mr. boehner, you have just won a pair of stephen colbert's big brass balls. there you go. look at them. watch them swing. (laughter) >> stephen: okay. now let me tell you, it took big ones for you to do that. after all, where you live is public record. you had to know someone would find out. evidently, you didn't care, even though you ran on a platform of lobbying reform. that took muchos huevos grandes. no surprise, congressman picked their leaders the same way wolf pick their alpha, by t t accident of the groin. do enjoy. but the awards i love most will be given out starting tomorrow in torino, italy. i've said it before, the winter olympics are my favourite time of the every four years. for 16 glorious days the nations of the world come together putting aside political squabbles, border disputes and senseless violence. for that brief, beautiful time we honor man at his best and celebrate our global brotherhood which brings us to tonight's word" usa, usa ". (cheers and applause) >> stephen: we're going to kick some ass. have you seen some of the countries that signed unfor this thing?

mr. boehner speaks, we'll take it live for you. the cia's tactics described in chilling detail including waterboarding, sleep deprivation and ice water baths and worse. the senate committee concluded that the harsh tactics simply did not work in getting valuable intelligence. and the justice department says it will not reopen its inquiry into whether crimes were committed, raising new questions of accountability and blame. we're covering all angles of this from capitol hill to the pentagon and beyond as this developing story unfolds. let's begin coverage with jim acosta at the white house. good morning, jim. >> good morning, carol. the white house has scheduled an early briefing this morning with reporters. that's scheduled to happen in about 45 minutes from now and i think the question about the torture report thereby question of the briefing for white house press secretary josh ernest. the president defended the relief of the torture report saying mistakes were made but former top white house cia officials are coming forward spea

mr. boehner. lou: i will be delighted but do you have a sense? >> there is so much contention so many people want to start with more security to send out the message start with border security and enforce what is on the books but to put more laws out there that the administration is the following goes back to the constitution that the president shall take care to execute a fully though lot of the land with the omnibus bill over the last two years we are fighting on short-term resolutions. lou: i understand and i thank you did the right thing it was completely irrational but what i am asking is what is your sense what the leadership will do? because we have had a lot of talk but not much action do you believe you can carry this to a rational conclusion? >> absolutely the american people spoke they handed us the baton that was one of the reasons we voted on this bill because now from the first of the year when rears war did make a start fixing the problems that have been plaguing our country instead of doing crisis management we can focus on these

mr. boehner face from the more conservative wing of his party? >> john boehner's been buying time. they are only funding the department of homeland security until february. why? because they control the immigration system in this country, and of course, republicans very upset, livid about the president's executive orders. they're going to try to stop it between now and february. >> thank you. >> stephanie, reaction continues to pour into the senate report on c.i.a. interrogations in the aftermath of 9/11. president obama called it brutal and not who the u.s. is as a nation. >> that is correct. the national bar association has actually petitioned the missouri department of public safety, wanting them, the department of safety to revoke his law enforcement license. at this point, there has not ban response from the department of safety, but they acknowledged they have received that complaint. a lot of people waiting for a response in response to that petition. >> the fallout continues. live for us in ferguson, thank you. >> new details this morning in the deadly crash of a plane in a

mr. boehner on that. lou: i'd be delighted to. do you have the sense as to why he's not? >> there's so much contention in there, so many people want to start with border security and send out the message that we have to start with border security and enforcing the laws already on the books. to put more laws that this president and this administration's not following, that goes back to the constitution, article 2, section 3 that the president shall take care to execute faithfully the laws of the land. and you know, the thing with the omnibus bill we passed, we've been fighting on short-term resolutions, the cr's. lou: i understand, and i think you all did exactly the right thing. it was absolutely irrational thing to do. what i'm asking you is what is your sense and the other members' sense what the leadership is going to do? we've heard years of a lot of talk and not much effective action by the republican majority in the house joined now by the senate. do you believe can you carry this to a reasonable, rational conclusion? >> absolutely. this is a new congress, the ameri

mr. boehner wants to do? >> i think it depends on the american people. if everybody calls their congressman and senator and says, you know, protect the constitution, don't let the president do what he's doing, i think a lot of congressman and senators will vote to stopping. i know people are focused on christmas and the holidays and their own personal issues. but the constitution is about protecting the rights of the people. president obama is trying to take some of those rights and use them for himself. now, he's -- he is an american citizen. he is part of the people. but he's not the only person. he shouldn't be doing what he's attempted to do. he has even admitted that himself. not too long ago. what he's now saying he can do. it wasn't very long ago he was saying he didn't have the authority to do. >> all right, congressman, great to see you. thank you so much for joining us today. we will keep close watch on what unfolds in congress over the next few weeks. appreciate it. >> we appreciate you keeping an eye on us, that's a good thing. >> okay, sir,

mr. boehner speaks, we'll take it live for you. the cia's tactics described in chilling detail

mr. boehner, you're in a position of power. you can make sure those hearings take place.hington is injecting itself into this process which i think is a good thing because washington has done those kinds of things in the past and i'll explain in a moment. the fact that john boehner is willing to admit that there is a problem is a big step forward. earlier today the congressional black caulk awes sought legal counsel concerning the grand jury testimony. they want the entire testimony released. members told me change can't take place unless there is complete transparency. as for the demonstrations across america as they take place, it's clear to me that these 20-somethings, these young americans out in the street, certainly they want justice, but they want more than justice. they want a better america. they want justice and they want fairness along with it. they want an opportunity and a better life and a system that doesn't favor the wealthy all the time. they want their voices heard. you know there was 190 cities in this country today where people walked off the job becau

mr. boehner and those will not be the spirit of america. president obama has all the rights and privileges of any president who has ever sat in that chair. no laws changed when we got a black president. he can sign executive orders anytime he gets ready. george bush signed as many as he wanted to and i never read anywhere -- i'm in germany reading that -- he had the nerve to sign an executive order. he went over the legislators. i said to my daughter, i said, my gosh, the legislators are set -- are sent to washington from their district. the president of the united states, bill clinton, george bush senior and junior were sent to america's white house by the united states of america. the constituents. the citizens voted their needs and barack obama went there the same way. when george bush signed his name , nobody said a word. that is what i read in germany. about america. we are sending a very bad signal. about who we are. we are bigger than that and we are better than that. but you have to make the difference. i am proud to be here and i a

mr. boehner who subsequently became speaker of the house. so i knew it was probably in my interest to get to know tom latham a little bit if i want to get things done for iowa, even though speaker pelosi took over when i came. i job since i came here believe is to work with both sides of the aisle and tom latham is a model for doing exactly that. when i first came, we had a lot of tough issues to deal with in congress will stop one of the things that happened very early on when i first got elected was the issue of the national guard came up. i was on armed services. a lot of those guard folks were being deployed multiple times and it was very difficult for their families. a number of us recognize what we needed to do was build more facilities, upgrade facilities, get rid of those old national guard armory and replace them with readiness centers that would not only be there to train" our troops in the event we had to send them overseas, which we did many times and iowans have served many times over the years in iraq and afghanistan and other

all i have heard from john boehner is where jobs and everything. nobody mentions the fact of mr. that put us boehner in this mess. they guy from louisiana went head-on. america got dementia. host: we will talk about what congress is going to be doing in these remaining days. remaining days of the 113th congress. joining us on the phone is christina bella to. the funding deadline is december 11. they have nine days to come up with a strategy to keep the government running. the republicans are huddled behind closed doors. they met at 9:00 a.m. this morning. -- leaking outou about what their strategy might be? caller: not about what people .re referring to the continuing resolution put together with the omnibus spending bill. which is exactly what republicans are discussing. we did get a bit of a lead that politico reported that they are going to do a joint house and senate republican retreat. i'm not sure that is the first time, but certainly the first time in a long time. republicans are in a difficult situation. there are a lot of them that want to hold the president accountable f

mr. boehner who subsequently became speaker of the house. it was in my interest to get to know him if i wanted to get things done for iowa even though speaker pelosi took over when i came. my job has been to work with both sides of the aisle and tom latham is a model for doing exactly that. when i first came, we had a lot of tough issues to deal with here in the u.s. congress. and one of the things that happened very early on when i first got elected was the issue of the national guard came up and i was on armed services. a lot of those guard folks were being deployed multiple times. and it was very, very difficult for their families. and a number of us recognized that what we needed to do is build facilities, upgrade facilities, get rid of those old facilities and replace them with readiness centers to train and equip our troops in the event that we had to send them overseas on a mission, which we id many, many times. but we needed to construct those facilities also for their families, for their spouses and for their children. on the approp

mr. boehner, has learned, sometimes the leader of the party will have a hard time keeping his troops in line. every leader finds that out. with our recovery findly picking up steam, the -- finally picking up steam, the ideologues must cast aside its mentality of legislating by taking the economy hostage. this includes not only our debt ceiling and averting a government shutdown, but also the myriad of other deadlines congress must deal with in the new year. the expiration of the highway funding, preventing a cut in medicare payments to doctors. and expiring tax provisions. republicans and democrats must come together really to tackle these issues in a way that accelerates our ongoing recovery. we simply cannot get caught up in the endless brinkmanship and bickering as defined the past four years. failure to do so would be an insult to the middle class. who are just starting to see the fruits of recovery in their pocketbooks. unemployment is finally down to the lowest rate in years. and we saw a big jump in hourly earn earnings -- earnings in this past week. combined with the continued drop i

mr. speaker boehner. what are you hearing? >> mcconnell is known for being a fairly pragmatic guy.oesn't make him loved among the tea party radicals, because he knows how to get things done. that said, it is tough to get things through the senate. every senator is his own little kingdom and you can cause a lot of trouble over there in you want to. but mcconnell is the guy who gets things done and knows how to get things done. so, you know, it's promising, i guess. >> jonathan, the times had an op-ed piece talking about what the president can do in his fourth quarter in office. quote, he might find a way to finally close guantanamo bay, he could commit the prison sentences of the non-violent drug offenders sentenced to ten years in prison. can obama become our best lame duck? yes, he can. closing gitmo, commuting sentences, more action on climate change. what can the president get done in the last two years? >> the suggestion to commute the sentences was, the timing on that was just before inauguration. so the timing on that, if he were to do that, might be a burr in the saddle of t

mr. boehner appear to have done what other things could not. persuading mr. michael grimm to go away.uld face a prison sentence of two years or more, and should not participate --. mr. grimm is expected to seek probation for tax evasion. also, a story about the republican of louisiana. he said he did speak to a group that was hosted by a white suspenders -- white supremacist when he was a state representative in 2002. he says in that interview that he detests any kind of hate group, and does not associate with them. we will go to jim in washington. an independent caller. go ahead. caller: i listened to the two women before. then you showed a brief clip about someone from the government talking about the half-million people who signed up. the people explaining how most of us don't understand how good we are being treated use a lot of new regulations and statistics and come up with baffling information. all of the numbers i see including all of the people who are subsidized and all of the unions that are automatically enrolled, the current enrollment is around 20% of the population. i c

. >> professor, is john boehner and is mr. mcconnell on more solid ground when they say that adding provisions and subtracting provisions and changing the date of applicable for parts of the affordable care act was constitutionally dodgy? are they safer ground on that argument than they are in prosecute orial -- >> yes, of course, all odds of specific provisions and it's been recognized. all president obama is doing with the affordable care act is saying i'm going delay implementation . there's actually very simple solution here. it's been suggested there are no checks. they gave a speech to the floor saying that the president is a tyrant. that's preposterous. if congress wants to limit what the president does it can simply change the law. they can say well, we've given you discretion. it's debatable how far the discretion goes, but change it. >> what about the point that there is no obligation for congress to act just because the president says-- >> but they have acted. they passed 1952. it was amended to give us the to the d

mr. boehner who subsequently became speaker of the house. it was in my interest to get to know him if i wanted to get things done for iowa even though speaker pelosi took over when i came. my job has been to work with both sides of the aisle and tom latham is a model for doing exactly that. when i first came, we had a lot of tough issues to deal with here in the u.s. congress. and one of the things that happened very early on

mr. speaker boehner, we have the votes for you. all you need or 20 votes and you do not have to shut down government. the only people who did not accept the republican house budget number were the republican house members. so they shut down government for 17 days. when it came time to open up government again they overwhelmingly voted to keep it shut down, and it requires -- i have the numbers here. a massive number of democratic votes but that was our responsibility, even though we did not like the number. that was until december and december we have the boat on the -- the vote on the ryan-murray number. and at that time, they still did not have the votes for the ryan-murray number and we still have to supply the votes. if the risk is to shut down government, we are just not going to be a party to that. they have the votes. if the bill is anything we can support, we will, but we're not going to be a party to shutting down government. >> what impact do you think the economy might have on policymaking in the next year? [indiscernibl

mr. boehner who subsequently became speaker of the house. it was in my interest to get to know him if i wanted to get things done for iowa even though speaker pelosi took over when i came. my job has been to work with both sides of the aisle and tom latham is a model for doing exactly that. when i first came, we had a lot of tough issues to deal with here in the u.s. congress. and one of the things that happened very early on when i first got elected was the issue of the national guard came up and i was on armed services. a lot of those guard folks were being deployed multiple times. and it was very, very difficult for their families. and a number of us recognized that what we needed to do is build facilities, upgrade facilities, get rid of those old facilities and replace them with readiness centers to train and equip our troops in the event that we had to send them overseas on a mission, which we id many, many times. but we needed to construct those facilities also for their families, for their spouses and for their children. on the approp

mr. obama's action. house speaker boehner is dough fending the packaging saying negotiators of both parties already agreed on all of the measures folded into the legislation. >> we worked through this process on bipartisan way. >> the white house says president obama will sign the house spending measure if congress can actually pass it. >> this compromised proposal merits bipartisan support on capitol hill and hopefully will arrive in the president's desk in the next few days. >> the house unexpected recessed before calling a vote on the spending bill. both sides adjourned and went behind closed doors to see if they have the necessary votes to push the bill through or in the case of some democrats to block it. >> in washington, joel waldman, fox news. >> now to a fox 29 news investigation. a heart ailment lands a south jersey man in a wheelchair. he decides to expand his home so he can get around. that's when all the trouble starts. fox 29's jeff cole is investigating the case and joins us from the newsroom tonight with a loo

. >> house speaker john boehner plans a house vote to block mr. obama later this week. it will die in the senate. the little will be more than a chance for conservatives to vent their anger. >> they did nothing on immigration. >> there is plenty of anger, tuesdays target, homeland security secretary jay johnson, time after time at a capitol hill hearing what gives president obama the constitutional rights to act on that immigration without congress. >> i'm fully comfortable that we have the legal although shorts two push forward these reforms in particular, specifically with regard to the third action, that is an authority that presidents ever used for decades. >> don't just start yelling young ladies. >> but it was the president's recent comment in response to pro reform hecklers that drew the sharpest rebuke. >> but what you're not paying attention to is the fact that i just took an action to change the law. >> to a represent, it was a telling comment. >> so you say he didn't change the law, but the president he changed the law. >> we acted within our existing legal a

. >> reporter: house speaker john boehner does plan a house vote to block mr. obama later this week, but it will die in the senate why democrats have control one more month. the effort will be one more chance for conservatives to vent their anger, and there is plenty of anger. jay johnson time after time at a capitol hill hearing republicans ask what gives president obama the constitutional right to act on immigration without congress? >> i'm fully comfortable that we have the legal authority to push forward these reforms in particular. specifically with regard to deferred action that is an authority that presidents have used for decades. >> don't just start yelling, young ladies. >> but it was the president's recent comment and response to pro reform hecklers that drew the sharpest rebuke. >> but, what you're not paying attention to is the fact that i just took an action to change the law. >> to republicans was a telling comment. >> so you say he didn't change the law, but the president said he changed the law. >> he acted within existing law. he acted within

mr. gross is happy about the policy. we have been struck by the reaction by republicans, speaker john boehner, marco rubio, and others, aative reaction. apocalyptic, critical of the president. what would you say about the entelechy of the republicans? they stuck in the cold war? >> i do think they are stuck in the cold war. the definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over and expecting a different result. we have tried to isolate cuba for 50 years. we have tried to punish cuba for 50 years. by our own measure, it has been a failure. it has not resulted in more democracy or opening up in cuba. it has helped sustain the castro regime. the castro brothers have survived eight united states presidents. when a policy is clearly miserable -- a miserable failure, you should try something different. i firmly believe in gauging with cuba through more travel, more trade, more communication -- engaging with cuba through more travel, more trade, marcolina kaisha, -- more communication the cuban people will look for freedom. >> by your logic, we shouldn't just be easing travel restrictions and establishing diplomatic

. >> reporter: meanwhile boehner rejected calls for next year's state of the union address as a sign of protest against mr. obama's unilateral direction. >> the more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes. >> reporter: he says this bill is dead on arrival in the senate. boehner calls it monumental arrogance. >> mike, thanks. soon to be senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he made his feelings clear about immigration and known to the president during a meeting yet. mcconnell spoke on the record. is there anywhere the president can successfully work with republicans. >> we tried to focus just on the things that there might be some agreement on. i mean, for example, he's talked about trade agreements. he's never sent us a single trade agreement in six years. most of my members and myself included are very much in favor of international trade. america always wins in these trade agreements. that's a possible area of agreement. >> mcconnell talks to greta tonight at 7:00 p.m. eastern in his first post-election tv interview. still ahead, another episode of our contender series.

mr. president, fire me. >> don't want to be five. >> amy, winner or loser? >> my winner is john boehner. he had a pretty good week.k congress a lot of people have said is he not going to be able to keep his conference together. it's going to explode and we're going to have a government shutdown it doesn't look like any of that is coming true. they will be able to recess on time next week. for the loser, you have to look at southern democrats this weekend saturday is the runoff in louisiana where senator mary landrieu is expected to lose and there is now only -- there are only three democrats in the south, two of them are in the senate, two of them are in virginia. one in florida. >> super quick? >> my winner is chris christie for reasons we discussed before. my loser is rolling stone magazine because of the thing, the issues laid out in doug mckelway's piece. and a the fact when they semi retracted their story. they seemed to blame their source. saying we shouldn't have put so much trust in the source. >> bad idea. that's it for the panel. stay tuned for a motivational speech that's right on target. >>> finally to

boehner turn into a bond villain? [ laughter ] "when you play with matches, you -- mr.u take the risk of -- of burning yourself." [ laughter and applause ] who are you? "they call me -- orange-finger. [ laughter ] now you are orange." [ laughter ] now you are orange." [ laughter ] this story is crazy. the drummer for rock band ac/dc has been charged, he's been charged with attempting to have two people killed by hitmen. yeah. authorities say the drummer would have done it himself but his last hit was over 20 years ago. [ laughter and applause ] so he might be out of practice, as it were. as it were. this is troubling. a new report shows the jihadists may be using cruise ships to get to syria and iraq. but not carnival cruise ships. they're not that crazy. i mean -- [ laughter ] --they're jihadist crazy but they're not carnival crazy. [ laughter ] there's a new study out. we get very excited about new studies here at "late night." a new study shows despite previous estimates, there are only 2 million rats living in new york city. i guess the other 10 million are commutin

mrs. davis: a reporter asked me to comment on whether speaker boehner will be able to make his mark in the next congress with the largest house majority in his party since 1929. my thoughts? stand and deliver. if the speaker wants to work, there's nothing stopping him. democrats stand ready to work with him to tackle many of the challenges facing american families. in many ways our economy has shown incredible resilience of late. g.d.p. and job growth are up. but unfortunately many still don't feel like things are getting any better. it's long past time that we come together and enact policies that will help hardworking families instead of pandering to special interests. this election saw the worst voter turnout in 72 years because americans didn't think we could get anything done for them. let's show that we can. i hope we use the remaining weeks in this congress to show that we are capable of delivering results to the american people. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady's time has expired. for what purpose does the gentleman from kansas seek recognition? >> unanimous consent to addre

boehner, mitch mcconnell and the president. elizabeth warren has said through her actionsç, mr. deal on a nominee, you let republicans slip in. erosions to dodd frank into some bigger bill, you are going to have to deal with me. you may get it passed because i can't stop you but i can make you pay for it politically and make the left of this party, the progressive and liberals who are up set this party got kozey with wall street, i can make them very mad at you. >> woodruff: dow look at these divides we're watching in both parties getting bigger or what? a frantic effort? >> i think it's really important to understand, at least where the divides are. i think on the republican side, there are some serious policy differences that are significant and i think are going to continueç to dog republicans going into its 2016 presidential, especially in an issue like immigration. on the democratic side, there is much more unity around policies, procedure they may have differences. so that's number one. the second part, when we talk about the polarization of congress and why it's getting

john boehner says it won't do anything to people who are unemployed they just need a job. >> thank you ashley. fun mr on the fox business network. go to foxbusiness.com/channel finder. >>> before your diploma a citizenship test. the plan that would have american students doing more work than illegals. >>> a breast cancer break through. why scientists might have the key to slowing down the deathly disease. >> first let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on "fox & friends." >> coming up on our tuesday telecast laura ingram weighs in to retrain law enforcement. then a boy scout earns 135 merit badges. that's all there are. find out why he did it. has something to do with his dad. >> the harlem globe trotters are here. keep it right here for your channel for news. the fox news channel. mmmmmmm. look out. now there's even more of the amazing cinnamon taste you love on cinnamon toast crunch. crave those crazy squares even more. the ultimate arena for business. hour after hour of diving deep, touching base, and putting ducks in rows. the only problem with conference calls: eventually they h

house speaker john boehner will not comment on whether in new york congressman should retire until the pair speak. we will not having announcements until the speaker discuss the matter with mr. graham, said michael steele, his spokesman. ism from staten island expected to plead guilty in brooklyn to tax evasion and john boehner's office did not comment on when they will speak. earlier, nancy pelosi said john benner should force grim to resign. up next, a portion of today's "washington journal." host: and we are back with sharyl attkisson, author, investigative journalist. new book came out in november, "stonewalled: my fight for truth against the forces of obstruction, intimidation, and harassment in obama's washington." remind viewers why you left cbs this past year and why you wrote this book. guest: the short version is there's nothing left for me to do. we specialized in investigative reporting and in the last couple years those stores had a difficult if not impossible time off and getting on cbs news, so i felt there was no point. host: you wrote the book why? guest: a lot of people had expressed to me -- fellow journalists as well as people in the public -- that they

. >> reporter: boehner rejected calls to cancel next year's state of the union address as a sign of protests against mr. obama's unilateral action. >> the more the president talks about his ideas, the more unpopular he becomes. why would i want to deprive him of that opportunity? >> reporter: leader reid says the bill is dead on arrival in the senate. speaker boehner says the fact that reid won't consider taking up the bill monumental arrogance. lou? >> mike, thank you very much. there's lots of that arrogance in washington, d.c. to go around. >>> tonight, there's a growing backlash against last month's house intelligence committee report that in effect cleared the obama administration of any wrongdoing in the 2012 benghazi terrorist attack. republican critics like senator lindsey graham blasted the findings at the time as garbage, the report full of crap. as he put it. and survivors of the attack are taking issue with the intel committee's chairman, outgoing congressman mike rogers and his handling of the process and the report. chris perronto, a member of the cia annex security team that responded to

. >> standing there with some of john boehner's conservative members, essentially saying mr. of a problem is this? is this just a small vocal opposition, or is this a big problem? >> we're watching "fast and furious 17" we've seen this movie many times before. it has new residents now. everyone wants to see ha happens in january when the republicans are in control. what we're watching is a fight for control of the republican party. this is republican leadership trying to marshall control of their party and not just a dozen conservatives in the house or several dozen conservatives in the house. it's the outside groups, it's club for growth. it's heritage that drove the shutdown in 2013 and it's, everyone is sort of watching to see whether boehner will able to pull this off and what it means for january. >> keep the genie in the bottle. >> they're going to try to pass all of the spending bills to fund the government through next year with the exception of the funding for the homeland security department. which is responsible for the order on the immigration issue. will presiden

mr. bowman will probably not get reelected as the senior in congress. >> the speaker the house, john boehner? >> i think he just lost his appointment of that. conservative liberal -- liberals are going to lose and conservatives will only get stronger and more and more our government will get better. >> sam, thank you let's take a look at a tweet about speeder -- speaker john baker -- john boehner. some of the back story. , john boehnerne spotted wooing joyce beatty of ohio for her vote. she let him talk, walked back to the democrat side and voted no. her vote not- enough. speaker binger has voted in romnibus.the co >> a tired boehner walking down the center aisle of the house motioning to his members to vote up. line in losthe angeles california, you support the bill. and johnort the bill boehner did a great job and obama said he would sign it if it got to him, it will go through and will be clear of anything until next september and all is well. >> thank you chris. , and thate in georgia you oppose this bill. why do you oppose it? teamster andired this bill has a part in it to cut the retir

mr. scalise believes. it's to be seen if that's good enough. we have reached out to john boehnern this no comment yet. >> can he keep his place as the number three in the house of representatives. this is not the only breaking story with the republican party. michael grimm is going to resign after pleading guilty to tax evasion. can you tell us about that? >> reporter: soon to be former congressman grimm is more likely to be in prison than congress. this is the guy who threatened to throw a reporter off a balcony earlier this year. he it looks like will not be coming back to congress. >> he vowed he will not resign. but speaker boehner may have convinced him otherwise. thank you for waryour reporting. >>> an icy blast moving across the country, sending temperatures plunging as we get ready to celebrate the new year. it is the coldest weather of the year in some places. >> that is true. pastadena pasadena the rose parade, could be the coldest we have seen in a hundred yards. looking for a record there. literally freezing. and winter weather advisories, snowing on the las vegas str

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the reid-boehner provision to increase by 10-fold the limit on contributions to political parties does not belong in this bill. thank you, mr. speaker. the speaker pro tempore: the gentlelady from new york reserves her time. the gentleman from kentucky. mr. rogers: mr. speaker, i yield three minutes to the very distinguished and hardworking chairman of the appropriations defense subcommittee, mr. frelinghuysen. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from new jersey is recognized for three minutes. mr. frelinghuysen: i thank the chairman for yielding and i thank him for his leadership and i thank ranking member lowey as well. they both deserve credit for moving this bill. as we begin consideration of this important legislation this afternoon, i want to pay tribute to the men and women of our armed forces, all volunteers. they deserve our heart felt thanks to their dedicated service and sacrifice. that is also extended to the professionals in our intelligence community. these men and women, whether in uniform or not, deserve greater certainty, stability and predictability in their lives. it's nothing -- it's something they've

boehner? let's discuss it all with republican strategist tara setmayer and host of "huff post live" mr.>> happy new year. >> why not have one nor political discussion. tara i got to start with you. scalise came out and issued a statement, i'll pa practice phrase he wholeheartedly condemns a group whose views that he apparently didn't mean to support. it was a mistake, i heregret it and oppose the religious views groups like these hold. he maintains he knew nothing about david duke and his connection to the kkk, et cetera et cetera. he is the number three republican in louisiana. he's got to know the groups he's speaking to. >> back then he was a state representative in use lies and look i am not going to defend steve scalise speaking in front of this group but it's important to note he didn't necessarily support the group. at the time he was going around the state pushing for a tax reform bill. he did a favor for a political friend of his who was a neighbor so he claims he didn't know. i find that to be somewhat not credible. however, that doesn't mean he was supporting the group. he wa