Zerlina maxwell, trymaine lee, msnbc will stay on this show. Politics nation with reverend al sharpton starts right now. Good evening. Thanks to you for tuning in. Tonights lead, the leader of the gop calls for a government shutdown. Thats right. El rushbo is calling on the gop to defund the government and trigger a shutdown over the president S Immigration plan. An unwritten rule in washington whfrp the government gets shut down no matter who is responsible for it, the republicans get the blame and as such the republicans take a giant weapon out of their arsenal of ammunition. Its time to man up and start dealing with this. They were not sent there to govern and participate and compromise. They were sent there to stop it. Rush limbaugh sees the shutdown as a giant weapon. And hes not alone. The rightwing Heritage Action which cheered on last years shutdown is back at it. Quote, a longterm funding bill is a little more than a blank check for amnesty. And many House Republicans also wan
Your home. Thats it for special report, fair, balanced and unafraid. Greta goes on the record right now. We have a special report online with a guest israeli ambassador to the u. S. Joins us in seconds. This is a fox news alert, just moments ago the house voting giving Speaker John Boehner the green light to sue president obama. Republicans accusing president obama of abusing his executive power with a quliewn lateral decision to delay the obamacare employer mandate. Fox news chief Congressional Correspondent mike emanuel live on capitol hill. Mike, whats the latest . Greta, good evening. The vote was 225 to 201 along party lines so it had all republican support to authorize this lawsuit a lot of times before big votes you have passionate speeches on the house floor from lawmakers trying to drive something across the finish library. In this case you had house Speaker John Boehner
speaking very calmly talking about the oath that members of Congress Take to, you know, when they are sworn
Bandar tonight. New calls for accountability in the va hospitals as more alarming claims come out about how we treat our nations heroes. Pressure mounting as the va scandal widens. Delays and fake records. Our veterans gave us their best. It is obvious too often, theyve gotten the worse from those charged with their care. Now the investigation begins. Also firefighters battling
wildfires. Now the possibility of some relief as crews gain ground. And death by firing squad. A law makers call as he argues a more human form of execution. The fire storm surrounding the department of veteran affair system growing. I am julie bandaras. And charges of a cover up in the hospitals. Investigations are now under way and involve va facilities in 11 states. The latest in a hospital outside of chicago. Federal investigators looked into allegations that the hospital used secret list to hide long waits for appointments. And in phoenix, a former clinuc director said 40 veterans may
have died waiting for
On this saturday night, against all odds. A 7yearold girl walks out of a plane that crashed and killed four others in her family. Tonight her remarkable story of survival and her journey to summon help. Piece by piece. The most hopeful signs yet that the wreckage of the doomed airasia plane itself has been found, one week after it went down. Game on. Now just a year away from the start of president ial primary season the jockeying has begun. Well look at all those who may be in the running. And desperate move. Families relocating to colorado in hopes of treating their childrens illnesses. The latest twist in the marijuana boom. Good evening, everybody. It was a knock at the door one kentucky man wont ever forget. On his doorstep a frightened and injured little girl. The lone survivor from a small plane that had crashed nearby killing her family. Tonight that 7yearold miracle survivor has been released from the hospital as investigators descend on the crash site in rural lion county ken
Unrest has nearly paralyzed the government. The army chief cited a 1914 law that gives the authority to intervene during times of crisis. Well, charges of cyberspy rg3 putting a strain on relations between china and the u. S. The Justice Department charged five Chinese Military officers with hacking into the computers of several u. S. Companies to steal trade secrets. It is the first ever criminal charges against officials of a Foreign Government for stealing u. S. Economic secrets by computer. Cybertheft impacts real people in real and painful ways. The lifeblood of any organization is the people who work, strive and sweat for it. China says the charges are based on fabricated facts. Well, with the resurgence of polio in pakistan, the white house is promising that the cia will never again use
immunization programs for cover for spying operations. It comes three years after they staged a fake program in the hunt for osama bin laden. The pakistani doctor who helped to run the campaign h