eat a little crow perhaps and open the investigation involving secretary clinton. you may recall, back a few monkeys oohing he said she was extremely careless but not reckless and proclaiming the bureau would not indict clinton. today i decided to ask the president at he was making his way over to marine one issue shouted a question and said do you have any reaction to he reopening of the case. he didn't say word but his spokesman had plenty to say. the principal deputy white house pre

correspondent kevin cork is at the white house tonight with this story. good evening, kevin. >> reporter: good evening. despite accusing the russian of turning a blind eye to the suffering perpetrated on the syrian people by their own leadership, the u.s. continues to pledge its continued pursuit for peace in syria. >> i want to be very, very clear to everybody, we are not giving up on the syrian people. we are not abandoning the pursuit of peace. we are not going to leave the multilateral field. we are going to continue to try to find a way forward in order to end this war. >> reporter: meanwhile, the list of critics continues to grow of the president's policies in steer ya. richard cohen in the "washington post" writing, can has led him into ha loolucinatory explanati of his decisions, he mangles the facts, jumble s kronnology and n effect holds himself guiltless. for syria's approximately 500,000 deaths, 8 million internally displaced persons and a tidal wave of immigrants that has destabilized europe. the administration has yet to see a credible altern

>> kevin corke live on the north lawn. thank you. major flaws in obamacare are no surprise to people who have studied the law, both sides talking about it needs to be fixed. back in 2010, i asked president obama about many of these issues at the white house. here's part of that conversation. >> what the american people care about is the fact that their premiums are going up 25%, 40%, 60%. and are we going to do something about it, bret? the core of this bill is going to be affecting every american people. if you have insurance, you're going to be able to keep it. if you don't have insurance, you're going to be able to buy into a pool like members of congress have. we're going to make sure that we've got delivery system reforms that strengthen medicare, that are going to make sure that doctors and hospitals are providing better service and better care. and this is going to reduce the deficit. >> do you guarantee they're going to be able to keep their doctors? >> bret, you got to let me finish my answers. what we can't do is perpetuate

kevin corke on the north lawn.nk you. >>> let's talk about how the president's actions in the middle east might influence next month's election if at all. syndicated columnist charles krauthammer is with us again tonight from washington. charles, what about that? how does this action by president obama not only in iraq, but stepping up bombings in libya, more aggressive international foreign policy, affect this election? >> to the extent that it breaks through into the campaign and i'm not sure there's very much from the outside world that can break through right now. but to the extent it does, it helps to give some shielding to clinton in defending what is generally a failed foreign policy. the fact that we are moving on mosul is not going to have an immediate effect. its effect will depend on the outcome and on the casualties. thus far, there are no american casualties, but you can have them way back from the battle lines. remember in the gulf war, the early 1990s the biggest loss of american life was way back in

>> kevin corke live on the north lawn. thank you. major flaws in obamacare are no surprise to people who have studied the law, both sides talking about it needs to be fixed. back in 2010, i asked president obama about many of these issues at the white house. here's part of that conversation. >> what the american people care about is the fact that their premiums are going up 25%, 40%, 60%. and are we going to do something about it, bret? the core of this bill is going to be affecting every american people. if you have insurance, you're going to be able to keep it. if you don't have insurance, you're going to be able to buy into a pool like members of congress have. we're going to make sure that we've got delivery system reforms that strengthen medicare, that are going to make sure that doctors and hospitals are providing better service and better care. and this is going to reduce the deficit. >> do you guarantee they're going to be able to keep their doctors? >> bret, you got to let me finish my answers. what we can't do is perpetuate

thank you so much kevin corke.: wikileaks releasing thousands of emails from the clinton campaign. >> wikileaks came out, john podesta said some horrible things about you and boy was he right. he said some beauties. bernie sanders, he said you have bad judgment. you do. >> wikileaks just just came out. john podesta said horrible things about you, and boy was he right. bernie sanders said you have bad judgment. john podesta said you have terrible instincts, bernie sanders said you have bad judgment and i agree with both. >> bernie sanders has campaigned for me around the country. he said you are the most dangerous person to run for president in modern america and i think he's right. jon: bringing up the ongoing release of thousands of internal emails from the clinton campaign. specifically as mr. trump just referenced. joining to us discuss the aftermath, also with us brad blakeman, former deputy assistant to george w. bush. hillary said it during the debate last night. the campaigns position seems to be wikileaks g

kevin cork is live in washington, kevin? >> the president is talking about ways to improve the affordable care act. he is also talking about florida and 19 other state that's have yet to expand medicaid to do so so people who need health insurance can get it in an affordable way. we also know that when insurers are backing out, it gets more expensive and that alone may cause the affordable care act to crater. i want to share pictures with you, the president making his way to the swing state of florida. he is obviously in favor of obama care, he wants it to be bigger and bolder, and he was joined by deb by wasserman-schultz. >> obama care has to go. next year they going up over 100%, and i'm really glad that the premiums have started so the people see what is happening. >> you're going to hear a lot of talk coming up in the coming weeks about a public option. they want a public or federal health insurance plan that everyone can look at and measure the two to see when which one is more affordable for your family nap is not som

>> kevin cork live on the north lawn. kevin, thank you. >>> more saber rattling tonight from russia aimed at the u.s. and its allies. moscow says it will create a permanent naval base in syria. expanding its military footprint in the middle east. russia says it is cooperating with china on efforts to fend off a threat by the u.s. missile defense program. and vladimir putin has canceled an upcoming trip to paris after the french government revised its agenda for the visit to concentrate on syria. >>> the taliban has launched a new attack on the capital of the helmand province. a suicide car bombing killed at least 14 people monday including 10 police officers. since the beginning of this year's fighting season, the taliban have expanded their hold across most of that province in afghanistan and have been at the gates of the provincial capital for weeks. >>> the news is better concerning isis. new studies indicate the terror group is losing ground and influence, but that does not mean isis will go away quietly. correspondent

white house correspondent kevin cork is live with more on the story. >> you're right, this is unmistakable escalation. and that is a direct response to u.s. fire tomahawk cruise missiles. they are described as limited in scope adding today that it was clearly a "self-defense action" to desere future strikes against u.s. assets in the area. also a statement was issued by peter cook a little while ago. >> we will not tolerate threats to our people. we will respond if our forces come under fire. >> now for you close to home, if you're not aware of who is backing room in the region, let's talk about syria being backed by russians. in yemen, it is the iranians who are backing the rebels. >> they could not fire these missiles without the help of the iranis. >> the colonel was clear that they will certainly respond severely, and that is something we will be doing from here at the white house. >> so why is mitt romney suddenly trending on google? >> and it's not getting any better for hillary clinton as wikileaks releases another batch of e-mails, another one, revealing even more embarrassing rema

. >> kevin cork live on the north lawn. >>> the government says it racked up a $587 billion deficit for just completed fiscal year 2016. that is an increase of 34% from the year before. spending went up 5% while revenues stayed flat. the government borrows 15 cents of every dollar it spends. stocks were up today. the dow rose 39. the s&p finished ahead a half. the nasdaq gained a point. for the week, the dow loss a half percentage point. the nasdaq fell. >>> why some people think the speaker of the house may have made a big mistake in dealing with donald trump. first, here is what some of our affiliates are covering tonight. detroit, with the city's new namesake navy ship docking downtown. the uss detroit is a $440 million vessel designed to work in shallow waters and operate with speed and agility. sacramento, crews battle a 200 acre wildfire. it began overnight. the cause is not known. officials issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of 500 homes. >>> a live look in atlanta. the big story there tonight, a federal judge orders an extension of voter registration deadlines for

kevin cork has more from washington. kevin? reporter: hey, megyn, good evening from the white house. another near 1,200 e-mails dropped today by the website, wikileaks, these purportedly belonging to clinton campaign chair john podesta, a real blockbuster here in the nation's capital, and it's just the latest in the ongoing hacking controversy, which white house officials today said point squarely at the russians. and while press secretary josh earnest wouldn't say exactly how the administration would respond, he did promise they would. >> but what we surely will do is deploy all of the necessary resources to protect our system and to prevent the russians from succeeding in their attempt to undermine our political system. >> reporter: while russian president vladimir putin said it doesn't matter who leaked the information, it's the content that's most important, experts here at the white house were telling us today this is, frankly, a new page in the old kgb playbook. >> the fact that they even can sew some distrust, which is p

kevin cork is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: proportional, that's the word obama administration officials are using to describe the potential u.s. response to russia's hacking activities. said to include e-mail leaks, including another 1200 today posted by the website wikileaks, targeting the american political system and most notably hillary clinton's campaign. democratic party leadership and the clinton state department. john kerry said the russians should and ultimately will pay for what they have done saying the u.s., quote, will and can respond in ways that we choose to at the time of our choice. experts say that could include economic sanctions or other punitive actions designed to deter other bad actors from mimicking moscow. white house officials said echoed the threat. >> that kind of proportional response that the president would consider is not necessarily the kind of response that we would announce in advance. >> reporter: it's not just a cyber war that moscow is waging. putin and foreign secretary are also engaged in a pr offensive. each downplaying the kremlin's su

. >> kevin cork live on the north lawn. >>> the government says it racked up a $587 billion deficit for the just completed fiscal year 2016. that is an increase of 34% from the year before. spending went up 5% while revenues stayed flat. the government borrows 15 cents of every dollar it spends. stocks were up today. the dow rose 39. the s&p finished ahead a half. the nasdaq gained a point. for the week, the dow loss a half percentage point. the nasdaq fell. >>> why some people think the speaker of the house may have made a big mistake in dealing with donald trump. first, here is what some of our affiliates are covering tonight. detroit, with the city's new namesake navy ship docking downtown. the uss detroit is a $440 million vessel designed to work in shallow waters and operate with speed and agility. sacramento, crews battle a 200 acre wildfire. it began overnight. the cause is not known. officials issued a mandatory evacuation order for residents of 500 homes. >>> a live look in atlanta. the big story there tonight, a federal judge orders an extension of voter registration deadlines

kevin cork is at the white house tonight. >> reporter: proportional, that's the word obama administration officials are using to describe the potential u.s. response to russia's hacking activities. said to include e-mail leaks, including another 1200 today posted by the website wikileaks, targeting the american political system and most notably hillary clinton's campaign. democratic party leadership and the clinton state department. john kerry said the russians should and ultimately will pay for what they have done saying the u.s., quote, will and can respond in ways that we choose to at the time of our choice. experts say that could include economic sanctions or other punitive actions designed to deter other bad actors from mimicking moscow. white house officials said echoed the threat. >> that kind of proportional response that the president would consider is not necessarily the kind of response that we would announce in advance. >> reporter: it's not just a cyber war that moscow is waging. putin and foreign secretary are also engaged in a pr offensive. each downplaying the kremlin's su

>> kevin cork live on the north lawn. kevin, thank you. >>> more saber rattling tonight from russia aimed at the u.s. and its allies. moscow says it will create a permanent naval base in syria. expanding its military footprint in the middle east. russia says it is cooperating with china on efforts to fend off a threat by the u.s. missile defense program. and vladimir putin has canceled an upcoming trip to paris after the french government revised its agenda for the visit to concentrate on syria. >>> the taliban has launched a new attack on the capital of the helmand province. a suicide car bombing killed at least 14 people monday including 10 police officers. since the beginning of this year's fighting season, the taliban have expanded their hold across most of that province in afghanistan and have been at the gates of the provincial capital for weeks. >>> the news is better concerning isis. new studies indicate the terror group is losing ground and influence, but that does not mean isis will go away quietly. correspondent

kevin cork has details tonight from the white house. >> reporter: it has begun.espite fears opposition, kurdish forces began advancing on a string of villages east of motion mosul to reclaim it from isis which seized it more than two years ago. the battle presents the obama administration with the prospect of delivering a crushing defeat of isis in iraq before the president leaves office. an answer to critics who say he has been slow to respond to the rise of the terror group. >> this is going to be a difficult operation. this is not something that will yield success overnight. but months of planning has gone into ensuring the success of the military operation. >> reporter: an operation that's expected to mirror previous efforts that saw the coalition reclaim the cities of ramadi and tikrit. this time 4,000 kurdish troops are expected to engage isis with american military support, both on the ground and from the sky. >> translator: the hour of victory has arrived. the operation to liberate mosul has begun. >> reporter: the speech, similar to one he delivered earl

. >> staff corks we check and see if kevin is in town?e'll have him on the show. >> oh, that would be great. >> yes. >> fun when he was here in the past. >> quincy will probably grab him, put him on his show. >> they're really good friends. >> i know they are. i bet he does come by "the q" show. >> are we going have a guest fight. >> we do it all the time already, ya. madonna was supposed to be on our show and she is on "the q" show today. >> really? >> madonna. cover girl has new cover this month. it is a young man, make up artist, james charles is his name, and so he'll be the face of cover girl, the magazine, this next month. >> katy perry made the announcement yesterday on her instagram page. charles will appear in campaigns for cover girl newest mascara called so lash i. make up company says all of their cover girls are role models and boundary breakers, explaining why they pick charles. charles says he only started trying make up a year ago. oh, my gosh. he's amazing at t look at. that will he says he's not trans gender, but the mak

cork. - um hmm, you can't do it wrong, because if it overfills it just-- - is this gonna spray all over me when i miss this. - [kevin] no, no. - so should i stop now? - [kevin] yep. - okay. (laughing) that was scary. - [kevin] perfect. - alright. - oh! okay. - [kevin] yep. - [natalie] not bad. how'd i do? - you did great. you know 120 more bottles and we'll be all set. - i'll stay here for a while. alright, so can we go over there too? 'cause i feel like i might enjoy what you're doing over there as well. alright, let's go. so you have a really unique distilling process, i hear. - i do, i do. i kind of pioneered a new way of distilling. - [natalie] so this is what you've already, this is some of the wheat whiskey you've already distilled? es, and this is, we've got a little bit here that we're gonna barrel up. - what do i do, just turn it-- - [kevin] this is your barrel, we're gonna put your name on it. - [natalie] we're gonna put my name on this? how far do i open it? - [kevin] open it all the way. - [natalie] alright. no one ever tries to come in here and sip outta this while you're doing this, right? - [kevin] ev