sheriff tim mueller -- or executive orders by the president. in his letter, sheriff mueller says i refuse to part palt or stand idly by while my citizens are turned into criminals by the unguided actions of politicians. sheriff mueller, i think you have gotten a lot of attention by this letter you sent to the president. explain to us why you feel that you should not enforce a law that you would legally be obligated to enforce if it came down to that. >> well, actually, i'm not legally obligated nor required to enforce federal law. you can take the federal immigration law as a good example of sheriffs and local law enforcement around the country are not required nor are they supposed to enforce those types of laws. so it is a separation of power, and it's my position that the linn county sheriff's office that myself or my deputies, that we enforce that regulation. >> you don't have to enforce a federal law, so what is the point of writing the vice president about this, haven't you stripped away your own power by automatically saying that. >> wha

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joining me now is lynn county sheriff tim mueller from albany, oregon.heriff, thanks for being with us. >> glad to be here, you're honor. >> now, sheriff, you took an oath to support the constitution of the united states as well as an oath to enforce and follow the laws of the land. you've made a very interesting statement that if some of these federal proposals come to oregon or are passed in congress that you will not enforce them and you will instruct your dew points to not enforce them. how do you justify that? >> well, i justify it pretty easily because as a county sheriff or any local police officer or any sheriff that knows their business will tell you that he we don't have to enforce federal law. as a matter of fact, we're prohibited from enforcing most federal laws, so there is a separation of powers and you know, i don't have to and we won't. >> well, an interestingly enough, even the federal immigration laws, and yet there is this -- this movement on the part of washington to restrict, you know, the size of clips, the kind of assault rifles th

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based on my last conversation with the director mueller which was a few days ago, he went to libya, he went to tunisia. he believes the investigation is preceding -- proceeding. i know the f.b.i. has been on the hill doing whiched briefings. i hope the f.b.i. is able to investigate, identify, and hold responsible those who wage this attack against us. based on their work they feel they are pursuing very positive leads. >> my understanding is the person held in tunisia was released by a judge and that person has been released. basically we don't really know at this point who did it? >> congressman, i confirmed with director mueller who was just in tunisia meeting with their high official that this person is basically under law enforcement surveillance and forbidden to leave tunis. >> briefly, no one has been held accountable or charged with of this offense. before qadaffi was taken out my understanding the nation of qatar shipped in 18 shipments, 20,000 tons of weapons and machine guns to the region to help different groups overthrow muammar qaddafi. the united states gave a wink and a

when the movie "mueller" comes out, who should play you? >> i have not seen that movie. i ride bicycles, play golf, and read. >> our thanks to fbi director robert mullueller. please remain seated at the conclusion of the program until the director has left the room. i am a former special assistant to the president. this meeting of the commonwealth of california is adjourned. [applause] >> hi. i am cory with san francisco and we're doing stay safe and we're going to talk about what shelter in place or safe enough to stay in your home means. we're here at the urban center on mission street in san francisco and joined by carla, the deputy director of spur and one of the persons who pushed this shelter in place and safe enough to stay concept and we want to talk about what it means and why it's important to san francisco. >> as you know the bay area as 63% chance of having a major earthquake and it's serious and going to impact a lot of people and particularly people in san francisco because we live on a major fault so what does this mean for us? part of what it means is tha

. >>> well, fbi director robert mueller met with libyan officials in tripoli today.there not to talk about algeria, but to talk about the attack on the american consulate in benghazi. officials tell cnn that mueller met with the prime minister, justice minister, and intelligence chief in libya. our contributor, tom fuentes tells us a trip like this is important. it shows his personal support for the country team. meanwhile, we've also learned today that secretary of state hillary clinton will testify about that attack before the senate foreign relations committee on january 23rd. that is the same day she will testify before the house foreign affairs committee. >> and the number of people applying more first-time jobless benefits plummeted, five-year low. that is great news and below what economists were actually looking for. economists at barclays say numbers like these indicate moderate jobs growth coming up in the january employment report, which would be good news. >>> it has been 532 days since the u.s. lots its top credit rating. what are we doing to get it back

tim mueller wrote a letter to the white house in protest.the agency's facebook page. >> you can ban every firearm out there, and it's not going to fix it. people that will commit these kind of heinous acts, they'll find a way to do it. >> k.o.i.n. reports mueller does think treating mental health problems is helpful. at least one other sheriff in kentucky says he will not comply with the new gun laws. later this morning wolf blitzer anchors special coverage as the president unveils his gun plan. joan wolf stajoin wolf starting 8:30 a.m. 37. >>> a police beating in henderson, nevada. dash cam video shows the officer pointing a gun at the suspected drunk driver. turns out the driver wasn't drunk but was this diabetic shock. he won a nearly $300,000 settlement from the city of henderson. and now the grand jury is hearing evidence against the officers. >>> the crackdown has long begun on texting while driving, but la abo what about texting while flying? in a new proposal, pilots would be proceed hinted from using personal electronics at any time

fbi director robert mueller stated last year during congressional testimony before the house intelligence committee that he continues to be concerned with "individuals who may have been resettled here in the united states that have some association with al qaeda in iraq." there are also reports that that immigration authorities have given the fbi roughly 300 names of iraqi refugees for further investigation. with the recent movement of aqi fighters into syria and reports just yesterday of chemical weapons being moved, i am increasingly worried that terrorists may try to exploit various refugee resettlement programs via turkey, jordan or other countries where many refugees have fled to escape the bloodshed. it is imperative that the interagency security screening process for refugees be formidable and credible. the purpose of this hearing is to identify any remaining gaps in the security screening process that need to be remedied, and to ensure dhs and the state department have the necessary tools and resources to ensure security. it is concerning that neither hammadi nor alwan had worked

a few days later director mueller met with the tunisian prime minister.e are assured he is under monitoring of the court. he was released because at that time, and director mueller and i spoke about this at some length. there was not an ability for evidence to be presented yet that was capable of being presented in open court. tunisians are assuring us they're keeping an eye on him. i have no reason to believe he is not in tunis but we're checking that all the time. >> thank you. you testified in your prepared remarks quote, very next morning wednesday morning i told the american people heavily armed militants attacked our compound and vow to bring them to justice. i'm assuming you have rock solid evidence to make such a bold statement at that time? >> well, we had four dead people and we had several injured, one seriously who is still in walter reed. and. and although we did not have a chance to meet with any of our returnees, our team in tripoli received them, got medical care and sent them on. we nuclearly there was, an attack, heavily armed attack. wh

director robert mueller testimony before congress the last few years he consistently cites these terrorism sting operations he talks about the elaborate scope of this of the the plots how horrific they would have been but he never fully disclosed as to congress the fact that these people never on their own never would have the capacity it was an f.b.i. informant incentivized by money who ultimately provided the means and the opportunity for these crimes very interesting trends are great at how do you align and chad some light on this issue that was trevor errants had author of the terror factory. still out here on our t.v. the next time you go to the doctor because of what information you disclose drug enforcement officials are trying to get their hands on your medical records without a warrant we'll examine what this means for patients rights. let me let me one wouldn't let me ask you point. one this is what we're having the baby we are very naive so. this was the best thing they're ever going to read it will be an idea to talk about surveillance. your medical records are for your and you

director robert mueller testimony before congress the last few years he consistently cites these terrorism sting operations he talks about the elaborate scope of the of the plots how horrific they would have been but he never fully disclosed to congress the fact that these people never on their own never would have the capacity it was an f.b.i. informant incentivized by money who ultimately provided the means and the opportunity for these crimes very interesting trevor great to have you on and shed some light on this issue that was trevor aaron said author of the terror factory. well still ahead here on our team at the next time you go to the doctor be careful what information you disclose enforcement officials are trying to get their hands on and that a cold records without a warrant well examine what this means for patients rights. smith let me let me i want to know what all let me ask you a point. here on this network is what we have in the bank we have our knives out. but if you get this right with the banks saying they're getting married at the rate we're being i'd like to talk about

director robert mueller testimony before congress the last few years he consistently cites these terrorism sting operations he talks about the elaborate scope of the of the the plots how horrific they would have been but he never fully disclosed as to congress the fact that these people never on their own never would have the capacity it was an f.b.i. informant incentivized by money who ultimately provided the means and the opportunity for these crimes very interesting trends are great at how do you line and chad some light on this issue that was trevor aaron said author of the terror factory. now federal prisons are being packed with inmates like never before this according to a new report from the congressional research service according to the bureau of prisons in one thousand nine hundred twenty five thousand and mates occupied federal prisons and tooth. thousand and twelve that number multiply to two hundred nineteen thousand so what's contributed to the skyrocketing right of the c.r.s. as changes in federal sentencing is a driving force for more what's behind the prison population ex

director mueller was in libya and tunisia recently.et disappointed when people give half of the story. the guy has been released. as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveillance within tunisia and following the rule of law and as more evidence becomes available, they are prepared to act on him again. i think as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to understand benghazi in the context of what's happening over the last few days to understand the evolving threat from al qaeda and to deal appropriately with that. >> dana loesch there were phone calls today that they would have been fired. do you agree with that? >> there were a lot of missteps here. we do know that you had said that there was a whisper of questioning susan rice and secretary of state clinton. i don't think asking questions on why talking points were changed, we know for sure the u.s. intelligence report came out and said extremists that led the attack had al qaeda ties. why was that remov

robert mueller is getting an update on the investigation into last year's killing of the u.s.from here in the yarr -- chris stevens from here in the bay area and three other americans. there's been little progress on that investigation so far. >>> president obama's inauguration will be held in the nation's capital and many bay area people will be there. it will be especially personal for two bay area women. joan brown of orinda picked up her inauguration tickets yesterday. the retired schoolteacher, she even had her nails done to show her pride. pamela mays is going again and was there last year. >> i'm hoping it won't be so cold like it was last time. the temperatures were just freezing even in the section i was at. people were freezing. >> we worked so hard and to have him reelected. i can't stop grinning. it's really silly and standing in front of the freezer to see what it will feel like, could be outside in 32-degree weather. >> both women is say they look forward to doing more volunteer work. a 9-year-old is really excited to if as well. coming up -- to go as well. >>> g

i identified testimony from robert miller which was -- robert mueller -- it said individuals who may have resettled here in the united states that have some association with al-qaeda in iraq. the report indicated that there were some 300 names of iraqi refugees for further investigation. mr. bartlett and then the other panelists, can you update this committee on the status of rii'' screening process and explain what steps were taken in the event of a person with refugee status having some sort of association with al-qaeda? >> i can assure you that there is close cooperation with all law enforcement agencies like the fbi. the data we hold in our systems is shared with them on these types of cases. our cooperation with the department home in security to further these kind of information sharing. i would need to return defer to dhs with more specificity. >> in that regard, and mentioned to the retroactive checks we have under way, drawing upon a host of intelligence and other data and intelligence we have available on individuals who had been -- who had entered the country before the se

robert mueller was recently in tripoli. mueller met with the prime minister, among others.ult time working on site in benghazi to analyze the crime scene because of security concerns. the fbi is tapping into facebook like this. people can fill out a form on the fbi's website. meanwhile, libyan officials say they are frustrated because they don't control the area where the attack happened. militants do. and those militants are sympathetic with al qaeda. local leaders are not cooperating. withins are also said to be afraid to talk and key police officers terrified of revenge attacks. >> so zain, has u.s. diplomacy overall changed since the benghazi attack? >> you know, it really has, carol. i was speaking to experts who say the security arm at the state department, known as diplomatic security, has always tried to balance diplomacy on one hand and security on the other. to the extent to which, how can you let officials go out and meet people? since benghazi, there's a lot less people-to-people contact and much more emphasis on security. the other thing, too, analysts say befo

we're not just talking about states, but counties are pushing back, lindh county, oregon, tim mueller says he won't enforce federal gun regulation and won't allow the feds to do so in his county. listen. >> making criminals now honest citizens, that's not the path to go. if i could ask anything out of this, just get people talking about it. >> reporter: they're talking all right. in fact, we've got sheriffs in two other states, in kentucky and idaho doing exactly what sheriff mueller is doing, to defy the federal government and again, all this have kind of well before the president lays out his strategy. >> megyn: thanks, trace. and a push to completely eliminate the debt ceiling once and for all effectively eliminating any legal checks on federal spending. up next, stu varney, what this could mean and why a whole new class of taxes is also now getting some buzz. and new controversy over reports that federal agents waited to arrest an illegal immigrant and a sex offender who worked for this powerful democratic senator, senator menendez, you saw in that picture there. what, what really

director mueller told by tunisian he is under surveillance. >> monitored was the word she used. >> bretor may not still be in tunis and seems unclear. >> we wouldn't pressure the tunisian government to allow us access to him because we were worried that the ricketting new tunisian government would collapse if we applied pressure but they are so sophisticated and capable they can monitor this i go we released. also, we monitored guantanamo detainees who have been released. many of them have gone on to commit additional acts of terror. the other big question, i think, though, is where was hillary clinton? so she wasn't involved in the talking points and she never received the memos. she didn't want to go out on the sunday shows. what was she doing at this point? that is sort of the key take-away from this entire day. >> bret: let me -- >> five hours of testimony. >> bret: let me play the talking points part. she was asked about the intelligence committee talking points, ambassador susan rice incident about the sunday shows. here is what she said. >> i was not involved in the so-called tal

director robert mueller visited libya today.aid to be trying to get answers in the investigation of last september's terror attack against the u.s. diplomatic facility in benghazi, libya. officials say muller discussed the case with libya's prime minister, justice minbe center and intelligence chief. tonight, another fox news exclusive. leland vittert goes on first of its kind ride-along with elite commando team guarding the dangerous boarder with egypt. >> seen in surveillance video, militant and smugglers used everything from old-fashioned camel trains to jeep moving weapons from egypt to israel. >> for years the only thing separating the israeli egypt border is the road we're depriving on right now. but the egyptian revolution changed things. there is a steal reinforced fence topped with barbed wire. driving on the road are heavily armed fighters ready for combat at a moment's notice. the groups coming here are an army, they explained. we are ready for them as if we were going to war. talking about the fight a training to com

secretary clinton was asked and she did mention fbi director bob mueller was in libya last week. didn't say much other than we're working with the tunisian government. one suspect was released. >> they say he's under observation. >> they weren't ready to bring charges yet. you know, anderson, here's the problem. the bad guys understand this. they are watching. there hasn't been anybody brought to justice. they understand very well the environment they are operating in. security services have melted away after the arab spring. borders are easy to cross. weapons are easily assessable. the bad guys have an advantage. the longer it takes to bring an investigation to a conclusion and hold people accountable suggests to the bad guys that they have a free operating environment and americans are at risk throughout that region. >> interesting. fran, appreciate it. >>> diane o'meara learned from a reporter she was the face of manti te'o's fake girlfriend. her stolen image is at the center of an entire hoax that changed the way some people see the star linebacker. she joins me live ahead. >

. >> fbi director robert mueller in libya thursday.the committee plan to hear from director mueller on that attack as well? >> well, i don't know. i know that the house foreign affairs committee has been reconstituted and actually when secretary clinton at the ends this wednesday, that is the first full meeting. we have a new chairman of the committee from california, a republican friend who i respect a lot, congressman ed royce, and so we will see whether or not this will bring things to conclusion or whether this will be an issue that is going to be continued to drawn out. >> congresswoman, how would you characterize the president's foreign policy here to for, and the obama doctrine is what it has been penned by folks like me in the media. how would you describe it? >> i would say that the president has an outstanding record when it comes to foreign policy, and it is interesting, because the you remember five years ago, you know, the or right after he was elected in the inauguration, everybody was questioning given his experience in

first, i had a long conversation with the high-ranking tucsonian officials about this as did director mueller of the f.b.i. when he was there in person. we have been assured that there was an effort to have rule of law, judicial process. sufficient evidence not yet available to be presented but a clear commitment made to us that they will be monitoring the whereabouts of him and we will hold them to that and watch it carefully. >> congressman from california. >> thank you, madam secretary. first, i want to compliment you on your exemplary service but more than that i want to say how much i have appreciated your openness, your thoughtfulness today, your transparency. what i'm struck with in this hearing is a greater appreciation of the courage of state department personnel. i think we are left with that understanding of just how courageous the personnel have been in taking on assignments that in the past never have been taken on before. you have ably presented to us why that is important. why it's important for emerging democracies that we be there. my question is similar to the one of congres

>> i had a long conversation with high-ranking officials about this, as did director mueller of the f.b.i. when he was there. we have been assured there was an effort to have rule of law, judicial process, sufficient evidence not yet available to be presented but a very clear commitment made to us that they will be monitoring the whereabouts of karzai and we're going to hold them to that and watch carefully. >> thank you, madam speaker. >> mr. lowenthal of california. >> thank you, madam secretary. i want to compliment you on your exemplary service but more than that i want to say how much i've appreciated your openness, your thoughtfulness today, your transparency. what i'm struck with in this hearing is a greater appreciation of the courage of state department personnel. i think we are left with that understanding of just how courageous personnel have been in taking on assignments that in the past never had been taken on before. and you've -- you have abeably presented to us why that's important. why it's important -- ably presented to us why that's important. my question is very simila

fbi director bob mueller was in libya talking to the investigators this week. the investigation is going on. but remember after the east africa embassy bombings, president clinton had missiles launched both at training camps in afghanistan that turned out to be empty and in sudan, and there's no real point to that. so the current administration can only really act and retaliate for benghazi if they've got good targets and good information, both law enforcement and intelligence. they're gathering that. it's been frustratingly slow. but terrorists shouldn't presume just because we haven't acted yet that we won't. >> leon panetta made it clear the united states would. are you surprised by the administration's immediate labeling of this as a terrorist attack which was organized and planned which obviously at least rhetorically is in contrast to how they described the attack on benghazi at first? >> not at all. in this case you had a terrorist leader in a group that claimed and was out front claiming the attack as their own. i think they regret not doing that sooner

and as hillary clinton said today, the fbi is still working director mueller was in both libya and the senator just said, you know, while this guy's been released. but as hillary clinton said today, yes, but he's under constant surveilewithin tunisia, they're following the rule of law, and as more evidence becomes available they're fully prepared to act on him again. so i think, you know, as hillary clinton said dramatically, our focus here now is to bring these guys to justice but also to understand benghazi in the context of what's happened in mali recently, what's happened in algeria over the past few days, to understand the evolving throat from al qaeda in the maghreb and to deal appropriately with that. >> dana loesch, there were calls from some people, rand paul and others, that hillary clinton would have been fired over what happened. do you agree with that? >> i do agree with that. i think senator paul was correct in his claims today and how he addressed secretary of state clinton. there were a lot of -- there were a lot of missteps here. we do know -- you had said that there w

. >> fbi director robert mueller met with libyan officials in tripoli about the deadly attack at thensulate in benghazi last september. a lawense forcement official said there has been significant progress in the investigation and charges against suspects are expected. >> stocks surging on wall street. the s & p closed at a five-year high. the dow just missed that mark. >>> pauline philips, better known as the original dear abby columnist has died after boug battling alzheimer's disease. her daughter took over the column full time in 2002. she was 94. >> got to see this one, in slidell, louisiana, police say a burglar forgot his mask and decided to improvise by putting a bucket over his head. problem is he broke into a seafood business where he used to work and part of his face was captured on the surveillance cameras. >> you can't see out of a bucket. >> coming up, dry legs, maybe? we found the genes for you. the ridiculist is next. ♪ aww man. [ male announcer ] returns are easy with free pickup from the u.s. postal service. we'll even drop off boxes if you need them. visit usps.com