and barack obama. she lives in the white house. i mean, by that, she literally has a suite of rooms that she occupies permanently in the white house. she has a secret service detail. she eats with the president and first lady every night that they're in the white house. she goes on vacations with them. she goes to whatever meet showing wants to attend, and she carries the president's message to cabinet ministers and other people in the administration. there's been no one since harry hopkins, way back in the '40s, who has this kind of power. >> host: you write of her, from your book, saying she watched over him and made him feel safe. he was her special charge, the chosen one. she focused on him, doted on him, and devoted her entire life to him and gave him the kind of unconditional love he never received from this mother, who frequently abandoned him as a child. >> guest: that's right. now there have been several, as you know, biographies of barack obama, and there has been a lot of speculation about t

the obamas." that will be followed by a look at the resignation of president nixon 40 years ago this month, beginning with his television address to the nation, followed by a press discussion with some of the reporters who followed the story. coming up tonight on "american history tv" in primetime, a look at the early american republic, beginning with advice from the founding fathers and yale professor joanne freeman discusses alexander hamilton, followed by professor watson jenson teaching a class on political unrest in the early american republic. and later, a classroom lecture on alcohol use in colonial america with university of california professor allen taylor. that's tonight at 8:00 eastern on "american history tv" in primetime. >>> while congress is on break this month, c-span's primetime features a wide range of political views and topics. this week, veterans health care and detectives from the center for disease control and prevention. we visit the atlanta press club for the future of ne

what will the practice of medicine become under obama care?as more doctors leave traditional practicing for either retirement or other work fields, that's going to definitely affect how many doctors are available for everyone else who's left with all of these affordable but can't find your doctor plans that you hear about a doctor shortage and as the baby boomers get older and older that's only going to be a worse problem. >> coming up, obama care from a business angle. rom tracfon? email the school. call the doctor. text the groomer. find gear for soccer. send invites to a party. post karate pics. help sean with history. battle of hastings: 1066. all that with my android from tracfone for as low as $7 a month. unbeatable nationwide coverage, no contract. for a limited time, save $50 on the huawei glory. now just $49.88. tracfone. do everything for less. >>> most working people get >>> most working people get their health care through their jobs. soon many will discover what surprises obama care has in store for them. >> the affordable care ac

the obama side.we have a first lady in michelle obama who is best friends with valerie jarrett and who is a behind the scenes adviser to her husband in a way that's quite different because in many respects, michelle behaves toward her husband as though she knows better. he has said in public that she's the boss. he often sounds like a henpecked guy, i must say. i know that's very radical to say that, but i think there's a lot of truth to that. these women, both michelle and valerie, have enormous influence over his policy decisions. another concrete example, when bill daley was the chief of staff of the obama white house, he said after he resigned that he and obama would come to an agreement and then valerie jarrett would go upstairs to the residence that night, spend the evening up there talking to barack and michelle and the next morning, the president would come down and contravene and throw out the agreement that daley had. and daley resigned because he couldn't function with that kind of white h

but i may barack obama fan also. it isn't as though i think thinu what is right and barack obama is wrong. president obama is doing a great job i think, and i just think hillary has a different perspective on our engagement in the activities of other countries, and so, good for hillary, and if she runs i vote for her. my concern about hillary running is her health. i just hope she can withstand the constant obstructionist republicans, and it's going to be very interesting to me if hillary runs whether the republican party and the tea party will continue with their obstructionist attitude towards hillary as they have with president obama. >> host: okay. that was built in mobile, alabama, democratic party. from jeffrey goldberg's interview with hillary clinton indialantic, published on sunday, and he quotes her saying this -- >> host: philip, kirkwood overcome independent color. go ahead. >> caller: yes, good morning to you. >> host: good morning. >> caller: the reason i'm calling is hillary clinton has always known th

. >> shame on you, barack obama. >> hillary clinton criticizing president obama's foreign policy and now the far left is attacking her. we'll have the latest on that explosive story with crosswalk -- charles krauthammer and karl rove. >> i'll be okay. right now i'm not. >> also ahead, a tense racial situation in a st. louis suburb, dr. ben carson will weigh in it. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ ♪. bill o'reilly, thanks for watching us tonight. this afternoon, authorities in morin county, california, told the world that mr. williams hanged himself in his bedroom as you might know the media is playing the williams story big. some believe it might be too much. bernie goldberg will analyze that in just a few minutes. talking points does not believe the coverage is a very important story. apparently robin williams suffered from depression as 16 million americans do. and it was a depression that likely caused him to take his own life. this morning i was impressed when dr. keith ablow said this. >> here's the truth. every life story, what ha

obama's is right now. you can be sure that the obama white house is aware that ronald reagan's approval rating didn't recover until the end of his presidency. not convinced? take a look at this picture of today. this is a man who is normally dressed in dark suits and bright ties. think about this picture. when was the last time you saw president obama suaved in beige and earthtones for crying out loud? do you think some stylist, some political savant, someone, is trying to warm up this ultracool president of ours, at least visually? and the president's demeanor, a subtle change today as well, including a little banter with the press, and overall, a little more warmth, newfound. a real change, certainly in wardrobe and tone, suggesting newfound constraint perhaps and concern for those worsening poll numbers. maybe just my imagination or frustrated open for change. we'll see what fox news political analyst ed rollins thinks about it all. he joins me here next. now our quotation of the evening. shakespeare sa

today saying this is obama's katrina. this is obama's katrina. -no, it's not obama's katrina. that wases a hurricane. that was an act of god. just shows shows the hatred for president bush. it's not even wildly comparable. aniors worst imagine it's not comparable. president obama created this hurricane. the year before obama took office there were 6,000 illegal immigrant miners who attempted to cross the border. there year there will be close to 100,000. that doesn't just magically happen. president obama is saying -- i don't know where they're getting this crazy idea they should come across the border and and -- they're gifting this crazy idea from the fact that the president of the united states has vowed not to deport anyone between the ages of 16 and 30 in the country illegally, from the fact the president of the united states sued the state of arizona for enforcing federal innings law and the fact that the president of the united states stood behind every effort by major cities, including los angeles, to become sanctuary cities. yesterday the land announced they wouldn't

turn every democratic opponent into barack obama. then we get to the stinking hamburger plan to skip u.s. tax laws by heading off it canada. finally the death that comes of handing a loaded automatic weapon to a 9-year-old and deafening silence from the national rifle association. you know, the ones who say guns don't kill people, people do. in this case, those of you hiding in the corner, it was a gun, an uzi that killed. as i said, we start with the murky change of heart and change of allegiance that drives a small but ruthless bunch of haters to join the murderous ranks of isis and other anti-american islamist terror groups based in syria. let's get a fix as best we can on who they are and what they are dog screaming for blood in far away land, richard engel is chief important to correspondent for nbc news. evan kohlmann is an nbc analyst. richard, they aren't going away a different way of life, they are going away to kill americans. yesterday nbc news learned douglas mcarthur mccain was killed fighting for isis. now a second amer

well president obama has been willing to fall into the control under the control pretty much of the neo conservatives and some of their liberal interventionists friends he has instead of asserting more of a real break from the george w. bush policies he has he has adopted them he has avoided perhaps some of the more extreme problems but in many ways he has not challenge them in any fundamental way so why is that why well it's a good question and he he i think he basically is trying to avoid the kind of hard political battle that would be required to if he were to challenge this what's become a very powerful force in washington the neoconservatives have been building strength in d.c. since the one nine hundred eighty s. they've they not only have been important players in the reagan and bush administrations but they've also had keep positions in powerful think tanks they control some of the major op ed pages of american newspapers like the washington post and they've they've established themselves as a force to be reckoned with that should really prevent a president from from challenging

ashley: more bad news for obama administration, major insurers reporting a large drop off in paying obama carry customers aetna had 720,000 people sign up in marek but a few months letter less than 600,000, they are expecting to drop to under 500 thousand by year end, they are expecting a drop from 3 sun house to 280,000 -- 300,000 to 280,000 enrollment. >> forget the jobless recovery, there are jobs, but they don't pay very much. >> former reagan economist art >> former reagan economist art lapre on job prospects in so ally bank really has no hidden fees on savings accounts? that's right. it's just that i'm worried about you know "hidden things..." ok, why's that? no hidden fees, from the bank where no branches equals great rates. ashley: welcome back, now to the quote of the evening from president teddy roosevelt, and president and congress are all very well in their way, they can say what they think they think but it rests with the supreme court to decide what they recall thought. funny. okay president obama now suggests that one or more of u.s. supreme court justice could soon retirem

it's with the obama administration. question then becomes, is the president even paying attention? surely he keeps kathleen sebelius and shinseki in their positions far too long. and the american people have not been given clear answers to the benghazi and the irs scandal. there's an erosion of confidence in the federal government. the president and congress are getting low markets from folks. the american people believe competecom competency of the federal government is sinking. >> i don't think obama is stepping up in these various crises coming up. the obamacare website, inexcusable. the fact they had information about this given to their transition team in 2008 and mrs. obama and mrs. biden made veterans their sort of signature issue. it seems like something that would have gotten the attention of the president who also, i think, has said, or talked the talk, on how important veterans are to him. >> he's helped me help the veterans. i think he's genuinely interested. is it your opinion the president is not paying at

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ashley: more bad news for obama administration, major insurers reporting a large drop off in paying obamaarry customers aetna had 720,000 people sign up in marek but a few months letter less than 600,000, they are expecting to drop to under 500 thousand by year end, they are expecting a drop from 3 sun house to 280,000 -- 300,000 to 280,000 enrollment. >> forget the jobless recovery, there are jobs, but they don't pay very much. >> former reagan economist art lapre on job prospects in the obama economy next. it could be a question of blood flow. cialis tadalafil for daily use helps you be ready anytime the moment's right. you can be more confident in your ability to be ready. and the same cialis is the only daily ed tablet approved to treat ed and symptoms of bph like needing to go frequently or urgently. tell your doctor about all your medical conditions and medications, and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sexual activity. do not take alis if you take nitrates for chest pain, as this may causan unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess with cialis. side effect

obama. >> right. >> cnn poll.t explain it to me. >> the election is held according to the constitution on the first tuesday after the first monday in november. obama. >> see you are dodging the question, carville. answer the question. the people say they would rather have romney now than obama. >> you vote on election day. >> all right. okay. i'm not going to get an answer to that question. >> not going to get an answer. okay? my answer is the constitution. >> yeah. great. >> which the president keeps violating, hence the lawsuit. >> i don't know how this show got out of control. we have got five more segments to go. thanks a lot. next on the rundown. millions of americans voted for president obama in the election of 2012. do some of them regret that decision? he we will put the question to geraldo. later, jesse ventura not exactly the most popular guy in the country after winning a lawsuit that involved the widow a navy seal. those reports after these messages. nexium®,is now available, without a prescription for

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obama's argument was the opposite.san warfare that had come to define politics, he said, was the product of the people who knew no politics other than partisan warfare. change would come only through creating a new politics. recall the famous yes, we can, speech on the night obama lost the new hampshire democratic primary. >> our new american ma majority can end the outrage of unaffordable, unavailable health care in our time. we can bring -- we can bring doctors and patients, workers and businesses, democrats and republicans together, and we can tell the drug and insurance industry that while they get a seat at the table, they don't get to buy every chair. not this time, not now. >> the two sides of obama's promise are both right there. obama would do what so many past presidents had failed to do. he would pass health reform, finally, and he would do it by ending the partisan divisions and the power of the moneyed interests that had broken american politics. about that, he was half right. obama changed more than reall

obama seems. he told staffers, about the blocking of obama nominees, the president telling reid, he said, you and mitch work it out. that's according to "the new york times" which also report mr. obama is, quote, remarkably distant from his own party on capitol hill, citing nearly two dozen interviews with lawmakers and staffers. a disengaged president, an activist attorney general, rioting and looting and the politics of exploitation, not the stuff of which solutions are likely to be found and formed in ferguson, not the stuff of hope and change. we're coming right back. >>> al sharpton, jesse jackson and others are being blasted by fellow african-americans for their presence and their actions in ferguson. "wall street journal" editorial board member jason riley is one of those voices. he's here next. i'm m-a-r-y and i have copd. i'm j-e-f-f and i have copd. i'm l-i-s-a and i have copd, but i don't want my breathing problems to get in the way of hosting my book club. that's why i asked my doctor

barack obama has one goal this year, to hang onto the senate. barack obama needs a grimes. and in to stop barack obama, kentucky needs mcconnell. to implement obamacare, obama needs grimes. to repeal and replace it, kentucky needs mcconnell. to continue waging war on coal, obama needs grimes. to fight back and defend coal, kentucky needs mcconnell. to spend every last dime of our money, obama needs grimes. to balance the budget, to let taxpayers keep their paycheck, and talking needs mcconnell -- kentucky needs mcconnell. obama needs grimes. kentucky cannot afford her. kentucky needs mcconnell. kentucky needs a commonsense conservative. to defend our jobs, to defend our values, to defend our way of life, there is only one choice for kentuckians this year. mitch mcconnell. >> next speaker is attorney , a conversation with one of the founders of architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. then the president and first with the metals of art ceremony. david vader, the ranking member of the environment and public works committee talks about the epa and carbon roles, and the situati

i said to their approval barack obama. everybody applauded in the audience except for two people. >> well, a liberal audience. then what happened? >> i took a lot of crap. and i'm cleaning up my language here. i took a lot of crap on my iphone, in relationships. and it was even a challenge at fox because every fox prognosticator, many of them aren't on the network anymore, were all giving mitt romney the win. it just wasn't there. and what we have to do is we have to have the guts and the courage to stand up to our bosses and say, if it's not there, the numbers aren't there, tell the truth. look the audience straight in the eye and say i'm sorry, you're not going to like the conclusion but we have to tell i you the truth. >> you gave an interview to "the atlantic" in which you talked about being very depressed with politics after the 2012 election. to the point where you felt like it was hard to go to work in the morning? >> i shouldn't have done the interview. and i'm going to be candid with you. after what i see globally

of the guy would just lost to pat roberts. >> continuing on the obama meme, it's that president obama is going to be out of office -- >> it's especially ridiculous from brownback, given he's the one that created a lot of this inner party fighting. because why is this group of 100 republicans out there endorsing brownback's opponent? because he was tacitly in primaries for races over the last few years, pushing out establishment republican, including the president republican of the kansas state senate who lost eye primary to a more conservative guy. that's one of the people there endorsing paul davis. if brownback is concerned about fighting within the republican party, he maybe shouldn't have gone for as much skorveed earth as he did with his own state's republican -- >> interparty fratricide, thy name is brownback. with the exception of kansas, the republican party has very little to offer on their platform, very little they can agree with. there is a lot the democrats can agree on. the hill makes the point that democrats are throwing the kitchen sink at republicans. i will read an e

the obama/clinton discord was clear. the clinton falls obama on policy. new york post, clinton blames obama on stupid policy. these are just two old friends talking on the phone, i'm not quite sure if i buy that line. but this is something we will see a lot of between now and 2016. where hillary clinton feels this broader general election, where she want it distance herself from the president or at least for right now, isn't doing that well in the polls. at the same time, very delicate balancing act. this president is still beloved by the democratic party base. she walks this fine line. looks like this particular he episode will come to an end tonight, if and when they hug. how did she do in this sort of trial run for this separation strategy? >> you know, if she is running for president, and i think she is, she is going to need to talk about what it is she believes and what her world view is. when they ran against each other in 2008, they had different world views an policies and differences in policies are now being exposed are things she talked about t

obama. mcconnell's side. "flipheard the chance, the house." chants, "flip the house." alison lundergan grimes as the right person at the right time to unseat its mcconnell. billys she fits the same with the common sense to make congress work for kentucky. >> we are for things like increases in the minimum wage to a living wage. pay equity. you should be paid for the job regardless of what your gender is. we believe in the constitution and we believe that people ought to be treated equally no matter what their personal preferences might be. in things that the general population of america believes in. that the american dream should be shared by all. jeff's not surprising that huber has a different take on which party has the right political agenda and ability to govern. what voters really want comes down to a four letter word. >> jobs, jobs, jobs. provide us some opportunity to to expand ourols business. give us a conference of tax reform package in kentucky that will allow us to track busine

>> it's a good sign president obama is beginning to act. a couple weeks ago, president obama did invite about eight or nine members of the foreign relations and armed services committee into the white house to speak with his council about a new authorization for the use of military force, which i think is pretty long overdue. they're finding out trying to act militarily with the current authorization in place is becoming tenuous. it's a good sign president obama is recognizing the fact he's going to need authority to deal with this new asymmetric threat. we just heard from greg palkot. isis method of diplomacy is beheading, crucifixions, mass executions or live burials and enslavement of women and forced marriages. these are evil people. i'm glad president obama is finally beginning to act. >> congressman engel, same question to you about getting congress on board. >> i think congress has to play a role in this. this is the way our constitution works and i think congress is really tired of presidents just going in by themselves, so i think

you know, obama would be forced to sign their bill. this was how they were going to undo all of the damage that romney had done on the issue of immigration in the primaries. only problem? deporter in chief didn't want to play along. instead, president obama did something. he headed them off. he used a preemptive measure. he took executive action. in june of 2012, president obama announced his own miniature dream act. this affected more than 800,000 people. instead of deporting those dreamers the president directed his administration to offer them a legal means to stay in this country. republicans had blocked legislative attempts to do that so president obama used his executive authority to defer hundreds of thousands of deportations. essentially on his say so. people lined up for applications throughout the u.s. this was a big deal. this was in the middle of the presidential campaign. and with that executive action by president obama, mitt romney's grand strategy for winning back some of the latino vote he had lost, that grand strategy

barack obama has one goal, to hang onto the senate. barack obama needs grimes. to stop barack obama, kentucky needs mcconnell. to implement obamacare, obama needs grimes. to repeal and replace it, kentucky needs mcconnell. coal,tinue waging war on obama needs grimes. to fight back and defend coal, kentucky needs mcconnell. to spend every last dime of our money, obama needs grimes. letalance the budget, to taxpayers keep their paychecks, kentucky needs mcconnell. obama needs grimes. kentucky can't afford her and her liberal pals. kentucky needs mcconnell. kentucky needs a commonsense conservative. to defend our jobs, to defend our values, to defend our way of life, there is only one choice for kentuckians this year -- mitch [applause] >> next, conversation with one of the founders of architects and engineers for 9/11 truth. about conspiracy theories and the impact of notch a security. the president awarding the 2013 national hearts and humanity medals,. . directing member of the environment and public works committee talks about the carbon rules, and

obama's critics say gave the mistaken impression that he would be here. the struggle that house republicans are going through let's the president turned the tables. >> that's not disagreeing between me and the house republicans but between me and the house republicans. reporter: as republicans had out for their august vacations and mr. obama heads for his a week later, congressman weber says that maybe he should call the senate back in everyone should keep working. >> i hope that he and senator reid and all of them call the senate back on this about. >> and the broader question of immigration reform, obama says lawmakers should pass a bill that would tighten security and draw current illegals out of the shadows and encourage talented people from other countries to stay rich republicans point to executive orders delaying obamacare mandates and say that they couldn't trust him to enforce immigration laws. the presidents of the problem is not his relationship with congress but the internal republican divisions. >> there's no doubt that i can do better on eve

president obama was right.ust like in afghanistan, these weapons will wind up in the hands of the enemy. you can't say -- you know -- that we are going to arm these people. they would have been overrun. host: this type of criticism, is it appealing to you if she decides to run in 2016? i am actually a fan of elizabeth moran and wish that she would run. i think that hillary clinton takes too many positions. right now she is opposing the president and merrily because he wants to distance yourself his policies in order to appeal to a wider race. you think that will give her trouble in the democratic primary? it might be. it might open the door for republican presidency. all right. john, independent line, new hampshire. what do you think? caller: pretty much on the side of your previous caller. you have got to listen -- tot: you have got to listen me through your phone. her the tv down. basically hillary stood by the president during the syria. engagement with congress was basically going to put it on their table.

under barack obama it's down to zero. the flow of undocumented immigrants into the united states has gone to zereoue down from when mr. sweet was in office with -- >> what do you mean zero? >> the net flow -- no, that's wrong. that's simply wrong. >> all right. eric shawn, what's the truth. >> it's cockamamie. look at the facts. the pew center says in 2008 there were 11.8 million illegal americans. it was president bush in office. the first year of president obama's administration, there were 11.3 million illegal immigrants, that means, bill, there's really an increase of 400,000 and that doesn't even include the last three years. >> we don't have stats for the last three years. >> '13 and '14 but this explosion on the southern border so you know more are coming in. >> we don't know now and the left is claiming, look, the border is secure because it's pretty much the same under bush and obama but the economy sent a lot of people back. but now the flow is upticking in >> that's right? all right, so we're really not going t

and barack obama called that a synonym for horse manure. hillary clinton came out much more in support of israel. she is staking her claim basically for the democratic interventionists neo conservative democrat in the upcoming race. i think strategically, she is making a bad mistake because in the democratic party, the come home america no more wars focus on our own country, that thought, that sentiment, is really almost dominant inside the democratic party and she is inviting opposition in the primaries. >> i think this is the same fault line that emerges between hillary clinton and barack obama in the 08 primaries. she has always been more of an interventionist than he has been. and of course, you know, don't do stupid stuff, david axlerod, obama's key adviser tweeted don't do stupid stuff as in invading iraq. by the way, hillary clinton supported that. so there is some tension i think between the two camps, but she has to separate herself from the president. i think he understands that. but it is a little early for a general election cam

what can obama do? do with the senate bill could do, but what he can do is say, i want to prioritize deportations in a way that it is meaningful to national security and respects the bonds of families and the immigrant community that has been devastated because of our immigration system. anybody that has been in the united states -- i'm not proposing, but let's say he says anybody who has been in the u.s. for 10 years or more working has roots in the community, maybe they're married and have american citizen children. you know, ready to come forward and sign up and acknowledge who they are with the federal government, go through a rigorous background check to make sure they have no, no background whatsoever and they have been here 10 years, do you know how many people that would be? over 6 million people. i think that is what the american public will come to understand. there are millions of people that have been here in the united ways for over a decade and have no relief in the republicans want come t

"the washington post," obama we don't have a strategy yet on syria.ashington times" we don't have a strategy yet and politico, obama's strategy misfired. a few moments ago the president at a fundraiser said this. we don't have it on camera but we have the quote. quote, if you watch the nightly news it feels like the world is falling apart. we've seen an organization like isis. i can see what a lot of folks are be troubled. but american military superiority has never been greater. the world's always been messy we're just noticing now in part because of social media. steve hayes, juan williams and charles krauthammer. charles? >> well, the president made a huge gaffe. he called a press conference to announce he doesn't have a strategy and now his staff has had to spend a day cleaning it up. but this is not new with the president. remember he agonized for nine months publicly about what to do about afghanistan. then he announces the policy of escalation and in the same sentence he announces a withdrawal date. three years later strategy has not succeeded

under barack obama it's down to zero. the flow of undocumented immigrants into the united states has gone to zereoue down from when mr. sweet was in office with -- >> what do you mean zero? >> the net flow -- no, that's wrong. that's simply wrong. >> all right. eric shawn, what's the truth. >> it's cockamamie. look at the facts. the pew center says in 2008 there were 11.8 million illegal americans. it was president bush in office. the first year of president obama's administration, there were 11.3 million illegal immigrants, that means, bill, there's really an increase of 400,000 and that doesn't even include the last three years. >> we don't have stats for the last three years. >> '13 and '14 but this explosion on the southern border so you know more are coming in. >> we don't know now and the left is claiming, look, the border is secure because it's pretty much the same under bush and obama but the economy sent a lot of people back. but now the flow is upticking in >> that's right? all right, so we're really not going t

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brennan was a very early convert to the obama campaign.e was a close adviser during the 2008 campaign on intelligence matters. and he ran the -- well, i guess, he was a co-chair of the transition team for intelligence matters in 2008. and because of that work, he was considered to be possibly nominated for cia director. when he withdrew from that potential position, mr. obama installed him as his top counterterrorism adviser and he and the president grew very, very close. he is a very trusted adviser of the president. continues to be. and that's not something that the president's probably going to walk away from very quickly. >> so the context for all of this is there is this torture report that all of washington's been talking about that's apparently going to be released next week. a torture report the senate has been working on, very exhaustive, what exactly the cia was doing, they call it enhanced interrogation. president obama himself today at his press conference called this torture. that made headlines. after he made that statement,

barack obama's 2008 campaign was all about that belief. you remember in america there's never been anything false about hope, you remember that line? a mistake like the one president obama made at thursday's press conference was almost inevitable because he is trying to avoid saying the thing he seems to believe. the thing that backs up a lot of the policy. the reason we don't have a clear strategy here, the reason there isn't a comforting, here's what we'll do to solve the problem, is that the president doesn't believe this is a problem we can solve. it is easy to criticize president obama for not having that strategy and even easier now that he's basically said those words himself. what is hard is the next step, where you say the next words, this is what our strat fegy is d this is why it will work. we invated iraq and afghanistan to make sure terrorists had no home in the middle east. farm lpartly as a direct result of that strategy, terrorists have their own small state in the middle east. having the wrong brand strategy can be whole w

that was president obama announcing thursday that u.s.-led air strikes have broken the siege by islamic militants against religious minorities who are trapped on a mountain in northern iraq. but acknowledging that the situation remains desperate for millions of iraqis as the terror group continues its advances. so is the administration willing to do what it takes to defeat the isis threat? let's ask wall street foreign affairs columnist bret stephens. bret, the president says no boots on the ground, we're not going back to war. but aren't we at war right now? >> we're dropping bombs on isis. we're just not doing it in a way that is going to be effective and really turn back their advances or much less defeat this terrorist caliphate state. >> have we made progress in the last week? because the yazidi siege seems to have been broken. >> that's what the president says. that's not what the yazidis say. >> there's no longer 40,000. some of the kurds are taking them off of that mountain. we've seen the threat immediate threat to erbil territor

obama will blame it on a video? he'll have another benghazi on his hands. >> upper lip is always stiff. josh earnest said we're not at war. i guess, i mean literally he's right. but we are at war aren't we? >> i missed the part where shooting at each other is not a war. i suppose chicago is a peace rally in black on black crime. look, josh earnest is the white house liar in chief. that's pretty much what i call him. he goes out. he pushes out whatever he wants to push the facts be damned. cameron didn't blame bush. he clearly said this didn't start in iraq. this is an ideology that's been around for 1,000 years. this is it's third iteration. by the way i won't beat greg gutfeld at a joke but obama talks mean, talks big and carries a putter and i'll leave it at that. >> i know, bob. that's our limit for today. >> one more golf joke. >> no more golf jokes. jena, wouldn't americans prefer a stress free foreign policy over a stress free packed lunch. >> ultimately what will happen this stuff will wind up on our door ste

i don't think obama believes any of that. >> not only dick cheney criticizing president obama on foreign policy. hillary clinton did as well. but now there is a massive fallout and a big meeting tonight between the president and mrs. clinton. we'll have the very latest. police in tucson, arizona attacked after they try to take an illegal alien into custody. what's this all about? we will tell you. >> get nervous? >> i suffer from severe dyslexia, too. i was only the child in my block to go trick or trout. >> why can d. robin williams capture the imaginations of so many americans. dennis miller, a friend plaintiff williams, will weigh in tonight. >> caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the democrats split over president obama's troubles abroad. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as we have suggested time and time again, the major problem with president obama's foreign policy is that he doesn't anticipate problems and then when they arise, whether it be terrorism, p

advice for obama and china?cusing on those and trying to come up with new versions of an order based around that, and i think there is -- there is definitely an interesting thing as you look at the chinese now, when you ask them about the americans they talk to, they talk about henry kissinger, they talk about bob zell elect and they don't talk about people within the obama administration in the same way, and that is partly because they prefer slightly older people, with all due respect to bob zelek, that's the way they think. it still shows something and this is something where you have to develop these relationships, so the point about obama really he talks about china again in the interview, he says, he gives china quite a good hand in africa, it is a very easy, slight to do, to say the chinese are causing trouble in africa, he goes on about it the more the merrier, let them in and very happy to compete with them, the chinese are good at some things in foreign policy more generally he does accept bringing chi