has the the obama administration been fast s enough and wise enough in its response to the arab upheaval. what would a republican administration do differently. want to mix it up. you want to start, barney? >> let me say, there was a tendency for us as a country to say everything that doesn't go right is our fault, our responsibility. we have to deal with. but the arab spring has been a serious set of issues for us. the notion that democracy is a good thing is something i believe in morally. but it isn't always created -- clear the consequences are going to be of the right sort. what's happening now in egypt is troubling, with people talking about cutting off the contractor. one of the best things that happened in the middle east, the camp david agreement and willingness of both sides to live up to to the extent that is called into question, that is deeply problematic. i think the administration has been dealing with it fairly reasonably unclueding by the way, let's be clear, people pointed out, neither this administration nor i believe any republican administration has shown any great e

obama administration says there's no disconnection between its calls for assad to leave. the obama administration says there's no disconnect between its call for assad to leave and the u.n.'s plan which could give him an opening to stay. it's argued that it would result in assad's ouster. bob orr, cbs news, washington. >>> questions about building safety and cutter this morning after a fire at an upscale shopping mall killed 19 people including 13 children. thick smoke poured out of the building yesterday. officials say the fire started in the child care center, but witnesses say when the alarm went off, there was no plan to get people out of the mall. >>> an air canada passenger jet was forced to make an emergency landing. yesterday it took off from toronto en route to tokyo with 318 passengers on board. shortly after takeoff the engines failed. the crew got rid of some fuel and safely landed back at toronto about two minutes later. >> midway through the air conditioning popped which normally doesn't happen and the plane continued in acceleration. it continued in that angle but nothing happen. >> it's claimed that chunks the size of cell phones came from the engine. >>> c

s, prenatal care. now the obama administration wants to include breast and cervical cancer programs in next year's funding. $260 million, but so far it's only a proposal. and make no mistake. though eliminating all funding for preventive care would have a big impact, but it's an impact on everyone. that's not the issue. that's not how moveon.org is framing it. the issue is claims like these. >> the way to pay for this assistance for students is not to shut down health for the women of this country. >> a continuation of their assault on women's health. >> pile on on that assault on women's health care. >> continuing their all out assault on women's health. >> attack women's health and children's health. >> they now are attacking women's health. >> it's interesting that the fund they keep going back to, particularly benefits the reproductive health care, chald baring, preventive health care that's necessary to women. >> this is a fund that democrats voted to cut earlier this year. keeping them honest, even if democrats were pursuing this line, they have been moving the goalpost. 60% of the billion-dollar fu

s embassy in beijing. he turned himself back over to chinese authorities... once the obama administration assured him he would be treated okay. but this morning, chen says he's worried about his and his family's safety and rights. a u-s official says the u-s is seeking to clarify chen's wishes, and is in discussions with the chinese government. china is calling the u-s' handling of the situation unacceptable. former n-f-l star junior seau sent text messages to his ex- wife and three children... one day before he apparently committed suicide. the messages ended with "i love you." it appears seau shot himself in the chest at his home in oceanside, california. his girlfriend found his body in one of the bedrooms yesterday morning. an autopsy will be done today. his mother says she didn't see any signs... her son was on the verge of suicide. his death has also stunned current and former n-f-l players. this case is drawing comparisons to the death of former chicago bear dave duerson. >> we have the same problems everyone else in the world does physically and emotionally he killed himself last

schools, diocese and other institutions filed lawsuits monday against the obama administration's birth control mandate. the suit s that requiring most employees to provide birth control coverage in employee health plan violates their religious freedom. >>> a federal judge has ruled that the makers of pom wonderful used deceptive advertising and must stop claiming that their pomegranate drink with treat heart disease, prostate cancer and other illnesses. however there was one victory for the company. the judge said pom could provide competent, reliable, scientific evidence to back its claims instead of the more rigorous medical trials the government called for in its original complaint. >>> for the first time ever a private business has launched a rocket to the international space station. the unmanned falcon 9 rocket named dragon took off just before dawn this morning from cape canaveral, opening the door to a new era of space flight. until now, only major governments have launched vessels into space. and if all goes well the dragon should dock with the space station on friday. pop star usher's custody trial resu

the catholic church slaps the obama administration with a lawsuit and strong words on what the u.s. administration hasn't done in syria. fox 5's melanie alnwick has roundup. >> reporter: this is the ad that's raised a few hackles calling mitt romney's bain capital a job killer, not a job creator and while some democrats distanced themselves from it, on face the nation presidential advisor robert gibbs did not back down. >> this has nothing to do with being anti-business. this is a good criticism quite honestly of mitt romney's only thesis for being president of the united states that, he's some kind of economic savior. he's very good at making money for his partners. he's not so good at creating jobs '. >> reporter: ed gillespie, a romney campaign advisor, shot back. >> there is a correlation, bob, between making money and growing a company and job creation. that's what president obama doesn't understand because he's never been in the private sector, doesn't really understand how it works. >> reporter: the obama/romney proxy debate continued on meet the press with newt gingrich taken on maryland governor martin o'malley who ma

assuming a second term obama administration, i would welcome your thoughts as to everything else being equal, which of course it never is, what kind of shifts might occur in the policy s of that administration vis-a-vis the type of issues we've been discussing? >> okay, a question from over there? >> that was my exact question, actually. >> okay, good. so let's get your question. i only have to put two together. >> adam roe of chicago, illinois. i wanted to know, mr. aaron david miller, why you would say netanyahu would call obama a con man? if i took it out of context -- >> the other way around. >> obama would call netanyahu a con man? >> right. >> if you could provide examples? >> that's my own view and i've written it at least three or four times. i have no evidence -- i have not a shred of empirical evidence to believe that's how the president actually thinks of the prime minister. but having worked for four or five presidents, half a dozen of secretaries of state, knowing what he has been told about the prime minister in his first incarnation from many people, some who are in his administration still, some who are not, i am absolutely persuaded that the president

perhaps if it's under obama in additional four years it will be towards qua s quasi european economic state. letting europe lead in foreign policy? libya, we were dragged, obama administration- >> no. >> one second. okay. you' your talking points magnificent as well. john? >> libya worked out pretty damn well for the world. having the europeans take part of it with the united states pulling all of the strings, not a terrible way to go if you're trying to build an international coalition and they need to do that in syria. but the circumstances are quite different on the ground in syria than libya. in comparison -- the thing that amaze me about romney on foreign policy how popular it is with veteran. he has a 24-point lead among veteran over obama. john mccain, who was one of the greatest veterans of all, only won by ten point as among veterans. romney didn't serve. he got an academic deferment, obama was too young for service, but it's interesting to me, puzzling actually, as to why he has a mammoth lead among veteran now. >> i'm afraid we've run out of time. thank you for joining us. stay with us. much more ahead. >> i'm committed to romney's election. giving this economy,

s effective international advocacy. i am pleased to do countering. in the end, it is israeli government. the obama administration has taken no negative actions against the israeli government, unlike the bush administration. what we have though is i think a much more effective way of defending them and the results are very clear. >> that's good. i want to point out for the record. it is wonderful to have barney frank defending yitzhak shamir, benjamin netanyahu and rick santorum. i applaud that. >> i was amraapplauding -- >> both of us prefer benjamin netanyahu to rick santorum. >> bill, let me begin the formal questioning with you. each election we hear that this -- this is the year that jews are going to shift their traditional democratic loyalty to the republican party. in, in ajcs just released survey of american jewish opinion, if the election was held today the jewish vote would split. about 61% for president obama. 28% for governor romney. remainder undecided. what do you make of the numbers? is, 2012, finally the year of the republicans? >> no. i think if you do the 61-28, allocate undecided, 8-4, 68-32,

s melissa malay with details. good morning. >> reporter: the good morning. the obama administration says passengers were never in danger, and there are no plans now to adjust security. the plastic device is at the fbi's crime lab outside washington. they are analyzing it to see if the bomb could have slipped through security. they say it was a more refined version of the underwear bomb that failed to detonate back in 2009. apparently the would-be bomber had not yet picked out a target or bought a plane ticket when the cia stepped in and seized the bomb. american officials say this proves al qaeda is still a major threat. they found out about the plot last month, followed it, then shut it down. >> it's really a record of failure. the desire is high, the capabilities are weak. >> person who had the bomb, the exact language that was used for me was, we no longer have to be concerned about him. >> reporter: the device was likely made by the top bomb-maker for al qaeda in yemen, who designed the 2009 underwear bomb, as well. since the administration this h actually planned to make an ann

. >> we have a 1930's tariff structure in the 21st century, and that is really ham perking our awe -- hampering our ability to grow jobs. >> the obama administration is working on a new trade deal with vietnam and other countries called the transpacific partnership. as the world's fastest growing shoemaker, vietnam wants to shoot taif eliminated and so do most american footwear companies. no surprise, new balance disagrees. >> we think that the u.s. government should be working to protect u.s. jobs and vietnam's already winning in this category. so giving away our 1500 in the 4,000 connected jobs from our supplier base is a situation where i don't think we'll get them back. >> new balance says it already faces higher costs for its u.s. production. without tariff protection it wouldn't make economic sense to manufacture shoes at its factories in maine and massachusetts. for now those five factories are doing well. >> we're growing our employment in our north american manufacturing. we've got more jobs today than we've ever had. we just added 65 new jobs. >> but jobs designing and marketing shoes pay more than jobs making shoes. and new balance comp

s leading voices on foreign policy, senate john mccain. then, catholic institutions take the obama administration to court. over its insurance mandate on contraception. is it an issue of religious freedom? or women's health? we will ask a top church official pushing the legal challenge, cardinal wuerl archbishop of washington. plus, are president obama attacks on governor romney's business record working? and our power player of the week, a remarkable story of devotion to country and sacrifice you will not want to miss. all right now. on fox news sunday. and hello again on this memorial day weekend. from fox news in washington. as we remember those who is given their lives defending our country, we continue to face foreign policy challenges. here to tackle all of that is senator john mccain. welcome back to fox news sunday. >>guest: thank you for having me on especially memorial day. >>chris: there has been another massacre in syria, government forces killed more than 90 people including more than 30 children. you can see some of the bodies stacked up like cord wood in a village and the white hou

obama administration and thinking inside nato. these are hardly new issues for nato. every single use of force in the 1990's had to do with the prevention of mass atrocities in one form or another kharif afghanistan is being -- mass atrocities in one form or another. afghanistan being the exception. we deal with situations that require military force. there is new thinking within nato. there is an increasing emphasis on making sure we have the capacity to respond to whatever situation may arise in which the use of military force may prove to be useful. one of the lessons we learned from libya was backed a precise -- was that the most precise operation of air power we have seen to date can have a positive impact on the ability to protect civilians window civilians are being attacked by their own government. every situation will be unique. it is something nato does as 28 democracies coming together. they need to be in a position to act if it is desirable to do so. >> thank you. >> thank you very much. [applause] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] [captions copyright national cable satelli

obama administration says their graphic nature would only incite more violence or be used for propaganda. homeland security officials say they've seen no specific, credible threats or plots against the u-s the anniversary of bin laden's death. secretary of state hillary clinton and treasury secretary timothy geithner will lead the u-s team this week at a meeting in china aimed at broadening ties between the world's top two economies. but the high-level meetings could be over-shadowed by a blind chinese rights activist the u-s embassy. chen guangcheng escaped from house arrest last week. he was jailed, beaten, and locked in his home after campaigning against alleged forced abortions. secretary clinton is pledging to press china's leaders on the issue of human rights. rupert murdoch is unfit to run his news corporation media empire. that's part of the findings in a new report from several british lawmakers. a bi-partisan parliamentary committee looked into his role... in a phone hacking scandal. the 85-page report was approved by a six to four vote. the legislators say murdoch, his son, and his company showed willful blindness about the hacking at the "news of the world" tabloid. that tab

s leading voices on foreign policy, senate john mccain. then, catholic institutions take the obama administration. is it an issue of religious freedom? or women's health? we will ask a top churc

s warrantless wiretapping program that congress decided you know what ok will make it legal for the government to spy on your communications but supposedly only the international communications and now the obama administration is really pushing for this to be reauthorized it expires at the end of the year but there are a lot of abuses there are a lot of privacy advocates civil liberties advocates are really concerned about it and so today there was a hearing on capitol hill tribe is going to fill us in on what exactly was said let's just say there is a lot of fear mongering because there's no transparency behind this nobody knows who is actually tracking who the courts can't see this and they say that they can't tell you because if they tell you then the terrorists will know so it's a complicated web and we're going to find out all about it in just a half an hour that's on the show thanks for that update a lot of that's going to do for the news right now for more of the stories we covered you can check out our you too can all it's a you tube dot com. obs last r.t. america you can also check out our web site stories we don't have time to get to on the air they're busy covering on our web site that is our t.v

s anything sexual. in high school, i did some dumb things and if anyone was hut or offended obviously i apologize. >>reporter: averaging -- average -- acknowledging he did some bad things. they go after, obama administration, go after romney for supporting an amendment to the constitution that would ban same-sex marriage and the president wants do manufacture forward and they believe romney wants to move back warred. >>shepard: thank you. the price of oil fell again for the 6 the day in a row and that hasn't happened in two years. the cost of a barrel of crude ended below $97. the price now is up a few cents. gas prices follow oil prices and aaa reports the average cost of a gallon of regular dropped 18 cents from last month. gerri willis is with us. why is oil down? >>gerri: i was one of those people who said that, but the demand is low. that is because the economies are slow. what is going on in europe, and china is slowing down, and the united states has been slowed. my is up. opec is producing more than they have produced. non-opec countries are producing oil, more than they ever produced so we have a lot of supply, demand is diminishing, so prices go down. >>shepard: and so now we have more money for

that today the obama administration issued an official statement of financial policy assert -- administration policy asserting that -- quote -- "the administration strongly supports passage of s. 3187. lastly, let me mention that the congressional budget office scored the bill as fully paid for, estimates that the legislation would reduce the deficit by $363 million over the next ten years. so, again, not only are we enhancing patients' rights and protections, we're ensuring a better integrity for the drug supply chain. as we know, more than 80% of the products that go into our drugs manufactured in this country come from abroad. there have been many stories written, many television investigative stories included, on problems in that drug supply chain. well, this bill enhances our ability to ensure the integrity of that drug supply chain from where they get the raw materials to where they put it together in this country. and so this bill, as i said, is -- not only does it do good for our patients, we enhance f.d.a.'s authority to streamline and make sure that we bring drugs to market in more rapid order. and we save $363 million over ten years doing it. so i look forward to b

s or so. >> it is a fundraiser pa papa lose za. the obama administrationpaign was sending out invitations up enemy like a week ago you could fly out to george clooney's house they will pay the air fare for you. you have to contribute $30,000 to get in the front door and get to party with president obama and george clooney at his pad there. the big party out on his basketball court took place last night. >> they raised $15 million at his fundraiser because there were so many hollywood heavy hitters. it didn't hurt that president obama had just come out and changed his stance on gay marriage. to be three and a half years he said his position was evolving at some point he would talk about a new position. this week first joe biden came out and talked about it arnie duncan came out and talked about it and then the president came out and talked about it he now believes is that there is nothing wrong with gay marriage and so hollywood appreciated that. some members of hollywood. some people said that they even opened their wallets. they have been waiting on the s

s legal activities appropriation by $13.5 million and increase the appropriations for u.s. attorneys by $21.5 million in an effort to comply with the obama administration's $55 million request. the f.b.i. needs the funding to increase its capacity to investigate financial and mortgage fraud schemes. the requested 40 new agents and four forensic accountants will create two hybrid squads to target the most significant complex financial crimes and remaining resources will be allocated to f.b.i. field offices to increase financial and mortgage fraud efforts. the criminal division within d.o.j. needs additional resources to prosecute the most significant financial crimes, including mortgage fraud, corporate fraud and sophisticated investment fraud. coordinate multi-district financial crime cases and assist u.s. attorney's offices in financial crime cases with significant money laundering and asset forfeiture components. the civil division in d.o.j. needs funding to expand civil enforcement efforts to obtain recoveries from individuals and companies who violated the terms of federal contracts, loans and subsidies. the civil rights division needs funding to exp

obama administration to talk itself out of any action. in 1982, the israeli air force went up against the syrian air force. the israeli air force came away killing 80mi tbrks sade an excellent point saying we have more than a humanitarian interest. we have a extra tee jim interest. if we can destroy the assad regime we break iran's link to hezbollah, we put the iranian regime on the back foot. i imagine mr. walsh feels this way, we have an interest in a non-military solution if one is possible with the iranians. there will be fewer better ways to put real pressure on the regime in iran than to topple its number one ally in the arab world. if the united states isn't going to lead, the turks aren't going to lead. the europeans aren't going to lead. we have an opportunity for a strategic win. megyn: i want to give jim a chance to respond to that. >> part of the problem is the last thing that was said. this isn't like libya from france and sarkozy and britain wanted to lead. no one wants to do this and they don't want to do it for good reasons. syria isn't 10 feet tall but it's not libya. it is a civil war. the definition of a civil war is when one group of peop

s "booktv." >> "washington journal" continues. host: elana schor is a reporter with "environment and energy daily." a series of speeches link the obama administration's environmental policy with the economy. [video clip] >> the president wants to move into a new era. some of you may have seen earlier this week president obama was on "late night with jimmy fallon. he was asked if there was one thing you could make happen that would change the world by snapping your fingers what would it be, and the president's answer was in short clean energy. he said we must invest in the clean energy sources of tomorrow. he mentioned solar and wind. he talked about supporting electric cars and new sources of energy. he said we need to do those things because it will help us to deal with climate change and it is good for our economy. host: elana schor, talk to us about this strategy the obama administration is taking? guest: in a way, this as going -- this has been going on offense, as the republican administration has blamed the energy agenda for what has happened to consumers. this is the administration saying we've created jobs with stimulus money, and we intend t

obama administration, really immediately after the honeymoon phase. in the midterms that was significant because it fueled a large turnout for the republicans. however, in a general election campaign, the most significant number is the''st 49 percent on election day, like it is now, he's laky to get 48, 49, 50 percent of the vote, which means he has a good chance of keeping his job. if his job approval moves up a little bit, he's almost certain to be reelected. if it moves down, well then he would be an underdog. harris: for way to tell. real quickly, the recession, the economy. no matter what we talk about with foreign policy, anything going on in afghanistan, it comes back to the numbers. people say they generally vote with their pocketbooks. this is very telling. 62 percent of people in this latest poll, scott, believe we're still in an economic recession. >> that's right. in fact, every night for the past four years, a majority of americans have believed we're in a recession. today's numbers are less pessimistic than a year ago, and two years ago but they're more pessimistic than they were earlier in 2012. one area of big concern, 29 pr of workers, the people who have a job right now, are worried about losing it in