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Miss him already. there is a hole in my heart that i fear is going to be there forever. today is about the liu family and he would have wanted me here and sandy here to express our condolences on behalf of all the people in the state of new york. my father would have been here today. i wanted to be here today. >> he died thursday at the age of 82. im poppy harlow in new york. smerconish begins now. im michael smerconish. its a new year and weve got lots to talk b. were going to drill down on s...

She was busted out of prison, she broke out of prison, escaped from the united states, was granted political asylum in cuba so now this burning question is will she be returned? well get the story from national correspondent jason carroll. >> we can learn a lot from people. >> reporter: assata shakur is somewhat of a cause celeb in cuba, called on to speak about issues such as equality and human rights. but it wasnt always like this. in fact, she didnt always go by the name assata shakur. >> the...

Well-dressed credit for saying it was one of his best interviews hes ever done. ever done. thats pretty impressive. and he really did do his homework that young guy. impressive, right? finally, backstreet is back. the boy band that burst on to the scene in the late 1990s is making a comeback with a brand new documentary answering a burning question. >> what do you do when you are a full grown man in a boy band? >> thats a great question. the documentary follows the band through the making of t...

Make a decision. >> and we ask donald trump another burning question. one i know you want to know. in light of his rosy rival, what does he think of rosie odonnells return to "the view." you have to hear donald trumps response to that coming up. the german government furious that the obama administration taking action on their acker. expelling cia station chief from berlin. the growing rift between our government now expanding at a time of real turmoil when we most need our allies.e a ambassador...

Putting americans on the ground out there to control air strikes, when you are not going to it do it during ramadan makes absolutely no sense at all. get as many americans, civilians and otherwise out of the country. number two, dont do any deals with the iranians. there is a reason why the islamic revolutionary guard core is on the cover of this book. thats the next big scandal. thats coming right around the corner. theyre about to do the deal. kerry is going to have to announce it he will have...

Running for president and i think she is, it was intriguing to look at how shes reaching out to the fox demographic. at cnn she distanced herself from the the president on how to deal with syria and afghanistan. on the question of benghazi -- youre left with the question if she had been in the white house in the oval office with the three men at that time, had been given an opportunity to make the, quote/unquote, hard choice, would benghazi have turned out differently. i dont know if it was done...

Run because she said, there are still things about benghazi i dont know. if she says this as the former secretary of state when this happened on her watch it feed it is cycle of curiosity that what is it we need to know. what dont you know, madam secretary, that the rest of us should know or we need to find out. >> she told us what her question. is. under questioning tonight was it this or that. there is a combination of things. why then, now. why go after that facility? >> thats only part of it...

We have interests at stake. the question is if there is a vital interest to call for u.s. intervention. the answer in my judgment is no. it is hard to imagine what political purpose renewed engagement is going to entail except we better be ready to pull 5,000 americans out of our embassy which will be a challenge if baghdad turns into a street fight. >> it seems malaki is a shia. he seems to have built his case of, by and for the shias. his government, politics, everything is aimed at winning th...

Its worth further exploration if thats what we want to do. i agree with her that my party needs to get off the perception if not fact the noise about cutting back or at least creating these hills and valleys and difficult approaches. >> 36 states led by republican legislatures are trying to make it harder for people to vote. >> yeah. north carolina did an amazing thing. it was possible for high school seniors to preregister if they werent where 18 yet. they made it illegal. instead of making it ...

Once again if we believe shes running for president and i think she is, it was intriguing to look at how shes reaching out to the fox demographic. at cnn she distanced herself from the the president on how to deal with syria and afghanistan. on the question of benghazi -- youre left with the question if she had been in the white house in the oval office with the three men at that time, had been given an opportunity to make the, quote/unquote, hard choice, would benghazi have turned out different...