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x factor creator facinghe music. the discovery of the simon llow, a multimillionaire music mogul was having an affai with his best friend's wife is being slashed on headlines and the route newspapers around a world adding spice to the scaal. she is pregnant with his first child and her estranged husband ha named cal in a divorce papers. now, this is outlandishehavior from all sides, but there are lessons we can take away from this. here to weigh in, fox is legal analyst, divorce attorney, and welcome t you all. a great group of people to talk about this. i want to startith you. so clearly h does not have a corner on the market for stupidity, but he sure is a trailblazer when it comes to this. i want to know how much money he could lose and all of this. >> a lot. he has 350 million that has been reported. what will happen, but with the

divorce proceeding in the child custody proceeding. we will find out exactly, forensic analysis about how much money he has. chil custody is usually set up on the lower grade. you have so much -- more money than god. he will be paying a lot of money gerri: but let me ask you. is the bigst issue the child or is there somebody else coming for his money? >> it i secondary. there is no paternity test. once we find out and determine scntifically he that he is the father of this child, then there will be a child support issue and hearing. first and foremost it is how did they get divorced? get seasick and i'm going to take less because i don't want him to testify during the divorce hearing and open up all of this. th is what is happening. we can late, but -- can't wait. but in the courtroom every day we don't want him to be testifying. so subtle. get less out of the deal.

walkaway saying everyone found out you cheated. gerri: we already know. aprently he said i will take care of this cld. to you. it is so interesting. 350 million estate. the husband saying that he once -- clearly is trying to get mself of all that having to pay anything. what is at stake here for simon and the wife? >> well, certainly it is a public-relations nightmare. but there is a lot of prejudging going on. first of all, his track record in other situations has been good. he has not run from responsibilities. there is no indication he will do that here. gerri: to that point, that tv hosts in england. he gave her $9 million. a fiancee that he also supported. this is a guy who mes good on his promises. he has already said c'mon going to take care of this child.

would it be a trust? >> exactly. a trust could be set up. he won't get ctody because they are not married. gerri: don't think he wants it. >> the other thing is alienation of affection with silverman to the husband because he could file a whole separate lawsuit. gerri: would that be? >> alienation of affection you took my wife. the medieval sort of standard, but it is possible. >> this is wt it will be. he will have some type of custodl parent's rights. albee's advocate. a legal standpoint, what he did is disgusting. but she is obviously very currently. we will happen is you will pay a lot in child support over the minimum guidelines. the child should benefit. child care, nannies, cars, clothing. this child will not want for anything. trusts, college funds. gerri: what about her? >> she doesn't work.

>> the point is, first of all, even though there is no fault divorce in new york, our conduct may obviously play into this. but from the standpoint that don't see why we are prejudging him and all of this negativism other than getting involved. she may embrace. he may when we take care of this child. gerri: well -- >> she has that -- he has not denied. they used to travel together. come on. he honestly and the really bad plan and poor judgment when he did this. you can't really - i mean, you can't support ts guy for doing that. >> i'm not saying that. but i thinkhere is prejudging going on. >> the divorce settlement, less than she would -- less than the divorce settlement that would have been issued yet have the divorce and the child. you're the one that wrong your husband because you're right. new york is no fault.

he didn't go with no fault. even with adultery. this is the fault divorce. unusual estrang. gerri: we do it a lot of times because want to pay back that paramour. on person that actually cheated on you. everyone will know about it. that is what we do. research. that i what happened. >> jurisdiction over this guy. >> what about him? the fee is nameds a respondent. >> legitimate. so clearly a few problems. he has done this sort of tng before. what should he do financially to protect himself if he know that ocsionally things get out of hand and you want to protect your assets from her husband. should you do? >> a tough call because with every does now will look like he is fhting it.

the insurance policy, go to the insurance coany and say i won an insurance policy. gerri: life insurance for child support because god forbid he has to underwrite that. >> all of his assets. he would not have control over it. the end of the day nobody would. >> anybody that has a lot of money has to anticipate this. >> any type of trust to protect your assets fromreditors. unfortunately. >> while. i'm glad we did this. thk you. great job. thank you so much. well, i hope you eard that. coming up next, a big tax breaks this weekend, especially if you live in one of the states. all about it. did you know there are over 700 wireless plans to choose from? picking the right one is a nightmare. how do you do that? we have you covered. ♪ the boys used double les om their capital one venture card

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luckily there are 16 stas offering sales tax holidays, with manyoming up this weekend in states like florida, south carolina, alabama. clothing, supplies, and they vary by state. that's pretty cool. most state sales taxes fall betwn four and 8%. that is a great discount. tips on how to get the most of those sales. kate rogers. good to have you here. i know everybody out there is trimming their budget this year for back-to-school. i hear they will spend 8 percent less. if you use these tax sale holidays you could save a ton of dough. let's get to tips on how to save money. >> a lot of different ways. families will be spending about $635 on average per kid this year. the first way is to buy scounted this -- gift cards. go on sites. by giving cards for certain

stores that are disunted by about five to 10%. you use them during the tax holiday and go get a double discount at some stores. gerri: also, checking circulars, newspaper ads, for on-line coupons. you're trying to double down on savings. >> if you know you want to shop at macy's and are in one of the 16 states that will be offering a tax holiday get a coupon and go and double down. gerri:hop early because everyone in the mother will be out. >> experts say it is not quite black friday crazy, but if you have a child or a teenager in particular the wants a certain sneaker or type of clothing in need to go early. a lot of sales start this weekend in alabama, arkansas, florida. they say you should go on the number one. that wou be august 2nd, today, tomorrow, sunday. really take advantage. gerri: we have to find out. you say also online discounts are key. andrew napolitano no. >> we have to be in certain

states. some of them are more lenient. all the breakdowns f the 16 states. it depends on what state you're an m-1 state the stories in the you're ordering from. gerri: that's cool. i did not know that. check to see which items are exempt. >> exactly. we have these tips of there. in certain states like texas, therwill have clothing that will be empt. but certain items like climbing boots will be part of the tax holiday. climbing boots will be included. gerri: the devil is in the details. >> check what you want and make sure it will be able to be discounted during holiday. gerri: thank you for coming on. appreciate it. great job. well, i case of buyer's remorse. we've reported capitol hill anxiety after going on the obamacare insurance exchange since it was on kick -- on fair. the white house saying today that the office of personnel

management has decided lawmake and their staff will go on to the exchanges but the government will keep subsidizing coverage. my next guest says this fight is just starting. the heritage foundatn. thank you for coming on. how is it possible that this is just gting started? at how we were done. the office of personnel management has ruled. >> we have not actually seen the ruling. they have three years to rule. they have not. now suddenly at the end of the game they are. we are you in a paper, my colleagu and i just published, one of my colleagues being a former general counsel of the office of personnel management, ey don't have the legal authity to do it. one of the many messages in obamacare. congress screwed it up for themselves as well as everybody else. now congress is trying and the administration is going to give them a fix. it looks like the administration

is saying we will do this anyway , do something we're ninhe publc won't know. gerri: what doou think this is being done in august? >> so that you and i don't know about it. gerri: how did they think it will get away with this idea? the rest of america has to play by these rules, but when it comes to congress and their employees, no way. >> this is the thing. thus the problem. there are a lot of argumen that said the provision does not work. the other provisions that don't work for businses, unions, they're complaining. that is the whole problem. i think maybe what happened is that the fact we're comin out with this analysis forced their hand sooner than it wanted to. gerri: very powerful. the deal here, the bottom line for taxpayers ishat the government pays 75 percent of premiums for hlth care. workers in congress as i understand it and now the office of personne management says the government will keep paying.

you say, before i go any further, maybe not. congress has to rule on this. it seems to me if your taking people out of the pot tha should be paying in, doesn't that hurt taxpayers mor >> what happens is these are employees. the program runs. this is true of all federal workers. they pay 75 percent of the premium, like anybody else, up to a certain amount. the problem is not so much the money. the problem is that congress, like so many other places in this legislation justice of together job. it and know what th're redoing and in of wrigley kick themselves out of their own health plan. okay. fine. they've done a lot of other silly things because th did not pay attention. now they're the on ones that get a deal over. but the consequences for business, insurers, hospitals, unions. i mean, why don't they did a duul over?

so what they're trying to do is avoid what really has to happe. gerri: you know why they don't want to do tt. they're afraid busy developing flames. republicans, yet again, the 40th time trying to defund obamacare. >> and this is why people keep calling in obamacare, but if you think about it this lousy bill was written by senator reid. we show them the legislative history in great detail, you can see exactly how the senator put this together, grassley actually .ried to fix it and got voted again, what happene when scott brown won in massachusetts and then no longer have the filibuster proof majority it was nancy pelosi is said take the we have an shove it through. that's what they did.

gerri: of fascinating study. a legislative nightmare that exists. unfortunately where the ones picking up the tab. great job. thank you for coming on. now we want to know what you think. here's our question. should congress play by its own rules? g on to gerriwillis.com, vote on the right hand side of the screen. all share the results of the end of thehow. we have more. would you pay 35 percent more for something that is actually worth less? it turns out millions are. we will explain what's going on there is smart phones could be killing your relationship. i believe it. ming up. ♪ [ male aouncer ] let's say you pay your guy around 2% to manage your money. that's not much, you think. except it's 2% every year. go to e-trade and find out

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♪ gerri: well, the most confusing pricing options ever offered to consumers. you know what is wireless phone plants. one carrier, at&t, offers 30 different plans and that is just for an individual. if you are a family comestible the confung. choosing the right to -- right plan can be a real headache. the "wall street journal" just concluded a huge investigation. welcome to the show. great to have you. 700 plants. 688 is the actual number if i'm not inflating it. i have no idea how to even get started trying to figure out the right one. >> we were startled when we went

through this analysis. took us three months to put this togeth because there are nearly 700 different combinations. at&t alone has more than 500. how is the average consumer supposed to figure this out? gerri: cc and interesting thing. they have plans that contradict each other. >> if you look at theamily plans, and is a legacy family plans, nearly 40 percent of those plans are actually more exnsive than the mobile share plans that at&t offers with more data and more voice minutes. there's all these conflicting plans. sprint does the same tank. part of it is when you have confusion in the marketplace people don't know what to do. they end up staying which is with these carriers want. gerr analysis paralysis. that's a good way to put it. you mentioned that the wall streetournal has a calculated that people can use to navigate the process. ere do we find that?

it's free. and again, we are trying to simplify this and bring transparency to the markelace. we saw all of these plans and people complaining constantly, we tried to find a way to make it easy. it's four simple steps. you can type in the number of lines you need, howuch text, voice, and data. t-mobile, at&t, verizon, sprint. gerri: i may not know the right answer to that question ishe other pblem. shouldn't he just gon limited everything? >> it's a good question. sprint and t-mobile both doubt that. their networks are weaker than at&t and verizon. most people, you're really talking about data because most people with their smart phones consume a lot of data. most people use under one gigabyte of data, which is not a lot when ou look at the tiered options.

so you really are often paying a t more than you should. a lot of people -- research analysts say people overpaid. most consumers probably are. gerri: i have a they. think you're tryg to confuse us of the king give more money. >> that may part of i the carriers will say tha but that's when you looked at data. the tiered options. the carriers like t-mobile and sprint to are desperate to get people to come from verizon and at&t will do the unlimited and take it. the other carriers realized by having options, you'll probably pay more. gerri: i think that's great advice. you have to tell us one more time or go for the speculator. you have to come back. more questions for you. i'm not done yet. thank you. well, now it's time for a look at the stories are clicking on

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♪ gerri: consumer alert. time warner cable as black of e cbs television twork in a major markets affecting millions of customers. this is what those viewers are seeing right now when they tune in to cbs. faillng to reach an agreement by the 5:00 p.m. eastern deadline causing blackouts in new york city, los angeles, dallas, and other markets. the two companies have been negotiating over fees paid by timearner for the right to carry cbs programming. cbs says it deeply regrets the ill-advised actio and accuses time warner of negotiating in a combative and nonproductive spirit.

time warner is warning it could put another network and a cbs but permanently. the cable operator said this is in talks with several programmers to take this lot. moving on. chances are what you're watching this show you were also scrolling through a mobile device of some sort. according to a new survey americans are expected to spend two hours a 21 minutes per day this year on their mobile devices the size making calls. now, what you might have a cozy relationship with your device, how is it affecting your relationship with the people of around you? with more on this. >> it's a pleasure to be with you. gerri: this is something now worry about. not only d i see my own family, but everywhere i go. people obsessed with these devices, and then nevereem to look up to talk to somebody. >> that's a problem relationships. we are now in many ways this in one another, if you will, disrespecting one another and

relatitionships. i have seen folks who wt t talk to one another and the other partner will actually look at the mobile device as a way to not even get into the discussion gerri: i have seen that. i have seen that, and it is @%most -- it is a disconnecting, and it is also disrespecting, i think at the e of the day. i want to show some numbers. digital time surpassing television. people are sppnding more time on their devices than they are with tv. take a look at that. this is really a pretty young trend, but it is always seeming to take over. >> were see at cascading effect. more accidents. on the way over here i saw the driver and a passenger on mobile devices sexting away. that is bad. secondly, what is happening is this disconnecting from one another just becomes worse and worse. and we are finding that people are complaining that there are

more addictions to these mobile devices. it. gerri: addiction? >> in addiction. gerri: i think it's a choice. >> well, not if youave the world than the palm of your hand. what would you rathe do? >> guest: your partner you may be having some intimacy issues with him, emotionally speaking, of course, or just plugged into the world and tal to anyone else. and the social media you're talking to a bunch of other people. so these are real ssues. people putttng in their own personal information about the relationships out into the world instead of discussing it 1-on-1. gerri: of solutions. we know what the problem is and experience it every day. how do you gate your family to reconnect it everyone is on a device? >> you have to have rules. ground rules come as we say, witany situation or couples. , a certain time you have to put the device is down.

you can't turn them off, but you can put them down. at the dinner table they should not be allowed to read at certain times of the day where you hav that 1-on-1 time. you are invited, but the mobile device has to stay outside. going on family picnics or on vacations, have a mobile-free time. we have to follow these rules or our relationships will continue to suffer. gerri: and it's up to mom and dad to make that happen. >> except mom and dad. >> well, they're the ones layin down the law in any family. so the new thing. does this make it all worse? >> i think it makes it much worse. kugel glasses and people with certain bralets. yes. that transmits information. the is nothing wrong with being in the future without devices. it's really about managing them and not letting them manage us.

gerri: i love that idea. they're working for ross. are not working for them. thank you for coming. good to see you. >> great to see you. gerri: can stuff. well, earlier today we were all talking about the story. the dismal job report reveals hing slowed in july. stocks still managed to eke out improvements. is totally confusing. economic news bad. the dow posting its 19% 0. 1% increase to close. the s&p and nasdaq als ending in the green, but just barely. ou economy adding 160,000 jobs in july missing economist expectations. the types of jobs added are no cause for celebration. joining me now, scott martin, chief market strategist for united advisers. thank you for coming in. appreciate your time. we look at these numbers.

160,000 jobs created. i know the rate was down, but that's probably not the most important thing. hourly earnings fell. may j jobs gained -- made job gains were down. what do you make of all these ne >> you are making me depressed. i think your point is well taken you said it earlier. anybody with half a brain that looks around the world of this economic data coming out of the u.s. is like, there's no way want to get into stocks. the investor at home, the worst this date is the better it will be for stocks because from the fed is, pumping this money into the enomy. you're right, they have this target. the unemployment rate which is just a few tenths of a percent off. we will get there because there will be millions of people that will drop out of the labor force. even then, the fed will not do this tapering, this injection of money of because they know that

the economy is bad. gerri: and you make a great point. we will get their sunday, but that does not mean the economy is better. that's not what we have seen today. less talk about part-time workers because weave numbers tonight that blew me away. jobs so far in 2013, the part-time proportion, 77%. 77 percent. i mean, this is just unacceptable, don't you think? >> there is a measurement out there called the you six that everyone should look at. you don't want to let get the overall unemployment rate. that number is 14%. that includes part-time workers plus those marginally attaed to the work force. those other groups of people that are out there that are really affected economically by the situati. gerri: listen. i am so disappointed in this that i will tell you, regular america looks to what goes on. another record high.

the news for regular americans is so bad. who are those people? what are they doing buying and selling stocks? wh is there such- you talked about ben bernanke. at what point will wall street say, you kw, this has got to get better? >> well, the administrative policies have not been great. congress on both sides of the aisle has done people n favors. median household income is down since president obama got into office. one big asset is our homes. those are down. things that are really big factors are not going well. the fat cats on wall street are getting fatter and fatter, but the policies, higher taxes and more regulation, we can all agree is not working. gerri: the policies are benefiting the wealthy more than their benefit in the middle class. >> that's right. they are not making the impact that t the president or saw his

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gerri: you worked hard for your money, and here on "the willis report," we are making sure you get the most f it. and new study by charles robb finds that very few investors comparison shop for bonds despite potential savings. you will want to hear about this. joing me now with ways to get the most for your money, senior vice presidents of charles robb. thank you for coming on the show. the study was really pretty shocking when you get down to it

. >> absolutely. it was pretty shocking. we think about investors today. even more savvy than they ever have been. they used to comparison shop and make sure they get the best deal, particularly in this chalnging economy. what's remarkable about it is, there are three times mor likely to shop around for a $500 barbequed and they are to sp around for the best deal on bonds which may cost them thousands of dollars. making it even more amazing, the current low interest-rate environment where investors are looking around under eve rock trying to find a little bit of yield, saving a few percentage points on bonds can make a big difference. gerri: you have to get the best price. at's the bottom line bause of the end of the day the yield is so tiny. you have to get the best price. we complain on the show all the time about the uneven playing field when it comes to buying stocks, but elected bonds and even worse.

such an opaque market. buying individual bonds, the marketould be anything. tell us why that's a problem. >> that's a great question. unlike the equity market wch, as you know, is an exchange market. you buy a share of apple and pay a fair price. the bond market is an over-the-counter market which means that every dealer is free to charge whatever they want under some certain broad parameters. and so that can vary dramatically from one to the next. it can be as low as a dollar. some will charge 20, 30, $40 hich equates to t, three, or four percentage pnts. when you csider that they yield two and a hal on a corporate or five-year uni, you're paying your broker a year or me of interest just to buy that one bond. gerri: a want to pull from your

service for a second. if on the average consumer and the buying a car, 80 percent of it comparison shop. 77 percent comparison shop on airline tickets. 71 percent comparison shop on a high-definitionvs. we start looking at financial goods like mortgages. what are people doing? >> you seem mortgages are sort of in the range of other consumer products. gerri: 55%? >> y. credit cards are a little lower. and n the bottom of the list as bonds. at just goes to if you're going to go out and buy a television which ended a couple of months ago, you type in the model number and you have four or five different choices. there is no analog, at least until recently there has not been anything like that for the bond market. it's certainly more challenging. that's also changing now.

gerri: and you guysave a product out there right now the you're talking about to allow consumers a investors to get a better view into the bond market. tell us about that. >> welle have is aond sores which allows -- it's essentially if you, or want to show as a bond, perhaps thinking about buying some morales, we can look out on theemarket and do that comparison shopping for you, scour the market trying t find the dealers and make sure you're getting the best price. it. gerri: i like it. thank you. interesting story. who will truly have to follow. >> thank you for having paris shop even when you're buying investnts. no one in ten americans point to their co-workers as the biggest source of their workplace stress . gerri: tonight's top five, number five, off a slob.

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♪ gerri: all rig. here is food for thought. scientists are serving of the world's very first test to burger. this monday an anonymous person summer and london will have the chance to each synthetic meat. cost $384,000 to create..3 joining me now, dr. dmitri alden, surgical oncologist focusing on the liver and pancreas. you are an expert in your own right. are you as crest out about this as i am? >> i'm mostly fascinated.

the reason i'm fascinated is because we are very close to making a real artificial production meat which means that the technology could be used in medical fields, ieel that is really geared to me to produce solid organs in the future, available for transplantation and save lives. gerri: use the power for good. in the meantime, these hamburger is bad for you? what is in them? if they are not from a cow, what the heck is this? >> they actually from a cow. there may add a stem cells. year after the slaughter of the council for you can make themselves will be used. however. gerr who thinks this is good idea. i'm a little confused because and thinking of it cost 3,804,000, we can afford that.

if. a lot of research made. we will be able to bring the cost down and make it worldwide available. let's get down to what's in this. it consists of 3,000 strips of cultured mcle tissue. takes nine weeks to grow. i already gave you the price tag on tha. is there any impact on that eating? would it be bad? any reason to think is right in food? >> today in the laboratory if you read that to -- eat that particular burger what are you. one day -- gerri: it will be an industry standard? about this was just a one-off sort of funny -- >> i think the futur is here. the future is here just like we have a lot of artificial things in the market.

it is very important to understand that as the gets its hands on it, there will be aot of variety of things that will speed up the process of growth. instead of nine weeks the industry will want trow it in two weees, which means it will use antibiotics, genetic modifications and other substances that we really don't know what will be used in the production of that meat. as a result of blood down the line i think we will see some unusual diseases and possibly cancer. gerri: how soon might it be on store shelves? >> they say that probably within ten years the technology will become available. i am not as optimistic. they were talking about a quarter century. gerri: i'm talking labeling. i need to know what's in it. thank you for coming on. appriate your time. we will be right back with my "2 cents more" and the answer to our question of the day, should

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there should be no death tax. how much are we going to take from these idiots in the federal and state government. send me an e-mail at gerri willis.com. filly today's jobs numbers. the economy stinks. if you are in the jobs market, you know this is true. much of the part-time work is retail outlets and you get the picture. as we noted tonight, so far the overwhelming majority, 77% of all jobs created are part-time and that means no pay and no benefits. at that pace it will take seven years to close the gap left by the recession. it's not good enough. not by a longshot. the president spent the better part of the last two weeks talking about jobs, because the economy is in creating them. the policy seems to be benefiting superrich rather than

our vanishing middle class. is. il: mo jobs on main street. more money on wall street, man oh, man, we must be on easy street because everyone seems to be loving it. everyone that is except the folks who say they aren't seeing it, any of it, and they're mad and they're bitter and they're here an only here. welcome, everybody, i'm neil cavuto. fox on top of a economy that appears to be goldilocks, just right. not too strong, not too weak, good enough to keep the fed printing and jobs coming and unemployment rate dropping and keeping stocks hummi and big business guys hoping. talk after cut in taxes for them. part after grand bargain that will supposedly benefit