. >> i am gretchen carlson. breaking news about secretary of state john kerry appearing before the benghazi committee. so which committee will it be? and another near miss in our busiest airport and the details on how terrifyingly close two planes came to colliding. and if that doesn't freak you out. how much bacteria is on airplanes and whether hand sanitizers work on board. see you then. >> welcome back. tense moments to tell you about. a hot water pipeline burst under passengers. it is smoke and boiling water filled the bus and people are running and screaming. 13 people suffered burn. and a section of the road caved it and that caused the water to start spraying everywhere. >> an incredible story. the journey of a man driving an antique tractor raising money for america's wounded warriors. last time we spoke to him he was in ohio. he is now near indiana and joins us on the phone. i heard you had tractor trouble and is that fixed? >> it is fine and it was a camper here. and that is all taken care of and the t

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. secretary eric shinseki facing calls to resign after whistle-blowers are claim v.a. workers were falsifying documents to make it appears that the sick veterans were receiving treatment when they weren't. the v.a. just releasing this statement saying in part, secretary shinseki has directed the veterans health administration to complete a nationwide access review. the purpose of this review is to ensure a full understanding of v.a.'s policy and continued integrity in managing patient access to care. as part of the review, during the next several weeks, a national face-to-face audit will be conducted at all clinics for every v.a. medical center. >>> right now on capitol hill, the benghazi scandal, we're waiting for a vote right now in the house on the resolution to create a select committee to investigate exactly what happened before, during and after the deadly terror attacks. and as lawmakers debate it, hillary clinton, the former secretary of state and potential 2016 presidential con

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. secretary eric shinseki facing calls to resign after whistle-blowers are claim v.a. workers were falsifying documents to make it appears that the sick veterans were receiving treatment when they weren't. the v.a. just releasing this statement saying in part, secretary shinseki has directed the veterans health administration to complete a nationwide access review. the purpose of this review is to ensure a full understanding

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a monday. these raids are all linked to a malicious software called black shades. that allows users to hijack computers remotely, even turning on computer web cams. it is used for everything from extortion to bank fraud and so far more than 100 people have been arrested in an operation that's over two years in the making. eric, this sounds like it is a worldwide operat

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome, everyone, to "the real story" today. the guy's name is david behrenb. when he was acting assistant attorney general, he was tasked with writing a memo that ultimately gave the supposed legal rationale to kill american citizens abroad if they were involved in terror impl. it's been condemned by in lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and could set the nomiti

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." new calls today that president obama did not go far enough when he finally broke his silence about the shocking allegations of neglect and mismanagement at veterans hospitals all across our country. he vowed to take action yesterday. but what did he do today? he made comments about tourism before heading off to the baseball hall of fame. >> i explained to them, go back to your countries and say, anytime you come visit the united states, the president greets you personally. >> dana milbank blasting the president's reaction to the v.a. scandal writing, this would be a good time for obama to knock heads and to get in front of the story. but frustratingly he's playing president passes, insisting on waiting for the v.a.'s inspector general to complete yet another investigation. wendell goler is on top of the story for us. >> passive is a tou

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." that e-mail now being withheld by the state department. it circulated at the highest levels of the white house. those on the chain apparently trying to figure out how to respond to a specific fox news report contradicting the white house narrative about what happened in the 24 hours after the assault on our consulate. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live for us in washington with the breaking details. what do you know about this e-mail? >> gretchen, the e-mail chain two weeks after

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to a friday edition of "the real story." the secretary under fire for claims of neglect at the v.a. and those secret waiting lists with allegations dozens of veterans died waiting for care. most democrats are standing behind the secretary. congressman januaohn barrow and congressman david scott are calling for his resignation. but nancy pelosi says it won't solve the problem. >> general shinseki is a four-star general. i first met him on the field of battle. he cares about our veterans, fought side by side with them. i don't know that if you change somebody at the top, that means the system -- rdz no, some of this is intrinsic into the so system. >> time to bring in ellison barber. what do you make of the different points of view in the democrat and the republican parties? >> it's interesting because no one is defending what happened here. but you're especially seeing on the senate side amongst senate democrats, most of those democrats are either not calling an shinseki to resign or when they're asked about it, they avoid th

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome today to "the real story." the president set to deliver that statement on a drawdown from the rose garden in about 45 minutes from now. we'll bring it to you live. fox news learning that he wants to leave 9,800 troops in afghanistan f a the end of the combat mission there this year. about a third of what we have now. and bring the remaining forces home by the time he leaves office in twikt. wendell goler live from the

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." that e-mail now being withheld by the state department. it circulated at the highest levels of the white house. those on the chain apparently trying to figure out how to respond to a specific fox news report contradicting the white house narrative about what happened in the 24 hours after the assault on our consulate. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge is live for us in washington with the breaking details. what do you know about this e-mail? >> gretchen, the e-mail chain two weeks after the attack from september 27th and 28th, 2012, is being withheld from the executive branch dribrations and there's concern they say that releasing the unclassified content of these e-mails could have a chilling effect. on the e-mail chain, senior administration officials, including mcdonough, john brennan and ben rhodes, september 14th, 2012 e-mail critics say linked benghazi to shape the discussion. the fox report from september 27th concluded the white house knew about terrorism wit

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome, everyone, to "the real story" today. the guy's name is david behrenb. when he was acting assistant attorney general, he was tasked with writing a memo that ultimately gave the supposed legal rationale to kill american citizens abroad if they were involved in terror impl. it's been condemned by in lawmakers on both sides of the aisle and could set the nomination and the tone for the nomination for the debate of the drone use here at home. catherine herridge drive for us in washington. >> we're expecting to hear from the senate majority leader, harry reid, within the hour about the nomination and whether it is trouble. president obama's nomination of b b barron is one of the most controversial. republicans and democrats and the president's traditional supporters on the left are banding together to force access to david barron's legal opinions before his nomination. >> there are very few opinions that have come out of the justice department that are more important and more consequential than an opinion authorizing the presi

comcast business built for business. >>> pinheads of the week, gretchen carlson and bernard mcguirk. gretchen has chosen two dallas, texas, talk show people. >> when parents do not have a choice as to whether or not they want their children to see this, it's wrong. it's the same thing when you turn on community and you -- >> i don't watch any of that. >> don't watch it. >> it's being pushed in faces. >> has he been kissing his wife -- >> get a room. >> leave it alone. >> i don't think there's any argument about that -- >> okay. you're going to leave. >> no, i'm going to midland. >> okay. >> that's a long walk. dallas to midland. this was about the football player, michael sam, drafted and his boyfriend and they were smooching and espn zeroed in on it. and the lady guest, she didn't want to see that. but why are you picking the two hosts as pinheads? >> only because of intolerance. it seems to always happen this way. when a woman has a conservative opinion as the two women in the center of this show did, they're not to be heard. >> why did she walk out? why did she go to midland? >> t

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a monday. these raids are all linked to a malicious software called black shades. that allows users to hijack computers remotely, even turning on computer web cams. it is used for everything from extortion to bank fraud and so far more than 100 people have been arrested in an operation that's over two years in the making. eric, this sounds like it is a worldwide operation. explain it for us. >> it is an unbelievable story, an invasion of privacy, say officials. this thing is called r.a.t. for remote access tool. allegedly it was sold by an organization called black shades. they say it can spy on everything you do on a computer, everything. it can copy your key strokes, activate your laptop or webcam camera to spy on you without you even knowing about it. turns out the r.a.t. costs only $40. authorities say it infected computers around the globe. among those charged here in the u.s., four men, including two accused creators at black shades, one of those men has nabbed in moldova. two others, one

. >> here now to disparage that incredibly bone headed statement gretchen carlson and bernard mcguirk. >> go. >> who knew eleanor clift was still in the game. god bless her. the last i heard from her when she was a journalist in the 90's during the will he wynn ski scandal and she applied to be a white house intern. poor old mcglocklin. teeth almost fell out of his mouth. >> pretty offensive. >> some of the 9/11 victims committed suicide by jumping out of the billing that's how stupid it is. >> say two things and get to your opinion. number one, one of our producers ron mitchell says ms. clift is one of the nicest people he has ever dealt with. all right? this isn't personal. number two, she is elderly, all right? and i don't know if she has a full grasp anymore of what she is actually saying. >> well, she got a chance to reaffirm those thoughts in another interview. she stuck with it but there were two very wrong things in that one statement. first of all she said that every media organization has investigated this to death. and i would beg to differ with that that's not true. also,

i'm gretchen carlson. bill clinton weighing in on hillary clinton's handling of benghazi, his brand new comments on that, and her health. >>> plus, brett bear just wrapped up an interview with tim geithner where he asked him whether the white house was trying to get him to mislead the american people. his answer, you've got to hear. >>> do you think you or your kids or your grandkids maybe have a gluten intolerance? a study says gluten intolerance may not even exist. all at the top of the hour. see you. >>> startling new information about that smartphone in your pocket. criminals are targeting the devices more and more. security experts from lookout now saying your phone is worth 30 times more than a solid block of silver because it contains a treasure trove of personal data and sensitive information can fetch a high price on the black-market. meantime, the danger of losing that data is sinking in with 70% of people saying they would put themselves in some amount of danger just to retrieve a lost phone. je

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a friday. right now, nearly 20,000 mu evacuation notices have been ordered. in san marcos, firefighters slowly starting to get this blaze under control. 10% contained as of many morning. some people there are even returning home. but this is just one of nine fires burning at the same time in this region. meantime, two teens are arrested and charged with starting at least

gretchen carlson here. welcome to "the real story." the house debating procedure right now. it could vote later this afternoon on whether to hold the former irs official in contempt of congress. lerner ran the division of the irs that targeted conservative groups applying for tax exempt status. she repeatedly refused to answer question, pleading the fifth at two separate congressional hearings. republican thomas massie is going to be on with me just moments away from now. stay tuned for that. >>> in the meantime, new developments in the crisis in ukraine with russian president vladimir putin now insisting he's pulled his troops back from the border, but u.s. intelligence reporting, no signs of that. the pentagon bluntly saying, quote, we have seen no change in russian force posture along the ukrainian border. bret baier is the anchor of "special report" and my guest on this. so is this fun and games again for vladimir putin, says one thing, really doing another? >> gretchen, that's what the u.s. is saying. it's not just the pentagon. you have the white house now weighing in

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gretchen carlson here. this is "the real story." she has reportedly tapped congressman elijah cummings, adam smith, adam schiff and congresswomen tammy duckworth, she is a veteran herself, and

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." >>> white house press secretary jay carney at the podium right now addressing benghazi, again, and the select committee to look into benghazi. and now, as has been widely expected, john boehner trapping trey gowdy to chair the select committee. the panel is tasked with uncovering the role the white house, state

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. the white house press corps again taking press secretary jay carney to task over those e-mails, this as an explosive hearing under way on capitol hill at the same time where a top military intelligence official at the time of the attack telling lawmakers, more should have been done to help the americans on the ground that night. more on that in a moment. but first, back to the white house press briefing.

. ♪ good to the last drop >> i am shena breen in for gretchen carlson. there were times when some in the white house wanted tim githener to say things he didn't want to say. and more than any other person, president obama needs to make necessary changes to make sure the veterans get the help they need. shocking video of a super star who got in a fight with his wife's sister. it is all coming up in the hour. >> and sacrifice and survival. a mother jumps out of a second store tore building and she grabbed her child and held him close and jumped. >> she had to make a decision to go. >> it is a big deal. you jump out of the house. he's all right. so that's it. >> that's all that matters. >> that's love. the baby only had a bruise on the forehead and his mother is recovering from surgery and the cause of the fire is under investigation. >> well, we have heard many different reasons for the nation's obesitty problem. and sugar and not fat is the problem we are fat. how we get hooked. here's the clip. >> there are 600,000 food items. 80 percent have added sugar

"the real story" with gretchen carlson starts right now. >>> we begin with a fox news alert today because as you've heard in the last few hours, speaker of the house john boehner has issued now his request for a select committee to look into and investigate benghazi. at the same time, that committee has also issued a subpoena to secretary of state john kerry. many developments going on at this hour, compelling him to appear and give his sworn testimony on benghazi. that committee accusing the state department of hiding documents after finding out about an e-mail that was withheld until a lawsuit forced it to be handed over. a former white house official now saying it should have been released a lot sooner. >> why did i

i'm gretchen carlson and shepard smith reporting live. hi, shep. >> thanks, gretchen. >>> where they're believed to be holding hundreds of girls in nigeria, a forest so dense security is frad to enter. and a security force to bring back the girls. they say the terrorists who took them have carried out a massacre. >>> we've got a preview but the full monica lewinsky is out today to what she says about being recognize oddtown street and what it's like for her to go out on dates. plus why acting like a psychopath could actually help you at work and in your love life. it's an all psychopathic hour. we'll tell you what that's all about and why it's not so insane and why it just might work. let's get to it. >>> and good thursday afternoon to you and yours. terrorist s threatening to sell girls again prove how blood-thirsty they really are. we have learn bd a new brutal attack in nigeria this which they report lid kill 100 people and possibly more, set their homes on fire and shot them when they ran from the flames. this word comes as the united

gretchen carlson here. "the real story" for tuesday. the big question today is, when are we going to hear from the president on this issue? political pressure building for some sort of white house response to the ongoing nightmare at the v.a. involving patient care and what appears to be dozens of preventable deaths. today the president's chief of staff, dennis mcdonagh said this -- >> clearly the chief of staff reiterated all the information that the department has been doing and congress has been providing for our veterans, made it very clear that the administration is going to get to the bottom of this and going to address it dramatically. >> kirsten powers is a columnist for "usa today," larry o'connor, radio host in washington, d.c. kirst kirsten, they're going to get to the bottom of it and it's going to happen right now and it's going to be dramatic. really? >> yeah. look, i don't have a good explanation for why the president hasn't spoken on this when it first broke and people are saying, where's the president? i said, i'm sure

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" for a friday. right now, nearly 20,000 mu evacuation notices have been ordered. in san marcos, firefighters slowly starting to get this blaze under control. 10% contained as of many morning. some people there are even returning home. but this is just one of nine fires burning at the same time in this region. meantime, two teens are arrested and charged with starting at least two brush fires in a suburban san diego neighborhood. those were put out quickly but police aren't sure if the young suspects are linked to the other fires, including this one which left one person dead in carlsbad. here's the local fire chief there. >> i have not heard of any injuries. if there's injuries, that i have been minor in nature, which is great. they're beat up. that's the bottom line. they've been out 24 straight hours almost. about 10,000 people had to leave either mandatorily or they left on their own. >> cal fire captain mike moehler joins us now. great to see you, captain. tell us what the current conditions are

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story" today. the white house press corps again taking press secretary jay carney to task over those e-mails, this as an explosive hearing under way on capitol hill at the same time where a top military intelligence official at the time of the attack telling lawmakers, more should have been done to help the americans on the ground that night. more on that in a moment. but first, back to the white house press briefing. we have chief white house correspondent ed henry live at the white house. somebody just tweeted me that jay carney should be on "dancing with the stars" because he was doing a lot of tap dancing today. >> second day in a row that carney was under fire getting tough questions from various people in the briefing room. the key question, this ben rhodes e-mail we've been talking about, these talking points helping prepare susan rice, then the u.s. ambassador to the united nations for those five appearances on the sunday talk shows, the question being, was this about benghazi or not? jay c

"the real story" with gretchen carlson starts right now. >>> we begin with a fox news alert today because as you've heard in the last few hours, speaker of the house john boehner has issued now his request for a select committee to look into and investigate benghazi. at the same time, that committee has also issued a subpoena to secretary of state john kerry. many developments going on at this hour, compelling him to appear and give his sworn testimony on benghazi. that committee accusing the state department of hiding documents after finding out about an e-mail that was withheld until a lawsuit forced it to be handed over. a former white house official now saying it should have been released a lot sooner. >> why did it take a foia and a judge to get this ben rhodes e-mail? >> i don't know. i bet every person in that white house wished the e-mail would have been released earlier. i do, too, it tells us what we said privately is what we said publicly because that's what we thought occurred. it references protests because they were countless across the world. >> mark mad does eadows is on t

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." republicans say they plan to vote for sylvia matthews burwell to replace health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius. democrats say it's the sort of a new era. but new polling seems to suggest the toughest times for obamacare may still be ahead. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. what should we expect when this hearing gets under way? fireworks or not so much? >> well, gretchen, we're expecting key lawmakers to go after the obama administration's countless delays and tweaks of the health care law, which have made many here on capitol hill furious. we also expect there will be some questions about some of the recent headlines in terms of failing state health care exchanges. and then one like this one on transparency. >> will you be willing to be clear and honest with the american people and the congress and this committee about the implementation of obamacare regardless of what the administration's policy is? >> senator, you have my co

gretchen carlson here. this is "the real story." she has reportedly tapped congressman elijah cummings, adam smith, adam schiff and congresswomen tammy duckworth, she is a veteran herself, and linda sanchez. we'll bring you her remarks as soon as they happen along with analysis. >>> in the meantime, another fox news alert because the president today comes out swinging, vowing to get to the bottom of the veterans affairs scandal and hold any wrongdoers accountable. the president finally echoing the sentiment -- >> when i hear allegations of misconduct, any misconduct whether it's allegations of v.a. staff covering up long wait times or cooking the books, i will not stand for it. not as commander in chief, but also not as an american. >> a lot of reaction coming in after that. senator john mccain saying, quote, while i am glad that after many weeks of refusing to acknowledge this widening scandal, president obama finally saw fit to speak about it today. but his remarks are wholly insufficient in addressing the fundamental systematic p

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome to "the real story." >>> white house press secretary jay carney at the podium right now addressing benghazi, again, and the select committee to look into benghazi. and now, as has been widely expected, john boehner trapping trey gowdy to chair the select committee. the panel is tasked with uncovering the role the white house, state department and cia each had in shaping the talking points that then-u.n. ambassador susan rice used on the sunday talk shows. we all know at that time she blamed the attack on that video. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel live for us on capitol hill. first and foremost, why the selection of trey gowdy? >> reporter: well, gretchen, good afternoon. house speaker john boehner says the american people want answers, accountability and justice. boehner says about congressman gowdy, republican of south carolina, that he is as dogged focused and serious minded as they come. the speaker says gowdy's background as a federal prosecutor, doing that

i'm gretchen carlson. welcome today to "the real story." the president set to deliver that statement on a drawdown from the rose garden in about 45 minutes from now. we'll bring it to you live. fox news learning that he wants to leave 9,800 troops in afghanistan f a the end of the combat mission there this year. about a third of what we have now. and bring the remaining forces home by the time he leaves office in twikt. wendell goler live from the north lawn. >> there are about 33,000 servicemen and women in afghanistan now. and the president's announcement means that most of them will come home this year and that america's longest war will be over by the time he leaves office. this announcement, of course, coming after mr. obama met with military advisers in an unannounced trip to afghanistan on sunday. it shows he's confident that a plan for a post-war force for counterterrorism and training won't fall apart like it did in iraq. >> we want to preserve the gains that you have helped to win. and we're going to make sure that afghanistan can