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rupert murdoch under fire in britain and in the united states. two separate u.s. agencies calling for investigations into rupert murdoch. have you heard this story? an 8-year-old boy kidnapped, murdered, then mutilated. now new york place are scouring a stream of surveillance video for answers. more on that. first, i want to begin with this. lets just plunge right into the debt negotiations at this hour. daily talks at the white house resume in one hour, and by all accounts, they a...

Megyn: if libya is not a vital national interest and we called for hosni mubarak to called egypt, which he was an ally to the united states, even though not the greatest guy, so we get involved in those two, but not iran in 2009. >> right. megyn: we called assad a reformer and not get involved in syria. its like our enemies, we wont get involved there. >> our friends, well topple. our enemies, we wont touch. megyn: why? >> the problem with syria, its a bigger problem. theyre closely aligned with...

Heading to the airport last saturday, there were armored personnel carriers, just one right next to the other completely around the front of the presidential palace. you couldnt even see anything past them. i assume those are still in place and probably more has been added. joining us live from d.c. is professor dr. fouad ajami, senior fellow at the hoover institution. and steven hadley, and in cairo, ben wedeman and ivan watson. ben, do we know what role the military plans to play in the hours ...

And steven hadley, and in cairo, ben wedeman and ivan watson. ben, do we know what role the military plans to play in the hours ahead? >> no, we dont actually. and thats really what people are asking. the military has -- is currently in an odd position. they came out with a so-called communique number one in which they said that this higher military council would be studying the situation very carefully. we also had recorded pictures from that meeting and interestingly enough, there was no pictu...

He has to deal with the tea party. where does that leave him then? >> it actually leaves him looking pretty good. after the popularity plummeted since the election, it is inching up and gave the state of the union looking better in the polls than a long time. 55% of americans basically approve of the job hes doing as president. thats way more than other members of congress, way more than potential republican opponents and the republicans are in this odd position. they have the tea party thats fi...

>> goldman sachs. >> they have a great thing but they do not have letters from iran president mahmoud ahmadinejad. the white house has admitted in fact he did lick a letter, put a stamp on it and send it in the mail to the white house and now whats actually in the letter, citing the united states is a country thats going to be under isolation in the world. >> doesnt that seem a like just yesterday when mahmoud in a romantic moment sent the note congratulating president obama as a partner in peac...

President-elect trump and advice president-elect pence. more on all of that now from our jim acosta. >> reporter: dont tell mike pence vice presidents dont have much power. the new chair of donald trumps transition team now has a critical mission, to end the infighting of who will snatch up the most powerful position inside the administration. front-runners were jeff sessions for attorney general, senator tom cotton for defense, trump campaign finance chair and former u.n. ambassador john bolton...

Much power. the new chair of donald trumps transition team now has a critical mission, to end the infighting of who will snatch up the most powerful position inside the administration. among the front runners for jeff sessions for attorney general, senator tom cotton for defense, trump campaign finance chair and former u.n. ambassador john bolton and rudy giuliani for secretary of state. giuliani is publicly jockeying to become the nations top diplomat. >> would be a good choice. >> is there any...

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Running mates who arent exactly mates. >> the fact that mike pence did not go to that event in wisconsin after donald trump and his statement on friday night said pence would go in his place, i think that that was the clearest signal that we saw that mike pence was not going to stand up and explain for donald trump these comments when hes talking about something as serious as sexual assault. >> yeah. you have people now saying donald trump should step aside and pence should go in his place. agai...