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"special report" is next. political war over iran's potential for nuclear war. republicans pursue sanctions. president obama promises a veto and now another world leader is involved. this is "special report." welcome to washington. i'm bret baier. the senate wants a say in the president's negotiations with iran. the president is promising to veto any new or increased sanctions and basically telling republicans to stay out of it. that is a recipe for a political mushroom cloud here in washington. chief congressional correspondent tells us tonight republicans are lighting the fuse in an unusual way. i have invited prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu to address a joint session of congress on the grave threats of radical islam and the threat that iran poses. reporter: hours after the state of the union boehner invited netanyahu to address lawmakers on february 11. i did not consult with the white house. the congress can make this decision on its own. i don't believe i'm poking anyone in the eye. there is a serious threat that exists in the world and the president last night kind of pafred over it. wbr id "wbr996" reporter: the president reiterated his call for congress to stand down on new sanctions and made this claim. our diplomacy is at work with respect for iran where for the first time in a decade we have halted the progress of the nuclear program and reduced the stock pile of wbr id "wbr1196" nuclear material. /b >> reporter: many don't believe iran has halted anything related to the nuclear program and even top democrats worry the administration may cut a bad deal. >> iran is clearly taking steps that can only be intrrperated as provocative yet the administration seems to excuse these developments. >> reporter: that comment is not a surprise to administration officials after menendez expressed his concerns to the president last week. today the depity secretary of state. >> our assessment remains that we have a credible chance to reach a deal in the best interest of america's security. our goal is to conclude the major elements of the deal by the end of march and complete the technical details by june. >> reporter: the new foreign relations chairman vented about a failure to keep congress in the loop. >> consultations up to this point has been a phone call in the morning that something is happening and generally speaking while we are receiving the phone call we are reading reports. >> reporter: arizona republican urged his colleagues to be cautious. >> the purpose of sanctions is to get parties to the table. they are at the table. so i'm confused by the notion that some would want to impose additional sanctions while negotiations are going on. >> reporter: yet idaho republican suggested the administration is being duped by tehran. >> i think you guys are being bamboozled. i hope you can come in here someday and say you had no idea what you are talking about. i don't think that is going to happen. >> reporter: fear of a bad deal is why many lawmakers support passing a bill to get congress final authorization. some say they need to know the final package is a good deal for the u.s. >> live on the hill, thank you. now to another major hot spot, yemen. it's difficult to know just who is in charge there tonight. one thing is certain, the situation there is extremely fluid. national security correspondent is watching it all tonight from the pentagon. >> reporter: a day after iranian backed militants stormed the palace surrounding the president inside his home officials and state run media say both sides agreed to a truce. the pentagon and state department refused to call it a coup. >> the government is led by the president. he is in his home. we have seen a break down in the institutions in yemen and obviously there is a great deal of violence and tension on the ground. >> reporter: including reports that the militants overtook a ballistic military base near the capitol leading to concerns that scud missiles could fall into the wrong hands. >> let's be clear, they are armed, trained and operating on behalf of the government of iran. and they have been very patient and very deliberative of this. the long game is to extend iranian influence on both sides of the gulf. >> reporter: the u.s. government has spent $275 million in counter terrorism aid to yemen's military for it to fight al qaeda. the leader of the militants had this message for the u.n. >> translator: i would like to tell the security council that any measures they are taking to subdue our country in order to pass this conspiracy will not benefit you at all. we are prepared to face any consequences. >> reporter: the fort mchenry remained on station off the coast of yemen in the red sea in the event that the u.s. embassy needed to be evacuated. the u.s. increased security sending a fast team of marines and members of the special marine air/ground task force. the rapid reaction force created in the wake of benghazi. >> things are quiet in yemen as of a little while ago. our personnel are well protected. we have a minimum of personnel presence and a strong security presence. >> as part of the truce the militants will leave the presidential palace and pull back from the residence. such truces have broken down before. >> thank you. we will be watching this one. president obama has just finished up remarks and will be on his way to kansas. he is back in campaign mode promoting the tax and spend program he outlined in tuesday's state of the union address. chief white house correspondent tonight with the list of promises. >> reporter: hits the red state of idaho today to send the signal he can work with the republican congress. >> i am not going to stop trying to make our politics work better. reporter: republicans teed off on how that contrast with hyperpartisanship in last night's state of wbr id "wbr4315" the union where he did not acknowledge the gop won the mid terms. when republicans offered mock applause about the president leaving office soon. i have no more campaigns to run. my only agenda -- i know because wbr id "wbr4515" i won both of them. reporter: liberal groups rejoiced and said the president sounded a lot more like senator warren with the progressive change committee on issues like taxing the rich. senate majority leader mitch mcconnell suggested the veto threats will result in little deal making. this kind of partisanship is wbr id "wbr4780" what we have become accustomed /b to from the president. reporter: the presidential oversight may be due to the fact that some key lines from this policy address -- this country does best when everyone gets their share shot everyone does their fair share, everyone plays by the same set of wbr-id "wbr4980" rules. reporter: were literally ripped from the 2012 campaign. america has done their best when everybody has a shot and everybody plays by the same rules. reporter: while the president was cheer leading economic gains by declaring it is time. the state of the union is strong. reporter: republicans suggested the president was also trying to turn the page on terror by making sure the phrase al qaeda was not mouthed in the state of the union for the first time since 9/11. i think he defies the reality of the threats out there in the world as it relates to radical islamist extremism. >> reporter: the president senior adviser defended the prft for using the phrase violent extremism instead of islamic extremism. >> let's look more broadly at terrorism. let's look broadly at it and attack it together. >> reporter: in the official republican response deficits or debts were not mentioned. left out the fine print about how the national debt has continued to sore. >> the one that takes the most gall is for him to say we have been reduced and cut the deficit more than any other president. if you quadruple it to begin with you can lessen the deficit. >> reporter: the president continues tomorrow at university of kansas reprising an old campaign tactic where he goes to college campuses to drum up support. up next some of the people who want to replace president obama react to his state of the union address. here are what fox affiliates are covering. fox 25 in boston where the cardiac surgeon shot yesterday has succumbed to his injuries. he was shot twice reportedly by the 55-year-old son of a patient who had recently died. the shooter then killed himself. fox 35 in virginia with an update about a state lawmaker being reelected despite being jailed for a sex scandal with a 17 year old. he is facing new charges. he says the charges are false and will go to court to fight them. and this is a live look at snowy philadelphia from fox 29. some tourists got quite a surprise. they ran up the steps of the museum of art and ran into the real rocky. the three finished the popular climb when sylvestor stallone said you guys are fast making me look bad. he is in philly shooting the latest rocky movie. that is tonight's live look 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against poor and ignoring the election ten weeks ago. >> tonight the president told the american voters not only does he not hear their message but he intends to do precisely the opposite intends to double down on failed policies of the last six years. >> he is going to add more debt to our country than all previous 43 presidents combined so you have to wonder about the guy's sincerity. >> reporter: atop gop polls mitt romney and jeb bush used media. on instagram he all but accused the president of class warfare. >> this nation needs to create economic opportunity for all americans. it is sad that president obama wants to use the tax code once again to divide us. what we need is broad based reform so that all people can rise up. >> reporter: mitt romney on facebook looked quote true to form is more interested in politics than leadership. the best way to lower tax burden is straightforward, lower rates and simplify the tax code. rick santorum says the problem is barack obama doesn't 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immigration was a key difference. earnest never mentioned the word but hoped president obama would work with republicans to do so. said both speeches were a blend of the party's priorities and ideas and then some of our own priorities and ideas, too. critics say it points to a divide in the gop. he was one of seven republicans to vote against an amendment to de-fund the president's immigration executive actions. the president called climate change the biggest threat to the next generation and a national security issue. that is a big topic at the world economic forum in switzerland. apparently getting there is less of an environmental concern. news week reports 1,700 private jets are expected to be used. so many that the swiss armed forces have opened up one of their military air bases as a jet parking lot. today al gore announced a new concert to build support for a u.n. climate pactism one equilibriumed i take action every day. park the jet and get on your bicycle. instead of enjoying the two-week prelude to the super bowl nfl officials are coping with a scandal over the most fundamental part of their game, the football itself. tells us about a situation that has a lot of fans feeling a little deflated. >> reporter: some of the air has gone out of the new england patriots crushing afc championship victory over the colts amid reports that 11 of 12 footballs provided by the patriots of sunday's game were found not to be inflated to the league's mandated minimum potentially making the balls easy to throw and catch in wet conditions. in the nfl each team provides 12 footballs to be used by its offense. those balls are checked prior to the game by the referees and then handed back to the respected teams. the patriots say they are cooperating with the nfl although some players have made light of the issue. quarterback tom brady who was previously acknowledged for throwing a less inflated ball described it as the least of his worries. vice president biden weighed in on cbs this morning. >> deflate gate that 11 of the 12 balls allegedly that patriots used in the championship game were under inflated. what do you think of that soft balls? >> having been a receiver i like a softer ball. that is all i can tell you. some colts players are less amused. corner darius butler tweeted suggestion the game be replayed. the patriots and coach bill belichick have been called up in controversy before being fined for having an assistant spy on signals. if any wrong doing proven here fines may be leveed. and commissioner roger goodell who is likely to want to appear tough could also look at taking away some patriots draft picks. >> the nfl apparently wants to wrap up the investigation this week so that the scandal tainted season can end with a focus purely on football and next week's run up to the super bowl. >> thank you. who is the boss? senate wants a piece of the iran nuke talks and no one is sure who is in charge in yemen. looking for a loan? how's your credit? i 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get flood insurance. the shadow of crisis has wbr id "wbr23214" passed and the state of the union is strong. we can't put the security of families at risk by taking away their health insurance or unraveling the new rules on wall street or refighting past /b battles on immigration wbr-id "wbr23414" when we got to fix a broken system. and if a bill comes to my desk that tries to do any of these things i will veto it. it will have earned my veto. veto threats and fantasy land proposals from the white house will not distract the people's house from the people's priorities. reaction to the state of the union today and the president talking about all of the proposals going forward. let's start with our panel radio talk show host laura ingram. i want to play first this biggest part of the controversy today and that is iran. panel one iran about the new sanctions that the congress really wants to move forward with, the president does not. we don't have that sound byte. at that point we will talk about it. here is what happens. the house speaker invites benjamin netanyahu to speak to congress february 11. bob menendez says these are tehran talking points coming from the administration. >> getting hit by both sides. remember in october when the piece came out where a senior obama administration official called netanyahu a chicken blank and said he was a coward on matters of iran. it was a provocative piece showing the divide. it is a crisis point between the united states and israel. it plays into the whole way we are going to deal with iran. to bring netanyahu here he wants to go directly to the american people. he has decided to write off the white house going to congress directly and to the american people to make an appeal as to what should happen going forward. as far as i can tell the administration has concluded there is no military solution to enforcing what we want in iran which is for them not to have nuclear capabilities. they don't believe there is a military solution. netanyahu is going to make the case and i think powerfully. >> the administration today said it was a breach of protocol for the house speaker to invite netanyahu without telling the white house. >> i thought that was interesting because it is clear from the reference that laura gave the relationship with netanyahu is terrible. and to exacerbate it by actually making more waves about the protocol breached by the house speaker really makes no sense at this point. the best thing to do is put a big smile on and say everyone looks forward to meeting when he comes to washington. it is true there is growing bipartisan support for additional sanctions on iran. you saw the president when the british prime minister was here. he brought him to the mic. any kind of pressure for additional sanctions as we are going to delicate stages of negotiation is counter productive and we want everyone to hold off on this. they have admitted they don't have a military solution but admitted that war should be always a last choice. they want more time and the pressure is building. they know that an audience like an address to congress the spot light on the issue where there will be democrats supporting more sanctions will put the administration in a very bad corner. >> we found a sound byte about this topic. let's go to the state department today. >> we would learn about the plans of the leader to come to the united states separately from learning about it from the speaker of the house which is how we learned of prime minister netanyahu's plans to come and speak to a joint session. >> i did not consult with the white house. the congress can make this decision on its own. i don't believe i'm poking anyone in the eye. there is a serious threat that exists in the world and the president last night kind of payoff er pavered over it. >> where do you start where this is a breach of protocol? it is a breach of protocol to have the prime minister of britain lobby issues and yet the administration announced that proudly last week when cameron was here. and i can tell you that the british are not in any way threatened by a nuclear weapon in iran remotely the way the israelis are. for israelis it is life and death. secondly, the idea that somehow this is an intrusion congress is an independent body. president rarely acts that way but that is what is written in the constitution. lastly, the reason all of this is happening is because obama promised when he began these negotiations 18 months ago, they had a time limit the last ditch negotiation, the last chance for iran to come clean. he said we are going to do this for six months and then we will reinvoke sanctions. what does he do? he doesn't impose sanctions. he extends the talks. what does he do? extends it for seven months for a second time. this is the guy who said if you like your plan you can keep your plan, period. he promised sanctions. he does not want to do it and sanctions is the third way between a capitulation and war and that's exactly why congress wants to impose it triggering it only if iran doesn't agree to give up nukes. >> another hot spot, yemen. there is negotiations between the president there who at one point was said to be in captivity and the rebels. here is the statement that chairman of the house foreign affairs committee. doesn't bode well for stability but that gives the branch more room to operate and plan attacks nearby or abroad. last night the president painted a picture of the united states that is more secure if only it were so. yemen like libya and syria is another example in which enemies are strengthening threats from terror groups is growing and american leadership is lacking. >> it's gotten worse. we have seen what happened with isis contrary to what the president said last night. isis is not advancing. sort of. isis has the third largest city in iraq slaughtered christians, beheaded children and still holding on strong. so the strikes we have done hasn't really worked and 400 advisers training some type of rebels in syria. so you go to that and hopscotch over to yemen where we heard four months ago the president invoked that as a real success story in the middle east. it is not. this foreign policy isn't working. we have to come to terms with that. republicans have to have something to sell to the american people so the american people say i get it. we have to have perhaps more of a military involvement. we have to remember that the american people are still very uneasy about further military involvement in the middle east because of what happened when we went into iraq the last time. that has to be sold well by republicans and democrats who care. >> last word on this. there is concern about al qaeda and the arabian peninsula. >> they took credit for hatching the attacks in paris in yemen. yemen was an ally. we were running a covert war there with some success. this is really a crisis no matter who remains in charge from now on 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presidency. he couldn't govern. but he sure knew how to campaign. as he said in the state of the union address, the best line he had and the most e vealing was i won twice. sort of congratulating himself. look, everything he presented last night all these tax proposals and also the new entitle ment entitlements, he knows are going nowhere. the state of the the union address, you're supposed to if you're serious about it, you want to present theout lines of a real agenda. this was done entirely to seize the stage and the agenda after the shellacking he took in the last election to pretend he's still in charge, to put the republicans on the defensive, which is exactly what you saw in that sound byte. show me, work with me, this adolescent stuff, but it had no relationship with reality. and the reality he described of the great economy returning, he's had two quarters of growth and he's acting as if it's the california gold rush. >> what about this argument that he is driving now the conversation? republicans have not put forward proposals and where are theirs? >> i will argue that he's setting the agenda. . barack obama lost and he acts like he won. republicans win and they act like, oh my gosh, we have to work with obama. they are jumping to the media'sative instead of soberly looking at the situation and saying this guy really doesn't want to work with us but he's serious about defining recent history. turning the white house over to the opposite party. he wants his legacy to be a political legacy. i turn the keys over to the white house to the person who would follow me, hillary clinton. i think that's what this is really about, stealing the populous thunder from republicans. the middle class is ailing. we're going to give them a raise. those grinchs out there want to keep that raise from the poor middle class people. i don't buy any of this. but it's his political strategy. if the republicans aren't clear in appealing to that middle class anxiety out there, i think they are going to find themselves in a strategy problem, in a policy hole. we better start seeing some real policies because otherwise people think, what are the republicans doing for me? so strategy wise i think he's smart. i don't buy anything he's saying, but it's the only thing he has to offer. >> that's the point, it was a campaign speech. >>. speaker boehner calls it veto threats and fantasy land proposals. >> when he was talking today, i told them tell me where we can get to where we're going to do the things that need to be done. it was a fantasy list. it was a wish list for a future when a democrat is in the white house and the party controls possibly the senate at least if not both chambers of commerce. the pressure is intense because what he admitted in so many words last night was middle class economics works. but he didn't say worked, past tense. he knows the middle class is not faired well in office. homeownership down stock ownership down, median income down, he's talking about what he would like to do for the middle class and that he has not done. so he is setting up a campaign for hillary clinton. he's setting up contrasts with republicans, but he's admit ingting the pressure is on hillary to come up with policies. >> he says i want to work with you. it sounds like an oprah moment. we're going to work together. he's the same guy who a couple years ago told a hispanic audience to pun ishish your enemies calling out paul ryan from the stage. all of that rhetoric was poisonous surrounding eric holder and all the police protests. 7 this it has been a poisonous atmosphere atmosphere. i just want to work with everybody. >> what's remarkable is here he is standing up and decrying the plight of the middle class, the fact that wages are declining as if he's not been in office for six years under which all of this happened and he pretends now that his politics have succeeded when in fact, the issue today is the failure of those policies and the squeeze 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