Weve got to go. Set your dvr so you dont ever miss an episode. Thats it for us. Have a special weekend and valentines day. This is the fox news alert. Oregons embattled mayor is giving up the feet he submitted a letter of resignation effective next wednesday. Dan springer joins us live. Hello, dan. Reporter it was a couple hours ago after two solid weeks under an unfolding ethics scandal. He will officially resign on wednesday. He chose not to face the media instead releasing an audio recording. I understand that i have become a liability to the very institutions and policy toss which i have dedicated my
career. Reporter kitzhabers resignation, one by one they called on him to step down. This has got to stop. It seems to be escalating and seems to be getting worse and worse. Reporter he ran his fourth term as governor and has been embroiled in an ethics scandal by his fiancee sylvia hayes. Billionaire environmental activist tom desire funded one of the groups that paid hayes. Another black eye for the green agenda and Tipping Point for kitzhaber loyalists. I came to the conclusion that this is the right time to ask the governor to do the right thing for the citizens of the state and step aside, focus on his criminal defense and let somebody else lead the
government. The state attorney general, also a democrat, opened a criminal investigation. And has ordered hayes to turn over her emails. Kitzhaber and hayes have hired criminal defense attorneys. The secretary of state will be sworn in as the next governor. Also a democrat, she too abandoned kitzhaber calling his recent actions bizarre and unprecedented. On his way out, kitzhaber said he has broken no laws and has done nothing dishonorable and took a swipe at the media. It is deeply trouble to go realize we have come to a place in this great state of ours where a pepper can be charged, tried, convicted and sentenced by the media with no due process and no allegations involved. He becomes the first Oregon Governor forced out by a scandal. And kate raul will be the first openly by sexual governor. Shannon. More with a panel on the very interesting story. Back here in washington, the
stage is set for the first president ial veto for the new republicancontrolled congress. Lawmakers have formalized their authorization of the Keystone Pipeline. The next step is a trip to the president s desk for the promised veto. It will not happen in the next few days. Mike emmanuel tells us why tonight. Before being in the capital, Top Republican lawmakers celebrated passage of legislation, authorizing the keystone xl pipeline. With president obama threatening a veto, the ball is in his court. We hope common sense will prevail here and the president will sign this extraordinary bill. While lawmakers wait on the president , a district judge dealt a temporary setback by citing with Property Owners trying to prevent trans canada from taking land in the northern part of the state. Still, the is senate sponsored says it cost the tax payers nothing and would provide big
benefits. This really is about energy. Its about jobs. Its about economics growth. Meanwhile congress is leaving town with a 40 billion Homeland Security funding package stuck in the senate. Republicans say it would hold the president accountable for seizing his authority on immigration but democrats are pushing back. They must stop holding Homeland Security hostage. Republican house members signed this to fellow Hoosier Joe Donnelly writing, we agree with your november 20, 2014 declaration that congress has the Sole Authority to alter immigration law, and urged him to break away from a Senate Democrat filibuster. Asks john boehner in a Fox News Sunday exclusive. Can you promise the American People, with the Terror Threat only growing, that you are not going to allow funding for the department of Homeland Security to run out . The house has acted. Weve done our job. Senate democrats are the ones putting us in this precarious position. And its up to Senate Democrats to get their act together. All i can ask chris, chris. One more time. The house has done its job under the constitution. Its time for the senate to do their job. Stepb any hour said the bill would clear the house with mostly democrat votes. Less than 10 of the republicans who are responsible and want to make sure their country is safe could join us and pass today the Homeland Security bill. And the president s request for authorization of military force against isis is in deep trouble. His liberal base calls it too broad. Shannon shannon . Mike emmanuel live on the hill. Thank you. By the way, you can see the entire interview on Fox News Sunday this weekend. Be sure to check your local listings. President obama is spending another day focusing on something other than terrorism. Cyber security is at silicon valley. The terror wars intensify in yemen and afghanistan, just to name a couple. It came close to home for american troops in iraq. Kevin cork is at the white house tonight. Reporter pentagon officials acknowledge this was a first. Isis suicide bombers getting close. Early indications are, yes some of them did detonate their vests. They detonate themselves. Reporter penetrated by isis. Most wearing iraqi uniforms. Its important to make clear they were immediately engaged by members of the iraqi army, 7th infantry of the iraqi army. All were killed reporter most live marines
training iraqi soldiers. Fortunately, no americans were hurt. All militants reportedly killed by iraqi forces with the help of coalition surveillance. But the small number of fighters underscores the issue. The attacks are recruiting tools. The fact of the matter is isis could not take that air base. They didnt have the fourth generation to do it. That was not their intent. Their intent is so grab headlines. And grab al baghdadi 15 miles away, now firmly in isiss control. Its influence growing across iraq and syria. And then theres yemen. Left us in position now where on relatively short notice, just over the past few months the security situation deteriorated far more rapidly than we expected. Reporter so rapidly that the American Embassy had to be closed. Security personnel, including cia operatives removed. And the u. S. Backed yemen
government once hailed a success. Now on the brink of a civil war thanks to rebels. This enemy must be opposed. They must be killed. They must be destroyed. And the associate extremist form of the islamic ideology must be defeated wherever it rears its ugly head. Reporter president obama was in california announcing executive orders to enhance Cyber Security measures. The same social media we use in government to the advocate for democracy and human rights around the world can also be used by terrorists to spread hateful ideologyists. Reporter isis continues to gain ground. And no marines were forced to engage the enemy in todays attacks. Thank you, kevin. Reporter you bet. The head of the fbi said america is at a matter of
crossroads in race relations. We can roll up our car windows, turn up the radio, and drive around these problems. Or we can choose instead to have an open and honest discussion about what our relationship is today. What it should be, what it could be, what it needs to be. Comey joins eric holder in calling for better data about how often police use force. Up next marco rubio gets a little more serious about running for president. First, heres some of our fox affiliates around the country are covering tonight. Fox 4 in dallas set the trial of the man accused of killing former navy s. E. A. L. Chris kyle and a friend. Eddie ray routh said he and his nephew smoked marijuana before the shootings. The fbi gets involved in the murder of three Muslim Students in chapel hill. It is launching its own inquiry parallel to the local police
investigation. Family and friends of the victims say their murders were a a hate crime. And this is a live look at boston from fox 25. The big story there tonight freezing temperatures. And more snow on the way for a region dealing with record amounts already. New englanders are still digging out from three major storms that left six feet of snow in many areas. Now they are bracing for a storm that could bring a foot or more of additional snow in some areas. That is tonights live look outside the beltway from special report. Well be right back. Nexium 24hr. Its the purple pill. The 1 prescribed acid blocking brand. Available without a prescription for frequent heartburn. Get complete protection. Nexium level protectiontm. At ally bank no branches equals great rates. Its a fact. Kind of like shopping hungry equals overshopping. Florida senator marco rubio is no stranger to iowa. Today for the first time the potential president ial candidate was in the hawk eye state for a Campaign Style action. Chief political candidate carl cameron is in des moines tonight. Reporter in iowa, launching a book tour, florida senator marco rubio hit the socalled
invisible campaign trail. Good to see you. Love you. Thank you very much. I appreciate you saying that. I want to share my vision of americas future and what it is we can be as a country. Im putting out my ideas. I imagine and i hope other cancelled dates will follow suit reporter he has been here to help mitt romney. These are the first handshaking he made on his own behalf. But hes already behind the curve when it williams to caucus courtship. Everyone else has already started. So hes late . Yeah. You could say that reporter iowas gop caucuses are a low turnout exercise in yearlong organizing. The winner gets huge media attention. Rick perry in 2012 and Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum and names like bush. Theres app appetite for choices. They are interested to see what marco rubio and scott walker will bring to the table. They havent been on the National Stage for a long time. Reporter scott walker is the first in iowa office. Like most, he has begun hiring. Some opposed his bill for comprehensive immigration reform. Its early but one repeat candidate and two new comers are already getting a lot of attention. I think Mike Huckabee is going to be a strong candidate. I think competing with huckabee is ted cruz. Were hearing a lot about scott walker right now reporter jeb bush faces challenges in iowa too. Conservatives think on National Education standards and immigration hes soft. He has amnesty and commitment to the common core. Those are two issues that conservatives wont play well with. Reporter most gop activists say Mike Huckabee has the early edge. He is a turnkey operation. When he says go, the people will be fired up and they will be with him just like they were in 08 reporter socially conservative christians
dominated the gop caucus for years. This time the state party planned something different. A series of monthly or so forums on ava right of other issues, economy, jobs, agriculture, and Foreign Policy among others, designed to level the Playing Field for all the candidates and boost and broaden. Thanks, carl. Coming up shortly bret baier will have his latest profile of president ial contenders. A look at Rick SantorumRuth Bader Ginsburg said she was not 100 sober during the state of the union last month. Video would tend to support the story she told at George Washington university. A little wine from dinner with colleagues left her a little sleep y. She said she had fallen asleep in past years. Can Rick Santorum do it again in 2016 . First whats being called
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intelligence about al qaeda intelligence. Be they counterterrorism or otherwise, that we try to assess and evaluate whatever resources and information might come across battle field operation. Sometimes when we do that, we gain insight and information that could lead to followon operations reporter with the u. S. Scheduled to draw down to some 5,500 troops in afghanistan by years end, their mission is confined to the training advising and assisting of the Afghan NationalSecurity Forces and Counterterrorism Operations like the one that captured the laptop. Defense officials told fox news the laptop wasnt behind a recent uptick in nighttime raids with u. S. Personnel participating, rather that such upticks are sick cal. But they questioned whether the commander in chief is accurately describing the u. S. Role. There is a disconnect between what the president is telling the American People, were done
with combat operations in afghanistan and yet we have a robust, it sounds like and important ct mission we are still under taking. I think this goes to the leveling with the American People on what were actually doing. Reporter the top u. S. General in afghanistan told lawmakers the mission as presently configured, has tangible benefits for Homeland Security. Based on again, our presence inside of afghanistan with a great counterterrorism capability we have been able to keep pressure on insurgents that would want to do harm both to afghanistan and other nation toss include europe and the United States. Admiral kirby confirmed that an Interagency Group is presently weighing changes to the president s timetable for the withdrawal of all remaining u. S. Troops from afghanistan. But kirby said no decisions have yet been made. Shannon . James rosen live at the pentagon. Thank you, james. Thank you. Fighting in Eastern Ukraine is increasing hours after the signing of a ceasefire and hours before it is scheduled to take effect. At least 25 people were killed across the region as russianbacked separatists mounted a major sustained offensive to capture a railway hub. The investigation into whether argentinas president covered up involvement in iran in her countrys worst ever Terror Strike will continue. The prosecutor has reaffirmed the accusations. He will present his find togsings to a judge who will decide to dismiss the case or not. This evening Rick Santorum has the right stuff. We continue our look at likely president ial contenders tonight with Rick Santorum. Heres my colleague bret baier. Rick santorum. The movie caucus captured at mazing 2012 rise of Rick Santorum in iowa. From speeches at pizza houses and coffee houses, while he had Single Digits in the polls to big rallies for the dark horse candidate. To a come from behind win that
took a a while to sort out but still a surprise. We sat down with santorum during his recent fiveday trip to what may again become his home away from home, the hawk eye state. Ive been here a few times. The last time i was here good move. This place was a couple of days before the caucus in january of 2012. And this place was jammed full of people. You won last time. Well sort of. Sort of. 34 votes. It took a while. People say i won the iowa caucus. But i didnt. When does it count . Mitt romney won the iowa caucus. Who hadality momentum coming out of iowa . It was mitt romney. As you sit here in this coffee house, can you see Rick Santorum behind the desk in the
oval office . I didnt do it last time if i didnt believe we could win. I have no right running for office if i dont think thats something im prepared to do or can accomplish. You obviously did well the last time. This time in the early polling youre back down to where you were when you started in 2011. I think if you lo