custody. and isis continues its advance in iraq as pressure mounts on the embattled government in baghdad. in the end, the iraqis are responsible for their defense and nobody expected wholesale desertion. we ll talk with former cia and nsa director michael hayden, who says as is country, iraq has already ceased to exist. plus, the tea party is dealt a blow in mississippi. our sunday panel offers their scorecard in this year s tea party versus gop establishment matchups. and our power player of the week. the collector of some of washington s greatest treasures pays it forward. does it make you happy to see all of these things that you ve gotten over the years? i love it. it s part of my life. all right now on fox news sunday. and hello again from fox news in washington. republicans have long accused president obama of exceeding the powers granted him by the constitution. but this week, house speaker john boehner announced he will now move to sue the president
medical care. who is robert mcdonald and why him? why him is probably the big question. he ran procter & gamble for three years at ceo in the pick of a 61-year-old s ex-ceo is telling. officially it s run by a retired general or someone from the medical world for years mcdonald build a company product you have around the house. he s clearly being brought in to clean house. they were. a white house report on friday said the v.a. had, quote, a corrosive culture, a white house official today touted mcdonald s military back ground, mixed with business experience as, quote, the perfect person to lead the department of veteran affairs during this important time, end quote. mcdonnell went to westpoint, serving as a captain in the 82nd airborne, and an official calling him one of our most accomplished business leaders and managers. he did run p & g for three years, but it would be impossible to call his short tenure at the hell a glowing success. had left after heavy criticism from
john boehner threatens a lawsuit. will this put the brakes on a case critics call executive overreach? our editor will break it all down. i m shannon green. america s news headquarters live from the nation s capitol starts right now. iraqi helicopter gunships are striking in positions in tikrit today. they vowed to take down hassein s hometown today. hello, conor. hi, shannon. they are holding operations around the country to take back territory. this appears to be the most concentrated effort we ve seen in the last two weeks or so. saddam hussein s hometown sits just outside baghdad and is really key to controlling the capit capital. the battle of tikrit has been one of the bloodiest in this complicat conflict, using helicopters and tanks to try to control the city. insurgents control much of the city. rebels have laid booby traps controlling the flow in and out. more than 2,000 u.s. troops are on the ground. they have received some boosts of equipment. turning to russia
0 how pivotal is tonight s intel briefing to these deliberations. extremely. extremely pivotal. we have now reached the critical stage in this in terms of the administration finally making its case to the american people. it will start at 6:00 p.m. eastern time tonight, as you suggested. the teleconference going to happen. susan rice, of national security advisor, john kerry, other top officials like the director of national intelligence will be on the call. the reason why it s a phone call is that members of congress are on their august recess right now. spread around the country and around the world so the administration wants to show they re consulting congress, although they re short of actually getting a vote in congress to approve any potential military force, and what is interesting you have republicans like congressman mike rogers, saying, he is backing the president up on all of this and potential military action but is surprised the public case has not been ramped destroyer
proposal to actually outlaw the muslim brotherhood. leyland vitter continues to follow this live. what about this new twist? reporter: good morning, jamie. it s very clear the mus lick brotherho brotherhood early this morning tanks, armored personnel, soldiers, all converged on the egyptian supreme court. that s where we re hearing the latest demonstrations are headed to. in the past muslim brotherhood gunmen have not only tried to come up to these buildings but actually stormed government buildings and take them over. that s what they were trying to do a couple of days ago. when they failed to take over a police station. and then went ahead and took over a local mosque, barricading themselves inside. over the past 48 hours or so, there was a large siege on that mosque. a lot of gunfire coming out from the the minaret where the gunmen has taken their position.