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Shannon. all right. thanks, rick. new developments in the investigation tonight into the disappearance and subsequent release of army sergeant bowe bergdahl who was exchanged earlier this year for five gitmo detainees. national security correspondent jennifer griffin reports from the pentagon. >> shannon, sergeant bowe bergdahls fate could soon be known. this afternoon defense secretary chuck hagel was briefed on the army investigation as to why bergdahl left his base in 2009 and whether it ...

Nancy pelosi who said she wasnt going to support the legislation because it was so abhorrent to her and her democratic allies. and the white house had to do a lot of arm twisting there. then yesterday, senator ted cruz, senator mike lee demanded a vote on immigration. so that held things up in the senate. by the way, that allowed senator harry reid to move forward with a number of nominations, 24 of the presidents nominations. that became a bit of a win for the president, but you have the sort o...

Immigration as another big fight for congress when theyre back next year. joining us now to talk about the politics behind the passage, richard goodstein, democratic political consultant and former advisor to hillary clinton for president. cal thomas, syndicated and "usa today" columnist and fox news contributor. so there was a lot of arm twisting all over the place. richard, start with you. there were democrats who came out on the house side pubb blbl pushing back against the president. without...

Seats, why isnt there for arm-twisting about what would be good for the party and his speakership like immigration reform? >> weve seen so far he doesnt have a lot of levers of power right now. there are in earmarks. you cant rip an earmark away from somebody. committees are relatively powerless right now in the house because so little legislation goes through them. taking away a committee assignment isnt that big a deal. but were starting to see tea partiers lose their own power by mounting cha...

Speaking of voting rights and about history. >> kristen welker, when the president speaks to this, he is obviously walking in the shoes of great leaders who preceded him. but its still a personal struggle through his eyes and through the eyes of the white house. >> reporter: absolutely. and i think that you are going to hear the president try to put some of these president struggles in a historic context. particularly when we think about to the civil rights act and voting rights act, how much ar...

Its a heck of a day to try and talk peace. against the backdrop of international arm-wrestling over the crisis in crimea, the obama administration is staring down a self-imposed deadline to get to a framework for peace between israel and the palestinians. and just as israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu was arriving at the white house, we have word israeli air forces have attacked a target in gaza. at least one person from the military wing of islamic jihad was reportedly killed and two wou...

Candidate. he brings adversity to the party and people like his indeas and e is making a little bit of a comeback. >> the next one is wounded. >> chris christie is wounded, i think, in a big way and possibly a way he is not going to be able to recover from. its not just bridgegate and continues to linger out there. a great piece in the new republic and politico magazine taking a new look at nis activities in his rise to politics. now everl7 new he did in jersey, the typical new jersey politics o...

Pipeline. transcanadas keystone xl would carry nearly from billion artery wra, canada, to the refinies in the gulf coast. it would cross six states. s montana, south dakota, nebraska, oklahoma, and texas. all right. the moment that you have all been waiting for. special guest star that i was able to find to come over and do the cooler today. the beautiful, the talented erica hill from the weekend today show. >> are you so kind. thank you, my friend. it took a lot of arm-twisting. just kidding. y...

That could come in and side with the multinationals and get this pipeline constructed? >> i think the primary role for the federal government continues to be the comment period in place with the state department where your viewers can submit comments to tell secretary kerry this is not in our national interests. in the past, epa has expressed concerns about climate change and wildlife. we believe that those processes will continue. were optimistic at this end of the day secretary kerry and presi...

Something happened in the senate yesterday that basically never happens. something that made even a former harry reid staffer shake his head and say, "i thought id seen them all." if youve been following the news out of washington this week, you may be thinki ining finally tea party control of the gop is over. that is is not at all the whole story. yes, both the house and senate passed a clean debt ceiling increase this week. the amount of "game of thrones" level intrigue and behind the scenes a...