congress has a lot of tools at its disposal to retaliate if a president seem to be behaving lawlessly. they can withhold funding from his favored programs or hold up his nomination. things like this. but congress has some remedy at its disposal. when a president really seems to be acting lawlessly, at the end of the day, the real remedy is elections. and the people really should pay attention to whether their elected officials are scrupul s scrupulously adhering to the constitution. >> is there a comparison to what some other president did in recent history that we can compare this to? >> well, no, i think this is quite different. so president bush did occasionally claim the power not to execute certain laws because he believed that those laws were unconstitutional. that's quite a different matter. here president obama is declining to execute statutes without any claim that they're unconstitutional. president obama does not believe obama care is unconstitutional. he believes it is fantastic. he thinks as a matter of policy and politics it serves his purposes to defer parts of it for a

. >> it's possible to give back the land which was lawlessly confiscated from the farmers, as long as we are united. >> farmers are bolder, taking their grievances to the streets. there have been consequences. a group advocating for the rights of political prisoners estimates there are 30 farmers facing trial for illegal assembly or interests pass. activists who educate farmers have been gaoled or arrested. >> translation: the wealth cronies and those that confiscated the land are part of the the government. their interests are deeply entrenched in the conflict. >> the government want to resolve land grab issues and formed a parliamentary committee to look into the matter. one lawyer says the committee scope is limited and the independence curtailed by referring cases back to the administration. >> translation: there are protests by the farmer. if it's not resolved quickly, it can morph and lead into riots. this is a rural community with 70% of the population relying on farmers. land dispute have not resolved to underline the past to political uniformity. >> an olympic gold medal won

the reason y had t cnge in the l instituted by regulation, lawlessly, in the middle of the week, is becausedministration understands on january 1 there will be a train wreck when people who think they have health insurance show up at the doctors office and there is n no recocord of t. want the the people affordable care act repealed, accordg toto that same poll. 58% said they had not been affected. 70%, if youy that want to look at the numbers that way. paulng from the debate is ryan and john boehner and his discussion of the budget, any mention of repeal of the affordable caract. it was not mentioned on the house floor by any republican. >> the reason is, democrats will be the one to repe it. i realize charles only wants to talk about the affordable care act -- >> it will be utterly ruinous to this administration. >>f you look at a poll at says the president has a dipproval rating at 54%, and you ask anydy who voted for him, you think he is doi a good job? the answer is no. although large part, not exclusively, because of the execution of the affordable care act. if he can manage to get a

. >> it's possible to give back the lapped which was lawlessly confiscated from farmers as long as we're united. [ protesters ] >> reporter: they're becoming boulder, taking their grievances to the streets, but there have been con consequences. >> the wealthy croonies and those who confiscated the land remain part of the government. their interest remain deeply entrenched in this conflict. >> reporter: the government has formed a parliamentary committee to look into the matter. but one lawyer who handle such cases say the committee's scope is limited, and it's independence is curtailed back to the administration. >> they are already protests by the farmers that if this is not resolved quickly this could lead to crisis and maybe to riots. >> reporter: this is a largely rural community. if not resolved it could under mine the country's path to political an reform. >> preparations are are under way for the state funeral of nelson mandela. 80,000 people are expected to attend the service. over 90 heads of state are expected to fly in for that service at the f & b stadium in soweto. president

by the way, the viewers won't hear a week in which the secretary of hhs unilaterally or lawlessly changed every deadline in the obamacare law without any legal authority in a way that is absolutely astonishing but you won't hear about this on this show. >> we just did. >> courageous to tell it like it is. you can get charles krauthammer for the full hour right here "on the five." we hope you will join us then. a trip around the table. >> as much as i love charles, the fact he is on that show, a panelist on that show, it's closing after next week. so take a shot. that was a -- >> almost 30 year, bob. >> but it's closing. it's closing. it's down, finished. >> that says more about mbs than charles. >> bob likes to rain on parades. >> he's the ambassador of timing. greg? >> all i know is i think there should be a metal band in krauthammer. >> german metal -- >> it would be awesome. krauthamm krauthammer. >> from you are mouth to the twitter -- >> you didn't give me a last thought. >> i beg you, wi-fi guy, make the wi-fi work before i have a connipti conniption. >> the germans have great movie

been asked several times questions about possible remedies if we find that a president is behaving lawlessly i've not said that this president has or that these examples rise to that level but the ultimate constitutional check on the president is impeachment and ultimately the election. >> nobody has suggested that impeachable offense. nobody here thinks that, right? do you mr. cannon? >> well, i don't know. as professor rosenkranz minchin, an important element is whatever crimes or misdemeanors that he's committed were committed knowingly. and whether there is a pattern of abuse of his office. in my testimony you will see that finally out a pretty consistent whereby president obama has ignored and try to rewrite portions of the protection of the portal care act. and i think that the most egregious of these is the one where he has -- he's implementing it in a way such that he is taxing and borrowing and spending over the next ten years. $700 billion that congress never authorized. now he may disagree with my interpretation of the law. i know mr. lazarus does. i know that you and i and mr. la

if we find that a president is behaving lawlessly. i have not said that this president has or that these examples rise to that level. the ultimate constitutional isck on a lawless president impeachment and ultimately, election. >> nobody is suggesting that the president -- the president has not committed any impeachable offenses. nobody here thinks that, is that right? know.o not an important element is whenever crimes or misdemeanors he has committed were committed knowingly. patternher there is a of abuse of his office. i lay out a consistent pattern whereby president obama has ignored and tried to rewrite for sins of the affordable care act. think the most egregious of these is the one where he has, he is implementing the law in a way such that he is taxing and burrowing in spending over the next 10 years. $700 billion that this congress never authorized. you may disagree with my interpretation of the law and i know mr. lazarus does but you and i and mr. lazarus would agree that if the president were trying to tax and borrow and sp

into republicans throwing mud at republicans on a week when this administration unilaterally or lawlessly changed every deadline in the obamacare law without any legal authority in a way that is absolutely astonishing. but you won't hear about this on this show. >> we just did. >> try fox. >> by the way, you won't hear much on that show because apparently at the conclusion of that particular program, a program which has been hosted for many years by gordon peterson, a washington, d.c. legend, announced that was the last show. so guess you're going to have to try fox. >> right. i love when charles brings the hammer. i love when heather nauert brings the headlines. >> i'm glad you guys had such fancy weekends, with the exception of elisabeth. >> i got to do the beat box, my world-famous beat box in midtown manhattan to much applause. having a good old time. >> we're going to see that sometime. >> someday you will. glad that you had a nice weekend. good morning to you. hope you had a nice weekend as well. we've got some news to bring this morning. a night of christmas shopping takes a horrif