targets the very wealthy and is named after one of the richest men in the world. warren buffett. good morning, i'm eric sean. >> jamie: it could have been eric sean but it is warren buffett. >> eric: not quite! >> jamie: welcome to america's news headquarters. it could affect a lot of people. the so-called buffett rumor and will include a new minimum tax rate for americans that earn more than $1 million a year. the president's plan will face stiff opposition, from republicans, on capitol hill, and, peter doocy has been gauging how folks feel about it there, live in washington. great to see you. how much will the buffett rule change the tax rate, if you are a millionaire? >> reporter: we don't know yet for sure but we have an idea what the president might think is fair, because back in '09 he did support a 5-4% millionaire surtax, as a possible way to pay for health care reform and tom's speech will not have specifics about the new rate or how much revenue the new buffett rule might raise. but, the president does want the

rich and the middle class to pay uncle sam the same percentage of their earnings, and republicans are saying today, that it is a bad idea. >> what it does, is it adds further instability to our system, more uncertainty, and, it punishes job creation and those peoe who create jobs, class warfare may make for good politics, but it makes for rotten economics. >> reporter: the new minimum tax rate for millionaires is named for president obama's billionaire buddy, warren buffett who thinks it is a great idea, viewing it as charity and writing in a "new york times," op-ed said, i know the mega nature, they are decent people and they love america and appreciate the opportunity and many have joined the giving pledge, promising to give most of their wealth to philanthropy,

most wouldn't mind being told to may more in tax. the oracle from omaha. >> jamie: and most wouldn't disagree because he has done so well. >> the position of the republican party in america is that you can't impose one more penny in taxes on the wealthiest people. i wonder if he understands how that sounds in ohio. to working families, who are struggling, paycheck to paycheck. >> do you think that is the points -- >> 46 million people out of work. >> reporter: so, the specifics are not there yet, but the politics sure are. this morning on the sunday shows. >> jamie: you brought up a great point, the millionaires may not give as much to philanthropic causes and could they be affected by this? it seems more broad than millionaires. >> reporter: we know, in terms of numbers if it gets through, 450,000 people, which is 0.3%, of the 144 million who filed last year in 2010, would be affected by the buffett rule. jamie? >> jamie: a lot of people, but not probably you and me.

thanks, so much. good to see you, peter. take care. >> eric: warren buffett famously said his secretary -- he pays lower taxes than his secretary and in an op-ed piece in the "new york times" last month, he revealed his 2010 federal tax bill was nearly $7 million. but, the -- went onto write, yet it sounds like a lot of money but what i paid was 17.4% of my taxable income, a lower percentage than the other 20 people in our office and their tax burdens range from 33% to 41%, and average, 36% and my friends and i have been coddled long enough by billionaire friendly congress and it is time for our government to get serious about shared sacrifice. republicans say tax hikes, though are not appropriate and will hurt an economic recovery. here's the question again, about capital gains taxeses. is the president's new plan a political move or a real solution to try and get the

economy back on track? coming up, washington times columnist charles hurt will join us with his take, in a few minutes. jamie. >> jamie: reporters now getting a closer look at the scene of friday's deadly crash, it happened during an air show, in reno, nevada. we are looking here, we see the brown crater, it is about 3 feet deep, 8 feet across and there is debris that fans all across, about an acre, investigators are looking closely at the tail of that classic mustang that crashed and looked like something fell off the plane before it spiral out of control and plunged into the v.i.p. spectator box an disintegrated in tie buto a ball of dust and . the death toll, 9, duozens more hurt and hospitalized and using a gps mapping system to try and

recreate what happened and investigators are heading to west virginia, two incidents in one weekend. they want to determine what caused this crash at an air show on saturday, a vintage world war ii era t-28 aircraft slamming to the ground and the single civilian pilot died and no one on the ground was injured, and no other aircraft were involved. the name of the pilot killed, held pending family notification. >> eric: now the big week that is upcoming, at the united nations. and the expected vote on a palestinian state. senior u.s. and european officials are meeting here in new york today, trying to work to avoid a show down, over the question, at the united nations. their hope, is to bring israel and the palestinians back to stalled negotiations, without sparking new turmoil in the region and what if it doesn't work and, will the vote hurt or help the peace process?

what does it mean for us? joining us now, as he does every sunday at this time, fox news contributor and the former ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. good morning, ambassador, always good to see you. >> good morning. glad to be with you. >> eric: how did the potential vote get this far? >> a lot of it is due to the lack of attention of the obama administration. look, the palestinians have been talking about this idea in one form or another, for a year or more. and, yet, the administration did next to nothing to try and head it off. now, we're faced with the prospect of a very bad week, in new york, for the u.s., for israel and for the u.n. itself. so, i think the president in a way may be sympathetic to what the palestinians actually want to do here and that is why he has not invested the diplomatic capital he needed to to stop it. that at least is the only explanation other than pure incompetence i can come up with. >> why do you call it a very bad

week? >> what will happen is the united states publicly said it opposes an effort at palestinian membership in the u.n., or a declaration of palestinian statehood. s the u.s. will have to veto that, if it comes to the security council and, if it moves to the generally assembly we'll lose overwhelmingly and in any case it looks like we lost control of the middle east peace process and are not able to bring the palestinians along and not able to bring the israelis along and not able to prevent the pr debacle in new york and so it will be bad for the u.s., unless this effort at a last-minute compromise succeeds. >> eric: abbas said he's going straight to the security council and a veto of the palestinian statehood vote, what would it mean in terms of our credibility in the the middle east. >> as far as abbas is concerned, a lot of this is theatrics and we are talking about the u.n.,

after all but losing for him is winning, if he forces the u.s. veto he puts the victims' mantle on and the palestinian authority is good at that and it will stir up a lot of adverse propaganda. and, that i think is the basic mistake the administration made. if a year ago they had said to the palestinian authority, don't even think about this, don't even think about it, i think they would have moved onto something else. but, the lack of comment, the lack of taking a position, i think incentivized the palestinians to believe at the end of the day, the administration might support them. now, i don't think that that is going to happen but it was the administration, i think, being too cute by half that got itself into the situation. >> eric: back in 1989 secretary of state james baker at that time, when it came up, he said to the palestinians, we'll cut funding. they get, what, $550 million a year now, and we have given the palestinian authority $4 billion, since 1993. i mean, say, if you do that you

will not get any more of our dough. why doesn't hillary clinton say that. >> secretary baker had great advisors at the time and threatened to cut off funding to any u.n. agency that enhanced the plo's status, and, it was that threat, not a threat to the palestinians, europeans and others don't care so much about that. but, a threat to the u.n., threat to cut off funding that stopped the effort dead in its tracks for 20 years and that is what the obama administration should do, even at this late hour and if they don't, congress should. >> eric: is that in their dna? >> well, i don't think it is in the obama administration's dna. i think that that is one of the reasons why people push them around. quite honestly. they see weak and in decisive leadership and in this case, the palestinian authority is going to try and take advantage of it. i think it is a lose-lose proposition for almost everybody, because of the lack of american leadership. >> eric: now, this week the president will be in new york, and meeting with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. man oh, man, would you want to

be a fly on that wall. i mean, what is the meeting going to achieve? >> well, i think it is going to be a pretty unpleasant meeting. but, in fact, president obama is now paying the price for two-and-a-half years of misguided policy in the middle east. we have the continuing threat of terrorism, we see the rise of raz call islam and states formerly allies of the united states, like egypt, we see iran, bank rolling terrorism, getting perilously close to a nuclear weapons capability and what has the obama administration done two-and-a-half years and what has been the principal focus of threats to international peace and security, answer, israel building apartments in east jerusalem. that is why we're in the fix we're in. >> eric: and mahmoud ahmadinejad will be here, day after tomorrow for the week and he'll come back. finally, ambassador, the palestinian vote scheduled tor friday at the security council, what do you expect will happen

and how will it play out. >> unless the administration finds a way out of it, i think they have to cast the veto and the failure to cast the veto would cripple whatever is left of the middle east peace process and they'll do it reluctantly and i expect a speech perhaps by hillary clinton that almost apologizes for the veto and will leave the u.s. in the worst of both worlds them. pro palestinian countries will revent the veto and, the supporters will revnt the apology. >> eric: former ambassador john bolton, you have been in the trenches and we'll look forward to what happens. >> jamie: and what does mahmoud ahmadinejad call the ambassador? no, it is kim jong-il. >> eric: the north koreans don't like mr. bolton. >> jamie: great to hear from him and we'll see you at the u.n. this week, and pakistani security forces are reportedly battling taliban fighters, trying to retrieve debris from a possible u.s. drone crash.

pakistani officials do say they learned of the crash near the afghan border by intercepting taliban radio communications but it is unclear what might have caused the aircraft to go down and the u.s. rarely comments on the drone program. >> eric: a soldier out of fort drum, new york, spent two days on the run is in custody, on thursday, russell markham led officers on a car shays and the private's parents bailed him out of jail after being accused of stealing a tv from a storage unit and he assaulted a soldier and took off in his parents' suv. after a three-county chase he got out and ran to woods and officers went around warning neighbors afraid he may be armed and dangerous but he finally gave up. >> jamie: to politics, president obama is zeroing in on the rich. part of his new tax plan and named after billionaire warren buffett. the proposal reportedly would require the rich to pay at least the same percentage of the

earnings as middle income taxpayers. could it help washington get closer to a balanced budget deal? or is it just political maneuvering? with no shot of passing in congress? joining us now, washington times columnist, charlie hurt. good morning. >> good morning, to you, jamie. >> jamie: great to see you. what alternative, if not this plan, is there, to get our budget and our spending on track? >> well, that is the... the $64,000 question, because, of course, you know, republicans have control of the house, but, democrats still control the senate, and, it is a real logjam, especially, where you have president obama dropping a plan like this, which i think in this economy, with the very high unemployment rate, each a lot of democrats will be scratching their heads, saying, wait. some of these millionaires that president obama is vilifying are the very people who are you know -- would be hiring people, would be investing in the stock

market, which, of course, is good for you know, companies to raise... raise the money to hire new people, and, you know, it is going to be -- it's a real problem and he'll have a hard time getting even democrats to go along with it. >> jamie: it seems like a tightrope for republicans, too. on the one hand they have to stick to their plan which they've presented. at the same time they have to, would you say, appear cooperative and try to come to a solution because, as you said, jobs need to be restored and the economy needs to be fueled, and oh, yes. those millionaires make political contributions. >> well, yes. and that is' great point. i mean, this is washington, everybody is terrified of making... taking any position or making any sort of stance on the economy, that could turn around and be used against them, especially in the sort of class warfare-type thing, so and so voted to make millionaires richer.

or ads like that terrify people but i think that is why, what you will hear from republicans is a constant mantra about jobs, job, jobs, it is all they will talk about and they will say, every time president obama or... some democrats say a millionaire's tax or tax on warren buffett or anything like that, they will come back and say, no, no, no, this is about jobs and people want jobs and don't care whether warren buffett is paying, you know, more of a tax or not. what they care about is finding a job, so they could feed their family, and take care of themselves. >> jamie: it reminds me when celebrities go and take political positions and we're supposed to take what they say as they're expert at it and warren buffett is a brilliant man and great business man but is he being used by the administration to push through something that the administration wanted all along? >> yes. i think to some degree but he's a big boy and he knows full fell what he's getting into when he

tells stories. it is very disingenuous, how his secretary pays a lower tax rate than he does and the reason is because she gets a salary, and he... his earnings come from investments. and, so what president obama is talking about is raising the tax on people who invest in the stock market, and, you know, u have you seen the stock market lately? do we ned to punish people, giving some hope to our stock market? the economics seems crazy to me. >> jamie: charlie, that is interesting. you are saying it is apples and oranges, the administration didn't finish that part of the description? >> yes. absolutely. totally apples and oranges, and, the administration knows it. i think -- president obama is overseeing the worst economy in decades and the highest unemployment we have seen in decades and the mayor of new york city is warning about riots if the economy doesn't get

better? it is terrifying and i think he's reaching for, you know, grasping at straws and i think... but i also think it reveals his true -- president obama's true belief, that the cure to, you know, the economy or anything, for that matter, is for the government to collect more money, from people who earn it. and, that is... he's got a tough 14 months ahead of him between now and the election. >> jamie: interesting, charlie, great to see you, thanks. we report and our viewers decide, we don't they have answers, but i'm glad we're reporting the issues. thanks. >> indeed, thanks. >> eric: well here in the northeast we're digging into our closets or scarves and sweaters and, technically it is summertime, at least five more

days? meteorologist maria molina with the latest from the fox extreme weather center. >> hey, eric, it is technically summer, still but it sure doesn't feel like it in the northeast, and portion of the carolinas are looking at temperatures that are below what is normal for this time of the year, today's high, 74 in raleigh, north carolina, ten degrees below where they should be. for this time of the year and the same is the case for portions of the upper midwest with highs only in the low 60s, across the state of minnesota and new york city, we're only going to get up to a high of 66 degrees and the reason is we have some cooler air from canada, that shifted southbound and basically brought a cool down across the areas and texas enjoying cooler weather with highs in the upper 80s, doesn't sound cool and you compare that to triple digit temperatures they've dealt with for weeks, on over the summer, definitely much better as you look at the highs in the 80s and there's a risk for precipitation across portions of texas, also, oklahoma, and southwest missouri and, rain would be good news for the southern plains because

we're currently experiencing drought across most of the region, some of these storms could turn severe and that's not really a good thing and talking about large hail, damaging wind gusts and an isolated tornado possible and of course, any lightning could actually spark up new wildfires, and that is not good news for texas, otherwise, rain will continue to spread, northeast, across portions, south of the great lakes and also into the interior northeast as we head into the next two days. eric? >> eric: thanks, september 23rd. fall starts. >> jamie: thanks. they are disappointed today, without a doubt. two americans still held prisoner in iran. the attorney for the jailed hikers, saying he will not be able to post bail papers. we'll tell you about that, an unexpected delay next and two of the biggest names in politics could be facing challenges for their seats and one could go against a reagan. that is next. plus... a major controversy over this title match. cheap shot or clear-cut

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>> jamie: welcome back, it looks like house speaker john boehner will face challenger at next year's republic primary, new reports tea party activist david lewis announcedis candidacy, saying he's running on a single issue. boehner's support of the federal budget that provides funding to planned parenthood and also says his campaign commercials will feature graphic images, to show his opposition to abortion. a long time democratic senator may also be facing a new challenge in 2012. the san francisco chronicles reporting that michael reagan, former conservative talk show host and son of former president ronald reagan is considering a run against 19-year incumbent, dianne feinstein and republicans say her seat may be in jeopardy after her approval rating is shown to be at and all-time low. >> eric: president obama set to propose a higher tax rate for millionaires as part of a long

term deficit reduction plan and the idea, the white house calls the buffett rule, based on comments made by billionaire business man warren buffett and the chairman of the house budget committee, paul ryan discussed the plan on fox news sunday this morning and the wisconsin republican said hiking taxes on the rich will do more harm than good when it comes to spurring job creation. >> class warfare may make for good politics but makes for rotten economics. we don't need a system that seeks to divide people and a system that seeks to prey on people's fear, envy and anxiety and we need to remove the barriers for entrepreneurs to go out and rehire people and i'm afraid these tax increases don't work. >> eric: joining us now is this angchor of fox news sunday, chrs wallace. >> good morning, other than that he liked the idea a lot. >> eric: he says if you tax more you get less. what did he mean by that? >> exactly. he's saying that if you tax

businesses more, you make it harder for them to do business and hire people, and, so you'll get less business. and, in this particular case, he's saying because warren buffett, called the warren buffett rule because he says he paid a lower effective tax rate, because he got most of his money from capital gains, his secretary, who gets her money and it is taxed as income, in effect what he's saying is that means you will be raising the increase on capital gains, which is going to hurt investment and hurt companies and which will hurt the economy and his basic argument is get out of way, less regulation and less taxes. and, less spending and let businesses create jobs, don't let government create jobs. >> made a good point about the capital gains, a lot of controversy about that, income, to his secretary and capital gains to him and, some left out, capital gains on dividends is, double taxes, you have .

>> you pay on the income first and the profits you made from your investment after, it is double taxing. >> eric: do you think that that will go through? >> no. no. not at all. and, you know, it is interesting, i think the white house knows it will not go through and that is really the key point to be brought out here. this -- i'm not saying whether it is a good or bad idea but it is clear that paul ryan and house republicans will reject the idea and have been flat against the idea of increasing taxes, on the wealthy, and they call them the job creators, on things like capital gains. and, so, as ryan pointed out, it may be good politics, it's not good policy, at least not policy that will get passed and the point i'm trying to make, maybe it is really all about politics, is the president sharpening the idea, we want to grow the economy and want to tax the wealthy more, which does poll

well, whether good economic policy or not and it is an issue he wants to create for the 2012 election. >> eric: we'll hear more about the president's plans as he unveils them, chris, always good to see you, thank you so much. >> thanks, eric, good to be with you. >> eric: absolutely, you can watch chris's full interview with congressman paul ryan who explains all the economics on fox news sun. and chris will continue a series of one-on-ones with the 2012 candidates and has presidential candidate herman cain on fox news sunday and you can chris and the program, 2:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m. eastern, here on the fox news channel. jamie? >> jamie: the two american hikers that are imprisoned in iran are apparently just a signature away from making bail and coming home to their families, so, what is the snag? plus, how often do you lick a stamp and mail a letter? a plan to cut back on snail mail, just trying to save it.

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>> jamie: a quick look at the headlines, fox is following for you, authorities in utah are scouring a rugged desert in hopes of finding missing mother susan powell. she disappeared nearly two years ago. her husband, the only person of interest in the case. the big three grocery chains in southern california bracing for a strike and a possible shut down. the union representing the workers at albertsons, ralphs and vons cancelled their contracts with the stores and workers could walk off the job as soon as sunday night an emergency crews say the area around a major rail car explosion in texas is now under control. at least two people treated for minor injuries, authorities believe the fire began in a rail car carrying flammable gas. >> eric: two american hikers remain behind bars in iran this morning and apparently have to wait for a judge to get back from vacation. before they potentially can come home. shane bauer and josh fattal were

found guilty of spying but iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad last week said he arranged for their bail and the court then said no and the hikers' lawyer says now they are just missing the judge's signature. and when can they come home, a spokesperson, for four previous ambassadors to the united nations joins us here. good to see you. >> thanks, good to see you. >> eric: mahmoud ahmadinejad will be here in 48 hours this week for the u.n. and said the hikers will be freed and the court said no, he's wrong. when do you think they can be freed and is it a stunt pulled by the iranians to get mahmoud ahmadinejad good pr? >> well i think they will be freed now that they've been convicted it is in the court's hands but the political process, i think is pushing the courts and that may not be a good thing. it is clear that president mahmoud ahmadinejad wants to have a gift when he comes to the u.n.

he wants to have a gift that says i'll release the hikerin rd get the good will with that. th and, i don't think the judiciary there wants to give the president a gift like that and there is a push and pull and we have to wait and see but it is clear they will be released as a good will gesture but not right away, this week. >> eric: finally, after two years, it would be good if they are released and they denied any spying charges and last year when i sat down with mahmoud ahmadinejad for my interview i asked him, just release them, why not and as you say, back then he referred to the power of the judiciary system and here's mahmoud ahmadinejad's answer when i asked him about that. >> eric: will you release the two two american hikers? you can do it now and announce it at this moment, in front of

this camera you will release the two american hikers who are still being held. >>. >> translator: could you tell... could you tell me like for example, that two-and-a-half million american prisoners would suddenly be released today or tomorrow. >> eric: you are saying... >> translator: why are they in prison in the first place? >> eric: how could he last year say it is up to the judiciary and this year say, we'll let him out. >> your interview with him points out a huge problem in iran and too many people in the u.s. think mahmoud ahmadinejad is in total control. and what your interviews shows is there is push-pull with the judiciary and he does not have complete control, clearly he wants to deliver the big gift but i'm not sure he'll be able to do it. and the story that changes, i don't think it is because they are strategically trying to play

games, there is a power struggle back in iran. >> eric: and you you have been an observer and served at the u.n. ambassadors for years and what does mahmoud ahmadinejad get out of the visit? he'll be here all week, he'll have another speech in front of the general assembly again, why is it meaningful for him to come here and use this as his pulpit for the world? >> he gets a lot of free press. he gets all of the western media are fawning over him, trying to get interviews and he goes to columbia and really has a platform. you cannot blame him for trying to do a complete spin job at the u.n. it is a friendly territory at the u.n. for him. he's treated like a real president with rational thought and that is problematic and certainly, every time he comes and speaks at the u.n., the american public just scratch their head and think, what is going on? why would the united nations treat this man with such respect? and, i think he likes coming

and, you know, is staying on the upper east side, staying in a nice hotel and his team is shopping and i'm sure they're having a great time in new york. >> eric: well, he'll be a few blocks from us in fox news and we'll report on it all week. rick grinell, always good to see you, thanks for joining us on this sunday morning. all right, jamie? >> jamie: speaking of iran, eric, growing fears about iran's true nuclear ambitions. an iranian official announcing that iran is ready to share its nuclear expertise with other countries, thanks to the launch of the new bashir nuclear power plant and tonight fox news investigates how clo the country may be to completing a nuclear bomb. join us for a very special behind-the-scenes look at the secretive nuclear program including never before seen documents detailing pakistan's involvement -- that's right, pakistan. fox news reporting iran's nuclear secrets hosted by bill help hemmer and, if memory serves me,

eric sean had something to do with that, too. >> eric: we got a lot of inside information about iran and the potential nuclear bomb, fascinating revelations, you'll see the program tonight. next week, fox news and google host a critical g.o.p. debate and you, the viewer will actually have a chance to ask the candidates your own questions. plus, you can also choose from a handful of questions that are posted by other viewers. and, vote for which ones you would like to have answered. shannon bream explains how it works. >> reporter: if you ever watched a political debate and thought, hey, why don't they ask what i really want to know? well, fox news and google are giving you the opportunity to do just that. in our g.o.p. presidential debate. thursday, september 22nd. >> i'm brandy. >> i'm michael. >> and the question is for all the candidates... >> reporter: go to youtu youtube.com/foxnews and you can send in your question or up load

a video. >> you can come up with any question, it's not asked on mainstream media and i want to know x y or z and ask your question. >> reporter: we have subjects from the debt crisis to gay marriage and there is plenty of time to weigh in, until midnight on tuesday and that is just the first step... >> you can't think of a question you would like to have asked but want your say on what the top issues are, you can vote on the questions you like, on the channel and then, the fox team will look at the top voted question and ask several of them during the debates. >> i'm kate, and this is my question: ... >> reporter: check out kate's question and thousands of others, and tell us which ones you like best. we're looking for question with a personal touch, letting us know what you care about most, and head to youtube.com/foxnews and the g.o.p. contenders may have to tackle your question during the live debate, shannon bream, fox news. >> eric: and thanks for

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reduce service standards, too, especially if you use first class mail. the postal service lost $8.5 billion last year. and will though cuts they will make now be enough to keep it afloat or should more be done? joining us is art sapler, a member of the advisory committee. >> thanks for having me. >> jamie: we are curious, what are you advising on the advisory committee to keep the post office in business? >> well, jamie, the postal service is hanging on by its fingernails. what people don't generally understand is that there is an industry worth more than a train dollars employing over 8 million private sector workers, that is 7% of gdp, that depends on the postal service. were the postal service to shut down huge numbers of those 8 million jobs would be at high risk and moreover, it would be

calamiti calamitous for the economy as a whole for commerce and communications. >> jamie: you laid out the issue, i understand, 8 million people, have their jobs at risk but haven't their jobs been at risk since the 1970s, when e-mail became popular? >> no. actually the postal service grew steadily and peaked at around 13 billion pieces of mail and is still mailing... still has about 160 billion piece of mail, notwithstanding all the diversion to e-mail and the exacerbating effects of the recession. >> jamie: but it's not making money. it is running at a huge deficit. so why haven't the long term plan for the post office in place that would have prevented it from running at such a loss? >> i don't think in fairness that anyone really foresaw the

steep dive the postal service has taken over the last four or five years. yes. e-mail existed for, what, maybe ten years, 12 years, before the start of the postal service's descent but it didn't really, really have the effect of diversion until just the last few questions. >> jamie: so my original question, you are on the advisory committee. they are saying your first class mail will take longer and you may not get your mail on a saturday or maybe more days you will not get mail. >> look the postal service at the moment is overbuilt by a factor of two. and they've looked at having nearly 300 billion pieces and have half of that and will have even less than that, as time goes on. the postal service must restructure, and must get more

streamlined. the postmaster general is taking a strong stand here to try to put the postal service in the position of having the right size to handle the volume that exists for it. and, at the same time, there needs to be relief from congress, from the funds that are required to be paid, $5.5 billion, to pre-pay its retirery health benefits plan, something nearly no other public or private sector entity has to do. >> jamie: you hear that a lot with government and private sector jobs, especially government jobs, you have to fund those pensions, i bet that is a big chunk of the postage or additional postage will pay. thanks for laying it out for us, art. very interesting. we'll keep an eye on it. >> thank you. >> eric: strutting their stuff in new york city to show off the

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in science and technology and engineering. to show them that what underlies something as wonderful as the fish car is a lot of interesting technology. also, humor, creativity and imagination. >> even though the main goal is to entertain, each technology is cutting-edge. organizers say fairs like these are where innovation comes from. the founder says if it is a do-it-yourself project, he wants to see it. >> i'm interested in the innovations from the grassroots. people that are making things. i saw this as an opportunity to share what do. like an old fashioned fair, in that you might bring things. the old fashioned fairs were pigs and pies. this is rockets and robots. >> it ends today, it is expandinging to other cities.

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predicting the palestinian bid united nations will fail in the face of u.s. opposition. netanyahu saying the palestinians cannot get around negotiating with israel in their pursuit of statehood. good morning, great to have you. welcome to a new hour of i'm jamie colby. >> and i'm eric shawn. >> trying to restart stalled peace talks and perhaps cut a deal to prevent that security council showdown set for friday. palestinians vow they will seek a vote at the united nations security council if that is vetoed by the u.s. as expected, they will turn to the general assembly, where it will pass. leland vittert in jerusalem with the latest reaction. >> reporter: good morning. most experts will tell you the chance of those talks succeeding is roughly that of snow falling here in jerusalem sometime this week. lately it has been 100° here.

first, all the moving parts. let me break them down. the united nations is expected to take this up at the general is pwhreplably later this week. the palestinians have enough votes to be recognized as a state. but, the united states has said they will veto measure if it gets to the security council. that's where it counts. it is said to put a delicate situation in a possible showdown on the ground in israel. what nobody wants a repeat of the second intifada which began in 2000. when a lot of violence thousands dead, lots of bloodshed, riots in the street and of course those suicide bombings. since 2005 we've had relative calm. the u.s. brokered peace talks about unable to get either side to come up with a deal. israel has said the latest move by the palestinians is not going change its negotiating stance. and eventually the palestinians will have to come to the table and make some

kind of deal. lately, this israeli government has been leith to offer the palestinians any type of -- has been to offer the palestinians any concessions. wednesday, massive demonstrations planned for the palestinian city. whether demonstrations turn into clashes will tell us who wins the pr war. obviously, the calmer things are, the better it looks for the palestinians this could not come at a worse time for israel. the arab spring means they've lost their key ally in egypt, president mubarak gone. last week crowds ransacked the israeli embassy in cairo. turkey has kicked out the israeli ambassador. king hussein of jordan not as friendly as he used to be towards israel. the arab spring has been a huge more ral boost. massive demonstrations -- violence works to get what you want. no matter how you look at it, it is an understatement to say

things do not look good for israel. for that matter they don't look good for israel's key ally, the united states. >> demonstrations against this at united nations, set for next week. >> who could win and who could lose? let's get more on this we are lucky to have fox news contributor dan gellerman joining us. good to see you. >> good to be here. >> how much is at stake? >> i think there's a lot at stake. let me first make clear, i was privileged to represent israel for nearly six years at the u.n.. if i was there this week, i would be the happiest person. i would be overjoyed to raise my hand in favor of a palestinian state. the problem is, the palestinians are coming with a proposition which is a no-brainer to start with. first, mahmoud abbas is going to present it. presenting abbas or hamas.

we just heard hamas turn against it. so that whole unity in the palestinian authority is a farce. beyond that, you don't create a state by making speeches or by presenting resolutions. there's no doubt if they go to the general assembly, they will get a majority. >> why is that? >> because there's a built-in immoral majority against israel at the united nations. >> strong statement ambassador. >> strong statement. i think eric can attest to it, he's been there and i've been there for many years this is it. if someone came and declared disneyland a state, it would become a state tomorrow. and you would have mickey mouse and donald duck run the world this is that bloc which is automatic and immorally automatic against israel. now, when the palestinians come to the united nations, they have two options as your correspondent just said. one is the security council,

where the united states will veto it. the other is the general assembly. the general assembly cannot recognize a state but they can upgrade them as an entity. the real problem, we live in an age where speech-making has taken over for peace-making. we hear speeches by president obama, prime minister netanyahu, mahmoud abbas. the next day, after this resolution is carried in the united nations, the average palestinian whose expectations are high because he's been promised a state we wake up, we look around, nothing will have changed. then there will be a lot of frustration. in our region, our very tough neighborhood, frustration leads to violence. we already live in a tough neighborhood. it is going to be tougher, not just for us, but for the palestinians and it is going to be a lose-lose situation for the u.s., for europe, for the palestinians and israel.

>> united states is in a position when it comes before the security council where it can veto. what is it that you want to see happen? if it going go to the general assembly and pass any way, what will happen? >> what i believe the u.s. administration, europeans, quartet want to see happen still today is negotiations. there's no substitute. this state, the palestinian state, which should be established, they deserve a state, they should have a state. we want them to have a tate. but it has to be and agreed. at the end of the day we are discontinued to live side by side in that very tough neighborhood the own thing that can make it happen are negotiations. what has happened over the last few years, i think i've said it to you before, indeed, the peace process has become a press conference. it was so public everybody was posturing. everybody was taking a position. nobody was negotiating. as i said before, two things in life one should never do in

public, make love and make peace in both cases it is good idea to have your eyes slightly closed and lights slightly dimmed. even today we still have time to enter into a room, create a back channel, have secret negotiations which will create the framework and possibly a deadline for this process to materialize and avert that fiasco, which hey be a big drama, off broadway, -- but big drama in the united nations. once the curtain is down the implications will be very dire for everybody. therefore, there still is time and there must be a great effort to avert it. >> could this be the week and must president obama take the lead on getting both sides in a room, as we have seen in the past? >> i believe it is. i think it is high time. i think president obama enjoys credibility in the arab world, especially in the new arab

world. i think he has the opportunity, maybe a once in a lifetime opportunity, to make it happen. he should get both abbas and netanyahu in a room. he should create -- look, i'm not naive. i don't think we can have a deal by the end of this week. but we can create a framework with the right parameters. and with a deadline for negotiations, which will avert this train wreck. which will happen at the end of the week if it doesn't happen and bring both sides together, under the auspices of the united states. again, quietly and discreetly and try and make a deal. i think it is still possible. i think there's still time. if this does not happen, we will see great speeches. there will be high drama. at the end of the day the end result could be a very bloody horrible and very negative outcome for the region, for israel, for the palestinians and for the world.

>> let's hope we move further toward peace. ambassador, great to see you. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> thank you ambassador. now getting a closer look at the scene of that terrible crash during that air race in nevada. there's not much left. a brown crater three feet deep with we brie across more than an acre. that classic plunged straight down into the stands, nine people were kill. this morning investigators are focusing on if there was a malfunction or problem in that plane's tail. casey stegall is live at the site with the latest. why are they looking at the tail? >> reporter: good morning. a number of pilots were on the ground attending this event. they know the planes inside and out. some pilots reported seeing a problem with the plane's elevator moments before the accident. the elevator is a flat surface

on a plane often times on the tail that moves up and down and allows the pilot to ascend and descend. ntsb investigators have not confirmed whether they believe in possibly played a role in the accident. it will take time to analyze all of the debris and make an official determination. they have told us that they have identified and recovered at least that part of the aircraft. now, the faa has said all of the plane's maintenance records have checked out. that was all to this show here in reno. in addition to the nine dead, we understand at this hour, nine people now remain in critical condition. >> such a tragedy. there have been other problems at air races. any word on the future of this one? >> reporter: no word yet. this event was supposed to run all weekend. obviously, in light of this accident the remainder of the air races have been cancelled. they've been doing this for

about 47 years here in reason know in that timeframe 20 pilots have died through the years in separate accidents. so, there are questions now about the future of this event. the safety of the event. some of the local schools have come out and said they would like to stop all field trips out here to the airfield because of the potential danger of what happened questioned. in the past no spectators have ever been injured or killed. this is the first accident of that kind. when you talk about 20 pilots that have died here, with this particular event, it raises a lot of uncertainty. a little bit of a checkered history. >> astounding and stunning tragic toll of that number of 20. casey stegall, thanks. investigators from the ntsb heading to west virginia to determine what caused this crash in an air show saturday. vintage world war ii aircraft slammed into the ground. the single civilian pilot

onboard died in the wreck. fortunately, no one on the ground was injured, no other aircraft involved. tragic, nonetheless. these two crashes in less than 24 hours and other tragedies bringing the issue of air show safety to the forefront. ahead, a former managing director for the ntsb and ask about these investigations. president obama is using his weekly radio and inter does to call on congress to pass that 440 billion dollar jobs plan. >> the president: everything in the american jobs act has been supported by democrats and republicans before. if they are ideas you agree with, then every one of you can help make it happen by telling your congressperson to pass this jobs bill right way some would rather wait another year to wage another election than work to the now most americans don't have the

luxury of waiting. >> 67% of americans say they doubt congress can reach an agreement. only 31%, less than a third, say they are confident that will happen. let's bring in alexis mcgill johnson executive director of american values institute. and gretchen hamill executive director of public notice worked in the administration of job. welcome both. alexis, how can washington get its act together? >> here's the thing, we have get our act together in washington and across america. we have 14 million beam who are unemployed in this country. we have one in six americans who are experiencing poverty and living below the poverty level. this is not a question of are we going to support the so-called job creators or the jobless or rich or poor? it is a question of how we are going to move together as a nation and forward. i believe washington can get its act together look at some

of the details of the plan. there is overwhelming support by majority of americans on things like infrastructure and cutting spending. payroll taxes and getting our teachers and firefighters back to work. i believe washington can get its act together completely if we knowcus on the things that are most important to americans. >> -- >> a lot of controversy overraising taxes. gretchen, a lot of predictions raising taxes will hurt. >> yes. but they have hurt in the past. these predictions are founded on past history. if you look at this plan, this is something that has good parts and bad parts. you have good parts like the free trade an gramms that will create 250,000 jobs. -- she is right, the partisan bickering has to stop, we have to come together and find a way to put americans back to work. create an environment where businesses are willing to invest in doing business and invest in employees. >> what is it going to take?

we hear both sides saying we have to get together and make it work. look at the economy. >> well, that's right. i think the question is really one for the republican party. the republican party needs to be asked, point blank, are they going to support the will of the american people or continue to support failed ideologies like trickle down that has failed to produce the job growth we need. >> polls show they are blaming president obama. >> absolutely. i think the president has to step up. i think when we look at the polls again the president or critical of the president is because they want to see more spine. they want to see him getting in there and doing what he did in that jobs speech. >> eric: alexis i saw you shaking your head this doesn't just ride on the shoulders of republicans. we have a president in the white house, he is responsible for this nation and the buck

stops with him. speaking of the will of the people, there was a poll last week by bloomberg showing 51% of the american public do not believe this plan will reduce employment or do anything for the economy. >> eric: two headlines today one in the "washington post," liberal groups still weighing whether to mobilize for election. liberal groups weighing whether to mobilize? pretty stunning against the president. it is called leadership crisis. here is the -- part of the editorial: "the president has done -- >> eric: alexis, your view on that editorial? >> what the president did so well during the campaign, he went out city by city, state by state, talked to regular

everyday hardworking americans about what we needed to do to get this country back and running. i think he has lost a little of that. what liberal groups across the country are hoping and urging the administration to do is get back out there and maybe the case because we still believe our case is the better one. when it comes to the actual election and turnout i'm not concerned. >> eric: we are running out of time. gretchen, is it a leadership crisis? >> she was talking about how when he did in the campaign and he needs to do what he did then, that's campaign. we don't need a campaign. we need a leader. we need this nation to move forward. we need leaders on the republican and democrat side to sit at the table, with the president and to negotiate what is best for this . that's what we need. we need real policies, bold policies. we dn't need to do more of the same. >> eric: we'll see if that begins to happen. more word on the president's plan tomorrow.

alexis and gretchen, thanks for joining us. >> thank you. >> jamie: putting a quick end to last night's face off between ortiz and may we third -- and mayweather. some questioning if mayweather's victory was legit. we'll tell you . >> plus, reverse mortgage nearly cost this 101-year-old woman her home. what you need to know to avoid that fate, straight ahead.

>> jamie: imagine you make it to 101 and get evicted from your home that happened to a woman this week. she had a reverse mortgage. she learned her house was in foreclosure after the officer showed up and started to carry out her things. turns out her caretaker fell beyond on tax payments. she has been allowed to return home. the shocking story puts new light on the risk of reverse mortgages. that's the focus of today's consumer protection segment. hi good to see you.

>> thanks for having me. >> jamie: we haven't heard about reverse more gains for a while. you see commercials that make it sound like a great deal for everybody. who is it right for and who should stay away? >> those commercials are misleading they emphasize government insured they are for the bank not bore rower. they were designed for older americans who -- who didn't have a lot of cash flow and needed to supplement that. don't have a lot of assets but have a lot of equity. not for someone who needs cash for the short term or little amounts. based on the equity in the home nothing to do with your creditor income. if you don't pay back the full loan from the sale of the home the government will step in it is the reverse of a mortgage. rather than you paying the bank every month the bank pays you. the borrower owes the money when they leave the home or retire out of the home into a retirement home or pass away >> jamie: you get a cash flow.

when you pass, you pass the title along to the bank or they may already own it. what do you need to know if you are considering doing that to supplement your income? >> well, first there are several types. you can either get a lump sum payment or a line of credit or monthly payments. or there are combinations of those. the maximum amount now is $620 phi -- $625,000 part of the stimulus plan that will go back to $417, december 31st. there are some complicated issues. under some circumstances if one spouses passes away or has to move out the other spouse may need to pay back the loan. it may impact your ability to qualify for certain social services. those lump sum payments are disturbing they make elderly people vulnerable to scam artists or out-living their equity in the home. you are paying for the full

value of the full loan upfront. there have been reforms to try to change that, nothing definitive. >> jamie: i have to leave it there. what i'm hearing is make sure it is a reputable lender and do the math to make sure whatever you take you will be able give back either in equity or cash. thanks. >> sure, take care. >> jamie: folks can watch this segment and many of our segments, a lot of issues we've covered at foxnews.com. look for a link to the take charge consumer protection segment. you will learn a lot and hopefully save yourself some heartache. >> eric: in the past two days there have been two air shows and two deadly crashes. next, a former national transportation safety board managing director fills us in on the safety of these events and whether much more needs to be done about these tragedies.

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>> jamie: not unexpected that air show safety would be back in the forefront after two horrific crashes in less than 24 hours. nine people killed when a world war ii plane dropped from the sky during an air race in reno. this is an image captured by a spectator. then the second crash in west virginia. that one killed the pilot. joining me, former managing director of the ntsb. always great to have you on, but not under these circumstances, obviously. how are you? >> i'm good. i was an awful day yesterday. >> it was. and the question is, should we have these air shows to begin with?

>> that's going to be a question that i'm sure is going to be debated. people are goingo look carefully at the ntsb investigation. i think they are going to look quickly at what caused the plane to crash. it looks like they are zeroing in on an elevator issue that it lost a piece of its elevator, which is the device that controls the vertical up and down movement of the aircraft. then they are going to look at, was this race laid out correctly for maximum protection of the spectators? >> jamie: the vip section was so close, even the wheelchair section. look at this crash site. we have the aftermath. there are small pieces of wreckage. can the ntsb and investigators really put together this plane? they said it will be very difficult, if not impossible. >> i think it is impossible to put the plane together. but luckily, there were a

large number of photographs and videos, which show the aircraft in its final stages of flight. it shows that i was missing a piece of its elevator. and i think you going to get past that and go to the broader question of overall safety very quickly. >> jamie: there aren't that many of these crashes even though one is more than we need. are we doing everything we can to keep spectators and pilots this is a very experienced pilot on this first one, both had a lot of experience, are we protecting everyone? >> faa is responsible for overseeing these events. they send a team out to each and every air show, each and every air race. they go over the plans. they look at the aircraft. they evaluate it. they've shutdown some races. they've shutdown some aircraft from racing. i think one of the things the ntsb will look at, is this oversight that the faa

conducting, is it rigorous enough to protect the public? it is one thing when you just kill pilots. that's frankly not uncommon. you have high speed aircraft, vintage aircraft going awfully fast, awfully low. the real question comes in, are you putting spectators in danger? that's what happened yesterday. that's what going to be looked at. >> jamie: do you think there were ntsb folks on the ground during this air show? could they have seen what was happening? not that it could have been prevented. do you get any warnings? >> on something like this you don't. over in a second. it was reported that there were three ntsb investigators at the scene attending the air show. it is not uncommon for ntsb investigators to go to air shows or to go to these fly-ins. it is part of the job.

frankly, it was fortuitous they were there. because they were able if get control of the site, once the emergency services had done their work and control it. so they are going to get whatever is left of that plane to look at. >> jamie: we'll follow what happens from there. peter, thank you. good to see you. >> good seeing you. >> eric: jamie, muammar gadhafi still on the run. fierce battles rage today in libya for control of two cities that are still held by his loyalists. we are getting word from the ground rebels are facing fierce resistance before declaring libya is completely liberated. david what is the latest? >> reporter: yes, those rebel fighters are still struggling to take those two gadhafi strongholds in his hometown of sirte, we understand from the

sources they've got as far as gadhafi's palace there. but they are facing fierce resistance by well disciplined troops that support gadhafi this time the rebels said they lost 20 fighters overnight. they are still trying to hold their positions. rebel commanders say now they are trying to open two other fronts to get the troops into that town. they say it could be a few days yet before they have control of gadhafi's hometown. nato continues to hit armored or miss carriers they see this that town. they -- missile carriers they see in that town. they hit 11 targets overnight. spokesman came today in a telephone interview that 350 people died in those nato attacks just on friday. at another gadhafi stronghold, bani walid, 90 miles southeast of here, tripoli, rebel forces struggling there. they launched an assault today

and it just descended into chaos with the troops getting ahead of the tanks and artillery. they had to rush back under fire. >> eric: thank you david. >> jamie: no end to the rollercoaster ride on wall street. markets just wrapped up. can we expect the same when the opening bell ribs again tomorrow? -- opening bell rings again tomorrow. looking good! you lost some weight. you noticed! these clothes are too big, so i'm donating them. how'd you do it? eating right, whole grain. [ female announcer ] people who choose more whole grain tend to weigh less than those who don't. multigrain cheerios... five whole grains, 110 calories. [ male announcer ] this is what it's like getting an amazing discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. the easy way to get unpublished discounts

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. >> jamie: coming up live in washington, a growing number of democrats say they are not fully onboard with the president's job plan. a congresswoman will join us explain why. >> one group says border patrol agencies are ruining the desert environment and want to patrols. a fair and balanced debate with one of those activists

and republican congressman rob bishop. those stories and more. we'll see you at the top of the hour. >> eric: stocks finished their second best week in a year friday. 2011 has been a rollercoaster ride. how will we know when things stabilize? let's bring in senior business correspondent brenda buttner. the question everyone wants to know sundays, what is going to happen tomorrow? we hear dire predictions but the market has been creeping back up. >> it has a bit. because it has been focused on the short term. friday, the euro zone ministers basically said, well for a little while, it looks like greece will be okay. but there's no absolutely no guarantees there will be a longer term resolution. despite the fact that our treasury secretary has been

pushing for one. so, wall street is nervous about that. it is also very nervous about the president's jobs plans. for two reasons. some on wall street hope it will get through, because the stimulus might mean more money spent and that could mean better profits for companies. others believe that there is no way it can get through and it is going to mean more debt. there's a real -- it is polarizing wall street in many, many ways. watching washington right now, there's no certainty at all. so, wall street doesn't know what to think that's why you pretty much don't blink. you don't know -- it is going to be up one moment and down the other by triple digits. >> eric: what do we do? greece is out there on the

horizon, that seems to be troubling if they don't get an agreement. >> yeah. if greece defaults that's a major issue. i'm not saying it is going to happen. there have been whispers of that. i don't think the euro zone will let that happen. they are in big trouble over there on debt. we are in big trouble on debt. so the entire world right now -- it used to be that we had the debt problem, and the other countries would come in and buy our debt. that is still happening. but it is not as likely as it used to be. we certainly can't count on that so, our debt issues are still a problem. we still haven't figured out how we going to pay for all of these issues that the president is coming up with. and he's got even more that he's coming up with this week. all eyes on washington and overseas. >> eric: brenda, thank you.

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business owners are concerned about the impact of government mandates on their operations. >> i would say any kind of regulation from the epa is worrisome to us. they have a lot of power. nobody seems to have a hold on what they can do. >> reporter: keeping up at the machining process can be time-consuming. one hog farmer says it takes 10 to 15 hours every week, including detailed recordkeeping. farmers have to deal with regulations on sides, fertilizers and dust. staying in compliance can be expensive. >> the average cost of obtaining a permit doing the paperwork to apply and to get the approvals that are necessary they say the average cost is $23,000, per mit. >> reporter: because of the number of federal agencies, farmers may have get multiple per -- permits to comply on a single issue. other government entities say

that is a small price to pay to ensure the safety of food products cultivated on u.s. farms and the integrity of the surrounding land, air and water sources. >> if you are getting federal support, maybe the american taxpayer needs to get clean water. >> epa estimates in 2010 alone the clean air prevented over 160,000, 160,000 premature deaths. >> reporter: the agency says epa has profound respect for the contribution farmers make. epa is in close consultation with america's farmers and ranchers. we have listened to their concerns and made them part of the work we do. skeptics remain. >> there's still a lot of questions. it is a lot of concerns for us all. >> reporter: some 45 government agencies regulate farmers and ranchers. we asked one the epa how many of is regulations directly impact the agriculture business. even the agency couldn't give us a specific number. in washington, shannon bream,

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♪ >> eric: he's back! iranian president ahmadinejad returns to new york in 48

hours. for yet another week at the annually united nations general assembly meetings. the media lining up to try and grab those so-called exclusive interviews with him. you know it is an annual rite. how does the mainstream media treat ahmadinejad? liz trotta joins us with her commentary. good morning. >> good morning. how does they treat him do you ask? with kid gloves with velvet gloves. the big news last week was the "today" show and ann curry, their star went to iran and did this big public relations interview, although they call it news. as the scene-setter for ahmadinejad's trip to new york. here's what she said, part of what she said in her script. she says that we were granted the first ever behind the scenes access to the daily

schedule of iran's president ahmadinejad. drawing back a curtain on one of the world's most controversial and secretive leaders. drawing back the curtain? this is a man who wants israel destroyed. hates jews. hates the united states. thinks the holocaust was a piece of fiction. thinks 9/11 was a fairy story fashioned by the u.s. government. do we need the curtain drawn back any further? she goes on to say that the plane he flies in his 50 -- is 50-years-old, likely a relic of western sanctions long imposed against iran. she describes his office as spacious, but simple. here is a very good comment, not mine but somebody elses in the media on what the curry review is like. it comes from radio-free europe, radio liberty.

he says, the exclusive report which reveals important details about ahmadinejad's life, including the fact that he works with his shoes off, but reading glasses on, is a great piece of propaganda for ahmadinejad. who heads to new york next week to attend the u.n. general assembly. it doesn't get any better. they've been parading this interview around as news. and the piece. and it was simply a tool for the iranian government to say, finally, we've got the scene-setter we want new york. when he gets to new york, there is last week either a report or rumor, unconfirmed that he has been invited to dinner by a group of students from columbia, university. remember columbia 2007? that as when he spoke there and the president of columbia

was there. to make up for inviting him he started calling him names, petty dictator automobile of that. now the university is denying they had anything to do with this dinner that is being assembled by the columbia international relations council and association. they say they are enthusiastic about meeting with ahmadinejad. the university says the president, meaning bolger, has nothing to do with this at all. we wash our hands. finance any, then why is a group called columbia? details. >> eric: many ahmadinejad's office reaches out to the students for the dinner. they reach out to all sorts of people. he has a meeting in a hotel where they invite hunts to meet him and listen to him speak. >> he's a star. it is amazing, because he's for all of the things that the liberals of the academic strive are against. he hates homosexuals this is

not something liberals at columbia would buy into. he denies the existence of israel. they don't buy into that. his human rights record is atrocious. they don't buy into that. what is this, just another celebrity attraction? >> eric: well, he will be here, just a few blocks from us here at fox news channel. and we'll be covering him all this week, no matter weigh says. >> good luck, it is your story -- >> thanks liz. >> that does it for this -- that does it for us on this sunday. >> the news continues with shannon bream. it starts right now. it starts right now. take care. closed captioning by closed captioning services,inc >> shannon: president obama ready for a new debt plan. will hit top earners come tax time. >> how will republicans