. >> john: tonight on "viewpoint," john boehner demands an arrest in the i.r.s. scandal despite the fact that zero laws were broken. tea party hates them, welfare queens. but after this week with the i.r.s. scrutiny, d.o.j., a.p. scandal and the never ending exploitation of benghazi, this week has been like christmas for the tea party. later, we'll be joined by the world's greatest authority on christmas and the tea party leader in the show who may not like the presidency. s birthday of liberace and janet jackson. this is also my dream wedding band combo. on this date in 1929, the first ever academy awards were handed out in hollywood but it doesn't count as the oscars because weinstein wasn't around yet to buy off the entire academy. >> john: i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us this evening. call it tea party christmas. call it the scandalous week ever. call the apocalypse. this week was definitely one the president and his administration would like to soon forget but that won't be the case for republicans and their base who

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are raid thinking something will terrible happened they will be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to ta the subway by himself and you are correctly cled america's worst mom. if you google america's wot on it is you. >> 77 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're not outside

john: laboratories of democracy. states can battle over smoking weed. >> should the federal government telling you what to put in your body? >> no. >> this is what democracy looks like. john: whether you can be forced to join a union. the battle over how much money you must give to government. >> indiana and delaware are rocketing. john: which strangles freedom? rumble in the states. that's our show tonight. ♪ john: america has 50 states. it's also good because it creates competition. and one state does something stupid people can leave the state. take their talent and money with them. but with a due between 1995 and 2010? 43 million people move from one state to another. so would states were the winners and which were the losers? let's ask travis brown who tracked the movement for his book how money wops. and he also created a clever way to see who is moving where and why. d'arcy joins us. she runs a think tank at america's number two state in terms of gaining people and wealth. travis, you first. explain this coo

> john: l. joy, how do we end up with extremists. >> also in how the party chose to nominate. they decided to go a convention route is that you get the people who care about the party the most who are going to be the most vocal. >> who are extreme. >> and who are extreme and will vote for someone for their interests. i'm wait for two things from the republican party. i'm waiting for an adult in the room to stand up and is a in say no ma as, spanish for a reason. they are not going to be sustainable. keep going to the right. somebody stand up. >> john: does this marginalize the republican party even more. >> i want to know is virginia still for lovers or not. >> john: they're for lovers and haters. >> there is no shortage of loonies, but there are the people who vote enough to put them up there. and you have to blame the voters for not having fixed the educational system for years. >> they were so pleased about the election. >> john: we'll get to that. terry mccan you live may be the reason why j

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. [applause] john: planning s car trip? warmer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it tur out some much of what we thinkthat we know is not so. and oe reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was a few law they can make erything better. president obama's says gas cost too much and he fes ourpain. >> the serious blow to your budget. getting hit with a new tax coming right out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> we have taken steps to softe the blow b making sure that our cars use less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. over the life a new car the average family wl save more than $8,000 at the pum. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $000. but the magic of fuel economy standards is just one more myth that liticians sell us. here to tell us t truth, susan dudley who runs the regulatory st

john: a lot of myths.our show t. ♪ >> and now john stosse. [applause] john: planning s c trip? warmer weather means driving ason. we all have opinionsabout the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much of what we think that we know is noto. and one reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest grps like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too hr a word. they mislead. they pretend that was a few law they can make everything better. president obama's says gas cost too much and he feels ourpain. >> the serious blow to your budget. getting hit withaew tax coming rig out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> we have taken steps to softe the blow by making sure that ou cars e less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. er the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic of fuel economy standards is just one more myth that politicians sell us. here to tell us theruth, susan dudl who runs the regulatory studi

. >> john: good evening, i'm john fuglesang and this is "viewpoint." let the party begin. after months of study and debate president obama used a speech at the national defense university thursday to try to reset key elements of the war on terror. the president announced a scaled back use of aerial drones to target and kill alleged terrorists and plans to begin transferring low-level inmates from the prison at guantanamo bay. neither change satisfied critics on the right in congress or on the left while he was speaking. >> why don't you sit down and i will tell you exactly what i'm going to do. thank you ma'am. ma'am, thank you. >> the second voice you heard there was code pink's medea benjamin, less than impressed with president obama's new drone policy or his plans for prisoners at guantanamo. >> there are 102 people on a hunger strike. desperate people. you are the commander in chief. you can release guantanamo today. >> john: medea benjamin was escorted out of the event. we welcome her back. she's dough director of code pink and cofounder of global exchange. her latest

thank you for your time and expertise this evening. >> thank you. >> john: john john lennon sang about it over 40 years ago. a world without religion. what would that mean? young turks is that we're honest. they know that i'm not bs'ing them with some hidden agenda, actually supporting one party or the other. when the democrats are wrong, they know that i'm going to be the first one to call them out. they can question whether i'm right, but i think that the audience gets that this guy, to the best of his ability, is trying to look out for us. (vo) later tonight current tv is the place for compelling true stories. >> jack, how old are you? >> nine. >> this is what 27 tons of marijuana looks like. (vo) with award winning documentaries that take you inside the headlines, way inside. (vo) from the underworld, to the world of privilege. >> everyone in michael jackson's life was out to use him. (vo) no one brings you more documentaries that are real, gripping, current. >> john: imagine there's no country, it isn't hard to do. nothing to kill for die for and no religion, too. imagine all of t

this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us this evening. israel won't say it was responsible but it was a sure thing that it was israeli forces that struck targets around syrian capitol damascus, and in precision airstrikes friday and sunday. could the u.s. be planning an attack of its own? an intervention in sir yeahs civil war? stocks of long range missiles said to be heading from iran to syria to hezbollah groups from attacked and destroyed. now sir yeahs deputy foreign minister said that the attacks were a declaration of war and all the options for retaliation were open. at the white house press secretary jay carney said the u.s. supported israel's option to attack the assad regime. >> john: the transfer of sophisticateed weapons to terrorist organizations like hezbollah is certainly a concern and threat to israel and they have a right to act in response to those concerns. >> but with the reports mounting of sarin nerve gas attacks on syrian silverns, senators menendez

[applauding] john: even john boehner applauded. not very enthusiasticall but he applauded the president saying a million electric vehicles will help us break our dependence on oil. that is a popular idea. after leonardo dicaprio is proud he owns one of these hybrid electric cars which cango 125 miles per hour. great. he can afford the $100,000 cost. so can justin bieber. george clooney bought this car for 100 grand but sold it back to the company. maybe because it only goes 30 miles before it needs to recharge. still, electric cars just appeal to people. they give off no emissions. that is why they're a great alternative to oil burning cars. so says brian wynne. part of the electric drive transportation association an electric car lobbying group. bjorn lomborg is back because he is skkptical. a dirty secret? what? >> john, they don't emit any co2 on the road, but once you produce them, they emit a lot of co2 because a lot of energy goes into the production, especially the battery. half of all the emissions coming out of the electri

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid thinking something will terrible happened they will be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >> 77 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're no

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. [applause] john: planning s car trip? warmer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much of what we think that we know is not so. and one reason we get it wrong is that companiesand interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was a few law they can make everything better. president obama's says gas cost too much and he feels our pain. >> the serious blow to your budget. gettinghit with a new tax coming right out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> we have taken steps to softe the blow by making sure that ou cars use less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. over the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic of fuel economy standards is just one more myth that politicians sell us. here to tell us the truth, susa dudley who runs

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fugelsang and this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining tonight. when officials under oath at a congressional hearing insist first on their innocence you might expect them to be willing to talk about the issues at hand. so when the house committee on oversight and government reform swore in irs official lois lerner to find out what she knew about that agency's targeting conservative groups, members were not surprised to hear this. >> i have not done anything wrong. i have not broken any laws. i have not violated any irs rules or regulations, and i have not provided false information to this or any other congressional committee. >> john: good start, but they appeared a little more surprised and in some cases annoyeded to hear what followed. >> after very careful consideration, i've decided to follow my counsel's advice and not testify or answer any of the questions today. >> john: republican congressmen trent gowdy of south caroline that thought the committee could continue to press lerner but the democratic re

. >> now john stossel. john: the word austerity means self-denial, when applied to government it means cutting spending. i put the word in quotes here, because, despite media whaling about it -- wailing about austerity there have been few real cuts here or in europe. there are books out like off ofausterity kills. he said this comic strip explains it all, portrays. aliens who want to destroy ear earth. aliens shoot him for reveals the truth. >> i'm proud to be an off the an austarian . unfortunately, only a few people in congress actually take my side and want to cut spending. i am happy to have one of them here with us, senator rand paul. proposed specific cuts, but senator, i'm told if he cut now, when the economy is not great, this will make unemmloyment worse. >> well here is the amazing thing about people saying that we are living in an age of off the austerity, we have not cut any spending in washington. spending still is growing, in washington. when they say if you tutt spending -- if you cut spendin

john: date 1,000 people are ntg. >> yes. john: explain how it works. here is a sample a cozy private room $73. how do i know it isn't a horror movie somebody will not kill me? >> the who idea of roomorama is transparency. pictures, reviews, and meetings even see the response time so what we're doing is putting for the stomer apples to apples basis to compare thousands at the same time and pick the one th works best for you. john: if i ve the renter a hard time it appears on your side of people avoid it. >> exactly. >> $30? it is not as nice but the hotel is $200 per you started this because you travel a lot. >> my husband and i love to travel so we founded the business together because mid-20s did not want to stay in budget hotels and we thought there must me thousands of firms and how to refine them or book them. john: you started with craig's list? >> we will rentern plays when we went to wave at the same time it was very unreliable, the hassles. john: because people would change their mind? >> they would say 10 nights then when they arrived it would

john: to date 1,000 people are renting. >> yes. john: explain how it works. here is a sample a cozy private room $73. how do i know it isn't a horror movie somebody will not kill me? >> the whole idea of roomorama is transparency. pictures, reviews, and meetings even see the response time so what we're doing is putting for the customer apples to apples basis to compare thousands at the same time and pick the one that works best for you. john: if i give the renter a hard time it appears on your side of people avoid it. >> exactly. >> $30? it is not as nice but the hotel is $200 per you started this because you travel a lot. >> my husband and i love to travel so we founded the business together because mid-20s did not want to stay in budget hotels and we thought there must me thousands of firms and how to refine them or book them. john: you started with craig's list? >> we will renter on plays when we went to wave at the same time it was very unreliable, the hassles. john: because people would change their mind? >> they would say 10 nights then when they arrive

we wrote a huge story on john kiriakou in january. i think both of the soviet area and in the putin era, russian and russian officials get tired of being criticized by the united states on human rights grounds. when the united states is sending former cia officer off to prison, certainly in his mind in the mind of many of his supporters for among other things speaking out on waterboarding on torture, that has a certain appeal. it's a little bit of the russians, i think, saying aren't you guys kind of being hypocritical. >> john kiriakou in a story you quoted him saying he didn't see abu zabada being water tortured. you go on to point out he was water tortured 83 times. >> one of the many surprises along the road was that while john kiriakou spoke with great authority on abc in 2007 about what had happened to abu zabada during the waterboarding, it turned out he was wrong. he said that after 35 seconds of this waterboarding treatment, abu zabada broken and spoken about everything openly. while he had come to believe it was torture and

government. >> we are not leaving it to them john. they can assist the parent. >> don't want tha help. >> lib tarianism doesn't mean devoid of all laws. i am one but i don't think you can go in the movie theater and yell fire. >> sabrina? >> we are talking about childrenhe age of 18. that is very different. i am concerned about the fda overregulate not releasing druggings that may help people. but we are talking about 14 and 15 year old kids and accepting a policy of having sex before thinking . consequences. >> rick, you are right, the obama administration is to the right of the judge. once again, like john, and you think that 15 year olds are old enough to decide these things? >> no, and neither does the president. >> i thought he was supporting the fda position that a 15 year old should buy it over the counter? >> no. that part of the judge's ruling. no, no. no. i am enjoying people trying to come to grips with innerlibitarianism. >> the bottom line, there are rules and regulation. you shouldn't be alouped to drive 100 miles per ho

. >> john: john stossel, i want to take pictures of the lobby. i had plenty of time to think about the 12,000 active lobbyists working in washington. they are smart to be here. because washington controls so much but this union doesn't want you to see what they've got. >> i've been notified by our legal department that we're not because of the state of the mural. >> john: the estate wouldn't allow it. oh, well. the bottom line is that washington, once a sleepy part time home for politicians now resembles versailles. they work in buildings that look like palaces and after work they go home to castles. >> the property is on five acres. >> beautiful shower and his and her closets. >> it helps understand why people spend millions to win jobs here and then.... >> once people come to d.c. they never leave. >> john: that is our show. i'm john stossel. thanks f >> the president declare as re-set on the war on terror. >> our effort to dismantle terrorist organizations must continue but this war, like all wars,

i'm john stossel. see next week. >> excellent. >> we're celebrating the next 30 days. >>> the dow briefly crossing 15,000 for the first time ever, up more than 14% this year alone. s & p 500 right behind it, closing above 1600 for the first time ever on friday. investors cheering a better than expected jobs report. the unemployment rate at the lowest level in four years, but still high historically. so wall street sure firing on all cylinders. but are you feeling it on main street? hi, everyone. i'm brenda buttoner. this is "bulls & bears." the "bulls & bears" this week, our guests are here. welcome to everybody. john, stocks racing, but the economy stalling? >> yes. that is exactly the point. look, you said the stocks are on fire. they have been on fire. there is obviously a disconnect. the economy, you can not say, no one will say the last three years has been on fire. with the fed pumping money, with zero interest rates, the rich get richer, the poor get poor. we have the highest poverty rate -- mor

thank you, john. >> all right. >> my take is he loves drama. he's probably more personalty disorder than anything. truly he's very rational. very logical. a lot of people love to exaggerate. they want to think they're very important, and it's not a psychiatric illness. it's more a personality. they like to think they are more important or narcissistic because people don't give them that validation. >>> coming up -- >> we're got not going to play games. he's not going to have us roll around with his nonsense. >> the ward cranks it up a notch on john schmidt. >>> plus -- >> if you can't pay me, you sure enough can't [ bleep ] me. >> charged with assaulting her girlfriend. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle. >>> are you cheating? you tear your seven. >> the 225 female inmates at cleveland's cuyahoga correction center make up 10% of the total population

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid tnking something will terrible happened they will be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >> 77 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >>aybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is whatou get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're not ou

john: in. john: right after the founders signed this to our constitution, benjamin franklin said, i agree to this constitution because the general government is necessary. en he went on to say, this is likely to end and despotism as other forms of done before. it's creepy, but true. most governments go bad. freedom is not the natural state of things. so three cheers for state competition. maybe a rumble between the states will preserve liberty, limit the autocrats power to take our freedom. the best way to increase liberty would be to move to a small state and in get 20,000 other freedom lovers to move to the state. then there would have enough votes to prevent the government from dominating their lives. so we stayed? well, it will need to be small so that 20,000 votes would make a difference. they held the vote and new hampshire run. already has lax gun laws. the freedom to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. and so far about 14,000 people have agreed to move. 1,000 a move already. of the 20,0

john: in. john: right after the founders signed this to our constitution, benjamin franklin said, i agree to this constitution because the general government is necessary. then he went on to say, this is likely to end and despotism as other forms of done before. it's creepy, but true. most governments go bad. freedom is not the natural state of things. so three cheers for state competition. maybe a rumble between the states will preserve liberty, limit the autocrats power to take our freedom. the best way to increase liberty would be to move to a small state and in get 20,000 other freedom lovers to move to the state. then there would have enough votes to prevent the government from dominating their lives. so we stayed? well, it will need to be small so that 20,000 votes would make a difference. they held the vote and new hampshire run. already has lax gun laws. the freedom to ride a motorcycle without a helmet. and so far about 14,000 people have agreed to move. 1,000 a move already. of the 20

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid thinking something will terrible happened they wi be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >> 77 googlepages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on youway out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash gla. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're not out

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid thinking something will terrible happened they will be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >> 77 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're

thank you, john. >> all right. >> my take is he loves drama. he's probably more personalty disorder than anything. truly he's very rational. very logical. a lot of people love to exaggerate. they want to think they're very important, and it's not a psychiatric illness. it's more a personality. they like to think they are more important or narcissistic because people don't give them that validation. >>> coming up -- >> we're got not going to play games. he's not going to have us roll around with his nonsense. >> the warden cranks it up a notch on john schmidt. >>> plus -- >> if you can't pay me, you sure enough can't [ bleep ] me. >> charged with assaulting her girlfriend. >>> are you cheating? you tear your seven. >> the 225 female inmates at cleveland's cuyahoga correction center make up 10% of the total population. some prefer to keep a low profile, but not felicia smith. >> my girl, felicia. >> i'm a lesbian. i love women. any man i ever lay with had to pay me, and mine any man. if you can't pay me, then you sure enough can't [ bleep ] me. i

john it does increase smiling. >> you canadd miles. john: a lot of myths. that is our show tonight ♪ and now john stossel. [alause] john: planning s car trip? waer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much ofhat we think that we know is not so. and one reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was few laws they can make everything better. president obama's says gas c co too muchnd he feels our pain. >> the serious blow to your budget. getting hit with a new tax comingight out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> wehave taken steps to soften the blow by making sure that ou cars use less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. over the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic offueleconomy standards is just one more

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid thinking something will terrible happened they will be kidnapped or fall down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >>7 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're no

john: 50? >> 6% play outside on their own because parents are afraid thinking something will terrible happenedhey will be kidnapped or fl down and they will be bullied. john: you became the point* person after you write an article about a loving your nine year-old to take the subway by himself and you are correctly called america's worst mom. if you google america's worst on it is you. >> 77 google pages which was at last count. john: maybe you are. >> maybe but there is a lot of people to start to agree with me and realize for some reason we have been sold on the idea this generation can do anything on their own. my friends granddaughter is enrolled at what class? seven months old what do they do? >> she is enrolled in crawling class. i guess this is what you get on your way out in these of our baby kneepads because you decorated the nursery in crash glass. this is around because we're told this generation is so vulnerable they cannot do anything safely or successfully that is why they're not

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. [applause] john: planning s car trip? warmer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much of what we think that we know is not so. and one reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was a few law they can make everything better. president obama's says gas cost too much and he feels our pain. >> the serious blow to your budget. getting hit with a new tax coming right out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> we have taken steps to softe the blow by making sure that ou cars use less gas. we put in place the toughest to economy standards in history. over the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic of fuel economy standards is just one more myth that politicians sell us. here to tell us the truth, susa dudley who ru

"viewpoint" is next with john fugelsang. we'll be back tomorrow. >> john: good evening. just when fox news was ready to change their name to the benghazi news network all benghazi all the time. the irs may have give them a new controversy that is actually pretty controversial. now the g.o.p. congress has two causes to champion, two chances to demand high ranking democraticdemocratic scalps. while they may not have the impeachment they want, they will can use anger not ideas to get out the conservative vote in in 2016. the ambassador who co-chaired the report on the benghazi attack, then we'll talk about the political absurdities with our panel of non-experts. benghazi and the irs. they may or may not be real scandals, but they're real stories and money will be raised off of them for many months to come. this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> good evening i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. just when you might have thought the benghazi issue was sputtering out it looks like benghazi may be with us for many mores to c

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. if you think medical bills in this country are insane, you my friend are correct. but just how crazy really began coming into focus this week after a massive data dump from washington's center for medicaid services. now nobody is disputing the life saving health enhancing work that medical professionals here in america perform or their remarkable drugs technologies and techniques they use in hospitals every day. no one's criticizing the quality of care. but any attempt anyone who can count up to ten on their fingers has to be blown away by the out-of-control, beyond belief cost disparities between different hospitals and that's revealed in the data which these hospitals have also kept secret up until now. or as white house press secretary jay carney put it on wednesday... >> it is a question that i think consumers justifiably ask. why is that hospital charging three times more for the same service that a hospital, in the next town over may be

i'm john scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> it says no subpoena may be issued to any member of the news media or for the telephone toll records of any member of the news media without the express authorization of the attorney general. did you delegate that express authorization in writing to mr. cole? >> no, i don't think the recusal -- we looked for this. i don't think there is anything in writing with regard to my recusal, which is again, not -- >> the question was, what about the requirement in the code that you expressly approve -- now, you recused yourself. was that express authorization authority delegated to mr. cole? >> once i recused myself in that matter, he does become the acting attorney general with all the powers that the attorney general has. >> the attorney general eric holder, once again facing a congressional hearing. this time getting a grilling over the justice department's seizure of phone records from the associated press. details from 20 different phone lines where more

this is "viewpoint." >> john: i'm john fuglesang. this is "viewpoint." good evening. last resort of the powerless prisoner, a hunger strike. since february, a major hunger strike has been building momentum at the military detention center at guantanamo bay. the hunger strike began as a response to what the detainees described as raids by guards where copies of the koran were mishandled. it has grown into a protest against the obama administration's policy of holding the vast majority of detainees indefinitely while doing nothing to arrange transfer to their own countries. of the 166 detainees held at guantanamo 86 have been cleared for release. yet continue to rot in can jail while only six are facing military commissions. right now, there are around 100 detainees on hunger strike, including 23 who are now being force-fed twice a day. on monday, the pentagon sent around 40 additional medical personnel to guantanamo to help with this force-feeding. i'm going to explain what this is because your taxes are paying for it. it requires strapping prisoners to a chair so a tu

>> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang, and this is "viewpoint." thank you so much for joining us tonight. the lgbt community might be forgiven for thinking that when it comes to politics they're kind of on a bit of a roll this year. next week the illinois house of representatives may join the state senate and lawmakers in 12 other states and the district of columbia in voting to allow same-sex marriage. a recent gallup poll shows that 53% of adult think marriages between same-sex couples should be recognizedly law. just three years ago that approval number was down 43%. in 1996 the year the defense of marriage act was signed into law by president clinton, only 27% of americans thought same-sex marriage should be legal in a free society based on liberty. now many legal observers think the supreme court will vote to strike down the act next month. in fact, it's own architect rob portman has defounded it. and representative michele bachmann one of the most notorious congressional gay baiters in recent memory, has just announced she will not run for r

john: wha have u repealed ? period i have beenn the senate 11 years you have to ask me to come back and i will come up with celeste. john: but forward to that. thank you liz krueger why is kennedy running a taxi service? her customers seem happy but is it legal or will government crushed her? next. john: today new technology makes it easier than ever to be an entrepreneur they can connect to rooms at magatte wade bell lift connects people with those that wanted taxiide in those that have free time. everyone wins. but not the established taxi companies so they turn to government regulators for the last year california find left to offer as a public -- this is a matter of public safety said the regulators. is lift a public safy problem? we asked kennedy to check it out she became a lift driver and had to go through a background check the in person interview that chuck of her car into insurance and after that she was approved. >> passengers are encouraged to get in the front seat because it is friendlier and theyho

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this is "viewpoint." [ ♪ theme music ♪ ] >> john: good evening, i'm john fugelsang. this is "viewpoint." thank you for joining us this evening. president obama apparently wasn't content with all the white house scandals headlines this week or the possibility thinks second term could be suffocated under a blanket ofvilleofcriminal investigations, so he did something today. for groups seeking status tax status, the president condemned them. >> today secretary lew took the first step by accepting requesting and accepting the leader of the irs. it's important to implement new leadership to help us go forward. >> john: whether that will satisfy congressional republicans remains to be seen. earlier today, senate minority leader mitch mcconnell demanded a different sort of action from the president. >> the administration needs to make witnesses available to testify on this and any other incident of targeting the administration's ideological's opponent. >> john: and john boehner has made up his mind whether haws were broken or real crimes committed. >> my question isn't abou

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. >> now john stossel. john: the word austerity means self-denial, when applied to government it mea cutting spending. i put the word in quotes here, because, despite media whaling abt it -- wailing about austerity there have been few realuts here or in europe. there are books out like off austerity kills. he said thi comic strip explains it all, portrays. aliens who want to destroy ear earth. aliens shoot him for reveals the truth. >> i'm proudo be an off the an austarian . unfortunately, only a few people congress actually take my side a want to cutpending. i a happy to he one of them here wit us, senator rand paul. propos specific cuts, but senator, i'm told if he cut now, when the economy is not great, this will make unemmloymen worse. >> well here is the amazing thing about people saying that we are living in an age of off th austerity, we have not cut any spending in washington. spding still is gwing, in washington. when they say if you tutt spending - if you cut spending that will cause lack o econom

. ♪ >> and now john stossel. [applause] john: planning s car trip? warmer weather means driving season. we all have opinions about the price of gas, what might be don about it, but it turns out some much of what we think that we know is not so. and one reason we get it wrong is that companies and interest groups like to ask. politicians, well, like maybe too harsh a word. they mislead. they pretend that was a few law they can make everything better. president obama's says gas cost too much and he feels our pain. >> the serious blblow to your budget. getting hit with a new tax coming right out of your pocket. john: the president took action. >> we have taken steps to softe the blow by making sure that ou cars use less gas. we put in place the toughestto economy standards in history. over the life of a new car the average family will save more than $8,000 at the pump. john: it sounds good. he does not want to save $8,000. but the magic of fuel economy standards is just one more myth that politician sell us. here to tell us the truth, susa dudley who ru

this is "viewpoint." >> john: good evening i'm john fuglesang. thank you so much for joining us tonight. the eyes and hearts of the country remain pointed toward oklahoma in the wake of the devastating and deadly tornadoes that swept across the state yesterday specifically through the towns of new castle and moore. the news was not as bad as we feared yesterday as the death toll has been reduced from previously reports of 51 to more recent reports of 24 while still at least 200 people are being reported injured. but the damage to the communities are severe and surreal as entire neighborhoods have been completely destroyed and reports that up to 20,000 people may be displaced. police firefighters and national guard members have res kind pulled out at least 100 people thus far and continue to search for survivors. there's no estimate yet on the cost to rebuild the affected areas but president obama let the people of oklahoma know any necessary aid will be there for them. >> obama: yesterday, i spoke with governor fallin to make it clear to oklahoma

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