i m bret baier in washington. the big story here today is the charge from afghanistan s president that the u.s. and the taliban are cooperating. tonight on special report, hamid karzai says the two are working in concert to show that violence in the country will worsen if most coalition troops leave. the accusation comes as new defense secretary chuck hagel concludes the first trip as pentagon chief. fair and balanced debate about the war on terror and the administration s controversial drone policy from karl rove and joe trippi tonight. the republican point man for the budget, wisconsin paul ryan will unveil the newest proposal tomorrow. ryan says a deal with the president and congressional democrats is possible. there are a lot of disappointed people here in washington tonight. the white house pulled the plug on the tours blaming sequester cuts so now what? special report from washington starts at 6:00 eastern. now have send it back to new york and my colleagues with the five.
the big story here today is of course if you have been watching it so far live on the five an end to the hostage standoff in alabama. on special report we will have a live report in midland city on the end to the seeing siege. the 5-year-old boy is safe and the kidnaper is dead. president obama says he needs more revenue to cut the deficit. he says he s talking about closing tax loopholes ones that benefit high income earners. the president was in minnesota today to talk about gun control. he asked members of his audience in minneapolis to press congress to take actions on proposals such as universal background checks for gun booirs. former official of the united nations nuclear energy says iran will produce enough fuel to make a nuclear bomb every two months. iran has not decided whether to
i m shannon bream in washington. the big story here today is the cease-fire rumored but not yet agreed to in the conflict between israel and palestinians in gaza. tonight, on special report, several hours ago there were reports the deal was done. but a top hamas official says it s now unclear whether an agreement can be reached. outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton, short time ago appeared with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. clinton says the sust pushing for a durable outcome. netanyahu says he prefers diplomacy but will do whatever is necessary to defend israel. we ll talk live with israeli ambassador michael orin. the head of the house intelligence committee wants the director of national intelligence james clapper to explain inconsistencies in his remark about the c.i.a. talking point option the libya terrorist attack. if lawmakers and the president avoid hopping off the fiscal
so he can worry about other things, like what the market is doing and being ready, no matter what happens, which isn t rocket science. it s just common sense, from td ameritrade. i m chris wallace in washington and the big story here today. former cia director david petraeus answers questions about the libya terror attack. tonight on special report, petraeus now says he knew all along the deadly assaults on the benghazi mission was terrorism. one senior republican maintains petraeus initially blamed reaction it an anti-islam video. hamas rockets targeted
so, what are you waiting for? go call now! we ll finish up here. i m bret baier at center college in danville, kentucky, the big story here today is of course the countdown to first and only debate between the vice presidential candidates.