the obama administration says it may have to negotiate with bashar al assad. plus, israeli voters heading to the polls this week in a race seen as referendum on prime minister netanyahu. we reported about the effort to possibly keep him from being reelected. a senate committee prepares to investigate funding being provided to an american nonprofit group actively lobbying against the prime minister. remember, we love it when you chime in and tune in at the same time. hit us up on our fox news social pages twitter and facebook. stay with us. >>> you are just joining us if that's the case here is what is happening. after a massive manhunt police announced arrest in the shooting of two police officers in ferguson, missouri. the suspect jeffrey williams faces counts of first degree assault and weapons and criminal action charges. amid protests which happen a lot thursday around midnight the two police men were shot just outside the ferguson police department. attorney general eric holder says the arrest sends a clear message that acts against law enforcement person

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 enric

do they believe the obama administration interfered with elections there? >> domestically most americans aren't watching it carefully. but there a flur rality say 62 percent say they believe the obama administration is trying to impact or sway that electorate against bibi netanyahu. we will be watching it closely. >> thank you, kevin. >> negotiating the end to violence in syria. the state department backtracking comments made by secretary of state john kerry after he talked about efforts to reach a diplomatic solution with the president bishashar bashar al-assad. >> to get the assad regime to negotiate we have to make it clear to him there is a determination by everybody to seek that political outcome and change his calculation about negotiating. >> the state department is clarifying kerry's comments saying quote it has never been and would not be assad who would negotiate and the secretary was not saying that. more than 200,000 people died in syria during the nearly 4 year conflict. >> it has been 11 days in case you are counting since russian president vl

and the obama administration. remember, it wases speaker boehner after all who invited the prime minister to speak before congress earlier this month. the very contentious speech both here in israel and also, of course, in the united states, with the obama administration as for this trip andrea, speaker boehner is expected to arrive here in israel with a republican delegates of lawmakers on march 31st, as for the trip, a spokesperson for the speaker said that they look forward to discussing our quote unquote discussions for peace and security in the region and further strengthening the bond between the united states and israel. and as for the relationship, with the united states barack obama netanyahu said america has no stronger ally than israel and israel no stronger ally than the united states. andrea? >> yeah. i just wish the white house would echo that rhetoric. i think people are wondering too whether this will help or hurt john boehner going there i think, john, a lot of people seem to think that that speec

this is not only obstacle the obama administration faces. it is finding it hard to convince rebels that the force it wants to train will be used to train the islamic state of iraq and the levant. for opposition, the priority should be fighting the government. syrians in opposition controlled areas are worried. coincides with government control of aleppo city and cut off opposition sidelines to turkey. >> translator: we call on the rebels to stop fighting each other. nusra should go to the front appliance and fight regime instead. we are being attacked by militias and others, they are trying to lay siege to aleppo. >> hasem was one of the few rebel groups the obama administration trusted in syria. it chose it to be part of the training program. some of its individual members may still join. but if and when that u.s. force is ready it will face opposition not just from government and i.s.i.l. but from within rebel ranks. zeina khodr, al jazeera beirut. >> the united nations special envoy on yemen have announced that all parties are returning t

the obama administration says the states will have a lot of leeway in crafting a plan to show how they can get within the acceptable limits. so they say it is in the state's best interests to come up with their own proposals but there will will be repercussions according to the obama administration and the federal rules. the question will be court challenges and mitch mcconnell says the law is on his side. now he's not the one in the governor's seat that will have to actually make that call and be the one to push the limbs and potentially ding the state in terms of breaching what is a rule. and so he is putting himself in an unusual position of prodding the governors to go forth and basically not obey the obama administration but -- >> are they looking for a fight with the president is that part of it? >> absolutely, absolutely ray. legislation on capitol is fairly ham -- hill is fairly hamstrung. they can push back against obama administration environmental regulation but the white house is pretty much going around the legislative process because they're not seeing any victories on co

lou: obama administration is racing to meet a deadline of tomorrow night for a preliminary nuclear deal with iran. a deal that appears more elusive by the hour. obama administration made what critics fear is a dangerous concession allowing iran to keep its stock pile of enriched uranium. rather than shipping it to russia where it would be processed. other members of so-called 5 plus one. are hardly involved. perhaps trying to pressure the iranians. house speaker john boehner said, if he talks fail, he will move quickly to call a vote on more sanctions again iran. we take it up with john bolton, and mark dubowitz . and president's foreign policy failures are taking a toll, a third of republicans say president obama poses a more threat to u.s. than putin. a triple digit rally on wall street. more later. we begin in switzerland iran and u.s. are hammering out a deal. prime minister netanyahu today again attacked the emerging agreement, saying that the deal emerges, sends a message that there is no cost for aggressions, and in turn a reward for iran's agression. joining us john bolton, this

obama administration thinking about that as a pros peb. they wonder whether benjamin netanyahu knows what he's getting himself into. >> peter beinart, glad to have you on. >>> now you know just how bad the state of u.s.-israeli relations are. now the question is -- who is to blame. obama, netanyahu? both of them? we'll have a spirited debate between two american democrats with great breadth and depth of experience on israel. red security. it's how you stay connected to each other and to your customers. with centurylink you get advanced technology solutions, including an industry leading broadband network, and cloud and hosting services - all with dedicated responsive support. with centurylink as your trusted technology partner you're free to focus on growing your business. centurylink. your link to what's next. sir, we're going to need you on the runway later don't let a severe cold hold you back. get theraflu. it has the power of three medicines to take on your worst pain and fever, cough and nasal congestion. theraflu breaks you free fro

the obama administration will continue talks but netanyahu's speech will have some repercussions. for example, the republicans are much more energized to oppose a possible deal. that said, president obama doesn't have the power to lift the sanctions on his own. he needs congressional approval. let's pretend talks succeed and obama asks congress to lift the sanctions and congress is no. this would put president obama in a very awkward situation. >> a lot at stake lyrically for all sides involved. tonya kramer joins us live from jerusalem. what has been the reaction where you are? do israelis think this is mainly about the election coming up in two weeks or national security? >> this whole visit to washington has created quite a debate here. commentators here were saying this was a classical netanyahu speech, the politics of fear versus the need for security, very emotional. there was nothing really new in it and the opposition has not picked up on it. they went on live shortly after the speech and said we had to make sure we reestablish the strained relationships with the obama adm

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this is not the only obstacle that the obama administration is facing. it's finding it hard that the force it wants to train is will be used to fight the islamic state in iraq and the levant. for the opposition the priority should be fighting the government. syrians and opposition-controlled areas are worried. the rebel infighting coincides with government efforts to control aleppo city and cut off supply lines to turkey. >> we call on the rebels to stop fighting each other. we should go to the front lines and fight the regime instead. we're being attacked by militias. they're trying to lay siege to aleppo. >> hazzem was one of the few rebel groups that the obama administration entrusted in syria. some of its individual members may still join. but if and when that u.s. forces are ready it will face opposition not just from the government and isil, but from within rebel ranks. al jazeera, beirut. >> an explosion near supreme court in cairo has killed at least one person according to egypt state media. 11 other people were injured including a policeman. th

. >> rose: jeffrey, you know the obama administration well. what impact do you think that election will have on how they view their own options. >> well this is a pretty liberating moment for the obama administration and in fact. particularly on the palestinian issue. let me address the iran issue just for a moment. the relations are so dysfunctional, and so bad and so confrontational that netanyahu will not get the hearing that he wants to get in washington and ultimately as ari suggests it's not the israel benefit on what is coming down the pipe on the iran question. but i get the sense just doing a lit bit of reporting today that what they are thinking about in the white house is more more the palestinian issue than the iran issue. look for several yearsed obama administration has been arguing to its european allies. let's not internationalize this conflict. let's not bring it to the u.n.. this security council sill not the right place to deal with it. the two parties the palestinian authority and israeli government have to negotiate togeth

many are saying that it will further strain relationships with the obama administration, but because we are two weeks before the election, they say it's a trick to gain more votes to have this historic speech, as mr. netanyahu would put it. mr. netanyahu would know his supporters would support him in this because that is what he has been talking about all of these past years. he is playing on this security issue, although we have to say that if you look at the polls, most israelis, for them, security is important and they would say they don't want to see iran becoming a nuclear state but for them, it's much more important, the economy and housing prices and so on. >> many thanks to tonya cramer in jerusalem. thank you both. >> to russia now or there are conflicting reports about the availability of possible surveillance video showing the slaying of kremlin opponent, boris nemtsov. >> he was gunned down on friday evening and russian officials say a full investigation is underway. there have however, been no arrests as of yet. >> what happened remains murky despite testimony from boris

it's against the obama administration, number one. number two, i think the fact that josh earnst just kept saying well they have represented to us that they only deleted thousands of emails about personal stuff and wedding. >> they are counting on her words. don't know for a fact. >> he is not going to back hillary clinton's play. president obama has the authority to order the fbi in to look at her server. he can do that. >> they can do that if they want. >> yeah. he can do it. >> they are not going to. >> why not? john podesta who was in the white house is going to run the hillary clinton campaign. >> didn't barack obama say he wanted the most transparent administration in the history of the country. >> he did. >> all right. >> the average freedom of information act request for documents from his state department is over 400 or 500 days just to get basic information in some cases. and so look he has talked about transparency and been transparent other cases he hasn't been transparent. >> order the fbi to look at server and can certai

charlie: you know the obama administration well. what impact do you think this election will have on how they view their own options? jeffrey: this is a liberating moment for the obama administration. particularly on the palestinian issue. let me address the iran issue. the relations are so dysfunctional, and so confrontational, netanyahu will not get the hearing he wants to get in washington, and that is not to israel's benefit on what is coming down the pike. i get the sense, doing reporting today, what they are thinking about in the white house is more the palestinian issue than the iran issue. for several years, the obama administration has been arguing to european allies -- let's not internationalize this conflict let's not bring it to the u.n. the two parties have to negotiate together. now you have the prime minister repudiating the two state solution. that is a signal that it can't help its european allies. let's move, we're going to keep this as a matter for direct negotiations. one of the parties now says it no longer want

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and he slammed the obama administration in a 21 hours speech to the senate. ted cruz: this fight was always about the people who are hurting because of obamacare. >> he fight for abortion -- he fight abortion rights and doesn't believe in climate change. he was one of 47 republican senators who signed a letter to iran, saying any nuclear deal stuck -- struck with the obama administration could be void after the 2016 elections. he is trailing behind jeb bush and wisconsin governor scott walker. genie: the un security council has given it unanimous support for the embattled president of yemen. fighting in a country continued over the weekend as the backers of the present came face-to-face with the shiite militia. sonam: thousands of supporters for the shiite rebels, the booties. -- hooties. >> we are here together to reject the presence of this militia, who are surrounding this can't and will not leave and get out of this region. sonam: this neighborhood is already peppered with the iranian backed group but not without a fight. >> it is our supporters who were

tension with the obama administration and prime minister benjamin netanyahu reaching a peak. the israeli leader arrives preparing to speak later this morning to the pro-israel group apac. both speeches are expected to be highly critical of negotiations over iran's nuclear program. netanyahu believes the program which iran says is peaceful poses a threat to israel. let's bring in erin mcpike. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu will speak in a few hours, but this rift has been growing. we heard democrats speak out on this including senator dianne feinstein who was on "state of the union" on sunday morning calling netanyahu arrogant. >> he doesn't speak for me on this. >> does that bother you when he says he speaks for all of you? >> i think the jewish community is different from each other. there are different points of view. i think that arrogance does not befit israel. >> reporter: we learned that the u.s. ambassador samantha power will focus her speech on the relationship between the u.s. and israel. however, she is speaking just after netanyahu does so it could be a little bit

it is unlikely to change the obama administration's decision to go forward. whether it will change the vote in congress that remains to be seen. i think though it will have a probably beneficial impact for him in the israeli elections and as the previous guest said, that is no doubt very much in his mind as well. >> let me bring up a very good point mr. radner, did the united states bring up a very important point about the previous administration, or decide it? >> i used to be a member of the obama administration he has made a mistake from an israeli national security perspective on first off by crying wolf so many times and not presenting a viable alternative including things like transferring enriched uranium to third party countries, he's had a minimal impact on the negotiation is themselves. there's a possibility that the israelis could have had a more direct impact on negotiations themselves without participating, obviously if they would have taken -- would be seen by the negotiating parties as a more reasonable position. now clearly part of israel's ro

the obama administration firmly believes iran should not be allowed to get nuclear weapons. the question is how to prevent that from happening, and mr. netanyahu's proposal is completely divorced from reality in terms of some items. >> from the carnegie endowment for international peace in washington, mr. acton, thank you for your time. >> thank you for having me. >> coming up, lumber liquidators to hit hard by a report on "60 minutes" using products made with formaldehyde. that is later. ♪ ♪ >> let's get you to some of the top stories. senator barbara mikulski is retiring. the move could set off a race among candidates to replace her, including chris van hollen and former governor martin o'malley who is also can do during a bid. another sign that the drop in gas prices is helping to boost consumer spending. adjusted for inflation, an increase in january after falling the month before and a drop in costs pushed down a fed measure by 5/10 of 1%. meantime, incomes grew. the settlers are bank in philadelphia picked a new president who is currently -- the fed bank in philade

what's the obama administration saying? >>reporter: well on tuesday, some of the 16,000 delegates from aipac will descend on congress and implore their local congressman to move forward on a sanctions package that would be enacted by the march 24th deadline if talks collapse. that in and of itself the administration objects to and the president says he would veto such a measure but it would contribute to further distrust and, in fact that very fact that they're actively lobbying against the position of the obama administration is something that really bothers the administration here. many democrats in obama's party are upset that netanyahu basically has driven -- forcing them to choose between their president and the israeli position on these negotiations. >> tom actorman in washington d.c. thank you >>> now we go to jerusalem. >>reporter: there's two counts. one that strongly supports the prime minister saying that any opportunity an israeli leader is given to address u.s. law makers for a threat or a perceived threat to i

he's not well liked by the obama administration. that worries israelis because they know that america is an important ally with them, and it's important to have good relations with the u.s. on the other hand, while they may object to netanyahu's method of communication, and having turned the relationship with the white house into an almost overtly adversarial one with the substance of the message that nuclear iran could pose a security threat to israel, i think a lot of israels tend to find that quite compelling. >> we'll have to talk on the back end because the man that they're about to hear from next is the prime minister of israel. he is being preceded by his wife sarah netanyahu. they're speaking in washington, d.c. this is the introduction of prime minister benjamin netanyahu at aipac. take a listen. >> send a clear message. we stand with the people of israel in their quest to stop iran. [applause] >> we stand with the people of israel in their quest for lasting peace with their neighbors. and we stand with the people of israel

that there is a certain -- that the obama administration does not have a clear strategy when it comes to national security from a global standpoint and that is making our allies nervous. when it comes to an idea of american exceptionalism, which is a phrase in u.s. politics a lot, and i think it is very difficult to make the argument that anyone party has a monopoly on that. i very much believe, and the president has said over and over, that he believes in this idea of american exceptionalism. i think that the republican leadership and congress do as well. each of them has a very fundamentally different view of what the role of american power should be in the world. the obama administration has been fairly consistent in what they see as the best route for expressing american exceptionalism in the world which is a diplomacy first approach whereas people in the other side would be more prone to use kforce more quickly, and i think the obama administration, in many ways what presidents actions dictated by the experience in iraq and afghanistan, and that manifest itself in a reluctant sea

so is the obama administration putting politics before national security? fox news chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us. catherine? >> well, thank you, andrea. and good evening. this review under the bush administration says the 36-year-old detainee reportedly swore allegiance to usama bin laden. served as his body guard and was determined to kill american soldiers. a federal task force set up during there mr. obama's first year in office reached a similar concludes about -- though the evidence is virtually unchanged, a more recent review reached a different conclusion, clearing him for transfer saying he is a quote, low level fighter who lacked a leadership position in al qaeda or the taliban. the head of the defense intelligence agency recently testified that he believed at least one of the taliban five swapped for sergeant bo bergdahl would go back to the battlefield. the five men are apparently free to leave qatar in less than six weeks time. leading analyst say you can't just wave a magic wand and erase these guy's histories. wh

those developments inconvenient for the obama administration and contradicted the obama campaign of optimism about the war on terror on capitol hill. the retired marine corps general at the forefront of the u.s.-led coalition in the fight against the islamic state today followed the obama islamic state script and worked hard to downplay their threat. >> this is only the start. isil will remain a substantial foe. but any aura of the invincability has been shattered. it is being defeated by iraqi forces, defeating and taking back their towns and cities and ultimately their country with the support of the united states and the coalition and importantly, very importantly, the aura of the so-called caliphate is destroyed. >> we will take up the truth behind the enemy that the obama administration refuses to name. we will talk with house armed services committee member congressman brad winstrom. also u.s. relations with israel has sunk to new lows after the president's national security advisor has given more talking points, this time about israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu's speech this w

. 40 years later the obama administration is accused of taking the same tack six. james is a reporter facing gaol time over refusing to reveal a source. he denounced president obama as the greatest enemy of press freedom in a generation. >> the first amendment of the constitution made the united states a symbol. reporters without boarders ranked the united states 49th in the world for press freedom. the obama administration pursuit of journalists has put a chill on reporters who cover the u.s. government. james goodell was the former counsel to the "new york times", representing them during the pentagon papers case, and is the author of fighting for the press. an inside story, and in a conversation he said president obama may be worse than president nixon, when it comes to the damage that he is doing to u.s. journalism. >> he could be worth if, in fact, he prosecutes julian assange. what he wants do do this that progress is say every reporter, when they talk to someone with a national security clearance and that person leaks, he's complicit. you can put a criminal

. >>> well, the obama administration >>> well, the obama administration's post-election attack on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu continued with denis mcdonough declaring in a speech that, quote, an occupation that has lasted 50 years must end. the president vowed to reassess the israeli relations in light on his comments on palestinian during his re-election campaign. the u.s. could withhold support for israel at the united nations. we're back with dan and bill. he had editorial board member dortothy is also joining us now. >> dan, you would want to calm things down, restore ties put the ill feeling behind them. >> right. >> he's not. so what's the president thinking here? >> well i think the obvious thing which we don't take into account, he believes it. in the speech that you cited by denis mcdonough, a chief of staff, when he speaks, he speaks for the president. he said it's not a matter of personal opinion. >> what do you believe that -- >> what they've said in the last four years, israel is an unjust occupier, israel is an obstacle to peace. i think the president believes

on that issue, the obama administration and sf puc under the obama administration did something amazing and has locked in the protection for internet neutrality, internet equality and the obama administration last a couple more years and that is going to change . if we are going to build a citywide public broadband open to all income levels, we need to start now. i would urge lafco to front and center this system. to get it ready to go as soon as we have cleanpowersf off the launch pad and elections which i think was listed in the agenda. this is a little bit more of a future thinking item like public banks. the voting has improved things but it's not doing what progressives thought it was going to do to improve the elections and make-up the board of supervisors. i think we should start changing the board of supervisors to' representation to bring a lot more public diversity and a lot of activist would run because they would have a chance to win. it may profoundly approve a city government. >> that's intriguing. is there any additional public comment? seeing none, public comment is clos

. >> good evening, i could lou dobbs, hours closer to finding out whether obama administration has been successful in its effort at reyield change. in removing another world leader from office. you are looking now at live pictures of prime minister netanyahu addressing his supporters. president obama and his administration are alleged to have worked hard to unseat the israeli prime minister. the administration sending allegedly money support campaign strategist to israel to intervene, in a unprecedented fashion in the kinneset. polls have been closed for 3 hours, and likud party is looked to be tied with herzog's zionive union party taking place against the backdrop of those allegation that former obama operatives used taxpayer dollars to prevent netanyahu from being reelected. a bipartisan senate committee is trying to find out whether former obama campaign director jeremy bird, and his staff of 5 used any part of 350,000 in state department grant to fly to israel to work it defeat netanyahu. with us, former israeli ambassador to united states, daniel iyaalon. and state department, adm

the obama administration has previously vetoed u.n. security council resolutions advancing palestinian statehood and criticizing israeli settlement activity, even when those measures affirm official u.s. policy. amidst u.s. criticism and talk of a new approach, netanyahu has tried to walk back his comments. just three days after vowing no palestinian state on the eve of the vote, netanyahu backtracked in an interview with msnbc. then on monday, netanyahu expressed regret for his comments about arab voters. >> i know the things that i said a few days ago offended israel. i had no intentions for this to happen. i regret this. [applause] my actions as prime minister, including the great investments in the minority sectors, croup the total opposite. -- prove the total opposite. equally, i think it is for bidden that any foreign body will intervene in a process of our democracy. amy: that's israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. despite talk that his comments could trigger a change in u.s. policy, there are other signs the status quo wi

go back to business as usual with the obama administration for the 22 months that they still have on their clock. >> pleasure to talk to you. thank you for joining us tonight. he's currently a nonresident senior fellow at the center for policy. coming up issues for outrage over injustice did not begin in ferguson and won't end there either. the cost of injustice right here. that's our show for today. thank you for joining us. >> an israeli election surprise, just hours after exit polls showed a dead heat, benjamin netanyahu moves ahead decisively in the race to become prime minister. >> congressman eric shock says he'll resign. his political career is over amid allegations of lavishly spending taxpayer money. >> volunteering, american veterans returning to the battlefield to fight isi

it's unlikely to change the president obama's administration's decision to go forward. whether it changes where there's a vote in congress remains to be seen. it will have a beneficial impact for him in the israeli elections. that is no doubt, very much in his mind as well. >> did the prime minister make a mistake by working against the u.s. minister rather than beside it. >> i used to be a member of the obama administration administration. he has made a harmful mistake from an israeli security perspective on two levels. first off, as the previous guest said by crying wolf and not preventing an alternative. including transferring to third party countries. he had a minimal impact on negotiations. there's a possibility that israelis could have had a more direct impact without participating. seen by the netting parties as a reasonable position. part of the role is to play bad cop. i think from a longs-term perspective he exacerbated the partisan divide. he's seen as a controversial figure. particularly on the left. it's unclear that he's helped himself domestically. that r

the clash with the obama administration has been controversial back home. standing by with the latest on that is cnn's oren liebermann. >> reporter: good morning, christine. the timing of the speech allowing netanyahu to play to two audiences. it will be a prime time speech in israel where opinions are split on netanyahu's decision to speak before congress. the recent poll by channel 10 israel shows 38% of people support the decision and equal 38% oppose the decision. what is agreed upon here is the content of the speech and the safety of israel. the disagreement is if this is a good idea or not. in the past 24 hours, we learned about the content of the speech. we expect it to be about 40 minutes. our cnn team traveling with netanyahu to washington talked to a senior official. netanyahu has insight into the potential deal and intends to inform congress about the deal with two goals in mind. he wants congress to understand the deal to push back on the administration to at least make sure that israel and safety of the country are a consideration in the negoti

>> well, it is certainly something that the obama administration has investigationed considerable time in. in 2013, this has been one of his top foreign policy priorities if indeed not his very top priority. he was just there in the past two weeks. he is back there again. two or three days and it is anticipated this the secretary will return for more meetings in switzerland with the delegation. because they are very focused on trying to see if a political frame work can be achieved by march 31st. but let's also not forget, when i asked the secretary of state when we were in london a couple of weeks ago, whether or not the obama administration was prepared to walk away, the secretary of state said he believed that the president was prepared to walk away, because that would indicate there was a fundamental underlying resistence to make the kind of concessions that the iranians would need to make, in order for the p five plus one to feel comfortable striking a deal. that was a very very stark and very frank admission from this administration, that this isn't going to go on forever and tha

that's what the obama administration is doing. it's a tough, tough strategy to follow. >> bobby ghosh the administration clearly would like to see a positive spin-off from this emerging nuclear deal and see iran become a more constructive partner, shall we say, or player throughout the region. a lot of people are saying that's simply wishful thinking on the part of some obama administration officials. your thoughts? >> yeah, i would tend to agree with those people. i think it is very much wishful thinking. the obama administration is hoping that iran once these sanctions are removed will take the money and help build an economy, free their people give people more opportunities and there will be economic reforms to follow. all iran wants is the money. they're not promising any of these other things. they've been blunt and clear about what they want. they want to expand their influence in the middle east. we are seeing that with every step they do. we can't blame the iranians in the future of hiding their intentions. they're being v

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but the obama administration has been chasing this unicorn, this idea that we can get other people to do the hard stuff for us. in order to make the equation work, the obama administration and the yes men in the pentagon completely ignore the fundamentals of warfare. what matters here is what people will fight for. ultimately in warfare, it's not about the steel a man holds in his hand, it's about the steel he holds in his heart. like it or not our enemy who are outnumbered by the iraqi army, by the jordanian army by the syrian army they are not only continuing the fight they're thriving because of their level of commitment, and morale, they are willing even for a cause they are on a dif vine mission, they are incredibly empowering. the people that are armed they might night for this event, but they continually die. they defeat the local owing. >> i don't think it was kidding ourselves when they said we're going to take this 5,000 man force, train them in saudi arabia and they're going to come back and kick some isis butt. most commentators knew it was never going to work. but they ha

the obama administration has screwed up a lot of foreign-policy. we can either point fingers for the next 10 years and it can get worse, or we can try to reach out across the aisle, find areas agreement, acknowledged its function is not the way to go. i will tell you, i have said this before, dysfunction in washington is a much greater threat to american national security than isis and every terrorist threat. unless we treat it that way, we will not be able to do the things that make the country strong. whether it is producing defense budgets or producing coherent foreign-policy. >> that was a strong statement. zakheim: talk is talk, but i think the first thing mitch mcconnell said as he is not going to close down the government. he said that in the face of a lot of people who want to do that. i saw no reciprocation from the white house, none. at the end of the day, look who made the offer to play golf. it was not to o'neill. these things have to come from the president. it is just the way it works. it is exactly the same part of the system you're