to me, at least, pat roberts is pretty conservative.ure kansas has had a lot of very conservative policy. i'm not sure how you outconservative a guy who's pretty conservative in a state that's already very conservative, manu. >> that's right. the thing that roberts is really getting hit on is that he supported kathleen sebelius, hhs secretary. remember, she's, of course, a former kansas governor. he spoke highly of her when she was nominated. as soon as there was word of a primary challenger he really started to go after her. he opposes her. he calls on her to resign. that's part of the thing milton wolf is really seizing upon. saying this is an incumbent who has backed a lot of republican light policy. it'll be interesting to see how roberts can deal with that. it's a very, very conservative electorate in kansas. this will be -- could be a challenge for him. >> susan, i have a little sound, of course, i just want to play for you. just so we can get a flavor of who this guy is. >> a lot of people watching are going to say, wait a minute

it's not about dan coats or pat roberts. it's not about the current state of the republican party of the united states senate. it's about this institution. it's about what goes forward. do we want to turn this thing into we have got the power and you might as well just go home? that's what the frustration is. and i hope the new members who look at this and say well, if there could be a more efficient place, we shouldn't have to go through all this. we wouldn't have to go through all this if you would just give us a chance to participate. but how else can we -- how else can we express to you our frustration other than just at least having the opportunity to slow things down here so maybe you will listen to us? maybe you will reconsider. maybe you will go to some of -- i wish they had listened to senator levin. he has been here a long time. a democrat -- respected democrat chairman of the armed services committee. came down and said we should not be doing this, to his own colleagues. we should not. made an impassioned plea, a

that could mean trouble for pat roberts whose primary is august 5th and the tennessee primary is the of august. the last watch is in wyoming. that's on the 19th of august, but this is not like the others. this is with or without the tea party. once we are through the summer, they pick up six seats and the best shot they had in years. 35 seats will be up for grabs. 14 by republicans. it gives republicans a lot of path to majority. seats are being left open and five are democrats. harvey and johnson and rockefeller are retiring. two are republicans. they have a good shot at several seats. they are targeting red states like alaska and arkansas. louisiana and all vulnerable red state democrats. you are of the party that has to defend the senate. i want to start with the primaries. basically if it wasn't for the senate primaries, would you be more nervous? i didn't bring up georgia. they are the one lone seat. the democrats have a shot at it because of a messy republican primary. without the primary, democrats would be. >> that's right. i also think that the problem they face which is end

with pat roberts, his challenger, we have to see that. how his fourth quarter report looks.ost a decent number, that will cause the outside groups to take a look at it. whether it's a club for growth or others who are not interested in picking up the candidate and they have to show lovability on their own. another point that is important is the calendar and how these take place. they will start with john corn in. and mitch mcconnell anded that cochran. if there is success from the outside groups at the beginning, that could snowball into the others or work in the opposite direction. >> vehicle quickly, it's a very special race. the cheneys versus enzi. this has nothing to do with ideology. this one is one that is not like the other. >> that was just the point i was going to make. i think it was cheney wanted to create this as she is the true conservative. mike enzi is among the most conservative members. he is not part of a leadership. there is no argument that she made yet that convinces me and i'm sure voters why he needs to be fired. >> the most important thing here and w

that could mean trouble for pat roberts whose primary is august 5th and the tennessee primary is theaugust. the last watch is in wyoming. that's on the 19th of august, but this is not like the others. this is with our without the tea party. wu once we are through the summer, they pick up six seats and the best shot they had in years. 35 seats will be up for grabs. 14 by republicans. it gives republicans a lot of path to majority. seats are being left open and five are democrats. harvey and johnson and rockefeller are retiring. two are republicans. they have a good shot at several heats. they are targeting red states like alaska and arkansas. louisiana and all vulnerable red state democrats. you are of the party that has to defend the senate. i want to start with the primaries. basically if it wasn't for the senate prime easier, would you be more nervous? i didn't bring up georgia. they are the one lone seat. the democrats have a shot at it because of a messy republican primary. without the primary, democrats would be. >> that's right. i also think that the problem they face which is

in kansas, senior senator pat roberts also elected in '96 is being primaried by a tea party backed radiologistsee, facing a tea party backed opponent. in kentucky mitch mcconnell has to first tango with a republican opponent before taking on a democratic one who's up by two points. and in mississippi as i mentioned, senator thad cochran has got to fight his own party. in georgia there's at least eight republicans vying to replace the retiring senator saxby chambliss. lindsey graham faces a crowded field of republicans to unseat him. these are the faces of powerful republican senators who are forced to defend their seats against their own party. michael steele's an expert. he's a former chair of rnc and political analyst. michelle goldberg writes for the nation. let's be sophisticated about this. some of these states are so conservative that probably the most conservative will win no matter what. south carolina, mississippi. i'm trying to think of the other one. maybe wyoming. there's no way a republican loses the general election unless they're a witch or a nut. so basically there's no danger

in no join senate minority leader mikhail, lindsay gramm, that cochran, senator pat roberts, center mikeetty well publicized contest for the former vice president's daughter . senator lamar alexander on the list of income of republicans with what could be a very tough primary battl. the question now is could we see a repeat of 2010. when twoepublican incumbent setors were defeated in primaries but tea party candid it's. joining us now to assess all of this former clinton adviser, fox news political, pulitzer prize-winning analyst, fox is intruder for a great to have you all year. this is -- this looks like a real battleground shaping up for the republican party. leon -- >> bottom line the teaarty as a fervent group of activists to vote in primaries, and even if o, four, six, seven incumbents that you have are all leaving and probably leading comfortably , they're all worried because of the nature of turnout in republican primaries. lou: does this displayed you? >> the swaddling is got to be great for the democrats. l the republicans. no one is really out there as a primary front runner.

republicans fighting with the house republicans on this include john cornyn and mike enzee and pat roberts, all of which who are fighting primary challengers. and jeff sessions, the top republican on the budget committee in the senate. he's essentially paul ryan's equivalent in the senate. but all of these republicans are now tearing apart paul ryan and this deal that the house republicans all signed on to. even lindsey graham says he will vote no and that paul ryan's plan is a terrible plan for the country. two days ago, literally, days ago, lindsey graham was telling reporters how much he admired paul ryan for this plan. how much it showed his leadership and his wisdom. it would pretty much set paul ryan up to be president, if it wanted to, this was such a good deal. but that was two days ago. and somewhere between two days ago and now, somebody reminded lindsey graham that he's about to have a primary challenge in south carolina. so now lindsey graham is against paul ryan. because the front lines in the republican civil war are apparently moving so fast right now, that there's no way to

if you look at pat roberts in kansas or thad cochran, they have legitimate races. in certainly hard-red areas can and hard-red states, the tea party is still very much alive. in other parts of the country, it seems their ability to influence republicans at the state level, statewide level at least, is diminished significantly. >> i mean, look how well cuccinelli did in the state of virginia. >> the fact that mcconnell is leaning toward voting no on this deal is extraordinary. but the way in which these outside groups were quick to throw paul ryan under the bus was very similar to the way marco rubio was thrown under the bus for immigration reform. if you want to be a 2016 nominee and you're coming from washington, d.c., the impetus on you is to not do anything. sort of sit back and tow the conservative line, is it not? >> or you learn thele lesson fr paul ryan. rubio backed down. we've seen his stock with conservatives fall after that. whereas ryan has not at least at this point. you don't see him losing traction. he's in the apologizing. it's the mary landrieu way

when i began to doubt the information cia provided me and former chairman pat roberts about this program. we want this report, i say and relationship with this committee which we have to correct. i expect and hope that the agency is trying to steer a perhaps very recently slightly different course from the approach suggested in that news article today. i see that possibility. clearly. that is not the best path to take. >> but it was put out in the paper today and i think the c.i.a. leadership knows that. i look for better things. since we adopted our -- or we have invested, as we said, for tremendous time and effort to refine it, this is a committee that has lived with frustration in which only the four, the gamg gang of four, the chair and the vice chair here were allowed to go and visit with vice president cheney. for years and years we had to fight just so that we all could be briefed. it was a massive, lengthy fight. you have to understand that in terms of where we're coming from. we have been working diligently with the staff. i, myself, have had multiple rounds of spore spon dense

when i began to doubt the information cia provided me and former chairman pat roberts about this program. we want this report, i say and relationship with this committee which we have to correct. i expect and hope that the agency is trying to steer a perhaps very recently slightly different course from the approach suggested in that news article today. i see that possibility. clearly. that is not the best path to take. >> but it was put out in the paper today and i think the c.i.a. leadership knows that. i look for better things. since we adopted our -- or we have invested, as we said, for tremendous time and effort to refine it, this is a committee that has lived with frustration in which only the four, the gamg gang of four, the chair and the vice chair here were allowed to go and visit with vice president cheney. for years and years we had to fight just so that we all could be briefed. it was a massive, lengthy fight. you have to understand that in terms of where we're coming from. we have been working diligently with the staff. i, myself, have had multiple rounds of spore spon dense

up canle years ago, that i are throwing their weight behind the challenger to republican senator pat robertsf. he served in the senate since 1996. he votes in this party 90% of the time. again, in the gop, there has been no such thing as too conservative. two days after that, lamar alexander will face state representative joe carr in tennessee. you may not want to spend too much time on this, joe carr may be making contingency plans. again the tea party era, we have seen anything can happen in these things. august 19th in wyoming, of course, is the big showdown the within we have already talked about between mike enzi and liz cheney. almost like a family feud when you consider senator enzi hasn't done anything to offend conservatives. he has been close to the cheney family until now. so far enzi, polls show a 50% edge, a lot of time between now and then. >> that is eight incumbent senators up for re-election if 2014 and who are facing republican primary challenges. in a different time, we'd assume that most of these are mostly new sans challenges and we would just ignore them. if we have lea

it's not about pat roberts, it's not about the current state of the republican party in the united states senate. it's about this institution. it's about what goes forward. if you want to turn this order into we've got the power, then you might as well just go home. that's what the frustration is and i hope the new members to look at this say this should be a more efficient place. how else can we express to you our appreciation other than just at least having the opportunity to slow things down maybe you will go to some of the -- i wish they had listened to the senator that respected democratic chairman of the armed services committee came down and said we shouldn't be doing this. they had a very compelling argument. the republican leaders and the democratic leaders and whether they were the majority were the minority leader who both came to the agreement that these rights need to be protected so there is bob dole or george meshaal trent lott or tom daschle of a sudden we are tasked with the situation which is sit down and shut up. we've got the votes. tough. that's our frustration. and i

i was actually just before i came on, i was reading in the "washington times" were now senator pat roberts from kansas is actually being challenged from the right. i mean, this is a huge fight within the party. and in the book, we talk about what's going on within the site within the party and it is real. and i think until the party can grapple with its direction, they are going to struggle to win the white house for quite some time to come. there are a number of issues where the party is fighting. there is a chapter in the book called going out of power, where i talk about the national security implications of the civil war within the party for the first time in 2012 there was no discussion on national security as we would normally expect to see from the republican party. and this has been an issue that the party has owned since vietnam. this is one of the mainstays of the republican party. it's surprising that barack obama has successfully been able to move this issue from the gop camp into the democratic camp. now that's not to say that it will remain there because i do believe that the

when i began to doubt the accuracy of the information that the cia provided me and former chairman pat roberts about this program. we want this report -- i say this with all my heart -- to provide a constructive oversight that has a positive impact on the cia's operation and relationship with this committee which we have to correct. i expect and hope that the agency's leadership is trying to steer a, perhaps, very recently a slightly different course from the approach suggested in that news article today. i see that possibility. clearly. that is not the best path to take, what was put out in the paper today, and i think the cia leadership knows that. i look for better things. since we adopted our report, we have invested, as has been said before, tremendous time and effort to refine it. this is a committee that has lived with frustration in which only the four, the gang of four -- the two with, the chairman and vice chair, chair and vice chair here and then the same on the house -- were allowed to go and visit with vice president cheney in the situation room, in his office or whatever. for yea

will tobacco peer was interesting about this is actually a senator, the father of pat robertson, training and willis roberts and from virginia that to the council that was planning how funds would be spent. even though the french and europeans had not wanted, had not listed tobacco in what they wanted as part of that plan, tobacco is included by the seven senators in order to promote the sale of european tobacco abroad. >> professor proctor, you have some ads in your work. he was a lucky strike at. do you inhale? >> right. what most people don't realize is prior to cigarette, savers using turkish tobacco, tobacco smoke was not inhaled by smokers. in fact, almost one -- no lung cancer. 142 cases of one cancer known worldwide in the medical literature prior to 1900. that is because tobaccos of christianly didn't inhale. today in the united states alone we have 160,001 cancer deaths every year. it's by far the most important cancer. the lung cancer epidemic is entirely the result of the making of cigarettes which were designed to be inhaled. that's what i consider the cigarette not to be inherently dangerous.

pat lawson muse. >> and barbara in for jim handly. and redskins are benches robert griffin iii for the rest of the season. >> carol maloney is just back with the story. what's the reason for the move? >> reporter: hey, pat and barbara, the word is this is to protect robert griffin. tw the redskins out of playoff contention, it's better for him to stay out these games so he can be healthy in the off season. he won't even dress in uniform on sundays. kirk cousins will get the start. rex grossman will be the backup. for the first time as a redskin, griffin's job today was to run the scout team. teammates say they were impressed with griffin, who brought energy and enthusiasm to his new role. and that seems to contradict how the quarterback is feeling on the inside. >> i expressed my desire to play. you know, of course, i want to be out there and finish the season with my guys, see it through. and he explained to me his reasoning. and at the end of the day, the coach's decision is where we go with it. >> you have to take a look at the risk and reward. and with robert, i

she and the president's brother, robert kennedy and two of his sisters, pat kennedy and jean kennedy smith were going to go with mrs. kennedy to pick out the burial site. and so i took them to arlington national cemetery. met there by secretary mcnamara and we picked up the graveside for president kennedy. >> and at this point basically the world had stopped. stores were closed. people were sent to the children were sent home. people were watching television for the first time ever. television news was broadcasting 24 hours constantly without commercial. it had never been done before. everybody was just in shock, and this resonated around the world. this is a vigil in berlin, because this president has touched people around the world. sunday, november 24, 1963. >> that morning, there was going to be another mass in the east room, and then we're going to take the body up to the u.s. capitol where it would lie in state in the rotunda. i had gone over to my supervisor's office and was sitting there talking to him. the phone rang. i was told the president assistant wanted to talk to me.

pat. you are right, the maryland terps are headed for a ball game. you may not realize, like robert griffin iii from the redskins, cj brown is playing coming off an injured knee. he's been remarkable, especially after learning he only started playing football at 14 years old. now you realize most people start playing football at 7 or 8 years old. >> well, it worked out, didn't it? >> reporter: no bitterness or frustration for the star quarterback when he talks about last year's knee injury that almost destroyed his career. >> when i hurt my knee, i look back like wow. i try not to do the whole woe is me or things of that nature. you sit back because out of a lot of time on your hands. you think about the what ifs. >> reporter: brown was leader of the terps. coming back with a rehabbed knee, nobody expected him to return as the same guy. even he was wary. >> for the first game, i was nervous. i had the butterflies going. after you take that first hit, it goes by the wayside. >> reporter: brown shook the nerves and finished with 12 rushing touchdowns and passing for 11 more. his paren

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robert gibbs. let's bring in our fox political insiders. they're reading the letter the president just handed out. pat caddell, thank you for joining us.essman from new york. and doug, thank you all. doug, we'll start with you. you have the letter in front of you. what stands out? >> what stands out is that the white house is no longer trying to convince people to sign up. they're asking people to talk over family gatherings, with their friends, their children, that somehow this should be a popular activity at the holidays rather than the government providing facts and information. one thing missing, harris, no notion that you can keep your plan or doctor. >> there are no promises in this letter. pat, why do this tonight? >> i haven't seen the letter because i'm in charleston, but i have to tell you, i suppose it's part of their came pr campaign. you know, this is the president, every american is getting this tonight or tomorrow. i guess it's a little bit like here's my christmas present to you. unfortunately i think most of the country thinks obamacare is like a lump of coal. >> this is like kathleen sebelius on black friday, she put

pat, something quite surprising and utterly wonderful happened to our crew here today. coming up in the broadcast, i'm going to share it with you. right now, back to you. >> thanks, jim. >>> robert levinson's family says the u.s. government has not made saving his life a priority. he's a retired agent. he disappeared in iran seven years ago. "the washington post" revealed he was doing contract work for the cia when he vanished. today, jay carney would not discuss cia links. he reiterated the long time stand that he was not a government employee at the time of his disappearance. carney says bringing him home safely to his family is a top priority. >>> in is a live look at the white house tonight. we are learning the president and first lady will honor the victims of sandy hook elementary with a moment of silence this weekend. tomorrow marks the one-year anniversary of that horrific shooting in newtown, connecticut. >>> d.c. schools chancellor kaya henderson says she is not leaving her post in d.c. to head up to new york city to run the school there. several media outlets have been buzzing about her name showing up on a short list of possible candidates for the new york job. in a

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pat buchanan, the myself and e elizabeth. we have one woman. i don't know if they still run the nike 5-k up here. good team. ty >> how surprised were you when john roberts became the chief justice? >> brian, the most interesting thing about that is they were close friends. michael is now the general counsel of boeing, on the fourth circuit. the e no idea whom president would pick because they're so smart and they are the same person and i think they the same way. so i was pleased for the country the r of them would be chief justice. i thought it would be liddy be use i thought it would perceived that michael would be more conservative than the chief justice is. when roberts came out. and especially in the civilian's i think his genius showed. and sebelius, a very controversial dele cigs. the were disappointed when obama care provision came down. now its's a train wreck. the end game liberalism. to study l be able that for 100 years. saying what's right for the country, and ultimately what i considered to be the off course correction e're on for writing that course. so it's a brilliant piece of work. >> how much involved were you in the romney campaign?

this morning, two republican senators, dan coats of 80 and and pat roberts of kansas spoke on the floor about why they opposed the new rules aren't approving presidential nominees. >> madam president, we are not in about the third i think of a somewhat tortured process that was the result of a power grab that has changed their tradition of the united states senate, a tradition which is held for about 225 years. republicans are frustrated with the attempts, successful, made by the democrat party under its leader. to change the rules, break the rules, change the rules. and so we end up with no rule, no rule relative to protecting the rights of the minority. now, i know if these of for those who have been elected in recent years that it never served in the minority, because they simply don't have the experience of what it's like to be subject to a leader and a party which basically says we don't care what you think. we don't care what you say. we don't care what you do. none of it will be a loud unless we give you consent to do it. and i know that a lot of my friends across the aisle have