mike emanuel was at the white house for years and years and spent a lot of time over there. mike, the organization that is the white house is like a battle ship. you don't turn it on a dime. >> right. >> this has to have been going on for a long time. this isn't about this president or this presidency. this is older than that, isn't it? >> well, absolutely. you look at the mandate of the secret service is to protect the president of the united states. the first family, the white house and other dignitaries as necessary and it's always been a very sacred honor to do so and a lot of professionals are willing to take a bullet for the president or whoever they are protecting, but you have incidents brought up in yesterday's hearing on capitol hill, 2011, shots fired, secret service officers draw their weapons, and they didn't discover until four days later when a housekeeper noticed that the front of the white house had been damaged, bullets actually struck the front of the white house. that was one of the episodes that they were fired up about. both republicans and democrats. li

lou: mike emanuel. thank you. three weeks away from the obamacare second open enrollment period. report suggesting that consumers could see some of the same math that they saw a year ago. according to "the new york times", the backend of the obamacare exchange for the government uses to enroll people in the health care plans and send payments to insurance companies is still not finished. adding to perspective problems, web traffic is projected to be much higher with new consumers and many of the 7 million who bought private plans last year flooding onto the exchanges coming november 15. we are learning disturbing details about the suspect accused of killing two sheriff's deputies and wounding two others in a shooting rampage in northern california on friday. federal officials say the 34-year-old may have lived under a number of different identities. he was reported twice to mexico and had drug convictions and investigators are now trying to determine how a man with his background could have avoided scrutiny and capture. we're coming right back, so stay with us. lou: does the cons

but we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on the ground in wichita, kansas, tonight hi, mike. >> reporter: bret, good evening. nobody thought red state kansas would be on the list in 2014, but after a sluggish start, incumbent pat roberts has come back swinging. >> we're going to win this race because when people find out that my opponent is not an independent, but in fact a liberal democrat, it's over. >> reporter: with less than four weeks to go, roberts is all about defining his opponent, arguing that greg orman is no independent. >> he's trying to nail his position, like trying to nail jell-o on the wall. first he says, well, if the republicans were in the majority, i'd be a republican. if the democrats were in the majority, i'd be a democrat. >> reporter: there are signs the attacks are working, with roberts taking a five-point lead in the latest fox poll after he's trailed in other surveys. orman is a wealthy businessman whose aides ignored our request for an interview and wouldn't even say where he's campaigning. his campaign is famous for not announcing event

mike emanuel has that part of story. >> ebola is a sears threat to public health around the world. >> reporter: with news of a new york doctor now sick with ebola, darrell issa set a serious tone. >> this is a scathing report, page after page, the inventory outdated, stuff that we thought we spent millions of dollars and we are prepared. >> reporter: an internal watch dog says the department of homeland security botched -- >> as a result dhs did not readily know how much protective equipment and drugs it had on hand or where it was being stored. >> reporter: an administration official tried to reassure law acres that after a bumpy start the response as improved. >> do i think we have done a good job preparing hospitals for this disaster, yes i do. >> reporter: and there are those downplaying the danger. >> maybe it's just me, but lately when a government agency comes before this committee especially and tells me there's nothing to worry about and we got this, that's when i start to worry. >> reporter: a nurse's union official says the vast majority of nurses don't feel adequately trai

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel comes in with news from washington. , mike. >> reporter: shannon, we expect to learn soon what the next move will be for a tea party group after a federal judge ruled the case is no longer relevant because the irs eventually approved tax-exempt status for the organization. catherine engelbrecht from "true the vote" that the irs made unnecessary, burdensome and unlawful requests about the group's activities. since judge reggie walton dismissed all counts of the lawsuit, she and her legal team are considering the next move. she says there is nothing to stop irs from targeting conservative groups again. some on the hill at head of the probe saying engelbrecht was treated poorly just for exercising her first amendment rights. >> never mind the fact they had to wait three years. never mind someone like catherine engelbrecht applied for tax-exempt status gets visits from fbi, harassed by observe sharks gets visits from atf, the texas department of environmental concerns and then, she gets audited personal and business by inter

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel tells us how the facts do not line up with what the obama administration has been saying. >> reporter: these documents reveal immigration officials released illegals who had charges of homicide, drug making. >> why the administration puts the interest of individuals who are in the country illegally ahead of the interest of innocent americans when it comes to their public safety i don't think anybody can answer. >> an immigration and custokusc enforcement officers said the discretionary releases made the ice were of low-level offenders. jay carney made an argument it was about saving money. >> the agency released these low-ri low-risk, non-criminal detainees to ensure ice stayed within its own budget. >> then director john morton was pressed by congressman randy forbes. >> i'm looking at the list here and just running through a couple of them. but no one on that list was charged or convicted with murder, rape or sexual abuse of a minor, were they? >> they were not. >> today representative earnest said he wasn't familiar with individual cases

. >> mike emanuel looked at the biden effect. >> the president's point man on dealing with iraq, cuttingt waste and the 2009 stimulus plan. he has had controversial moments and overall it is complicated. >> while testing the waters for a run for president vice president joe biden piers to be buildi -- appears to be building more power. ron clklain is the new ebola czar. he is a loyalist at mr. obama's side. loyalty comes headaches. while the president vice prides himself on foreign policy biden earlier this month committed a diplomatic faux paus suggesting america's friends were helping the enemy in syria. >> our biggest problem is our allies. our allies in the region. >> he apologized to officials from turkey, the uae shortly after that comment. he offended some in the asian community with politically incorrect. >> i stopped in singapore to talk to lee kwan u which they say is the most wisest in the orient. >> his 44-year-old son hunter had been discharged from the navy reserve after testing positive for cocaine. despite the embarrassment he says biden can be helpful to democratics. >>

. >> mike emanuel reports on that tonight from washington. mike. >> hi, megyn.state department officials say this five-page memo was not discussed at the highest levels and suggests it never went very far in the process. and spokesperson jen psaki says the idea of bringing sick noncitizens to the u.s. irrelevant. >> the important point here is our european partners since several weeks ago when that was written have addressed this by providing a garn teen to health workers that they would be flown to europe or receive high quality treatment on spot. so it's not applicable at this point. >> in the memo marked sensitive gi detail saying there are four medical e situations situations. one, medical evacuation capacity, two, overflight, refueling andn;Ñ landing permission, three, a hospital able and unwilling to treat the patient, and four, backstop reimbursement art $200,000 for medevac and $300,000 per treatment for case. plus note the need for 24-hour care with up to seven medical professionals on duty attending that one patient. [yu bob goodlatte is furious saying

bill: mike emanuel there in washington.ecret service embarrassed by several instances this year. last month a man with a knife was able to climb the white house fence, run across the lawn and get inside. three days earlier a convicted felon with a gun was allowed to ride in an elevator with the president. in the week before agents grabbed a guy who jumped over the fence in the white house on the anniversary of 9/11. bill: this case for the white house was on a lockdown at pennsylvania avenue. inmate arrested after following a motorcade in the outermost security checkpoint and in march secret service and three agents home for alleged night of drinking found passed out in the hotel hallway. they left on two of the five locations and two of those occasions the president was home. it raises questions. martha: he has his work cut out for him. critics are calling a new democratic get out the vote effort in georgia over the line. from the ferguson riots which happened in missouri, not in georgia, these are the posters that show th

mike emanuel tonight on a move that was scud udden if not surprising. >> met with director pierson and accepted her resignation. >> with two security breaches, one with president obama at the cdc with an armed security guard and a fence jumpera got deep into the white house. >> we have seen recent and accumulating reports raising questions of the performance of the agency and the president concluded that new leadership of that agency was required. >> but this morning the president saying he fully supported her. >> he fully has confidence in the leadership of the secret service to protect himself and his family. >> i think it's time that she be fired by the president of the yooil united states or that she resign. >> as the hours went by, more and more lawmakers called for a change. joseph clancy, a former special agent in charge of the protective division would return as acting director. a former presidential prosecutor turned south carolina republican congressman says secret service must be held to a higher standard. >> i do not enjoy criticizing law enforcement, in fact it's my least

but chief congressional corporate mike emanuel tells us tonight, some unfortunate citizens are learning the truth the hard way. >> i decided to fight this fight because i didn't do anything wrong. >> iowa grandmother carol runs a cash only mexican restaurant in arnold's park, iowa. she said that two agents had seized her check account, nearly $33,000. >> i had to scramble. i had to borrow, us had to beg, i had to put money on my credit cards, things i have never done before. it's been a year from hell. >> reporter: that hell caused by the irs which under a law designed to go after criminals or terrorists by tracking their cash critics say has harassed middle class americans who haven't been charged with anything. banks are required to report cash deposits greater than $10,000 because they're considered possible signs of criminal activity. >> we need judges to be engaged in these cases and force constitutional limits on government power to seize property. no one in america should lose their property without being convicted, let alone even being charged with a crime. that's what's happene

mike emanuel reports on a political teaching moment. >> reporter: the nation's top teachers unions are on track to spend a fortune on the midterm elections and tv ads and ground game designed to make a difference in sen torl races. >> the real clear politics average of recent polls has democrat incumbent senator kay haygan up barely by 1.2 points. tillis, the speaker of the house in raleigh has been attacked on education funding and responded in a recent debate. >> it's simply false, since 2011, we're spending a billion dollars more a year in education. this year, we provided an average 7% pay increase for teachers. >> teach90% of their money goes towards democratic candidates or against republican candidates. >> reporter: in kansas, republican incumbent sam brownback leads in the clear politics average of polls. >> we have been very focused this term both on united states senate races and gubernatorial elections, but as you know, the bulk of the policy happens at the state and local levels. >> american mfederation of teachers has-trying to margin marginalize teachers, dampen the vote.

mike emanuel wraps up seven of the most competitive excepts and brit hume on where the ration stands right now. >> constitutional right for privacy at the ballot box. >> the opponent as spent most of her time trying to deceive everybody about it her own views, there's no sacred right to not announce how we vote. >> reporter: mitch mcconnell t senate majority leader has a higher rating in his home state than favor. when grimes tried to blame mcconnell, he pounced. >> all of the jobs that have been lost here in the state. >> secretary grimes, if i may, congress didn't pass the measure. >> reporter: it's been the year's most expensive race with $100 million expected to have been spint. while conservative third party groups pummel grimes. >> grimes backed obama's re-election after he declared war on kentucky coal. allison grimes, president obama, a vote against coal. >> the real clear politics -- and reached back to the 80s to attack mcconnell on immigration. >> reaches back to the heart of everything that's wrong in washington. >> she went out of her way to call herself a clinton democr

on capitol hill, mike emanuel. >>> michael phelps is apologizing tonight for being arrested for dui.helps was arrested in baltimore. police say he was driving 84 miles per hour in a 45-mile-per- hour zone when police pulled him over. this is phelps second arrest. phelps has won 22 olympic medals that's more than anyone else in olympic history. phelps today issued an apology on twitter saying i know these words may not mean much right now but i'm deeply sorry to everyone that i let down. he went on to say. i understand the severity of my actions and take full responsibility. >>> a stark reminder today that california is still in a severe drought. we have some pictures two that tell the story. here is a picture of lake oroville in 2011. on the bottom, that's is where all the water used to be. as of september 4, our major reservoirs were at 36% capacity. unless our state gets a number of major storms to bring in the drought. let's bring in bill martin now. those picture there is are startling. >> you know how old i am. i lived up in that area. i grew up at lake oroville. i was there whe

mike emanuel live in washington. >> the if that was three days before the fence jumping incident when president obama was visiting the center for disease control in atlanta. during the visit the president was on an elevator with an armed security guard who has a criminal record. that violates secret service protocol. the background was only discovered because he wouldn't stop taking cell phone video of the president drawing attention to himself and then he was checked out. now the latest threat level revelations, it is time for secret service director julia pierson to go. >> i knew about the incident, but it was not yet in the public. i don't think she was candid and honest. it is time she be fired by the president of the united states or she resign. she did not tell the president of the da united states a three-time convict with a gun was in an elevator with the president. >> meanwhile the fence jumper will be in court today. indicted on federal and local charges and is scheduled to appear at u.s. district court in washington. charged with unlawfully entering every street a building

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chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with the latest from washington. hi, mike. >> reporter: eric, after bipartisan calls for change in leadership at secret service now there are bigger issues such as fixing the underlying problems. julia pierson's resignation was accepted sometime yesterday, effective immediately after a rough appearance on capitol hill tuesday. and there were the embarrassing security breaches in september, both one in an elevator when president obama was at the cdc in atlanta. and then the white house fence-jumper. many lawmakers are calling for a blue ribbon type commission to take a top to bottom look at secret service. >> we need an independent, outside commission to look and investigate into the secret service to find out how can we restore the fidelity and integrity of this agency. >> when we return in november, the bill will be officially filed. i do believe the administration would be supportive of this legislation as well. so it is my sincere hope we can get this done by the end of the year. >> reporter: the obama administrati

even homocide to mike emanuel in washington. >> you heard it right there. the white house solds these gaves as being low-risk, noncriminal detainees and it would save money. today our colleague, ed henry, at the white house, looking for answers. >> several months ago jay carney said, don't worry. we're not releasing anybody who is dangerous. >> we talk about why we believe it's important for us to increase security resources at the border to protect the border. we talk about how we believed that the deportation policy in the country should be focused on those individuals who pose a risk to the community and that will continue to be the focal point of our efforts. i'm not in a position to discuss individual cases. >> republican senator john con anyone is furious about the revolution, some released were accused homocide and other serious crimes saying, quote, time and again this demonstration it believe it is above the law. and dianne black says the continued incompetence of this administration is stunning, and, quote, even if the administration's assurances

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live in washington with a preview. >> today's meeting capitol hill is an off the record briefing for staffers but the start of the outreach to congress. the acting in term director of the secret service was spotted at the white house yesterday getting a look at the north area where the fence jumper entered the executive mansion before eventually being captured by an ofoff-duty secret service snipe. while the iraq war veteran omar gonzalez getting through five layers of security entering the white house with a knife set off alarms for many officials in washington, lawmakers expressing concern of the culture of the secret service, the command structure, training issues and more. >> there needs to be a reveal of the rules of engagement and astonishing lack of attention that seems to be the focus. it needs a fresh view from the va. >> since removal of the secret service director, we have been hearing about morale problems at the agency. and being caught up in the homeland security brought christie. former insider now running for congress spo

and chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with the rest of this. ike, what is going on here? >> neil, the memo calls for a state department position on the extent to which non-u.s. citizens will be admitted here for treatment. many the document it says, quote, issued, the united states needs to show leadership and act as we are asking others to act

department of state which surfaced my fox news colleague our chief congressional correspondent mike emanuelined it yesterday. in this draft memo it appeared to endorse a policy of evacuating to the u.s. for medical treatment those foreign citizens from allied countries who have been dispatched to west africa to help deal with the ebola crisis there who would have contracted the virus. the promise of such treatment here in the states was seen as a useful incentive to get these allied countries to contribute workers to the fight. >> the state department says never reached the level of decisionmakers and what's going to happen is the allies will treat these workers in their own home countries but the u.s. will evacuate them. they are using our air assets and allies have to reimburse for it. >> do you know any millennials, cammeron, americans 18 to 29. do you know any of those people? >> of course we do. shower. we run into them on the campaign trail but not that often. >> 51% prefer republican candidate for whatever coming election and that's a big turn around from last time. >> it's a huge ch

and chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel with the rest of this. mike, what is going on here? >> neil, the memo calls for a state department position on the extent to which non-u.s. citizens will be admitted here for treatment. many the document it says, quote, issued, the united states needs to show leadership and act as we are asking others to act by admitting certain noncitizens into the country for medical treatment for ebola virus disease during the ebola crisis. how judiciary chairman has been asking if the state department and homeland security were planning to bring non-u.s. citizens with ebola here and says is he hasn't gotten answers. he calls the administration's vehement denials alarming after reading the memo. at the state department, a spokesperson says the five page document is several weeks old. >> the important point here is that our european partners since several weeks ago when that was written have addressed this by providing a guarantee to international health workers that they would either be flown to europe or receive high qua

chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel is live on capitol hill. ke, what has the tone been so far in this hearing room? >> reporter: martha, i would say pretty serious and sober so far. chairman darrell issa set the tone pretty early saying it would be a major mistake to underestimate what ebola could do to populations around the world. let's take a live look inside that hearing where the house oversight committee is hearing from a range of officials from health and human services, the department of defense and other medical-related organizations. that includes a representative from national nurses united critical of the initial government standards and worried about nurses being exposed to ebola. and the department of homeland security inspector general, the agency watchdog, who is critical of the agency's planning and overall competence on this issue. there have also been mentions of the new ebola case in the new york city. >> an outbreak in an american city or any major city of the world could be very costly to contain and could have major econo

mike emanuel is live in washington. what is there to this story at this point?umbe memo was written by a o marked sensitive but unclassified. show leadership asking others with certain noncitizens into the country for treatment. the memo says four essential elements every medical evacuation. capacity, overflight refueling, hospital able and willing to treat the patient and fund reimbursement. $200,000 from medevac and $300,000 per treatment p ha. germany notes there will be cases where the united states will be the logical treatment destination for noncitizens. martha: so what does the administration say? >> chairman of the house judiciary committee sent a letter to homeland security asking if preparations were being made to bring non-us citizens here for treatment, and here was the response at the white house. >> that certainly hasn't happened so far. i will take a look at the letter, it sounds like you sent the letter to the state department, see if they have a response to the b at >> after the briefing they told the college that foxnews.com "there are no plan

mike emanuel, north carolina is a key race, what are the teacher unions doing in that state?her unions trying to keep a foe from winning a seat in north carolina. battling the teachers unions at his time as a host the speaker. the clear politics average of a recent poll shows democratic incumbent nearly 1.2 points. this is the has spent $3 million on ads blaming republicans for making class sizes bigger and reduced programs, expect more of this down the final stretch. >> in north carolina over the last two weeks in democratic ads with education and educational attacks. reporter: it gave a 7% pay raise and increase school funding. also notes serving as president at his kid's school when he was the target. martha: where else are teachers trying to have an impact? >> some in other senate races and some key governor races in kansas, republican governor leading in the clear politics average by six-tenths of a point. they target after cutting $56.6 million from public education. featuring incumbent senates taking on republican. leading by 4.4 points so teachers are mobilizing there

fox news's mike emanuel, what is this about ads slamming republicans from the teachers?e teachers are spending heavily in the arkansas senate race. republican tom cotton opened a five-point lead in democrat mark pryor in "real clear politics" average of polls. teachers unions are providing help with ground game and tv ads, spending 1.$6 million on this race alone. running ads like this one, called takeaway, showing a teacher going after republican tom cotton. she rips cotton for wanting to deprive students of the same federal loans he used to attend harvard university. cotton says, he favors local banks handling student loans over the federal government. in north carolina, republican thom tillis, battled with teachers unions during his time as house speaker there. the "real clear politics" average of recent polls has democrat incumbent kay hagan up barely by 1.2 points. tillis has been attacked by teacher union ads and responded in a recent debate. >> simply false. since 2011, we're spending a billion dollars more a year on education. this year we provided an average 7%

emanuel distributed among the g this is really significant change of tune for a group that is becoming notorious. mike is president for digital llc. mike, think you for joining us. this is a big shift. what sparked it? were we having luck tracking people down through these postings? >> that was part of it. they learned a lot by watching what al qaeda has done over the years. in terms of trying to get out there and message recruit. they have also learned, due to snowden, they have learned the benefit to nsa, to the usa ally communities. how to track and identify. we can use this information to our advantage. we are seeing this backtracking. this effort to try to get control of what their members are doing online. melissa: right. your extension for posting details and your brother's movements was the reason god granted you that victory. they use social media to recruit. they are now using it to try to get people to stop tweeting about what is going on so then the other side cannot find them. does it diminish the ability to recruit? >> well, i think what we will see is more of an organized effort. just l

mike quigley, brad schneider, you got your mayor elizabeth tisdale. one of my great friends, former chief of staff, the mild mannered mayor of chicago, rahm emanuel, is here. [ applause ] >> it is great to be back home. it's great to be back at northwestern. back when i was a senator, i would be honored delivering the commencement address for the class of 2006. and as it turns out, i've got a bunch of staff who graduated from here and so they're constantly lobbying me about stuff. earlier this year i popped in via video to help kick off the dance marathon. i figured this time i would come in person. not only because it's nice to be so close to home but it's also just nice to see old friends. people who helped to form how i think about public service. people who helped me along the way. tony was my alderwoman. was a great supporter. lisa, your attorney general, is my seat mate. terry link was my golf buddy. you have people here who i have known for years and really not only helped me be where i am today but helped develop how i think about public service. i'm also happy to be here because this is a university that is brimming with possibilities of a n

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