martha? martha: it's a nightmare. is there any upside to this, is it a positive impact on the drought there or not really? >> yeah. it is going to help a great deal. it is a slow-moving statewide soaker exactly what we need after two years of the driest years on record. of course the key will be the snow pack. we're getting up to nine inches of rain up north and several feet of snow and that is really the water bank for california. that will be critical. they will be looking at those stations in the sierra mountains later today. but california, december, january, february, as we get 90% of the our moisture that is usable. right now we're getting it down here. it's a good thing. no fatalities, no injuries reported. back to you. martha: william, thank you very much. bill: seeing some folks in kayaks out there, in the parking lot of a strip mall. amazing. martha: terrible. bill: call it a early christmas gift for drivers. prices at pump dropping by the day but could cheaper gas be bad for the economy? stuart varney will

martha?ll a thawing relationship with cuba mean the convicted cop killer hiding in havana will now come back and face the rest of her prison term? the victim's family would like to know the answer to that question. >> there wasn't any doubt in the jury's mind, there wasn't any doubt in the judge's mind, and there's definitely not any doubt in law enforcement's mind. >> new jersey state police will not give up on catching her. martha: big story in all of this. former nypd police commissioner is here with his take on the chances of that happening. bill: also a devastating fire ripping through an apartment building during the heart of rush hour. where this happened. martha: and the white presidents using executive action far less than his predecessors. coming under new scrutiny, is the number actually far higher and does it matter what you call it? >> i'm slightly confused. you said executive orders are quite sweeping. doesn't that make the point "usa today" was trying to make that no matter wha

martha: sure i was.e a pennsylvania man battling cancer getting much-needed help thanks to the generosity of a stranger. a anonymous donor paying $50,000 to pay for experimental drug partially covered by insurance. the recipient named matt says the donation could save his life. >> overwhelming out of the goodness of his heart he would donate that kind of money. he is saving my life. we're trying his hardest too. martha: let's hope it works. someone donated money with a chance meeting at a restaurant in beaver, pennsylvania. what a story. bill: this time of year like to hear more of it. i would like to let it go but i can't at the moment. martha: on our minds all day now. thank you, everybody. bill: more news on jeb bush. we're hearing more from his spokesperson. martha: not making a final decision. bill: happening now has that next. >> speaking of jeb bush we begin with a fox news alert and a big announcement just moments ago. the former florida governor saying he has decided to actively explore running

martha: i'm martha maccallum. this shooter ismaaiyl brinsley killed ken liu and rafael ramos. >> he said watch what i'm going to do. he walks north bound on tompkins, circles back around and comes up behind the police officers. bill: jonathon hunt is there where it all unfold >> reporter: there is shock and sadness at the point where those officers were killed. there has been a steady stream of people paul morning coming to pay their respects, police officers among them. a short time ago we saw a group of a dozen nypd officers who stood silently as they paid their respects to officers rafael ramos and wenjian liu. those two gunned down senselessly. ismaaiyl brinsley pumping four bullets into the closed passenger window of the patrol car. those two officers never saw him coming. bill: the story is he acted alone. has that changed? >> reporter: they say it's a lone act by ismaaiyl brinsley who had a grudge against the police. after he shot his former girlfriend in baltimore he traveled here by bus and during that ti

good morning, martha. martha: i'm martha maccallum. busy morning. we take to you live pictures as everybody gets ready to roll. jeh johnson the homeland security chief. he will claim it's just a common sense approach. bill: chris stirewalt, good morning to you. he will likely argue what? >> that it's no big deal. nothing to see here, doesn't matter, this is just a slight tweaking in the enforcement of the law. however, that's not what he hear from other parts of the administration. especially when we heard president obama tell protesters that they changed the law. when they talk to activists and potentially hispanic voters. they are talking out of both sides of their mouth because secretary johnson says no big deal at all. bill: they will get a chance to question johnson face to face. >> between now and the 11th of december when the emergency funding measure that keeps government open in the absence of a budget, the issue of immigration and this spending package are totally connected. the republican means by which they hope they can turn back the pr

bill: here is martha. martha: the u.s.ing a range of options of state-sponsored cyber terrorism. brett, you listen to the report, it is very unnerving. we have such a big discussion of how the privacy is invaded all the time because the nsa is everywhere and it appears they have no idea how the attack happened. >> at least they are saying that. i think you have a pretty decent idea of where it came from and a pretty decent idea of the vehicle for which it happened. i was talking to the vice chairman of the senate committee, his exit interview essentially, he said cyber terrorism is such on the rise back in 2013 u.s. government facilities including the nuclear facilities or getting attacked 1 million times per day cyber attacks. we talk about the nsa and what they do and the concerns of privacy internally in the u.s. but another site is countering these attacks and having blue team, reds teams to deal with what is coming into the u.s., u.s. government assets as well. >> this is going to happen again because sony caved as ma

martha: i'm martha maccallum. reaction to this controversial report has been immediate and forceful. supporters say senator feinstein's report needed to be released in accordance with american values. but critics say it endangers american lives and cuts the cia off at it's ins. >> there may never be the right time to release this report. but this report is too important to shelf indefinitely. >> we are a national war. we have a problem with isil in iraq and syria and north africa. we have u.s. personal, intelligence officials military and special operators in harm's way. when you look at why would we release it now? what did we have to gain? >> in this case i believe we have been thrown under the bus and the politicians are playing political football with the cia. martha: what is the white house saying the potential threat inspired by releasing this potential report. >> reporter: a senior administration official tells us they have been preparing for the potential threat this report may bring about for five months.

martha: i'm martha maccallum. this report is going to outlike top secret interrogation techniques that were used in the war on terror. critics warn its release will only put more american lives in danger. here is the former cia director michael hayden. >> this will be used by our enemies to motivate people to attack americans overseas. bill: all of our overseas posts received a warning to review their security posture for a range of reactions that might occur. k.t. macfarland joins us. >> according to the people who read it it will have two block busters. one, that the united states committed torture and suspects and the information gleaned from that torture was not effective. it's the democrats in the senate with the sign-off of the white house and the president. part of it is let's blame bush. the other part is the democrats are leaving the senate, let many kicked in the doors and smash the windows on their way out. if they can show the world how terrible we were in this, somehow we'll be forgiven of that great

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martha? martha: mike, thank you very much.eantime there is talk already on turkey and using territory in that country to continue this fight. pete hegseth is coming up on that to talk in a moment here. >>> a bomb threat targets a passenger jet in the sky. emergency crews scrambling to meet the flight when it lands at one of america's busiest airports. we'll have the latest what they found plus this. >> don't cut your gloves off. because the fight's not over. justice will come to ferguson. martha: al sharpton promising that the battle over ferguson goes on today but are his comments helpful or do they ultimately stir up more trouble? bill: a emotional moment as a boy missing for four years is finally reunited with his mother. the incredible story about how that boy was rescued. >> they were out in the yard cleaning up every day that we got in. >> who does that to a child and your child? bill: you're about to meet a boy missing for four years found alive in the state of georgia. his mother traveling from her home in florida for

martha: there is always hope. good morning, everybody. i'm martha maccallum. this meeting comes while congress is at a major prols roads. will law makers avoid a shutdown. republicans prepared to go all the way to stop the president's action on immigration. senator mcconnell says in his opinion, something has to be done. >> we ought to bust it up. pass as much as we can starting with the border securities which is a way of reassuring the american people that we are not going to have another calamity like we have had. bill: sir, good morning to you. what's the expectation for this meeting? >> city would say low. if the president cared about the opinion of house and senate republican leadership on immigration would have worked a deal with them. he wouldn't have gone the executive amnesty the route. this is a pro forma meeting that has to take place. the two sides have to meet. but its hard to think anything subject and tough will come out of -- it's hard to see you anything substantive will come out of it. bill: you make the point they have a lot in common on th

martha: i'm martha maccallum. last night there were dozens of arrests as the protesters began to flood into new york city in the times square region particularly. they were chanting they do believe race was a factor when the police put eric garner in a chokehold back? july. here is part of a tape of that incident. bill: on that recording garner saying he can't breathe 11 times. the white house reaction was quick. >> this is an issue we have been dealing with for a long time. i'm not interested in talk, i'm interested in action. i'm committed as president of the united states to making sure we have a country where everybody believes in the core principle that we are equal under the law. bill: between the christmas tree lighting at rockefeller center and the protests it was a busy scene. >> reporter: one demonstration is planned for later today, but at this hour in mid-town man things are quiet but things could soon change. demonstrators fanned out across the city. a few dozen laid down on the ground at grand centra

martha.cover this morning and continuing coverage as we get ready for the president's statement on the release of alan gross and what it means for cuban relations. we will be right back. it comes in oral rinse, spray or gel, so there's moisturizing relief for everyone. biotene, for people who suffer from a dry mouth. martha: pretty busy morning turn the out to be. bill: alan gross will speak from his newly-found apartment. martha: happy to be home. we wish him and his family back here tomorrow. see you on radio. see you on o'reilly tonight. bill: we have an interrogation today. we do. kilmeade. martha: bye everybody. >> big news today. we start with a fox news alert. as we've been reporting an american jailed in cuba for five years now on his way home. we wait for president obama within an hour to announce the release as part of a major shift in u.s. foreign policy toward cuba. welcome to "happening now." i'm eric shawn in for jon scott. heather: i'm heather nauert in for jenna lee. what a bu

martha: i'm martha maccallum. the bush administration officials including former vice president dick cheney refusing to apologize. bill: director brennan will face reporters on techniques he supports and supported during the bush administration. martha: the cia director is set to defend something the president strongly criticized. how is this going to play out? >> reporter: that's a good question. it's highly unusual. he's having a press conference and that is rare indeed. the release of the senate committee report on enhances interrogation has led to people calling for war crimes convictions. brennan said it saved american lives. the administration condemned and ended the practice of enhanced interrogation in 2009 but has retained two of its directors. >> reporter: you don't see a conflict ... >> the president has complete confidence in the professio in e professionalism of these individuals and that they are following the law and doing everything necessary to protect the mayor cash people. the president is bleed

martha: we are back.oing none this situation in said -- a lot going on in this situation in sydney. we saw police go through the door. more people came out. lots of shots fired. so we are clearly at a huge turning points at what has been an unbelievable siege of a coffee shop in sydney. it looks like at least one other woman ran up the street coming out the door. we don't know about the morning has been holding them hostage. let's listen in here for a second. >> that would have followed a decision they were in mortal danger. they are being signaled to bring out extra personnel. >> glance crews -- they are calling for ambulance crews. so there are going to be injuries, or they wouldn't be calling for these crews. medics going in as indeed the bomb disposal experts are going forward. they are being steered towards the building. i thinking about held back for his own safety as those operatives continue to clear the space. what was interest being the beginning of this assault is there were two operatives that

martha: is it not?n't that at the basis what is so important about the discussion being had in this room? >> martha, doesn't it go further than that? this is professor at one of the great institutions of america. they can all say this and gel annoyed, this is not unusual for a professor to use his intellectual ability to deceive the american people to serve his ideology. going on way we educate our american children at some left-wing universities. this is a professor who admitted he lied. appears if some lies are under oath. he just can't recall. he is teaching our young people, how many more are like that, create a deceptive model to help a liberal or left-wing democrat get something accomplished? martha: evidenced by videos he saw in the room, says as part of his excuse i was speaking to technical and academic audiences. i'm struck by the fact, mr. mayor, in those rooms there was barely a at this timer, when he was saying you have to rely on stupidity of american people. they will not understand how t

host: martha bayles. guest: well, i made the joke earlier that some people in la are calling this a huge publicity marketing stunt. i think that is, you know, a good joke. what is think that is going on. it is not really a platform, in my understanding of a platform. i have ow that -- and heard -- that sony corporation has actually been thinking about selling sony pictures. are some interested buyers. and the hem is cbs, china -- the alibaba in china has tion been expressing interest recently in purchasing sony pictures. but i am not giving into conspiracy theories, myself. i think the world is too big and too complicated for anyone to pull off such a conspiracy is that. but it is comforting to think that there's somebody out there all this to make happening -- conspiring to make all this happen. host: martha bayles, the recent author of "through a screen darkly: popular culture, public diplomacy, and america's image abroad". thank you so much for joining from boston this morning. guest: my pleasure. merr

let me bring back now david gergen, martha pease. we sort of went to break there to continue what you would tell the mayor, you've got to try to get beyond this because it's essential for the city to heal. >> first of all, martin, let me say thank you to you. you're bringing a calm voice to this which i think is really helpful.

have you ever heard of martha? that's martha. martha was a passenger pigeon. she died at the cincinnati zoo at 1 p.m. on september 1, 1914, at the ripe old age of 29. martha was not an extraordinary passenger pigeon. she just happened to be the last. passenger pigeons were fan fanatically gregarious creatures. consequently, they were very easy to kill. the decline happened fast. in the early part of the 1880's, big flocks, including millions of birds were known. before the end of that decade, groups of 200 were noteworthy. the last wild bird was shot by a 14-year-old boy in ohio on march 24, 1900. after that, the species was only known in captivity. and martha was the last of that crowd. upon her death, martha's small body was frozen in a block of ice and shipped to the smithsonian. ironic, isn't it? billions of passenger pigeons have been killed with no attention to their biology or their anatomy or their ecology. but upon her death, martha's little body was seen as precious, in accord with the scarcity theory of value. like other extinction crises, the one t

so, here we have a campaign postcard of martha griffiths who was one of the influential women members from the 1950s into the 1970s, she represented a michigan district and like some of the earlier women here, like julia butler hansen, she has got a lot of experience before she ever comes to congress. she is lawyer. she serves as a judge in michigan. and she is like the to the house in 1954. she comes in in 1955. and she, too, very quickly moves into positions of influence. she is the first woman after a number of women in congress had campaigned with the speaker, to get a seat on the very exclusive ways and means committee, the tax committee. and from that position, she really weighs in on a lot of issues affecting women monetarily. every year, she reintroduced the equal rights amendment, a history in the house in congress going back to 1923. ed bill stuck in the judiciary committee and never came out. she was a lawyer by training, very critical of the supreme court, she didn't think the supreme court was ever gonna decide a case that would make women truly equal with men. she got be

martha? >> thanks, terry, that sounds dangerous. >>> let's take this on with our abc contributor and former state department official, steven ganyard. let's start from that vantage point. how dangerous was this? >> very dangerous. any time you're flying airplanes without the transponder on in a very crowded commercial air space it's dangerous. because air traffic controllers can't see it. remember, in the previous incident, we came within 300 feet of russian airplane and another aircraft, so it's very dangerous. >> lot of these intercepts lately, a dutch f-16 that intercepted a russian plane. take us through that. >> an unprecedented numbers of sorties coming out of russia, it's like back to the future. you got to launch airplanes out of nato air bases, i.d. them -- >> they fly right next to the airplane. >> we saw a terrific video of that. it's really back to the future. >> but all of this brings us back to the tension in ukraine, so, why do they send the jets there and what does this do to

this is easily the worst day of martha hall's 84-year life. not even her cane survived. she was about to deliver christmas pies when her suv took a direct hit. >> everything hit. looked like it was trying to take it up off the ground and everything rumbled and shake. i bowed down, i remember that, my head like this. i was just saying take care of us. take care of us. and he did. >> reporter: all six homes and three businesses on martha's block are no more. >> i was standing right over here. >> reporter: across the street jeff pennington and seven co-workers had just finished eating dinner at their christmas party when they spotted the tornado. >> there was just no time to do anything really. just hit the floor. everything seemed like it was about to blow and it literally did. the roof came off. the ceiling came off. >> reporter: more than 100 homes and businesses now damaged or destroyed. the collapsing structures killed four adults, injuring many others and declaring states of emergency in two counties. >> our hearts go out to the families of these particularly at this

martha, you first.mean to the workers of walmart, that something has been done, a declaration has been made that has come down on the side of the workers. what do you make of it? >> it's a victory. it validates what we do is legal and protected by law. so we can all stand together and make walmart a great place to work, a great place for the economy. i'm thrilled. >> were you subject to any intimidation, did you have any friends that went through hell? >> i had a lot of friends go through hell. personally, i've just had my hours cut. but that's enough. i've had three terminated from my store. i don't know how i'm still there. >> you think that you're going to be able to stay there in the wake of this? >> as long as i keep fighting and as long as i'm the model employee, yes, i still have a job. >> mr. greenwald, this is just the latest example of illegal retaliation by walmart. what's it going to take for these workers, or should i say walmart to start listening to the workers and the workers to be effec

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>> martha raddatz leading us off. martha, thank you. >>> tonight, there is new fallout in that massive hack attack on a major hollywood studio, those very private and raw e-mails written about actors, about the president. now made public. criticizing angelina jolie's talent, tom cruise, questions about whether he's too old for a certain role. even comments about president obama. well, tonight here, the apologies now pouring in, and the question, is it too late to repair the damage? abc's cecilia vega. >> hello north korea! >> reporter: at tonight's premiere of "the interview," there will be no interviews. >> you want us to kill the leader of north korea? >> yes. >> what? >> reporter: sony blocking press at the red carpet for its controversial comedy about north korea. even trying to shut down our camera. some of the biggest names in hollywood humiliated in this all-out cyber war. newly leaked stolen e-mails reportedly show a studio executive bashing star comedian kevin hart for demanding more money in exchange for twe

let's get right to abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz. and martha, we're going to hear some very graphic detail about what happened and in some cases, even when there was no information gleaned? >> reporter: that's right, david. it's why those diplomatic and military facilities around the globe are bracing for potential violence targeting americans. because the report is that explosive. despite the risk, the white house said today it supports the release of the report, described as "extremely graphic" with shocking detail about waterboarding and other interrogation methods the cia conducted during the dark days after 9/11. as one person familiar with the report said, "it will sound bad. it is harsh." torture, sometimes continuing even after interrogators concluded there was no more information to gain. waterboarding, the simulated drowning demonstrated here, was halted years ago, but the majority senate intelligence committee findings conclude that the cia misled the bush administration about the methods and the results of the coercive in

have a campaign postcard from martha, one of the most influential members.epresented a michigan district. like some of the earlier women like julia butler hansen, she has got a lot of experience before she ever comes to congress. she is a lawyer. a judge in as michigan. and she is elected to the house in 1954. she comes in a 1955. and she, too, very quickly moves into a position of influence. she is the first women come after number of women in congress had campaigned to the on the , to get a seat very exclusive ways and means committee -- the tax committee. from that position, she really of issues on a lot women -- monetarily -- but she is probably known best as the mother of the equal rights amendment. it has a history of the house and congress going back to 1923. uck in bill was just st the judiciary committee. it never came out. and she was a lawyer by training. she was very critical of the supreme court. supreme not think the court whatever decide a case -- that ever decide a case would make women truly equal with men. of the s it out judiciary committe

so, martha, what do we know about him? >> reporter: david, ash carter was deputy defense secretary up until a year ago. when he left, the chairman of the joint chiefs jokingly called him the most important, least known figure in washington. he did spend a good part of his career in academia, but with his prior pentagon experience, he does know budgets, bombs and the building very well. what the president is hoping that carter brings to the job that some perceived hagel did not is a real depth of knowledge and focus on isis and the problems in iraq and syria. of course, the drawdown in afghanistan is on the horizon, as well. but this is going to be a very critical period at the pentagon, with very little time left for the president and his team to try to turn things around. david? >> all right, martha raddatz tracking changes at the top of the pentagon. martha, thank you. >>> and we are following two stories out of the nfl tonight. first, an emotional moment on capitol hill today. nfl executive and former player troy vincen

let's get right to abc's martha raddatz, leading us off tonight. martha? >> reporter: david, some of these detainees are al qaeda operatives suspected in taking part in the worst terrorist attacks in this country's history. the details of what american interrogators did to detainees are vivid and gruesome. stripped naked and diapered, one detainee chained to a wall for 17 straight days in a standing position, another threatened with a drill, one left to die in a cell from hypothermia. at least five detainees were hydrated or fed through a tube inserted into the colon to give the interrogator, quote, total control over the detainee. >> the interrogations of cia detainees were absolutely brutal, far worse than the cia represented them to policy-makers and others. >> reporter: the first terrorist detained, abu zubaydah, a key al qaeda operative, was waterboarded 83 times at a cia black site. after convulsing and vomitting, in one session he became completely unresponsive, with bubbles rising through his open, full mouth. kept in a coffin-size box for 11 days,

so, let's get right to washington and martha, this was unprecedented. you had to give up your smartphone, all of your devices walking in? >> reporter: you certainly did, david. i've never been to a live press conference at the cia where you give up all electronics, cameras are restricted. but the director held this rare press conference to say that valuable information was gained from the so-called enhanced interrogation techniques, though he said the question remains whether the information could have been gained without those harsh methods. inside the lobby of the cia, where 111 stars memorialize those killed in the line of duty, john brennan reminded everyone how this all began. >> it was 8:46 a.m. on the morning of september 11th, 2001. >> reporter: and the extraordinary responsibility his agency took on in the aftermath. >> never again, we vowed. never again. >> reporter: brennan readily admitted that the cia was unprepared to handle a detention program and unauthorized interrogation techniques were used that were abhorrent. but he said there were

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. >> i'm leah gabriel in for martha maccallum. so good to see you and all of you as well. the president met with a group marines at a base in hawaii. he thanked them and said afghanistan has a future thanks to their sacrifice. this is set as the u.s. will end its rule there at the end of the year. >> peter doocy has more on this. peter, how was the president first received. >> reporter: the president was received very well. he was beginning to talk about this is the beginning of the end of the war in afghanistan with the first lady at his side the crowd in the marine base in hawaii erupted >> we have been in continuous war now for 13 years, over 13 years and next week, we will be ending our combat mission in afghanistan. afghanistan has a chance to rebuild its own country. we are safer. it is not going to be a source

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn. the massive computer hack on sony pictures started back in november. the company brought to an electronic standstill sensitive and even embarrassing information leaked. there are reports that north korea is directly involved. there had been some question about that prior to today. the regime is furious over sony's new comedy called "the interview" which involves a cia plot to assassinate dictator kim jong-un. yesterday the attackers threatened to attack movie goers when the movie opens on christmas day. now sony pulls the plug on the movie's release tonight. trace gallagher has more. >> reporter: federal investigators say it has the hallmarks of a north rea attack but what's unclear is when the obama administration will point the finger at the north. it didn't necessarily come from inside north korea noting the country has a cyberwarfare military unit with 3,000 people and many are stationed in china. critics rightfully point out that by using threats and intimidation, north korea has

martha: how about we see you back here in an hour. jon: "outnumbered" starts right now. ♪ >> this is "outnumbered." i am andrea tantaros. here with us today, harris faulkner, kennedy, also from fox business, melissa francis. and our one hashtag one lucky guy, a regular, paul. and he is outnumbered. >> you are a busy man right now. your schedule is crazy. >> i'm on my way to denver this week through sunday. >> that is a great city. >> it really is. >> do you find people laugh more in colorado maybe because marijuana, cracking up at your jokes right and left? >> i actually buy it for the audience. >> who wants some gummy bears? >> hand them out as people come. and then i will be in d.c., the 19th through the 21st. martha: good, we need a lot of laughter in d.c. let's get to it. a new push for answers on capitol hill. the committee is holding its second hearing into the september 11, 2011, 12, tax in benghazi. their dizzily trying to find out what has been done since then two secure diplomatic facilities around the world. newly released

>> martha live in washington. martha, thank you. >>> now to the economy on wall street.the worst week in years for american and their 401(k)s. the dow closing more than 315 points today. let's get to your chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis. >> what is behind it is oil. oil prices are tanking. which is good for the consumer, prices at the pump now, $2 a gallon now. and for a number of companies that is bad news. that's what's been driving down stocks. if you look at the typical family's 401k, started out around $90,000, it has shrunk in $3,400 in a short span of time. it's important to put it in context. if you look at it for the year, stocks up 4%. so the 401(k) is also up. >> both sides for the oil headline. thank you. >>> now to washington and the battle over government funding. last night, the house nearly passing a $1 trillion spending bill under objections of some democrats and tea party republicans. and tonight, president obama calling it a major compromise urging the senate to support it. the senate expected to vote in the coming days. >>> we turn now to

tonight and martha, the lebanese authorities are now pointing to dna tests? >> reporter: they certainly are. the mystery really deepens tonight about this woman and her relationship with al baghdadi. but lebanese officials are telling abc news that a dna test shows that the child who they say is a 9-year-old girl, is the biological daughter of al baghdadi. the officials say that dna from baghdadi had been obtained from his time in u.s. military custody in iraq in 2004. but a u.s. military official denies that, telling us tonight that they did not gather dna from prisoners at the time and we still don't have any solid evidence that the woman they are questioning is a wife or a former wife or a common law wife. but clearly, they are gathering whatever information they can that might put them one step closer to baghdadi. >> but no question, they are pressing her for answers. >> reporter: they certainly are. >> all right, martha, always great to have you in new york. >>> now to the white house. the president getting ready for a republican house and senate after t

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