Now Shepard Smith reporting live from the fox news deck. First from the deck the state departments point man in americas new war says were making progress against the Islamic State but told a House Committee this is a multiyear plan. Lawmakers from both parties took shots at the administration for not doing enough to defeat the militants but the official defendeds the white house pointing to more than 1200 air strikes in the past few months in iraq and in syria. He says those strikes have stopped the militants offensive but he also says the fight is still in its earliest phases. Meantime another deadly day in iraq. Officials there say more than a dozen people died in a series of attacks around baghdad. So far nobodys claimed responsibility, but the locals say Islamic State fighters have been constantly attacking parts of that area. Foxs top story and Jennifer Griffin is on it live at the pentagon. What are we hearing about syria today . Free syrian Army Commanders quoted in reports from turkey say the u. S. Has stopped paying prowestern rebels for arms delivery in the wake of the weapons falling into the hands of the al nusra front. There was a Heated Exchange about that point on the hill today. You cant tell me politically whether we have armed, armed and trained, anybody yet and sent them back to syria to fight isis . You cant give that answer . I can answer that question. I think i did. The answer is no. None some. It was designed to be a longterm program and we hope i understand. No, you wait a minute. Im asking the questions. You give the answer. U. S. Central command continues to rely on air strikes like this one from november 29th that the pentagon says struck a, quote, Electronic Warfare garrison in syria. The u. S. Military says the building was used by isis to put out propaganda. I dont get that exchange. They told us from the beginning it would take a year to get anybody trained and back to fight. Whats the surprise . Well, i think the surprise is that there were reports that the cia had already started providing weapons over a year ago to the rebels and now for them to be cutting off those weapons, that is new. I think that but i think that congressman po was simply sort of highlighting how slow this process of dealing with syria is going to be. The state department itself says that this is an iraq first policy. What about the arming of the kurds, jenn . Well, the state departments ambassador bret mckirk who we heard from testified the pentagon is arming the kurds, claims met with skets sism today on capitol hill. You mentioned 25 being given to the peshmerga, 250 to the iraqi government. That is one per 26 miles along a 650mile border that the kurds have with isis. I i would like to point out 25 mrats is a joke. Honestly. Separately, shep, we have learned that the body of american hostage luke somers arrived at Dover Air Force base today at 12 15 eastern. Somers was killed in the rescue attempt that went awry this weekend in yemen. He was met by his family. Jennifer griffin at the pentagon, thanks. Bring in Nicolas Burns, former state Department Undersecretary and professor of practice and diplomacy at International Politics at harvard. Nice to see you again. Thanks, shep. They all sound really high on given our weapons to people again. Maybe they havent read recent history what happens to our weapons when we give them to people. Is this the right course of action in your judgment . Well, i think theres no question that when isis took over both Northern Syria and western iraq this past summer, we had to go out and help the iraqis and the peshmerga meet that threat and i do think that president obama has done a good job of marshalling air power against isis. The question, shep, is the administrations rhetoric is they want to defeat isis. The policy is actually to contain it right now. We dont have enough fire power to defeat isis on the ground in iraq, we dont have conventional Ground Forces in iraq. The other problem i see is that im not sure its going to be possible to be successful in iraq if we dont have a vigorous assertive policy in syria because its the combined battles. Isis occupies both countries, parts of both countries. I think you do have to have a syria policy and an assertive one at that to go along with the iraq policy. You mentioned in your talking points that we face a similar set of almost impossible circumstances in the bosnian war back under president clinton. Expla explain . Well, in syria there are 22 Million People in syria, and over 11 million, over half, are now homeless. Theyre refugees outside the country or homeless inside the country. Thats a catastrophic humanitarian crisis and i think that crisis is going to unfortunately mushroom. Well see many, many more refugees and if thats the case, i think the humanitarian imperative, the moral imperative, for the u. S. May be to create a no flight zone or humanitarian enclaves within syria on the iraqi and jordanen borders might be the way to go to save those people. We did face this similar crisis way back in the Clinton Administration 20 years ago and we waited a long time before we were able to stop that war and broker a peace and i dont think we should make that mistake now. What im saying is, i dont want to see us repeat what we did in iraq in 2003. We cant occupy the entire country. We cant put 150,000 soldiers in. But we have to marshal our air power and our humanitarian access to help save those people in syria as well as contain isis. That means you need to have an agregressive policy in both country, not just one. Half the population homeless. 11 Million People out of sorts. Its hard to imagine how you can really fix anything, given the governmental structure that is, if you want to call it that, in place there . The syrian state is syria itself, the nation state, is rapidly eroding, almost disappearing. The country has been divided by the government, that horrific government, and all these terrorist groups. Some of them are not much better. The fighting has overtaken the country, brutalizing the people of that country and there is a humanitarian impulse at the heart of American Foreign policy. We cant save every situation but if the numbers grow to well more than half the people in the country, then certainly the u. S. , the arab world, the europeans will need to think hard about getting humanitarian relief into the country in a way that weve not been able to before. That might require military escort for some of those humanitarian deliveries. Professor Nicolas Burns from harvard, nice to talk to you again. Thank you. Thank you, shep. Palestinian cabinet member died after he and other protesters fought with israeli troops in the west bank. This marks the latest deadly violence between the palestinians and israelis. The palestinian president Mahmoud Abbas called it a barbaric act and the Israeli Military reports its proposed a joint investigation with the palestinians. Security i should say video Shows Security forces firing tear gas and witnesses say one Israeli Security officer held that cabinet member by the neck. The official later sat on the ground and leaned on a rock with his chest with hand on his chest. Israeli Officials Say medical examiners will conduct an autopsy to determine how he died. Ahead, the senates torture report. From cia torture. Senate senator mark udall calling for the head of the agency to step down but the white house is defending the cia director. Two sides of this story coming up from the fox news deck. Were all keeping an eye on the dow which is in the tank today. 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Highway patrol officers fired tear gas and bean bags into the crowd while demonstrators chanted hands up dont shoot as you heard. They threatened a to cancel a City Council Meeting until berlys mayor canceled it altogether. Many of those arrested last night are till still in custody facing bales up to 50,000. The white house defending the head of the cia after a Senate Democrat unloaded on capitol hill calling for the agencys chief to step down after Senate Democrats released a report on the cias interrogation tactics and torture after 9 11. It gives me no pleasure to say this but for director brennan that means resigning, thats a quote. Mark udall said some people who, quote, engaged in torture are still working in the cia. Called for president obama to purge his administration of them. As we reported yesterday the report found that tactics were more brutal than cia officials admitted. Waterboarding sleep deprivation in a case where a detainee died of hypothermia after interrogates chained him partially naked to a concrete floor. Thats part of the list, havent seen. John brennan admits the agency, quote, made mistakes but claims the harsh interrogations saved lives. Ed henry at the white house. What else is the white house saying, ed . Shep, whats interesting is that josh earnest repeatedly said under tough questioning about joj brennan and why the president has picked somebody who oversees the policies the president now decries in terms of these harsh interrogation practices, brennan served in the Bush Administration at the cia before he served in the obama administration, josh earnest said hes a patriot trying to protect the country even though thats similar to what Vice President dick cheney said, they are patriots and shouldnt be beaten up upon. I pressed josh earnest on the fact that the president has been talking about getting back the moral high ground and how does that square with the president s drone policies. Listen. Weve seen many cases around the world where u. S. Drones have killed innocent civilians despite those safeguards how do you have moral authority. That is a stark difference than the tactics employed by our enemies who seek to use c car bombs to target innocent civilians. Josh earnest went on to say that john brennan has the full confidence of this president and hes staying on despite now even democrats saying he should step down, shep . Another former Bush Administration official pushing back. Tell us about that. Alberto gonzales saying today hes upset this report is coming out now because, obviously, as weve heard from the last couple days it could lead to a backlash against american interests around the world, but also, Alberto Gonzales saying look, everyone from president bush on down were fully briefed on this program, despite what the Senate Report says, and he believes it was a mistake for senator feinstein to not interview directly some of these cia officials. Listen. They testified under oath that they were, in fact that they were very effective in saving lives and so because of the way the report was created, and because the conclusion differs so starkly from the sworn testimony of these individuals, ive got some serious concerns about the validity of the report. Reporter interesting as well because the president s own Justice Department you will remember has previously said they were not going to press criminal charges against any intelligence officials who had used these tough tactics. We spoke to the Justice Department today, in light of this report are you going to reopen any criminal investigation. They say they have no plans to do that. Theyve thoroughly looked at this new report and do not believe there will be criminal charges. Ed, thank you. One of the most Famous Police buildings on the planet has a new owner. The city of london has sold new Scotland Yard to an Investment Company in the United Arab Emirates for 58 million. Officials plan to convert that building to luxury apartments. New Scotland Yard has been the headquarters of Londons Metropolitan Police since 1967. Got the name from a street great Scotland Yard which housed police headquarters. Officials say its part of a structure to cut costs. They will move the headquarters to the similar building but keep the sign. A man lost at sea for nearly two weeks, running out of food and his boat starting to sink into the ocean. The rescue had been called off nine days earlier. And now theyve plucked him from the water. Plus, the mother who drove into the ocean with her kids in the minivan, a camera captured it all in the bright of day. Why prosecutors now say they are dropping the attempted murder charges against her. Thats coming up. Heres some news you may find surprising. Were for an open internet for all. Were for creating more innovation and competition. Were for Net Neutrality protection. Now, heres some news you may find even more surprising. Were comcast. The only isp legally bound by full Net Neutrality rules. An incredible story, never give up. A man has been missing at sea since thanksgiving is finally on his way back home. Thats according to the u. S. Coast guard. Crews say they found him 65 miles south of honolulu today, nearly two weeks after he first called for help. In that original mayday call he said his sail boat was flooding. At the time he was just west of kailuakona. The coast guard had trouble finding him and nine days ago called off the search. Yesterday out of nowhere, some boater sent out another mayday call and a Navy Destroyer nearby found him. Rescuers say he was very weak, very hungry and dehydrated but very much alive. The mother who drove a minivan into the ocean with her three children inside will no longer face attempted murder charges because shes agreed to plead not guilty by reason of insanity according to prosecutors. Theres the minivan the day it happened. We reported on this back from florida back in march. Investigators say the woman locked all the windows and the doors, told her kids to go to sleep, and then drove into the ocean off daytona beach. Her 10yearold daughter told police her mother took them all to the beach, quote, so we could die, unquote. Rescue crews and bystanders were able to get everybody out of there safely. The 33yearold woman was pregnant with her fourth child at the time and later gave birth to a baby boy in jail. Her Attorney Says a courtappointed doctor found that the woman had suffered from a psychotic episode when she drove her minivan into the water. She faces three counts of aggravated child abuse. Criminal attorney dan conway joins us now live. I get it, some people have psychotic episodes but wouldnt you leave this to the discretion of a jury . Why not let a jury hear all of the evidence and let a jury decide . Well, you know, this is definitely with respect to that question, shep, this is a victory for the defense. Basically this case was tried in the judges chambers and in the prosecutors office, which is often times the tactic used for results, good or bad, for the prosecution and defense. At the same time i agree with you a jury should decide this. This is the kind of issue that makes people upset many times in the public because they feel like, look, you have this expert that has said this, you have facts on both sides, really crazy thing she did during the day, but at the same