home for christmas after relentless campaign by the factor, the family of the u.s. marine held captive in a filthy mexican prison on a trumped up charge says they will all get to spend the holiday together. at some point we re going to have to address the spending problem that we have. but we can t cut our way to prosperity. we need real economic growth. how we get there, god only knows. laura: chaos in the g.o.p. as speaker john boehner fails to sell his colleagues on his plan to avoid the fiscal cliff. so what now? rather than face her own moral failings the media demonized lawful gun owners, amplify their cries for more laws and fill the national media with misinformation and dishonest thinking. and the nra breaks its silence for the first time since the massacre in newtown, connecticut. and blasts the media for glorifying violence. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. hi, everyone, i m laura ingraham in for bill o reilly
nation releases a former u.s. marine from a notorious prison. his name is john hammar. police in mexico arrested him in august for carrying a type of gun that only the army can use. his family says it was an antique rifle that his great grandfather owned. they called the whole thing an honest mistake it was a technicality, really. he didn t register. this photo shows the former marine chained who his prison bed. a drug cartel reportedly runs the facility. his family says the cartel has threatened his life. today, these two g.o.p. lawmakers urged the travel boycott and earlier today on fox news congressman duncan hunter explained why. the problem is that the mexican justice system is completely corrupt. their jails are not american jails. it s like going to a third world country. shepard: former marine s traveling companion tells fox news latino that he thought mexican authorities would let john hammar go with just a fine. now he says he feels mighty guilty for leaving his friend
plus, the deadly attack at our consulate in libya. whose fault was it? i cannot imagine that we had people out there with a lack of security existing. shepard: the attack in september killed four americans. we have learned some very hard and painful lessons in benghazi already acting on them we have to do better. shepard: now, officials admit they made mistakes but the senator who could eventu department says lawmakers need to share the blame. plus an enormous snow storm system dumping tons of snow and stranding holiday travelers. i want to get home. we found a rental car and decided we are going to try to make the drive through. shepard: the roads aren t much better. snow covered, wet, slippery, a little slushy. shepard: tonight, a look at just how bad this storm could get. but we begin tonight with a fox urgent. the house of representatives is voting tonight on what republicans call plan b in the standoff over the fiscal cliff. the white house insists it
your medications, formula for your baby in your checked luggage. if at all possible have it in a carry on. if you are rerouted or put on a separate flight you will have the other thing with you. cell phone charger don t check that. all of your chargers. may need to make a lot of phone calls. lots of good information travelocity has the goods. travelocity senior editor thank you for being with us. go happy traveling, folks. talk about man s best friend. he save add puppy from afghanistan now the dog is returning the favor. now test the last chance to look at the question of the day. should president obama step in and get former marine john hammar home in time for the holidays? we will have your e-mails and tweets next. captioned by, closed captioning services, inc.
nelson. he has been working with officials to he can secure the release of john hammar who has been locked up in a mexican jail since august on a bogus gun charge. he was carrying an antique weapon across the mexican border. the obama administration has not been able to get him released but last knightsen tore nelson promised they are getting closer. i talked to the mexican ambassador to the united states. several times most recently today he is and by the way he s a good guy. he is working very hard to make sure that this happens. now here is the big travesty. the fact that he was picked up in the first place when obviously he didn t have any mean, evil intent, but secondly that a justice system is so slow that a federal judge won t hear his case. we all know that but we all