Plus, war over planned projects by cnn and nbc, on the life and career of Hillary Clinton. The gop now threatening to block both networks from hosting primary debates. The Parent Companies are choosing to promote Hillary Clinton when they know darn well that she is getting ready to run for president. Well ask two key political strategists joe trippi and Chip Saltsman, is the race for 2016 already on. And the power play of the week still with mike tyson. And hello again from fox news in washington. President obama has left the capital for his summer vacation. He arrived if Marthas Vineyard after his first full press conference in more than three months. And he made news on the Government Surveillance Program relations with russia, and our war against al qaeda. He is not senator john mccain, republican leader on National Security who just returned from the mideast joins us now from arizona. Senator, welcome back to fox news sunday. Thank you, chris. President obama said friday he wants to reform the governments Surveillance Program. Add safe guards. Make the whole program more transparent. Republican congressman pete king, a member of the House Intelligence Committee said this. That he called it a monumental failure of war time leadership. Senator mccain was right. I think its pretty clear that theres been failures throughout that have led to mr. Snowden now being granted asylum in russia. There is now a large percentage of americans particularly young americans, who view mr. Snowden as some kind of a whistleblower when we know he betrayed his oath of office. There is some young that believe he is some kind of jason bourn. We need to ask questions, like why did mr. Snowden have access to what he had access to. It couldnt have been his job. What about congressional oversight. Have we had a failure there . And clearly mr. Snowden granted asylum in russia is a signal of incredibly bad relations between the United States and russia and mr. Putin putting his thumb right in americas eye. Lets talk about some of the specific reforms that president obama suggested. Lets put them up on the screen. Have a privacy advocate argue against government. Tighten mass collection of phone records. Be more transparent about surveillance. Do you think those are good ideas or could they impede our ability to stop any terrorist who has means to do us harm . Theres a careful balance here between preserving our assets and capabilities and making sure that the American People are convinced that their privacy is not being violated. And it is a careful balance. Right now as i mentioned, there is a generational change here. Young americans do not trust this government. Without trust in government then you cant did a lot of things. So i dont disagree with any of those proposals of the president s. But i also would ask how in the world that we have all of these thousands of contractors and people like snowden who may have access to information that there is no reason for them to have. We used to have a thing called needtoknow. Clearly mr. Snowden did not need to know the information he is now revealing. It is also revealing the state of our relations with rushsia and mr. Putin. I will get to that in a moment. But first, breaking news. The state department reopened 18 of 19 missions and consulates, diplomatic posts across the middle east, north africa near asia. Did the administration do the right thing in closing those embassies to respond to the Terror Threat or as some of our foreign partners say, did it in effect be an act of retreat on this part of the country against the threats in the middle east . Im not sure it was a matter of retreat. But it authenticates the incredible threat that al qaeda poses to the United States of america and our embassies and consulates throughout north america. You cant say on one hand you have destroyed quote core al qaeda. That is semantic gym mastics which is remarkable. You cant say that and at the same time close embassies and consulates all oest mideast. Look al qaeda is on the rise. They have been on the rise. They continue to penetrate. They have almost a free zone in the iraq syria syrias that border iraq is now excuse me. Al qaeda is strengthening everyday in every way because of a lack of American Leadership and policy. The only american policy i can think of that president obama is practicing is one he is not bush and second that the United States is withdr we are withdrawing. And when you do that, and when you say that then things get a lot worse than they are and they continue to get worse and without that policy, without a strong policy we are in trouble. Let me give you an example. The president said, if assad used chemical weapons it would cross the line and be a gamechanger. We now know for sure that assad used chemicals weapon. What has United States done . Maybe in ways provide Light Weapons to the resistance which is not doing anything of benefit. And bashir assad is succeeding. I want to play what president obama has said about the state of al qaeda the last year. Take a look. Today, al qaeda is on the run and Osama Bin Laden is dead. For al qaeda is a shell of its former self. Groups must be dealt with. The United States is never going to retreat from the world. We dont get terrorized. Senator, a moment ago, you said al qaeda is on the rise. You are not subjecting that al qaeda is stronger than it was pre9 11. Im saying they me taft sized in a way they may pose threat threats throughout the middle east, they can destabilize missions, have acts of terror literally everywhere and there the perception throughout the mid aeflteastdle east that there is no policy and that there is accommodation it that reality. When they believe that, then you are going to see extremist element on the rise and clearly they are throughout the middle east. Action of closing embassies shows they are mounting threats everywhere in the middle east against the United States of america and they are playing in ways that is going to pose challenge to the United States for years to come. You talked earlier about russia. I want to get back to that. Obama cancelled a meeting with putin earlier this week. He also made it clear he want to continue to do business with russia. Take a look at what the president said. I know the press likes to focus on body language and hes got that kind of slouch looking like the bored kid in the back of the classroom. But the truth is is that when were in conversations together, often times it is very productive. Senator, is the relationship productive . Is canceling the summit enough or should we get tougher with putin and russia . The president comparing him to a kid in the back of the classroom, i think is very indicative of the president s lack of appreciation of who Vladimir Putin is. He is an old kgb colonel that has no illusions about our relationship, does not care about a relationship with the United States. Continues to owe press his people. Continues to owe press the media and continues to act in an unhelpful fashion by continuing, for example, to veto resolutions in the United Nations secure ut council concerning assads atrocities in syria. Look, what and the fact that cancelled the meeting, thats fine. It is imbolic. We need to expand the migniski act, and that is Holding People responsible for actions this rush why. We need to emphasize human rights and we also need very badly to understand obama doesnt have any putin relationship in any authority and treat him in a realistic fashion. That is how to treat mr. Putin. Not just cancel a meeting. Earlier in the week you were trying to convince the government they were backing to again to release Political Prisoners and to reach out to demonstrators, Muslim Brotherhood in the street and try to persuade them to go back it a democratic system. Generals not only rebuffed you but said they would crack down if they didnt clear the streets pretty quickly. Question, what do you think should happen if the generals go ahead with their threat and violently crack down on the Muslim Brotherhood protesting . Should we cut off aid to egypt and wh would that do to the chances of deinvolving into a civil war . When the United States of america refuses to call a military takeover of a government refuses to call that a coup then it is hard for us to urge them to observe the rule of law and constitution. But theres no doubt that president morrissey abused his power as president and there is uprising against morsi. But now it is a coup and we may have jailed leaders of the previous government and that is not the way to bring about reconciliation. They are charging mr. Morsi and others with crimes, for example in his case, before he ran for president and we urged the release of some of the Political Prisoners, the answer was it was a judicial matter. It is not a judicial matter. It is the orders of the new government and military. I worry a great deal. Theres still around 30 of the people that support the Muslim Brotherhood. We could see eruption and bloodshed that would be hoe horrendous. Let me quickly ask you because we are running out of time. Sure. If this do crack down are you going to call in aid for egypt. Im afraid the congress of the United States would have to consider carefully ending aid. It is not just aid. It is economy tourism relationship legitimacy in the world and a lot of other things and im afraid they are not appreciative of it while demonizing the United States of america in the streets. It is a sad thing to see. Senator we have less than a minute left. I want it ask you one and final question. You have been spending a lot of time with president obama recently. Talking about Foreign Policy pushing Immigration Reform. You helped work out a deal for the senate to stop filibustering some of his nominees an jay leno asked the president about it this week. Take a look. I remember you two had lovers quarrel for a while. And now youre all well, that is how thats how a classic romantic comedy goes. I was going to ask you, are you going soft on obama but i have to say from some of your answers today, it is clear youre not. So it is a romantic comedy or tragedy . I think it is a situation where i will work with the president and the American People want us to. Look at the Approval Ratings and i will work with the president where i can. But m in places like syria where a hundred thousand people tortured, raped murder, mayhem is taking place with increasing influence of muslim extremists, that is something that i have to fight against and we need a coherent National Security policy, particularly in the middle east but in the world. And we dont have that right now. And i intend to do what i can to restore americas prestige and influence, which is on the wane. Thank you for the romantic comedy. It is always good to talk with you sir. Thank you, sir. Hillary clinton and Chris Christie run strong in early polls. Let the talk of 2016 begin. 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We have a big problem that cnn and msnbc think they will put together movesies about Hillary Clinton and that the Republican Party will just go ahead and get along. Reince priebus threatening two networks will be locked out of president bl debates if they go along with film project about Hillary Clinton. Joining us to discuss political situations for 2014 and 16 are Chip Saltsman who managed huckabees run for the white house and joe trippi who worked on the campaigns of ted kennedy and walter mon do you. Should they good ahead and act on the threat from chairman priebus if nbc and cnn dont back out and there is talk that Fox Television would get involved also. Should they act on this . They are very excited that chairman is doing this. This is one of the things where the chairman will lay down the gauntlet. Will they pull their Hillary Clinton mini series in no. I think is good fundraising on both sides too. Let me ask you about that, too, do they look strong or silly . And in a practical sense with a diane lane mini series because she apparently signed up for the mini series to play Hillary Clinton, to bolster the campaign in 2016. I agree with chris. This is great fundraising strategy from the rnc. But, no i dont think the reason networks are doing this is because of how formidable a candidacy clintons would be. She is so formidable. There is a story there, they think. But also, look democratic party, they did this with fox. Protested. Did a boycott. It doesnt work. I mean, the last time i checked fox is doing pretty well with its viewers. I dont think this will work. It is good for the base. Jabs them up raises money. But thats about all the only impact it will have, chris. Meanwhile, there is a new poll out of New Hampshire that shows a couple of interesting things. Lets but that up on the screen. New jersey governor Chris Christie has the lead at 21 . Senator marco rubio is back in fifth place at 6 . Back in april. Rubio was tied with christie for had the lead at 15 . Couple of questions chip why is christie so strong, not only in that poll but a bunch of national polls. And secondly, has rubio been hurt that badly by his support for comprehensive Immigration Reform . I dont think there is any question its been hurt. From iowa it South Carolina and really all over the country. This is the issue that everybody they thought rubio would be in kind of new republican that would lead us to the white house in 2016. Get up there and trying it start making deals this is the problem weve all got. Weve got to get something done. It hurts you in the national polls. What about Chris Christie . He is the hot hand at the national level. If you take it down to the microcosm in the primary states not so much. He is doing well with independence and regular republicans but with the right hand of the party, he is not so popular. I want to ask you both about the News Conference and his reaction from the threat of some republicans to shut down the government if obama care is not defunded. Take a look. The idea that you would should down the government unless you prevent 30 Million People from getting healthcare, is a bad idea. Joe the president was all but taunting the republicans, you know, saying go ahead, try to link a defunding obama care to shut down of the government. Make my day. Do democrats just love the prospect of republicans going down this road . I dont know if they love it but it is a good tactic. Good tactic for whom . For the president. Look, whats going on here is that people want they want it repealed. They may want it changed. But they dont want the government shut down to happen to force that to happen. So the president daring them to do it. It is helpful for 2014. Republicans are going to go on record. They are either going to force a shut down. Weve been through this before, didnt work too well with Newt Gingrich and the republican string the last one. I think trying to push against republicans but making sure if they do it there will be a cost. Chip, Republican Leaders the leaders in the house and senate hate this idea of linking obama care, defunding to whether or not the government gets funded. But ive got to say, i talked to a lot of tea party republicanes who say it is time to put up or shut up. If you really hate obama care, the power of the purse is the way can you stop it. You cant end it, but delay it by a year by defunding it. I want it put up a very interesting poll this weekend. Gallups latest poll. Obamas Approval Rating is down to 41 . It hasnt been lower than that in almost two years. Chip what are the political stakes here for the gop. Have you a somewhat vulne