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Meeting tonight about v.a. troubles: the senates version allows executives to appeal their firing, something the house committee chairman calls a stumbling block. >> so what do you think, can the v.a. health care system being fixed? let me know on faib.com/bret baier sr. on or twitter, you can use the #special report. >> another record setting day on wall street. dow up 18, s&p up 2, nasdaq up 14. >> no good deed goes unpunished. why the keystone pipeline really could be a matter of life and dea...

Israel when he made that statement for the first time, by the way, after president obama made a very wonderful statement in cairo that no more settlements would be permitted, and at the time i felt this was an issue netanyahu raised to make insurmountable stumbling block for the arab countries, yes. >> dick cheney spoke at sheldon adelson republican jewish coalition event in las vegas, which i thought was rather an embarrassing event for these people and mother jones received an audio of that sp...

Marijuana arrests of young african-american men far outpace those of white americans, even though black and white americans use the drug at similar rates, african-americans are nearly four times as likely to end up in jail for simple possession. there is a move across the country to liberalize marijuana laws. one stumbling-block could be tumbling away. pro-marijuana activists say theyve long been frustrated that few black leaders have publicly joined them in their efforts. with the majority of a...

Capital juba to protect the u.s. embassy there. officials telling me this morning its just a precautionary measure. they will be armed. i dont expect theyll get involved in the fighting but it shows the u.s. is bracing to are a potential escalation and the u.n. security council will be having an urgent meeting on this today, kate. >> thank you for that update. dennis rodmans basketball diplomacy is in full swing in pyongyang. how much diplomacy is it really? the former nba star held tryouts fo...

24 hours before president obama self-imposed deadline for fixing healthcare.gov. as problems continue, government workers are trying to fix the system, and officials say the vast majority of people will have a better experience. and as people try to enroll for health care, the technology team is scrambling to build a new part of the website. the easy app would permit people eligible for aid to sign up for coverage without calculating an exact subsidy amount, a major stumbling block so far. >> ...

Self-imposed deadline for fixing healthcare.gov. as problems continue, government workers are trying to fix the system and officials say the vast majority of people will have a better experience. as people try to enroll for health care, the technology team is scrambling to build a new part of the website. the easy app would peshgt people eligible for aid to sign up for coverage without calculating an exact subsidy amount, a stumbling block so far. and jewel stole the show. check her out. she...

Heather: where do we stand getting a farm bill? >> not very good. the house and senate both have farm bills. they are very different, a conference committee will have to work out those differences and that committee is deadlocked. the stumbling block is food stamps or the assistance program now called the house cut in the program over a decade, the senate bill only 4 billion. democrats were 3.4 million americans could see their food stamps cut off. >> are any of the changes, will they make hunge...

Mcconnell manage to -- >> thats -- i want to pick up, because the whole house piece, this is fascinating, but lets just -- i want to make sure we understand what it is that harry reid and the democrats are looking for here. this susan collins plan we were talking about yesterday morning, it would have extended the debt ceiling until the end of next january. >> right. >> it would have put in this, like, process, where supposedly the house and senate would agree on a long-term budget plan before -...

Many things i can tell you, one of the things i want to tell you is the house had the opportunity to vote on a bill to open up the government and speaker boehner will not bring it up for a vote. he sent everyone home. and this thing drags on. a self-inflicted wound on our nation. open up the doors for the american people, pay our bills and then well negotiate over how to move forward. obama care, that was the big stumbling block you dont hear them talk about anymore. now its something new. we ca...

Said that the unilateral use of force by the u.s. is not off the table. so if they violate, then it goes back to the u.n. security council. as you know, russia is a permanent member of the council, has veto power and has been really the stumbling block over the last two years from getting the u.n. to act on syria but russia is now saying that as syria does violate, its willing to go along with consequences. well just have to see how syria is does. >> elise labbot, thank you so much. live in new ...