to turkey? i will have to take that question for the record. nobody has ever raised that with me. reporter: secretary of state clinton asked surprised but what senator mall was getting at was that those weapons may have been being repackaged and sent via turkey to syria. last weekend a new york times report suggested that secretary clinton and david petraeus as head of the cia last summer went to the white house and asked for permission to start arm -rg the syrian rebels. so a lot of questions related to what the cia was doing in benghazi. rick: jennifer griffin previewing today s hearing. thank you so much. martha: jennifer raises so many interesting points about what we hope we ll hear some of at this hearing. let s bring in ambassador john bolton, former u.n. ambassador and contribut fox news
people think about all this? let s try to sort of get into the heads of people who are receiving all of this out there, juan williams joins me now, fox news political analyst, and mary katherine ham editor at large, and a contribut fox news contributor. yesterday republicans were flabbergasted and senator mcconnell laughed out loud when he heard this plan. what do you think the reaction of the american people will be. the american people are of a mind that the taxes should go up on the top 2%. they remain optimistic. i think people see it as a process and for the most part are saying, you guys in washington need to make a deal and remain somewhat optimistic about it despite the inner struggles that we see being played out right now in washington. martha: mary catherine do you think people care that there wasn t a whole lot of balance in this proposal, that there aren t really dramatic spending cuts
things is he doesn t have that relationship with his party leaders, harry reid has to go into the oval office with his chief of staff to make a point to the president that on these negotiations they didn t have a fullback plan. martha: can we get anywhere with any of this is the big question. tucker carlson shows me editor of the daily callerrer and a contribut fox news contributor and i m joined by charles payne. nice to have you both. it s very distress tog a lot of peopling to a lot of people to look at the growth number and feel that it s not being discussed enough in this campaign. we are headed towards a fiscal cliff as very clear when whe when you look the at numbers. a lot of republicans and conservatives fume when they look at the lack of press
they seek to make the president s coolness kind of an issue in this campaign. take a look and see what you think. [chanting] oh, yeah. [rapping ] martha: hum, what do you think? is that effective? joined now by brad blakeman former deputy assistant to president george w. bush, and dog shown, a contribut fox news contributor. at the end of all that cool stuff you re moving back in with mom and dad and suddenly that doesn t feel so cool. no it doesn t. the white house is focusing on mobilizing young voters. that s what the initiatives this week on student loans is about. this is scaring karl rove and