wendell willkie is a perfect example of that. you have a presidential candidate who is willing to support his opponent's policy because in his heart he thinks it is right. he thinks it is important for the country. and is willing to say that and then after he loses is willing to say he is my president. we will support him. we don't really have that around and that is very disturbing. to get back to your point, it was just as bad or worse back then. gives us hope that maybe something can be resurrected out of this thing we are going through. any more questions? yes? >> given lindbergh's fear of getting into the public and the press, what combination of factors drove him to be one of the leaders against the war? >> u.s. really good questions. that is a really good question. charles lindbergh, one of the things about charles lindbergh he was always, whenever he took a position he always thought he was right. there was never any doubt in charles lindbergh's mind about what he should be doing or thinking. .. >> i think it was the bigg

wendell goler live for us with the news outside the white house. wendell, the family of trayvon martin had asked the president to get involved. was his speech today out of response to that? >> i don't think so, harris there no indication that he has actually spoken to them though as we heard trayvon's mother and father have indicated they are grateful for his words. they say the president had been following the reaction to the verdict and felt the country needed to hear from him. he had been prepared to respond to questions about the verdict in an interview he gave to spanish language tv networks earlier this week. in fact, he wasn't asked i think his goal in part was to bridge different reactions to the verdict in the black community and more broadly across the country. and spoke a hard truth. >> this isn't to say that the african-american community is naive about the fact that african-american young men are disproportionately involved in the criminal justice system that they they are disproportionately both victims and perpetrators of violence. i

i asked wendell at the top of his shot about why now? why do you think now was so important for the president to talk about this? >> look. i think initially he may have felt that anything he said was going to only increase the tensions. he had a couple of interviews withsome hispanic stations and fully expected and was prepared to answer that. that certainly is what the press secretary. , jay carney, suggested. he didn't get asked the question and didn't ant and felt, before this week is over and we move on ex-there's some things i want to say. the president who believes in teachable moments and i think he felt the desire to be on the record and to say what the felt on these issues, and next week, as we all know in the news business, we'll be on to something else. >> we'll be on to something else, chris wallace. fox news sunday host. this weekend -- great to see you, chris. thank you for your time as always. we'll have more on attorney general holder's response to the george zimmerman verdict and the issue of race. when he talks to the c

wendell, what is the reaction on capitol hill?know this will have global imfully indications as well. >> you are right. arab world deeply divided over turkey's ouster. turkey and tunisia. cut tar welcomed it because egypt is such a cultural and economic leader in the world what happens there has broad imply calingses for other countries. the failure of egypt's first experiment of democracy does not bode well. >> it's easier for the public to say what they're against it's harder to build the consensus what you are for. >> the real problem in egypt now is moving forward. people know they are not for mubarak. they know they are not for the brotherhood. but what are they for? >> meanwhile on capitol hill. members of congress have so far held off attacking the president for his response to the crisis in egypt. jamie? >> jamie: could be days or weeks before we know the conclusion there wendell, thank you so much. live from the white house. >> we have a wildfire alert four. crews have made significant progress against the arizona wildfir

wendell goler live at the white house. wendell? >> shepard, the president said he is deeply concerned by the decision of the egyptian armed forces to remove president morsi and suspend the constitution. in a written statement released just mommy's as mr. obama said quote i now call on the egyptian government to quickly and responsibly to return full authority back to a government as soon as possible through inclusive and transparent. the president met this afternoon for more than an hour with the chuck hagel and chief of staff to ho had both talked to egyptian counterparts in recent days who apparently did not ask them directly to avoid a coupe. mr. obama urged egyptian officials not to arrest president morsi or his supporter hes. i have also directed the relevant departments and agencies to review the implications under u.s. law for our assistance to the government of egypt. officials have avoided calling the egyptian action a coupe since that could trigger legal moves that would impact u.s. aid to egypt for many members of congre

folks here say it will have about as much impact as the other repeal votes. >> wendell, thank you. the u.s. is signaling patience if not acceptance of the situation in egypt. after threats of more violence, egypt's new leaders are going after top members of the muslim brotherhood tonight. senior foreign affairs correspondent speaking an eye on things in cairo. >> reporter: the sit-in by supporters of morsi outside a mosque in cairo continues to grow. this as the military backed interim crack down intensified. arrest warrants were issued including the brotherhood spiritual leader. it's claimed they incited violence. including clashes between pro morsi protesters and the military monday which left over 50 dead. others are already detained. including president morsi himself. authorities say he's being held for his own safety. and the country's. activists demand his reinstatement and say they won't back down. everyone if they arrest a even if they arrest all the group members this man says, we will sacrifice ourselves. the transition government including the newly named prime minister

senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live with the latest and, wendell,oval of morsi mean for u.s. aid to egypt? >> reporter: arthel, that is not yet clear. the president's carefully-crafted statement avoided using the word "coup" which may enable him to work around a u.s. law that says the government must suspend aid to any nation whose elected leader is ousted in a coup d'etat. his statement also said, quote: given today's developments, i have also directed the relevant departments and agencies to review the implications under u.s. law for our assistance to the government of egypt. the president also had asked the military not to arrest president morsi or his supporters, though it appears that morsi is under house arrest, and the muslim brotherhood's supreme leader has been arrested, charged with the killing of a number of protesters outside his headquarters. the president's statement expresses concern but carefully avoids criticizing the military. it calls for a new government in which all voices are heard, those who protested and those who supported m

wendell, good morning. what's his message?> reporter: bill, this is true it is not the first time he tried to refocus on the economy and partly his own fault he got off the topic if you will, to push for stricter gun laws and immigration reform although events in syria and egypt dragged him off topic and republicans arguably pushed him off with the efforts to undo obamacare and benghazi and white house irs scandals. the president will address themes in the past about rebuilding a middle class that provide a life of security and providing ladders for people to get into that middle class. the senior advisors say he wants to do it with investments that used to get bipartisan support. >> infrastructure, for example, our roads, our bridges, our ports, he will be going to a major port in florida tomorrow, jacksonville, florida. these are a critical for business and they're 1:00s the republican party traditionally supported. i think the question is what will they get back to doing what they traditionally done and not simply say no be

wendel, will premiums go down?this a fact of life for consumers at that their premiums will go down? >> for most americans who buy coverage for the individual market, yes, they will go down in new york and almost every other state. and for people who get their coverage to the workplace, they won't be affected in any way. they will continue to get their coverage the way they have in the past. but for those many millions who can't get coverage at all because of being blackballed by insurance companies and being charged far too much in the past, they can finally get coverage they can afford. >> well, it is interesting. after october 1st, all the way it mid terms to see how this battle continues on. donna, will republican governors be forced to sign on because of all of the positives? how in the world could you ever take it away from them? how could a politician governor go out on the stump and say, you know what, you have healthcare and i'm taking it away. how is that better? >> i think that is a hard argument. they a

wendell? >> shep, they have agreed to tackle the tough issues.rs, the status of jerusalem, israeli security and the rights of palestinian refugees and the goal is to find an agreement in the next nine months. there were protests in jerusalem of the israeli cabinet's agreement to release more than 100 palestinian prisoners convicted of attacks in the 1980s and 1990s, the palestinians had asked for it as a goodwill gesture. >> everybody feels bad about the ideal of releasing prisoners. this is a bunch of people terrible history but we he have to do what we have to do. those who make the peace talks progress. >> ironically palestinians protested in ramallah but they didn't get more for agreeing to return to the talks. shepard? >> shepard: wendell goler live tonight at the state department. pope francis said today our society should not shun gay priests and neither should he. as the pope put it, if someone is gay and he searches for the lord and has goodwill, who am i to judge? analysts say this could indicate an olive branch from the vatican to the

so, wendell, what is the timing of the president's visit?porter: lawmakers are headed home for their summer break on friday to meet with their constituents. the president wants democrats to promote his plans to reform the corporate tax coved and use the money that generates to rebuild roads and parts of country's infrastructure that will create jobs. he said it is an idea that historically has drown bipartisan support. >> i will try offering that something for serious people in both parties should be able to support. a deal that simplifies the tax code for our businesses, and, creates good jobs with good wages for middle class folks who work at those businesses. >> reporter: the president speaking at an amazon.com facility in chattanooga, tennessee, yesterday. the tax changes he wants would be expected to produce a windfall in the first year and be revenue neutral. heather. heather: how are republicans reacting? we're under a time crunch here. >> reporter: not very enthusiastically. house speaker john boehner said the plan didn't sound much

white house correspondent wendell goler look at it. >> reporter: it will wind up costing the government money because those companies that don't provide insurance next year won't have to pay a penalty for it. >> well, the congressional budget office has previously said the poor mandate would raise $10 million in revenue in 2014. that money is obviously gone by the wayside. >> reporter: they're asking if it will raise the cost of the affordable care act but the cbo hasn't said yes. in the long-term obama care will save money. >> this transition policy does not change the fact that the affordable care act will reduce the deficit by over $100 billion over the next ten years. this is more than fully paid for. >> reporter: at the white house the officials say that the claim that it raises the cot of the law is a sabotage effort. >> the republican house that's driving the narrative are not concerned about a delay and the law they want to impose. they want to kill the bill. >> reporter: jay carney says if the republicans wanted to fix the obama care bill they would find alternatives. what's dr

here's senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell gold. >> a day after a spasm of violence -- the white house refused to blame the country's military or to call morsi's ouster a coup. instead what president obama is supposed to have told morsi the last time they spoke on the phone is that democracy is more than elections. >> what we hope is that it will return to a more democratically elected civilian government that would then govern democratically. >> the president welcomed two members of the egyptian form -- the u.s. says -- the brotherhood seems in no mood to participate. >> we don't accept this military coup and it's consequences you should not comment on this constitution declaration as it is produced by an illegitimate regime. >> there's some -- kentucky republican senator rand paul says there shouldn't even be any debate. >> we're not supposed to be in favor of supporting military overthrow of democratically elected government. i'm no fan of the muslim brotherhood. i don't think we should have given them money either. >> paul is joined by democrats as well as other

wendell has the news at the white house. a slightly different focus today from other recent healthcare events. right? >> right. much of the white house effort on obama care has been aimed at showcasing the health insurance market places that beginel enrolling people in october, with the goal of getting healthy young people to sign up so insurance raid raise for everybody are kept relatively low. the folks the president talked to are the 85% of the country that already has insurance and he says the act its bringing dividends. >> in 2012, 13 million rebates went out in all 50 states. another 8.5 rebates are being sent out this summer, averaging 100 bucks each, and for families like morgan's, that are working hard, every dollar counts. >> the rebate are the results of the law's requirement that insurance companies spend 80% of our premiums on medical costs, not uat mr.tive, for people who get insurance through the jobs the rebate goes to the employers, who can give the money to workers or use them to lower premiums. >> on capit

>> wendell, thank you. >>> more arrests in egypt today of people associated with muslim brotherhood,accused of inciting violence. it follows what that group call a massacre over the weekend. leland vitter is following that tonight from the middle east newsroom. >> reporter: chanting, martyrs, rest in peace, we will continue, muslim brotherhood supporters spent sunday night burying their dead after a weekend of unending violence. friday night's rally to those supporting ousted president morsi and those behind the army that deposed him spiral from peaceful demonstrations into running street battles. police fired countless rounds of tear gas, but the rocks kept coming, as did the fireworks, repurpose as rockets and live ammunition. by daybreak, dozens are dead, hundreds injured and mothers calling for revenge. she's referring to the strong man general saying he is responsible. today, he met with members of an emergency delegation for european union and over the weekend fielded calls from u.s. officials condemning the violence and urging calm. so far, he and his army are defiant but cont

wendell goler has more. >> reporter: the debate on whether stand your gun laws reduce or contribute to violence, white house press secretary made clear to reporters the president feels that debate should be at the state level. >> look at the laws on their books, evaluate them on the standard of are these laws improving or making worse the situation with regards to gun violence. >> reporter: regarding george zimmerman, mr. obama says the jury has spoken, and justice department officials say civil rights statues may not apply to the trial because some say the criticism was it was not about race. the release of his killer is prompting civil rights leaders to call for national outrage. >> going home alone, no weapon, yet he is murdered. then the victim of a murder is accused of revoking the murder. >> reporter: most gatherings are providing a platform. naacp platform in orlando. >> until we can overturn stand your ground, we risk other trayvon martins. >> reporter: at a delta faith a sigma convention holder addressed monday, hillary clinton told the group it brought deep, painful heartache

wendell, what do you have on this?> reporter: they have to be held fairly soon because the president is headed to chattanooga, tennessee later this morning. secretary of state kerry hosted the israeli and palestinian delegations here at the state department at a dinner last night. that meeting, that dinner lasted about an hour 1/2. he met separately with each delegation. the dinner was described as productive, mostly in establishing that everyone is serious and engaging in food faith. doesn't sound like they got into the issues. israelis and palestinians began actually talking to each other today after a quick photo-op here at the state department about an hour from now. now, if you're looking at video the woman at the table is the israeli justice minister. she is heading the israeli delegation. on her left is palestinian negotiator saeb erekat. these will be the first talks in three years. if they continue they will be the first serious mid-east negotiations in five, bill. bill: what is the sense any of this moves for

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wendel reiterated what other passengers on board the flight have said. >> they saw water by bu i'm thinking wow. >> seconds later remembering the impact and what followed. >> i still have seat belt on. and it was like a scary ride. >> once the plane came to rest he recalls people reaching for oxygen. >> i was just thinking of getting off the plane. you see the movery, right? >> there was a lot of motion. then, it was his turn. >> i turned around and looked at the back end, boom there is a lot of black smoke coming out. like oh, my gochld time to go and just get out of the way go. away from the plane he took this picture, people were running. others making it down the slides. crews had not yet arrived. >> it just happened suddenly. >> he went to work the next day to take his mind off the crash. he is not sure when he'll get back on a plane. >> next time maybe not any time soon. >> he says he didn't boft anything on his social network because he didn't want his mother to worry. >> what a story. owe passengers and crew from the airlines crash remain hospitalized. san francisco general released

what do we know about what the with the said today, wendell goler. >> reporter: he reassured nervousawmakers about the impact with the affordable care act with the health exchanges rolling in the floor. he promised to stay focused you guessed it on the middle class. >> the president's out there making the case that we need to, here in washington, focus on what the american people are focused on which is the need to make sure that good jobs, middle class jobs, well paying jobs are available in industries that will stay here in the united states and help our overall economic growth. >> reporter: we're told the president also defended former economic adviser larry summers who is a leading contender to head the federal reserve when ben bernanke retires this fall. some democrats warned it would be a mistake not to choose fed vice chairman janet yellin instead. >> what is the republican reaction to this presidential visit? >> reporter: well republicans don't like the legislation the president came to talk about and they don't like the fact he didn't come to talk with them. senate minority

and republicans are optimistically break the democrats. >> wendell, thank you. confirmed two more of president obama's no, ma'am me. thomas perez for labor second. gina mccarthy for e.p.a. administrator. this is part of a deal senators cut earlier this week to avoid the so-called nuclear option. republicans agreed to stop blocking the votes and democrats dropped their threat to end filibusters for some presidential nominees. the g.o.p. can still block nominations with just 41 votes. senator john mccain says he will block the nomination of general martin dempsey for a second term as chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. that's after a testy exchange between the two over the civil war going on in syriaened at role that the united states military should play. >> the decision on whether to use force is the decision of our elected officials. you know, i just ask the chairman just asked you if you would give your personal opinion to the committee if asked. you said yes. i'm asking for your opinion. >> about the use of strikes. that issue is under deliberation inside

>> wendell goler live from the the white house. thank you. >>> stocks were up, the dow gained 147. the s&p 500 finished ahead 16. nasdaq was up 36. >>> the red tape in the president's health care reform bill is getting so thick even the government can't get through it all on time. chief national correspondent jim angle looks at another rough patch for obama care. >> reporter: the delay in the employer mandate is not the first snag in implementing the law. in fact several parts of it have either been delayed or completely repealed. >> i think there have been some frustrations, and once you begin to get a few miles on the law, it starts to pick up some nicks and scrapes. >> reporter: the exchanges for small business were supposed to offer workers several choices of plans. that was also delayed by a year until 2015. so workers will now only have one plan available. that may reduce participation in the small business exchange, and along with the delay in the employer mandate could put many more people in to taxpayer supported exchanges. >> if people have to have insurance, and employer

we will find out if the unions are the big problem and reverend wendel anthony of the naacp., good to have you with us tonight. the truth about detroit, we're cherry picking here. at least conservatives are. mr. king, i want you to respond to h of the things you have just heard and how you are the villain. you folks who make a living. you folks who have healthcare and a pension, you are the problem for detroit. respond to that, sir, please. >> it is outrageous. and it's a lie. the unions in detroit it the largest representative of employees. they have made tremendous concessions over years to help the city. they are 50% below chicago and new york. lower than other places in michigan by 25%. average pension in detroit is like 18 or $19,000. these are workers who dedicated their lives to the city of detroit. the promises made to them must be lived up to. it is a moral outrage that people are talking about cutting pensions or cutting healthcare of retirees in the city of detroit. >> mr. king, that really is the ruthnessness of all of this, isn't it? there there's a real callous

>> wendell goler live from the the white house. thank you. >>> stocks were up, the dow gained 147. the s&p 500 finished ahead 16. nasdaq was up 36. >>> the red tape in the president's health care reform bill is getting so thick even the government can't get through it all on time. chief national correspondent jim angle looks at another rough patch for obama care. >> reporter: the delay in the employer mandate is not the first snag in implementing the law. in fact several parts of it have either been delayed or completely repealed. >> i think there have been some frustrations, and once you begin to get a few miles on the law, it starts to pick up some nicks and scrapes. >> reporter: the exchanges for small business were supposed to offer workers several choices of plans. that was also delayed by a year until 2015. so workers will now only have one plan available. that may reduce participation in the small business exchange, and along with the delay in the employer mandate could put many more people in to taxpayer supported exchanges. >> if people have to have insurance, and employer

wendell goler with the news at the state department tonight. wendell? >> shepard, the goal is to close some settlements and trade israeli land for the settlements that become part of israel. but the problem gets bigger as more settlements are built deeper into the west bank. some experts think it is still solvable because 80% of the roughly 350,000 settlers live very close to israel. it will take a strong israeli leader to close any of the settlements and it will take a strong palestinian leader it to trade away palestinian land. and once the negotiators decide on borders, they still must decide the status of jerusalem, which israelis and palestinians both claim and the rights of palestinian refugees. secretary of state kerry says the region's children deserve a solution. >> i think everyone involved here, believes that we cannot pass along to another generation the responsibility of ending a conflict that is in our power to resolve in our time. they should not be expected to bear that burden and we should not leave it to them. >> president obama met wi

hello, wendel. >> hello, shannon. they are going through the so-called final status issues. within israeli security, palestinian refugees. the goal is to deal with them over the next nine months. though officials say there is no deadline. talks will start after dinner hoor at the state department dinner this evening, marking the end of the holy ramadan. u.s. ambassador to israel is chief u.s. negotiators for the talks. they were near agreement in 2000, kerry says he knows what works and what doesn't, though he may know more about the latter. >> i think reasonable compromises has to be a keystone of all of this effort. i know negotiations will be tough. but i also know that the consequences of not trying could be worse. >> as a so-called goodwill gesture to clear the way for talks, israel agreed to release a hundred palestinian prisoners convicted of killings in the 1980s and '90s. israeli officials br divided over the move. president netanyahu says it is good for the country. there were protest in molala. palestinians were angry the israeli he wouldn't agree up front to susp

wendell goler with the news from the white house.ns said the president may not have the authority to delay parts of this law. how did the white house respond to that? how long says obama care law if there is sufficient reason and treasury says the reporting requirements for companies with more than 50 workers to prove they are providing health insurance that meets the obama care standards need more time to put in place. press secretary jay carney denies there is a political motivation. people who suggest there is anything unusual about the delaying of the deadline and comprehensive law are deliberate whether i sticking heir heads in the sand or ignorant about pass precedent. >> white house officials suspect republicans are simply trying to derail implementation of the law by challenging the delay. >> shepard: what are republicans saying to that? >> some republicans claim the issue is fairness. they claim it's wrong for the administration to let employers off the hook while still requiring all americans who can afford it to get health

wendell goler is live from the white house. everybody is in it together as far as low ratings from the american public. talk about what the president is doing today and where he's going. >> reporter: jenna he is headed to a port in jacksonville, florida, to showcase a container cargo ship terminal with a 200 million-dollar investment from a japanese company. he wants to talk about building this country's roads, bridges and ports as a way to attract businesses and create jobs. part of a renewed focus on the economy he promised to maintain the rest of his time in office. in central missouri he called on congress to renew this country's basic bargain with the middle class. >> tackling college cost, creating more good jobs, establishing a better bargain for middle class families and everybody trying to work to join into it. an economy that grows not from the top down but from the middle out. that's, that is not just what i'm going to focus on for the next few months. that is what i'm going to be focused on for the remainder of my p

another fascinating character is wendell willkie, the dark horse presidential candidate whose charisma swept him to the republican presidential nomination in 1940 even though, his liberalism and internationalism made him ante w outlier in the party. after losing to roosevelt, he became one of roosevelt's greatest allies in the public debate about u.s. involvement in the war. the christian science monitor review of "those angry days" called it an absorbing chronicle. olson doesn't so much revisit an historical period as inhabit iti her scenes flicker as urgently as a newsreel.or while highlighting lindbergh and fdr as its stars, "those angry days" embraces a cast of characters far beyond the book's titledr character. please join me in welcoming theo author, lynne olson. [applause] b >> thank you. thank you all for being here. thank you, george, for that absolutely wonderful introduction. this is a really sec tack lahr event -- spectacular event, and i'm very, very pleased to have been asked to participate. i'd like to give a big shout out to the city of gaithersburg for putting this on.

wendell, what cleared the way for these talks?er: patti ann the final hurdle was cleared last night when the israeli cabinet voted 13-7 to free 100 palestinian prisoners with blood on their hands. the palestinians called it a goodwill gesture t was controversial decision and triggered protests in jerusalem and ramallah. they include crimes of killings in the 1980s and '90s and soldiers and women and children n a written statement, prime minister netanyahu said this moment is not easy for me, it is not easy for the ministers and especially the families, bereaved families whose heart i understand. he went on to say there are moments which tough decisions must be made for the good of the country and this is one of those moments. the prisoners were released in four groups depending upon progress in the talks over the next nine months. patti ann? patti ann: wend did he what is the specific goal for these talks? >> reporter: the goal is to build a framework of resolution of the so-called final status negotiations onboarders, future of j

. >> wendel looking forward to coming home, spent a month in bali, and south korea.the software engineer says it's not the way he wanted to end his trip. >> then, my body was like thrown this way. >> went jelz the crash felt like a scary rollercoaster ride. the aircraft bounced and slid off the runway. he knew it was serious when the oxygen masks deployed. >> i was just thinking of getting out of the plaechblt you see movies something, you crash land, explode. right? so my thoulgt is how owe do i get off the plane he told us some were shoving. when he reached one exit, he hesitated. >> i turned around and looked at the back end, then, boom. there is a lot of black smoke coming out from the other side, i was like oh my god, time to go. i slide down the slide. then just go away from the plane. >> then, he took out a phone. >> well, i did something we're not supposed to do. took a picture. >> he took several this, shows passengers walking away, some with suitcases. the plane not yet engulfed in flames and crews still on the way. >> there wasn't time to be scared or thin

wendell in new hampshire you're on "the stephanie miller show."of wine on the wall. >> who had the extra third of a bottle? >> stephanie. >> stephanie: wendell hang on. this mug is on its way to you all right? >> hold on. >> travis will get your information. >> stephanie: hold on. clair in santa fe. what were you going to guess? >> caller: i was going to guess 12. >> stephanie: i'm going to give you something for underestimating what a lush i am. how about that! >> caller: i appreciate that. happy birthday. >> stephanie: give clair a mug, too just for underestimating what a drunk i am. all right. little game is over. >> hold your calls. >> stephanie: roland and i were like this. we were a little like -- who can say? gregory in massachusetts. where gay american is so yesterday's news. hello, gregory. >> caller: how you doing today guys? >> stephanie: good. go ahead. >> caller: welcome back from vacation. hal sparks and jacki schechner were very good to us. we didn't stay up all that late. they did give us some popsicles. >> stephanie: just one pops

worse. >> he stopped short of directly criticizing florida's stand your ground law. >> all right, wendellank you very much. so the attorney general is also under pressure from the naacp who are urging him to bring you new federal charges against george zimmerman. we will be hearing from eric holder in orlando in just a little while from now. and we are keeping an eye on that as it happens. >>> we have new developments as lawmakers seek more answers about why the irs targeted conservatives and other groups seeking tax exempt status. so less than 48 hours from now, we'll hear from some of the key pr players in this scandal, the people who worked at the tax agency in cincinnati where all of the outrage began across the country. so the head of 9 committee that looked in to this controversy has just announced that three new witnesses will appear before congress at that hearing on thursday. and he joins us now. darrel el issa, good to have yo back again. >> thank you for covering this upcoming hearing. although we've received only 1% of the documents we've asked from the irs, we've interviewed

>> all right, wendell, thank you. us now for some reaction, karl rove, former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush and a fox news contributor. great to see you today. >> nice to see you, shannon. >> what do you make of this? we have unions writing letters to harry reid and nancy pelosi, saying we need some changes or this is going to kill us. it's going to kill the idea of a 40-hour workweek in america and we may not be able to keep our benefits. now we have another major union asking employees to write to their congressmen to tell them to fix obama care. these are the people who backed the law. >> yeah. i wrote about this in "the wall street journal" recently. i was really taken by the letter from the teamsters, the food and commercial workers, and unite here, which is hotel workers. they made several points. one is that the law has perverse incentives in it to limit hourly employees to less than 30 hours a week, because if you're a full-time employee, that you're supposedly working 30

wendell is live at the white house. what is the removal of morsi mean for u.s. aid to egypt? unclear right now but the president worded his statement very carefully. he avoided criticizing the military and daytona use the word "coup" which suggests he may by trying to work around a u.s. law which says the government must suspend support to any nation who is president is removed in a coup d'etat. the president said, quote, i am also directed the relevant departments and agencies to review the i can mix indications under u.s. law for our assistance to the government of egypt. mr. obama may not get measure pressure from capitol hill where there was no love lost for president morsi and the muslim brotherhood. >> what about international reaction? we know what washington is saying. >> the arab world was deeply divided. turkey and tunisia against it. many think egypt is a leader in the world, a successful democracy, huge implications for other countries just as democracy's failure may has eave big implications in israel there was hope. >> israel would like to see the new people, th

. >> wendel looking forward to coming home, spent a month in bali, and south korea.the software engineer says it's not the way he wanted to end his trip. >> then, my body was like thrown this way. >> went jelz the crash felt like a scary rollercoaster ride. the aircraft bounced and slid off the runway. he knew it was serious when the oxygen masks deployed. >> i was just thinking of getting out of the plaechblt you see movies something, you crash land, explode. right? so my thoulgt is how owe do i get off the plane he told us some were shoving. when he reached one exit, he hesitated. >> i turned around and looked at the back end, then, boom. there is a lot of black smoke coming out from the other side, i was like oh my god, time to go. i slide down the slide. then just go away from the plane. >> then, he took out a phone. >> well, i did something we're not supposed to do. took a picture. >> he took several this, shows passengers walking away, some with suitcases. the plane not yet engulfed in flames and crews still on the way. >> there wasn't time to be scared or thin

>> wendell goler live in washington. thanks. >> a rally on the steps of capitol hill right now demanding answers in last year's benghazi terror attacks that killed four americans including ambassador chris stevens. the group, special operations speaks, organizing the rally. in about an hour or so the group will unroll a record-setting petition to members of congress containing signatures of one thousand special operations veterans. demanding a house select committee to investigate the terror attack. we will of course bring you a live report with news out of that rally. >> a debate over immigration reform raging in our nation's capitol but one american university is taking matters into its own hands. the medical school that says it is the first in the nation to accept applications from undocumented students. >>> plus jody arias is already there but could this guy soon find himself behind bars too because of how he reacted to media coverage of the sensational murder trial? that's next. you know throughout history, folks ha

trac trace. >> wendell goler live at the white house.tice is soliciting information that could help it bring new charges against george zimmerman. imagine for a moment you're a lawyer whose client was just acquitted of second degree murder, he's already been cleared by an fbi investigation in allegations of racism and now the doj launches a new effort to find dirt on this guy. ah they're idol la responds to the doj request for help with the zimmerman probe. coming up. >>> another fox news alert as the house gets ready to vote to delay two key parts of the health care overhaul. it's the latest challenge as problems snowball for the president's signature legislative achievement. from reports of skyrocketing insurance rates to new concerns about fraud that have surfaced as well and yet some still to be established exchanges that are central to this entire program. chief washington correspondent, james rose sn joins us live fro washington. >> reporter: by early evening we expect to see two votes on the gop controlled house floor. the first w

. >> shepard: wendell at the unitees nations -- >> state department. >> shepard: never can tell. they all have flags. nice to see you. amy stoddard is with us. an associate editor and column is in with the hill newspaper. john kerry, secretary of state, has been very's and the president seems to put a lot of trust and confidence in him. >> jess, john kerry came into office in january as secretary of state and has now made six trips over there to spend hours and hours and hours, not only with the people that will be running the preliminary negotiations but with the top leadership, palestinian, israelis, and trying to put all of this energy into this project that many people told him he was wasting his time on, and i think the fact that you get to the point today, shep, people are keeping their expectations low and trying to frame this as just the beginning. we're only here today at this stage of talking about getting ready to negotiate because of john kerry's tenacity, and his enthusiasm to try to make an effort that will ultimately succeed, and i think the nine-month time frame h

wendell, thank you.ing up next hour, we will talk live with virginia republican congressman frank wolf about these developments. you know we were hoping to have him on yesterday. he wasn't able to get out of some meetings. we hope we can do it today. jenna: a fox news extreme weather alert, and right now the heat wave gripping much of the nation is hitting some of the highest temperatures. in the last 24 hours, alaska is the only state that did not reach the 90s. so we're pretty much all in it together. besides our friends in alaska. [laughter] we're pretty much all in it. the mix of heat and humidity is creating dangerous conditions as millions of people just try to stay cool. is there any relief at all on the horizon? maria molina is live in the fox news extreme weather center. it's been the same question all week, maria, when are we going to cool down a little bit here? >> reporter: yes. and thankfully, it's right around the corner. coming up tomorrow we're going to start to feel the um pacts of a col

. >> wendell willkie was part of the isolationists and the president saw this so he sent him to to blendgland. in the middle of it, is fdr the greatest statesman of the 20th century. the man who led allies to victory over the dictators and did it with a broken body. he moves these five men around the world with enormous skill. >> michael: it's incredible too, willkie ran against him but you talk about hariman, willkie. how did these diplomats work to bridge the divide in america at the time? >> well, roosevelt had to navigate america on this very difficult transition from a nervous isolationist power into the global leader. he faced public anxiety and congressional opposition. rose vet's congress was trying to fence roosevelt off the rest of the world. he used these guys to wedge the right wing of the republican party to drama dramatize what was happening for americans in europe and why it mattered to them. he took these republicans with himmish, so by the time there was peter harbor, they were ready for the fight and marginalism was part of the force. >> michael: we had heard of isolati

tom wendell doesn't like that illegal immigrants and day laborers are taking work from americans. protested on a street corner oufgsd 7-eleven, right in front of the day laborers who gather there to get work. >> earlier in the day, instead of driving by, i decided to stop. >> a bunch of greedy son of a guns, trying to make out for themselves and not looking out for the country. ith wrong. country first and everybody else's wallet second. we have guys dying for us in iraq and afghanistan. how dare we just let these guys take our citizenship as if they got it out of a cracker jack box. >> dennis michael lynch and jessica vaughan, director of policy studies for the center for immigration studies. politicians tell us the truth about immigration? >> no. i don't think all of them know the truth. they aren't interested in finding out what the truth is. that's why dennis' film is so important. >> what is this? >> this is the gang of eight bill. >> how many pounds? 1,800 pages. >> give them a contradicting paragraph, so the people know what's in here. >> one is janet napolitano having the

wendell has the question.yone been keeping track of appealable error issues during the trial? >> well, like i was just saying a moment ago, there have been a number of contentious legal arguments that the judge has ruled on. that's not different from any other criminal case. i don't think that there are any true object errors that the judge has made, but they're arguable. >> how about the time the judge said to zimmerman in front of his counsel are you testifying or not? straight to him before the defense actually even rested? that's an appealable issue. >> well, respectfully, i disagree. >> respectfully? >> i do. >> that's part of the process. the judge has to be sure and she has to voir dire the defendant in every criminal case to make sure he's knowingly and voluntarily giving up his right to testify. mike but the question was the timing. >> that would be -- i think what the law calls harmless error. even if she to have waited another 90 seconds after the state rested, that wouldn't have changed the outcome

good evening, wendell. >> as events unfolded, president obama was joined in the west wing by the secretary of defense and chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. the two men just left here a short while ago and mr. obama has gone back to his residence. earlier state department officials declined to comment on the prospect of kree giegypt's president morsi, but they conceded his call for aununity government wasn't enough. >> he's seen that was not asfac. it is not for us to judge that. but it doesn't seem like it's a new step. >> reporter: hours before, against secretary hagel spoke to his egyptian counterpart. secretary of state kerry has spoken twice with egypt's outgoing foreign minister. and president obama has urged morsi to reach out to the opposition. but many egyptian protesters feel the u.s. support of morsi has been too stroong. signs denouncing the u.n. ambassador. >> his position is mush. the people demonstrating against morsi think the united states is on the size of morsi government based on statements our ambassador to egypt has made. >> last month patterson said, quote, some

. >> wendell, thank you. the presidents of venezuela, bolivia and nicaragua are all offering asylum to edward snowden. castro is supporting their efforts but has not said whether his country will consider safe passage. snowden is still believed to be at the moscow airport. >>> another possible drawback to president obama's signature endeavor involves how much you will have to pay to help other people purchase obamacare insurance and whether the honor system is good enough. here is jim engel. >> quietly announced another delay late friday saying the 16 state run exchanges can take people's word for it until 2015 on whether they get affordable insurance from an employer which determines whether they are eligible for the exchanges and taxpayer subsidies. the white house portrayed it as another example of flexibilities. >> we have made clear all along when it comes to working with states that we are flexible with the way that they implement the afford only care act. >> reporter: this comes on top of a letter sena

>> well, oliver wendell holmes said hard cases make bad law. it's not the job of the jury to solve america's social problems. to solve america's gun problem or race problem. it's to decide whether there is a reasonable doubt, the burden's on the government, as to whether or not he acted in self-defense. the more the jury is invited to think broadly about these social issues, the greater the problem will be with their verdict. it's our job as commentators as others to deal with the broad social concerns about the case. and however the case is resolved by the jury, there will be dissatisfaction. as you put it so well, there isn't a 17-year-old child whose dead, but only one person is on trial, that's the defendant. he's the only one who has rights in this case. whatever the verdict will be here, there will be some dissatisfaction, it's part of our job -- piers, i think you're doing a very good job educating the public about the complexity of a case like that. >> it's not about human emotion, or the reactions we might have as parents or anything e

my idea is funding the education, the infrastructure, that is what taxes -- oliver wendell holmes said of a civilized society. doesn't mean they should be going up but if they're used for appropriate purposes, i'm happy to pay them. >> the "new york times" reports you and your wife still live in separate apartments. you've slapped down any rumors of divorce and you say she's supportive of your run if you win and you're ahead in the polls, can we expect to see her by your side on election night? >> i haven't been thinking about election night. i've been thinking about tomorrow, i've been thinking about a long road between here and there but let me answer your question so you don't think i'm trying to avoid it. my family is supportive. i expect the family will be out there, she signed a petition, gathered a petition and i'm proud of that but i also have said our private lives are our private lives and i think i've answered all your questions appropriately asked and i will do my best to be fullsome in those answers but certain things are private. >> do you think it's name recognition? do