trafficking and the degradation and destruction that results from it. so, i think it would be a firm and important part of the department of justice s priorities. and i would look forward to following up on the legislative successes and other things that are happening to see if we can t make a real impact against this abominable practice. i will say attorney general l lynch and prosecutors have worked on this and would be good to talk to them as well. senator lee and i have been in charge of the committee. we rotate who is in charge as ranking member. i care a lot about this. we re in the mid of a merger wave between 2010 and 2015, the number of mergers reported to the government increased over 50% from 716 to 1,801, and over
that all changes january 20th, when he is sworn in behind me at the capitol. eric: sometimes be careful what you wish for at least when it comes to dealing with your business and those type of accusations. daniel halper, author of clinton, inc. and washington bureau chief of the new york post founded by alexander hamilton in 1801. that s correct. happy boxing day. eric: yes, of course. patti ann: israel is lashing out at the obama administration. israel claiming to have ironclad proof that the white house itself helped to create that united nations resolution condemning jewish settlements in the west bank. the accusations come after the u.s. abstained from voting, a move israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called a shameful ambush. kevin corke is traveling with the president. he joins us now live from honolulu. hi, kevin, what is the administration saying about this controversy? reporter: i got to tell you, patti ann, they are upset. they are bristling at the
trapped in icy waters, flight 90 partially submerged under ice in the potomac river. a lot of people say is it skut nick. so a lot of people say any time a president invites somebody they go, who is the skutnick seat going to be filled by, because he s that iconic at this point in longest speech ever, bill clinton, he probably ad-libbed it, 1 hour 28 minutes. because they counted a lot of interruptions. do you remember bill clinton during one of the state of the union addresses, they actually loaded the wrong speech into the teleprompter. and so they started rolling the speech from the year before but he had a paper copy and he was just he figured it out and went from there. now that s some good ad-lib skills. here s another piece of trivia for you from 1801 to 1912 the state of the union was delivered in written form. and the last one to do in a written speech and written form was jimmy carter. that was back in 1981. the shortest address as we told
about? i am not making a joke. 1801 is when the war really started. go back 15 years and there is an american ship and it is captain richard o brian. he is sailing across the barbery coast and a ship comes up alongside of him and what happens? he is boarded and they take the ship and all of these guys captive and strip them of everything they have. not only are they taken, button slaved. o brian is kept for 10 years in the most harshest conditions. we are a new country. what is your problem? they used koran and the islamic religion as a false crutch because we were infidels and now susceptibles to be taken. we describe what it was like because richard o brian wrote it down. all of the accounts of the prisoners and who they went through as new americans. we had no president, no constitution, finally trying to get commerce going. we had merchant ships being taken by the islamic pirate ships. adams was for paying the ransom essentially and jefferson says this is something to go to war
liberal too. i know. if i get an a i ll do it for this top ping but to your point this margarita hill weighed in and said was so happy to hear his remarks, you go for it dr. skretta. there were people happy to hear the principal weigh in. he has since weighed in with an apology. the way every person does, it on twitter. speaking of indoctrination at universities there s a catholic university in st. louis. catholic university is all catholic. and the kids there have taken deep offense at what? they are taking deep offense at this. take a look at this statue. it is of father pierre jean dement. and he lived from you took spanish no you took german. my dad took german. he thought german would be a dominant language in the country. dad, you swung and missed on that one. january 30th, 1801 to 1873. this is a long time ago.