Can have lasting impacts for years to come. We have 40 seconds left. Greg talk about how important that reading is. Dana you have a book there. Greg i do. I stole it. Bob let me guess. What book is it . Has the word hate in it . Greg no. Dana its called the last line of defenseey general. He wrote this book and rupping for governor. Bob you are supposed to time these things so we get out on time. Youre wrong, it was not depressing show. Just that one segment. Greg yeah. It depressed me. Andrea are you depressed. We learned dana is trying to off herself. Greg slightly depressed. Dana glad you are back. Im finally out of time. Bye. Bret competition or cooperation . While pushing for a bipartisan immigration solution, president obama is also signaling he is prepared to go it alone. This is special report. Bret good evening. Im bret baier. The white house says its a backup plan but news of president ial version of Immigration Reform caught many on capitol hill by surprise. Even one of the president s own confy dammits admits it was a mistake confydants admits it was a mistake to go public. Ed henry has the top story. It was only three weeks ago president obama was in las vegas suggesting he hold back on submitting his own immigration plan to give bipartisan talks a chance to succeed. If congress is unable to move forward in a timely fashion, i will send up a bill based op my proposal. And insist they vote on it right away. That promise to wait until Congress Goes first is shattered with the republicans furious over a leaked draft over a white house plan on immigration in usa today. Leaks dont happen in washington by accident. This raises the question that many of us continue to wonder about. Does the president really want a result . Or does he want another to beat up republicans . White house officials insist they had nothing to do with leaking the draft, details mirror what the president talked about in vegas. Including an eightyear path to citizenship for the 11 Million People living in the u. S. Illegally. Plus quicker path to citizenship as short as two years for illegal imfronts who came to america as children, the socalled dreamers. We need responsible permanent solution to problem of those here illegally. The leading republican on the issue senator marco rubio slammed and charged the president s plan is half baked. Warning, if actually proposed, the president s bill would be dead on arrival in congress leaving with us unsecured borders and broken Legal Immigration system for years to come. White house aides note there are twice as many Border Agents as there were a decade ago. Dennis mcdonough in the first round of sunday interviews with white house chief of staff answered rubio directly, claiming that the white house proposal is a plan b in Case Congress does not find compromise. He says its dead on arrival if proposed. Make sure it current have to be proposed. Make sure the group up there, the gang of eight makes progress on the effort as much as they say they want to. That is what we intend to do. Work with them. Republicans incyst the president is not reaching out. Many people who think democrats bring up the ideas as wedge issues. They dont really want to pass them because they would no longer have republicans to blame. Democrats note that on issues like sequester if the president doesnt have a plan, the republicans accuse him of not showing president ial leadership. On immigration if he has a plan they accuse him of interfering. More on w the panel. Ed, thanks. Gasoline prices surged by almost a half dollar in the last month. But December Fite price jump, there has been it will to no movement on a way to get more oil in the u. S. Chief National Correspondent jim angle looks at the reaso reasons. Consumers are wincing at the gas pump. Prices now increase 32 days in a row leaping 43 cents a gallon since january and 15 cents in the past week. Prices rise this time of year but this year they rise faster and earlier. Starting early for a couple of reasons. Number one, we have the unrest in the middle east. Whether its egypt or iran. Number two, we are still feeling some of the aftereffects of hurricane sandy. The east coast hasnt caught up with inventories and that has been a problem. Prices are usually lower in january but in refineries shut down for maintenance and to retool to make government required summer blends of fuel with different areas of the country requiring a dozen different blends. And that puts pressure on prices. Switchover itself you usually see increase of somewhere between 20 cents to as much as 1. 10 per gallon. California has one of the strin jent blend with the highest gas taxes in the country so its fuel is often expensive. The National Average is 3. 73 a gallon for regular in california its already 4. 99. The price of oil itself affects the price at the pump. That price has been rising in part because of concerns about iran that overlooks the strait of hormuz which oil tankers flow. Possible interruption of supply is why many analysts say north america and president obama should be doing everything we can to become Energy Independent including building the keystone xl pipeline from candidate. That is the harbinger whether we need all of the above strategy or if its campaign rhetoric. Activists are determined to block the pipeline and held demonstration to demand they prevent the construction. Canada on the other hand argues the u. S. Should want oil from a reliable ally. People protesting to get more attention in the media than 65 of miles pe americans t prefer to get their oil from canada rather than venezuela or the middle east. The administration has said it would likely make a decision by the end of march. Either way, it will unleash torrent of criticism. Bret jim, thanks. Well talk about that with the panel as well. Do you think the keystone xl pipeline will ever become a reality . Let me know on twitter. Follow me brettbaier. Those who support chuck hagel as defense secretary indicate they will likely allow a vote after they return from recess next week. South carolinas grahamm from says he will take hagel at his word he does not recall making a comment that the state department is adjunct of the Israeli Foreign ministers office. Hagel wrote to graham i completely disavow the content of the aed statement attributed to me. There is no video or audio so far of that supposed remark. At Rutgers University of 2007. Also Journalist Bob Woodward says while some Senate Democrats have asked the white house if hagel would withdraw, the answer has been no. The man who succeeded hagel in the senate will not seek reelection next year. Republican mike johan of nebraska says he wants to focus on his family. Mccain tells nbc most of his Senate Colleague colleagues wile to support a bipartisan gun control package that could include unver a background checks. Usa today writes gun shoppe owners are reporting ammunition shortals in part because of reports that the government is making huge purchases for training purposes, and also over fears of new regulations in the newtown, connecticut, school shooting. The hartford current says police found thousands of dollars worth of graphically violent video games at the home of the young man blamed for the murders in newtown. Abraham lincoln is making a difference, even today. We will tell you how later in the grapevine. Up next, joe trippi and karl rove on the probability and dangers of the sequester. I have a cold, and i took nyquil, but im still stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesnt unstuff your nose. What . [ male announcer ] alkaseltzer plus liquid gels speeds relief to your worst cold symptoms plus has a decongestant for your stuffy nose. Thanks. Thats the cold truth mommys having a french fry. Yes she is, yes she is. [ bop ] [ male announcer ] couldve had a v8. 100 vegetable juice, with three of your daily vegetable servings in every little bottle. Bret we are less than two weeks away from the implementation of what call some call drastic reduction in spending growth known as sequestration. Talk about how likely this is and what do we mean with the political strategist tip joe trippi and karl rove. First, talk about what the democrats are talking about. The Senate Democrats are talking about replacing the sequester. We dont have a white house plan per se but Senate Democrats have something. Sequester is 85 billion in cuts. The senate plan, the balance plan they call it would end up with 110 billion in revenue and cuts to replace it. Most would be the buffett rule. 53 billion would come from taxing higher income folks to make sure they dont go underneath pay less than the middle class families do. Then you have 2 billion more in revenue that is really eliminating the loopholes and other things. The 55 billion in spending cuts, 27. 5 billion comes from the military. Comecomes from defense cuts. 27. 5 billion comes from farm subsidy. There is 55 billion in cuts to replace from the senate plan. There is some question whether it could pass the senate. The republicans wonder if this is a gamut without the vote to pass. Bret it has no chance in the house. It willle in the senate. This is why they didnt bring it up for a vet. There are democrats that are acceptty call of the buffet rule skeptical. They already interested lack of interest in buffett rule. Bret republicans, what are they saying . They have sequestration bill with 300 billion in targeted cuts. It would help us avoid the 85 billion sequestration but would allow to us avoid cuts in the future. Most of them are drawn by any waste and duplication. They take Job Training Program and put it together to reduce the cost. They have rule making to expand food stamps. You can get food stamps if you get 1 in utility assistance. It doesnt have increase taxes. There is a balanced approach to say 2. 50 in spending cuts for every dollar in revenue. In january he got 600 billion in reknew translating to 1. 5 trillion in cuts to match balanced proposal. What is interesting is the democrats say what we mean by balance is not 2. 50 of cuts. Dollar and new spending for every in cut. The senate plan is a dollar in cuts. It matches that. It is important that people know when you hear this is massive acrosstheboard cut this is cutting gross. The pentagon budget would grow by 10. 5 in the next decade to 19. 4 by the budget this year. You get to a baseline budgeting that we talk about. People dont us it. You are cutting the rate of growth, not cutting, cutting. This is what the cbo says it will look like. Spending even with the sequestration which is 1. 2 trillion in spending restraint in the next decade the spend willing go to 5. 9 billion. So we will grow the revenues by 2. 1 trillion but we will grow spending by 2. 4 trillion. Wen the sequest tration cut and the budget deal that cuts 1. 2 trillion in the next decade. It is 2. 4 of the overall federal budget. Twothird of the budget is mandatory on auto pilot. We cut onethird that is discretionary spending. This is going to happen. This doesnt seem like a way to be prevented before march 1. How does this fall out . It kicks in and some are furloughed. You see pain and stories. How does this play . This is going to happen. The signs are that we will have sequestration. I dont see the votes there on either side to put it together. There will be a blame game here. Both sides set up on that as well. Even though the cuts are small they have a job impact. They will be districts out there that are hurt by this. Somebody will pay the price. They will blame the member and the defense district. This will have ramifications for two years from now. Bret be clear. It was the white house idea to come up with this trigger. The sequestration, so bad that the Super Committee had to act to come up with something they could agree on and finally congress did vote. The republicans and the democrats both voted on the plan with the sequestration. Multiple blame to go around. Right. The republicans have vulnerability on this. Unless they take action and give the president flexibility to move around. This is true with the Defense Budget. There are accounts in the Defense Budget with a spendout. Some have a short time frame. The problem for democrats and republicans for the president is the democrats deny that we have a spending problem. The fox poll had 83 of the American People in the survey saying we have a spending problem. The administration and the democrats in congress, nancy pelosi and harry reid and the hl said in the last few days we dont have a spending problem. This will hurt in places. At the end of the day its unclear how much people will blame the president or the republicans for what. They think we have a spending problem. Great thing about everybody wants, thinks ve a revenue problem. Spending problem. This is great until its their thing that got cut. My job or my Social Security or medicare or whatever the cut is. Everybody thinking we have a spending problem until it happens. The cuts come and price to play and then we blame somebody. There is blame on both sides but that is the politics. Bret does it happen . I think there will be we have sequestration. Does it happen . Absolutely. We needed president ial leadership for 18 months to avoid this. The president is nowhere, never presented a plan. Last week they asked in Congress Testimony what is the number attached to the president s plan and he said we have never seen a president plan. Avoid it. Thank you. Coming up, sig, assigning blamer war crimes in syria. [ male announcer ] Marie Callenders finally found a way to get her oven baked taste straight from the microwave. Like her oven roasted chicken baked in a rich, creamy alfredo sauce. She calls them her new comfort bakes. Marie callenders. Its time to savor. [ slap ] [ slap slap slap slap ] ow ow [ male announcer ] your Favorite Foods fighting you . Fight back fast with tums. Calciumrich tums starts working so fast youll forget you had heartburn. Tum tum tum tum tums youll forget you had heartburn. Thyou eat less. Ing weiyou lose weight. Et. Its a great plan. Until you get hungry. Thats the time to take slimful. One tasty 90calorie slimful and a glass of water satisfies hunger for hours making it easier to eat smaller meals, and resist snacking. Your friends might think you found the secret to losing weight. But its no secret. Its slimful. Eating less is a beautiful thing. Bret topping International Headlines south african olympic sprinter Oscar Pistorius will be back in Court Tomorrow for a bail hearing. The double amputee is charged with premeditated murder in the shooting death of his girlfriend on valentines day. She was a model and star of a reality tv show. Her funeral will also be held tuesday. Venezuelan president hugo chavez is back in his home country. Chavez returned early today from cuba where he has been undergoing medical treatment following cancer surgery. Supporters stapleed an upbeat street celebration to welcome him back to venezuela today. Activists say Syrian Rebels captured a government check point on main row to aleppos airport. Meanwhile, the push is intensifying to hold someone responsible for atrocities in the 2yearold civil war there. Correspondent Leland Vittert has that story from jerusalem tonight. A warning the story may contain images you will find disturbing. Almost two years worth of amateur video showing the raw horror of the syrian tactic and civil war,up investigators have enough evidence to identify and charge government lead terse war crimes for everything from indiscriminately shelling and bombing civilians to torturing and executing prisoners. However, as the civilians continue to pull the injured dead children from rubble of bombedout building, those fighting in the name of the syrian population are as guilty. Rebels are accused of using child soldiers, hostage taking and murder. All increasing problems as alqaeda inspired militias are leading the charge. As shown in this video, fighters wearing the black islamic flag as head dresses take over as the Syrian Air Force base. God is great says the leader. We are coming to you. It is unclear if the captured russian made jets are in prime condition. But now the mow men tem shifted back to rebels. Israel trying to have a reinforced fence along the border to prevent attack against the jewish state. Over the weekend they rescued those who sought medical care walking up to the pence and begging for help. Iran said evidence that israel is aiding rebels. Thigh worry the good deed will not go unpunished and soon they will be flooded with not only wounded syrians but refugees as well. Bret . Bret Leland Vittert in the middle east newsroom. Thank you. Fox news confirmed the u. S. Is selling 200 million of predator drones to the united arab emirates. Official with knowledge of the deal says its part of is. 5 billion military contract. The drones will not be armed. They note the growing threat from iran in the region is forcing gulf nations to step up these and other types of purchases. Hollywood ending to difficult period in nations history. What happens to that spare change left at the Airport Security station . 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