substantially since the ambassador's testimony one year ago of osama bin laden and senior obama administration officials have gone so far to declare that the united states are going -- i'm going to quote the administration -- within reach of defeating al qaeda. yet, just weeks before bin laden's death, we had testimony before this subcommittee. ambassador mentioned at the time. we continue to see a strong flow of new recruits into many of the most dangerous terrorist organizations. so we'll hear if that's still the case today but a year has brought other changes as well. radical elements have egypt looking into the abyss. armed militias have libya and concerns over foreign fighters in syria. it's hard to see how some of these developments have not harmed u.s. counterterrorism efforts. other regions, like africa and western hemisphere are of concern earlier this year the committee focused on iran's growing role in the western hemisphere. we have got groups like boca harom which means education is sinful creating mayhem there. pakistan, specifically security forces and their back of an array of militant g

the obama administration officials regularly try to justify their excessive red tape by citing misleading and incomplete health statistics. meanwhile, they completely ignore how these exact same regulations destroy jobs and destroy communities. when americans lose their jobs, their health and the health of their children suffers. these are the findings of a new minority report that i am releasing today as ranking member of the subcommittee of clean air and nuclear safety. the report is entitled "red tape: making americans sick." a new report on the health impacts of high unemployment. this is a comprehensive report, and it contains expert testimony before this committee. and the best scientific medical research from institutions such as johns hopkins, columbia, yale and others. this key medical research and testimony details the public health consequences of joblessness. and the joblessness is caused as a result from the cumulative impact of the epa's ongoing regulations. specifically, these impacts from joblessness will increase the likelihood of hospital visits, increase the likelihood

plus tonight an obama administration official pleads the fifth amendment in front of congress. and he's still on the payroll. this gsa official wouldn't tell congress what happened to almost a million dollars in taxpayer money that reportedly went to an over-the-top conference full of mind readers and clowns. my special guest tonight oversight chairman congressman darrell issa. he's trying to get to the bottom of it all. we begin this overening with the breaking news. the vote in the buffett tax is under way and cnbc's eamon javers joins us. good evening, what can you tell us? >> good evening, larry. some strange circumstances on capitol hill this evening. they opened this vote. most of the senators voted and finished voting as much as a half an hour ago, but they've held the vote open. we are told they are waiting for as many as six senators who have still not voted yet. nonetheless, we are expecting here that those six senators will not be enough to make up the margin of difference here and that the buffett rule will go down to defeat this cloture motion, procedural motion wi

government has been trying to do unnamed senior obama administration officials have said that the money is coming from the israeli government that hasn't been substantiated as fact but that's the best lead that we have right now everything so much for joining us tonight. all right guys i just want to take a quick moment term mind everybody to participate in our project to find out which congressperson requested that environmental activist turn to christopher be put in isolation you can learn more about tim's case and how to help us figure out which member of congress is behind it on our facebook page and remember if you do find anything out that you want to share with us please e-mail us producer dot com. are you one more break tonight but when we come back senator who often comes off as stupid on twitter calls president obama stupid on twitter and on happy hour should sex offenders be banned from holding underage kids all live and according to the white house he had diabetes they were disabled we'll have all those stories and more look at the. story of the siege so you think you unders

van jones has become both an inspirational and divisive figure as the first former obama administration official to release the book it's giving us an inside look at how thin and the white house think and where they go all wrong not understanding the rest of us the so-called ninety nine percent of this newly formed organization rebuild the dream jones is focusing on community building specific campaigns like addressing student debt finding the right candidates but jones hasn't been vilified just by the right wing with the former communist labels and attacks that forced him out of his job in washington now by supporting and speaking out for the occupy movement there also been a lot of calls that he's just trying to co-opt the popular movement and fit into the mold of the democratic party and the very political system that they see as dysfunctional so how exactly does one rebuild the dream and get everybody on the same page well joining me from our studio in new york is former white house special adviser then jones he's also author of the new book rebuild the dream. and i want to thank you so much

an obama administration official says the launch prevents the u-s from providing food aid to north koreaich had been agreed to in february. diplomats from the u.s. and five other world powers aren't expecting a breakthrough this weekend in talks with iran about its nuclear program. but they hope tehran will continue to hint at a compromise and keep negotiating. the meeting in istanbul was in doubt until a week ago... so the fact that it's going forward may indicate economic sanctions are having an impact on iran. a failure to make progress this weekend could push the pentagon closer to military options to stop iran's uranium enrichment program. a democratic strategist has apologized for criticizing mitt romney's wife. earlier this week ... hilary rosen said that ann romney has "never worked a day in her life." the remark was meant to criticize *mitt* romney for taking economic advice from his wife. but many .. including members of rosen's own party ... saw it as an attack on stay-at-home mothers. many women do not have the choice of a luxury of being a stay at home mother, that is my onl

obama administration official tells fox news, quote, at least we have taken bold swift forceful action to hold those responsible accountable. and to put in place protections to make sure this never happened again. if bush administration folks had acted under their watch, the 2010 debacle could have been avoided. end quote. a former bush administration official says the obama administration is ducking responsibility. >> this administration refuses to take responsibility for any of their actions, high gas prices, foreclosures, joblessness, solyndra, you name it the buck has got to stop with this president. it's his responsibility. it was his administrator of gsa and it was wrong. >> keep in mind the 2010 conference, harris, occurred during the height of the recession when hard-pressed taxpayers were looking at unemployment rate just below 10%. harris? >> harris: which makes it even more bizarre had when you watch those rap videos. you are watching people take their time to show us how they are spending our money. is there any kind of punishment for that? >> well, at this point there is n

. >> hundreds of people at the obama administration officials and lobbyists and no official record whoof. >> the number of fund-raisers for the president have benefitted hugely from the energy loan program. >> isn't the president opening himself up to a charge of hypocrisy on this? >> a litany of people who have raised so much money who are clearly lobbyistings. >> he can't even made a token effort to keep his campaign promise of openness and transparency, another lie. >> hasn't even made an effort to keep to has promises. i think in this case, that's true. do the voters care? >> they care a lot. we tested that in grand rapids, michigan, which i think will be ground zero for the campaign. they found that number 1; you hear barack obama in his own words. you watched him say it. number 2; clip after clip after clip. number 3; it matters because they expect you, when you are president of the united states, to keep your promises. they assume that people will break promises in the election campaign. but once you get elected, you say what you mean and mean what you say. that's why that ad was

a senior obama administration official forced to quit after her agency improperly paid for $820,000 junket to a nevada casino. at taxpayer expense. martha johnson is head of the general services administration an agency in charge of spending oversite. she stepped down after firing two deputies and suspending two other staffers over their nevada trip. it included $95 per person dinners, $3,200 for a mind reader and $7,500 thousand in team building exercises including building bicycles and after hour parties in suites. >> i have no tan in italy so i got excited and i went tanning in jersey. tanning. tanning. tanning. >> we have all been there. >> we will help you. you may want to trying to keep up with the jersey shore group. >> there is a dramatic increase in a surprising group: young people. and hour is dermatologist. doctor, great to have you. everyone loves the such because it feels bad and they say we need ten minute as day. >>guest: million known is the second most common cancer in young people and they locked for any changes in the number of cases in young people. >> why is it increas

. >> bret: not everyone here in washington is thrilled that the obama administration officials welcomedrs of egypt's muslim brotherhood to the white house this week. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler explains why it happened anyway. >> reporter: when egypt's muslim brotherhood helped push hosni mubarak from power a year ago, the u.s. officials welcome the islamist group assurance it would not run its own candid for the presidency. by the time they introduceed the candidate this weekend, obama administration was ready for the change of heart. they met with mid-level white house aides tuesday and today press secretary jay carney defended the talks. >> the fact that egypt's political landscape changed and the actors have become more diverse and our engagement reflects that. there musa, the former egyptian foreign minister leads the poll for the may and june elections but the hard-liner is a strong second. he wants suggestions to overturn peace treaty with israel, which is a reason the administration prefers him. but the analyst feels the brotherhood can't be tr

an obama administration official telling fox news, at least we've taken bold, switch, forceful actionhold those responsible accountable, and to put in place protections to make sure this never happens again. if bush administration officials acted under their watch, navy officials made clear that support is available now and some money is on the way. >> have the ability to reach out to those people and disperse funds to them, to help them recover some of their life. so that's our big focus. aside from investigating the aircraft, our big focus is to continue being the right kind of partner for all black and all of the incidents happening within a three-mile area at around the same time. that has police and the community very concerned. >> in tulsa, we don't have three dead bodies in one day, spread out like we have here in one general geographical area, but yet far enough apart where somebody is mobile. >> it's scary that they're randomly running around, because they can do it at anytime. >> if we get new developments, we will bring them to you. >> rick, police say they may have recover

coming up, obama administration official says war on terror is officially over. is it really?important question while eric bolling does the handstand push-ups on a mirror. it's true. he is going for a record. you won't want to miss that. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> eric: welcome back, folks. this may be the most dangerous headline coming out of the obama white house ever. take a look. the war on terror is over. that declaration comes from high-level mideast advisor in the obama administration. i don't get it. america has 2 million active and personnel based around the world many fighting terror, killing bad guys whose sole mission in life is destroy our way of life. the muslim brotherhood's primary mission is blanket the globe with shariah live is alive and kicking. if you think i'm wrong, check palestine, iraq, egypt and afghanistan. all muslim brotherhood strongholds. juan, this must be a mistake. this must be error in the obama administration should get out in front of this and say no, no, no, the war in terror ain't over yet, right? >> juan: i agree. the war on terror, if you think abo

. >> reporter: negotiations for chen will be difficult for the obama administration. officialsy to persuade the chinese to release the man they consider a criminal. >> reporter: later this week, secretary of state hillary clinton and other u.s. leaders will arrive in beijing for talks on trade and the economy. chen's friends say the activist wants to stay in china to fight for human rights and does not want to go to the u.s. but he may not have another option. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> the european union is supporting chen's case and is asking the chinese government to use restraint. >>> well, would you sail on a replica of the titanic? an australian billionaire is building a near perfect model of the ship that sunk on her maiden voyage. the new luxury ship called titanic 2, is equipped with modern technology and state of the art immunities. it is expected to set sail, 2013. >>> more dads are staying home with the children. number of fathers who are primary caretakers increased 26% in 2002. researchers say it's a combination of mothers goi

according to several sources, obama administration officials now believe the submerged aspect of thesraeli azer by januarazerbaijan alliance, the security cooperation the two. there is a briefing today. listen to this. >> send you to the azerbijanis for what they may talk to israelis about. i don't have information to indicate reports out there have any basis in fact. >> this is not the first time our president have thrown our friends israel under the bus. not the last time either. join me now as vetting of president obama, host of "war stories" on the news channel. colonel oliver north. how are you? >> unprecedented access to sensitive material that someone gave to the press. and it can only come from the administration. what is happening here is a full court press that is political and ideological. there is a naive utopian hope that if you bring about palestinian, israeli peace accord, all the problems with jihad against us will go away. >> sean: why? this is very interesting, why it's -- he is basically telegraphed to the iranians -- >> the difference here. that is the political p

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. >> hundreds of people at the obama administration officials and lobbyists and no official record whoof. >> the number of fund-raisers for the president have benefitted hugely from the energy loan program. >> isn't the president opening himself up to a charge of hypocrisy on this? >> a litany of people who have raised so much money who are clearly lobbyistings. >> he can't even made a token effort to keep his campaign promise of openness and transparency, another lie. >> hasn't even made an effort to keep to has promises. i think in this case, that's true. do the voters care? >> they care a lot. we tested that in grand rapids, michigan, which i think will be ground zero for the campaign. they found that number 1; you hear barack obama in his own words. you watched him say it. number 2; clip after clip after clip. number 3; it matters because they expect you, when you are president of the united states, to keep your promises. they assume that people will break promises in the election campaign. but once you get elected, you say what you mean and mean what you say. that's why that ad was

. >> reporter: negotiations for chen will be difficult for the obama administration. officialsersuade the chinese to release the man they consider a criminal. >> reporter: later this week, secretary of state hillary clinton and other u.s. leaders will arrive in beijing. for talks on trade and the economy chen's friends say the activist wants to stay in china to fight for human rights and does not want to go to the u.s. but he may not have another option. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> now, the european union is supporting chen's case and is asking the chinese government to use restraint. >>> forget about picnic baskets. a bear in colorado is apparently in the mood for a nice, home-cooked meal. homeowners spotted the bear wandering through the neighborhood. they were able to tranquilize the animal before he caused any damage. they, of course, plan to release him back into the wild. >> he doesn't look hungry to me. he looks like he's had plenty of meals. >> they always look hungry to me. >>> scott pelley has a preview of what's happening in the c

. >>> top administration officials are advising president obama to veto a bill making its way through congress the cyber intelligence sharing and protection act. now this law which has strong opposition among civil liberties groups would allow the government and various cyber security companies to share information about hack attacks and other threats to the nation more easily. some critics worry the law would give the government more freedom to track internet traffic. >>> well, it's thursday, we get first-time jobless claims on thursday. just a few minutes from now, in fact. let's bring in jackie from cnbc headquarters. good morning, jackie. >> good morning, scott. well, the futures pointing to a lower open on wall street. after the markets closed up on wednesday, on the back of positive earnings from boeing and apple. there was also a muted reaction to the fed which left rates unchanged and upgraded the forecast to reflect an improving job market. the asian markets rose overnight, but the european markets are lower and pressuring us here in terms of the futures picture right now. we

negotiations for chen will be difficult for the obama administration. officials must try to persuade the chinese to release the man they consider a criminal. later this week secretary of state hillary clinton and other u.s. leaders will arrive in beijing for talks on trade and the economy. chen's friends say the activist wants to stay in china to fight for human rights and does not want to go to the u.s., but he may not have another option. chen and his family were under house arrest for the last 20 months. human rights groups say they were beaten and harassed during that time. at the white house danielle nottingham. now back to you, derek. >> chen supporters do believe a deal for his release will get done before clinton arrives in china. >>> investigators were back at the scene today of that deadly crash at the bronx zoo. it happened yesterday when an suv flipped over a guardrail and came crashing down just inside the zoo grounds. seven people from the same family died including three children. police say the car was traveling fast when it hit the center median,

. >> reporter: negotiations for chen will be difficult for the obama administration. officialsto persuade the chinese to release the man they consider a criminal. >> reporter: later this week, secretary of state hillary clinton and other u.s. leaders will arrive in beijing for talks on trade and the economy. chen's friends say the activist wants wants to stay in china, to fight for human rights and does not want to go to the u.s. but he may not have another option. at the white house, danielle nottingham, wjz eyewitness news. >> chen's supporters believe a deal for his release will get done before clinton arrives in china. >>> also in china, a little girl survives a dangerous accident after a large truck nearly slams into her. take a look. this is tough to watch. the close encounter happened as the girl ran across the street. luckily, the truck swerved at the last second, avoiding the girl and slamming into a traffic pole. she escaped with only a few bruises and scrapes. the driver also survived that accident. >>> check in with eyewitness news at 6:00. for all new stories comin

and i'm not working for the campaign, and i don't think people should listen to an ex-obama administration officialor a romney campaign operative. go look at the congressional budget office report yourself. and what you can see is that while the obama budget is trying to stabilize the debt-to-gdp ratio, the romney budget, according to objective budget observers, is blowing up the deficit. it's crushing social security and medicare by more than 25% while simultaneously putting in $3 trillion of tax cuts. so to say that they're broadening the base when the base broadners they've discussed are one-tenth to have the cost of the tax cuts, just doesn't make any sense. as i say, it's just not mathematically correct. so i really don't think they should be pushing that argument. >> a quick rebuttal there? >> the goal is not to stabilize debt-to-gdp at an already very high level, the goal is to bring it down. >> then why increase the deficit? >> romney would bring down gdp back to 20%, to where it used to be, and do so without raising taxes. we can do that. that's just simple arithmetic. but we cannot accomm

that's the concern of obama administration officials and other leaders who met to talk about youth violenceay. >> what are we doing to teach conflict resolution skills in second, third, fourth, fifth, grade and not just high school. as soon as something goes wrong the first thing they know is to pick up a knife or gun in some minor dispute and it gets escalated to a tragedy. >> education secretary aron duncan said leaders both inside and outside of schools need to reach out to younger kids to help prevent violence and also noted increasing problems that city leaders are facing with their shrinking budgets. today's summit highlighted ways in which cities like boston, chicago, detroit, and san jose are successfully reducing crime among youth. >>> a special prosecutor has decided that a group of citizens should be selected to determine whether any charges should be filed in connection with a deadly police involved shooting in culpepper. that shooting killed 54-year-old patricia cook. it happened back in february. julie carey has our report. >> reporter: the fatal shooting of 54-year-old patric

now an obama administration official is paying for it with her job. general services administration, martha johnson, she has now resigned, reports show that the agency spent more than $800,000 on a seminar near sin city a couple years ago, and the gsa catered lavish meals and brought in a mind reader. james murdoch stepping down as chairman of british broadcasting chinlt b sky b. that's the tabloid he shut down. he has consistently denied knowing about the spying that went on including eavesdropping on celebrities, politicians, even victims of crime. >> i want to go back to the school shooting that happened in oakland. we're getting new details about the man that police say shot seven people execution style. i understand you have new information. what can you tell us, what's going on behind you? >> reporter: suzanne, look behind me, you can see that there are forensic investigators who just arrived a few minutes ago, they are in front of o'kos university. several law enforcement agencies will process this scene. this is a large area, suzanne, we're tal

president obama's top law enforcement officials saying, of course, the administration believes the courts have the power to declare acts of congress unconstitutional, a long-accepted pillar of constitutional law. still, this seemingly academic exercise is at the center of a testy, political dispute over the supreme court's review of the health care law. >> i'm just saying there's a lot of -- it's kind of ridiculous to believe that the president wasn't talking about the context of the case. >> the white house remains on the defensive, with many republicans happy to continue the fight. senator mitch mcconnell thursday telling the president to, quote, back off. all of this stems from these comments from the president monday. i'm confident that the supreme court will not take what would be an unprecedented, extraordinary step of overturning a law that was passed by a strong majority of a democratically elected congress. >> remarks some interpreted as challenging the court's authority and fueling the flames federal judge jerry smith tuesday demanded an explanation. the attorney general in his

still to come tonight, it is amateur hour at obama white house as administration official announces thatquote, the war on terror is over. i bet you didn't know that. reaction to the stunning comment as brave men and women continued to fight overseas and much more coming up on this edition of hannity. ♪ i'm making my money do more. i'm consolidating my assets. i'm not paying hidden fees or high commissions. i'm making the most of my money. and seven-dollar trades are just the start. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. i'm with scottrade. and i'm loving every minute of it. [ rodger riney ] at scottrade, we give you commission-free etfs, no-fee iras and more. come see why more investors are saying... i'm with scottrade. >>. >> sean: this is a fox news alert. mitt romney picking up wins in five states. we are still awaiting results from the state of new york. we continued with dana and stauvt. i wanted to go through the speech. it's still about the economy, we're not stupid. powerful line. >> no matter what kind of distraction you try to throw our way, the focus is on the economy. that w

top obama administration officials were onboard two of them.rming birds hit the c-32 carrying the vice president when it landed in santa barbara, california. the state department says a bird was sucked into the engine of a plane carrying secretary of state hillary clinton from brussels to paris. you may remember cnn's own ali velshi was on the flight from new york to los angeles that was forced to make an emergency landing yesterday because of a bird strike. our mary snow is taking a closer look into what appears to be a growing problem. mary, what's going on? >> wolf, the incident on thursday, the emergency landing is still being investigated. it is not certain the kind of bird that struck the engines, but here in new york the city has stepped up efforts in recent years to cut the risk of bird strikes and that's because the population of canada geese has been increasing and they flock to areas near the city's major airports. just moments after delta flight 1063 took off from jfk airport thursday, it was clear something went wrong. >> delta 106

and tonight an official inside the obama administration tells me that one of the officials in our storye that received the highest bonus, he has now been linked to that scandal in las vegas and he has joined the other gsa aids who have either resigned, been fired or put on administrative leave. he's on administrative leave. in the newsroom, 9news now. >>> new tonight, dc police have released video of a man wanted for shooting a store manager in the back. they say this is the man who walked into a right aid store in the 1400-block this afternoon, robbed the place at gunpoint. you can see the suspect standing at the cash register taking money out of it while more customers walk in. now, before leaving, police say that man shot the store manager and the victim suffered critical injuries. police are now offering up to $10,000 in reward money to anybody who's got information leading to an arrest and conviction. >>> an update now on the beating in baltimore that went viral on the internet. police say aaron parsons turned himself in today for the st. patrick's day attack. somebody was videotap