"happening now" starts right now. jenna: what a story to end on. thank you so much. fox news alert on wall street, everybody, so glad you are with us i'm jenna lee? i'm jon scott. here in the fox newsroom all highs on wall street at this moment a day when there is mixed news on the struggling economy. jenna: picking up where we left off yesterday, not necessarily in a good day. dow stocks down about 80 points. really it's been a rough two weeks on the market. there is a whole lot of concern about a whole bunch of different things. jon: take a look at a chart we put together. it shows the dow eight-day nose dive all leading up to an awful day on wall street today. jenna: how awful was it? the dow saw its biggest drop since june 1st of more than 265 points. that is a percentage decline of 2.2%. jon if the markets drop 1% that is significant, but 2% is something to talk about.

jon: the dow down eight straight trading days, the s&p down seven straight days, the longest losing streak for both of those indices since october of 2008. jenna: all three indices are down 7% from their closing highs in april. we hope you got all that. there will be a quiz on it. ashley webster from the fox business network is live on wall street. he knows all those facts by heart. ashley, why is the market behaving this way? >> reporter: well, you know we've got the debt ceiling crisis behind us, jenna, but now we are folk ing on the maco picture. some of the economic data we're getting is not impressive at all. it shows an economy in this country that continues to struggle to get any kind of momentum at all. no job creation at all. where is it going to come from? we heard the service sector dropped in july, factory orders dropping in june. the private sector added 114,000

jobs. that is not going to do a whole lot for the confidence of investors who are waiting for friday's nonfarm payroll number which will remain around 9.2%, the unemployment rate, which, version very high. we've seen in recent days the gdp essentially showing that we are getting no growth in this country, stagnant. manufacturing at a two-year low and personal spending is also dropping. i hate to be the voice of doom and gloom, these are the facts and the kind of things that investors are focusing on. that's why we're seeing eight straight days of losses. could this be number one? so far the dow has lost a thousand points in just fine days of trading, actually it's about eight and a half days. jenna: you alluded to the nervousness on wall street. sometimes wall street is? a world of its own, sometimes it's not. when investors are nervous, should we also be nervous? is it something that is carrying through to main street as well?

>> reporter: well, i think it's a reflection of the doubt and uncertainty and a confidence crisis over the economy. i mean, you know, one person's dilemma could be another person's opportunity. there is a lot of risk in this market. a lot of people say this is a tremendous buying opportunity, but it takes a very brave person to do that. what we have seen is a lot of money going into show save haven gold $1,673 now. some people say it will hit $2,000 an ounce by the end of the year. i wanted to throw one more stat at you, guys the last time the dow finished down nine days in a row, 1978, 33 1/2 years ago back when the beegees with night fever was the song of the day. and actually halloween was the movie playing. jenna: nothing like a good beegee reference to put it in context for us ashley.

ninth day of trading, we'll see if it happens and we break that record, thank you very much. jon: if gold is going that high i'm going back to colorado and doing some panning. a debt deal may be a don deal but the credit rating is far from secure. there are serious concerns over the u.s. can manage an already present pressing financial weight as its debt continues to increase, and you see it on the clock. warnings about a potential town grade still looms. who decides whether america retains its status rick folbaum has it. >> reporter: we may have dodged a bullet with this deal that with us agreed upon and the deal that was signed into law at the white house yet. all a long we've been hearing about the country's credit rating and it would go down if a deal wasn't reached. like all of us the count throw has a credit score too that make it easier for tougher for us to borrow money. in the case of the country's credit rating, a downgrade

affects all of us in the form of higher interest rates. as i said, two of the three agencies that score our credit has decided at this point, any way not to downgrade it. that's moody's and fitch. we get to keep our aaa rating at least for now, but we could lose it real fast if the companies don't feel as though the country is on solid footing and working towards a real long term solution, in terms of spending cuts and debt reduction. no word from s&p the third agency. they haven't really announced whether they are going to make a decision or not. we'll keep our eye on that and bring you news as soon as we get it. jon: the credit downgrade has nothing to do with the fact that you lost your light in the middle of that shot. >> reporter: did you notice that. jon: i did. jenna: you know, one of the big questions is how will this debt deal affect american jobs, if at all? the unemployment rate right noise at 9.2%. a new report from the placement

firm, finding players cut or plan to cut more than 66,000 jobs last month. that is up more than 60% from june. also the payroll processor, adp, they print payroll checks says that private employers added 114,000 jobs last month, and that is better than expected. these are just indications of what we might see on friday. we get the all important july jobs report and that is us as well.oing to be important as always we want to har from you. what do you want to know about jobs and the economy? how about getting a job? we'll put your questions to the ceo of ladders.com. click on america's asking link on our home link or go to foxnews.com/"happening now." jon: one chinese credit agency already downgraded america's credit rating. it does not carey the same influence as any of the three credit rating agencies that rick just told you about but it sends a very clear message from china

uncle sam's largest foreign creditor remains very concerned despite this debt deal that congress passed and the president signed. china says washington still has not diffuseds quote, debt bomb. david piper is streaming live from bangkok. david. >> reporter: yes, the chinese media has -pt been exactly pulling punches over what they think has basketball happening in washington d.c. the news agency, a government run news agency it often follows the government line and gives an insight into what the political elite in beijing are thinking. they described those negotiations as a madcap fast of britmanship. it went onto warn the u.s. it must implement more responsible policies if it's going to solve its problems. it warned the emergency debt bill thrasted out between the

republicans and democrats, only delayed a detonation by making the fuse an inch longer. if you're america's biggest creditor you have, perhaps the right to give your opinion on the recent negotiatings on raising the limit on government spending. from china's central bank there was a more diplomatic feel to their statement on what went on. they said that they did want the u.s. to keep in mind the interests of the rest of the world, and in particular u.s. treasuries, because china, after all, holds so many. the chinese governor of the bank the china he did say they were looking to diversify, to get away, perhaps, from u.s. treasuries. and china has been looking at euro debt and the chinese foreign minister has been talking about trying to support the economies there. it does seem at this time, jon, that china has no choice but to continue to invest in u.s.

treasuries. back to you. jon: being lectured on good governance by china. hum, david piper thank you. jenna: this certainly sets the stage, all these stories we covered for you for asking the question, what is next? for us, for the country. mike santoli is an editor. let's take it bit by bit. we want to look forward to what is ahead. for the average consumer out there, what are you looking for, what are you watching? >> we really have a nervous vigil with every big piece of economic data from here on out to see if the soft patch which has extended into the second half of the year is a fleeting phase or we are in for another slump. i'm looking for retailers reports on back to school spending, that is a good kind of short term indicator. we are at the front end of the back to school section. consumers are looking for bargains, already and sales will

start early. car sales, a somewhat disappointing number on car sales yesterday. we should see a rebound, a lot of that is low inventory of japanese-made cars due to the tsunami over there. we are looking for clues that happened last year that the summer was the including i shall period that gave way to a little bit of an up tick in growth afterward. jenna: that causes question. we saw last year an up tick in growth at the end of the year. was that pattern misleading? can we trust it? if we see sales go up back to school can we say that is just the summer, now we are off and running. >> i don't we had this bumpy one step forward, one step back type of recovery. it is a recovery. all the numbers are disappointing but they don't point to firm evidence of an actual downturn. jenna: you don't think a second recession or a double-dip, that's not the camp you're in.

>> it's too early to say. the european debt crisis which rages one, italy is in trouble here. the economy is on its own. the federal reserve quit its bond-buying program june 30th. we don't have indications they are going to start up again. the u.s. government will be contributing less to growth because of this deficit deal. jenna: the president said yesterday again he's going to focus on jobs, start a bus tour august 15th and presumably talk more about jobs. we don't know the plans yet. and one official senior aid told "the new york times" that the administration doesn't have any quote unquote magic beads at this time to put into the economy, to cause a birth. is there anything less, though that can be done that would encourage hiring, that could maybe spark a more aggressive turn around? >> one of the things that is being floated out there and it's been around for a while is to allow big companies to kind of have a tax holiday and bring these billions and billions of

dollars they hold overseas back here and stipulate it should go into hiring. that's a temporary measure. we tried it in the mid 2000s. it might have had a little bit of effect, it's hard to say. new government stimulus is off the table, due to the political realities down there you won't get a big infrastructure spending bill through or something lick that. i think we are sitting here hoping that business confidence comes back if the macro fears recede a little bit. big companies have a ton of cash that they could deploy they are been hesitant to do so for a very longtime. jenna: it feels like you're in the back seat of a car with no one in the driver's seat. >> exactly. jenna: that's why we feel that anxiety. always great to have you. thank you. jon: we are tracking a tropical storm, jenna as it heads towards the united states. an update from the weather center about where it might go. concerned that emily could hit

florida as a category 1 storm. jenna: did you know that most airlines are still charging you for a tax the government stopped collec collecting? it's part of the big faa mesas congress left town on vacation or a little bit of a break. later in the hour we'll talk to one airline ceo and find out what he has to say about all all of this. rick folbaum is live with three videos. >> reporter: which story do you want to hear. you can scroll down a little bit here and see your choices for today, an amazing space discovery, all because of some weather. we'll tell but that, if you're interested. -bs looks like a hard boiled egg with a top taken off. we can tell but a taxi's dash cam capturing a robbery in progress. or your final choice for today an 80-something couple gets ready to walk down the aisle for the very first time.

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jon: details are coming to light on a massive hacking attack that put our nation's security in jeopardy. it's called operation shady rat. a report out today says it's been going on for years. the associated press, the united

nations, the international olympic committee just three of the targets. intruders apparently after data on sensitive u.s. military systems hitting 49 organizations in the united states alone. keith c centanni is live in washington. what type of information are we talking about. >> reporter: it's unclear at this point. the scope of the hanging is widespread affecting 14 different countries and the potential damage is immense. a partial list of the victims of operation shady rat according to macafee a computer firm that monitors hacking. the associated press, united nations, international olympic committee, the department of energy, u.s. state and county governments, and u.s. defense contractors. macafee says of the 72 total agencies and companies that were hit the vast majority 49 are here in the u.s. while macafee doesn't say this is the work of china computer

experts looking at the type of hacking done and the material being targeted say this is very likely the work of china. the hackers were seeking information affecting military miss terms, satellite systems and natural gas companies. some of the intrusions are continuing even now they say. jon: how did they break into all these sensitive organizations? what about fire walls and pass words and that kind of thing? >> reporter: the report says the hackers made a critical mistake, they kept a log of their targets on one master server and macafee was able to access that log. among the targets were associated press reporters in hong kong and new york working on stories related to china. they clicked on infected links in their email and that's what allowed hackers to again access. the white house was briefed on the situation last week but there's been no response yet from any u.s. government agency. jon. jon: steve centanni, live in washington. scary stuff there. jenna: turning to 2012 and the politics there colorado has

backed every presidential winner for the last ten years. barack obama carried the state on his way to winning the white house in 2008. how do the folks real about reee hrebting him? we are going to go in-depth just ahead.

>> we cannot turn back. america, we cannot turn back, not with so much work to be done, not with so many children to educate, and so many veterans to care for, not with an economy to fix and cities to rebuild, and farms to save.

jon: i was there that night. that was when candidate obama at the time was speaking at the democratic national convention in 2008, a convention held in colorado. that state has been playing a pivotal role in the last ten years. colorado going for the winners since 2000 when voters there supported president bush. they did it again in 2004, but then switched to democratic when president obama won in 2008. the fact that the convention was held in denver that year might have had something to do witness and was strategically considered by democrats when they chose it as the site. the latest poll in the state taken back in february shows the president does not have that, what you might purple state locked up by any means. while he leads a moderate republican, a theoretical moderate rupp 48-43 it is still within the margin of error.

john canned tkraous is a former colorado state sends and president of the senate. he's author of responsibility reborn. a citizens guide to the next century. he knows politics well and how the state is leaning. what are your predictions for the upcoming election? >> i'll start with the prediction of, if the election were held right now obama would have a hard time carrying colorado because all the people who have been out of work so long, they are all concerned about an economy that is just in the ditch. i think colorado is a republican's to win last year. we had a thousand conservatives from 25 states at a convention called western conservative summit and they are fired up to replace the president. jon: you write in an op spayed ed piece. you say americans will have

decided in 2012, it's grab the steering wheel or crash. >> yeah, i think it's just that serious, jon. the president has not managed to get the economy going again. he has made the budget deficit and debt problem much worse, his solution raise taxes was round lee rejected not only by a republican house but a democrat senate in this week's compromise on the debt ceiling. president obama is looking like a one-term president from the perspective of colorado. jon: you say though that the people in this country have to accept more responsibility if we're going to fix our national situation. what do you mean by that? >> this is not going to be fixed by any law, any deal, any political settlement inside the belt way it's got to start with americans deciding the entitlement addiction is a drug that is going to kill our country, and we're going to turn back towards being responsible, each of us for ourselves, then looking after our neighbors, then rebuilding our communities and our states from the bottom up. you know, historians, jon, warn that great nations commit fiscal

suicide somewhere between 200 and 250 years. america just had our 235th birthday in july. we are in the danger zone, we are running out of time. jon: you think eye not the job of of the federal government to -- i don't know, to lift every person out of poverty for instance. >> for heaven sake we've spent trillions on the war on poverty and poverty won. america was written off in the 1970s under carter who many people say is just the for runner of the obama-style presidency. people are worried about america now, but america turned around. it wasn't just reagan's victory, it was americans deciding one by one it's time to take responsibility for ourselves, our neighbors and our country. this responsibility movement is now called the tea party movement. this is what got us a good deal in washington, relatively good deal this week with no new taxes. jon: it's an interesting philosophy, it's in your book, responsibility reborn. i'm looking forward to coming out to colorado this summer and

seeing how the voters there are feeling. >> responsibility reborn.com, i hope people will look it up. jon: thank you. jenna: the ugly fight over the debt ceiling is over but there are bigger battles coming. what's on deck in washington? plus, a high school football practice turned tragic in the texas heat. details straight ahead. [ man ] behind every business is a "what if." what if we designed an electric motorcycle? what if we turned trash into surfboards? whatever your what if is, the new sprint biz 360 has custom solutions to make it happen, including mobile payment processing, instant hot spots, and 4g devices like the motorola photon. so let's all keep asking the big what ifs. sprint business specialists can help you find the answers. sprint. america's favorite 4g network. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprintrelay.com.

jon: i'm jon scott here in our acquisition center at the fox news channel where we bring in the satellite feeds from all over the world, even outer space. take a look at remote 252, you know what that is? if you're a hamm radio operator you'll love this. russian spacewalkers getting ready to release a small satellite that will help improve hamm radio communications. while they are up in space they can problem below see this thing every time they fly over it. that's the tropical storm brewing right now underneath the island of hispaniola.

we are going to have janice dean in the fox weather center telling us what the prospects are for that thing hitting florida, and apparently they are pretty good. that's it from acquisitions. jenna: thank you so much, jon. months of frustrating back and forth fighting finally produced an $1th hour debt deal, but the fight is far from over, with federal funding running out at the end of september, a big battle is brewing over the federal budget. that's just one of the items. mike emanuel is live from our washington bureau with more. mike, what are some of the key issues after congress returns from its brief recess here in august? >> reporter: one thing we'll be looking for in the coming days is the key four congressional leaders to pick three members each for the super committee that is going to have to find $1.5 trillion in savings, part of the deal the president signed yesterday by thanksgiving. if they don't find that savings then they are talking about serious cuts across the board. there will be a lot of pressure

on that group. otherwise democrats have said they realize with the .2% unemployment that people care about jobs, here is house leader nancy pelosi. >> it's time for us to completely focus on jobs, so i have no intention for the next weeks and months to be talking about this committee. it has its responsibilities. we will make our appointments and the nature of who they are will be self-evident. but we cannot turn ourselves into a place where we are just talking about the process of this. >> reporter: we've heard heupblts from the white house and also from leaders in congress that they are going to talk about what they can do short term to try to get more people back to work, and so we can expect to hear some types of ideas, in terms of getting the american people back to work, but if it involves money you can bet there will be fights with that with the republicans this fall. jenna: let's pick up off that a you little bit mike. you mentioned the issues having

a lot to do with the economy. as far as the fiscal fights or money battles, if you will, ahead for this congress, what's on the stor horizon. >> reporter: the new fiscal year 2012 starts october 1st. what the congress has done recently is continuing resolutions, continuing on with the spending that's been going on because they haven't been able to reach agreements on a full years' fiscal budget, and so bottom line, the budget fight will come up quickly after the recess, and senator joe lieberman from connecticut says he expects a lot of fiscal fights over the next 18 months. take a listen. >> it's going to continue to dominate the next year and a half of this 112th session of congress. so in september when we come back, after the summer break, right away we've got to start dealing with the budget for the federal fiscal here that begins october 1st. and there is a lot of work to do quickly. >> reporter: as we have scenery sent history with this congress

whether it was the government shut down a few months ago, or then this deal with the debt ceiling, they like to work down to the wire, and so it should be a very busy end of september heading towards that october 1st start of the fiscal year, jenna. jenna: a little dangerous when that pressure cooker starts to feel comfortable. you don't necessarily want that. but we'll see what happens as we move towards some of the deadlines, mike. thank you very much. >> reporter: thank you, jenna. jenna: mike emanuel in washington. jon: a fox news weather alert now and a tornado touching down near fort lauderdale, florida. the storm carves a mile-long path through that town damaging roofs, blowing out windows and toppling trees as it screamed through. fortunately no injuries reported. here is the culprit, as captured on home video. the twister had winds reaching 90 miles an hour. the national weather service says it's unusual for tornadoes to develop in south florida, at least at this time of year. when i lived down there i certainly never saw them. jenna: onto north carolina now

where the summer heat turned deadly for one soldier at fort bragg. a 22-year-old sergeant, joshua mann collapsed on friday while running with his aoupt. he died in the hospital the next day. they say all training runs have been scaled back. jon: the army really is trying to prevent those heat deaths. the heat also killed a high school football coach in texas. 55-year-old wade mcclane collapsing and dying after a practice on monday. a medical examiner said mcclane had heart disease that was aggravated in the extreme heat. the temperature on monday, above 100 degrees in plano, texas. the 31st straight day of triple digit temperatures in the dallas area. jenna: that tropical storm emily is turning north over the caribbean, and it's now bearing down on the dominican republic, and haiti and it could reach maybe florida by this weekend.

janice dean is watching this from the fox weather center. florida in its path, jd? >> reporter: maybe, we have to watch epl leave. it's such a pretty name it's hard to imagine the storm becoming a monster. the center circulation is kind of away from the showers and thunderstorms that we are seeing here on the satellite's imaginary. because they are not located together that center -- the center of the storm, rather, and the tropical storm activity, in terms of showers and thunderstorms, that means the storm is not really getting its act together, and that could mean some good news. we don't want to see this thing become a major hurricane, right -rgs within the next several days. however it does mean that the island of hispaniola, which is dominican republic and haiti could see several inches of rain up to a foot or more and that is not good news unfortunately for them. let's take a look at some of the computer models that make up the cone of uncertainty that we look

at in terms of where the storm is going to move. we are starting to get a better idea of where the storm is going to move, and we do think it has the potential to become close enough to florida that we have to really watch this over the weekend and sort of hugging the coastline up to the southeast and mid-atlantic. because we are several days out we really have to watch the storm as it crosses over the island of his pan ole louisiana. we have very, very tall mountains, 8 to 10,000 feet, that could also really tear this storm apart. if we see that center of circulation move across the island of hispaniola and into the warmer waters near the bahamas it has a chance to strengthen and get its act together. and that's what we are concerned with as it does come very close to the u.s. there is our official track. the western side of the track just watching florida, certainly, the coast of the carolinas, up towards the mid-atlantic. there is a good chance this could become a category 1 hurricane.

84-mile an hour winds makes it a hurricane. too close for comfort we have to watch emily for the next several days. the other big story is the oppressive heat that playings much of the u.s. across the mississippi river. anywhere from 100 to 115 degrees, that is the heat and humidity combined. dallas, texas as you mentioned, jon, earlier dealing with 33 days of consecutive triple digit heat as of wednesday. and there is no relief in sight. look at these temperatures, 109, 108, just incredibly dangerous. we could actually have that stretch of the greatest amount of 100-degree heat in the next week or so. the record is 42 set back in 1980. and the temperatures already soaring across the mississippi river in towards the southeast. it feels like 104 memphis, 100 in new or l.e.a.n. 97 in atlanta. we'll certainly keep an eye on

emily. we don't want it to come close to the u.s. we'll see what happens within the next several days. bang to yo back to you guys. jon: that looks like a nasty weather map. >> reporter: it does, bathing suits for everybody. jon: do whatever you can. thank you jd. breaking news on casey anthony. she has been acquitted of murdering her little daughter. the drama continues. rick folbaum is on it for us. >> reporter: she was charged and ordered to stand a year probation back in january of 2010 for using checks that she had stolen from a friend of hers. a judge sentencing her to that probation. now the judge in that case, judge stan strickland out of orlando just today announcing that he is stepping down from that case a, he's recused himself. he did not explain why he decided to do that, but, again, he is stepping down from this case. now we've just heard from officials at the florida department of corrections, and they say that they are under the impression that casey anthony has until tomorrow to report in

orlando, to meet with a probation officer to begin serving that probation. so that's their understanding. they are expecting her to report to that probation officer tomorrow. there have been pictures that have been surfacing on the internet of casey anthony in ohio wandering around wearing a baseball cap and sunglasses and flip-flops. so that's apparently where she is, or where she's been. again, officials in florida are expecting her there tomorrow. it will be very interesting to see as we get word that the judge in that case has recused himself. so as we get more information and we learn where she is we'll let you know. back to you, jon. jon: keep an eye on it for us. jenna: one of the big stories today is jobs and the economy. we want to know your questions about, well where we're all headed when it comes to the employment picture. we'll put your question to the ceo of the ladders.com a job search website. you can get those questions to us by joining our chat. go to

foxnews.com/"happening now" and follow the link to america's asking. breaking news on chilling attacks against several young women. police just releasing brand-new photos of the man they think is a serial slasher. rick is working that story and he's up next. >> i think he is sick and demeanted and hopefully they find him fast. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert

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dow yesterday, 2.2%. it closed down eight straight trading days the longest such losing streak on the dow since october 2008. emergency dispatchers in pittsburgh are ready to handle a slew of emergency calls about batman. some residents may be unprepared for the fake gunshots, e explosions and other things from the filming of the dark knight rises. jenna: they say a slasher may be on the lose assaulting women at retail stores in fairfax county, virginia, what do we know about this? >> reporter: this is a guy in northern virginia going around cutting women's clothing. the victims are all young women in their teens or 20s, and this creep sneaks up behind them while they are shopping and then slashes their clothes. one woman has told police that she was browsing at a tj maxx

store when she suddenly felt a pinch on her behind. when she turned around she saw a man picking up pieces of clothing. only later when she got home did she realize that the clothing was hers. police say there are at least five other victims and maybe more. >> detectives are not surprised that there was a delay in this particular report, and certainly there may be other people who for whatever reason didn't recognize that they may have been a victim. >> reporter: here is a description of the creep that police are looking for, a heavy set hispanic male 5'6" in his late 20s or early 30s, he's been spotted wearing white shorts and a short sleeve shirt and a white cap. if you've seen this guy or have any information you can call or email the police in fairfax, virginia, and the information is on your screen. we'll bring you updates as we get them, jenna. jenna: what do you think he's doing with the pieces of clothing? >> reporter: oh, please, to knows. jenna: kwulting? it's noquilting?

it's creepy, it's odd. jon: really creepy. some airlines are finding ways to capitalize on the partial shut down of the faa, and it's costing you money, at least if you buy airplane tickets it is. the ceo of one airline that is cuttinjoins us to talk about the whole mess. investigators on the hunt for the deadly outbreak linked to ground turkey. dozens of states affected so far. live with that story. summertime is prime-time for food-borne illnesses. our medical a team offers tips on how you can protect yourself from it. during the break check out foxnews.com/health. there it is on the screen. [ gnome ] ahh...

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jon: we've told you about this story before but it is raising new outrage among people. some airlines are capitalizing on the faa funding fight that has crippled that agency's ability to collect taxes. it's been going on for a couple of weeks now whether you were aware of it or not. the taxes can make up about 10% of the ticket price, so the taxes are not being collected any more by the federal government. but some airlines responded by simply raising their ticket prices to soak up that money. others, like delta say they will refund the taxes that travelers paid when they booked their flight. but some airlines have simply decided to let the passengers keep the savings for themselves. joining us now the ceo of one of those airlines, spirit airlines we are talking about, ben baldonza runs the thing. it's about 10%. it fends on how many flights you take.

>> 7.5 excise tax and segment fees. jon: you buy a $400 ticket, about 40 bucks is federal tax. >> that's right about 40 bucks of that, and most consumers -- a lot of consumers didn't even realize that the tax was in the ticket. it was hidden in the ticket price. one of the good things is it's disclosing that. jon: it's been a couple of weeks since the faa has been allowed to collect the money since a fight underway. >> since july 23rd. since that point we have taken that tax off the ticket price and correspondingly we've seen an enormous increase in our sales. our sales have doubled since we put the money back in consumers pockets. our view is it's always been consumers money, it's not our money. when you put more money in consumers pockets they spend more and it helps the economy. jon: isn't it funny a number of the airlines found they didn't have to collect this 10% tax any more and found a way to raise their ticket prices to make up for the difference, right. >> they got a little greed doe and decided we'll just keep the

money. some airlines have been so bold to try to suggest that it's good for consumers because at the time when the tax comes back maybe they won't see a fare increase. we'd rather let consumers keep the tax and we've seen our sales and revenues rise as a result of that. jon: some of the other airlines have baggage fees, all kind of fees, left, right and center. >> we have a lot of those, yeah, that's right. jon: they say, okay, now because we're pocketing what used to be this tax money now we can be profitable again. >> if that's the only way airlines can be profitable by taking money out of consumers pockets that they never collected in the first place that is a little sad. let me say we do collect a lot of fees at spirit but we've correspondingly lowered our fares. our average fare in the second quarter was $83. it's still less than the total replies on other airlines. jon: it will be five weeks

before congress can meet and figure out this problem because they have now adjourned for their vacation. ironically a lot of those senators and congressman are going to be flying back to washington. >> and they will save money if they fly on spirit. jon: i'm sure they'll watch. the ceo of spirit airlines. thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: we have new information crossing our international desk concerning former egyptian president hosni mubarak. really we are getting a look at him like we've never seen him before. we have a new picture showing him 83 years old in a hospital bed and it looks like inside a cage. he's behind bars here as he goes on trial in cairo. outside the courthouse police making arrests following clashes between protestors there. rina ninan is on the phone. >> reporter: hosni mubarak pleaded not guilty. his son is facing corruption charges and also pleaded the

saeup. it was an image of many being wheeled into the hospital bed into the courtroom and put behind bars and that really shocked egyptians the most. he looked frail and weak. it was the opposite of the image he tried to project for three decades. outside the courtroom tensions were incredibly high. people didn't know if he would appear in court until about an hour before the court's proceedings resumed. there were clashes between prohosni mubarak and anti-hosni mubarak demonstrators. they started throwing stones. at one point 3,000 police officers standing by, some of them had to intervene to break them up. our own fox crew was evacuated. we had to lean the scene because stones were thrown. the court has adjourned for the day and hosni mubarak is expected to appear august 15th in court and he could face possibly the death penalty, jenna. jenna: on the scene in cairo watching the developments, thank you so much. jon: tonight president obama holds a birthday and fundraising

bash if his hometown of chicago. in 2008 so-called bund hers head the obama campaign raise all kind of money. this time around a number of old bund hers from one big state have yet to signal if they are on board for the president in 2012. what is the delay? we'll get into that. also the search for this 11-year-old girl is over now, a tragic ending. new developments as investigators try to figure out how celina cass died. ♪

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jon: fox news alert. police rescue a teenager with what appears to be a bomb strapped to her body. the young school girl's frightening ordeal lasted nearly ten hours in sidney, australia. new details are in, rick has them from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: a terrifying ordeal for this teenager and an ongoing mystery for the police in as you streul yea australia, still

trying to figure out what kind of device it was around this young woman. it went down in an scale neighborhood in sidney. police were called to the house earlier in the day. they were told about the device. there are reports that it was strapped to this young woman's body, there are reports that there was a note attached to it. none of that has been confirmed at this point. the good news is the teenager has been freed, but it took a while. a police official quoted as saying, the location of the device, its proximity to the young woman's body led them to take their time, be very careful while trying to free her. again, she has been freed and the bomb squad is at the scene. they are trying to determine if this was in fact some kind of explosive device. they are also going through the entire house to see if there are any other clues, or any other devices that may be inside the house right now. an ongoing mystery. the good news and the headline is that this young girl is free. back to you. jon: that is great news, but what a weird story.

thanks, rick. well we haven't talked about it yet today, have we? the debt ceiling? president obama has wrapped up that long battle to get it raised. it's finally over, but the uphill battle still to come. good afternoon to you, good morning depending on where you live in this country. i'm jon scott. jenna: we're glad to have you wherever you are at this point. hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. the president is leaving the debt drama behind temporarily here to hit the campaign trail heading off to chicago for a fund-raiser/birthday party tonight. it's the eve of his 50th birthday for the president. he certainly can't get away from the economy, it's certainly everywhere you turn and it will be a major issue in the 2012 campaign. ed henry is live at the white house. ed, you didn't get an invitation to the birthday bash. >> reporter: i did not, jenna, they are breathing a sigh of relief. i'm not sure if it's about the u.s. not going into default.

i'm not certain it's going to be a huge celebration. they know that while one big crisis was averted, perhaps, the markets, you've seen the dow continue to drop eight days in a row, you've seen as well the fact that unemployment is still well over 9%. we see consumer confidence, consumer spending down. these are all worry so many signs to the president. in the rose garden yesterday he didn't spend too much time on the debt deal he was immediately turning to the jobs situation. mentioning jobs over and over again, a pivot to jobs if you will. if it sounds familiar, that's because it is. he's tried to pivot to jobs again, and again, and again after the healthcare battle in various state of the union addresses. take a listen to how he's framed it time and time again. >> the question is, how are we going to make sure that people are getting back to work and able to support their families? jobs must be our number one folk news 2010. as president that is my commitment to you to do

everything i can to make sure our economy is growing, creating jobs and strengthening our middle class. >> reporter: you've heard that refrain again and again, meanwhile unemployment still well over 9%. th-s ao why i think you're going to hear, as you heard the president yesterday, jay carney's briefing may start in a couple of minutes. i think we got a two-minute warning. they talk about when congress comes back from its august break they want to see patent reform, infrastructure projects. the government doesn't have a lot of money in the kitty and there is not going to be a ton of cash to have another big stimulus plan and that is very worrisome for the president as he heads off to chicago to kickoff this campaign. jenna: as you mentioned the press briefing will start any moment. now i'm sure you have a few good questions there for jay carney. our viewers can watch you in action at foxnews.com. we will be streaming that press briefing. no pressure. >> reporter: you just put a

little pressure on me. jenna: people will be watching of course. thank you very much. jon: fox news alert. it is hot, hot, hot, in texas, dallas today witnessing under its 33rd consecutive day of theup he will digit temperatures. that is no typo, 33 straight days. christopher gutierrez is live with an update. >> reporter: there have been 12 reported heat-related deaths in dallas alone. that is three more than last year. today is only august 3rd. august is typically the hottest month of the year down here in texas. today's forecasted high in dallas, jon, 110 degrees. you mentioned that today is the 33rd consecutive day of 100-plus degree temperatures. the record is 42 days set back in 1980. we are getting really close to that. it is so hot and dry down here many pastors are urging pa prisoners to pray for rain.

up in lieu lewisville they are gearing up for the high school football season. the district has implemented a heat policy which forces coaches to stop practice for water breaks every 20 minutes. this is what one mom told me listen here. >> it's kind of scary. i thought back in 1980, 81 it was bad. this is really hot. with a little water we can get through it. >> reporter: you know, the state's power grid is also getting a workout here, jon. in fact yesterday 6,000 customers up here in dallas actually lost power when a substation failed. of it is extremely hot. jon, back to you stphaoeut doesn't sound pleasant, that's for sure. kris gutierrez, thanks. jenna: how about this item that is usually part of summer barbecue. food safety experts searching for the source of a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to ground turkey. one person has died and 76 people have got even sick and we still don't know where the bad meat is coming from. doug mcelway is live in

washington. >> reporter: the most important information first here if you must eat ground turkey you need to cook it thoroughly, well done only, that is the best way to eliminate the risk of salmonella poisoning. the latest news now, the giant minnesota meat processing company cargill says it has been contact taed by the fda as part of a salmonella outbreak investigation. it says it is working with the usda but has not been named as the culprit. 76 people have been sickened by the illness. one of them has died. here is a break down of where the illness is occurring. michigan 10 cases, ohio 10 cases. tech as 9 illnesses. illinois 7, california 6 and pennsylvania five and many others in many other states. a few troubling things about the salmonella outbreak, this particular strain is apparently resistant to most commonly prescribed antibiotics. the illnesses date back to the month of march but the public at large is only learning of it in

recent days. three samples have been linked to the same production establishment but government officials have not named the retailers nor the manufacturers. now we've posted some of these questions to usda officials this morning. they have sent a response by email back to us quoting now, we'll be happy to get back to you later in the day when we have more information, end quote. some food safety advocates say that three positive samples should prompt a recall but that has not yet happened. jenna: interesting to watch the developments. 28 states is a big part of the country, doug. a story we will be watching. thank you. jon: hitting our big stories at the top of the hour and breaking news still ahead, our assignment desk is gathering new details on this rescue in oregon, a hiker who broke her leg in the wilderness, surviving on, get this. bugs, and berries, plus some new information on the death of an 11-year-old girl. we told you about her disappearance in new hampshire. results of an autopsy sparking

shock and frustration. rick folbaum is keeping tabs on hot stories for us today. for today's must-see moment, wick. >> reporter: this is hot video, great stuff. you get to decide which one we tell you about later on in the show. go to the "happening now" home page on foxnews.com. scroll down a bit on the right hand side. you'll see the options. extreme weather leading to an amazing fine for american space history, we'll tell you about that if you decide. talking about being in the right place at the right time, a dash cam from a taxi capturing a robbery in progress. or you can choose this story, a sweet one about a couple, an elderly couple taking a walk down the aisle for the very first time, they are in their 80s, and you can decide to hear about that if you want again let us know what your decisions are, we'll have the story for you coming up a little bit later in the show and more "happening now" with breaking news on a bear attack in new jersey when we come right back. ayer, we're g aspirin for pain relief.

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jenna: fox news alert. two people injured in an attack by a black bear, guess where? in new jersey ever all places, rick r-frpblgtsz you don't normally hear about this. this is at a summer campground, not the kind of camping experience that these two kids were hoping to have, an 11 and 12-year-old suffering minor injuries after a black bear attacked their campsite in northwestern new jersey. this is file video, not of the actual bear involved in the attack. this occurred at the stokes state forest in sussex county, new jersey. the bear entered a campground used by campers. he grabbed one of the kids out of the tent causing a minor foot injury. he swiped at another kid causing a shoulder area. the bear left, then came back and was rummaging through the campsite when the state officials came and shot the bear

in the neck. thankfully, jenna the injuries are minor. jenna: that's a good thing. scary moments there. rick, thank you. jon: right now new information on stories we are watching across the u.s. and around the world from inside our control room. new video showing the rescue of a 28-year-old hiker lost in an oregon park since last week. the sheriff's office says pamela celone is in serious condition. she fell 50 feet, broke her leg but survived on berries and bugs. hosni mubarak wheeled into a cry owe court for the start of his trial. he is charged with ka ruplgs and ordering the killings of protestors. hosni mubarak was ousted by a mass revolt in february. he was hospitalized shortly after that. and the latest look at tropical storm emily, expected to make landfall in the dominican republic and haiti today. this weekend the storm threatens to impact the southeastern united states.

jenna: now more on this. new information as we await a toxicology report in the suspicious death of 11-year-old celina cass. satisfactory clean a vanishe cass. celina vanished last week and they discovered her body a quarter of a mile from her home. we want to speak with dr. michael bad even, a forrencence i can expert and fox news court reporter. the autopsy failed to show the cause of death. and they are waiting for the toxicology report. what does that tell you? >> the first thing that has to be determined whenever a body is found in water, was the body alive or dead when it went into the water? so the fact that the official report doesn't mention drowning as a cause of death would indicate that the information appears to show that celina was

dead before she went into the water. the cause of death has to be determined from various injuries on the body, and the problem with bodies in water is that they strike objects, like floating debris, boating will strike the body, propellers, and fish and other animal activity. so the medical examiner has to distinguish any injuries on the body between postmortem, before death that caused the death, and that may require looking at microscopic slides. jenna: let's pause there for a moment. we had another forensic expert on fox news a few hours ago who mentioned just what you mentioned as well, this a body submerged in water adds new challenges to a forensic report. if you were called in as a consultant here what questions would you be asking and what would you do next? >> i'd like to know what the weight of the lungs was, the first thing, is to weigh the lungs and to see -- which will

tell you immediately whether water was inhaled into the lungs after the body went in the water. that would tell you whether or not the person was alive when she went into the water. the other thing, there is a very good test for drowning that is popular in canada, but not so much in this country, is to look in the bone marrow for little one-cell plankton, that is inhaled into the lungs and then goes into the bone marrow and that also is very helpful in determining whether a person was aeu life or dea alive or dead when she goes into the water. the other part would be, what are the other causes of death? an 11-year-old, one of the problems that could cause death would be strangulation, if this were some kind of sexual attack. jenna: what does your gut tell you, doctor? you've obviously seen some of the initial reports here.

you've been a part of thousands of cases. what does your gut tell you from what you've heard so far. >> my gut tells me she was probably dead before she goes into the water. we don't know, i haven't heard anything about the clothing she's wearing. if she's wearing clothing, that might tell you something about whether or not she was sexually assaulted. the stomach contents that the medical examiner looks at during the autopsy would tell you whether or not she ate anything after she left the house. she was known to leave the house about 9:00 the night before, and if she ate something, such as a hamburger then the police would be looking at places where -- and showing a picture of the girl to places where the girl might have had a hamburger. the last thing is this is a small community. they might make an arrest pretty quickly after investigating all the different people in the community that might have add acceshad access to the girl.

jenna: this is an 11-year-old little girl. it is tough to talk about. we hope there is some conclusion here on who is exactly behind this. it's great to have you. if any of our viewers have any questions for you you can head over to live/foxnews.com. dr. baden will head over there. if you have any questions for dr. baden get those in. jon: he has stumped the f.b.i. has he disappeared with 2 t hundred thousand dollars of cash in a backpack. the db cooper disappearing act might finally be headed toward a resolution. we've been talking about this tantalizing new clue all week. now we have a little bit more information on what may be the big break in this mystery. plus anonymous no more, simple facial recognition technology

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jenna: welcome back, everybody, right now what could be a bug break in a mystery that has stumped the f.b.i. for four decades now. rick has more on this. could be i guess is the important point here. >> reporter: could be. thinks the only unsolved hijacking mystery in the history of the united states. the f.b.i. would love for some kind of a productive lead in this case. you remember the story, a man on a northwest orient airlines plane flying from portland to seattle. demands $200,000 and a parachute

or threatens to blow up the plane. this is d. b. cooper. the aircraft lands, he gets his money and he orders the man to take off for mexico. he lowers the back store in midair and jumps out of the plane. a movie was made out of his caper. what happened to him remains a mystery. a woman claiming to be his niece tells abc news that she saw her uncle after his daring escape all battered and bruised and talking about the money he had got even. marla cooper is her name and she says she gave the f.b.i. a guitar strap that he apparently had been holding and a picture of him holding the strap. this is a case that we said has baffled the f.b.i. every since 1971. the agency is trying to lift fingerprints off of that guitar strap and match them to partial prints that they got from the airplane. abc news is reporting that no prints have been found yet, and the f.b.i. is not commenting on the record. as for the money, jenna,

officials believe that cooper lost more or all of that mone most or all of that money on his trip back gown to earth. if we get more information we'll bring it to you. jenna: that is an interesting case. we will ae see if they can solve it, rick. thank you. jon: what could be the real threat of facial recognition software? researchers in pittsburgh finding a quick scan of feetess on social networking sites on facebook cannot only identify you quickly but reveal some of your private data to the world, even sometimes your social security number. how do they do that? ginger mccall is the open government counsel for epic the electronic privacy information center. some of these sites like facebook and google are way ahead of me when it comes to their capabilities. let's try and go through it for people like me. there is figures alrecognition software out there. google just brought a company that provides this stuff, that

allows you on the surface to find pictures of your friends via the internet, right? >> yes. facebook actually has its own facial recognition software that it has recently rule rolled out. the way it created that software is actually at issue right now. the way the software was created is facebook because was for months and possibly years collecting user data when they tagged pictures using that to create an ununderlying database that would allow them in the future to recognize people's cases when a picture was uploaded on facebook. they did all of this without any user consent. they never asked users do you want to be involved in this development of this technology? do you want to be in this database? jon: scary enough just with a couple of clicks people could find pictures of you, or me, or anybody else who exists on the internet, right? >> it's very problematic and especially because companies like facebook are constantly

pushing more and more user information out there into the public domain. it used to be when you signed up for facebook you could set your preferences so that your profile picture would only be viewable by your friend. but about a year and a half ago facebook changed their policy and now the pictures have to be publicly available. you can't protect your own profile picture and those profile pictures were use ned this study. jon: it goes beyond just the profile pictures, because this professor and some of the students at carnegie mellon working on the research project found that just by having somebody's pictures, by using this facial recognition technology and some other relatively easy tricks they were able to come up with people's social security numbers? >> yeah, that's because so much information is being pushed out into public by facebook. they for a while made friends list manned tore lee public. geographic information, interests, likes, activities, all of these things became man today tore lee public

information. and that information can be stitched together and used in ways that users never contemplated. jon: because a lot of people don't know this. but for instance the state you were born in determines the first couple of digits of your social security number. if you've got it on your facebook proceed trial that you were born this denver, as i was people know they can get a handle on what your social security number is. >> and birth dates can be used for even more of that. burt dates are out there on facebook publicly available. the information is out there. jon: how do you fix it? you have to be very careful what you put on facebook and some of these sites? >> well, i think it's a combination fix. first we need stronger privacy laws, we need more enforcement by the ftc when companies like facebook violate users expectations about their own data and we also need users to create pressure on these companies, to create an environment where there are more privacy friendly social networks. there are companies out there that are creating private lee friendly social networks and people should explore those possibilities.

jon: ginger mccall from epic, the electronic privacy information center. thank you. jenna: such an interesting point mad by ginger about consumers have to get angry and talk to these companies. if you don't know it's happening, then that's tough, right? you have to educate yourself. that was really interesting, something really to think about. this is also something to think about. how about drafting blueprints for the next tallest sky sraeup scraper in the entire world. take a look at it. it's called the kingdom tower, approved for construction in saudi arabia, $1.2 billion deal and the plans call for a tower about 3300 feet high, that's more than half a mile. it would top the current leader in dubai, by 600 feet or 50 stories to put that in perspective. it will have a hotel, private apartments, luxury condos, office space, all slated for the massive structure. it would be twice the size of the willis tower formerly known

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jenna: 24 hours now we have a debt deal signed. what's next though? congress still has to figure out how to cut even more from the deficit. we're not talking about cutting a little amount here. rich edson is live countdown clock with more on this. rich? >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. congress argued over taxes and spending. failed to reach a full compromise. this debt bill will take an old argument to new committee. it cuts and caps spending $900 billion over rest of the year and the rest of the

cuts go to 12-member bipartisan commission. it must find $1.5 trillion in savings by november. if it fails in congress the debt deal forces $1.2 trillion cuts in domestic and military spending. ratingses agencies responsible for granting the federal government its top-notch aaa rating want to see congress go further than this debt deal. moody's says the attempt is untested. fitch says the agreement is an important first step but the no the end of the process. towards putting in place a credible plan to reduce the budget deficit to a level that would secure the united states aaa status over the medium term. both have confirmed the u.s. aaa rating for now. moody's downgraded the u.s. out look. it is a warning basically that the government still needs to reduce its deficits further. democratic and republican leaders are deciding which lawmakers six from each party will serve on the

committee. republicans of will resist tax increases and democrats will protect entitlement programs like medicare and social security from deep cuts. jenna: be interesting to see who gets named to the committee and who wants the job. not an easy one. rich, thank you very much. jon: you heard rich say the democrats will protect medicare but many in the health industry are saying just the opposite that the debt deal leaves the door open to cutting medicare. in fact it would be mandatory. chip khan, the president and ceo of the federation of american hospitals representing institutions run for profit. that is about what, 20% of the hospitals in this country, chip? >> yes. jon we're about 20%. we're all over the country you about particularly in places like texas and florida. very large in those areas. jon: you are worried about the this debt deal that got signed yesterday. why? >> well the debt deal to us is sort of like a rickety bridge goes across a stream with alligators on both sides because either the

negotiations you're describing could lead to further reductions for hospitals and doctors and other care-givers, or we'll get a sequester n a sequester, hospitals would be particularly hit as well as other who is receive and provide service and provide services for medicare beneficiaries for seniors. jon: you're talking what if congress can't come up with what, $1.2 trillion budget cuts? >> right. jon: automatically billions get cut from medicare, right? >> right. what was misunderstood by some of the policymakers in this process who talked about avoiding hits to seniors these kinds of arbitrary, across-the-board cuts that affect hospitals and will affect doctors and others who provide care to seniors, the care seniors depend on, it will affect our ability to maintain the technology and the services that people expect and deserve from medicare. jon: okay, but you just said

you represented an organization of for-profit hospitals. there are those out there who will say, okay, they're making profits. they can make less profit? >> well, first, if you look across all hospitals, margins on medicare are either low to below cost. so, medicare is not in a sense a profitable line. medicare is an area where we've got to provide those services. we want to help the medicare beneficiaries. we provide important community services that medicare beneficiaries and seniors depend on. that he is what we do every day. the issue for us is will medicare, will medicaid, the problem for the -- program for the poor, provide enough payment so we keep operating at the level we're operating now and provide the kinds of technology and people support that seniors and low income americans depend on. jon: so you think it is sort of easy for congress to just,

or potentially easy for congress to just punt? they don't find these cost savings that they're looking for and they say we'll take it out of your hide? >> right. particularly when it is across the board and it is arbitrary. it affect everybody. on one hand you say everybody gets the 2% cut. on the other hand that was not something budgeted in. that is not something we can necessarily adjust for very easily and still assure seniors the kind of timely access to care that we provide. remember, hospitals are basically two things, technology and people. and if we have to make reductions because there's just less that medicare pays, that is going to affect our ability to provide services at the level seniors expect and deserve. jon: chip khan with the federation of american hospitals. thanks. lots of questions to wrestle with there. >> my pleasure. jenna: time to reveal our must-see moment of the day. rick has been watching the results from our web wall.

rick, do we have a winner? >> we do. a lot of response today and you guys picked a good one, an important one anyway. texas is experiencing the worst drought in about 50 years or more and because of that, water levels are so low that you can take a look and see. we'll show you, this is the video that we've been talking about. this is a part of the space shuttle columbia that had been submerged in water ever since columbia broke apart over reentry over east texas ten years or so ago. because of the drought conditions the water levels are down, and this part of columbia has now been exposed. nasa actually confirmed this as a fuel tank that was a part of the shuttle's electrical power system. it will now be moved to the kennedy space center. you will remember february 1st, 2003, columbia broke apart upon reentry, killing all seven members of the crew. and now a part of that craft surfacing in a lake in east

texas. that is the must-see moment of the day. jenna, back over to you. jenna: interesting fact that you mention the weather. very interesting stuff. thanks to our viewers for voting and choosing that. jon: there is breaking news on the search for missing college student lauren speier. why the fbi is looking to get a closer look at a landfill nearby. that is next

>> coming up on mesh live after calls -- america live after a calls for a civil tone the rhetoric past week has been filled with hostages terrorists guns and bullets, all in reference to the tea party. we'll debate whether those have think place in today's political environment. cell phones as a civil right? free to some while the bill goes up for everyone else. we'll talk about that. and an oregon woman missing an injured for days in the woods. fox cameras are there as her mother gets word her daughter is alive. that mom will join us live.

all of that and much more at the top of the hour. jenna: good stories ahead there. meantime, new information on some crime stories we're keeping an eye on. disturbing new video showing the wife of convicted kidnapper and rapist phillip garrido, luring a young girl into the couple's van. they asked the girl to pose for different pictures. this is two years after they kidnapped 11-year-old jaycee dugard. texas prosecutors are questioning their final witness in the trial after polygamist leader. you see him there on your screen, warren jeffs. he is accused of sexually assaulting two youngrd girls he took as brides. prosecutors are expecting to wrap up their case later today. they are searching a indiana landfill as they investigate the disappearance of lauren spierer. the 20-year-old indian student was last seen walking alone to her

bloomington apartment after a night out. jon: candidate obama banked on these folks who help round up piles of campaign cash when he was first running for president in 2008 but this time around they seem to be in short supply. william la jeunesse live in los angeles with a look at why. william? >> reporter: well, jon, it is still early but right now you do not see the enthusiasm for the president from his liberal base with 20%. some 500 of his largest supporters from 2008 raising cash now for his re-election. >> four more years. >> reporter: from jaime foxx to fellow actors george clooney, tom hanks and will ferrell. obama owned hollywood elite and much of high-tech. >> good to be back in san francisco. >> reporter: in the bay area, president sold out a $35,000 a plate dinner hosted by google executives. >> our work is not finished. >> reporter: gay rights, green energy, cutting troops, obama is preaching to the

choir in much of california yet many liberals are not happy. >> i think there are folks right now who are disappointed with the president. >> a lot of liberals are not excited at all. are unhappy with his performance. >> reporter: will that disappointment discourage big-money democrats, powerful donors known as bundlers? >> a bumped letter is -- bundler is somebody who collects checks from other people. >> reporter: hollywood bundlers led by david geffen and jeffrey katzenburg from dreamworks topped $4 million in 2008. topped by wall street fat cats who raised ten million and 15 million from lawyers. >> what is for them access to the administration. access is worth lots of money. >> reporter: this year the number of obama bundlers is down by half. a new group by new jersey former governor jon corzine and anna wintour, vogue editor raised 15 million and

the election is still 15 months away. with statistics like this jon, experts say it will be difficult for the president to bash wall street and corporate jet owners during the week and breaking bread and collecting their money on the weekend. but though do expect him to raise a record amount of money. jon: william la jeunesse. thank you. jenna: viewers have been sending in, you have been sending in your questions. next we'll be answering some of them about jobs and the economy and what is next. chip, one of our viewers asked how long before pay raises return to 12 levels? that's a good question. we'll get an answer straight ahead. also some recognize dents of a ritzy new york apartment building shocked to meet their brand new neighbor this morning. what happened when this exotic bird flew the coop, so to say, jon. jon: ever heard them scream? jenna: that's next.

jon: you know it's a jungle out there and this next story proves it's true. look at this. a peacock flying the coop from new york's central park zoo, and perching high above 5th avenue on the window ledge of a swanky manhattan apartment building. rick folbaum knows more about it. rick? >> reporter: this is peacock with very expensive taste in real estate. my family and i always liked the central park zoo. this made a run and perched itself on a 5th floor ledge in a apartment building on 5th avenue across the street from the zoo. an apartment in this building sold 22 1/2 million a couple years ago. this peacock knew where he was going. he hung out there. opposed for pictures. set up a couple twitter

accounts with one tweet from bird on the town. saying i escaped the zoo because i was sick of the tourists. times square would not be a good idea. true, true. the peacock is back, flying back to the zoo on its own. this is not the first new york zoo animal to take a hike. back in march, you may remember a cobra escaped the bronx zoo. that snake set up a twitter account as well. two months after that a pea hen which jon scott told me is female version of the peacock escaped from the zoo and showed up at auto body shop. the animals are running wild. jon: i would rather find a peacock on my ledge than a cobra. >> reporter: good point. jon: rather this bird than that snake. rick, thank you. jenna: maybe some of the animals are twittering questions about jobs. this is big issue. america is asking about jobs and unemployment. new numbers offer a mixed picture about the labor market over all. take a look at this number. jobs in the private sector rising by 114,000 last

month. that is according to the latest adp national employment report. most of the new jobs were created by the way by small and medium-sized companies. we'll talk about that in a second. another report showed planned layoffs in the private sector shooting up by 60% last month. according to the outplacment firm of challenger, gray & christmas. job cuts rising three months in a row, hitting the highest level in 16 months. there are concerns about jobs and how to get one. we have founder and ceo of the ladders.com. you probably recognize their commercials out there. you help people find jobs, mark. that's what you do? >> that's what we do. we help people find professional jobs at all level and specialize in helping people when they're looking for making the next transition of their career. whether increase in pay or title or responsibility. jenna: how long have you been operating now? how many years? >> we've been at this eight years now. jenna: so you've seen economy go into recession? >> we started in recession. been through a boom. been through a recession

again. it is cyclical. jenna: some of our viewers asked a question whether or not you think we're in a double-dip recession in the job market? >> we haven't seen that yet. employment numbers from adp were not remarkable which is actually the problem. they're not remarkable. at this point in a recovery we ought to be seeing that the numbers are getting a lot better a lot quicker and we're not seeing that. so, it's not going as fast as we would like and we have to wonder is it stalled? jenna: you're you're selling point initially catering for people with jobs of $100,000 salary or higher. which sounds good, right? those are six-figure jobs a lot of folks want out there. first of all, are those jobs out there? and where exactly are they? >> so, there are tons of 100-k plus jobs out there. the thing we forget in recession even though there are layoffs and relatively high unemployment rate, most hiring is replacement hiring.

most of the times when companies are highering they're hiring to replace somebody who left. they're hiring to fill a need for somebody transferred. jenna: sure. >> vast majority of hire something replacement hiring there is always a ton of jobs. we have over 50,000 --. jenna: the question is where? what industries are really ones you're placing people in? >> so the big picture is obviously a lot of manufacturing moved overseas. less and less the job openings out there are in the manufacturing sector. and there are more and more in the technology services and thinking jobs sector. jenna: thinking jobs? >> where people, professional services or design or doing things where you're working behind a desk rather than working in a factory. jenna: in these times that we see so many people out of work for months on end, that's tough to get back into the job market when you've been unemployed or coming from a place where you don't have a job. what is the key that you're seeing that you get these candidates, you help connect them with the right job? what is really helping those

candidates? >> a lot of times when i talk to people looking for jobs they say i'm looking to do anything. i can do anything. that's great but it's also a problem because companies aren't hiring a vp of anything. jenna: generalist. >> hiring vp of marketing or vp of sales. you have to narrow your focus to be successful in this job market. there isn't just one or two other candidates out there looking for the same job that you are. there is one dozen, two dozen, 100 that are, so you need to be specialized and communicate what's different about you so that you can get that position. jenna: mark, we have some questions about pay raise. i will ask you about that during the break. put it back out over our chat and twitter so we get the question answered. thank you so much for coming in today. >> thank you so much. jenna: jon? jon: i will ask him how i can get neil cavuto's job. a heated political battle over the faa. operations are up in the air at that agency. could a partial shutdown affect your safety?