americany go zone and alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show, also a fox news contributor. let s get it underway, gentlemen. here is what that the washington post editorial says in its opening paragraph. for five years, president obama has led a foreign policy based more on how he thinks the world should operate than on reality. it was a world in which the tide of water is receding, quoting a president there, and the united states could, without much risk, radically reduce the size of its armed forces. other leaders in the vision would behave rationally and in the interest of their people and the world. invasions, brute force, great power, gains and shifting alliances. these were things of the past. so jim, the media are coming to a different point of view now? i think some are. new york times asked if obama tough enough and the usa today called it response late and
the white house is saying, that despite a recent c.b.o. report, obamacare will not stunt job growth but instead will end what people term job lock, meaning people will have freedom to change careers. so is the new york times now doing p.r. work for the obama administration? joining us is jim pinkerton, contributor writer for the american conservative may go zone and alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show. i m sure your answer to that question is now. new york times is not doing the p.r. job of the administration. this wasn t an editorial by the nie the new york times.the this was not a news article nor an editorial in the new york times so it was the opinion of one writer. i happen to agree with them. this is what obamacare was supposed to do and according to the head of the c.b.o., that s what it does. it s really a demand issue. it creates more demand as a
something, people buy less of it. then they come to the subject of entry level wages saying it will have no effect whatever. clearly it will have an effect. martha: interesting argument from george will on that. alan colmes, host of the alan colmes show and fox news contributor. tony sayegh, fox news contributor. welcome. good to have you here. boy the cbo has been busy putting out a lot of numbers maybe the administration is not too happy about. what do you make, alan of george will s argument there? i don t think democrats are making the argument there is no effect but i think there is a net benefit as opposed to a net loss. historically we haven t lost that many jobs and we re bringing 900,000 people out of poverty in addition to raising wages, as you point out for 16 1/2 million people. so it a net gain for people. martha is the second week, cbo said a major effort of this administration that democrats and congress back will be destructive to job creation which remains the bigg
the emergency management agency says the roof came crashing down during freshman orientation at a university campus. take a look at these photos. hundreds of students in there at the time. there s still work to be done. heavy snowfall is believed to be the cause of the collapse but officials are still investigating. jon: has nbc s olympic coverage gone too far to get permanent stories from the athletes? that s the question raised by media analysts at the new york times and other publications. after one reporter brought american skier miller to tears questioning him after he lost his brother just last year. joining us to talk about it, editor of the national review. alan colmes is with us, host of the alan colmes show, both fox news contributor. his brother also had hoped to be at these games in snow boarding. he died, i guess, in early 2013,
six intelligent workers. apparently intelligence workers, i should say. according to the a.p., it was then able to track down their home addresses as well as other personal information. and there s more. government secrets also were reportedly exposed by mistake. contributing editor and writing for the american conservative may go sglen, alan colmes is the host of the alan colmes show and author of thank the liberals for saving americans. alan, you ve been a defender of the leaks snowden has let out. anything about this story, does that change it for you? the media has to be very careful not to disclose the names. that s not to say that i don t think edward snowden did the right thing. i think he did. i know that s a controversial state many. the media has a responsibility