counterpart sergei lavrov this friday in vienna to discuss the crisis. iran's supreme leader today gave final approval to the nuclear deal of president obama and world powers. hard to imagine he wouldn't. the obama administration giving iran almost everything that they want in the deal including no inspections by the united states and the release of some 100 $50 billion in seized iranian funds but ayatollah allah khamenei also warned any new sanctions against his country would nullify the agreement as he put it now with a ayatollah's approval iran can begin dismantling thousands of centrifuges downsizing a heavy water plant so they can no longer produce plutonium. and a wikileaks organization today posted material on line that says is from cia director john brennan's personal e-mail account. the material it was presumably taken by a hacker who told the "new york post" he's a high school student, protesting against american foreign policy. the documents do not contain classified material that do include a draft security plan application with brennan's personal information. there's a draft that

russian warships launched cruise missiles that flew over iran and iraq before they mistook islamic state territory. russian fighter jets intercepted american predator drones at least three times over the past week. the russians did not attempt to shoot down those drones but sources say the russians wanted to make certainly their presence felt. that development threatens to further undermine the obama administration's faltering strategy in syria. russia says its offensive is targeting the islamic state, the united states says they've been aimed mostly at bolstering syrian president bashar al-assad's regime. defense secretary ash carter in italy today could only argue that russia has a misguided strategy but the russian military is bringing more destructive power to the conflict than has the united states. >> we believe russia has the strong strategy, they continue to hit targets that are not isil. we believe this is a fundamental mistake. despite what the russians say. we have not agreed to cooperate with russia. lou: despite the defense secretary's criticism, the united states will

. we'll interview her. his comments show the growing tension between the campaigns. >>> iran confirming it will take part for the first time in the international talks aimed at ending the civil war in syria. those talks will be held in vienna with the secretary of state john kerry's first formal negotiations with iran on something other than its nuclear weapons program. russia urged iran's incluz because it's the only other major party giving support to syrian president. joining us congressman jim jordan, serves on the judicerary committee. good to have you with us. >> good to be with you. >> you are moving pretty fast. you're going to have a speaker tomorrow. you've got a budget deal you didn't support but it was negotiated with the obama administration. and presented effectively as a fait accompli, is that a fair characterization? >> increasing spending by $80 billion. saying it's paid for. saying it's paid for in washington, it's paid for in years eight nine and ten . this is what americans hate about washington. we think paul ryan is going to change this. not a win for the taxpayer.

signed a deal with iran that was deeply flawed because we simply didn't want conflict. it's why we're concerned about working with the israelis because they've been drawing heat from the rest of the arab world. we wouldn't get into syria and why we're leaving iraq and afghanistan. we need new leadership, leadership that is not afraid to fight the fights that are worth fighting. >> two points if i may, i said i would give you the last word. i will interject this one if i may, it was -- the iranian nuclear deal was the president of the united states not consulting with the congress of the united states and only with the members of the permanent national security council and the united nations. and secondly, to an example, a former navy vice admiral, john kirby, the state department said this about the two parties engaged in israel and palestine if you will. he said -- well, let's hear what he said, we've got the video and the sound. >> i would say certainly individuals on both sides of this divide have proven capable of and in our view guilty of acts of terror. >> either of you violentl

by signing the nuclear deal with iran. this is an existential threat to israel. in united states, obama has paid no political price. now is the time to push for a palestinian state. obama has nothing to lose, he's on his way out. i don't think he cares what israel thinks. lou: well, he may have nothing to lose but this country has already lost much, as you well know. let's turn to syria. putin is devastating by all accounts, the islamic state forces carrying out sorties that in a day amount to what the united states and the so-called coalition were carrying out in a month, and yet this president continues to insist putin is the weak leader not he. >> another example of obama divorced by reality. what putin manifestly wants to do is buck up allies, consolidate his territory, eliminate the defensive problems, and that means principally going after the so-called moderate syrian opposition and al qaeda. not isis. when he gets to the point where it's consolidated, the next step is not russia against isis, it's making a deal. lou: making a deal, turning quickly to capitol hill, senator

taliban are being given weapons by iran. isis is gaining a foothold and the sanctuary in pakistan still exists. it's a tough call. >> rose: let me turn to syriath. you have said the white house has no strategy. that it's action there are floundering. what should we be doing? >> well, a long time ago when the secretary of state hillary clinton and the secretary of defense leon pan eta and the director of the cia then general pet rayus recommended that we train and arm and equip the free syrian army. that was when the president was saying it's not a matter of whether but a matter of when bashar assad will leave. so since that refusal, and of course the red line was one of the sem nal moments in the history of the obama administration. my friend, that had a profound effect, not only in the middle east but around the world. >> rose: meaning that the redlie president did nothing even though there was an agreement with the russians to get the chemical weapons out of syria. >> yeah, but-- first of all, they're still using some chemical weapons. but the point is, that the president didn't

middle east. with former pentagon official with k.t. mcfarland also iran claiming it did not break said deal by test a ballistic missile but it says the bars them from developing those warheads we will discuss that move and obama led dismiss it -- as mrs. donald trump tuesday he is just a reality tv character seeking publicity he says he cares more about climate change than all of the problems we have had a we will have a full report coming up. the top story obama defending what critics say is a feeling for policy in the middle east it was supposed to be an aggressive as steve crawford pushed back of the choices calling the trading of syrian rebels an embarrassment to the president said he'd never actually believed the policy and we have the report. >> ask about the failed program president obama told "60 minutes" he never believed in the of plan in the first place. >> this is why i have been skeptical about the notion is that we will effectively create a proxy. >> to be so practical he did not show that in 2014. >> i call on congress again with additional authorities and resources

are different. >> absolutely, especially world war ii. at the same time he has said about iran, they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nation state. >> this is a very important concept in his writing, that an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that challenges the legitimacy of the order. the advent of a rev reutionary iran fundamentalically changed the international order. in some ways it was as profound an event of the opening to china in the early 1970s that we soarnt with his time in government. and that revolutionary state still poses a problem. and one can see that in his krits kal writing at the time that the iran deal was being negociated. there is a fundamental sceptd civil on-- skepticism on his part that you can really bring an international regime into the order the way the president is trying to do. >> rose: i sment most people why kissinger, niall ferguson, historian, and then they see idealist, and they say really? idealist? >> this might seem like a plof kaition. prove kaition and i imagine there are some view

thought a lot about president obama's efforts and secretary kerry's efforts on iran, and he would have really respected they went for this. he would have also said i saw secretary kerry speak about this and say it's a good deal. he didn't say it's a great deal. that imperfection is a hallmark of deploim si. >> rose: no one doubted his skills. some worried about a bull in a china shop, a metaphor. but one thing that i thought was amusing, and i have huge respect for george mitchell who i think is a great american and worked hard, i would have liked to have seen the president make richard holbrooke his middle east envoy and say, look, for all the reasons you want to see this succeed because it's in the interest of peace of the world, for whatever your own ambition is, i'm telling you now, i'm going to give you my authority to go try to make peace in the middle east primarily beginning with the israeli palestinians. and that was my great hope of what obama might do. not knowing whether richard would accept it or not, but it was a challenge up to his skills. >> look, afghanistan was an eno

soleimani's visit. the iranian quds force critics say in the absence of u.s. leadership iran and russia are conspiring to become the dominant players across the volatile middle east. >> vladimir putin is exploiting the fact the president of the united states and the american leadership is not going to acknowledge malevolent intentions. >> reporter: putin's chief of staff denied he has intentions beyond syria. >> we are talking about syria specifically, and we're not talking about the pursuit of some political goals or ambitions. >> reporter: today iraqi prime minister abadi said he would welcome russian airstrikes against isis in their country for the evidence that russia is filling the void once occupied by the united states. tom? >> thank you, doug, doug mckelway in d.c. >>> progress in afghanistan to tell you about tonight. officials say their troops have recaptured kunduz from the taliban including key government buildings as of right now. there is still heavy fighting in other parts of the northern provincial capital, but most of the city's center is cleared of the taliban.

to the russians and iranians, there is a contest in iran between john kerry and barack obama for man of the year. it's too close to caught. our foreign policy is in shambles and i know how to fix it. i'm going to destroy isil before they hit us. lou: well, i want to share with our viewers who missed last night's debate your comments on bernie sanders as well, which went to the heart of the ideological contest of this presidential election, here we go. >> the number two guy went to the soviet union on his honeymoon and i don't think he ever came back! if we don't beat these people, who the hell we going to beat? lou: i have to tell you, a great story and great question. >> well, here's my point. when you listen to the democratic debate there's not a job creator they don't hate on the other side. that business is the enemy, the hope of the middle class is not bernie sanders creating everything for free at the federal level. it's to grow the economy. you know when boeing came to south carolina to build a 787 everybody got a pay raise in manufacturing because the employees go to boeing.

when cnn used the bush plant as a foundation story critical of trump. >>> also tonight, iran showing off its military might. the country announcing it successfully test fired an advanced torpedo system, the domestically developed system has a nearly 500 pound warhead capable of destroying large ships in seconds. we'll be taking up that as well as the iranian surface-to-air missile tests and other iranian provocative moves with fox news military analyst general jack keane. >>> our top story tonight, the fight for the republican presidential nomination and the very latest polling on the candidates. new fox polls show donald trump still in the top spot, but by the narrowest of margins. dr. ben carson has made enormous strides and is now within striking distance of trump. in fact, only one point behind donald trump who has now led the polls for the past three months. but the latest fox news poll has some bad news for former florida governor jeb bush who was once considered the likely front-runner, and bush today trying to break out by attacking donald trump, perhaps at his further peril,

only country that is being condemned is israel. not saudi arabia, not afghanistan, not iran. >> rose: whose fault is that? >> now let's look at this. israel began checking people at the airport 30 years ago. what did people say, hey, how you can do this thing. invasion of privacy, you can't do this stuff. israel is on the front line in encountering phenomenallen phenomenons that western democracies have yet to encounter, we are trying to protect and if the go overboard. do we always get it right, no. but by god we are trying. and i think today when he look at what we have faced, the united states, western countries, israel, we are fighting on the same thing. we're fighting on the values, values of freedom. the values that we all cherish. >> rose: let me tov to-- john kerry made a huge effort to bring ises rheals and palestinians together. he spent almost a year trying to get that to happen. and he's raised questions as to why it was difficult. and he has blamed both sides. >> uh-huh. >> rose: yes. >> i, and you, charlie, we have seen president clinton put an offer on the table. i was

: especially world war ii. at the same time, he has said about iran -- they have to decide whether they want to be a revolutionary force or a nationstate. niall: this is an important concept in his writing. an international order's biggest problem is a revolutionary state that delegitimizes this order. a revolutionary iran fundamentally changed the international order and in some ways it was as profound an event as at the opening to china in the early 1970's that we associate with his time in government. that revolutionary state still poses a problem, and one can see that in his critical writing at the time of the iran deal and was being negotiated. there is a fundamental skepticism that you can bring a regime like that into the international order in the way the president is trying to do. charlie: i expect people that pick up this book will say -- kissinger, niall ferguson, a historian, and then they see idealists. they say, "really? idealists?" niall: this might seem like a provocation and i imagine there will be some viewers who are reeling. calling kissinger an idealist. charlie: one bio

behind putin in recent days. >> iran and assad make up mr. putin's coalition at the moment. the rest of the world makes up ours. so i don't think people are fooled by the current strategy. lou: yet the obama administration still has not answered many important questions. how many u.s. backed rebels have been targeted by those russian airstrikes? or how many of those forces have been hit? and these unanswered questions raise some considerable concerns about an administration that appears to be operating on occasion fact free when it comes to politics, governance and foreign policy. joining us former pentagon official, fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland. why don't we have a better sense of how many of these rebel forces are being hit? how many there are? where they are, and what is the effect of the russian airstrikes? >> let me tell you, if the obama administration's policy was succeeding, we'd hear all about it, the fact we're not getting the details is the fact it's not succeeding. when the president has the gall to say putin is doing this out of the sense he's a fail

, everybody. i'm lou dobbs. iran showing off its military might sending a message to the world that it will continue its missile program despite u.n. security council resolutions and despite the nuclear deal with president obama and the rest. further provocation iranian state television today broadcast video of a secret underground base housing medium and long range ballistic missiles. iranian officials boasting the facility is one of hundreds of underground bases around the country. these talks come days after iran said it successfully test fired a new long range surface-to-surface missile. we take up the obama administration's failure to respond to these iranian threats tonight with house foreign affairs committee member congressman lee zeldin. >>> also tonight, new fox poll shows stunning 70% of americans say the obama administration doesn't have a plan in syria. in fact, the majority of 53% of say vladimir putin has the upper hand in the syrian conflict. we'll be talking about all of that and much more with colonel ralph peters. >>> and hillary clinton delivering what analysts say was a

rid the to iran arena's are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation -- let me turn to iran. the iranians are beginning to dismantle. what is your expectation? senator mccain: they are pouring into iran -- charlie: to have the capability to do what? usuallymccain: in icbm carries a nuclear weapon. they are pouring into syria to fight with russian airpower -- charlie: you're saying irradiance, not have a lot -- iranians, not hezbollah? they areccain: supplying the duties in yemen. charlie: what should we do about iranian behavior? senator mccain: i think it is very wrongheaded to take an arms can treat it like -- especially when everyone knows that barack obama's ambition from the beginning was there was no arrangement with iran where we would have a whole new changed landscape in the middle east. and obviously when you see their behavior, that is not happening. they have 100 billion or so to reinforce -- charlie: listen to this. this is from henrik kissinger, you're very good friend, -- henry kissinger, you're very different. american policy on iran has moved to the center o

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shifting and i have thought about president obama's efforts and secretary kerry's efforts on iran. he would have respected they went for this. this is a good deal. he did not say it was a great deal. that imperfection is a hallmark of diplomacy. charlie: no one doubted his skills. some worried about a bull in a china shop. as a kind of metaphor, but the interesting thing, and i thought it would have been amazing and i , have huge respect for george mitchell, who i think was a great, great american, and he worked hard -- i would have liked to have seen the president make richard holbrook his middle east envoy and say look, for all the reasons you want to see this succeed, because it is in the interest of the peace of the world, because it is in the interest for whatever your own ambition is i am telling you , now, i will give you my authority to make peace in the middle east, primarily beginning with israelis and palestinians. that was my great hope. of what obama might do not , knowing whether richard would accept it or not. david: sure. charlie: it was a challenge up to his skill

ever involve iran, which supports syrian president bashar al-assad. diplomats say progress was made today and considering a plan to set up a cease-fire in syria within the next four to six months. >>> the parties involved however still in disagreement about the fate of president bashar al-assad, another round of talks on that issue as well, scheduled within the next two weeks. >>> turning to more fallout from wednesday's cnbc republican presidential debate. the candidates are planning a revolt against the republican national committee, some of them, and the rnc is now at war with nbc. doug mckelway with the report. >> reporter: the soft-spoken chairman of the republican national committee summed up cnbc's debate with very choice words last night. >> i just can't tell you how pissed off i am. >> let me ask you this, you can imagine. >> nothing but a crap sandwich. >> reporter: priebus followed up with an unprecedented move suspending nbc's co partnership with the debate in february. in a letter to nbc news chairman andrew lack, priebus accused the network of quote gotcha questions, p

as putin continues to forge closer ties with iran and syria and iraq that plague those u.s. telecommunications and the aggression of some instances wrecking foreign-policy with a former pentagon official k.t. mcfarland. also the head of the new york police department largest union denounces quentin tarantino after he referred to police as murderers. the union now calls for a police boycott of tarantino. should the public join them? we have our experts we will be right back with that part of the top story the fight for i was in the republican presidential nomination. carson overtakes trump by double digits as they plan to face-off with the g.o.p. debate. but governor bush is struggling with sagging poll numbers and the chief political correspondent has the report. >> before attending a strategy session jeb bush outlined cost-cutting steps having said for months he sounded fed up. i don't want any part of their. ended is to demonize them. >> the iowa caucus 14 weeks for tonight and knows the time is short and he looks like the manager running to his parents. >> they're all ta

the strategies of russia and iran. during his news conference, this is -- this is what passed for a strong rebuke. president telling iran there are, quote, costs to bad behavior, and telling putin that his policy in syria will, quote, not work. we take all of that up with former ambassador to the united nations john bolton. >>> also tonight, reports that president obama angered the fbi when he spoke out about hillary clinton's e-mail scandal. federal agents still investigating the classified information on clinton's personal server when the president went on "60 minutes" and downplayed the scandal. i'll have a few thoughts tonight on the president's pension for injecting politics into ongoing investigations, hardly the stuff of a harvard lawyer and university of chicago constitutional scholar. >>> and the house select committee on on benghazi today investigating an earlier clinton scandal. her roll in the benghazi terror attack. longtime clinton aide huma abedin went before the panel to testify. we'll have the latest for you. and discuss it with weekly standard's fred barnes and ash

missiles hit, are you ready? iran! iranian officials not saying what the missiles hit or exactly where. fox news correspondent kevin corke with our report. >> they've shot cruise missiles from a ship in the caspian sea without warning, come within a few miles of unmanned aerial vehicles. >> reporter: unprofessional, how defense secretary ash carter described the russian military telling fellow nato chiefs in brussels the kremlin's choice to fire cruise missiles was counterproductive and some fell short of their intended targets and landed in iran, moves on the ground by moscow are increasing the pressure on both the pentagon and the white house. >> they've initiated a joint ground offensive with the syrian regime, shattering the facade that they're there to fight isil. >> reporter: a joint ground offensive despite what vladimir putin told president obama ten days ago in new york, cooperation in the fight against isis is background noise to the russians' prime objective, support for the assad regime, the revelation that didn't price white house officials who are content to exercise strategic

. not saudi arabia, not afghanistan, not iran. charlie: whose fault is that? israel beganer: checking people at airports 30 years ago. what are people saying. how can you do this thing intrusion of privacy. israel has on the -- in the front line encountering phenomena western democracies are yet to protect our citizens. do we always get it right? no. we are trying. i think today when we look at what we face, the united states, western countries, israel, we are fighting on the same thing, we are fighting on the values, values of freedom, values that we all cherish. to, johnyou allude kerry made huge effort to bring israelis and palestinians together. he spent almost a year trying to get that to happen. and he's raised questions as to why it was difficult. and he has blamed both sides. yes? ambassador prosser: when i can you, charlie, we have seen president clinton put an offer on the table. i was there at camp david. we have seen -- different is earlraeli prime ministers put things on the table. we've seen kerry put things on the table. reachednister netanyahu out and said i'm willing

superpower is superpower. lori: are receiving control the middle east to iran and russia? >> this is one of the times that i disagree with kt mcfarland about him walking away. he's crawling away like a hamster. but israel first. benjamin netanyahu understands and he has already made his pilgrimage to moscow to try to cozy up to vladimir putin. and obama, tending to look at problems as though it's way over there. and another great advantage in addition to ruthlessness that he has is that he sees the whole picture. this alliance is forged with iran, and iraq, it used to be archives and hezbollah, he is siding with the shiite muslims against the sunni moslems. he is building it is an arc of countries from the mediterranean that will be russia family, dominated by iran and the shiite. and overshadow not just israel but the world's greatest concentration of oil and gas slide. let 'er rip hooton is thinking ahead. president obama is improvising from day-to-day, always reacting. if you don't have the initiative of a guy like this, you are going to lose. lori: especially if you saw him play hock