roger simon, sticking around, aki sticking around. ayman, let me start with you. what we did not hear josh ernst do was answer the question asked twice in two different ways. did torture jeeyield results? he deliberately sidestepped the question twice there. he went on to say what the president said before it sacrificed mort thorl. what do you make of that? the idea that barack obama won't come out and say whether the torture yielded. >> i think it's probably the most accurate answer from the perspective of the hard data. you know, the cia acknowledged the report there was no conclusive data as to whether or not the intelligence lead to whey call the prevention of imminent attacks. the so called ticking time bomb. i think what has happened is the question is becoming extremely politicized. what we're seeing people who are defending the actions are saying it produced results and those that are saying that this was torture and comprised our moral belief are saying there was no tangible result. >> and you have folks saying even if it did produce intelligence it's not

next one is the twisted tweets award and the recipient is politico's chief political columnist roger simonal guard troops to the border to shoot small children. could make good headlines in russia. your thoughts? >> yeah. i'm actually from texas. i went to the border. what governor perry was doing was trying to secure the border which president obama would not do. this is not about shooting anybody. it's about securing the border. that was a really very much so in poor taste. >> he did that because the president and his team were not doing it. securing the border is something very important. >> he took that so seriously. genevieve, we thank you for joining us. >> thank you all. happy new year. >> happy new year. >> this coming up, she's up with of the hottest stars in hollywood, but sofia vergara off the market. the man who popped the question a fox fox friend. >> time to break out the bubbly. how to not break the budget. >>> first your trivia question of the day. born on this day in 1984, this basketball star is also part owner in the soccer team liverpool. who is he? be the first to e-ma

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rogers has another look at the forecast. first another holiday message from one of our troops serving overseas. >> my name is officer simon, i would like to give a holiday greeting to my family in gloucester county, new jersey. >>> green peace says it will cooperate with a criminal investigation in peru, they will determine damage caused by activists, back on december 8th they laid out a message that read time for change, the future is renewable. delegates from 90 countries were attending the climate talks in peru, they are pictures depicting creatures and plants that can be seen from the sky, they are believed to be over 2,000 years old. >>> michael phelps plead guilty to dui in baltimore, police say he had an alcohol level of 1.4, nearly double the legal limit. the sentence is suspended instead he is on probation for a year and a half. >>> now to the meteorologist, who was shot while leaving work at his waco tv station. police have a sketch of the suspect but they are searching for that man and his motive. ryan owens has the latest. >> this is a look at the gunman that police say tried to kill a tv weather man. >> a few pa