the threat. this administration, from day one, frankly, the irony of this is i believe the administration is bending over backwards not to try to threaten the mullah regime, in order to get a nuclear deal which will make no difference at all because it still leaves that mullahs with the right to own a nuclear weapon which they didn't manufacture themselves, which leaves us vulnerable -- mr. blinken: i want to assure you that they won't have that right. representative sires: we don't seem to be part of this negotiation. we seem to be bypassed. i remember when the secretary was here. we talked like cuba. i asked him point-blank about no negotiations. they said nothing was going on. now, we have a situation similar to what we had in those hearings. one of the questions i have is can you speak to how the un security council resolutions are being handled in the negotiations? once these sanctions are lifted, i think it's going to be virtually impossible to reimpose them. i don't think russia and china are going to go along with that. they have veto powers. how are we handling this? mr. blinken: on your fi

the idea that this administration is going to get approval from the u.n. security council is opposed to coming to congress is not only disturbing but it is wrong from my perspective all right thank you. again. i want to be clear, we will have to go, if there is an agreement to both there. are sanctions that are pursuant to the united nations security council that is implemented by the council to have the authority and will have to decide whether to lift them or not. and suspend them or not. similarly our own sanctions are imposed and legislated by congress. only congress will decide whether to end them. as you know, the vast majority of the international agreements that we strike around the world are a key tool of the foreign policy are nonbinding. mr. chair. i am going to yield back. i just want to make a comment that it is amazing to me that the administration apparently puts congress and the u.n. on the same level in terms of what they will have to deal with. if the gentleman will yield the u.n. vote will come immediately. i am trying to be measured. we

now that he has filed his candidacy papers to the general administration. the cruz campaign will likely kick off at liberty university. we'll have reaction later in the show. >>> there's a lot more ahead from washington. the president's controversial executive action on immigration is as you know in federal court. but the government just got a lashing from the judge charge. we'll talk to texas attorney general whose state is leading that lawsuit. >>> plus, congress gridlock, up next. we'll talk to warren hash. >> i have to say this has been such a partisan administration if you're going to be part sanchez you're not going to be very effective. you're not going to be very effective. t you're not going to be very effective. i you're not going to be very effective. s you're not going to be very effective. a you're not going to be very effective. n you're not going to be very effective. rtisan you're not going to be very effective. . fofofofor fastidious librarian emily skinner, each day was fueled by thorough preparation for events to come. well somewhere along

the george w. bush and obama administrations. regardless of its legality and there are many people throwing plenty of cold water on the idea that this was illegal to do is it a good idea? >> it's good to be here. it's an excellent idea. this was an active leadership our elected representatives, senators can't do anything about this agreement because it's not a treaty. they see an agreement that this administration is cooking up that will be extremely destabilizing to the middle east will pave the way to an iranian nuclear weapon and they're doing what they can to kill the negotiations kill this deal, and force the administration and the european allies to start over with a more reasonable policy. i hope there will be more gestures like this by the u.s. congress. >> aren't they bound to see what's in it first? >> that's a fake argument the obama administration is making. we know what's in the deal ray. the "washington post" is a good example. there's going to be a large number of centrifuges, iran will continue to be able to enrich

this goes to the next administration, so the next administration would have the authority and may have a totally different view on that. >> it may indeed, which is why president obama said i am going to put it in the three-year range. he thought that through. he said, i don't want the new president to come in and face the type of choice i've faced on day one, which had to be made in 30 days with respect to afghanistan, so he gave it the distance of the year to allow the administration to get people in place, to evaluating and make a decision, but most importantly, this is where there is a probably accepted an absolutely clear congressional responsibility. congress will step in. i would think you would be welcoming this opportunity to double check the administration, to be able to make sure this is accomplishing the goals you want. i would think this would be an debated in that respect although i understand there are principles were people say we don't want limitations at all, but this fits within the capacity to get a major vote out of congress. that's something you have to think about

that's not sitting well with the obama administration. rning. >> reporter: good morning. the obama administration has called this letter reckless and harmful to the negotiations and to note several of the republican potential contenders for president have signed onto that letter including senator ted cruz marco rubio, rand paul and lindsey graham. they are among the 47 signatory signatories are this letter. we've seen a fierce defense by these senators after this controversy ensued. they believe this was the right strategy. here's senator marco rubio. >> this is an unusual moment with an incredible risk to the world and our country and the region and it required unusual methods to deal with it. i would send another one tomorrow. i think the risk of a nuclear iran is so great that we need to do everything possible to keep us from finding ourselves in a situation where we'll have a nuclear iran. >> reporter: former secretary of state hillary clinton potential democratic candidate for president is engulfed in this e-mail controversy and yeste

the administration said, wait a minute, we have answers to all of that. there would be intrufs inspections, the sunset clause doesn't mean all the restrictions come off but the administration hasn't had a chance to deliver its case the way prime minister netanyahu just did. pierre: doyle, in terms of effectiveness, did he come up with any alternatives and is that what the administration is trying to hammer him over? doyle: he presented was he said was an alternative but the administration says you can't get there from here. his alternative was stop these negotiations, walk away, be tougher. the administration says look, we've gotten as far as we have by putting together international sanctions. we walk away or if we get blamed for this thing falling apart, those sanctions go away. there is nothing there. so the administration is basically saying, we're getting an agreement if we get it. it's not there yet. that will be the best we can get. netanyahu is saying the best you can get is not good enough for me. reporter: doyle, this comes before netanyahu's re-

the obama administration is behind the deal if we get one. the administration has a lot of tools, if you will, to make sure that a deal is honored. >> ifill: are we thinking march 31, more or less likely this week to make that deadline? >> well, if i had a crystal glass, i would be writing an exclusive. i think it's possible there will be an announcement in this round. it's also possible this round will be extended beyond friday which is the original end date but remember there's still more than a week to go until the end of the month, so it's quite possible that it almost get there this time, they will just call another round to finish things off. >>off. >> ifill: a lot could happen between now and then. you're right ability that. george jahn, associated press thank you. >> my >> ifill: even before he was elected, president obama promised his would be the most open and transparent administration ever. he can claim some credit for some progress on that front including opening up presidential records declassifying some data, and pushing federa

when the clinton administration was in office, iran had the material. some analysis suggested they had them. by the time president obama came in, north korea had weapons. iran does not have either. north korea has also tested. they are in different situations. the inspections regime that existed for north korea was far less than what iran faces now under the interim agreement and less than it would face under the comprehensive agreement. rep. chabot: there is great skepticism on both sides of the aisle and i believe for good reason. >> mr. ted deutch of florida ranking member on the subcommittee. rep. deutch: thank you both. . i understand we are now approaching a deadline. i want to express my thanks, as i have every time i have had the opportunity. as we approach these last days, let me say that raising the issue at this point can no longer suffice. if anyone is to take iran seriously that there is any commitment that they can make that can be at to, the best show of good faith would be to return those americans. i urge you to make that a priority. nu

it's not about the administration. this is about the mutual concern we have for iran obtaining a nuclear weapon. i will tell you that the special relationship that america has with the israeli people transcends any of the politics. this administration should be better than that. that prime minister netanyahu has been re-elected, we have a unique relationship, we should build that instead of trying to make it personal. >> schieffer: let me ask you about something else. this week house republicans formally asked secretary of state clinton to turn over her private e-mail server to the state department inspector general or a third examiner. why do you think that is necessary? >> well, i think it's clearly fair. because first i think the american people have right to know the truth. i think secretary clinton has responsibility to tell it. we're not interested in her private e-mails. we're not even interested in her e-mails regarding russia or syria, only those pertaining to benghazi. she is the individual that created this.

very confused by the stance the administration has taken? >> senator corker, i can't speak to what happened in the bilateral meeting between the president and chancellor merkel. >> can you speak to where we are in this debate? >> i can. probably won't be a very satisfying answer, sir. we're still working in the inner agency on reviewing a number of options including lethal defensive weapons. i can't give you a timetable on what we might have additional assistance. >> you mentioned 120 $118 million, and other kinds of assistance. but it is my understanding we committed 118 or 120, we only delivered half of that. is that correct? >> about half, that's correct. >> so just for what it is worth, this feels like three years ago, the syrian opposition where basically we were going to help with all the things we were going to do, deliver trucks, they got there way beyond their usefulness. what has is happening? we have secretary nuland come in, she speaks strongly we see her in munich. the administration doesn't do even what it said it would do. what

what else can the administration do to tell this good news story? e can do a better job of making sure people do know. another area is the issue of preventative care abdz the importance of the fact that your childhood visits and those things are no longer requiring co-pays or cost sharing in terms of when you go in for that or measles. an important thing i think right now and timely thing. i think we need to do a better job of making sure people know about those improvements to quality. >> thank you. i yield back. >> chair now recognizes gentleman from illinois. five minutes for questions. >> thank you. i talked to your staff prior. i appreciate your outreach trying to tall. it was a crazy day. . >> this happy talk about how great health care is and the affordable health care is moderated by real concerns out there. remember the bill that passed signed into law we had nothing to do with on the house side. it was a senate health bill that came over to us that we passed. so that is the health care law that we have today. the language of the law is pret

and it was also during the clinton administration we had the balanced budget agreement. i think that what we put forward in our plan to use the one time savings to fund infrastructure has all of the ingredients for something that could become a bipartisan agreement. we came up with an approach that we thought would provide that opportunity. if congress has other ideas, we will look at ideas to come forward. what we have to do is meet our needs and invest in infrastructure in this country. it is doing a disservice to future generations. the way to build a better future is to think ahead and build it today. >> great, thank you. >> that is a fall back in case your -- >> thank you, the time for the gentleman has expired. we're not doing two to one. so we'll to paulson, then we'll go to mr. pascal. mr. paulson is recognized. no, he is not, mr. markson is recognized. >> thank you, mr. chairman. secretary, i would like to discuss a couple issues with you every time i go back home and the town hall meeting. in the projection of budget and economic outlook 2014 through 2024, it a

made it easier for them by giving them tax benefits for the administrative costs of setting up a plan for matching contributions that employees make. you know, we built that an top of the proposal that we started last year. starting the my ra program where individuals will be able to start with a very safe, easy starter retirement account. we for years now had proposals to go from a system where employees opt into retirement to one where they have to opt out. we know from behavioral economics that that would work to get many, many more people covered. so i think we have a quite robust set of proposals and i think it is something if we could work together on a bipartisan basis would make enormous difference for a generation that is going to need retirement savings for a sound future. >> well are we saving more or saving less? >> as a country our savings rate is improving as our economy has improved. but we need to see middle class workers saving more for their retirement if. if you look at the distribution for retirement savings the average amounts most middle class workers have is not

leaks from the administration. particular one that came out this week is the idea of a sunset provision that anyone that iran agrees to would phase out even go away perhaps, within 10 or 15 years. >> right, so after that 10 or 15-year period, iran could be a full-fledged member, to have all -- >> all of the nuclear nonproliferations. >> right. they could build as many center fujs as they want without restriction as long as they didn't build a nuclear weapon itself. which means that this deal isn't stopping iran from getting a bomb, it is facilitating its membership, its ultimate membership into the nuclear club. the other thing about this deal, according to what we're hearing it will allow the iran yaians to have center fs fuges -- >> for a bomb. >> to fuel a reactor or build a bomb. a year two they were talking about 500 centerfuges, a symbolic number. >> and before that they said they shouldn't have any capacity at all. now we are seating some industrial struck fewer for building a bomb. and phase-out. >> right. e

the courts. so i bring this question to you. if this administration has such disdain for the constitution, aren't we creeping toward a constitutional crisis? >> i think we are. if you think about what is going on the president violating federal law, the u.s. constitution, which is going past what congress -- what congress is supposed to be doing. and now you have got administration in court not being forthcoming about what they are supposed to be forthcoming about. we definitely have a huge issue here related to whether the obama administration is going to follow the constitution and then once they get into court whether they are going to tell the truth. >> um-huh. well, we will be watching this case because it is a big one. attorney general, thank you. >> thank you. >> and straight ahead a new and growing threat from isis. there is now evidence that isis is using drones against us. air force veteran and congresswoman martha mcsally is here to talk about that next. "ride away" (by roy orbison begins to play) ♪ i ride the highway... ♪ ♪ i'm going my wa

we have not yet to this point in the administration heard a single speech from a senior administrationial devoted to laying out the threat from iran in the way that we heard, just heard from benjamin netanyahu. and i think we need to have a discussion about the threat from iran just as we needed to have a debate about the threat from iraq before the iraq war, something that president obama said at the time. we need to have a debate if we're choosing not to go to war. >> democrats are delighting in a rift with israel. the only place more giddy about that disconnect is iran. your thoughts? >> i think it isn't often that you see history in the making. that is what we saw today that was a powerful speech. it changed the conversation here in the u.s. something to watch. >> this is very tough for the white house now. the ball is in their court and they're going to have to respond and they're in a really, really tough position after the speech today. >> fox news channel as we always do we'll continue to bring you breaking news. democrats still on the capitol hill in reaction to the prime mini

one would think the administration is. >> there is an interesting political theme. even yesterday during aipac samantha power gave a relatively well-received speech. they really didn't interact with his speech thanking people in the room. he did not thank samantha power. another small tidbit six jewish members of the senate and house not there, given proportion of jews in the congress is someone interesting number. another tidbit, that bibi is more popular in the u.s. now than ever before. 45% approval rating. pop among republicans is up sharply but even among democrats is up sharply. the politics is interesting. look at democrats not going bibi is not popular with democrats. in actuality according to gallup he is more popular than he was a year ago, two years ago three years ago and on and on. >> there is attempt growing among democrats about a deal in congress. there was an attempt in the last 36 hours in the administration including samantha power and susan rice, saying no deal is better than a bad deal. there are attempts members of the administration to soften r

i'll be interested to hear how the administration is helps us get tpa across the finish line. next, we've got to fix this broken tax code. we want to fix it for are everybody. but with this administration, in the past we haven't had very high hopes. but you've gradually grudgingly taken a few steps, in my opinion, in the right direction, though in my opinion also you need to move if a little further. for years you talked about fixing the tax code for corporations but not for families and small businesses. more recently after this committee's constant insistence that tax reform cannot give an unfair advantage to big public companies over closely held family-owned businesses, the administration is now finally talking about helping small businesses as well. even though your specific proposals have been far from adequate, at least it is a step in the right direction. now the administration's taking a few more baby steps in the right direction by proposing a few ways to simplify the tax code for middle class families. so it's progress. not a lot, but we'll take it. so i'd be interes

not the only reversals today for the administration. yemen is on the verge of collapse with its president fleeing while the rebels advance on aiden. in washington, d.c. the president decline toes meet with nato secretary general even as europe and nato nations are faced with growing threats from russia. >>> and an incredible development in iraq where the pentagon is now supporting the iranian-led offensive in iraq, the president authorizationing air strikes against the islamic state in the battle for tikrit which is now not going well for the iranians. as with the deadline for an agreement approaching the iranian nuclear talks auto look to be at an impasse. the islamic republic has reportly refused to put any nuclear arms agreement down on paper. that's right. even if the iranians were to agree to a deal they say there would be nothing on paper. simply trust them. joining us tonight to assess all of this fox news military analyst retired major general robert scales. general, good to have you with us. >> hi lou. >> let's begin with tikrit

the only thipg that this administration appears -- the only thing that this administration appears willing to discuss when it comes to social security is its own kick-the-can strategy coupled with additional administrative funds for the s.s.a., either funding with yet more federal debt or by crowding out spending on other discretionary programs. meanwhile, i am comforted by many in the disability advocacy community who are at least willing to have conversations about how we can work to improve social security's programs while also paying attention to its financial challenges. there are cephal groups currently hard at work analyzing -- there are several groups currently hard at work analyzing options and having discussion and debate about what we could look at for program exriewvments in physical -- improvements in fiscal responsibility. there is certainly more that we can do to improve the d.i. system and help make it work better for beneficiaries. there is certainly more that we can do to improve social security's retirement side, help make it work better for modern family situations. the

rice not the only administration official being nasty toward netanyahu. secretary of state kerry today accusing the prime minister of being wrong on a nuclear deal with iran like he was on the iraq war. >> the prime minister as you recall, was profoundly forward-leaning and outspoken about the importance of invading iraq under george w. bush, and we all know what happened with that decision. >> kerry, an odd white house choice to carry that message because he famously as then a senator, kerry did vote for the war with iraq, later lamenting famously that he was for the war before he was against the war, you may remember that. unnamed white house officials over the past six months alone calling the prime minister a quote, chicken expletive a coward, obtuse blustering even claiming he quotes [ inaudible ] in our face when he accepts the invitation from congress. at least the administration is beginning to attach names and faces to their nastiness. the prime minister meanwhile flipping rice's comments about partisanship back on her as he rejected an invitation

what you think the administration is responsible for? >> would like to see them to a better job than the president hasn't done a very good job. and of billet-doux feel we need a civil rights leader. obama is not doing a good job and al sharpton is not of impeachable character. >> i could not agree more. there are some leaders in new york that are emerging light of brooklyn borough president and a former officer and an elected official who can speak on behalf. lou: harley a substitute for a president or national figures it helps that he would become in service and to people's been a given an officer wilson has been exonerated from shooting michael brown i think they should apologize to the people of ferguson into his family in the business owners who have their enterprises burned to the ground. lou: and simply just for lying. >> not just wait and see basically that turns out not to be the case. >> and the hands are up don't shoot that is part of pop culture and that is erroneous according to wall testimony of the grand jury. >> and the jus

and i really think the administration is isolated on this issue and that is also something that is not good for the country. i'll -- unless you have something you want to add, i don't want to cut you off. >> i would simply say that from personal observation, i was in bud a pest in 1994 when the agreement was signed that the russians have violated, so i'm very alive to the -- the possibility that we had then and i think still need to stick up for of independent ukraine able to find its own way politically and economically is the only thing i would say. in the first instance it is terribly important that that occurment and occur. and the other thing i will say is that nobody should mistake that ukraine is a very important country to us. it is not a nato ally and i just want to make the point that as far as nato allies are concerned, that raises a whole other set of issues that i hope anyone who is considering encroaching upon a nato ally takes very seriously. >> well i hope so too. i'll be traveling to that region shortly and talking with some of those folks about it. >> thank you for do

this authorization goes to the next administration. the next administration would have the authority and may have a clearly different view on that. >> in may have, senator. and that is exact way why obama specifically thought that through. he said, i don't want the new president to come in and face the kind of choice that i faced on day one. which had to be made within 30 days, with respect to afghanistan. so, he gave it some distance, to evaluate and make a decision. most importantly this is where there is a broadly accepted and absolutely clear congressional response ability. congress will step in. you will have the authority. i think you would be welcoming this opportunity to check the administration, to make sure this is a, sing the precise goals you want. in fact, i would think this would be debated by congress in that respect. though i understand, people say we don't want any limitations at all. the certainly fits within the capacity to get a major vote of congress. that is something else you think about here. when i testified in

. >> reporter: the administration is trying to make some efforts to diffuse it. not too long ago dr. susan rice was describing this address to the joint session of congress as quote you be quote destructive. speakers to the annual washington convention of apac. last week there was an alarm that the administration might not send anyone at all. aides on both side say there was tension between the u.s. and israel before. the contentious issue is the obama administration's fervent effort to clinch a nuclear deal with iran. israeli officials consider the deal as it's outlined and specifics are presently understood to be an existential threat to israel because it will allow iran to keep its centrifuge uranium enrichment program despite the cheating from the past. >> israel is safer today because of the interim agreement we created. the 20% of enriched uranium has been reduced to zero. we stopped the flu tone -- stopped the blue the plutonium reactor in its tracks. >> reporter: iran may be able to stroll towards and not have to make a break for nuclear capability. martha

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this is so outrage yous. >> this is a pattern for the th administration. look at all the federal agencies used to go after people considered -- people or businesses considered to be on the wrong side from the administration, the fidc justice operation choke point irs goes after the conservative non profits, epa growing after cole and the atf, it goes on and on. >> it it is a pattern of lawlessness as mike pointed out. this administration makes up the law as it goes and when they get caught says, we didn't know that, we learned it from the newspapers and then they promise corrective action which is never taken. the abuse of the irs, going after at any time people, hiring rogue agents and the like targeting conservatives it just goes on and on. >> john as usual has an answer and as usual it comes out of his libertarian lay book. just close down the fidc, right? >> this is the inevitable result of government getting too close to banks, it's obviously weakened banks and politicized how they take deposits and everything and the easy saen is to close down the fid

i want to start briefly by talking a little bit about the administration, the obama administration's ork in this area are a lot of this goes straight to the topic president obama upon taking often said that cyber that's one of the most serious economic national security challenges that we face as a nation. he made confronting him a priority from the beginning of the administration. he has renew that pledge several times with each action taken moving this issue forward in the public consciousness. in particular most recently at the widest cybersecurity summit last month at stanford university where the president once again renewed his commitment to keep combating cyber threats is top early. let me just break down some the things that happened along the way so people have an understanding of where we are and where we've ended up on policy issues. four years ago, the administration promoted legislation in this area. covered in several as including critical infrastructure reforming government agency, security standards, the new hiring authority for the department of homeland security a lo

the kondzcondescension has been the prime part of the obama administration. i kept thinking of the prayer breakfast, islamic fundamentalists. you can keep your doctor if you want it, on and on and on. nothing being embarrassment and then let us conclude. we have the president of israel coming before congress, grateful to receive at last some huge glow of truth which is in scarce supply in washington. and that is what you saw on the faces of those congress people. the recognition that they are listening to the real thing. democrats and republicans, i watched that speech many times. so we can say ask yourself this. he comes to america to put forth this enormous danger all of the world is facing from the nuclear armed iran and what is the white house busy doing? something you have heard all week. they are busy in this extraordinary opera, this aria of disgrace directed -- >> i hope i never cross you. that's a fact. bring us up to date with congress. dan's told us that senator corker has 64 votes in the senate to make sure that any deal with iran goes through cong

republicans sent a letter to the administration in their frustration. a hearing today is about 2.5 hours. >> the committee has now come to order. this appears to be an attempt to silence those and roger who want to see their company -- country move away from the lawlessness of today's russia. we must remain committed to this vision for a democratic russia at peace with itself and its neighbors. he was especially critical of pu tin's aggression in ukraine. our country made a commitment in 1994 to defend ukraine's sovereignty, which has been under a near constant assault by russia for more than a year. more recently, we learned -- lured the crane west. now, with ukraine's eater -- future and balance, the refusal of the administration to step up with more support and whether pressure on russia is a blight on u.s. policy. the conflict in eastern crane was started by a russian mercenary, now directly involves thousands of military personnel. it has resulted in over 6000 debts and generated -- debts and generated 1.5 million refugees. roughly two weeks after t

still, kerry insists there is no problem between the administration and israel. sec. kerry: i talked to the prime minister regularly including yesterday. we don't want to see this turned into some great political football. obviously, it was odd, if not unique, that we learned of it from the speaker of the house and the administration was not included in the process. alix: kerry says the u.s. and

if the administration would accept that kind of language? iing don't know specifically if the decision had been made to accept language, though i do know specifically that the president has said that -- and it would -- it would sort of invite the notion of having language, because he has said that if you pass an aumf with respect to isil now, he will rely on his authority for isil on that aumf and not the 2001. so that would seem to leave it open. i just don't want to conclusively say they want to accept the language because i haven't personally heard that signoff. >> thank you. thank you, mr. chairman. >> senator [ inaud echo to give our condolences to those heros that lost their lives last night. the israeli prime minister netenyahu stated quote so when it comes to iran and isil the enemy of your enemy is your enemy. would you respond to that from a military perspective for me? >> well i won't respond to the prime minister's choice of words or his -- how he -- how he determines his national interest, but in terms of our national interest a

the administrative procedures act has been as judge hanan been thwarted. e didn't ultimately decide that for the sake of this preliminary injunction, he reserved that as well as the constitutional issues for the future. the states certainly still believe in all three cases, the president has failed. >> let me afford that opportunity for professor blackman and professor foley to respond to that, as well. >> so i think that the professor was that it didn't go far enough and it's an important reason why. the professor wrote that how come it didn't apply to the parents of the dreamers? o right? i think this raises an important point. many of the professors think the president didn't go quite far enough. even the doj's perception was more narrow than that. i will stress for the moment that the reason why they didn't go far now was because there has to be some sort of relationship to a group that congress has preferred. doca was people without legal status. one important point is, 21 years for the petition for a visa followed by a ten-year bar. more importantly,

this goes to the next administration, the next administration would have the authority and have a totallyifferent view on that. >> it may indeed senator. which is have president obama said i'm going to put it in the three year range. he said i don't want the new president to come in and face the kind of choice i faced on day one which had to be made within 30 days with respect to afghanistan, so he gave it the distance of the year to allow the administration to get its people in place. evaluate and make a decision, but most importantly this is where there is a broadly accepted and absolutely clear congressional responsibility. congress will step in. you will have the authority. i would think you would be welcoming this opportunity to double check the next administration, to be able to make sure this is accomplishing the precise goals you want. in fact i would think this would be undebated by congress in that respect. although i understand there are principles where people say we don't want any limitations at all. but this certainly fits within the capacity to get a major vote out of congr

not the only reversals today for the administration. yemen is on the verge of collapse with its president fleeing while the rebels advance on aiden. in washington, d.c. the president decline toes meet with nato secretary general even as europe and nato nations are faced with growing threats from russia. >>> and an incredible development in iraq where the pentagon is now supporting the iranian-led offensive in iraq, the president authorizationing air strikes against the islamic state in the battle for tikrit which is now not going well for the iranians. as with the deadline for an agreement approaching the iranian nuclear talks auto look to be at an impasse. the islamic republic has reportly refused to put any nuclear arms agreement down on paper. that's right. even if the iranians were to agree to a deal they say there would be nothing on paper. simply trust them. joining us tonight to assess all of this fox news military analyst retired major general robert scales. general, good to have you with us. >> hi lou. >> let's begin with tikrit

i am still waiting for the administration's response. at the end of the day, the most effective thinking is a economically viable -- section is an economically viable ukraine. the u.s. provide $1 billion in loan guarantees on top of the $2 billion guarantees already provided. in my view, this is a worthy investment and it needs to be matched by continue reforms by the ukrainians. finally, we need to reinforce the trends that led to this agenda. we must take a more strategic approach in facing this resurgent russia. first, we need to reinvigorate the institutions that have so long contributed to the transatlantic relationship of peace and stability. needs to sharpen our arsenal of response options, which means nato and eu integration. in my view, the attention on europe confronting this thread is necessary. we also need to focus on the south, also vulnerable to undo russian influence. we need to strengthen relationships in the balkans, and bulgaria. our intelligence community needs to reprioritize the russian threat. not only in kind, but

by the stance the administration is taking? >> i cannot speak to what happened in the meeting between the president and chancellor merkel. >> can you speak to where we are in this debate? >> it probably will not be a satisfying answer. we are working on reviewing a number of options, including lethal defensive weapons. i can give you a timetable -- can't give you a timetable. >> you mentioned the $118 million in other kinds of assistance. it is my understanding we committed 120 million and only delivered half of that. is that correct? >> correct. >> this feels like three years ago, the syrian opposition where we were going to help and do all these things, delivery trucks, they got their way beyond their usefulness. what is happening? she speaks strongly, we see her in munich we thank her for that and the administration doesn't do what it said it will do. what is going on with the administration? it is incredibly frustrating for all of us who think the administration supports ukraine but it seems like they are playing footsie wit

they were tools in the hands of congress and the administration. though the clinton and the bush administration and it was hud. >> host: hud is the housing urban development agency which is it cabinet agency. >> guest: they were caring for the mandates of the of audible housing requirements and they were being very tough about them because there was a lot of very good political juice in their for the administrations they were serving. in the case of the bush administration yes bush was very favorable to the idea of homeownership and indeed in his memoirs wash said i was delighted with the way that low-income people were able to buy homes and homeownership in the united states was rising that what i didn't realize was the risks that we were undertaking at the same time. so he kind of apologize in and that way for what his administration did and i think that was the right way to do it. they did not realize what they were introducing into the housing system and ultimately the entire financial system but forcing fannie and freddie to buy mortgages that

>>> plus benjamin netanyahu makes his case against a nuclear iran but can congress keep the administration from cutting a bad deal? >>> and the future of obamacare now in the hands of a sharply divided supreme court. so what's next if the subsidies don't survive? welcome to the journal editorial report. well, she's reportedly set to launch her presidential bid as early as next month but revelations this week that hillary clinton used a private e-mail account to conduct official business during her four years as secretary of state is reportedly adding to concern in some liberal circles that putting a clinton on the ticket in 2016 may not be the democrats' best move. so just how much legal and political trouble could hillary be facing? and do democrats have a backup plan if her candidacy runs aground? let's ask. wall street journal columnist and deputy editor dan haeger. editorial board member dorothy reveniwitz. to you first, dan, days after the revelation i am still shocked that she did this kind of thing. why on earth would a woman with that experience do something like that? >> well beca