Joe nice to see you susan. Thank you to cspan. Susan will you help our viewers understand how tonights event came about . Everybody is focusing on the debate later this week, but this is a reaction to how that was put together. Can you explain . Joe it is indeed a reaction. About a month ago, 100 republicans in New Hampshire, a couple of former governors wrote a letter to fox protesting the decision to choose the top 10 for their debate based entirely on national polls. I can sympathize with fox trying to get a lot of people on the stage, but six or seven months before the first votes are cast, we do not window the field down in that fashion winnow the field down in that fashion. Thanks to cspan, voters around the country, to see a bigger field of candidates so the voters can determine who they want to vote for and not just a popularity poll this early in the season. Susan tonights event is being described as a forum instead of a debate. Joe for one reason, we decided on a forum becaus
We failing to take . Mr. Bush we have let our guard down a little bit. It is difficult. United after 9 11, responded created an apparatus that kept us a overtime now concerned about Civil Liberties have comes to the forefront. We need to reinvigorate this. Senator graham is right. As a war against western civilization. These are barbarians. Isis stays currently in a caliphate, the size of indiana doing nothing gives them the chance to be able to send tweets out to recruit people here in our country. We have a Security Threat that is real we need to do what we should be doing, which is a strategy to take them out. Protecting the homeland is the first duty of the president. Mr. Heath obama recently referred to prices as the j. V. Team. We agree to have graduated to a varsity threat. If your generals told you a month or so special forces in syria could significantly cut down isis strongholds, would you get the order . Mr. Bush i would take the advice of the military seriously. A strategy.
Exclusive. Then House Speaker john boehner stuns congress, announcing his retirement. Its the retirement to do it, and frankly im entirely comfortable doing it. Well talk to tom cole and mick mull vainie, who are sharply divided over boehner and whether to force a Government Shutdown. Plus our sunday panel weighs in on the winners and losers in a new poll. And standing up to Hurricane Force winds, our player of the week, all right now on Fox News Sunday. Hello again from fox news in washington. Its been a remarkable week in politics. John boehner shocking washington with his surprise resignation the day after pope francis lectured congress about working together for the common good. Well get to all of that in a few minutes, but first or exclusive interview with former Florida Governor jeb bush. Since launches his campaign, bush has gone from frontrunner to the middle of the pack. Now he seems to be regaining his momentum. We traveled to his mom base in florida to catch up with him. Jeb
But we have had republicans who were complicit in this weakening as well. Weve had republicans who have stood on this stage today and said they were for a strong america, yet voted this summer in congress to weaken america. Voted to take away tools from our Intelligence Community that permits us to be able to connect the dots and do what president george w. Bush instructed me and the other 93 u. S. Attorneys in january of 2002, to do everything we could under the law to make sure that not another American Life was lost to a terrorist act on american soil. For seven years we did that, and we used those tools directly and constitutionally. And the American People remained safe. As we stand here today, for the First Time Since 9 11 i think were going to have to confront the loss of American Life on american soil to terrorist conduct. Now, theres many people today who are still trying to speculate about what happened in San Bernardino yesterday. Let me tell you as a former prosecutor, from
Isis . Thats the question this morning. With the arab world rising up in revulsion and resolve after the barbaric execution of the jordanian pilot. Martha raddatz is in jordan this morning. Good morning, martha. Reporter good morning, george. General allen says the coalition against isis is strengthening every day. The horrific murder of the young pilot has backfired on the terrorist group. With shocking atrocities in the headlines this week, isis has redefined barbarity after the slaying of the jordanian pilot. And now the group claims 26yearold american aid worker kayla mueller, the last known american hostage was killed in a retaliatory air strike by the jordanians. Would you call this a Tipping Point . Its a very important moment for the arab allies within the coalition. It will be a moment that creates additional unity. Reporter the man behind the unified fight against isis is retired marine corps general john allen, appointed as president obamas special envoy. Well degrade and ul