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finances before the 2016 presidential election. at issue is a shortfall in social security s disability program. the gop-led house adopted a new rule stopping an easy fix by moving cash from social security s retirement fund into that disability program. this is something that s been done nearly a dozen times over the past 70 years. senator elizabeth warren is charging republicans with inventing a social security crisis. on wall street, stocks closed slightly higher after a slight boost in oil prices and hopes to stimulate europe s economy. the dow closed up over 200 points. a slight gain of nearly 1.25%. stock in nike moved higher as the company announced it would release sneakers like those worn by marty mcfly. no tying of laces necessary. nike says the air mag sneakers will be out some time this year. no word on how much they will cost. a lot. a new bundle of joy has made her debut, coming into the world with a little something extra. sounds like most babies. little alyssa
opportunity to prove they can do it. ed: is there issue beyond obamacare and health care law though? because republicans for five years have been challenging the president s credibility. my question is more, is it immigration reform? does speaker boehner have to bring that up? i don t think he should touch immigration reform with a 10-foot pole. ed: what about the president s budget then? he is pulling back on social security cuts. can republicans go after him, you talked about entitlement reform. talked about social security crisis, medicare crisis and you re not doing enough. small ed. too small. ed: what are they growing to do? they really need to get on the same page. the one problem with obamacare even though they attacked president they were all on different pages. one was saying defund it. one was saying delay it. the party is fractured. no one has risen as a leader. they have to get on the same page and make it about the economy broader. they have not been able to do that
ed: right now the crisis in ukraine raising more questions here at home about u.s. relations with russia. the government there strongly backed by vladmir putin, protesters want stronger ties with america and the west and senator john mccain saying the standoff there is another example of what he calls, white house blundering saying quote, this is the most naive president in history. being are being slaughtered in the streets of ukraine, in kiev and this thing could easily spiral out of control into a major international crisis of the first thing we need to do is impose sanctions on people in leadership positions. ukraine of course not the only foreign hot spot the white house is dealing with right now. major issues facing u.s. and obama administration when it comes to syria, iran, china, russia, north korea, afghanistan and venezuela. let s look at recent media
headlines from the hill. venezuelan journalist rightly wonders why american media ignores unfolding crisis. on daily beast. syria likely used chemical weapons in january. obama stiffs survivors of attacks. reuters on the syria crisis, kerry blames assad government of latest syria peace talks a lot to cover there. so let s bring in media watch panel. two of best in the business. judith miller, pulitzer prize-winning author, fox news contributor, kirsten powers, fox news contributor. if i can get through all of that i can get through all the hot spots. welcome ladies. good to see you. hi, ed. ed: kirsten, need to talk to you, someone needs to react saying this is more blundering with the obama administration. people i talk in the white house, whether syria, ukraine, what should we do about it? there is no easy solution for the u.s. they say. that is true, there is no easy solution. john mccain may be overboard