added more than $4 trillion to the national debt in less than three years. is that irresponsible? >> number 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome. that's irresponsible. that's unpatriotic. >> whoa. so would the president consider himself now unpatriotic. >> no. >> something deep to think about. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> hey, this is vanilla ice and you're watching "fox & friends." >> news, news baby. >> oh, boy. >> and today, it's weather news, news baby. thank you so much for joining us. more than 55 million americans bracing for what is turning out to be a monster storm as the cover of "the daily news" calls it today. the weather models agree, hurricane irene could become a major category 4 hurricane as early as later today. a hurricane warning issued for parts of north carolina just moments ago.

>> but for now, irene is slamming the caribbean. phil keating joins us live from nassau in the bahamas for more. >> yep. >> hey, phil. >> good morning. sound of a rooster suppois not we woke up to here. it's the howling, howling wind. it's 80 miles away from nassau, that being the eye of a category 3 hurricane, that irene pushing winds right now at 115 miles per hour. they were 120 at points yesterday but as the day gets on and we get some heat on these tropical waters and the sunshine comes to heat up everything, it's expected to get up to 120, 125 and possibly break that category 4 hurricane barrier. the outer band of this hurricane have long since passed up. they got here last night. the actual main is going to

wreak havoc through the central baham bahamas. it's expected to happen today between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. as the spokesperson for the national hurricane center said yesterday, this irene is a slow moving hurricane. she is monsterous in size. 200 miles wide on each side of the eye. to the outer band. that's 400 miles wide across and larger than florida, georgia, alabama combined. and once it finally gets past, you will feel that your bones have been rattled, absolutely. it's going to be a very long day for everybody, even though this is not impacting florida directly, the outer bands certainly are going up the florida coastline. they've got serious winds. serious wave issues out there in the surf, heavy surf but here in nassau in the bahamas, the eastern islands have already reportedly received major damage far out east.

right now, it's central bahamas and up next, the northwestern islands and, of course, after that, eventually around cape hatteras, north carolina. back to you in new york. >> that's exactly right. let's take a look at the maps and find out where irene is heading right now. it's a category 3 and there you can see the outer bands, as he said, will be impacting, perhaps, florida a little later on. there you can see right there as it touches the florida coast. the big question is where is it going to go? right now, it's a category 3. could become a category 4 later on today or early tomorrow and then, as he mentioned, it will probably be impacting the cape hatteras area. coastal north carolina as a category 2 but then it's going to continue on up through the northeast, perhaps impacting new york city. washington, d.c. it's going to be a major rain maker and it's going to be a lot of wind and people, if you're thinking about it, today is a good day to buy batteries and all sorts of stuff.

>> i'm wondering, do you think it's diminishing the chances of it going further out to sea. >> is it going to turn? >> yeah, no one is talking about the turn anymore. >> if you can put the map up one more time, you see that cone of uncertainty, shows where it could go. look right there, it's going to be felt, the impact, brian, in portions of pennsylvania, it could wobble a little bit but right now, it is -- it looks like it's going to be impacting coastal northeast. >> if it follows that middle path, it starts to break up hopefully. it will probably dump a lot of rain at the very, very least. >> absolutely. once it gets up into -- the problem right now is it's over the warmer water of the caribbean and it's warming up. that's a furnace and that's what is going to turn it into a category 4 later today. once it gets into coastal carolina's water, the water is 10 degrees cooler. that will slow it down. >> more news that you need to know. >> warren weinstein is a

70-year-old american kidnapped in pakistan 12 days ago rescued in an early morning raid. pakistani police freed weinstein from a town about 125 miles from where he was abducted after getting leads from three suspects arrested yesterday. weinstein runs a development firm that advises pakistani businesses and government officials. overnight, a scary moment at lax. you are looking at a jetway that collapsed sending people plummeting nearly 10 feet to the ground. you know what it's like when you're going on the jetways. it happened just as passengers from an american airlines flight from boston were exiting the plane. two people were taken to the hospital. their injuries reportedly not life threatening. there will be an investigation as to why that happened oochlt casey anthony sneaking under the radar. fox news has learned she's recordly reported for probation in florida. she did so late last night. the exact location of the probation office is being kept under wraps, though, there are reports that anthony's probation has been modified. she'll reportedly take on-line

classes as opposed to getting a job, all in an effort to protect her privacy and safety. we're expected to learn more about anthony's probation during a press conference later this morning. he has been out of work and out of luck for two years but he just -- well, he's lucky now. he had a $32 million mega millions jackpot. what heing is go to do now? >> my family, you know, my friends, you know, do good things. >> ken dito olivera no longer sear searching for a job. he went from broke to $15 million. his first purchase is $50 in flowers that he delivered to three boston churches saying his luck came from god. he only bought one quick pick ticket. >> that's the way to go! >> i love hearing those stories. how cool is that? >> top of the hour, a guy that

used to be rich might have trouble withdrawing from his account is muammar qaddafi. he's on the run for his life right now. we caught a recording telling people continue fighting. i got to get out of here and meanwhile, the rebels did something brilliant. they are saying $2 million bounty if you give me qaddafi, even if you're a loyalist, i'll exempt you for the crime, pay you the money. turn it over. great news. >> wealthy businessmen was inside libya, i don't know, i think they can up the ante a little bit. i'd be willing to give 100 and even 1,000. >> really? >> yeah. >> are you making it like a fun drive? >> yeah, everybody. donations! come on. >> there are some worries that, you know, the country of libya is big. it's 10 times the size of egypt and there's some suggestion, you know, this could turn out to be one of those saddam hussein things where he disappears or usama bin laden, we might not find him for years. however, the united states government is pretty positive he is still in tripoli. the white house says we're pretty sure he's still in libya.

there are all sorts of rumors. he's hiding with the animals at the zoo. he's in those tunnels underneath the hotel. everybody seems to have a theory but nobody has seen him. >> want to hear a good one? the deputy intelligence chief who decided to all of a sudden defect, that took courage, late in the fourth quarter, i'll go to the other team. he says i believe -- i believe that he will dress like a woman. try to get across the border into algeria and then one day, resume power. he is drunk with power. and all of a sudden, this guy has stopped drinking the kool-aid. >> one other thing, it sounds as if the rebels are willing to cut a deal with him if he simply comes out and he says ok, i'm never going to come back. you can have my crown, my hat and everything else. they'll let him know. >> i don't know if you saw the o'reilly factor last night but one of the looters that you saw there, the flattop thing. >> i don't think they'd call themselves looters. i think they'd consider themselves liberators. >> they're rebels that looted his lair.

i have no problem with that. >> now that we've seen inside the waultz, it kind of reminds some people of michael jackson's never sf land. as soon as they got in there, they realized wait a minute, there are carousels and there are -- there was a ride like at a fair with teapots and tea cups and there you can see a gold couch that he had created in the memory of his daughter who was killed in an air raid back in the 1980's. >> that was his adopted daughter and we were the ones that did it. also, you see that it's a mess. they're having a good time and clearly an indoor pool. he was concerned about u.v. rays, perhaps, so there it is. that's inside the lair of the qaddafi compound much like saddam hussein. >> creepily, he had something called the house of resistance, the compound that was bombed in 1986. you kind of mentioned this. there was like this room, a shine to his baby daughter that was killed. they have her bed and night table all encased in glass.

>> kind of a mausoleum. >> mod one. >> anything to all the people he slaughtered? i'll check the story again. >> let's talk a little bit about president obama. you know, so far, as president, he has added $4 trillion to the national debt. and yeah, when you go back in that darn videotape, it's very confounding. here is the future president of the united states really talking about how unpatriotic george w. bush is for racking up $4 trillion. >> 2008. >> yeah, running. listen. >> the way bush has done it over the last eight years is to take out a credit card from the bank of china in the name of our children, driving up our national debt from $5 trillion for the first 42 presidents, number 43 added $4 trillion by his lonesome. so we now have over $9 trillion of debt that we are going to

have to pay back. $30,000 for every man, woman and child. that's irresponsible. it's unpatriotic. >> maybe when he makes his announcement, you know, shortly, we'll hear something about deficit proposals, budget proposals since we haven't heard anything. in fact, the opposite. >> can you imagine if another candidate was out calling this president unpatriotic and using the name obama instead of the president. >> when you look at the facts, this president over 31 months has run up more than $4 trillion worth of debt. george bush ran up $4 trillion worth of debt over eight years, 96 months. when you look at the average, this president is running up 152% more debt than george bush per month. so does that make this president 152% more unpatriotic? >> e-mail us. friends at foxnews.com. >> 11 minutes after the top of the hour.

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>> all right. taking a detour from the campaign trail of the united states with a quick trip overseas to a very important country and a vital ally. 2012 presidential candidate herman cain is in jerusalem right now on week long mission.

what brings you to israel? >> well, brian, as you know, this is one of america's closest allies, if not the closest and secondly, because of the historical and spiritual nature. i've only been here a short day and a half and i got to tell you, i saw a breathtaking holocaust memorial today that absolutely is breathtaking. yesterday, i got a chance to go to the western wall. actually went down and prayed. and saw this whole thing but also got a chance to see some of the new discoveries that they've made just within the last few years. so it is an experience that i have long -- have wanted to do a long time in my life and my wife and i are thoroughly enjoying this experience. >> israel, the president said is a vital ally and history shows we've been a vital ally for each other for six decades now. but when you look at the current approval rating of the president inside israel, it's in single digits. do you sense that they don't

feel like they have a loyal leader in the white house. >> i not only sense it, i've had a lot of people here tell me that in no uncertain terms and it goes back to when president obama threw israel under the bus or he threw benjamin -- prime minister benjamin netanyahu under the bus when he was coming to the united states. the people have not forgotten that. not only a lot of jewish people that live here in israel but i've also ran into a lot of jewish people from america who came over for the glenn beck event and they also feel as if this president has let the jewish people down. that will not happen in a cain presidency. absolutely not. because, as you know, my doctrine is real simple. if you mess with israel, you're messing with the united states of america. that's how strongly i feel about the relationship between the united states and israel. >> you might have been traveling but in the last few hours, gallup has released a survey of how things are going on the g.o.p. side and look at the current ratings.

currently, rick perry is now on top leading you all 29. mitt romney second with 17. ron paul, 13. her m herman cain, you have 4% of the vote. you have america's respect and attention. you've charmed this country. why can't you get their vote? >> two reasons. it's not over yet. first of all, my name i.d. is still almost 50%. so i still have a long way to go in terms of name i.d. secondly, i'm getting the vote of people i'm able to touch and speak with as i travel around the country but the mainstream media, as you know, they've tried to narrow it down to just what they call the top tier, you know, of the three people at the top and it's not like that. there's a disconnect between the mainstream media and what the real people are saying. and the other thing is as this campaign goes forward, i believe that governor perry who is a good candidate, a lot hasn't been done about yet and it's going to take some time. remember at one point, representative michelle bachmann

was the flavor of the week. now governor rick perry is the flavor of the week. well, i'm not worried about that. we're going to keep doing what we are doing, pushing our commonsense solutions and connecting with the people because i'm still the only problem solver in the group and none politician. >> real quick, jeanine garafalo, marginally talented hollywood actress came forward and said the g.o.p. has paid herman cain to run for president. your reaction? >> i think you're giving her too much credit to call her a marginally talented actress and if someone is paying me to run for president on the republican ticket, i'd like the phone number of that person, brian, so i can call them. they're behind in their payments! i haven't received a dollar from anybody. >> look i'm running on principle. and people who know me and listen to me, they know i'm running on principle and the principle is real simple. commonsense solutions in order to address the many situations, many issues we face in this

country so jeanine garafalo's continued attacks on me and everybody else that are patriots, it doesn't ruffle my feathers at all. >> herman cain, thank you so much for joining us and if you look at his background, you see how much he's given to charity in the past and how many lives he's affected. thanks so much and enjoy your visit to israel. >> i'm loving it, brian. thanks. >> coming up straight ahead, the cbo predicts a strong improvement to the unemployment rate by the time 2012 elections roll around. will it be enough to help the president keep his job? stuart varney is here and i think he's walking. yes, he is. i love when he walks here and why did this woman rip up a winning lottery ticket? stick around. like many chefs today, i feel the best approach to food is to keep it whole for better nutrition.

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>> thanks for waking up. did you feel it? an aftershock jolted the east coast about five miles south of mineral, virginia. this is the fourth and most powerful aftershock since the original quake on tuesday. no reports of injuries or damage. and facebook rolling out big changes today. privacy settings will now be on your home page so they're easier to access. users will be able to control who sees their post, pictures and status updates. my status says i have nothing else to say. >> all right. your wife will be happy about that. >> nice. >> meanwhile, the congressional budget office predicts that the unemployment rate will fall slightly from 9.1 currently to 8.5 in the months leading up to the 2012 election. that's a big number. >> big number. will it be enough to help the president hold on to his job,

stuart varney? you're here to answer these questions. >> to help the president? you think 8 1/2% unemployment on election day will help? i don't think so. maybe you can grasp at straws and say that the trend in unemployment is down. that will help the president but i don't think that any president has ever been re-elected with an unemployment rate even approaching 8 1/2%. that cbo report painted a very grim picture. >> right. and one of the things that credibilities to the malaise we're in right now as a country is this gigantic amount of debt and we were just talking about the soundbite where then senator barack obama was talking about how george bush had rung up a gigantic debt on his watch. he was unpatriotic and this president has run up the same amount in a third of the time. >> that's true. i believe it's an additional $4 trillion plus in the obama presidency. i think that's accurate and it's accurate to say it's $4 billion each and every day that is added

to our outstanding debt. >> the meter is running. look at that thing. >> get it clicking up. >> i'd like to get off here. >> if you look at the -- >> taxi driver. >> i'll pay cash. >> make it to brooklyn. >> if you look at that cbo report real carefully and you dig into it a little, you'll see that this year, we are spending more than we have ever spent, $3.6 trillion. that is up almost a trillion dollars in spending. almost a third since 2007. that's a record number. >> so overall, the cbo report, you are not happy. >> no, it's grim. in my opinion, it paints a picture of america that is really shifting much more towards like europe. ok. the financial policies of this administration have produced low growth rates for the economy and high unemployment. that's exactly like europe is and it's not the way america has been for the last generation. >> well, as the unemployment is going to remain high through the president's re-election campaign, there was one little bit of good news in the cbo

report and that was they do not expect a double dip recession. >> well, they don't. but they -- the numbers they were using to make that forecast were based on early july numbers. since then, we've had terrible numbers on the economy. they may wish to revise their forecast. >> so the cbo doesn't see one but the svo, the stuart varney office does. >> blame me, steve. go ahead. >> stuart, your show is when and where? >> 9:15 eastern this morning and 8:00 p.m. eastern this evening. >> stuart is in the dock. thanks, stu. all right, straight ahead, the nascar driver who just lost his license to drive. >> that's kind of a problem. we'll tell you who it is and will he be able to race? >> how does that work out? >> i don't know. >> when the former vice president releases his new book, it may cause a second earthquake in washington, d.c. why dick cheney says it will make heads explode? but first, happy birthday to

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>> this is what everybody is talking about today. that's the weather and extreme weather alert to start your headlines. hurricane irene setting her sights on the eastern seaboard of the united states. parts of north carolina under a hurricane watch right now. you can see in this new video from the dominican republic that irene already causing major damage in that country as it continues to swirl right now over the bahamas as well as the turks and kaikos it's just moving out of. there she is, that's a gigantic storm. hundreds of miles across. it is not expected to impact florida significantly although the outer bands will. the big thing is over the next couple of days is going to be scooting up toward north carolina. and here's the more horrifying part of it. currently, it is a tropical -- rather, it is a category 3 at 115 miles per hour. it's going to be a category 4 within the next 24 hours. and then it's going to take aim on coastal north carolina over the next couple of days. probably make landfall as a category 3 and then as it moves

towards the northeast, it has, perhaps, new york, either the city or long island, cape cod, in its sights. 55 million americans could be impacted by this storm. >> you know, i thought it was crazy but i saw it was going to rain today. has nothing to do with the storm, right? it's going to rain in the east. >> also getting kind of windy outside, too, yesterday and today, and i'm thinking is it already starting? >> before the storm. >> if you were around this scene, you probably thought maybe they're shooting a movie or something but that's not the case. potentially catastrophic explosion averted in lincoln, california. we were telling you about this today. it turns out the car did not contain as much propane as we originally, perhaps, thought yesterday. it was a huge sigh of relief, obviously, for the nearly 40,000 people who were forced to evacuate the area. those residents being let back into their homes right now.

>> meanwhile, he's the brains behind the iphone. >> definitely not talking. >> i saw steve jobs in that. >> you want me to wait on the side? >> no. you're fine. go ahead. >> so angry! >> sorry. >> all right, i'm back. he's the brains behind the iphone and the ipad, where have i heard this before? but steve jobs is no longer the ceo of apple. the 56-year-old stepped down as ceo yesterday but he will stay on as chairman of the board. now, tim cook takes over the jobs' old post. jobs has been battling payni pancreatic cancer for seven years. he's considered a technological titan starting apple in his garage in 1976. stock will turn a little today. >> meanwhile, former vice president dick cheney says in his new memoir, he urged president george w. bush to bomb

a suspected nuclear site in syria in 2007 but cheney says the president opted for a diplomatic approach instead. he writes "i was a lone voice. after i finished, the president asked does anyone here agree with the vice president." not a single hand went up around the room. cheney also reveals he wrote a letter of resignation dated march 28, 2001 and told an aide, the only person who knew about it, to give it to the president if mr. cheney had a heart attack or a stroke or something that medically left him incapacitated. >> take a look at this rich surveillance video. the clerk that you're looking at is ripping up a winning lotto ticket worth $10,000. >> why? >> it belongs to this woman who bought the scratch ticket and asked the clerk to check if she won. the clerk thought she lost, she ripped it up and tossed it. an hour later, the clerk's husband who owns the store luckily checked again. this seems interesting. i don't know about this. the mystery woman from gresham,

oregon is welcome to claim her winning ticket. the store owner said it was an honest mistake. that's true. >> all right. he's one of nascar's best drivers and now he cannot drive. as we told you yesterday, kyle busch's driver's license suspended after going 128 miles per hour in a 45-mile-an-hour zone in north carolina. he pled guilty to speeding and reckless driving and the judge throwing down the hammer. busch loses his license for 45 days. he gets one year probation. he gets a $1,000 fine. but don't worry, nascar fans, he still gets to race! and go over that because he keeps his nascar license. >> wait a second! >> nascar license. they take your license away if you slow down in nascar. so it's just the opposite. >> but he can't ride out on the streets of the state with the nascar license. >> that's why -- what have we told you? get a butler and the butlers cannot only clean your house but drive. >> are you available? let's talk a little bit about this. dennis kucinich.

>> just answered. >> long time congressman from the great state of ohio is calling on the president's jobs czar, fellow by the name of jeffrey emmelt, the ceo of general electric to call it quits. kucinich says, look, what kind of signal is this to the united states of america? we're trying to create jobs and yet, g.e. didn't pay taxes on $5 billion worth of income. in fact, got a $3 billion tax refund and they're shipping all these jobs over to china and using u.s. technology, handing it over to the chinese aerospace. >> specifically, this is what kucinich says. he says jeffrey immelt has a conflict of interest. he cannot ethically advise the president on how to create american jobs and promote american competitiveness while at the same time leading a company that's exporting american technology to china, and along with it, american jobs. >> he took over for paul volker and he's supposed to be heading up the economy. not what's good for g.m. but what's good for the country.

this is what really burns me, "the washington post," we talked about this. they said in this deal delivering over to china, we have engineered some cutting edge aerospace technology. >> developed by nasa. >> and we're sending it over to china. now, if the president of the united states is feeling like wait a minute, he should feel outrage right now. this is a guy that's embarrassing his administration and hurting the country. >> do you think the president would be outraged, though? this president's national labor relations board is telling boeing down in south carolina, you cannot open up that dream liner plant to create all these airliners because you've got to have a union shop in a right to work state. so they're not allowing that plant to open right now. but we are shipping these jobs off to china to build cutting edge airplanes using our nasa technology. >> incredible. all right. >> it is incredible. here's another incredible story. big government at it again. more regulations being handed

out. this time for goat herders. there are goat herders. and these are not just any goat herders. these are boring goat herders. >> can i say something on a personal note? when i drive in the country just me and, you know, just me and my iced tea, and i'll be driving up from the country. i'll look out at a goat herder and i'll see him working and i'm thinking to myself -- >> where have you seen a goat herder? >> what do they wear when they're goat herding, brian? >> right, they wear an izod shirt usually and baggy pants and i look at them and say where do they sleep? what are their rights? and when do they get lunch? >> here's the thing, brian. we've had goat herders and sheep herders in this country for hundreds of years. >> how else would goats know where to go? >> now, this administration has come out with a lengthy list of new regulations that the employers are going to have to meet if they want to be in the business. take a look. goat herders, the employers must provide separate sleeping units for each person. >> unless you're family of goat

herders and you can stay in the same place. i'm serious about that. >> where they sleep has got to include a comfortable bed, clean mattress, the walls near cooking areas must be fire resistant as well. >> this is part of the new regulations that the administration said they're going to be cutting back on. >> this is a brand new one. >> fantastic. so so far they've imposed the stats say 75 new major regulations on business at a cost of $38 billion. and this is part of that. >> exactly. so this is going to create a big headache for people in the goat and sheep business where they're going to have to do -- pay for all that stuff so if they're paying for all that stuff, are they going to be hiring more people and creating more jobs? probably not. >> they have to make sure they're fire resistant and all that stuff. buy a bunch of mattresses. >> oh, boy. >> if you're a goat herder and think this is overdue, please write us. >> friends at foxnews.com. >> straight ahead -- >> the mosque near ground zero, no problem. but religious leaders, not invited to the september 1st is 1th memorial?

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>> hurricane irene set to make landfall today in florida and by the way, florida is right on its path. tiffany from our affiliate wofl is over in smyrna beach, florida. it looks pretty nice right now. >> yeah, it's not too bad. we have a little bit of a breeze. the waves have actually died down in the past two minutes. i want to show you what we're

looking at this morning. the waves, this is pretty standard for florida beaches, at least right here at new smyrna beach, 20 minutes south of daytona beach. the waves were much bigger a little while ago. 6 to 5 foot waves that we can see. they're starting to break a little high again. you can see this morning. off shore, though, we are looking at 9 to 12 foot waves here in the central part of florida, hitting florida, the shoreline here in florida. i can tell you this, though, we were very worried about beach erosion i mean, we're looking we're going to stay out of irene's path but beach erosion was a big concern. fortunately, though, if hurricane irene continues to stay on the path she's at, our beaches will look good. we're at the best place with our beaches, since the 2004 hurricane season. we're looking good in the florida area. right now, you can see a little bit of wind dealing with this morning and some waves as well. that's the latest out here in florida. back to you guys in the studio. >> thanks, tiffany. we'll be talking to your governor a little bit later on in the show. steve? >> the calm before the storm.

meanwhile, religion has no place at ground zero. that's because new york city mayor michael bloomberg is banning the clergy from the september 11th, 10th anniversary ceremony. this comes as a surprise especially since he recently defended plans to build that mosque near ground zero. fernando cabrerra is a pastor at new outreach life international. he joins us today. mayor says he doesn't want any religious leaders at the 9/11 memorial. >> i think that's a mistake. the fact that religious leaders were one of the first ones to be at ground zero when the 9/11 terror took place, the very first person that was taken out of the rubble as many people remember was a chaplain. >> father michael judge. >> indeed. and this event is about -- it's

about the families and families are still feeling the pain, steve. >> absolutely. so the mayor has not invited any spiritual leaders at all and there will be no prayer extraordinarily at the event. >> that's cha shocking. prayer is what gave us strength, will continue to give us strength and to help bring comfort out of the pain. to give purpose, to find meaning out of this tragic event. and to remove that, i think, is a tragic mistake. >> we've gotten a statement from the mayor's office and here's how it reads, pastor. it says religious leaders or others are free to hold such an event, the focus of this commemoration ceremony is on the family members of those who died. you know, i haven't taken a poll from the audience but i would imagine most of the people who lost somebody on september 11th would be comforted by words of prayer. >> i think they would love it. i think as a matter of fact, it

will bring unity. if the event is about gathering people together, 9/11 brought us together. the message was let's come together. prayer brings people together. you know, in the city council, we've -- we open our city council meetings every other week with prayer. and we have people from different faiths, no one objects. why would there be an objection in such an important event? >> and the mayor over the last couple of years has had no problems with him building that mosque, what, 600 feet from ground zero? >> indeed. and so let's be consistent. as a matter of fact, addressing the issue regarding the iron cross, some of the objective, he was all for it. speaking about the power of prayer. so why not include it in this great event. >> absolutely. >> he's keeping the religious out. i'd rather they kept the politicians out with all due

respect. >> sure, sure. and i'm with you. i'd rather have the religious people there because they're -- they're a symbol. see, they're a symbol of hope. >> absolutely. >> indeed. all right. pastor fernando cabrera, thanks very much for joining us live today. >> thank you. >> next up on the rundown, his heart stopped beating for 96 minutes so why is he still alive? that's right. he's alive. you're about to find out how because the guys here along with the doctor who saved his life and a teacher sent home from school for calling her students future criminals on facebook. whoops. does she really deserve to lose her job or should she? we report, you decide. [ female announcer ] so you think your kids are getting enough vegetables? maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit.

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>> welcome back. the situation was dire. howard had no pulse for 96 minutes. not seconds, minutes. first responders thought he was dead but didn't give up hope. they called in a chopper and got an e.r. doctor on the phone who walked them through a last ditch effort to save his life. aftersho after shocking his heart 12 times, howard survived. he joins us live from the mayo clinic in minnesota with dr. white, an anesthesiologist and cardiac arrest expert that came up with a solution that saved his life. great to have you both here. thank you so much. howard, let's start with you. so take us back. you're in front of a grocery store. you're in minnesota. and next thing you know, you're having a heart attack. what can you tell us about what happened after that? because i know paramedics started working on you, they're talking to an e.r. doctor not on the scene and that doctor said you got to give up. explain what happened.

>> well, i don't really -- i didn't know about any of this until days after the heart attack but -- because i don't remember the actual heart attack but i collapsed. i had about 30 or so minutes into it, the mayo one helicopter flew in and the paramedic called the emergency room, gave the doctor my stats and that doctor said he's done, walk away. and bruce goodman, the paramedic hung up and called dr. white instead. >> that's why i'm here today. >> that crew would not give up. they would not take no for an answer. dr. white, what exactly happened? why were you able to carry this on after 96 minutes with no heartbeat? >> there were two things we were dealing with that made us persist in our effort. number one, howard had a cardiac or heart rhythm that was potentially treatable, if we could figure out a way to stop

the rhythm that was causing his arrest. and secondly, we were monitoring the amount of carbon dioxide that was being excreted in the lungs and that was a measure for us of how much blood was flowing to the vital organs. >> that's called -- >> mainly the brain. >> capnography. >> that's the technical name, yes. >> essentially, what happens, it's used by anesthesiologists. this is not a new technology but it's not in the field, is that correct? >> it hasn't been very popular in the field, that's true. we think now it will become increasingly popular. >> tell us, you know, you always want to know the answer to these questions but, of course, rarely do you get the answer. what can you tell us? how did it feel to come back? how does it feel now knowing what happened to you and how unusual a case you had? >> well, i'm still amazed every day when i think about it and, you know, i still wonder why and

how i ended up coming back from it at all. i mean, it's pretty incredible and i'm grateful, of course, and that's why i'm sitting here. >> doctor, it's scary to think, you know, that there are probably many others who have been given up on because they were told by a doctor, no, it's been too long. >> i'm sure that happens. we hope that experience like this will make it far less likely to happen again. we showed that using monitoring techniques like this can guide resuscitation to a successful outcome and we hope this example will be a stimulation to others to not give up too early. >> doctor, you and the paramedics are real life heroes and howard, congratulations. i hope the rest of your life is wonderful. >> thank you. >> thanks for joining us today. we appreciate it. all right, coming up, she's the most powerful woman in the world. it is not hillary clinton.

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hour is expected to grow even stronger into a category 4 by this time tomorrow. >> already, irene is causing damage in the caribbean. phil keating is live in nassau in the bahamas where the situation was windy last hour and looks a lot worse now. >> definitely worse now. these battering winds getting more and more ferocious and now at least we have daylight here and you can really see the wave action behind me. the storm surge is truly the biggest threat for the bahamas out of this hurricane. remaining a category 3. 115-mile-an-hour winds but these waves are anticipated to surge, to really grow from 7 to 11 feet higher which is more than a lot of the 700 islands that make up the bahamas, the flooding has already reported in the southeast, the bahama islands from last night, as irene landed first at the bahamas on an all day long event today, going to

be rattling, shaking and really ferociously impacting nassau and the surrounding central bahama islands really for an intense period of 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. but even after that, still going to be strong winds and rain throughout the end of tonight and even into tomorrow. the eye of the hurricane itself, about 70 miles from where i'm standing right now. it's going to keep going northwardly so nassau itself won't actually see the eye of the hurricane. it could turn into a category 4 tomorrow. miami right now, i just talked to people there, it's still very windy and cloudy and rainy over there as they're getting the outer bands. it's going to be a long, long day and the winds are really starting to pick up. back to you in new york. >> the winds really are starting to pick up. all right, phil keating live down in the bahamas.

right now, category 3 going to amp up as it goes out over some clear open warmer water over the next couple of hours. it's off the florida coast and we'll be talking to the governor of the great state of florida in 10 minutes to find out how his state is getting ready. as it moves over the next couple of days, category 4 by friday morning and then on saturday, it's going to be starting to impact south and north carolina as a category 3 and then it looks as if it could make landfall as a category 2 or 3 as you can see right there. the outer banks have already been evacuated. and then as you can see that cone of uncertainty, it comes up the northeast. it could impact new york city, boston, washington, it's going to be a big rain maker with some heavy winds. >> and you're talking sunday with that, right? >> yeah. >> sunday into monday morning. >> long islanders aren't prepared for that kind of stuff, are they? >> yeah, we have windbreakers.

i mean, that's -- it's been about -- it's been a really long time. >> yeah. all righty, let's get some other headlines today. the 70-year-old american who was kidnapped in pakistan 12 days ago was rescued in an early morning raid. pakistani police freed weinstein from the town about 125 miles from where he was kidnapped. they got leads from three suspects who were just arrested. weinstein runs the development firm that advises business and government officials. overnight, a scary moment at los angeles international airport. you're looking at a jetway that collapsed sending people falling 10 feet to the ground. it happened just as passengers on an american flight, american airlines flight from boston were getting off the plane. the captain and passenger were taken to the hospital. their injuries luckily, though, not life threatening. the east coast still shaking. i don't know if you guys felt this last night, i was fast asleep, 4.5 magnitude aftershock jolted the east coast a little after 1:00 a.m. this one was about 5 miles south of mineral, virginia.

this is the fourth and most powerful aftershock since the original earthquake on tuesday. no reports of any injury or damage. the jokes just write themselves on this one. a man busted after stuffing -- why do i get to read this one? snakes into his shorts. just take a look. the surveillance video shows a 22-year-old cramming five baby boas, boa constrictors into his pocket at a phoenix pet store. >> into his pocket? >> ok. anyway, he leaves the store without paying. that's why he's stuffing them in his pockets. he was eventually caught after he tried selling the snakes to another pet store. why are you looking at me like that? >> i admire the way you deliver that story, that's all. >> thank you. >> the cbo has come out with a study they completed in july about where our economy is and where it isn't. when they look ahead, they don't project a pretty picture for unemployment. right now it's 9.1%.

they project on election day, it will be 8.5% which shows not much of an improvement although they do salute, they do salute what congress has done in terms of cutting the deficit because although it's not tremendously significant, the deficit is going down. >> a drop in the bucket, some would say. they say it's going to remain above 8% through 2014. this is not good news for the president of the united states as he tries to earn another four years but yet, here's a deputy white house press secretary doing his best to spin those numbers as being good for the president. >> the report today indicates as you point out that some progress has been made and the report makes it clear there's a lot more that we have to do. that's why one of the things that the president is going to talk about next month in addition to some of these new ideas about creating jobs is actually a suggestion, ideas for how the super committee can go beyond their $1.5 trillion

deficit reduction mandate to actually do more to address the longer term fiscal challenges that are facing the country. >> the president has been criticized for not having any sort of deficit reduction. >> what about his jobs plan? you know, maybe we should have heard about that before he went on vacation. >> all right. stuart varney was here. we were discussing the same exact issue with him and you were smart enough to hit play/record on the vcr. let's watch. >> you can grasp at straws and say that the trend in unemployment is down. that will help the president. but i don't believe that any president has ever been re-elected with an unemployment rate even approaching 8 1/2%. that cbo report painted a very grim picture. >> right. >> what we should factor into that is most people still, about 60% of the country still blame president bush for the economy. and that's something the white house has been very effective at spinning and in the meantime, people are looking to the question, where are the jobs? when you look at the state of texas, they have added, what,

40% of the jobs in the united states over the last two years and the guy at the helm of that, governor rick perry now suddenly, according to gallup poll, is ahead of the republican pack. look at that. by double digits. 29% over mitt romney at 17%. >> michelle bachmann down there at 10% under ron paul according to this gallup poll and there's herman cain coming in there at the end. he says, look, you know, he's not giving up on this. brian talked to him a little while ago. >> as this campaign goes forward, i believe that governor perry who is a good candidate, a lot of bidding hasn't been done about him yet. it's going to take some time. remember at one point, representative michelle bachmann was a flavor of the week. now perry is the flavor of the week. i'm not worried about that. we'll keep doing what we're doing, pushing our commonsense solutions and connecting with the people because i'm still the only problem solver in the group and none politicians. >> bright man, people respect him and that's the reason that he's running for president.

unfortunately, there are people out there like jeanine garafalo, for instance, marginally talented actress, you said, i agree with -- well, let's just see. she happens to think he's out there as a pawn by the republican party. being paid to run. >> that's exactly it. let's see what herman cain says about her comments. >> i'm running on principle. people who know me and listen to me, they note i'm running on principle and the principle is real simple. commonsense solutions in order to address the many situations, many issues that we face in this country so jeanine garafalo's continued attacks on me and everybody else that are patriots doesn't ruffle my feathers at all. >> so disrespectful. what a disrespectful comment she made. >> ruffled my feathers. >> i can't wow, where did that come in? she's spent the last 10 years doing that. at 10 minutes after the hour, let me tell you what's coming straight ahead. how was your first day of

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but we are presuming it's going to take a turn to the right. joining us right now from tallahassee is florida state governor, rick scott. good morning to you, governor. >> good morning, boy, your heart goes out to everybody in the bahamas right now going through that. we're getting prepared, you know, our state has great division of emergency management because we've been through hurricanes so we're asking everybody to have three days of water and three days of food. get ready. watch out, if it starts coming east, but hopefully it will continue to go north and maybe keep going east a little bit so missing the united states. >> that would be fantastic. governor, we're looking at some of the water in the bahamas. i understand there's a warning for coastal florida that out aways, you could wind up with 25 foot waves off the florida coast. >> absolutely. our risk right now looks like we're going to be on the -- in the outer bands of this and we'll get a lot of rain and hurt our beaches. hopefully it won't turn west, i

guess, and come towards us but we'll still get battered so we're doing a good job. our local emergency management is doing a good job just getting everybody ready and then if something happens up north, we'll be sending people up there to be helpful. >> i would imagine when you say sending people up, that would also probably include some utility folks because one of the things one of these storms of this magnitude goes through, it mows down a lot of power lines. >> and we've got a lot of experience with this so our utilities have done a great job of getting ready for this and they'll be -- they'll do a great job of going to these other states to be helpful. >> speaking of other states, your state and florida, congratulations are in order because while the united states debt outlook has been downgraded by standard & poor's, yours has actually been upgraded. why? >> well, we -- you know, we made the tough decisions and i walked in looking at a $3.8 billion budget deficit and now

we're projected a surplus. we cut spending and also reduced taxes. we cut property taxes by over $200 million and we eliminated the business tax for almost half the business owners in the state because we know the way to get out of this is to be fiscally conservative, and build jobs and that's what we're doing. >> so your credit rating went from negative to stable. and while other states, connecticut comes to mind, i think the governor there is proposing tax hikes on people so that they can balance their budget, you actually cut taxes. is this the time to be raising taxs in this particular economy? >> no. no. and, you know, the -- i'm talking to so many companies in connecticut about moving down here because they know it doesn't make sense what's happening in the north where they're raising taxes. they know the way you build businesses is you have -- you create an environment where businesses want to flourish. reduce taxes, and reduce regulation and they don't want frivolous lawsuits. that's what we're doing in florida and that's why our

unemployment has dropped from 12% to 10.7% this year. i think we're second to texas in job creation in year. so we're doing the things to get our economy going. >> you mentioned texas. i think texas under this particular governor, rick perry. they've approved the lose or pay rule when it comes to lawsuits and that has made a big difference there. meanwhile, while you have made a