About 2016, his battle with president obama over immigration, and that new indictment. Its a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Plus, iraqs Prime Minister steps down as the u. S. Retaliates against violent isis attacks. We will continue air strikes to protect our people and facilities in iraq. Perhaps most importantly, were urging iraqis to come together. What does the formation of a new government mean for isis in iraq. Well discuss with two members of congress. Ron johnson and eliot engel. And hillary clibten sparks a political firestorm after criticizing president obamas Foreign Policy. Our sunday panel weighs in on clintons efforts to distance herself from the president. All right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. Texas governor rick perry has made a number of headlines in recent weeks. First it was his centerstage clash with president obama over the crisis in the border, then his Campaign Stops uniowa, and then late this week, news broke that the governor had been indicted on felony charges on alleged abuse of power. Joining us now, governor rick perry. You have been indicted on two felony accounts, abuse of power. With the intent to harm another, you harmed another, or influenced rosemary linbrg, a public servant. The head of the texas party said governor rick perry has fought dishonor to his honor, his family, and his office. How do you respond . Its important for people to understand the details of this. And the d. A. , the highest ranking prosecutor in travis county, who also has oversight for state officials. This individual was stopped driving while drunk. She had almost three times the legal limit of alcohol,. 238 is what i believe it was. When you look at the video, not only of the stop, if you look at the video of ms. Linberg when she was boog booked into the county jail, the abusiveness. She was kicking on the door. She was abusing the law officials. She had to be restrained. When you look at that and you have to make a decision on whether or not 7. 5 million of texas taxpayer money is going to go to the unied that she over e oversees, i very clearly, i very publicly said as long as that sidge is going to be running that agency, i had lost confidence in her. The public had lost confidence in her, and i did what every governor has done for decades, which is make a decision on whether or not it was in the proper use of state money to go to that agency, and i vetoed it. Thats what the rule of law is really about, shannon. And i stood up for the rule of law in the state of texas, and if i had to do it again, i would make exactly the same decision. Well, a special prosecutor in this case says he thinks you should take this seriously. Hes looked at the law, at the facts, interviewed more than 40 people. You know these charges on conviction could result in more than 100 years in prison. Hes convinced a grand jury it is a different game with a jury, but is there any small part of you thats worried at all that that will happen. I certainly take everything i do seriously. The rule of law in particularly i take seriously, but let me just share with you, David Axelrod said this was a very sketchy indictment. Professor dur awits, who is not exactly my cheerleader said it was outrageous. So i think across the board, youre seeing people weigh in and reflecting that this is way outside of the norm. This is not the way that we settle differences. Political differences, in this country. You dont do it with indictments. We settle our political differences at the ballot box. And i think across the board, when you have David Axelrod and harvard law professor dirsh wits saying what they said, its reflective of what were looking at. I want to say thanks to people like rick scott and jeb bush and bobby jindal and ted cruz who have very publicly stated that they, too, think this is way outside the realm of any type of thoughtful look at the laws in the state of texas. You mentioned the David Axelrod tweet. He said the indictment seems to him, quote, pretty sketchy. You do have support from an unlikely source. Something you and mr. Axelrod probably dont agree on is the issue of immigration. You have been very vocal about whats going on in texas and have called the administration to task. They say the number coming across the border illegally has dropped significantly. To what do you attribute that . Do you give the administration any credit for the numbers going down . Hoorz what i know is happening. Almost six weeks ago, we surged into that area of operation with our texas ranger reconteams, our parks and wildlife. We brought real attention to the issue. Were sending messages back to Central America that you should not send your children hereby. Theyre not going to be able to walk across the border. We talk eed powerfully about surging the National Guard into that area as well. So i would suggest to you that the issue here really goes back to that rule of law, if you will. Were not securing the border as the constitution calls for us to. When you add the irs scandal thats going on and the outside of the rule of law bear, and then you look at whats happened in austin, texas, with this grand jury, i think there is some extraordinary concern in this country about the rule of law not being followed and too many things are being decided in arenas that shouldnt be decided from the standpoint of a government thats out of control. People want to get back to the rule of law and knowing with certainty that our border is going to be secure, that the irs is not going to come loknocking down door looking for things and the nsa is not listening in on our phone conversations. The nsa has said the president is considering executive action. He said hes left with no choice. Heres what he said before lawmakers on capitol hill left for their august recess. If in fact House Republicans are concerned about me acting independently of congress, despite the fact that i have taken fewer executive actions than my republican predecessor or my democratic predecessor before that or the republican predecessor before that, then the easiest way to solve it is pass some legislation. Get things done. And the administrations publicly called on you to get behind that. I think a letter back in july than Valerie Jarrett sent specifically and pub lackly asking you to influence lawmakers to get something done on capitol hill. Is that the solution, and does the president have no choice left but to act, as he said . Heres what i think is very important for the president to understand, and for washington to understand as well. Youre not going to have comprehensive Immigration Reform until the border is secure. The American People do not trust this president , and they do not trust washington to do these two things at the same time. They expect the border to be safe. When a Border Patrol agent was killed in will asea county this last week by an individual who had been deported multiple times, the people of the state of texas, and i will suggest to you, all across the country, are fed up with that. They want this border to be secured. They want to be able to live in their communities and feel like theyre safe. And if this president does not do what required to secure the border first, i will suggest to you whatever he does is going to be a failure. Well, to that end, the first wave of National Guard troops you called up are now positioned there. Estimates its going to cost anywhere from 12 million to 18 million a month to have them there. One of your frequent critics, democratic congressman Joaquin Castro said theres no defined mission for the troops. Essentially, it appears to be a feelgood show of force without purpose. Theres question whether you would grant them the ability to apprehend, to arrest. And what is your answer to kr t critics who say youre using the border to fuel your 2016 mission . Anyone who wants to make this about politics needs to go talk to mrs. Vega, mrs. Marie vega, whose son, the agent, former marine, Great American patriopa who was killed, shot down in cold blood by an individual who had been deported multiple times, i hope mr. Castro or anyone else being critical of this thinks thats critical. Its not. The citizenoffs this country and the citizens of texas expect to be able to live in safety in their communities. Thats what the rule of law is truly all about. Washington has failed at that. This president has failed. He has had almost six years to address this issue. He refuses to. That is what must be addressed, and im going to do it, and texas is going to do it. Were going to secure the border of this country and do everything in our power to make sure our citizens are safe. All right, governor, lets talk beyond texas. How about we talk about iowa . Because by our saekt, you have been there four times since the last election. You were there last week where conservative leader bob vander bl plot said this. Its the best i have heard perry. I think hes raised his game substantially. What can you tell us about running in 2016 . I hope i can be very helpful between now and the 4th of november so joni ernst will go to the United States senate representing iowa. Terry bran stead is going to be a fabulous job, but there are other races we worked with. Their state senate is just a couple seats away of having control, republican control, so they have both the house, the senate, the lieutenant governor, and they can then become an incredibly influential state from the standpoint of economic development. From now to november 4th is what im focused on. 2016 will take care of itself. November 5th, if you want to come talk to us about 2016, please do. Thank you for joining us. Tensions remain high in ferguson, missouri as the Police Shooting of an unarmed 18yearold sparked outrage across the country. Well have a live report and analysis next. Missouri governor jane nixon declared a state of emergency in ferguson yesterday and put a curfew in place for citizens there, midnight to 5 00 a. M. Clashes between police and protesters have plagued the city sing the august 9th shooting of Michael Brown by a police officer. Were discuss the fatcts of the case in a moment, but mike tobben is live in ferguson on a rainy morning. Good morning, mike. Caller good morning, shannon. We did not make it through the first night of the curfew without clashes. You cant call a widespread total of arrests seven total, but most of it is located at the heart of the demonstration. Captain ron johnson made a point of clarifying the heavier tactics used were not directly related to the forcurfew. One person was shot and taken to the hospital in critical condition. Also, a police cruser was fired pawn. Beyond that, police had information people had broken into a restaurant and moved on the roof. They moved in with smoke canisters and one tear gas canister. Captain johnson explained. The operation tonight, because of our initial response, is to was in reds barbecue in the shooting, were operational responses and the response was not related to the enforcement of the curfew. Callecal reporter as much as captain johnson entered this process a hero embraced by the community, and he embraced it, were seeing a Community Growing impatient with him, in part because he didnt use enough force to stop the looting on the other hand for using too much force and repeating the scenes of the near nightly clashes with police. At a press conference yesterday, he was heckled by people who want punishment for officer Darren Wilson and arent taking the time to understand the process. It can really be summed up by one heckler who shouted out over the crowd, let me get this straight. You have the authority to suppress the people, but you dont have the authority to arrest a killer cop . Shannon. Mike, thank you very much. Joining us now with his analysis of the Michael Brown case, former homicide detective and fox news contributor, rod wheeler. Hes also there in ferguson. Thank you so much for your time today. I want to satart out by playinga little of what Governor Nixon had to say about the situation and trying to restore order in ferguson. If were going to achieve justice, we must first have and maintain peace. This is a test. The eyes of the world are watching. All right, youve been there for a couple days now, seen it firsthand through the day and night. How would you grade this test . How are things going in ferguson . Well, i think things are a lot better tonight or today, shannon, than they have been the past two nights. I was here friday night and i was right in the midstering right in the heart of all the rioting, and it was really total chaos that night. There was no police out here. Right around 1 30 a. M. , thats when police eventually moved in. Last night, again, the same thing. I was right in the middle of the curfew, and there was a lot of rioting then. The good news, though, shannon, is yesterday, during the day, there was a lot of demonstrations, a lot of protests, and they were all peaceful. As a matter of fact, reverend Jesse Jackson was here, i was walking with him, and he was preaching nonviolence, and no one was violate yesterday. Now, the challenge for the police department, the governor, and everyone else is going to be whats going to happen tonight . And i can tell you that the police are strategically trying to gather intelligence so they can be prepared for whatever happens. The community, though, most people in this Community Want peace, shannon. Well, let me ask you this because you have a great deal of experience in dealing with these kinds of cases and situations. The police chief there in ferguson, thomas jackson, has taken a lot of heat for releasing a video that seems to show the victim in this case, Michael Brown, involved with a robbery prior to him then later being shots and killed. We understand that federal authorities, department of justice, did gnaw want that video released. It was done by local authorities on friday. How do you think thats impacted the situation . Well, that has impacted the situation tremendously. Let me tell you why real quickly. You know, theres a serious disconnect, shannon, between the state police and the city police here in ferguson. They dont even communicate with each other, and a lot of it has to do with the release of that video. In my opinion as a homicide investigator, i dont see the significance of releasing that video right now because according to the police chief, it has nothing to do with the arrest or the shooting of Michael Brown. If thats the case, then why release it . And thats what the people in this community are saying. I think theyre going to have to go back, shannon, take a look at how this was handled and hopefully not make those serious mistakes again. Quickly, how tough is it for police in this situation . You mentioned trying to protect local businesses and citizens. They want to peacefully protest against those who are there to do real harm, and the police risk looking like they have too heavy a hand. Right, and they have been somewhat heavy handed. I think right now they have things under control. Again, its going to have to be working with the community. Theyre going to have to bridge that gap. Because right now, its a serious gap, a fracture between the community and the police department. Theyre gg to have to clearly work on that Going Forward if theyre going to bow effective in this community. Rod, thank you so much for your time today. Sure, shannon. We extended an invitation to Governor Nixon to join the show. He is doing four other shows today, but he declined the request . What are your opinions . Up next, isis continues to terrorize iraq, and ukraine targets a convoy of Russian Military vehicles. Two top members of Congress Join us to discuss the u. S. 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Kurdish fighters are on the move, advancing with iraqi forces on isis militants in an attempt to retake the strategic mosul dam held by isis, there are fears they could let it burst or blow it up with devastating effect. In coordinated action, the u. S. Launched nine air strikes saturday against isis positions at the dam. A local commander told us the terrorists can be beaten. Absolutely. Absolutely . Absolutely. Thats the note. This, as the humanitarian crisis builds. 400,000 refugees fleeing into one iraqi province alone. 1. 5 million are across the region. Relief workers are coping to catch up. They need food, they need shelter, they need medical support, like medical supplies. And then they need help because theyre traumatized. Ethnic minorities are still reeling from details of fridays massacre in a village near mt. Sinjar. Some 80 men and teenagers will killed by militants, some at close range. You can not even say theyre animals. Even in the jungle, animals have laws. They dont abide by any laws. They are really monsters. He called them monsters. There are, in fact, new reports of isis militants killing men and kidnapping women. U. S. Officials tell us that they are investigating those reports. Back to you, shannon. Greg, thank you very much. Now lets bring in two key members of congress. Senator ron johnson, a member of the Foreign Relations committee, and congressman eliot engel, the top democrat on the Foreign Affairs committee. Welcome to you both. Thank you, good to be here. Morning, shannon. I want to start with a question for both of you and ill address it to you, senator scrawnson. You heard about the tension we have in iraq. At what point do you feel the administration has to come to congress for any type of authorization . Its a good sign president obama is beginning to act. A couple weeks ago, president obama did invite about eight or nine members of the Foreign Relations and Armed Services committee into the white house to speak with his council about a new authorization for the use of military force, which i think is pretty long overdue. Theyre finding out trying to act militarily with the current authorization in place is becoming tenuous. Its a good sign president obama is recognizing the fact hes going to need authority to deal with this new asymmetric threat. We just heard from greg palkot. Isis member of diplomacy is beheading, crucifixions, mass executions and live burials and enslavement of women and forced marriages. Im glad president obama is finally beginning to act. Congressman engle, same question to you . I think congress has to play a role in this. This is the way our constitution works and i think congress is really tired of president s just going in by themselves, so i think there has to be consultation and an aisnt from congress, but i do agree with the senator ersenator. I think what is going on in iraq is horrific and it warrants a response. We cannot just put our heads in the sand and pretend it doesnt exist. If we let isis get bigger and bigger, theyll plault attacks on us. Heres what ben rosen said when i asked him what the Long Term Strategy is regarding isis. Provide assistan ancance and kwement to those iraqi forces who are taking the fight to isil so we can squeeze them in the space theyre operating in and ultimately address that threat that theyre posing not just to iraq but to the region and to the United States. Senator johnson, you heard him there specifically mention a threat to the u. S. What do you think needs to be our Long Term Strategy . We need to defeat them. We had Deputy Assistant secretary to the state in front of our committee on the 24. He said isis is far more capable of manpower, resources, and fighting effectiveness than what we faced in 2007. Theyre funneling 30 to 50 suicide bombers into iraq every month. He said they could easily funnel those suicide bombers into western nations. We need to be highly concerned about this. This threat is a gathering storm. Its not going away. Like congressman engel said, we cant bury our heads in the sand in this one. We may be war wareary, but isis isil is not war weary. Theyre highly organized. They have been very patient setting up this caliphate, and theyre going to use that base of operation against the west. Congressman, we have seen them break through the lebanon border. There has been great operation, we know, in syria. There are very big concerns about aleppo. What is your concern about that immediate situation in syria with regard to isis . Well, the syrian opposition, the Free Syria Army, whom we should have armed two years ago, is facing defeat, and they have called on us to bomb isis outside of aleppo. I think we should consider doing it because this is one war. Its building from syria into iraq. The border is obliterated. Theres no border anymore, and we need to fight isis wherever they rear their ugly heads. You know, when we, years ago, when the russians were thrown out of afghanistan, and we just sort of looked the other way and didnt really focus, al qaeda, the taliban, allowed al qaeda to plot against the United States and that culminated in september 11th, 2001. If we allow isis to get stronger, if they take aleppo, its the end of the Free Syria Army and also would mean that isis would have essentially a no mans land in syria through iraq to plot and plan attacks on our homeland. And frankly, our european allies should step up to the fight. They are geographically much closer to iraq and syria than we are and i dont hear many good things frankly coming from our nato allies or the european union. They need to step up also. Were all in this fight together. And what im hearing from both of you is that you do feel there is a significant threat to the u. S. Long term if isis isnt stamped out. Now, they do seem very motivated. They dont seem that theyre slowing down in any espect. Can another of you envision a point where we are, despite as war weary as this country is, that we are putting boots on the ground or getting more heavily involved there so we dont have to confront them here . I dont think were going to put boots on the ground like we did before in iraq. I dont think anyone wants to do that. We do have some boots on the ground now, and frankly, we have todo everything we can to repel isis. I dont think we have the luxury of putting our heads in the sand and saying its over there and were not going to do it. I think what were doing now is effective and we have to do more of it and ultimately ll lly wee boolts on the ground. We have choices and the worse choice is to do nothing. The president campaigned and was elected obhis part to get us out of that part of the world. A lot of lives were invested, a lot of treasure inveshed so what is your take on where we go from here . Unfortunately, president obama buzzed out of iraq, and that was strategic and historic blunder and were seeing the results of this. Right now, what the president has to do is assemble a coalition of the willing. We have to realize there was a german and an australian suicide bomber the week of july 24th. Thas what brett reported to us. We have seen the First American suicide bomber set himself off in syria in may. So this is a growing threat to america. And we really do need to, like congressman engel said, we have to assemble nato, strengthen nato not only to handle what is happening in syria and iraq. I want to pivot to ukraine and russia. Conversations about russian convoy s across the border. Ukrainians saying they have taken out some of those vehicles. Reports that a jet was shot down. I want to look at a new poll out this week. 74 of those surveyed said president obama has not been tough enough on russia. 77 say they putin does not take president obama seriously. Congressman, are the sanctions working there . Is our strategy with respect to russia with the advances of president putin, is it working . Well, i think that the Nato Alliance is being tested by putin. You know, for the past 15 or 20 years, the equation for nato was always that russia was kind of a partner, that we sort of didnt need to look at russia as an adversary. Thats clearly not the case. Putin has indicated hes an adversary of the u. S. , and therefore, the whole equation of nato has to change or else nato is dead. What it really means is the claus in the nato agreement, that every country has to spent 2 per 2 of their gdp has to be enforced. I think putin is a bully. Inyou dont stand up to a bully early on, you have to stand up to them later on. I dont like comparisons to hitler, but in 1938, some of the people said, well, just give hitler czechoslovakia. Hes worried about protecting ethnic germans, if we do that, everything will be all right. And then we saw what happened. Now were saying just give him crimea. Hes protecting ethnic russians. You cant allow this bully to do that. The way we deal with putin now is going to set the stage for the next 25 years because hes going to be around for a long time. If we thinks were paper tigers, hes going to continue to move with impunity. Have we missed the opportunity to deal more forcefully with him . Where do we go . Lets hope we havent missed the opportunity. I haep hearing Administration Officials saying they want to offer an off ramp to vladimir putin. Hes not looking for off ramps. Hes looking for on ramps. We should have complied with the request for small arms ammunition immediately. We should be very avertly, very vocally, very visibly saying were going to honor the memorandum, were going to help insure the territorial integrity and the governing unless, and as congressman engle said, thats the way you have to treat a bully. We have to beef up nato. Defense or foreign minister succorsky in bollapoland said t polishamerican alliance is useless and it could be counterproductive because it creates a false sense of security. Thats the wrong way for our allies to think of america, but because of the weakness we have shown, thats the way our allies are viewing us. We have to show far greater strength of resolve, and we need to secure ukraine and defeat the russian agreggression into ukra. Thank you both for joining us. Thank you, shannon. 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Com notme. The situation on the mountain has greatly improved and americans should be very proud of our efforts, because the skill and professionalism of our military and the generosity of our people, we invoke the isis siege of mt. Sin jar and we helped save many innocent lives. President obama praising the u. S. Military operation in iraq before making clear that our involvement there is not over yet. Its time now for our sunday group. Syndicating columnist george will. Usa today columnist kirsten powers. Liz cheney and amy walter from the cook political report. Good sunday morning to all of you. The president in that moment, in those remarks from Marthas Vineyard sounded like a teeny bit of a victory. We have accomplished our mission, but it is clear its not over. But to be able to say we have done something. I said were going to have very strict parameters around it. It was successful, and now we can move on. It continues with a sort of whackamole crisstrategy from administration which is do not get much more engaged, trying to keep the u. S. Out of anything that is more direct than that. You heard the congressman and senator we had just before this. Both saying that we have to do something decisive with respect to isil and isis. Nobody wants to think about getting too involved, but it may require that if we dont want them to show up here. Absolutely, shannon. Isis has to be fought, they have to be defeated. They cant be contained. Even this limited objective the president celt out for himself, we now know that you had yazidi slaughters after he declared it had been a success. The longer the president waits to take true offensive strategic action, the harder that fight is going to be ultimately, the bloodier the fight is going to be, the costlier. The fight is coming. And secondly, the more likely it is that were going to experience, unfortunately, potentially a mass casualty terrorist attack on the home rnd. Its clear isis is telling people in the Intelligence Community briefed reporters and said isis knows a war with the United States is inevitable, so its coming. And for the president to be saying things like, i want a solution in iraq that has no victor and no vanquished, which is what he said last week, you know, i think frankly youre to the point ynow where this is a dereliction of duty on his part. Hes unwilling to take defensive action to defeat isis and is watching this threat, which is a grave threat potentially of historic proportions grow by the day. Kirsten, how does he sell that, though, to the American People who he has been the one saying the u. S. Is too involved in too many places and we need to come home . He has to sell them on the facts. I dont think theres a lot of disagreement over the threat that isis poses to the United States and poses to the people of iraq. And if hes going to come out and say i care about humanitarian issues and i have to come in to save people from a humanitarian crisis, theres lot more work to be done because hes incorrect when he says that he has somehow dealt with the humanitarian crisis. There are hundreds of,000 of refugees internally displaced people, refugees in their own country, right now who dont have food or water or shelter and are under threat by isis. So i think he would have to sell that, and look, i think americans have shown that theyre pretty supportive of these air strikes. Even 65 of democrats in the fox news poll supported the air strikes. I dont think its correct to think americans wont support something. T they dont want a fullscale ground war but they support what hes doing so far. Can we isolate isis . From the air . I doubt it. Yugoslavia was born in 1918 and died a new years ago of internal contradictions. There is nothing compared to those in iraq. Iraq was born in 1920. Eight years ago, the senator from delaware, joe biden, suggests partitioning iraq along sectarian grounds. Well, its doing itself now, the question for liz and kirsten and everyone, whos going to take back the cities of fallujah, tikrit, and mosul . The iraqi army . What is the iraqi Army Fighting for . The iraqi state . The iraqi state barely exists now. A leader of the kurdish fighters said theres an asymmetry in the motivation. The isil people want to go and have lunch with mohammed. Our people want to fight and go have dinner with their families. Those are the kurd whose have built a nation and know what theyre fighting for. What would the iraqi army be fighting for . And absent that, who will take the cities back . George, youre right that its a complete disaster and a sectarian mess, but i think the security of the nation requires that we focus on what is the direct threat to us. And part of the problem in the president s policy to date is he has been saying, well, we have to wait until we have a political solution before ill take action. Weve now had a political solution. Maliki is gone, but what we lunched with the surge, for example, is the military action, demonstrating to people we will be there, we will be fighting with them, is critical. At the end of the day, you know, granting everything you just said about the conditions on the ground, isis is a direct, immediate, grave, strategic threat to the security of the United States of america, and the president as commander in chief has an obligation to respond to that. Also, i dont thinki army. Itsther kurds and their point that theyre not as diabolical as isis, but they have said they want to fight them. Refugees are being able to flee, they want to protect them, and theyre armed, and they have been asking for this for years, in the last few months have been aggressively asking for help. Its one thing to defend kurdistan, its another thing to take back cities with urban warfare. I want to make sure we touch on the situation in ukraine and russia as that continued to heat up. There are new polls, as we mentioned, how the president , our president , is doing on russia. 74 say not toughness. When we asked does putin take obama seriously, 77 said no, he doesnt take him seriously. Where does that leave us . Another interesting thing is when asked how americans think the president is doing on the issue of ukraine, 20 didnt have an poib at all, which goes to the heart of the issue. There are a lot of americans. They see putin, they think cold war. It brings up a lot of those memories, but they dont exactly know whats happening in the ukraine. Judging him purely on is he standed up to putin or not, thats pretty easy. Saying, well, what should we be doing, what should we be doing in ukraine . Thats tougher for the american public. Its an overall sense, so much of whats happening in terms of the frustration americans are having is also based on what is happening at home. Theres a very deep frusheration that politicians have been spending a whole lot of time talking about what is going on overseas, a lot of talk about how we can help overseas, not enough talk about how we can help regular people. When people at home feel like domestic issues havent been involv solved, they get more war weary. Even as we have domestic issues raging and they may not understand the nuances of all that. It is still happening, and we do have to give it some attention, so george, where do we go from here . We go to the specific questions. Its one thing to say he should be vonger. Its another thing to say what should we do about it . Lets be blunt. 20 of americans say have no opinion on ukraines. Not nearly 20 of americans could finds ukraine on a map, let alone crimea which once upon a time was part of ukraine and is now conceded as departed. These polls are very limited information. Well, we will continue our discussion, but not on international affairs. Were going to take a break here. We come back, well talk about hillary clinton. Shoo sparked controversy when she criticized president obamas foreign alacy. Plus, what would you like to ask the panel . Go to facebook or twitter a at foxnewssunday. We may use your question on the air. Absolutely. Yeah, were looking forward to it. Going to be there tonight. They continue to agree on a broad majority of issues confronting our country even if they have the occasional policy difference. The president appreciates advice. More importantly, he appreciates her friendship. Hillary clinton and eric schultz downplaying a rift between president obama and his former secretary of state after clinton publicly criticized the president s Foreign Policy. Were back now with the panel. Kirsten, ill start with you. I caught your eye. It was so awkward, the position that hillary was kind of caught in the moment with that question. Trying to say everything is fine. Well, they apparently were tn a party for Vernon Jordans wife and dancing on the dance floor and having a blast together, so allegedly, nothing is wrong between them, but pretty clearly, as much as she has said she reached out to the president to make sure he knew she didnt mean anything by it, she was differentiating herself. This was not a subtle statement. It was a pretty harsh statement for her to make about his Foreign Policy, and yes, she has already you knee she wanted to arm the Syrian Rebels, but the way she really, i think, attacked the president over his Foreign Policy philosophy is a much bigger attack than just dish agreeing on maybe one particular country. Just so people know, a little bit of what she had to say in the interview as far as the u. S. Moving faster to arm Syrian Rebels fighting asad, she said the failure left a vac yum which the jihadists have filled. And she said dont do stupid stuff is not an organizing principal. We had indication that her staff had reached out to white house staffers. Clearly, she knew there was going to be some tension over these remarks. I agree with kirsten. I dont think this was just a u mistake. Its clear she has been setting all along on this book tour, the guide posts or planting the f g flags for 2016 so when we come back and have these interviews and say is she just positioning herself now that its 2016, she can say, oh, no, i told you in 2013, 2014, on the book tour, in this interview, this is where i stood. Trying to get it laid out now, and then when we go into 20 sane, we have the markers set. We have an interesting comment from facebook. Why did she turn around and apologize to obama for doing so after she had made these remarks . If she is trying to differentiate herself, was it more explicit than she thought it was going to be . I think its a washington game, the appaology piece. She has two problems. One is substantive and the other is political. The substantive one is were watching the complete and total collapse of the obama Foreign Policy. You have the secretary of defense basically saying the world is a disaster right now. So secretary clinton is in a position where shes got to try to differentiate herself from that, but essentially that means differentiating herself from herself because she oversaw this policy for four years. Thats very difficult, not to mention benghazi which she has yet to answer for. The political problem is shes attempting here to move right. It is going to anger those on the left. Shes going to lose what support she has from though on the left of her own party, and shes not certainly going to gain support from those on the right, from those in my party, from people who have said we have seen this before. We know, for example, from bob gaelts book, that she has a history of taking political positions and overruling National Security issues because of her own political gain. Its a tough, complicated situation for her and i think its probably beyond her capacity to maneuver. We got this from twitter. Bob says why does hillary behave like a whistle blower who had no involvement in the events taking place in her tenure as secretary of state . George, does it ring true to you . Thats surely the question. Shes defifferentiating herself certainly, defining herself. How much ballast of belief does she have . She looks clever in what shes doing, but its never clever in politics to look clever. In bob gates memoir, he talked about how dismayed when she said to president obama she had opposed president bushs surge in iraq for political reasons having to do with the competition with obama in the democratic primaries. You have the urld with, what, 18 months after she leaves secretary of state, exploding. Thats the words of the president s own secretary of defense, and she cant really say everything was fine and then it suddenly exploded. Well, and lets also be clear. I know were focusing on Foreign Policy, but i think her bigger problem going into 2016, this is not so much about the primary but the general election, is distancing herself if the economy is not doing as well than distancing herself from whats happening overseas. The bigger issue in 2016, as it is with every president ial election is how do people feel about the economy . Thats going to be a tougher balancing act. Voters are going to attach every democrat to whats happening with this president. And finding a way to differentiate herself to say another four years of a democrat in the white house is going to be a better economy because why . And having an answer for that question. We had a poll that may sound a little light hearted but theres some truth, probably a nugget in here. The fox news poll about who you would rather spend your Summer Vacation with. Hillary and bill, 42 . Michelle and barack obama, 25 . But hillary and bill, way out in front on the Summer Vacation choices there. Is she aware the two of them at this point, maybe, it seems are more likable than the current president , but when youre in office, youre the one making all the toughivations. Part of the answer to that is based on sort of like, which is going to be more of a circus. Yeah, and you know, i think you know if youre hanging with the clintons, its going to be a circus. And i think, you know, this goes to bill clinton as well, also, we were talking about this before, the extent to which people look add him, look at how hes behaved, how he continues to behave, and not that that should blame hillary for that, but more, do you really want that person living in your white house again . Nobody would have predicted this in 1999, but a poll recently out, bill clinton, related to other world leaders, he and the pope tied. The pope, tied in terms of likability in terms of their approval rating. So nobody would have predicted that in the height of impeachment scandal. Who things hes a plus or minus for her . Who, bill . Yeah. Definitely a plus. I wish they would have done would you rather be with hillary or obama. If you take bill out, it would change it equation. George, what do you think . Hes a plus until you consider him rounding the house. Thats it for the panel and thats it for today. Chris wallace will be back next week, and you have a great week, and of course, well see you next Fox News Sunday from right here in washington. Hi, everyone. Im courtney thornesmith. Dont change the channel, because in the next few minutes, youre gonna learn about a breakthrough product that could help take years off your appearance. But heres the thing you dont put it on your face. Want to learn more . Stay with us. 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