congressman jim jordan says that is what the american people expect. let s do it for a change instead of saying give us more revenue. we promise we ll cut spending later. give us more borrowing authority, let us run up the credit card we promise to cut of the this is the old, lucy, charlie brown, the football, the american people are saying we re tired of it. we re not going to try to kick it this time. reporter: there is public battle brewing whether or not there will be more tax increases. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell says it is finished. house minority leader nancy pelosi says the possibility of tax hikes is still on the table, jon. jon: shannon bream in washington for us. thank you. jenna: are senate democrats getting a free pass when it comes to passing a budget. what the mainstream media is saying or not saying. a fair and balanced debate with our news watch panel ahead. a downtown mall goes up in flames and the battle to get everyone out and what may have actuall
went on a rampage killing 16 afghan civilians. lesson nine months later he s on track for a military trial and the army has announced it will seek the death penalty. still no trial in a case that seems to dragon forearm me psychiatrist abdel hakim al hasady, the army major accused of killing 13 of his fellow service members at fort hood, texas more than three years ago. why the disparity, and have the media even noticed. let s talk about it with our news watch panel. alan colmes is host of the alan colmes show and author of thank the liberal force saving america dan shore is a formal federal proceeds kwaoute prosecutor and joins us today. dan, we know the military justice system works differently and the wheels of justice we are told grinds slowly, but they seem to be grinding incredibly slowly in the case of abdel hakim al hasady while staff sergeant bales is on track to face the death penalty. what is the difference here.
we ll see how this untpoepldz here anunfolds here and our best to the family. it s very sad. martha: let s head over to jenna lee and find out what she has coming up. jenna: we will have continuing coverage out of newtown the latest developments out of connecticut. we ll take some of our viewer questions about the media coverage of this event as well, whether that is doing more harm than good. we ll tackle that in our news watch panel. iran now says our actions in syria and turkey are setting us up for a world war. that is what they say. why? is that a credible threat? we ll talk about that. plus it looks like a possible deal to avert the so-called fiscal cliff, we ll keep you posted on the actions out of d.c. one company out of california is actually making some money off of this whole fiscal cliff thing. we ll tell you how. martha: it s a good trick. jenna thanks a lot. it is a training facility like none other in the world training tens of thousands of law enforcement officers to
lot of cats to herd, or so it would seem. definitely. jon: thanks very much, bret baier. special report the best coverage of all things washington and pom ticks politics monday through friday, 6 p.m. eastern. jenna: new concerns that round the clock media coverage of the school shoot anything connecticut may inspire copycat killers. we wanted to talk about it today with our news watch panel ahead. plus, training how to respond in the event of a terrorist attack. we re going to take you behind the scenes to a facility where our first responders are learning how to take down the bad guys. that s next. [ loud party sounds ]
this time. it s such a sensitive story. a shooting at an elementary school, k-4. nearly 700 students there. we ll keep you posted as we hear more. jon: well, happening now to one of the big political stories coming out of washington, it didn t take long for the blame game to start. this after ambassador susan rice withdrew her name from consideration to become secretary of state. nbc s white house correspondent chuck todd was quick to blame what he called conservative media. listen. there were legitimate questions to ask about the benghazi story, but the idea that she belonged in the center of those attacks never made a lot of sense. she sort of became a victim of this. jon: so what about that? fair? let s check in with our news watch panel, judith miller, a pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and kirsten powers, a daily beast columnist. i guess chuck todd would have us believe that susan rice,