He thought that the normal congressional process could go forward. But im told by boehners aides that he reversed course because he was frustrated that this ben rhodes email had come out. Republicans believe because of subpoenas already issued, that email and other documents should have been turned over months ago. So boehner now pushing ahead there. What also piqued republican interest in the past 24 hours is tommy vietor appearing on fox news last night and he called him dude, basically move on. This has already been investigated and people are still talking about talking points two years after the fact. But basically, Something Else tommy vietor said caught republican interest for potential investigations by this special committee. Vietor said he was in the situation room on the night of the terror attacks, but the president was not. That led republicans today to press for information on exactly what the president was doing on the night of the attacks while democrats within the admi
Syrian army that the president wants to build up can effectively serve as a ground force while the u. S. Air strikes are moving forward in syria in the weeks and days ahead. Especially since the president himself youll remember recently suggested it was a fantasy to say that the Syrian Free Army could be an effective force. Critics saying the president is not showing that they can be fully vetted. And that these arms could wind up in the hands of terrorists. Then you have the fact the president recently suggested that he was in defensive mode. That his philosophy was dont do stupid stuff. Last night he had a much more different offensive mind. I pressed josh earnest about those contradictions. Listen. Just a few weeks ago the president was mocking the Free Syrian Army. I dont think i would describe the president s words that way. Farmers, pharmacists honorable positions. Honorable, but not necessarily warriors. They are not. I thought the president said the defining principle of Foreig
Foreign policy issues. Foxs own ed henry is standing by at the white house to explain tonight. Ed. Reporter good evening, sean. Interesting, Speaker John Boehner did indicate today hes willing to push through the president s plan to arm the Syrian Rebels as well as 500 million for the early stages of battling isis. But theres skepticism on both parties because of some of those contradictions you mentioned in the policy, the new strategy announced by the president to a primetime audience. Questions about whether the Free Syrian Army that the president wants to build up can effectively serve as a ground force while the u. S. Air strikes are moving forward in syria in the weeks and days ahead. Especially since the president himself youll remember recently suggested it was a fantasy to say that the Syrian Free Army could be an effective force. Critics saying the president is not showing that they can be fully vetted. And that these arms could wind up in the hands of terrorists. Then you ha
Barely a week after the Republican Convention and all those calls for party unity. Hedging his bets on speaker paul ryan, senator john mccain of arizona and new hampshires kelly ayotte in a wideranging interview with the Washington Post here is what donald trump said about speaker ryan. Quote, im just not quite there yet, mirroring language ryan used about him this year when asked if he would support donald trump. Trump indicating a bit of a flirtation with ryans challenger in the upcoming republican primary in wisconsin. Saying his opponent is a big fan of what im saying. A big fan. All of that prompted this statement from zach roday, speaker ryans press secretary saying neither speaker ryan nor anyone on his team has ever asked for Donald Trumps endorsement and we are confident in a victory next week regardless. In an interview to air on the Oreilly Factor in a couple of hours, he asked about senator john mccain and senator kelly ayotte. Ive never been a big fan of john mccain. And i
Polls seem to be one poll today showed a fourpoint difference, so things are a little bit better. Your take on the state of the race . Well, i think were doing well. Im in North Carolina right now. You have to see the crowds. The folks are just so enthused, and they just believe so strongly in what were saying. Im a messenger. Thats really what i am when you think of it, sean. Im a messenger, but the message is the right message. We want to take back our jobs. We want to make good trade deals. We want to have borders that mean something, and that might include a wall and does include a wall as far as theyre concerned and more so as far as im concerned. By the way, mexico will be paying for the wall in case you had any questions. Many things, our military is depleted. Weve got to build up our military. We need it. We have to take care of our vets. Theres a lot of messages were giving out because theres a lot of problems we have as a country. I know you said you dont care youre not beggi