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we begin in washington where the white house just announced that president obama will make a statement on iraq at 12:30 p.m. eastern time. and we ll bring you that event live when it happens. the statement coming as the white house waits for military intervention in iraq, there the battle goes on with the largest oil refinery. the sunni rebels say that they hold the surrounding areas. most of the fuel used in iraq. reporter: government forces are in full control of the country s biggest refinery in the town of beigy in baghdad. in the town, also the fighters withdrew from the refinery. the refinery remains shut and there s a severe shortage of fuel and cooking oil. further north in the town, the government says they are in areas, however, the rebel sources there deny those reports. and they say they are in full control of the town, which lies in the northwestern part of iraq. in another development, prime minister maliki has offered to pay over $500 a month for volunt ....
host: and that was the new g.o.p. conference secretary voicing her thoughts on the fiscal cliff negotiations yesterday. and we want you to address the issue of what the g.o.p. is raising, which is address the spending problem. 202 is the area code for our numbers. that s our question this morning in this first segment of the washington journal. you can also contact us via social media and email. you can make a comment on our facebook page, and finally send us a tweet. here is the hill newspaper from this morning. g.o.p. forget tax rates in talks on the deficit, let s look at the spending. the speaker s swift rejection of an idea floated by representative tom cole of oklahoma, a respected party strategist and former chair of the house g.o.p. campaign committee came as the republicans voiced increasing concerns over the debate of the so-called fiscal cliff. boehner said it s time for them to get serious about the spending problem that our country has. republicans compla ....
access to military equipment and who have indicated a willingness to die for their cause. this is a manage who appeared in an isis propaganda video on friday. the administration estimates that of the 15,000 foreign fighters who have gone to syria to fight, 4,000 of them have gone to europe. president obama is slated to chair a u.n. security council meeting. it s only the second time that a u.s. president has done so. the french became the first u.s. ally to carry out air strikes in iraq, late today an isis splinter group in algeria announced the lease of a hostage. the president s entire national security team advised him three years ago to arm the syrian rebels. i think the president s concern, and i understand it, was that he had a fear that if we started providing weapons, we wouldn t know where those weapons would wind up. my view was you have to begin somewhere. in retrospect now, was not arming the rebels at that time a mistake? i think that would have hel ....
there s been so much visible protests, there has been some wide scale civilian resistance and organizing against trump, i think it s been easy to focus on that as the countervailing force against which the trump administration is pushing. but this legal fight in the 9th circuit court now is the first time that the judiciary has given this new administration a shove and pushed it way back. again, the big hearing in this case is tomorrow. we just learned tonight that the hearing is going to be live-streamed when it happens, which is going to be fascinating. in just a moment on this show, we ll speak with the blue state attorney general who brought that case in the first place. we ll hear from him directly as to what he expects from that hearing tomorrow and where he thinks this very big, very important case is going. so that s all ahead. while we await that interview tonit, while we await that hearing tomorrow, we have also just had one of the strangest pieces of reportin ....
how federal authorities crack down on illegal immigration. it s all happening now. and we begin with two major events on capitol hill. senate on the brink of a historic showdown as the house gets ready for round two on health care. welcome to the second hour of happening now. jon: capitol hill is a busy place. republicans are preparing to use the so-called nuclear option as democrat senators have enough support to filibuster neil gorsuch. they return from a short break. meantime the gop and the white house now resuming efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. we have fox team coverage. mike emanuel is live on capitol hill with the latest. but first we go to peter doocy following that showdown in the senate. reporter: we think we re about an hour and 15 minutes from a full senate vote to proceed or not proceed on the confirmation of judge neil gorsuch to the supreme court. so now all eyes are on the majority leader in the senate, mitch mcconnell, who is poised to ....