foreign policy failures. almost the entire middle east is fall to go the islamists, vladimir putin is taking the reset with russia, flying it right out of the window, with north korea, with every victory, he s had fumples and the american people are balancing that as el. i disagree with that assessment, however, in terms of public perception, this is the area where president obama is strongest. majority of the people support his handling of foreign poll stkpwhraoe eye ironic, isn t it. it s not eye ironic. he s had a lot of high profile successes but that s the irony of this campaign is where he s been strongest is where most people never predicted it and where it s going to be least helpful for him in his reelection effort. alisyn: we ll let history, as you recommend he says! thank you very much for coming. thanks ali, you bet, merry christmas. alisyn: we re getting word that hackers there from china may have been stealing u.s. business secrets. ahead, we ll investigate what the
obviously whatever controls the epa has in place are not working if our fish are tainted. well, let me just say this to you, the scientists that testified before our committee were unanimous in the view that there is not going to be any benefit from this new regulation in reducing mercury levels. all of the benefits were calculated from the reduction of par particulate matter, which is already covered under ambien air quality standard regulations. this is about closing coal plants, and that s precisely what it is about. alisyn: what about closing those coal plants. if they come off line and are closed what happens to the power grid and to the electricity in states where the coal pants are now? reporter: we hav we have a number of concerns, as you know our economy is sputtering. electricity is a tremendous component in economic growth, and the price of electricity.
will combat toxic air commissions. we have the chairman of the committee on energy and power. he joins us now. hi, congressman. hello, good afternoon to you. alisyn: the epa is announcing new regulations to limit mercury basically from spewing into the environment. that sounds like a good thing. why are you opposed to it? well, first of all, that is not actually the case. there are already strict regulations relating to mercury emissions. all of the hearings we held on this utility regulation indicated that overwhelmingly the benefits would come from reduced par particula par particulate matter, not mercury at all. the epa is being misleading on that issue. alisyn: they say this new rule would create 9,000 long-term jobs, and of course it didn t calculate, and here is where the rub is, the jobs that would be
surveillance cameras. so where do local police begin? well, i think most police departments would have done is exactly what this police department is doing, they re going through social records, they re determine tp-g she had any correspondence with anyone from that cell phone or any other cell phone. i d be looking for a throwaway phone, did she purchase something in the last days that she was known, her credit card receipts, toll records in the area, were there any other area surveillance systems, since the college itself didn t have surveillance systems, did any place in the area have possible surveillance systems. and thereafter, i would be using tracking dogs. i mean, bringing in canine dogs that can track the scent of if she was dragged from that park pefrpblg or from the bench in the campus, to wherever she may have been taken. alisyn: all right, tom ruskin, thank you very much for coming in with your expertise. people can call 816-474-tips if they have any information.
changed or try to rebook or make alternative arrangements. alisyn: anne, it s all great suggestions. i also suggest to bring a snack if you re stranded! good idea. alisyn: thank you very much, good luck getting where you re going. meanwhile to track this storm and get the latest weather update and headlines across your town and in the country, log on to foxnews.com/weather, we ll have all the information there for you. the new year is closer than you think. and this year, fox news is planning another store - star-studded affair, live from times square. you re looking live i believe at times square right now. you can be sure to catch our own megyn kelly and bill hemmer as they host the all american new year s eve special with musical guest including country legend trace adkins and big and rich, along with the best of the 80s from the cast of rock of the ages. it all starts at 11:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. don t miss this! well, a notorious