2, chris kyle day. Set your dvrs so you never miss an episode of the five. Special report coming up next. Lets talk about vaccines some more. The president sends a 4 trillion budget to congress complete with 320 billion in new taxes. Republicans call it envy economics. This is special report. Good evening. Welcome to washington. Its safe to say that on this Groundhog Day we have way more than six additional weeks of battles between republicans and democrats to look forward to. Today as president obama unveiled his new budget republicans saw the shadow of huge tax increases and more spending. Chief Congressional Correspondent breaks down the numbers and the politics. Reporter president obamas
3. 9 trillion Budget Proposal for fiscal year 2016 arrived on capitol hill. The president sold the package at the department of homeland security. We can afford to make the investments while remaining fiscally responsible. Reporter gop note it never balances including a spending increase and tax hike and adds 8. 5 trillion to the national debt. There are so many positive things he could have done instead of phoning in another tax and spend manifesto. Reporter Speaker Boehner blasted as being more taxes and more spending saying it may be Groundhog Day but American People cant afford the repeat of the same policies of the past. One of the old policies is the socalled death tax. The states double taxed with Capital Gains and inheritance. The president drew this line in the sand on the automatic cuts known as sequestration which he
called mindless austerity. It would be bad for our security and our growth. I will not accept a budget that severs the vital link between our National Security andnic security. Reporter two years ago mr. Obama suggested that cuts would be catastrophic. If the sequester is allowed to go forward thousands of americans who work in fields like National Security education or clean energy are likely to be laid off. Reporter a report found only one federal employee in the Justice Department was laid off and other departments and agencies handled budget cuts with brief furloughs. This man says the president should look in the mirror. Remember who was the author of the sequester. It was his idea to do it in the first place. If it was mindless consider the source, i guess. It was not good. It hurt us in the areas where we should not be cutting and that is in the area of defense and
National Security. Marylands Chris Van Holland says more money for National Defense is one of two areas where there could be common ground. One is the area of investing in infrastructure. The president has a plan to get rid of some of the tax breaks that encourage american corporations to send jobs and capital overseas instead use the funds and savings to invest in jobs and infrastructure here at home. Reporter the chairman of the committee agrees infrastructure and National Security could be areas of agreement but says the commander in chief must do more. Number one priority for members of congress and executive branch is keep america safe. We call on the president to defind what the mission is. Tell us what the strategy is and we will fashion a budget to fit that strategy. Reporter republicans see the president s plan as backwards looking and catering to political interests on the left and doesnt seem to reflect reality of majorities in the
house and the senate. Thank you. Stocks were up today. The dow gained 196. The s p 500 finished ahead 26. 24 nasdaq brought in 41. President obama is pushing back on criticism of his policy against isis terrorists. Correspondent kevin corp tells us the president wants to be seen as taking the high ground in a battle with political overtones. Reporter a familiar refrain from president obama, dont play politics with americas safety. They usually dont agree with me. Dont jeopardize our National Security over this disagreement. Reporter the disagreement with gop lawmakers over extending funding for dhs. A catch 22 for democrats on the hill forced to choose between backing the president s executive action on immigration or fully funding the agency. The speech a day after the commander in chief offered a full defense of his foreign
policy strategy. If we dont have inside of iraq or syria or afghanistan the capacity and will of people to fight for themselves then any gains that are made eventually dissipate. This takes longer but it is the right way to do things. Reporter the president citing measurable improvement. Al qaeda under pressure and a growing coalition helping to fight terror in and throughout the region. All with fewer american boots on the ground. And the president talked about in the state of the Union Address that when he came into office that we had 180,000 troops overseas in iraq and afghanistan. We are down to 15,000. Reporter down at a time when critics say the exact opposite should be happening. The threats of Isis Al Qaeda and boko haram all surging. I think that the president has set an ambitious and i think under current circumstances
unrealistic goal when he talks about our intent being to destroy isis with the means that he has approved so far i think thats an unattainable objective. Reporter the president rejected calls from republicans. I dont quibble with labels. I think we all recognize that this is a particular problem that has roots in muslim communities, but i think we do ourselves our disservice in this fight if we are not taking into account the fact that the overwhelming must just of muslims reject this ideology. Tomorrow the president hosts a Cabinet Meeting amid calls for less involvement abroad at a time when the world seems to be getting more dafgerous by the day. It seems isis is not immune to political fighting either. A Counter Terrorism source says
isis leaders are trying to regain control of their public message. We are told followers were warned that four accounts were authorized to speak on the groups behalf. We learned a few minutes ago that bostons mayor has postponed the citys parade for the super bowl champion patriots from tuesday to wednesday. Much of the northeast and the midwest are buried under up to a foot and a half of snow tonight. This guy is going to push it. Reporter this is the kind of snow storm that can bring you to your knees. Digging out across the midwest and the plains from a blockbuster winter storm that stretches out to the east coast. Places like hard hit boston and areas of new york still digging out from a brutal blast last week. That is bad. That is real bad. Reporter constant snowfall and 40 Miles Per Hour winds
created whiteout driving conditions across much of the midwest including nebraska where at least two people died in separate traffic accidents. Record breaking snowfall sent new records in detroit to more than 16 inches makes this the third worst snow storm in motor city history. At its heaviest snow fell at more than an inch an hour in chicago. The blizzard ranked fifth among monster storms and dumped a blanket of up to 19 inches. First accidents in a five mile trip. I havent gotten stuck on the expressway but i definitely slid a few times. Reporter the politics are fraught with consequence for those in office. Chicago leaders know too well shovel the streets quickly or face political heat. Sitting mayor faces reelection later this month. He is keeping his administration out in front of the storm. People were able to take public transportation, main streets were clear. We are moving on to residential streets and make sure they are
clear and get everything salted and removed. Reporter the good news is plows are scooping up heavy snow in places like chicago. The bad news is the midwest and east are bracing for more and it is just around the corner. Live in chicago tonight. Thank you. Up next we have a new leader in the republican president ial race. Well explain. First here is what some affiliates are covering. Fox 5 in atlanta where interstate 75 and 85 through downtown were closed in both directions for about three hours after a suspicious device was found. Police sent a robot in to investigate a pvc pipe duct taped to the concrete wall of a bridge. The situation made the traffic situation worse. Officials detonated the pipe. The investigation continues. Fox 6 in milwaukee and a painful Groundhog Day for the mayor. Says jimmy the ground hog
whispered to him that spring would come early and then he took a bite out of the mayors ear. Jimmys handlers say the mayor got it wrong. This is a live look at austin, texas. The big story is a declaration of chris kyle day in texas. Governor greg abbott signed the declaration. The movie has been a huge hit across the country. Kyle was born and lived in texas. He was fatally shot in a north texas gun range two years ago. That is a live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. Epic music] introducing aleve pm. The pm pain reliever. That dares to work all the way until. [birds chirping] the am. New aleve pm. Its the first to combine a safe sleep aid plus the 12 hour strength of aleve. For pain relief that can last all the way until morning. New aleve pm, for a better am. Our eyes they have a 200degree range of sight. Which is good for me. Hey and bad for the barkley twins. Your brain can send information to the rest of your body at 268 mph. Three times the speed of a fastball. Take care of your most important parts with centrum. Multivitamins expertly designed with nutrients people dont get enough of from food alone. Centrum. For the most important parts of you. Controversy over the ongoing Measles Outbreak in the west. Here is chief political
correspondent carl cameron. Reporter a new 2016 republican front runner in the polls in the state of iowa. Wisconsin Governor Scott walker tops the latest survey. Kentucky senator rand paul is one point behind. Mike huck aby is third. New jersey Chris Christie and texas senator ted cruz all in single digits. More than half view them favorably. Jeb bush is four points under 50 and way more view Chris Christie unfavorably than favorably. Walker is drawing support from antiestablishment conservatives. He is trusted by the political people and is liked by the tea Party Faction of the party because of his battle for balanced budgetts. Reporter a governor with limited Foreign Policy experience he was talking tough
on the sunday shows. I think when you have the lives of americans at stake we have to be prepared to do things that dont allow those measures. Reporter Chris Christie is on a trip to london, asked about vaccinating more children he said his kids are vaccinated but parents should have a choice. Aides clarified christie believes all kids should get measles measles vaccineuations. Huck aby raised eyebrows. He made a comparison. I dont drink alcohol but a lot of my friends do. I dont use profanity but believe me i have a lot of friends who do. Reporter on the democratic side the president predictively
punted when asked to pick between secretary of state and vice president. Hillary clinton or joe biden love them both. Are to try. Clinton insiders say she is leaning towards the new york city of queens and can do it within two months. The time is coming. The comments highlight the disconnect between conventional medical wisdom and parents who decide not to have children vaccinated. James rosen looks at both sides tonight. Measles is preventable. I understand there are families that in some cases are concerned about the effect of vaccineation vaccinations. Reporter in an interview president obama weighed into the debate over vaccinations after Measles Outbreak. Are you telling parents to
get kids vaccinated . Reporter it was all but eradicated 15 years ago. More than 95 of kindergarten children receive vaccines last year. In california more parents opting out. The places around the country that really require that the personal belief be deeply held have a much higher rate. Reporter some have been influenced by celebrities like actress Jenny Mccarthy who cited Scientific Research since discredited. Barack obama suggested the links could be real. Others belong to christian sects opposed. It was to those Group Republican governor Chris Christie of new jersey may have been appealing with comments made. I understand parents need to
have a measure in choice. That is a balance the government has to decide. Reporter aides clarified there is no question kids should be vaccinated. The state is well saying if you are going to attend our schools you have to provide proof of immunization or valid reason why it wasnt done. Reporter the first decade of this millennium saw 16 outbreaks. Last year an outbreak alone in ohio produced close to 400 cases. Thank you. Do you believe the government should force parents to have their children vaccinated . Let me know at facebook. Com bret baier or on twitter. Still ahead whatever happened to all of those savings we were supposed to get from obamacare . First, president obama considers whether the u. S. Should become more involved in ukraine. [ narrator ] mama sherman and the legion of super fans. Wow [ narrator
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the white house refused to confirm it plans to send aid to ukraine. We are assessing what sort of options are available but i certainly dont have anything new to announce. Reporter senior Officials Say the issue is under review as eight former National Security advisers urged president obama to provide 3 billion in antiarmor missiles drones and Armored Vehicles to ukraine. Among proponents michelle flornoy. Only if the kremlin knows that the ri costs of further military action are high would it seek to find an acceptable political solution. Three former secretaries of state delivered a similar message last week on capitol hill. We do have to help them in terms of military assistance so that they can defend themselves. People do look at how we react when one country invades another and takes a piece of territory. It is breaking the International System and i think it is important to take a strong stand there. Reporter former soviet leader warned the west could be turning a cold war into a hot one. I think that is a testament to the bad decisions that mr. Putin is making. Russias foreign minister responded. Translator the rhetoric shows intention of washington to do Everything Possible to support actions of current kiev authorities. Reporter leaks at the white house is considering arming ukraine and are reminiscent of similar reports about the administration arming the opposition and the arms slow to materialize. Thank you. The Washington Navy yard building that was the site of a deadly mass shooting a year and a half ago has reopened. About 400 employees of the command began reporting to work at building 197 today. Its been given a new layout and appearance since the shootings which left 12 people dead and 4 injured. The shooter was killed by police. Next a beer and a History Lesson with president obama. The world is filled with air. 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The dad says the kermit Elementary School principal told him threats to other students cannot be tolerated. We reached out to the School District for comment and have not heard back yet. The president ial interview before the super bowl got a little lively. Rather than sitting down for a hard news interview nbv opted to put tough questions on hold and interview the commander in chief in the white house kitchen. The president divulged he enjoys chips and guacamole. We make beer. First president since George Washington to make booze in the white house. Historians were quick to point out our first president has been falsely accused. While he did make his own alcohol he did so at his own home, mt. Vernon. John adams was the first occupant. The error went unreported. The Research Center says if george h. W. Bush made that mistake it would have been a different story. It under lines the certainty that republicans just arent very smart. In their minds barack obama is a genius so they just pretend it never happened. Finally a courthouse melee sent a trial into emergency recess thursday. The culprits were dozens of bats. The local newspaper reports people ducked and screamed as the animals swooped in while court was in session. Court was moved elsewhere. The judge says bats have been an ongoing issue there. Pest control was called in today to deal with the problem. This is a fox news alert. The house is scheduled to vote tomorrow on the latest bill to repeat the president S Health Care law. The administration is signaling this evening it will veto that bill if it makes it to the president s desk. No surprise there. Tonight we look at one of president obamas big promises about hiS Health Care law that it would result in all of us saving money. We are told what the numbers
say. The average American Family is paying thousands of dollars in hidden costs in their insurance premiums to pay for whats called uncompensated care. Reporter obamacare the president promised would change that. That will save us all money in the long term. Reporter savings bill kramer doesnt see it. This is creating an enormous burden for employers, for employees and families and for taxpayers. Kramer buys insurance for big companies. He admits that amount of uncompensated care has been reduces. There is more revenue flowing into hospitals. Why isnt it showing up in consumers pockets . I dont think an average american can expect premiums will go down. You can only hope that your premiums wont go up as high year over year as they used to. Reporter that is obamacare
supporters argument. Health care inflation is lower than it would have been although the calmommonwealth fund says by one point. Nobody thought Health Insurance companies were all truestic before the aca and no reason to believe they will be now. They have shareholder concerns. Reporter shareholders are happy. Hospital profits are soaring as millen yns who didnt have insurance do. On average medicare reimburs 86 cents for every dollar a hospital spends caring for patients. On top of that hospitals continue to provide a significant amount of care for uninsured and under insured patients. The Congressional Budget Office has 36 Million People today and 11 million a decade from now will remain uninsured and even
though it will generate billions in penalties it will cost taxpayers 1. 3 trillion. Do not expect to see what goes on in the u. S. Supreme court anytime soon. Justice kagen told an audience in chicago she is wary of anything that could upset the dynamic of the institution. She points to members of congress and how now they play to the cspan cameras instead of interacting with each other. President obama sends a 4 thrill yn budget to congress. Republicans call it envy economics. We will talk about it with the panel after a quick break. Know that chasing performance can mean lower returns and fewer choices in retirement. Know that proper allocation could help increase returns so you can enjoy that second home sooner. Know the right Financial Planning can help you save for college and retirement. Know where you stand with pnc total insight. A new investing and banking experience
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and most important responsibilities as a government. So im calling on congress to get this done. We basically see the same thing every year. It focuses on growing bureaucracy instead of opportunity. It doesnt balance ever. And because it isnt designed to Pass Congress of course it doesnt Pass Congress. It is Groundhog Day and also budget day where the president s budget arrived on capitol hill. Here are break downs of numbers. It is almost 4 trillion. You have 3. 525 trillion in revenue. 474 billion deficit. 283 billion in interest payments. What it also does is it goes past the dreaded sequester cuts. Remember that was set up across the board cuts in 2011. Just to refresh everyones memory here is what the administration said about the
sequester back then. If the sequester is allowed to go forward thousands of americans who work in fields like National Security, education or clean energy are likely to be laid off. Firefighters and food inspectors could find themselves out of work leaving our communities vulnerable. Once the airline sees the potential impacts we expect that they will change their schedules and cancel flights. I dont think we can maintain the same level of security at all places around the country with sequester at without sequester. We think it is as many as 40,000 people will lose jobs. That did not happen. There was a deal between democrats and republicans but all of the skies falling did not happen. It hurt some people though. Lets bring in steve hayes, juan williams. Charles, of all of those who were supposed to lose their jobs
the government actually reported afterwards that one person one lost his job in the federal government. Look, i dont mind if the president sends a budget which he knows is not going to achieve anything. When he prefaces his remarks by saying we have to put politics aside posing again as the one person in the country who rises above partisanship and party and speaks for the National Interest it is graded. The budget he gave he knows will not pass. It is entirely a political and partisan document. Its a way to present liberal budget choices in a way that are fleetly unacceptable but a way to frame the debate in the future. And when he talks about the mindless austerity of the sequester this is austerity . The bumg he presented is a half a trillion dollars of deficit. Never in our history did we have a half a trillion dollars of deficit. He tells us we are in prosperity and recovery and still has half a trillion of deficit. He calls it austerity. This is a spending budget. The republicans are not going to accept it. And rather than use it as a starting point for the bargaining on the budget it should be completely ignored, let the republicans start from scratch. The president calls it middle class economics. I think what you are seeing here is pretty much the argument we experience for the next two to three rearsyears as we go into the campaign. Unlike charles i think this is lets make a deal. I dont think a budget is sent up from any president that is supposed to be taken as a whole and dont argue and lets not negotiate. You want to negotiate. I think the president has set a marker here. And i think he has a partner in paul ryan. I think paul ryan is saying yes
to things like expanding earned income tax credit right now to people who dont have children. I think he is interested in Corporate Tax reform. The president has proposed lowering Corporate Tax rates down to 28 from 35 and 25 for manufacturing. I think ryan is interested in trading some of that, potentially the president is, too, for infrastructure. This is where you can get a deal. When it comes to sequestration i mean it seems to me that you have generals right now who would be willing to jump in front of bret baier to get on camera time and say this is hurting our National Defense. Just generals, many republicans who side with the pentagon on this saying it is devastating to the military and frankly it does split the Republican Party on this issue of budget hawks and hawk hawks. To some extent. I think most republicans dont agree with that and it is fight we havent seen fought ferociously. I agree that this is a political document meant to start an argument. This is middle class economics as he puts it. He is making his best case. I dont think that these are particularly compelling arguments that he is making. If you look back to 2012 the country disagrees with me or huge chunks of the country disagree with me on that. Where republicans didnt do well in 2012 was not setting up an alternative, not making an alternative argument. Paul ryan is going to do that. The republican budgets are coming. If i were advising republicans i would have said come into the congress. You are new. Come into the congress and lay
something out. I think it is hypocritical. I think it is smart. If you want to look at how the media covered this the media are covering it like they have a chance and addressing it on terms. They wont do the same with republicans and obamacare but republicans shouldnt sit around and sort of wine about double standards so much as come up with alternative philosophyfillphilosophy. I think that is right. Dont you think that is right . The republicans should not allow
bm to set the marker. Why should obama set the marker on spending. Present the case because other wds wise you are arguing to mitigate the disaster that would be obama tax hikes. Whenever you hear the Word Investment remember all it means is spending. Its the new word for spending. President obama defends himself over isis. eeeeohmumohweh hush my darling. dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. hush my darling. man snoring dont fear my darling. the lion sleeps tonight. woman snoring take the roar out of snore. Yet another innovation only at a sleep number store. Youre driving along, having a perfectly nice day, when out of nowhere a pickup truck slams into your brand new car. One second it wasnt there and the next second. Boom youve had your first accident. Now you have to make your first claim. So you talk to your Insurance Company and. Boom youre blindsided for a second time. They wont give you enough money to replace your brand new car. Dont
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isil we are not creating another situation in which we are deploying massive numbers of u. S. Troops. Those who want us to shoot first and aim latertypically get this country into really bad situations. I think that the president has set an ambitious and i think under current circumstances unrealistic goal when he talks about our intent being to destroy isis with the means that he has approved so far i think thats an unattainable objective. The president , his former defense secretary president saying they are doing everything they can to fight isis. We are back with the panel. We start on Foreign Policy. The president says those who want us to shoot first and aim later. We have been having this debate for several years certainly it has been more than a year since the president called them junior varsity. It is typical of the way the president has addressed this
problem. He thinks he is succeeding if he keeps Ground Troops out of iraq or syria. Success is destroying and defeating isil. What secretary gates was saying was that wasnt unobtainable given resources that president obama approved. Until he does we are going to be stuck exactly where we are. To Savannah Guthries president she pushed back against the strawman thing where he says hundreds of thousands of u. S. Troops in syria or iraq. There is no one calling for hundreds of thousands of troops on the ground there. The question would be is it possible to speak to former secretary gates . Is it possible that through the use of partnerships intelligence sharing offering the support in terms of missiles that the United States can build a structure of defense that would push back and destroy isil. The former secretaries of state were on capitol hill, that they really want to see us lay out a strategy that makes sense that gives everybody a road map for where we are going. We dont have one right now. I think there is a strategy but obama wont say it. He pretends that the strategy is to destroy isis because he has to, because when he didnt, he really got savage from all sides. But there actually is a strategy implicit in what he is doing. That is you roll back iraq, slowly but you dont do anything in syria of any importance. So, what he is doing what the strategy actually is unspoken but you can interpret the movements that we are doing on the ground
in this way we are going to try to say, for example recapture mostly, that mosul that will be the objective the following year to roll them back in iraq but leave them essentially unmolested in syria because if you want to actually accomplish that, then you have to have a major ground war. You leave syria, i assume for the next presidency. Im not approving of the strategy but that is the strategy. But you cant take isis out if you dont take out isis in syria. That is my point. The objective is enunciated ask s. A false objective. That is not the objective of this administration it is containment in syria, roll back in iraq. Thats exactly what he is doing. And the tragedy is that we would have had the option of doing the roll back had obama not liquidated all the positions of strength that we n 2011. The air bases, the intelligence, the tremendous influence that we had on the
government in iraq and on the kurds and elsewhere. But he gave it all away and now we are starting from scratch. Thats the tragedy at the root of this. The president has a line that we cant as a country continue to play whack a whole around the world. Thats what he says. Now there is a strategy on ukraine sending in arms or lethal weapons to ukraine. And it seems like there is maybe a change in policy there. Yeah. Maybe. We heard the same thing about syria early on and we know that took forever to actually come to fruition and in reality we have never seen the kind of strategy arming the opposition the way that the president once rejected and later embraced. I think the problem when you talk about ukraine the administrations approach to ukraine is they are having you listen to the Administration Spokesman the ambassador to the ukraine and is he worried about the russians violating agreements that were reached in we are so far beyond that point. As if they are worried about
the niceties of diplomatic language and, you know violations of their word here. Meanwhile you are seeing the russians continue to step up. Their support of the separatists. Support actually carrying out some of the fighting. Its as if the administration doesnt want to see whats actually happening on the ground because it would be so evident that resources that were committing to it would be inadequate. Juan its clear that putin has not been restrained. Even though his economy is clearly hurting. Yeah. Look, according to all reports from all banking agencies around the world, the russian economy is now below credit grade, its trash. And you also have the oil shock hitting that economy at this time. But, you know thats why im listening and im thinking, wait a minute, the anger here should be directed at putin who is playing domestic politics, trying to build up russian egos by going at ryu rainy. Its a challenge to the world not just the united
states. The president said you dont want to see a war between United States and russia. I think its between the world and russia. Noble is add we indicating a war against russia which is what obama presented as the alternative. Everybody, starting with the president of ukraine for the last year hab begging him to simply supply the ukrainians with defensive weaponry. Incomprehensibly obama denied that but now apparently he is getting a report from 8 experts delivered today, three of whom were own administration saying thats obvious and necessary policy. I i think he might actually do it a year late. That is it for the panel. Stay tuned to seat results of our all star panel super bowl predictions. Finally tonight we try to make sure we go back and see how each panelist has faired on predictions for policy and politics here in washington. Well last week we asked our panelist to make super bowl predictions. 3117 patriots. I think we have a replay of last year and i thinked that the seahawks win and its not even close. I must say that this the football issue has been the source of the best pastries in a decade. I think its to be celebrated. Im going with seattle, lowscoring game taking, i think under 34 points. Seattle by 7. The prediction wasnt on there. But, charles and steve got it right with the new england victories. So we have the big congratulations full screen super bowl winners. However, charles was closest picking new england by 3. I was off by one which proved that i am not infallible. Two years ago he got it right on with the Baltimore Ravens by three. I used to be infallible
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