Into his own hands. Joining me now, the editor for the Weekly Standard and clinton inc. She says is this it . This ways they have been hyping for how long . They are not doing anything. Does that mean there wont be any opposition . I think a lot of people are surprised by that quote. A lot of people will fight this stridently. But there isnt a lot the president can do without executive action. What hes doing is a much more limited sphere of things that he actually wanted to do. But there are some things within his proposals that americans support and get toward the goal they want in having fewer guns in the peoples hands. Jenna the president says he knows this wont solve every Violent Crime in the country. Why view this as limited as some say it is. Gun laws taking executive action. Going to congress, Congress Wont do anything so hes taking it into his own hands. President obama obviously feels strongly about this. But when you look at these changes, they are kinds of small ball and its astonishing he would use so much political will and Political Capital has a lame duck president for such small tweaks that wouldnt actually alter gun laws too drastically even though there will be a fight on their hands and they could be illegal. Can you explain to our viewers what these laws impact . Is it online sales we are look at here . Among the president s proposals are tighter screening on Mental Health which is vastly popular among americans to enforce current laws more strictly. Adding more resources. Eventually what hes saying is people who sell a lot of guns will meet the standard of being a gun dealer. Hes change the definition as it is written in the law right now. There was a poll done by Gabby GiffordsGun Control Group that showed it was popular. It would extend gun checks at at gun shows. General report overall trends that critics of these executive actions have an issue with among others. What do you think is the politics for the republicans on this. We heard from republican critics on this plan. If you have listen to some political watchers. For the most part for these minor changes the public will be on board. What is the move here . Sawfs outlined, republicans are likely to pose this for two reasons. One the way president obama is doing this. Executive actions, i think all republicans oppose that. The substance of this, there are limits to these gun rights and there are intentions behind them, and just that its now passed into law by congress which passed into the previous gun laws. More than anything right now the process issues for some people will be process and substance. Process has ruined relations between president obama and congress. Forget about any big legislative reforms the next year. There would be too much bad blood in the water. Obviously this an important topic when the president speaks. You can see the setup happening at the white house. When you take a look at whats happening around the world. Im curious where you put this as far as priorities. Driving the conversation, i wonder if thats where the conversation should be. Thats a judgment call. This is something indianapolis been one of the president s priorities. He put a focus on how he can do what he can to change the nations gun laws to get more guns out of the mix. I think he tried in 2013. It wasnt successful. He probably waited until after the midterm elections. The point how there was not going to be a lot done. This was his chance. There are a lot of things going none the world. But he will do it at some point. Jenna you take a look at the stock market. Gun seals, its having the opposite effect. Nice to have you both, daniel phillip, great to see you. Thank you very much. We want to hear from our viewers. Do you think the president is acting within his Constitutional Authority . Is this an issue of process or substance . When you hear about what the president is doing, do you have a problem with that or is it the way hes doing it. Jon the standoff at an oregon wildlife refuge into its fourth day. A local sheriff is telling the armed protesters to just go home. Two local ranchers were ordered back to prison. Dan springer is live not far from the scene outside of burns, oregon. He has the latest. Reporter we got our first sign the armed Antigovernment Group may be willing to back down soon. Ryan bundy said if the people of harley county want them to leave, they will. They wanted to keep the hammonds out of prison but yesterday they turned themselves in to serve time for burning federal lands. Most are critical of the activists taking over a federal wildlife refuge. The local sheriff said its time for them to go. You have said you were here to help the citizens of harley county. That ended when an armed conflict. Reporter a few are blocking a road that leads down to the compound. Law enforcement has stayed away, but they have taken over a middle school in burns 30 miles away. Many have come out against the occupiers including the Oregon Cattlemans Association and the local militia. They love this country and they know their rights and they want to stand up for them. There are fringe element out there who hold some of our ideas but are willing to take them much farther as in this situation. Reporter we are expecting to hear from the armed occupiers. The f. B. I. Said nothing beyond a statement sunday saying they are working on a peaceful resolution. Reporter coming up on happening now well develop further into this with a former federal prosecutor. Jenna we are awaiting the appearance of the affluenza teens mom. She is charged with hindering the apprehend of a felon. He was the subject of an international search. Reporter all the indications we are getting are this will be a very brief Court Appearance britannia couch later this morning. That shell waive her right to fight extradition and will then quickly be taken bit s. Marshalls where she is by u. S. Marshalls. Tanya couchs lawyer said while the mawb may not agree with what she did, make no mistake. Tanya did not violate any law in the state of texas and she is eager to have her day in court. As for ethan couch, he remained held in mexico city. Hes due to meet his attorney there. A highmprofile attorney to decide how he wants to proceed. His attorney has said if he waives his right to fight extradition he could be back in the United States within 24 hours. But the indications we are getting on his part is he will fight. If that is the case. It could be weeks or months before authorities get ethan couch back to the United States. Of course, even if they do that and when they do that. They cannot resentence him on that drunk driving charge. The case in which he killed those four people. All they would be able to sentence him on this type is the probation relation if proven, and that could lead to at most 120 days behind bars for ethan couch. Thank you. Jon a major pileup on a busy free way. The dow started off the year yesterday with it worst losses since the financial crisis. But a check on how markets are doing today. Well be take you to the east room of the white house. The president is expected to be make something remark on his gun control proposals about half an hour from now. You just saw former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum. Well be talking to him this hour as well. What makes this simple salad the best simple salad ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple veggie dish ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. The best simple dinner ever . Heart healthy california walnuts. Great tasting, heart healthy california walnuts. So simple. Get the recipes at walnuts. Org. Ted cruz is wonderful in reading childrens fairytales on the senate floor. Rick santorum spent his time in the senate a little differently. Jon that is part of an ad from gop president ial candidate Rick Santorum. Iowa is a state he won in 2012. The former pennsylvania senator Rick Santorum joins us now. He obviously takes shots at ted cruz right off the top. Hes leading in the the polls in iowa, is he your number one competition . The other candidate who dont have the experience to take on the experience to take on the challenges that confront this country. Its only ramping up. As we hear its only going to get worse under this administration because this president is not going to protect americans and hes not going to defend us. We are trying to get the seriousness of this election. Going up in this elect against hillary clinton, a former secretary of state and former first lady. It would behoove us to nominate someone who can go toe to toe and chart a course based on knowledge and experience. Jon last type when you won iowa you were build as the evangelical candidate and social issues candidate. I left the United States senate at a type when we were at war. And i was someone who offered sanctions on iran. The nuclear sanctions, i authored those when i was in congress and overcame president bushs initial opposition to get them passed. I worked on the Armed Services committee to outfit our military. When i left the United States senate, i didnt spend four years working on cultural issues. I talked about radical islam because i saw that as the most pressing threat to our national security. Four years ago when i was running, i talked about those things. But nobody else wanted to talk about it. The war was over, bin laden is dead. We are taking our troops out of iraq. Everything is going to be great. Many people are saying thats not the case. I called for to us get involved in syria in 2011 and again most did not do so. But they werent important in the eyes of america because americans felt i think unfortunately too safe. Now it is a big issue and here i am. Jon ways your assessment on the world situation . Disaster is too kind of a word. This president ruined every single relationship. You look at saudis. The reason the saudis are reacting the way they are is they dont believe mayor case our reliable ally. They dont believe america will be there for them. He one of our allies feels that way. Israel, look at the way we treated israel and the way we dealt with our allies in egypt. We aloud our allies to be overthrown by the Muslim Brotherhood. And we continue to support the Muslim Brotherhood coming back in egypt. The president has been on the wrong side. And this conflict between saudi arabia and iran, hes trying to take a position of mediating. Iran is our enemy. Iran says they want to take wor. Saudi arabia has tried to partner with us and work in cooperation. We wont take side when it comes to those who are clearly have interest in the United States and those who have been our reliable allies in the past. That many why our enemies dont fear us and our allies dont respect us and trust us. Jon last type around 30 days out you were not in the front running but you went on to win iowa. I was at 3 or 4 at this time. Jon i wonder if your victory can potentially hurt you . They would say they hand you the ball. Even after that coming in second and mitt romney having won. Iia what initially. So many considered the race over. So we fought back from the presumption, the man with all the money, and we were able to almost grab the nomination. We came within a hair within a couple of states, michigan and ohio in winning this race. We have shown we can overcome adversity and take on the establishment and defeat the establishment. Thats what people are looking for, someone who can take the establishment on to win, im the guy who can do it. Jon ray bulgers girlfriend could be spending more time behind bars. We are awaiting the president and his announcement of expanding certain gun laws through the use of executive orders. Well have the details and his live address to the country coming up. I the medical bills the Credit Card Debt all piled up. I knew i had to get serious my credit. So i signed up for experian. They have real, live credit experts i can talk to. They helped educate me on how debt affected my fico score. So i could finally start managing my credit. Now my credit and i are both healing nicely. Get serious about your credit. Get experian. Go to experian. Com and start your credit tracker trial membership today. Jon some crime stories we are following. A police chase end in a multiple car pileup and the temporary closing of a california the freeway. The suspect was going the wrong way on the 5 free way. He tried to run away but was shot by police. Whitey bulgers girlfriend is planning to plead guilty to a contempt charge. She is already serving an 8year prison term for helping bulger avoid capture during his 16 years on the run. A puerto rico policeman accused of killing three fellow officers at work faces 11 charges including first degree murder from an incident stemming from an argument last week. Jenna we are learning from the Defense Department that one american has been killed and two others hurt during a battle with the taliban. The Service Member killed and those wounded are part of special operations forces. We are going to take a look at a few stories. With this news breaking its a stark reminder that we are have much at war in afghanistan. What your reaction to the news, where it happened and what little we know . It is that stark reminder that we have warriors on the battlefield protecting tour security by keeping a lid on afghanistan. This combat i am dent occurred in helmand province. We have seen the taliban making a resurgence even challenging the provincial capital. Because america has sent the signal that we are head for the exit. The warriors there are under restrictive rules of engagement and they remain in grave circumstances and todays unfortunate incident is a reminder of that. Jenna we have been told by the president that our combat operations are over in afghanistan, but obviously there is a lot going on on the ground. In the world we are living in today there seems to be a a lot of different crises popping up in a lot of different places. The president will have to reconsider the timeline for a drawdown of troops from the country he already has in place. We have seen a rallying cry from the u. S. Military on this. The general on the ground has asked him to consider delaying the withdrawal. I think this also highlights for the American People while our collective attention the last year with the focus on isis. Other terrorist organizations are alive and well and flourishing in the middle east. The taliban has had a major resurgence and thats an area well have to start look at very closely. Jenna we have been focusing on syria and iran and saudi arabia. We are seeing the sunni monarchy of saudi arabia and the shiia in iran. Just for our viewers, saudi arabia executed that shiia cleric who was executed on terrorism charges. The white house is being watched about how they react to this news. Here is a snippet from the press briefing yesterday from our viewers and ill get your reaction. Why should the saudis expect the United States will behave like an ally. The u. S. Has a strong relationship with saudi arabia. But saudi arabias human rights record is something thats a source of concern on the part of the Obama Administration and other administrations as well. Jenna cite risk saying thats not the support from allies one should be showing at this time. The u. S. Government this administration in particular has become very adept at dealing with saudi arabia with one eye closed. We do have them on the security front because we recognize the fact they are probably our best ally in the region. At the same time i think we tends to shy of away from publicly appointing for some of their more egregious violations. And have harbored private suspicions about their sponsorship of terrorism. So two competing issues there. A lot of political will has rallied around not alienating the saudis. They are too important on the security front. Jenna perhaps not having an honest conversation about our ally saudi arabia and possibly iran. If you look at the solutions presented by marco rubio. He says once im president , the iran deal goes away and that will be part of the solution. Is that enough to making the deal go away . What would be the impact of that and how it would affect what we are seeing now . This administrations coziness with iran is the nexus of this split. Our bear hug of iran in pursuit of trying to prevent a Nuclear Weapon has made them wonder whether they need to be completely responsible for their own security when for such a long time we have been a partner of theirs. We keep giving them reassurances. But what really matters is actions on the ground, and iran continues to violate the terms of the agreement with no consequence. And saudi arabia says we cant guarantee america is going to stay with way its going to do. Well have to take actions into our own hands, and they look around and say if america is willing to an abdicate its relationship with israel, they will throw us under the bus in a second. They are not sure where we stand on this issue. Jenna thank you very much. Well be right back with more happening now. Jon a fox news alert, we are less than four minutes away now from president obamas announcement of new executive orders on gun control, due any moment at the white house. Scheduled for, as i said, less than four minutes from now. But the president has a tendency to be late. He is expected to call for expanded background checks for gun buyers. Many republicans are calling it more executive overreach by the president. We are told that mark barden, who lost his son daniel in the sandy hook massacre in connecticut, mark barden is going to be introducing the president , and a number of the people who will be joining him on the dais are also people who have been affected by gun violence. We will bring you that announcement as soon as it begins there in the east room of the white house. Jenna well, on the opposite coast, its day four of a standoff at a federal wildlife refuge in oregon. Armed protesters occupied the building there on saturday, theyre refusing to leave today. Theyre demanding the release of ranchers that have been convicted of arson in the past. They also want the federal government to return land they say was seized uncons