i'm lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody.usly weary, tired president earlier today delivered ateast six different numbers of how many americans have successfully enrolled in obamacare. and mr. obama did it within the span of only one hour. president obama delivering his year and news conference to the white house press corps end of his annual christmas vacation in hawaii. and on one point he even contradicted himself on the numbers in the same sentence. take a listen. >> more than half a million american several through health care and the first three weeks of december quantify since october 1st more than 1 million americans have selected new health-insurance plans to the federal and state marketplaces. so all told, millions of americans, despite the problems of theebsite, are now poised to be covered by quality, affordable health insurance come here stake. i now have a couple of million people, maybe more who even have health care on january 1st. and that is a big deal. we have got several million people were going to have h

i am lou dobbs. lou: good evening. a major break in the ranks of the democratic party senate foreign relations committee robert mendez leads the charge for sanctions against iran. acting in direct opposition to the repeated stated wishes of president obama while obtaining bipartisan support. mendez and his co-sponsor of illinois today was introducing the legislative effort for a new iranian sanctions detracting co-sponsors including members of the banking committee and armed forces committee said judiciary and foreign relations committee. democrats earn a last-minute effort to kill the bill and ignore the committee chairman urging them to reject mendez. fox news has confirmed chief of staff also was part of the group's spending the last 24 hours pleading with a number of democrats to hold off on the sanctions. white house press secretary today accusing the senate of deliberately undermining there president's diplomatic efforts to tell the white house press corps that the president will veto any effort to pass new sanct

lou: say that again.orking. >> studies show that people on medicare fare no better in terms of tngs like their mortality, any things like that. so all these people who say we have to pass medicate, expand medicaid because iwill save the lives of all these people, the studies show that that is not the case. lou: the problem, medicaid is a mess. now obamacare is a mess. we don't know where we're headed. at what point will we he a sense as to whether or not people are being insured and when there are sufficient numbers of young people 18 to 35 insured to support the model that is the foundation of obamacare itself, that is the young paying for the older. >> i doubt the administration is going to disclose the numbers of young people who are enrolling, unle those numbers are good, which it probably will never be. lou: since when doeshe president or an administration to decide that they will not tell the american people whether the program they're paying for is working are not? >> i certainly don't agree with t

lou: i am lou dobbs. the president and his negatiie appral rating. we will have that next. ♪ ♪ hello, everyone. a new poll shows thepresident's job approval at this 42%. in the health care is a principal fator. new numbers show the administration is nhere near hitting their ambitious trget of enrolling 7 million americans through the obamacare website. just uder 365 people have signed up for obare in the first two months. and at less than a third of the 1.2 million people that officials have projected to enroll nationwide by the end of last month. kathleen sebelius appeared for on a second time since the debut of the obamare website in october. she testified and came prepared. calling for an investigation of herself, her very own website. and spker boehner blasted conservative critics announc by senator muray and congressman paul ryan. joining us now is member of the houston public an leership. congressman bob good law, the chairman of the house judiciary committee. it's great he you with us, mr. chairman. >> always great to be with you in your viewe

i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everyone. obama administration official in charge of fixing the obamacare site. he said there is a night and day difference between the health care.gov website that launched on october 1 in the one working today. wartime here. cording to the white house, a five-week technology surge has doubled the website capcity and equipment can handle 30,000 consumers at the same time. and with some good reason. this is the page that came up when our colleague peter ducey logon. a page of gibberish filled with question marks. andit's not just frustrated consumers but insurers say that they are still dealing with an obamacare mass because function ha not even been built yet. and that means the administration's goal of enrolling 7 million people by the end of march, well, that could be the latest in what has turned out to be a string of second term failures for this president. chief white house correspondent ed henry has more on what is actually different about health care.gov. reporter: president obma's aide

i'm lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody.he "washington post" survey released a damning pl for the obama administration. the president's approval rating at the end of his fifth year in office has fallen to 43 percent with a disapproval ratg of 55% .. the post riding of the findis, president bush had a 4percent approval rating at the end of the fifth year of his presidency , and all other post-world w two presidents had approval ratings above 50% with the exception of nixon. and the numbers get worse. when asked today trust to do a better job with the nation's oblems, respondents have the president now tied with congressional republicans have 41%. only one year ago the president had a 15-point lead, and now it is gone, all gone. the preident also tras republicans on the economy by fo points. last year at this time president obama held an 18-point lead on economic issues. the r revelations of scandal afr scandal, the declarations that have turned out to be lies, and theailed rollout of the president's health care law coributed

and lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening.ontroversial paul ryan-patty murray budget has cleared its first big hurdle passing a house of representatives moments ago by a vote of 332-94. 1603 democrats joined with 169 republicans to pass the bill that has caused some consternation with conservatives in congress and the political action groups to support them. house speaker when out of his way today to an jabbed conservative groups before the vote was a second day in a row. here he is taking shots. >> i came here to cut the size of government. at exactly what this bill ds. white conservativ will not vote for this is beyond any recognition i can come up with. when groups come out and criticize an agreement that they have never seen you begin t wonder just how credible those actions are. lou: his counterpart in the nate, minority leader, one of many republicans in the upper chamber who have already been to the bill and announced intentions to vote against it. center mark rodeo, one of the first republicans to criticize. comments r

i'm lou dobbs. lou: hello, everybody. president obama is struggling and not just because of his disasterous health care law. he is also dealing with an unprecedented crisis of credibility. failed legislative battles, fractured foreign policy and revolts within his own party. the tending call problems with -- technical problems with healthcare.gov have been so severe, many democrats in congress are worried about the party's re-election process of the at issue, the fact that only 106,000 people were able to buy insurance coverage in the first month of obamacare's open enrollment, instead of the expected half million. the fact that some 4.million americans received notices from their insurance companies that policies the president promised they could keep were in fact being canceled. but regardless of the law's stunning failures and disappointments, president obama has defiantly declared that obamacare is here to stay. >> we learned not to make wild promises about how perfectly smooth it is going to be at all times. do not l

lou: i did not recall that. >> clinton was the high 60s. lou: during the impeachment?" is here. we will be back. be sure to getting your orders for my new book. "upheaval" it will debut january 7th you can pre-order. visit the web site or amazon to put in your order. check us out on twitter and follow us or lou dobbs is.com the underground volcano that wage war for the mount st. helens eruption and one of the biggest tourist havens and all of america. this is the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. it's not the "juggle a bunch of rotating categories" card. it's not the "sign up for rewards each quarter" card. it's the no-games, no-messing-'round, no-earning-limit-having, do-i-look-like-i'm-joking, turbo-boosting, heavyweight-champion- of-the-wld cash back card. thiss the quicksilver cash back card from capital one. unlimited 1.5% cash back on every purchase, everywhere, every single day. now tell me, what's in your wallet? lou: a new study shows the magma chamber below yellowstone is 2.5 times larger the previously determined as though the super volcano has th

i am lou dobbs. cinema go. ♪ lou: good evening, everyone.the washington post" reporting controversial regulations on health care and the environment and worker safety, all trying to help the president win reelection last year. that is according to the obama administration officials who told the obama administration officials were simply acting out of political necessity. and jay carney trying to defend the delays, claiming that they were just being thorough. >> the administration is committed to protecting the health and welfare and safety of americans in promoting economic growth and job creation, as well as competitiveness and innovation. our goal is not to move hastily, but maximize the benefits. lou: the president's press secretary and his story. and the obama administration manipulating rules and delaying regulations. to fact checking organization, "the washington post" and political fact, singled out president obama for telling the biggest lie of the year. this whopper that we heard countless times over a three-year period of time. >>

am lou dobbs. hello, everyone.ely undercutting president obama's credibility an approval rating. a new fox poll shows half of voters believe president obama knowingly lied when he repeatedly told americans that they could keep their plan under his signature health care law. as for the number of americans who have signed on for health care insurance, the initial numbers are woefully short and far below their lowered expectations. 106,000 have eolled in health care plans in the state and federal exchanges through the first month obamacare. one fifth of what the officials had projected before the launch of health care dog of and the opening of exchanges accnted for only 27,000 of successful in moments, 80,000 of them originated in state-run insurance exchanges and secretary kathleen sibelius revealed below numbers and then open herself and the administration up to ridicule consistent with what maschuses, a state of only 6.5 million residents, experienced an initial rollout of romney care. not revealing the number of p

of the winter lou: i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everyone, the western half of the country isthe grip of brutally cold temperatures with some regions of the country under snow and others expecting more as we anticipate the arrival of ice storms that could take out power to mlions. three people dead in weather-related accidents and the weather is worsening. parts of minnesota hit yesterday and another foot expected tonight. temperatures expected to drop for much of this the state. projected to dop as far as 40 below zero across other parts of the upper midwest and the rockies. frostbite warnings in effect. stretching south to texas, a major ice on threatening power to 10 million people in the dallas, texas, area. and temperatures have dropped from 77 degrees yesterday to to below 10 degrees tonight. and preventative measures have been taken for vegetable and fruit crops. temperatures threatening to drop lower than more than it has on the west coast of more than a hundred years. so unfortunately, the weather outlook for the country will not be improving soon. we ave our fox news

i m lou dobbs. lou: good evening the white house flood's news outlets with a series of behind-the-scenes photos showing the obama, the bushes, secretary of state clinton on airforce one among the images the white house photographers the current and former first family leaving air force one in president bush should win his artwork and a joke with president obama. the administration uses the background photos to try to crowd out the images of the president's embarrassing himself be with the prime ministers during the memorial service for nelson mandela. the president is under considerable criticism to not conduct himself in a dignified manner just after the president had blotted mandela for making him the the main he is. >> i learn from nelson mandela as the struggle was taking place in this beautiful land. investor something in me. it woke me up to my responsibilities. if to others and myself and sent me on a journey that brought me here today. and while i will always fall short, he makes me want to

lou: you got it. >> thank you very much. lou: great to have you with us.amiliar face returning to the top of the new york city police department. that story and the possible implications and much more. stay with us. we're coming right back. the defining issues of our era. class warfare and wealth redistribution. two major tenants of the obama philosophy and the service employees union putting on high pri set admistrations had fast food joints all around the country. the "a-team" next. male announcer ] how can power consumption in china, impact wool exports from new zealand, textile production in spain, and the use of dical technology in the u.s.? at t. rowe price, we understand the connections of a complex, global economy. it's just one reason over 70% of our mutual funds beat their0-year lipper average t. rowe price. invest with confidence. with investment information, risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. with investment information, risks, fees and expenses every day we're working to and keep our commitments. and we'v

that is why she is named lou. it is not short for anything. it is actually lou. she becomes a tomboy. she learns to shoot and fish. they go camping and are up in the mountains a lot. she is learning about the outdoors and loving it. >> this is a .22 rifle. i love this photograph. it is an early photograph of her on top of this mule. she looks rough and tough. she has this gun right there. very annie oakley to me. it is that era and she is that type of girl. one of her most famous essays was "independent rural." ." independent girl this was written on january 31 of 1890. she's talking about being independent and doing her own thing. sooner or later, she met a spirit as independent as her own and there was a clash of arms that was in mortal combat. she met that person with herbert hoover. she is at college and talking about the different classes she takes. one of the classes she talks about is botany classes. she likes going outdoors. she refers to ms. palmer. she says they were a good match for climbing. we beat the others all to pieces. they found lots of flowers

i am lou dobbs. ♪ lou: good evening, everybody. chinese naval vessel aggressively confronting the u.s. warship in the south china sea last week causing a tense military standoff that the government has just today acknowledged. the ptagon confirms to fox news tonight that a chinese warships try to interdict and stop one of our guided missile cruisers. the u.s.s. comptons well under way in international waters. according to an unnamed defense officials th run in began while the company was conducting surveillance on the new chinese aircraft carrier. the chinese navy vessels sent a healing morning in order the u.s. ship to stop and ordered the ticonderoga class guided missile cruiser ignored leading to a chinese active aggression. a chinese tank landing ship sailed into the path and stopped , forcing the navy vessel to abruptly changed course to avoid a potentially catastrophic collision. this type of incident was actually predicted weeks ago by senior pentagon officials and joint chiifs chairman martin dempsey after china announced a

lou: that is strange.imes on the streets of new york who will be the senator from kansas. are going to come back. we will come back with our "a-team" here in just one moment. we will take apart the great news today. the fox news reporter who stood firm in her fight to produce journalistic efforts has w an important victory for journalists everywhere. that is coming appear next of the "a-team." stay with us. ♪ hmm. mm-hmm. [ engine rev] ♪ [ male announcer ] oh what fun it is to ride. gethe mercedes-benz on your wish list at the winter event going on now -- but hurry, the offers end december 31s [ santa ] ho, ho, ho! [ male announcer ] lease the 2014 ml350 for $599 a month at your local mercedes-benz dealer. ♪ lou: fox news dot com reporter well not have to return to colorado to testify and that james holmes murder trial after a new york state court of appeals ruled in their favor today 4-3 based on new york shield law. defense attorneys tried to force her to testify on the source of her information after sh

i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everybody.entless storm pounding cities along the east coast, dropping snow and sleet and freezing rain across much of the region. forecasters say that washington dc could get up to 5 inches of snow in philadelphia up to three and new york at least 1 inch. the storm system is wreaking havoc on the roads and in new jersey a car slid off interstate 78 and two people were killed. overall, 11 deaths across the country have been blamed on the storm in th snow ad icy conditions is causing an exceptional number of pilots. the chain reaction crash on the pennsylvania turnpike that involves 50 cars. just north of new york city, icy roads triggered a 24 car pileup. aaa estimating it at the annual cost of traffic collisions can be an amazing $166 billion per year. air travel disruptions rippling across the country. 1600 flights were canceled, mostly out of dallas and fort worth. fox news senior meteorologist janice dean is live from the fox extreme weather center to tell us what to expect. good evening. i'

lou: that is strange.the streets of new york who will be the senator from kansas. are going to come back. we will come back with our "a-team" here in just one moment. we will take apart the great news today. the fox news reporter who stood firm in her fight to produce journalistic efforts has won an important victory for journalists everywhere. that is coming appear next of the "a-team." stay with us. much more ahead. ♪ as a business owner, i'm constantly putting out fires. so i deserve a small business credit card with azing rewards. with the spark cascard from capital one, i get 2% cash back on ery purchase, every day. i break my back around here. finally soone's recognizing me with unlimited rewards meetings start at 11, cindy. [ male announcer get the spark business card from capital one. choose 2% cash back or double miles on every purchase, every d. what's in your wallet? i need your timesheets, larry! ♪ [ male announcer ] the parking lot helps by letting us know who's coming. the carts keep everyone

lou: your thoughts?he american people are tired of people trying to restrict the second amendment it reflected what happened with the recall election in colorado, to members of the legislature were recalled in a new one this week who will resign as a result. folks are trying to exploit the town and are doing so to their peril. lou: they're doing so in order to preserve the senate majority of one. you have written about this. you have examined the issue carefully, michael. this is such a complicated issue. the advocates, as ron suggests. and we decide, the desperately important issue of mental illness and now we come as a society deal with it. >> and also the gun control, they started out as illegal guns. no they have since morphed into attacking illegal guns in trying to our add to their restrictions on those. they have much more standing in powerful arguments and the talk about getting illegal guns off the streets, many of which are sold in seven states and up in cities like new york. illegally and then

i am lou dobbs. ♪ ♪ ♪ lou: good evening, everyone.nke announcing that they will reduce the bond program by $10 million in january. while saying that the paper will continue further measured steps at future meetings if the economy stays on course. and here is the outgoing fed chairman explaining why the decision was made to begin reining in what has been an explosive expansion of the fed's balance sheet and the greatest capital injection into our financial system in history. >> policy actions today reflect the assessment that the economy is continuing to make progress. and that it also has farther to travel before conditions can be judged as normal. notably, despite headwinds, the economy has been expanding at a moderate pace and we expect that growth will pick up somewhat in coming quarters, helped by highly accommodated monetary policy is and waning fiscal drag. lou: the dow jones, 14 times in the our leading up to the announcement, panicked by an intimation that the fed would cut back the bond purchases. implementing this so-called

lou: senator john grosso.quickly to the weekend box office and bring you up-to-date. tujunga sequel struggle. the high bid, the desolation of smog debuting in first place and earning nearly $74 million for warner brothers. last week's number one, disney's fraises slipping to second place bringing in just over 22 million. tyler perry's idea christmas opened in third place, $16 million. in the music world, beyonce shattering records it reader self titled surprise alban, the fastest selling ever on the itunes torte with an unprecedented 830,000 albums sold in just three days. that is in sta contrast to lady gaunt house new album, are pop. it sold a dismal 250,000 copies in its first week and will reportedly cost interscope records $25 million in promotional campgn costs forcing, some say, layoffs. we would like to take a moment to give you a sneak peek of a new book shorten the grip national media and to become a welcome a favorite over the holiday season and into the new year. it is called the people, winning ba

. ♪ ♪ lou: new reports that the obama administration lied a lot of the year. i'm lou dobbs.: good evening, everybody. a "washington post" reporting that the obama white house delayed enacting controversial regulations on health care, the environment, and worker safety, all trying to help the president win reelection last year. thaa is according to the seven current and former obama administration officials who told the "washington post" that the motive behind many of those delays were simply political. at the white house today press secretary jay carney try to defend the delays claiming that they were just being thorough. >> the administration is committed to regulatory strategy that maintains a balance between bedecking health and welfare, and safety of americans in promoting economic growth, job creation, competitiveness, and innovation. our goal is not to move rules hastily but to maximize the effectiveness and benefits of the rules of the complete. lou: the president said -- press secretary obviously reading from a prepared script in answering a reporter's question to my

lou: thank you very much.pite the president's defiance, millions of americans face a fast approaching deadline to avoid a gap in health care coverage. over 5 million individual plans have already been canceled. most with policies that expire at the end of the month and with an obamacare website that is still far from fixed or finished . enrolling for new health care itself is an uncertain process yet. fox news chief national correspondent jim angle has our report. the christmas r rush this year will not just be for items to go under the tree. december 203rd is also the new >> has not even been built yet civic figure you very much. on wall street today stocks extended losses the s&p down six and the nasdaq fell eight 4/8 but still off the lows a federal judge ruled detroit is eligible for chapter nine bankruptcy protection and the court could cut future payments to thehe pension system as part of the bankruptcy. r carmakers reporting the best sales in six and a half years in sales climbed 9% inmb november.ti mu

lou: thank you very much.pite the president's defiance, millions of americans face a fast approaching deadline to avoid a gap in health care coverage. over 5 million individual plans have already been canceled. most with policies that expire at the end of the month and with an obamacare website that is still far from fixed or finished . enrolling for new health care itself is an uncertain process yet. fox news chief national correspondent jim angle has our report. the christmas rush this year will not just be for items to go under the tree. december 203rd is also the new court could cut future payments to the city's pension systems as part of the bankruptcy. some good news for the motor city reporting the best sales month and six and a half years. sales climbed nearly 9% in november. much more still ahead. vice-president joe biden does nothing to ease tension in the south china sea. in fact, he blasts the territorial claims and its air defenses down and former secretaries of state kissinger and schulz lay out

i'm lou dobbs. >>> good evening everybody. the president today defiantly declared that baem care is here to stay regardless of its failures during a sometimes rambling, at times contradictory speech that included shots at republicans for opposing obama care. >> we've learned not to make wild promises about how perfectly smooth it's going to be at all times. do not let the initial problems with the website discourage you. we're going to keep on working to fix whatever problems come up. whatever comes up, we're going to fix them. we're not repealing it as long as i'm president. >> those statements come after announcing just yesterday and again today that the administration had met their own self-imposed deadline of november 30th to have the website problems fixed. fox news chief white house correspondent ed henry is at the white house tonight with our report. >> the bottom line is this law is working and will work into the future. >> reporter: a defiant president obama tried to change the narrative on his botched rollout claimin

i'm lou dobbs. >>> good evening, everybody.he washington pot, today, released a damming poll for the obama administration, the president's approval ratg at the end of his fth year in office has fallen to 43% with a disapprova rating with 55%. the post writing of the findings, quote, president bush had a 47% at the end of the his firefight year of presidenc and other post war ii presidents. the numbers get worse. when asked who they trust to do a better job with the nation's approximate? respondents have the president nowied with congressional republicans at 41%. only a year ago, the president had a 15-point lead. now it's gone. all gone. the president also trails republicans on the economy by four points. last year at this time, president obama held an 18-point lead on economic issues. the revelations of scandal after scandal the declarations that have turbid out to be lies and the failed rollout of the federal health care law has contributed to his nose dive in his poll, jay carney today, admitted that the president's sinking