Weve got to go. Set your dvr so you dont ever miss an episode. Thats it for us. Have a special weekend and valentines day. This is the fox news alert. Oregons embattled mayor is giving up the feet he submitted a letter of resignation effective next wednesday. Dan springer joins us live. Hello, dan. Reporter it was a couple hours ago after two solid weeks under an unfolding ethics scandal. He will officially resign on wednesday. He chose not to face the media instead releasing an audio recording. I understand that i have become a liability to the very institutions and policy toss which i have dedicated my
career. Reporter kitzhabers resignation, one by one they called on him to step down. This has got to stop. It seems to be escalating and seems to be getting worse and worse. Reporter he ran his fourth term as governor and has been embroiled in an ethics scandal by his fiancee sylvia hayes. Billionaire environmental activist tom desire funded one of the groups that paid hayes. Another black eye for the green agenda and Tipping Point for kitzhaber loyalists. I came to the conclusion that this is the right time to ask the governor to do the right thing for the citizens of the state and step aside, focus on his criminal defense and let somebody else lead the
government. The state attorney general, also a democrat, opened a criminal investigation. And has ordered hayes to turn over her emails. Kitzhaber and hayes have hired criminal defense attorneys. The secretary of state will be sworn in as the next governor. Also a democrat, she too abandoned kitzhaber calling his recent actions bizarre and unprecedented. On his way out, kitzhaber said he has broken no laws and has done nothing dishonorable and took a swipe at the media. It is deeply trouble to go realize we have come to a place in this great state of ours where a pepper can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no allegations involved. He becomes the first Oregon Governor forced out by a scandal. And kate raul will be the first openly by sexual governor. Shannon. More with a panel on the very interesting story. Back here in washington, the
stage is set for the first president ial veto for the new republicancontrolled congress. Lawmakers have formalized their authorization of the Keystone Pipeline. The next step is a trip to the president s desk for the promised veto. It will not happen in the next few days. Mike emmanuel tells us why tonight. Before being in the capital, Top Republican lawmakers celebrated passage of legislation, authorizing the keystone xl pipeline. With president obama threatening a veto, the ball is in his court. We hope common sense will prevail here and the president will sign this extraordinary bill. While lawmakers wait on the president , a district judge dealt a temporary setback by citing with Property Owners trying to prevent trans canada from taking land in the northern part of the state. Still, the is senate sponsored says it cost the tax payers nothing and would provide big
benefits. This really is about energy. Its about jobs. Its about economics growth. Meanwhile congress is leaving town with a 40 billion Homeland Security funding package stuck in the senate. Republicans say it would hold the president accountable for seizing his authority on immigration but democrats are pushing back. They must stop holding Homeland Security hostage. Republican house members signed this to fellow Hoosier Joe Donnelly writing, we agree with your november 20, 2014 declaration that congress has the Sole Authority to alter immigration law, and urged him to break away from a Senate Democrat filibuster. Asks john boehner in a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Can you promise the American People, with the Terror Threat only growing, that you are not going to allow funding for the department of Homeland Security to run out . The house has acted. Weve done our job. Senate democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position. And its up to Senate Democrats to get their act together. All i can ask chris, chris. One more time. The house has done its job under the constitution. Its time for the senate to do their job. Stepb any hour said the bill would clear the house with mostly democrat votes. Less than 10 of the republicans who are responsible and want to make sure their country is safe could join us and pass today the Homeland Security bill. And the president s request for authorization of military force against isis is in deep trouble. His liberal base calls it too broad. Shannon shannon . Mike emmanuel live on the hill. Thank you. By the way, you can see the entire interview on Fox News Sunday this weekend. Be sure to check your local listings. President obama is spending another day focusing on something other than terrorism. Cyber security is at silicon valley. The terror wars intensify in yemen and afghanistan, just to name a couple. It came close to home for american troops in iraq. Kevin cork is at the white house tonight. Reporter pentagon officials acknowledge this was a first. Isis suicide bombers getting close. Early indications are, yes some of them did detonate their vests. They detonate themselves. Reporter penetrated by isis. Most wearing iraqi uniforms. Its important to make clear they were immediately engaged by members of the iraqi army, 7th infantry of the iraqi army. All were killed reporter most live marines
training iraqi soldiers. Fortunately, no americans were hurt. All militants reportedly killed by iraqi forces with the help of coalition surveillance. But the small number of fighters underscores the issue. The attacks are recruiting tools. The fact of the matter is isis could not take that air base. They didnt have the fourth generation to do it. That was not their intent. Their intent is so grab headlines. And grab al baghdadi 15 miles away, now firmly in isiss control. Its influence growing across iraq and syria. And then theres yemen. Left us in position now where on relatively short notice, just over the past few months the security situation deteriorated far more rapidly than we expected. Reporter so rapidly that the American Embassy had to be closed. Security personnel, including cia operatives removed. And the u. S. Backed yemen
government once hailed a success. Now on the brink of a civil war thanks to rebels. This enemy must be opposed. They must be killed. They must be destroyed. And the associate extremist form of the islamic ideology must be defeated wherever it rears its ugly head. Reporter president obama was in california announcing executive orders to enhance Cyber Security measures. The same social media we use in government to the advocate for democracy and human rights around the world can also be used by terrorists to spread hateful ideologyists. Reporter isis continues to gain ground. And no marines were forced to engage the enemy in todays attacks. Thank you, kevin. Reporter you bet. The head of the fbi said america is at a matter of
crossroads in race relations. We can roll up our car windows, turn up the radio, and drive around these problems. Or we can choose instead to have an open and honest discussion about what our relationship is today. What it should be, what it could be, what it needs to be. Comey joins eric holder in calling for better data about how often police use force. Up next marco rubio gets a little more serious about running for president. First, heres some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 4 in dallas set the trial of the man accused of killing former navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and a friend. Eddie ray routh said he and his nephew smoked marijuana before the shootings. The fbi gets involved in the murder of three Muslim Students in chapel hill. It is launching its own inquiry parallel to the local police
investigation. Family and friends of the victims say their murders were a a hate crime. And this is a live look at boston from fox 25. The big story there tonight freezing temperatures. And more snow on the way for a region dealing with record amounts already. New englanders are still digging out from three major storms that left six feet of snow in many areas. Now they are bracing for a storm that could bring a foot or more of additional snow in some areas. That is tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. Nexium 24hr. Its the purple pill. The 1 prescribed acid blocking brand. Available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protectiontm. At ally bank no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. Florida senator marco rubio is no stranger to iowa. Today for the first time the potential president ial candidate was in the hawk eye state for a Campaign Style action. Chief political candidate carl cameron is in des moines tonight. Reporter in iowa, launching a book tour, florida senator marco rubio hit the socalled
invisible campaign trail. Good to see you. Love you. Thank you very much. I appreciate you saying that. I want to share my vision of americas future and what it is we can be as a country. Im putting out my ideas. I imagine and i hope other cancelled dates will follow suit reporter he has been here to help mitt romney. These are the first handshaking he made on his own behalf. But hes already behind the curve when it williams to caucus courtship. Everyone else has already started. So hes late . Yeah. You could say that reporter iowas gop caucuses are a low turnout exercise in yearlong organizing. The winner gets huge media attention. Rick perry in 2012 and Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum and names like bush. Theres app appetite for choices. They are interested to see what marco rubio and scott walker will bring to the table. They havent been on the National Stage for a long time. Reporter scott walker is the first in iowa office. Like most, he has begun hiring. Some opposed his bill for comprehensive immigration reform. Its early but one repeat candidate and two new comers are already getting a lot of attention. I think Mike Huckabee is going to be a strong candidate. I think competing with huckabee is ted cruz. Were hearing a lot about scott walker right now reporter jeb bush faces challenges in iowa too. Conservatives think on National Education standards and immigration hes soft. He has amnesty and commitment to the common core. Those are two issues that conservatives wont play well with. Reporter most gop activists say Mike Huckabee has the early edge. He is a turnkey operation. When he says go, the people will be fired up and they will be with him just like they were in 08 reporter socially conservative christians
dominated the gop caucus for years. This time the state party planned something different. A series of monthly or so forums on ava right of other issues, economy, jobs, agriculture, and Foreign Policy among others, designed to level the Playing Field for all the candidates and boost and broaden. Thanks, carl. Coming up shortly bret baier will have his latest profile of president ial contenders. A look at Rick SantorumRuth Bader Ginsburg said she was not 100 sober during the state of the union last month. Video would tend to support the story she told at George Washington university. A little wine from dinner with colleagues left her a little sleep y. She said she had fallen asleep in past years. Can Rick Santorum do it again in 2016 . First whats being called
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intelligence about al qaeda intelligence. Be they counterterrorism or otherwise, that we try to assess and evaluate whatever resources and information might come across battle field operation. Sometimes when we do that, we gain insight and information that could lead to followon operations reporter with the u. S. Scheduled to draw down to some 5,500 troops in afghanistan by years end, their mission is confined to the training advising and assisting of the Afghan NationalSecurity Forces and Counterterrorism Operations like the one that captured the laptop. Defense officials told fox news the laptop wasnt behind a recent uptick in nighttime raids with u. S. Personnel participating, rather that such upticks are sick cal. But they questioned whether the commander in chief is accurately describing the u. S. Role. There is a disconnect between what the president is telling the American People, were done
with combat operations in afghanistan and yet we have a robust, it sounds like and important ct mission we are still under taking. I think this goes to the leveling with the American People on what were actually doing. Reporter the top u. S. General in afghanistan told lawmakers the mission as presently configured, has tangible benefits for Homeland Security. Based on again, our presence inside of afghanistan with a great counterterrorism capability we have been able to keep pressure on insurgents that would want to do harm both to afghanistan and other nation toss include europe and the United States. Admiral kirby confirmed that an Interagency Group is presently weighing changes to the president s timetable for the withdrawal of all remaining u. S. Troops from afghanistan. But kirby said no decisions have yet been made. Shannon . James rosen live at the pentagon. Thank you, james. Thank you. Fighting in Eastern Ukraine is increasing hours after the signing of a ceasefire and hours before it is scheduled to take effect. At least 25 people were killed across the region as russianbacked separatists mounted a major sustained offensive to capture a railway hub. The investigation into whether argentinas president covered up involvement in iran in her countrys worst ever Terror Strike will continue. The prosecutor has reaffirmed the accusations. He will present his find togsings to a judge who will decide to dismiss the case or not. This evening Rick Santorum has the right stuff. We continue our look at likely president ial contenders tonight with Rick Santorum. Heres my colleague bret baier. Rick santorum. The movie caucus captured at mazing 2012 rise of Rick Santorum in iowa. From speeches at pizza houses and coffee houses, while he had Single Digits in the polls to big rallies for the dark horse candidate. To a come from behind win that
took a a while to sort out but still a surprise. We sat down with santorum during his recent fiveday trip to what may again become his home away from home, the hawk eye state. Ive been here a few times. The last time i was here good move. This place was a couple of days before the caucus in january of 2012. And this place was jammed full of people. You won last time. Well sort of. Sort of. 34 votes. It took a while. People say i won the iowa caucus. But i didnt. When does it count . Mitt romney won the iowa caucus. Who hadality momentum coming out of iowa . It was mitt romney. As you sit here in this coffee house, can you see Rick Santorum behind the desk in the
oval office . I didnt do it last time if i didnt believe we could win. I have no right running for office if i dont think thats something im prepared to do or can accomplish. You obviously did well the last time. This time in the early polling youre back down to where you were when you started in 2011. I think if you look at what happened over the past few years, we were not treated in the media like someone who finished second. Anybody but romney. Anybody but romney. It really wasnt him. One of the great gifts i had in my political career, every single election i was never supposed to win. Its something im used to. I see it as a good thing for me. Keeps you humble. Makes you work hard. People looking this time and they look at people who are currently governors or currently senators the last time you held Elective Office was 2006. So why are you better than
people who are in the jobs now . Well i think people who are in the jobs now, particularly in washington, havent learned much how things are supposed to properly function. If you look at the time i was there, we got a lot of things done. Both on National Security, on helping the poor on moral and cultural issues, on strengthening the economy. I think washington is different than the state house. Particularly in the area of National Security. I served on the Armed Services committee. I worked on National Security bills. After i left i spent four years in a think tank writing about National Security. Thats an important qualifier in an election cycle where it is an important issue. Analysts are mix odd his prospects. Santorum has a strong support among social conservatives. Hes a good media candidate. He had many years in the United States senate. So he knows the issues pretty well. His problem is going to be that
he hasnt been in Public Office for a long time. There is not an appeal to Rick Santorum beyond iowa. Where does he go from there . He has traditionally been branded as the social conservatives candidate. Something he bristles at. This is the Des Moines Register today. Santorum to rebrand ahead of 2016. And it says a focus on middleclass workers less on social issues. Fair . Not up fair. But i dont think its fair. If you go back and look at the 2012 campaign, i focused a lot of time and energy on my campaign on talking about what we needed to do to help those who are being left behind by the economy today. You were just asked a lot of questions. Well, ill give you an example. At the iowa summit on saturday, i spoke on two topics. I talked about radical islam and this message of blue collar conservatism based on the book i
wrote last year. That was my message. When i went upstairs to the press conference, i got three questions in a row on gay marriage. And i finally after the third question i said, has anybody else up here gotten three questions on this issue. Mike Huckabee Goes through the same thing. Other candidates who are identified as social conservatives, the press tries to reinforce this mantra even if you dont talk about it. A lightning round here. Immigration. Whats your stance . We need to secure the borders first. What the house is doing is absolutely right on this front. What the president did was unconstitutional. What has to be walked back. If the president has the authority to unilaterally change a law of congress then we have a dictator, not a president. The biggest threat you think today . There has been a a meltdown in the middle east that many of us for years have been
suggesting what happened if we do not confront the fundamental issue, which is the cancer within islam. If islam does not clean up its own house, then its going to be the world thats going to suffer. And islam will suffer. Im not calling on a holy war. Im asking that we are accurate with the people of the country and the world as to the nature of this the threat and the reason the threat is not going away unless it is confronted by both those who are on the other side of the battle field which is the west, but the people on the same side of the battle field, which is the muslim world, who also is being destroyed by the radicals. Common core education. Really common sense not common kors. Common core is this. We need a revolution with school choice. That ultimately engages the parents the most. You can choose the school thats best for the children. The santorums have seven children. Bellas gift is about their fight to save their seventh child, born with a rare genetic condition. We never left her side. Always worried. Bella tomorrows to be an inspiration. Good to see you. Thank you for coming out. God bless you. Politically it seems santorum is attacking another uphill race one luncheon at a time. Good to see you. But this time without the sweater vest. Its really important to trust your own judgment here. Not to defer to these folks who are on tv all the time telling you who can win and who cant win. Thats what i love about iowa town squares. Theyre just so great. Which brings us back to the importance of iowa for Rick Santorum. People say, iowa is not a crosssection of america. Would do they get such a set. What do you say . I think theyre a pretty good crosssection of the party. It is certainly now a good crosssection of evangelical voters, catholic voters blue collar, white collar, agriculture, small town. Maybe not real big city. But it is a pretty sizable city. If you run, as expected is it is fair to say that iowa is the be all end all for rick tore up . Clearly, if we dont do well in iowa theres not much of a path for us. 91 to go. But hes done it before. All right. That is bret baier reporting. And he will have more of those sitdowns with potential 2016 president ial contenders. Stay tuned for those stocks were up today. The dow gained 47 to close over the 18,000 mark. S p up 8 1 2. Nasdaq up 36 for the week. The dow gained one percentage point. S p 500 up two. Nasdaq up three. It is shaping up as a long and expense issive weekend for dock workers on the west coast and could mean long waits and expensive prices for you very soon. Operators of 29 ports will lock out workers saturday sunday, and monday to avoid paying overtime. This comes as talks drag on over labor issues. The ports handle about a trillion dollars worth of cargo every year. Republicans say president obama will veto the Keystone Pipeline as Congress Heads out on vacation. Well talk about it with the panel when we come back. But at t. Rowe price weve helped guide our clients through good times and bad. Our experienced investment professionals are one reason over 85 of our mutual funds beat their 10year lipper averages. So in a variety of markets we can help you feel confident. Request a prospectus or summary prospectus with Investment Information risks, fees and expenses to read and consider carefully before investing. Call us or your advisor. T. Rowe price. Invest with confidence. And an Early Morning mode. And a partly sunny mode. And an outside. To clear inside mode. Transitions ® signature ™ adaptive lenses. Now have chromea7 ™ technology. Making them more responsive than ever to changing light. So life can look more vivid vibrant. Why settle for a lens with just one mode . Experience life well lit ®. Speak with your eyecare professional to. Radees t tr test test test test
the house has acted. Weve done our job. Senate democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position. And its up to Senate Democrats to get their act together. I can ask. Chris, chris. One more time. The house has done its job under the constitution. Its time for the senate to do their job. I cant believe that they picked a bill like the department of Homeland Security to fight this political battle. To think a 48 billion bill that means so much to the Fire Departments and our own personal safety is going to be the venue for a political battle, which is pretty deeply felt on both sides. Makes no sense. A lot of unfinished business. But lawmakers are going on a break. Lets bring in the panel to talk about that and more. Nina eastman for fortune magazine. And National Review and news mags. Great to see you all. We have this debate over the fight of the funding bill and the aim to pass funding without allow to go fund the president s actions on immigration. Nina, we can sit here and talk about the procedural stuff back and forth all day. But its all about perception. And everybody democrats are talking Government Shutdown. Perception in politics. I think this was a disaster, the decision to make to tie these executive orders to the funding of dhs Homeland Security. It makes it look like the republicans are putting the nation at risk. Its not the Government Shutdown that hurt the Republican Party so badly. And i remember talking to republican strategists at the same time saying we shouldnt do this. Why pick a fight you cant win . Were, again watching republicans in a fight they cant win. And its going to hurt them politically. My view has been always take the president at his word. He said he would tear up the executive orders if comprehensive immigration was passed. Back him into a corner. Pass comprehensive immigration reform. Get a few democrats on him. And get that bill on his desk and dare him to tear up the executive orders. Thats what they should have done. Yeah. Of course house conservatives are saying, listen, we have done
the job. They are saying basically it is the senate and a number of o conservatives calling out the senate side saying you need to get it done. Mitch mcconnell tried it three times and failed three times. Yet they are gearing up for a fourth. After the recess they are going to do this again knowing it will fail. After this recess i mean, to this retreat together, the Senate Republicans and the house republicans. And theyre not, you know, so tight. They were going off to unify. There was this idea of passing a house bill was just ridiculous the Senate Republicans. They said were not going to do that. Well a couple, 36 hours later, okay, were going to put it on the floor. Now its been enough time on bill that cant pass to pass their own comprehensive immigration reform. Or at least a few piecemeal bills. Instead, in this situation thats increasingly embarrassing
it is tense. As you saw the speaker in that sound bite with chris wallace, he knows its a bad idea. They have known all along its going to end up here. And the tension is high between the two chambers. They finally have control of the congress. You can understand why house members are saying we dont want you to bounce it back to us. Take some pain. Youre in the majority now. Take an arrow. Then we will think about us taking more arrows on this side. There are still so many things on the agenda that have to get done. Authorization of use for military force in regards to isis. The president has been talking about it for months. The president is saying give us something, bring something to the hill, let us know your to we can look ahead. They dont like it for her reasons. The right doesnt like it for its reasons. Today we have an attack on a base in iraq where we have u. S. Marines there training iraqi soldiers, possibly getting caught up in an attack by isis. It seems the time has come to nail down some type of strategy. The president is certainly going to give his authorization. The problem is there are a lot of people in both parties that still dont understand what the strategy is, dont believe its well thought out, and dont believe it is coherency. Luckily the president will show decisiveness. But we are no closer to having a strategy to take down isis than when the president confessed he would have been surprised by the rise of isis. We still dont know what to do if we dont put a lot of boots on the ground. Theres continueal debate about whether that will be allowed, whether it is a good idea. They want the president to have that option and want it at least to be on the table. He is fighting a war already. He doesnt need this authorization. He has put it out there. And its not like a strategy to fight the war. No. You know what, he retains the authority, which is broad from 2001. It wont be repealed by this. But submitting this draft to the congress, hes actually violating his critics to say the
strategy is not working. Congress should welcome the debate. Both sides should get in there and work something out. If they cant get involved in war powers, they are no longer a cobranch. Even with all of this the keystone and Everything Else the president vowed to veto, theres been an uptick in congressional approval. When youre down on the bottom, you have somewhere to go. Just like the temperature outside. Very well. The newest numbers show it is up to 21 approval. Wow. Up from the record low of 9. Theyre in double digits. They are beyond friends and family. Beyond friends and family congressional staffers this isnt going to last if it continues to be the house of dynamic dysfunction that it is now. Youve got this authorization. Youve also got trade. Very important Free Trade Agreement out there. You have tax reform. Stuff is out there that can help an economy that, by the way, is still the stuttering along. It still needs a boost. Republicans are pressed. The great ones are ready to lead the charge on that. You have to get this immigration, the stuff over dhs and immigration passed you. In the meantime, hold please. Were gone for 10 days. Please stick around, up next the friday lightning round. Stick around for that. [ fishing rod casting line, marching band playing ] [ male announcer ] the rhythm of life. [ whistle blowing ] where do you hear that beat . Campbells healthy request soup lets you hear it in your heart. [ basketball bouncing ] heart healthy. Great taste. [ mm. ] [ tapping ] sounds good. Campbells healthy request. Mm mm good. ® when it comes to your credit, in the know is the place to be. Transunion. Com
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i must also say it is deeply trouble to go me to realize we have come to a place in the history of this great state of ours where a person can be charged, tried convicted and
sentenced by the media with no due process and no knowledge of the allegations involved. Even more troubling and on a very personal level so many so many former allies in common cause have been willing to accept this judgment at face value. Oh, i think the trial is coming. We are back to talk about that oregons governor stepping down today a lot of allegations surrounding him, his fiance use of the office even democratic allies pushed him. The broader issue is Clean Energy Companies depend on government subsidies because the market doesnt make them cost effective. Clean Energy Subsidies were given to this first lady. She literally was telling state bureaucrats you do this, you do that based on what the money was for. Imagine if Oil Companies had done this. I mean it would be a national scandal. I think we have to step back and in the light of solyndra
and say we all love green energy in theory but whats really happening on the ground because it took down a governor and really, its a scandal that could go in other states. A. B. , he is done. Well, this is what happens when you have four terms. I think its just a bad idea. Generally speaking i think none of his allies long time allies who begged him the House Speaker on and on, democratic leadership who begged him to step aside they would be standing by him if they didnt think it was bad. He can blame the media, it was bad enough that his staunchest oilist said its time. Innocent until proven guilty. Bigger problem than stepping down as governor. There are criminal investigation into him. And you know, you have to wonder when you look back on this, he was popular. He was reelected. Was it why did he not see a problem in his fiancee collecting contracts from these same companies that were affected by public
policy that she was advising on. I think he is in a lot of hot water right now. Now we want to move on to the candidate casino. Where are you handing out potential contenders. High roller tonight im going with 50 on jeb bush. I nowaker is the new flavor so im putting 30 on him. Only if there is implosion and giving him 10. 10 and the rest of the field you are spreading it out . I think im placing most of my faith in two candidates. Okay. Very well said. All right john, what about you . The g. O. P. Race is going to come down to two mime marries. Primary who is more or less the establishment candidate and nonestablishment candidate. Jeb bush is clearly out in front for the first one. I give him 30. But a slight edge. Scott has become a
phenom. He is now being attacked because he has left college a few credits short to take a job. So i give him 35. 15 for rubio because i think he is the fall back if bush falters, 10 for paul. A for cruze, 5 for christie. All right. Nina how do your numbers stack up. I dont put quite as much men on jeb bush. He is a frontrunner. Wide open field. He is now with mitt romney out of the race he has become the one you go to. He is cleaning up on donors and endorsements. I give 20 to scott walker. He has been picking up some big league romney donors. I didnt think that brouhaha in london over evolution hurt him except the media elites it helped his name recognition which is what he needs nationally. Marco rubio i have always believed is a dark horse. I think he swooned he made conservatives swoon in 2012. People forget that. I think he can crack that immigration nut that is so difficult for the Republican Party. So i think he has to the go be right up there all the time. You cant put Chris Christie much farther behind, i give him 20. I think he is still lights up a room. He has got issues, but he is still right up there in the top tier. Who among us doesnt, right . Okay. So winners and loadsers. Here are some people with some issues on that list today too. John, start with you and head down the line. Ashton carter approved ace secretary of defense almost unanimously. Proof that in washington competence is rewarded sometimes. And bipartisanship is still possible and almost everyone agrees he will do a good job. All right. It was a good week for him. Your loser . Loser is, you know, with all of this talk that the obama am amnesty could allow illegal aliens to register and possibly vote. Rick scott is under fire because a Court Decision
rogue liberal Court Decision florida does not have the right to remove nonillegal aliens from voter rules. He has refused to tell anyone whether or not is he going to appeal. Who wants illegallial aliens and noncitizens on the voting roles . If he doesnt appeal that will be the law in florida. Speed it up in lightning rounds. Marie holmes of shah north carolina. Power ball winner. Quit working because one has cerebral palsy. I hope it ends better than most lottery stories. My loser is congressional public leaders in giant immigration scam. My winner is vladimir putin. Ceasefire agreement with over the ukraine. Consolidates his military gains. Pushes off more sanctions and he will break the ceasefire. And my loser of the the week is brian williams. If he thought this was going to be contained and he might come back, it doesnt look
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