for a special message from martin dempsey chairman of the joints chief of staff and 74 west point graduate. >> thank you for the opportunity to showcase this national treasure during the holidays and to hear the music of the west point band the army's oldest and one of the very best. i don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of servicemen and women serving our nation at home and abroad during this holiday. i wish them and their family happy holidays. >> the holiday season would not be complete without the annual west point holiday concert in ienz hour hall. >> named for the class of 1915 graduates and eisenhowers is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire core of cadets. >> let's get right to it. here is the west point band in the huntington valley holiday concert performing holiday presence. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ rl ♪ ♪ o >> we hudson holiday concert as well as a behind the scenes look at the united states military academy. as we take a quick break here's the cadet glee club singing "mansions of the lord." ♪ ♪ ♪ could prote

for a special message from general martin dempsey chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. >> thank you the opportunity to show case this national treasure during the holidays and of course, to hear the music of the west point band, the army's oldest and one of its very best. i also don't want to miss the opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of servicemen and women, serving our nation add home and abroad during these holidays. i wish them happy holidays. >> the holiday would not be complete without the west point concert in eisenhower hall. named for the graduate and later president, dwight eisenhower, eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america, designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. >> so let's get right to it. performing holiday presents ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> j >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as abide the scenes look at the united states military academy. but as we take a quick break, here is the west point cadet glee club, singing mansions of the

chairman of the joint chiefs of staff general martin dempsey spoke with "the wall street journal." he said the strikes by the u.s.-led coalition took place in iraq between late last month and december 9th. dempsey said the three militants include abu muslim al turkmani, one of the closest and most senior aides of islamic state leader abu bakr al baghdadi. another was the head of the group's military operations in iraq. lieutenant general james terry says the coalition forces have gained the advantage in the fight against islamic state, also called daesh. >> we're seeing initial successes in this fight. my assessment is that daesh has been halted in transitioning to the defense and is attempting to hold what they currently have. >> the general says iraqi forces are showing improved capabilities and have retaken many critical areas. but terry adds patience is needed to defeat islamic state, saying it may take at least three years to stabilize the situation in iraq. >>> the recent charp depreciation of the ruble could be casting a shadow not only over russia's economy, but also over i

for a special message from general martin dempsey, chairman of the joint chiefs of staff and a 1974 westoint graduate. general. >> thanks for the opportunity to showcase this national treasure during the holidays, and of course to hear the music of the west point band the army's oldest and one of its very best. i also don't want to miss this opportunity to highlight the service and sacrifice of the millions of servicemen and women serving our nation at home and abroad during these holidays. i wish them and their families happy holidays. >> general dempsey, thank you. the holiday season would not be complete without the annual west point holiday concert in eisenhower hall. named for class of 1915 graduate, general and later president, dwight eisenhower eisenhower hall is one of the largest theaters in america designed to hold the entire corps of cadets. so let's get right to it. here's the west point band in the hudson valley holiday concert performing holiday presents. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we have much more of the hudson valley holiday concert as this special continues, as well as a behin

. >> joint chiefs chairman general martin dempsey says three key islamic state leaders in iraq have been killed in recent weeks. one of them is said to be a deputy to isis leader baghdadi. >> maoscow's economy is in the tank. but amy kelly tells us a long-winded putin today blamed the u.s. and its allies. >> reporter: president vladimir putin had a message -- everything will be all right. there could be two more years of economic uncertainty, he said, but russia will pull out of the situation, which he did not call a crisis. putin said that outside forces provoked the troubles, but he also blamed russia's own failure to wean itself off the sale of oil, which the price of which has plummeted. when asked if a currency collapse was the price to play for annexing crimea, he said, no, the west has been trying to bring russia to its knees since the end of the cold war, that they wanted to turn the russian bear into a teddy bear. >> maybe the they should just sit still and eat honey and buries and leave him in peace. but they will never leave him. they will always put him in a cage and tear out

. >> the chairman of the joint chiefs, general martin dempsey in an interview with "the wall street journal" said the u.s. air strikes against isis have taken out three of the group's top commendsers. quote, it is disruptive to their planning and commends and contractual, these are senior leadership. between december 3rd and december 9th, according to the staff, american military airstrikes killed the head of the islamic state's military operations in rack. u.s. air strikes killed a key deputy to abu al-baghdadi, the top leader of isis. a third top leader was killed in late november, the governor of mosul for isis. >> jennifer, what is the iraqi military doing right now to put some pressure on? >> from all accounts they're gearing up to retake mosul in the near future. the american three-star general in charge of the efforts to crush isis had this to say about the effect so far on isis. >> the ability for them to continue to expand in terms of terrain and geography out there. i think what we must do, especially inside of iraq, is continue to build those capabilities. i think you're at least

general martin dempsey telling the "wall street journal" the isis leaders were high valued targets senior. today boston bombing suspect tok tsarnaev appearing in court for the first time since july 2013. tsarnaev speaking briefly during final pre-trial hearing asked by the judge if the lawyers acted in his best interest he said very much. the trial starts january 5th. in texas a tv weatherman is shot in the parking lot of his tv station it happened in broad daylight as meteorologist patrick crawford was getting into his car. the gunman shot him at least twice. crawford was able to drive away and get help. the gunman got away. police say they do not know the motive. say crawford did not recognize the shooter. a win for the washington redskins. well, at least for the team name. today an fcc commission rejecting the petition to claim the name redskins violates broadcast indecency rules that means stations can say red skins without fearing government fines. thank you for being with us. see you tomorrow night at 7 p.m. eastern. good night from washington. don't forget to follow me at twitter i

general martin dempsey telling "wall street journal" that three key islamic state leaders were killedcent weeks. >>> jolly white-haired figure bringing holiday cheer to wall street. of course we're talking about janet yellen, not santa claus. the fed's patient outlook putting stocks in rally mode for the second straight day. take a look at that, almost 300 points. things not so merry with oil after flirting with $60 earlier today. lori rothman is here to discuss this with charlie gasparino and doug holtz-eakin, director and president of the american action forum. doug, let me start with you, what do you think of the big plunge in oil? >> look this is a really good news story in the end. it reflects the fact that u.s. production has broken pricing power of opec. the saudis took a look at emergence of u.s. as largest producer of liquid fuels and decided they need market share, not high prices and keep pumping. this is not temporary. this is change in the global markets and this is important. melissa: i covered oil a long time. in summer it was $147 a barrel. this is sea change. peak oil

fox news alert to tell you about now because a spokesman for the joint chiefs chair, general martin dempseyirming to fox news that u.s. air strikes have killed several top level isis leaders in iraq. warm front them was a deputy to the terror group's leader, aub your bakar al baghdadi. in addition to the most recent strikes, the u.s. has killed senior and midlevel isis commanders as well. we are following this story. it's breaking right now. we'll have more developments as they become available to fox. >>> in the meantime, new developments in the case of that young woman in mississippi found burned to death earlier this month. the father of 19-year-old jessica chambers spiking out saying he wants whoever killed his daughter kept in solitary confinement when that person is convicted. the reward for information has grown to $16,000 after a donation from the state fire marshall. >>> let's do some real talk now on the cyber terror attack. most likely by a rogue nuclear nation. forcing sony pictures to cancel its release of the movie "the interview." north korea declaring the comedy film an act

armed services committee in september with the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey are the pilots dropping bombs in iraq a direct combat mission and will u.s. forces will prepared to provide combat search and rescue if a pilot gets shot down? are they put boots on the ground to make that rescue successful. >> yes. >> want to bring in barbara starr from the pentagon and our cnn national security analyst bob baer. barbara, we heard from the jordanian spokesman who told cnn it appears that the f-16 fighter jet was shot at from the ground. what are you sources telling you and why does it make a difference how this jet went down? >> su >> reporter: our sources are telling us they think at this point it is unlikely it was shot down. they don't see the evidence yet. everyone's continuing to investigate what did bring the plane down. there's no final conclusion. but for now, it doesn't look like a shootdown. one of the reasons this is so important is the coalition, u.s. pilots, everybody else, they need to know if isis has some type of weapon that can reach their altitudes

to draw your attention to comments made by the chairman of the joint chief of staffs, general martin dempsey, made earlier this year. he said -- quote -- "we're currently on the clock, if you will. the president of the united states said to us in december, you know what, we've got about a year to review this thing and show me you can make a difference. we understand that just because senator gillibrand's vote was defeated yesterday doesn't mean that a year from now it may not be reintroduced. and if we haven't been able to demonstrate we're making a difference, you know then we deserve to be held to the scrutiny and the standard." mr. president, there is no mission in the world where our military -- in our military where this much failure would be allowed. and based on general dempsey's own time line, our men and women in uniform deserve a vote on this broadly bipartisan reform because the military has not been able to demonstrate that they can make this difference. and, therefore, they should be held to the scrutiny this year. throughout last year we have continued to see the evidence of ho

not really, because starting last week an order came from the joint chiefs of staff, general martin dempsey, the chairman, out to the worldwide combatant commanders to be ready when the report is released. the concern is a lot of material may appear online now. it will be read around the world. whether it is accurate, ink context or propaganda put out y about the cia by isis, there may be -- may be -- violent repercussions. the concern is u.s. embassies, u.s. military bases around the world, u.s. troops in afghanistan, in iraq, in the middle east. so what has happened since last week is u.s. marine which is basically run the emergency response forces in africa and in the middle east have been put on this heightened state of alert. they are now ready to go faster than ever before if a violent situation was to break out. look, let's be clear. the pentagon, the white house, congress, everybody hopes it does not happen. but it has happened in the past. u.s. embassies have come under attack and, of course, ever recalls the situation with the u.s. government compound in benghazi, libya. that is w

and we heard from martin dempsey and the man in charge of military operations within iraq, lieutenantry said it would take a minimum of three years for iraqi forces to be trained and reliable to the point they could carry the fight against isil. so some very interesting questions there. even as the air strikes continue some 1600 -- i'm sorry 1360 -- 1361 to be exact by the pentagon account as of yet have taken out many high-valued targets. we heard from the mayor of mosul, which of course still is under the control of isil forces. so there are foreign policy issues here that go beyond north korea, certainly david. >> there has been a lot of discussion and speculation in washington and other places that china must have had to have played some sort of role in helping north korea carry out this sophisticated cyber attack. i wonder if you could give us the latest about how far the obama administration is willing to go in that avenue in suggesting that north korea did get help from china or other bad actors? >> i think you are not going to see them divulge a great deal of information in th

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that's according to general martin dempsey, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff.d "the wall street journal" that the air strikes happened in iraq in recent weeks. he says: "these are high-value targets, senior leadership." in nigeria, suspected islamic extremists have killed 35 people and kidnapped at least 185 more. it happened sunday in a remote, northeastern village, near the town where boko haram militants seized 276 schoolgirls in april. the news took days to get out because the militants destroyed communications towers. russian president vladimir putin vowed today that his country's economy, and the ruble, will bounce back within two years. in a three-hour news conference, he blamed falling oil prices anç western sanctions over ukraine, and russia's dependence on exporting oil and gas. >> ( translated ): of course the current situation has been caused primarily by external factors. but also, much of what wasç planned to be done and what we said we should do hasn't been done with regards to the diversification of our economy over a period of nearly twenty ye

host: a little bit more from his story -- martin dempsey u.s. he was concerned that to ders were leaning conclude that a nationstate was behind the attack. made, nd if that call is it will be a moment to confronts that reality. if you want to join a conversation this morning -- 202-748-8001 for republicans. 202-748-8000 for democrats. 202-748-8002 for independents. 202-748-8003 for outside the united states this morning. the sony tors view attempt to contact the north korean government as possibly implicating the government. it is possible somebody else using the een malware, which could have reached out to north korea on its own. the attacker creates a very for the obama administration, in part because such a breach is not the hacking scenario contemplated drills government's many and contingency planning. eric is calling in from hyattsville, maryland. eric, what you think about all this? caller: yes, good morning. thank you for taking my call. or angry , very mad against sony because we all know that the united states not bow to terrorists. on