maneuvers by vladimir putin's nation have world leaders on edge, welcome to the kelly file, i'm shannon bream in for megyn cell yeechl a ship believed to be equipped with surveillance gear as well as missles and antiaircraft guns a world away, the russians flex their military muscle along the border with ukraine. still, russia scrambled fighter jets to patrol its shared border with yuk yan. president putin put forces on alert in surprise military exercises said toin solve 100,000 russian troops. let's ask john bolton, good to see you tonight. >> glad to be with you, shannon. >> how much of this is posturing between russia and the u.s.? it seems like putin wants to signal. he has the upper hand. >> he's got the high cards and i think a lot of what is going on is going to demonstrate that. there is a side, an aspect on the military side, these preparations could turn into something more serious. i think he's telling interim government in ukraine they need to deal with him and no government acceptable to him is going to survive in the ukraine. >> what do you make of the war ship? >> i don't thin

lou: shannon bream. "the washington post" fact checker today hitti president obama with four pinnochios, the maximum, for his claim that almost 7 million americans enrolled in medicaid because of obamacare. the administration it seems persistently, routinely misrepresentin facts without change. whether it be the president or s national security advisor susan rice, who returned to the sundayalk circuit, at least one show, to defend her involvement in informi the american people about benghazi. here is re's response when asked ifheas anyegrets. >> no. because, what said to you that morning and what i did in, every day since was to share the best information that we had at the time. the information i provided which i explained to you was what when he had at the moment. it could change. i commented that this was bed on whate knew on that morning. lou: we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> standing up for the first amendment. fcc commissioner ajit pay. stopped fcc effort to police newsrooms. he stopped t

welcome to "the kelly file," i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly. and in havana, cuba, no prior warning, this ship is believed to be equipped with sophisticated electronic surveillance gear as well as missiles and anti-aircraft guns. meanwhile, a world away, the russians flex their military muscle along the border with a politically turbulent ukraine. russia warning others not to get involved. and president putin also put forces on alert in surprise military exercises said to involve some 150,000 russian troops, so what do we make of this? the former ambassador under president george bush, glad to see you tonight. >> glad to be with you. >> all right, we have a complicated relationship. it seems like putin wants to signal he has the upper hand. >> well, i think he does have the upper hand in ukraine. he has the high cards politically, economically and militarily. i think a lot of what is going on is intended to demonstrate that. i think there is, on the military side, these preparations could take things to a level more serious. i don't think that i

i'm shannon bream in washington. the latest obama care enrollment statistics indicate that the president has a long way to go to reach his goal for subscribers to his health care plan. we have fox team coverage tonight. jim ingle with the politics behind the delays coming from the president, but we begin with ed henry and what the new figures tell us. >> good evening. good news for the administration. 1.1 million people signed up in january. that means 3.3 million so far, though there are still sharp questions tonight about whether these numbers add up. the new numbers show president obama is likely to fall bell short of his initial goal of signing up 7 million people for private insurance by the end of march. though his aides are touting that in february, there was a surge in younger, healthier people enrolling. a 65% rate of growth among that key demographic. >> what we are confident about is that will be a large number. and it will be a population that is diverse enough to allow the marketplaces to function effect

shannon bream outside the u.s. supreme court tonight. thank you. >>> three day care centers in west virginia. four hospitals in georgia. the shutdowns of those facilities are just some of the largely unpublicized consequences of obamacare. tonight, another that could affect millions of american families at some point. here's chief national correspondent jim ingle. >> hhs secretary kathleen sebelius may have her own moment similar to president obama's promise that everyone could keep their plan and their doctor no matter what, after making this statement. >> there is absolutely no evidence and every economist will tell you, there is any job loss related to the affordable care act. >> nevertheless, secretary sebelius using discretion granted by the affordable care act, cut the maximum allowed by law from home health care laws. cuts deep enough that a negative prediction of the impact saying, quote, we estimate that 40% of providers will have negative margins, and companies that have negative margins don't last long or have to cut workers.

lou: shannon bream. "the washington post" fact checker today hitting president obama with four pinnochios, the maximum, for his claim that almost 7 million americans enrolled in medicaid because of obamacare. the administration it seems persistently, routinely misrepresenting facts without change. whether it be the president or his national security advisor susan rice, who returned to the sunday talk circuit, at least one show, to defend her involvement in informing the american people about benghazi. here is rice's response when asked if she has any regrets. >> no. because, what i said to you that morning and what i did in, every day since was to share the best information that we had at the time. the information i provided which i explained to you was what when he had at the moment. it could change. i commented that this was based on what we knew on that morning. lou: we're coming right back. stay with us. >>> standing up for the first amendment. fcc commissioner ajit pay. stopped fcc effort to police

shannon bream live in washington. shannon, how is this program supposed to work?rter: jon, the fcc will send representatives into tv and radio stations into various markets and ask them a whole lot of questions about things, what stories they do, how they decide the topics, who they decide to interview and what gets cut and how many time they spend on the environment and politics. the stated purpose of the study is this, quote, ascertain the process which stories are selected, station priorities, content, production quality and population served, perceived station bias, perceived percent of news dedicated to each of the eight since. those are key topics that the fcc think should be covered and perceived responsiveness to underserved populations. jon, they say making sure each local community is getting served in the way it is specifically requires. jon: there are a lot of people pretty worried about this study. why? >> reporter: news of the study was enough to raise alarm for number of gop house members, so much sew they sent a letter to the chairman of fcc that t

considering plans to place what sounds like government monitors in newsrooms all over the country and shannon bream us from washington with an interesting proposal. what is this all about? >> the fcc will send representatives in tvs and radio stayings in various markets and ask them about stories and how they decide their topics and select to interview and how much time is spent on environment and economic opportunities. the stated purpose of the goal and study is this. to ascertain the process by which stories are selected and station priorities for content and production and populations served and perceived station bis and news dedicated to each of the eight sins as the topics that the fcc thinks. >> and news of the study was enough to raise alarm for the gop house members so much so that they sent a letter to the chairman of the fcc saying it was a startling disregard to individuals and prevent government entrugz in the press. that is the same agency that controls the licenses of the stations that they are studying. and this is what the former commissioner told me about that situation. >> what i

shannon bream, thanks so much. >>> governor chris christie, bringing in big dough for the republican governors association but is he a benefit or distraction with the bridge scandal still playing out? who doesn't love pizza? don't you wish you could eat it every day. guess what? how much do you think americans gobble down each day. we have the stats and that leads to our question of the day. how much pizza do you actually eat. let's be honest, everyone. tweet me, @gretchencarlson use the #therealstory and you can answer the question how much would you like to be able to eat every day. that's a better one for me. when jake and i first set out on our own, we ate anything. but in time you realize the bett you eat, the better you feel. these days we both eat smarter. and i give jake purina cat chow naturals. made with real chicken and salmon, anit's high in protein like aow cat's natural diet. and no added artificial flavors. we've come a long way. and whatever's ahead, we'll be there for each other. naturally. purina cat chow naturals. >>> so there's been a ruling in the battle over the

correspondent shannon bream tonight on what some in the gop want to do about it. >> you can't simplyceed willy-nilly and or at whim or through press release and say this is what we're going to do. >> former democratic congressman dennis kucinich sued george w. bush and president obama for going beyond what he believed were their constitutional limits. both times, the federal judge told kucinich and the members who joined him that they didn't have legal standing. a new group of house lawmakers is willing to test that theory. the stop act has gained more than 100 sponsors who point to the president's significant modifications of and even outright refusal to enforce laws on everything from health care to immigration. >> quite understand their frustration. the president is -- has taken a lot of actions that seem a bit more like writing law or rewriting law rather than taking care that it be faithfully executed. >> if united, congress has another powerful tool, tightening the purse springs. >> james madison talked about this and said when the president abuses his power, the best thing con

shannon bream has the story. >> it's not his job to tell us how to do ours. >> following attorney general eric holder's suggestion that state attorneys general are not oblicated to defend their state's law on marriage, many are speaking out, including wisconsin's attorney general. >> it almost licenses attorneys general who want to side step these issues and basically make policy decisions in what laws they defend and what they don't. >> speaking to a gathering of state attorney generals from across the country today, holder waded back into the conversation. >> i believe we must be suspicious of legal classifications based solely on sexual orientation and we must endeavor in all of our efforts to uphold and advance the values that once led our forbearers to declare that all are created equal and entitled to equal opportunity. >> the top law enforcement official have called issues facing the lesbian, gay, transgender, and bisexual groups key issues. a comparison that doesn't sit well who sat through the civil rights struggles, including reverend william owens. >> i detest them calling it a

i'm shannon bream, this is "the kelly file". >>> welcome to "hannity" tonight, we have a jam-packed edition of the show. america, are you ready? let's roll. >> we are now at a constitutional tipping point in our system. >> a liberal professor tells us why he has turned on the president. >> we have the rise of an uber-presidency. there could be no greater dan r danger. >> the planet has a fever. >> what a founding member of greenpeace says about global warming. >> there is misinformation and fear. >> and he is here to explain why. >> and did the top democrat in congress really call all of you liars? >> stories made up of lies. >> sure sounds like it. all of that, plus nashville wives. the star of a brand-new hit tv show explained how religion actually brought them together. "hannity" starts right here, right now. >> bombhell testimony on capitol hill from a left-leaning law professor who says that thanks to obama's actions, we are at a constitutional tipping point. >> the president has created an atmosphere, the rate at which the executive power is being concentrated in our system is acceler

shannon bream on the very real prospect and serious implications of designer babies. >> we should be careful to talk about these things and sort them out. >> in some respects, that's what the fda is doing in a two-day fact finding symposium about controversial technology that would manipulate genetic material to create children with not two but three genetic parents. the technology is aimed at assisting families at risk of passing along mitochondrial dewreez by taking the mother's faulty material and replacing it with a healthy donor's. >> if you could take a piece of that part of the dna that's damaged and replace it with a new part, if you will, that comes from another human, this is something that could really change the whole view of diseases in the future. the problem is where do we stop? >> but the fda isn't touching on that quandary n stead focusing on the science of the procedure rather than the moral questions attached to it. >> scientific issues cannot be considered in isolation from their moral effects and we simply must take up the questions in parallel to each other. >>

i'm shannon bream. good night from washington. with greta van susteren is up next. >>> can we get one thing straight? do you know what is unfair? when someone promises transapparently, doesn't deliver and then starts blamings or. >> do you think i'm unfair to you? >> absolutely, of course you are, bill. we just went through an interview in which you asked about healthcare not working, irs where were we wholly corrupt. benghazi. >> i think he largely pretends that these are distractions that these are stuff invented by fox. >> with an endless distraction of political posturing and phony scandals and phony scandals. >> if he he think it's unimportant then is he delusional. >> these things keep on surfacing in

correspondent shannon bream is here with shocking details. >> bret, republican congressman chris smith chaired this hearing on capitol hill today aimed at exposing the reality of what christians are facing all around the world. according to a new pew research study, they're the most persecuting religious group worldwide. attacks on businesses, homes, and churches nrkcluding mobs gunning down pastors in front of their congregations and behelding those who have converted to christianity. smith said he had seen much of the persecution first hand. >> frank wolf and i, right before the olympics. went to china to meet with a number of house church leaders. every one of them were arrested, detained, roughed up, and one that we did meet with after the fact, he, too, was persecuted simply for meeting with two congressmen, simply for trying to live out their faith as they see fit. >> several of the lawmakers and witnesses at today's hearing question why the administration isn't doing more to leverage trade policy and foreign aid in order to force change in countries where christians are being pu

i'm shannon bream in washington.istics indicate that the president has a long way to go to reach his goal for subscribers to his health care plan. we have fox team coverage tonight. jim ingle with the politics behind the delays coming from the president, but we begin with ed henry and what the new figures tell us. >> good evening. good news for the administration. 1.1 million people signed up in january. that means 3.3 million so far, though there are still sharp questions tonight about whether these numbers add up. the new numbers show president obama is likely to fall bell short of his initial goal of signing up 7 million people for

correspondent shannon bream is here to lay things out. good evening.nges are they talking about? >> well, those who support the rules from the national labor relations board will speed up the process when employees want to unionize but the employers of those workers would have to turn over those numbers and information to the unions. richard trum "k" is applauding those rules saying the current nlrb election is riddled with delay and provides too many opportunities for employers to manipulate and drag out the process through costly and unnecessary litigation and deny workers a vote. these are rules are an important step in the right direction and will help improve the election process. board did propose similar rules back in 2011 but a federal court struck them down saying they didn't have a full quorum of members at the time. >> okay. what are the critics saying as they push back? >> they call these ambush rules. that's how they term these and they say it's a big union payback from the administration who supported them. gop senator lamar alexander the

fox news's shannon bream is live with more. what is going on here?> supporters of the proposed rules from the national labor relations board, they would streamline and expedite the process on employees voting whether or not they want to unionize. requiring employer to provide telephone number and email to the union. afl-cio president richard trumka applauds the new measures and adds, quote, the current nlrb process is delayed and offers too many ways for employers to manipulate and drag out the process through costly litigation and deny workers the vote. this will help improve the election process. the national labor relations board proposed similar rules back in 2011 but a federal judgg the board was operating without a full quorum of members at the time. the critics say so-called ambush rules are another union payback by the administration they're vowing to fight. gop senator, lamar alexander top republican on the labor committee saying the new rules are quote, how the obama national labor relations board continues to be union advocate than an umpi

i'm shannon bream. good night from washington. "on the record" with greta van susteren is up next. >>> can we get one thing straight? do you know what is unfair? when someone promises transapparently, doesn't deliver and then starts blamings or. >> do you think i'm unfair to you? >> absolutely, of course you are, bill. we just went through an interview in which you asked about healthcare not working, irs where were we wholly corrupt. benghazi. >> i think he largely pretends that these are distractions that these are stuff invented by fox. >> with an endless distraction of political posturing and phony scandals and phony scandals. >> if he he think it's unimportant then is he delusional. >> these things keep on surfacing in part because you and your tv station will promote them. >> he thinks he deserves an exemption from being asked some tough questions. >> the thing that amazes me, one obama agreed to do it? >> regardless of whether it is fair or not it, has made fox news very successful. >> uncle judge who is a little stubborn an

report," i'm shannon bream. good night from washington. no online show this evening. we are trying to avoid the snow pock-apocalypse. "on the record" with greta van susteren is next. >>> this is a fox news alert. a catastrophic storm and millions and millions of americans are in its path. ice and snow causing chaos up and down the east coast. in the southeast, ice knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes and bringing roads to a stand still. nine deaths so far. now, heavy snow targeting the mid-atlantic, the northeast, more than 3,000 flights have been cancelled nationwide. "on the record" is taking you straight out to the elements in the hardest hit places. first chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox extreme weather center. rick? >> the south has had such a rough winter so far. big storm in atlanta two weeks ago and getting hit again. the benefit is because of that storm today, all of the schools were cancelled and there weren't people on the roads which is great news. it's a pretty sprawling storm, there is a severe side to it down across parts of

shannon bream is on that live in washington. how bad or widespread is this now, shannon?tudy, chris smith says there are documented cases of persecution of christians in more than 100 countries in just the last year. he says of course there's been a big emphasis, he thinks there should be, on what's happening in the middle east, but he's also highlighting other troublesome spots including china. here's what he says about that country. >> independent protestants and catholics continue to face persecution for refusing to affiliate with government-approved religious groups, protestant groups that refuse to join religious organization are deemed illegal and experience harassment, fines, detention and imprisonment and torture. >> reporter: and smith went on to tell a story about visiting china just a few weeks ago meeting various house church pastors. after they left are, many of them were arrested, harassed and punished. now several of the lawmakers are saying the u.s. has leverage when it comes to trade can and foreign aid and they need to be using it to impact countries whe