your eyes closed today. markets no nose diving everywhere. skwra*pbz this is after a warning by the fed that an check slump could last for years. it is trying to shore up the confidence with operation twist. take a look at the dow numbers now. no good news there today down 340 points almost at this point. jenna: a whole lot of red on the screen. adding to the gloom the week's jobless claims, 423,000 americans falling for unemployment benefits. let's talk to charles payne. charles, why the sell off today? >> you guys talked about ben bernanke. yesterday he did a lot of things, he used the word significant and when he talked about the downside risk to the economy that came a day after the imf lowered the economic

outlook for most of the world, especially america. this morning what shook everyone and has everyone petrified right now is the notion that china may be falling apart, their manufacturing data contracted for the third consecutive month. in europe the euro zone contracted for the first time in two years. they are at a two and a half year low and it's a very frightening situation and it's one where i think also in addition to the worry that people should naturally have is that we don't know where th the answers are. where are the solutions, where is the leadership? jenna: let's talk a little bit about some of the things that are being done. we mentioned operation twist, what exactly is that, charles, and can that help? >> operation twist goes become to an operation they tried in 1961, hence the name the twist was a big dance craze back then. you know, most detract ters say

no, it's a gimmick they are not printing any more money, what they are doing is selling short term bonds and buying longer term bonds and they are trying to make yields lower. here is the thing, though, jenna, interest rates are low. we know they are low. people aren't buying houses. look at mortgage rates. that's not the problem. demand is an issue, there is no doubt about it, but i don't think it's because interest rates are so high. your parents, your grandparents, if you take a look at what you could buy a house for right now, they would go crazy, they could buy ten houses. the notion that the fed is pushing rates lower seems nonsensical at this point. jenna: wrist the demand charles if you look at the economy whether on a corporate level or consumer level why isn't there the demand and how do you get it back to add the burst to the economy either here or globally that the economy needs. >> late yesterday our leaders in washington failed to pass a continuing resolution, in other words the government could run

out of money again. this kind of drama keeps going on, these weekly, monthly sagas where we simply don't know what is going on. you talk to people in different areas of the economy, whether it's the average person out there that aren't going to go out and spend a lot of money. they say there is a huge demand. i think it's uncertainty about what is going on. what are the rules, regulations, what are tax rates going to be. there are so many question marks that go along with the dark cloud, it's like we are in a cocoon. jenna: it sounds like you think we are in a double-dip. >> so many people watching this show never got out of the first dip. it would be wrong to say a double-dip. it's hard to argue this morning that the global economy is not in a double-dip already. but the big thing is because markets can go up this tkubl dips. what will the solution be? will there be the right

leadership to get this thing fixed and i'm a little worried, a lack of belief that the system can fix itself. jenna: we can't say what the leadership will be. the market down 300-plus points now charles. thanks a lot. jon: if that wasn't enough the threat of a government shut down is looming once again, yes you heard that right. congress is now battling over a budget bill that would with fund the federal government beyond the end of this month, that is next friday. the big issue right now is how to pay for disaster aid. mike emanuel live on capitol hill for us. this bill surprised a lot of people when it failed. what caused it and what makes it so controversial. >> reporter: jon 48 hours republicans bucked their leadership and voted against the bill dooming it to failure. house democrats did not like it because of the $3.7 billion of disaster funding for the texas wildfires, for hurricane irene and others. the republicans were looking to

offset some of that spending by cutting a green vehicles program. so this vote got virtually no democrat support. this morning here was a happy house democrat. >> an ill wind blows no good. it's pretty simple that the senate voted to pay for the disaster relief and keep the government running, we should put the senate bill on the floor and take a vote. >> reporter: that senate bill he referred to has almost $7 billion in disaster relief funding. it has potential to pass in the senate, it has ten republicans supporting it, but it does not seem like it would pass the house, that's why there is great concern about the possibility of a government shut down, jon. jon: so what happens next for the house republicans? the ball is kind of in their court, they run that chamber eufrpbts should note that speaker of the house john boehner is set to do a news conference this hour to layout the way forward on this issue and talk about other issues. we'll get the very latest from

him. we know house republicans met behind closed doors after the bill failed late in the day yesterday. earlier in the day yesterday house majority leader eric cantor was pretty confident, take a listen to him. >> we are for getting the people, the disaster relief they need and do so in a responsible manner. what you'll see today is a cr that will pass the house floor and go over to the senate. >> reporter: but of course after 48 house republican republicans voted know and virtually no democrats went along the bill failed and the republicans had to go become to the drawing board. jenna: right now the future of america's military budet is a hot topic on capitol hill as the pressure is on in washington to cut costs everywhere. take a look at this chart. it shows how much the u.s. spends on new weapons programs. the defense secretary warning this morning that slashing budgets could actually

jeopardize our national security. steve centanni is live in washington, wow, steve, talk about impact. >> reporter: exactly. defense secretary leon panetta appearing before the senate armed services committee this morning along with chairman of the joint chiefs mike pheupbl. in leon panetta first appearance and mullen's last. the word from leon panetta is there is a danger of the military being hallowed out. the first cuts will be hard enough, $450 billion in cuts already enacted. if even further cuts are triggered by a failure of the congressional super committee to do its job leon panetta uses stark language to describe the potential effects. >> this mechanism would force defense cuts that in my view would do catastrophic damage to our military and its ability to protect this country. i know you share my concern about the process of sequester. it is kind after blind formula that makes cuts all across the

board and guarantees that we will hollow out the force. >> reporter: catastrophic effects and a hallowed out force. no decision has been made to do the cuts that are already mandated. main thaeupbg an age jill, ready and capable force will be his main goal. jenna: interesting, steve, thank you. >> reporter: you bet. jon: america's election hq now and the republican party getting ready for a big debate in a very important state. nine gop candidates looking for the presidential nomination will square off tonight in a debate hosted by fox news and google in orlando, florida. already thousands of questions submitted by viewers online. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in orlando. so rick perry has been the frontrunner. there is a lot riding for him on this debate. >> reporter: there sure is.

he wants to solidify that position and perhaps come up with a slightly better performance than he did in the last debate when he was beaten up pretty hard by his rifles as being insufficiently conservative in his opposition to illegal immigration. it was suggested he was too extreme on social security reform, and that ultimately he was wrong on an issue of forced vaccination and even crony capitalism in texas. he argues he is the real deal, a governor with executive experience, a life of experience in government politics, and the true conservative, making the argument that mitt romney his chief rival at the top of the polls may not be sufficiently ardant in his conservatism himself being from massachusetts and a former presidential candidate with a record of flip flopping. here is rick perry talking to san antonio hannity talking about mitt romney. >> we don't need to nominate

somebody who is going to blur the lines between president obama and our nominee. >> reporter: that is very tough stuff. in limb assertions he's made the point that mitt romney's record is one of too many changed positions and ultimately being from massachusetts and having supported a state-wide mandatory healthcare plan in massachusetts that ultimately became the model for obama care in rick pe perry and many other republicans minds that is a disqualifier. and perry seems to think he can get the nomination. jon: there will be nine candidates on stage tonight and we are calling it basically a two-person race, how does that happen. >> reporter: there is a good illustration that comes out today from the quinnipiac poll out of connecticut. it shows in the republican race rick perry has the lead with 28% and romney is trailing at 22%. for all intents and purposes

romney is within striking distance. then you look at the incumbent, president obama the democrat is upside down as we say in politics in talking about his tpaeufbl numbers. president obama's approval rate while 57% of the country disapproves of him. 57% is a devastating number for any incumbent. if over half the country doesn't like you you you have a problem. only 39% approve. perry is beating mitt romney head-to-head, when you look at republicans over the president obama, romney would beat the president, perry would come up short. perry would be 42% to mr. obama's 44. that's why, and the quinnipiac poll illustrates it there is a sense that romney and perry are battling for the lead. even when they are measured together perry has a slight advantage. romney recognizes it. several others recognize that. beuse of that look for the other seven candidates to go

after both romney and perry, mostly probably perry, which gives romney an opportunity to capitalize if he can convince people that he's authentic, and there's always been a question with mitt romney because he's changed his positions over the years whether or not he could pull this off in this campaign, that's one of the things that perry was referring to in his interview with hannity. jon: that's why this debate will be so interesting to watch. 9:00pm eastern time. jenna: the car bombing in michigan. we found out indeed it was a car bomb. you'll hear the terrifying 911 call. we are live with more on that. jon: we are live at the united nation waiting a speech by -- there he is, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. why statements from this leader in the past could leave him

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jon: perhaps it is no surprise that just after the two american hikers who were unjustly imprisoned in iran were released the iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad is making news of his home speaking in new york city an hour from now. what can we expect to hear from this guy. joining us now k kt mcfarland. also host of fox news depth con 3. i imagine he's going to take all kinds of credit for releasing the guys who should not have been in prison. >> he snatched them, kept them hostage. he is going to say this is evidence of the fact that he and the iranian people are great humanitarians for releasing the hikers. jon: the bigger lesson we are supposed to draw from this i suppose goes something like this. we are a reasonable civilized country, we are not going to

enrich uranium to billed nuclear bombs, we just want to make electricity. >> he'll say releasing the hikers was humanitarian. his nuclear program has nothing to do with weapons, it has to do with energy. the theme that he's had for the last several years is the worst days are over. we the iranians want to lead a new coalition in the world that represents peace, the rights of man and he'll claim that the arab spring is in fact an endorsement of the iranian position. nobody believes it but that's what he'll say. jon: in the meantime the president made his pitch yesterday when he spoke in front of the assembly to get direct negotiatin negotiations restarted between the israelis and the palestinians. that doesn't seem to be going well for him. >> i think the president a year ago raised the expectation a year ago when he said to the palestinians i want you to be

seated as a member of this party. now we're at the point, expectations are here. you'll have a lot of unhappy palestinians and arabs. whether the vote is for statehood, not for statehood, recognizing, whatever the palestinians will be disappointed angry and nothing is going to change for them. my worry is you'll start seeing demonstrations in palestine that become violent, the israelis respond and you could see an escalation of tension -gs, that nobody wants, you could see fighting. and you could be well on the way to a third infatada. jon: admiral mike mullen the chairman of the joints chef of staff is saying that the pakistani's intelligence service, the isi was involved in that attack on the u.s. embassy in kabul. >> this is the most upsetting thing of all. for ten years we have given pakistan nearly $20 billion to

help their intelligence service and their army. what have they done with that money? they've supported the taliban, they've kept osama bin laden in a safe house in effect. now we find out that they are really using the taliban to attack us and to kill our people in afghanistan. i think we need a major rethink of our relationship with pakistan and the time for talking to them and believing them is over. jon: and cut off the money. >> i would cut off the money immediately, absolutely. they've only used that money to hurt us. jon: k. t. mcmarch land thank you. >> thank you. jenna: when a major earthquake hits seconds can make the difference between life and death. now a newer lee warning system being tested in this country, well it's something we are taking a closer look at. details straight ahead behind this movement. it will really make you think. new developments in the car bombing that targeted a michigan lawyer and his two young sons. the terrifying moments immediately following the

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jon: right now new developments in that car bombing that seriously injured a lawyer and his two sons in michigan. we are learning details about the emergency call made immediately after the explosion in monroe. rick folbaum has that from the breaking news desk. >> reporter: you'll hear the voice of eric chappell. he is the driver of the car, he has his two sons in the car with him. this is a follow-up call to earlier 911 call made right after the car bomb exploded on tuesday afternoon. take a listen.

>> okay we have a bad accident. my car blew up with two kids. you've been called on it already, but i'm telling you what is going on with the boys. okay. i've got two significant leg injuries, they are bleeding. i need someone here now. >> reporter: as you heard on "happening now" yesterday federal agents from the bureau of alcohol tobacco and firearms confirmed that it was in fact a car bomb, they are looking for clues about who might have planted the device in the car, and there is a reward for $10,000 for any information. chappel hr-rbg eugs an attorney and there is speculation he may have been targeted because of his work, obviously that is just speculation at this point. he has been released from the hospital. his 11 and 13-year-old sons are still being streeted at a local hospital, but their principal from school who says that he's been in touch with the family says the boys are improving. as we get more information, we'll pass it along. jon: two amazing things here, looking at that car it's amazing that anybody survived and it's

amazing how calm he is making that call. >> reporter: i was thinking the same thing when i i listened to his voice. he did sound calm and it's great that they are all going to be okay. jon: rick folbaum thanks. jenna: an earthquake early morning system credited with saving thousands of lives could be coming to a city near you. the u.s. government is quietly testing an earthquake early warning system in california since february. and scientists there are looking at a system similar to the one used in japan. you remember that massive earthquake and tsunami that devastated the region back in march. millions of people in japan got an early warning sign. sometimes 10 seconds, sometimes 30 seconds that helped prevent the disaster from being much, much worse. richard allen is a size mow logical lab director at the university of california at berkeley and he's joining us now to talk a little bit more about this. richard let's just start with some of the basics of this early morning system. how soon will i know if an earthquake is coming?

>> well what we do is we detect the very beginnings of the earthquake andee assess how much shaking there is going to be. the amount of warning time is dependent on how far you are from the earthquake. it can vary from a few seconds to a few tens of seconds. jenna: does that warning tell me how big the earthquake might stph-b. >> yeah, as part of the calculation we can give you a warning of the countdown and then how strong the shaking will be. you'll have a sense of what is coming and be able to get ready for it, brace for it. jenna: is it like a fire alarm? does something go off like a sound alarm? would it come to my cellphone, my computer? how would i know the alarm is actually going off. >> right now we are in a test mode. we have a test system running across california. that alert is being delivered to the project scientists, about 30 people. an app poups on our computer screen, there is an alarm that beeps automatic, and it counts down until you feel the shaking. that's how we do it today.

in the long term if you were going to have a public warning system you'd want to get the warning out to people using tv, radio, cell phones, all the communication devices we have. jenna: we hear there are earthquakes happening all the time underneath our feet. how accurate has the trial been? >> that is one of the khal epls. we have to make sure we can distinguish between small earthquakes and really big earthquakes. the system we have right now is performing reasonably well. it's not ready for the public yet. we still have tuning to do with the system. we are still working on the development side. but it's starting to demonstrate that this is really possible. we now have no question it is technically feasible to have early warning in the u.s. jenna: how far do you think you are from getting it to a level -- we are looking at the san francisco 1906 devastating earthquake that happened in california. how far away do you thinke are from an early warning system in a state like california? >> well today we are actually looking to partner with some

industrial users so that we can start to get the message out to a small group of users in this test mode. we think of that of being the final prototyping step for the early warning system. it's something that will take a year or two to do. then we could move forward for a full-blown public system. realistically we could have a public system in about three to five years if we have the necessary funding to build it. that of course is always the challenge. jenna: it is a challenge. we are looking again at video out of japan and seeing the devastation from the earthquake and the tsunami there. japan has a highly modern earthquake warning system. it cost that country, which is about the same size of california by the way, a billion dollars. how much money do you need to get this system working, and are you going to be able to get that money from the government considering, you know the financial situation we're in? >> well, the good news is that we already have a good amount of infrastructure in place.

uc berkeley runs the network. caltech runs the network. we are building on those existing networks and infrastructure. however it's not going to be inexpensive. we think to build a publisher lee warning system for the west coast is going to cost about $150 million. however we think that that is a bargain in terms of the savings that we expect to make by having a warning system because industries can move hazardous machinery to a safe mode reducing the number of spills. we think it will easily may for itself just in the first earthquake. jenna: as we were speaking a little bit earlier, richard you said three to five years is the timeline you're looking at now. if there is a big earthquake that timeline could be sped up a little bit. we'll continue to keep in touch with you and see how it's going. we appreciate the time today, richard. thank you very much for joining us. >> my pleasure. jon: 150 million, maybe barren wants to pay for it. jenna: pocket change. stpho: or bill gates. he lives out on that coast.

a big debate about to get underway for the republican candidates for president. a look at who is leading right now in the polls and what you can expect to see when the nine candidates face off nine and a half hours from right now in orlando. plus, a dead satellite the size of a bus is coming back home to earth, and nobody knows exactly where it's going to land. we'll get you a live report from nasa. >> the latest is that the estimated date for when the satellite will come down is september 23rd. we don't have an estimate of the time yet. >> friday. >> where is it going to land. >> we don't know, anywhere. >> anywhere? oh, that's great. this is not only the master of all droids,

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jon: less than ten hours away now, the republican presidential candidates gearing up for tonight's big debate hosted by fox news and google. according to a brand new poll, mitt romney seems to have the front runner status all locked up in new hampshire which holds the first presidential primary. the former massachusetts governor way out in the lead with 41%. rick perry getting just 8% in that same poll. let's talk about it now with path caudill, former pollster for president carter, doug schoen, a former pollster for president clinton. both are fox news contributors. pat, you say it's no surprise that mitt romney is doing so well in the new hampshire poll,

after all, he was the governor of a neighboring state. >> yes, although he did lose the state to mccain which was mccain's, probably, strongest state last time around. but he's very strong there. it's his firewall. if he is seriously challenged there, he would have real problems. and i think, actually, given the course of the campaign in the last week or so, last couple weeks, it's probably strengthened him in new hampshire. so that's his base. his problem's going to be iowa, south carolina and florida be. jon: yeah, doug, no matter what happens in new hampshire, both of these candidates or any candidate who's going to go on to win the nomination has to do well in the states that follow. >> well, that's right. and since iowa comes before new hampshire, jon, and because rick perry's doing much better there, probably the nominal front runner, the new hampshire race will take place in the context of the primaries that come later and, most importantly, the caucus that comes before. this is, now, effectively a two-person race. it's tightened up.

tonight will be a critical make or break debate for both candidates as they try to get their messages out, romney that perry's unqualified and social security being a ponzi scheme is unacceptable, and perry saying that mitt romney was a supporter of what he called, you know, insurance care rendering him unqualified for in massachusetts. >> remember, i agree with doug, the fox audience is probably the core of the republican voting audience, and with google and the connection with youtube, this is going to be a gigantic audience of people who are actually going to vote. and so this election probably has more to do, this debate may be the most significant debate event we've had yet this season by far. jon: well, doug, as voters look at these candidates tonight, all of them, are they looking for the person who most represents them and their views, or are they looking for the person who

can beat president obama? because those could be two different thicks, right? is. >> jon, i think they are two different thicks. voters tend to vote for who they like best and who they feel best represents their views. electability which sometimes shows up in polls is, frankly, far less important than who inspires the troops to come out. and pat's exactly right, given the forces that are involved tonight, wheree stand on the political landscape, fox news, google, youtube, this is a make or break night. jon: we have nine candidates on screen right now, nine podiums on stage tonight, but, pat, do you agree with doug's assessment that, basically, only two of those, only two of the people behind those podiums are really in the race? >> well, right now they are, everybody else is in a second and third tier. trying to break out. and maybe they'll have a good debate. problem is, right now we have a very real division between

romney and perry. they look like heavyweights, and that's going to be the division. and i think partly as the season goes on, we saw this somewhat in '04. primary voters do tend, as doug said, vote for people who they like. at the same time in '04 i think democrats began to worry about dean's electability, and that actually had an influence, and i think that's helping romney to some extent, might more down the road. it's a very tough balancing act these guys are up against, trying to satisfy the base and still hold on to the election. right now perry has a lot of people who believe he's an extremist, and that has helped position romney in a way when he was a front runner, he was just jelly. jon: pat and doug, thank you both. we know you'll be watching the debate. >> we'll be there online, and people can follow us. jon: sounds good. we'll be talking with one of those republican candidates, jon

huntsman, former give of utah. rick has more information for us. >> reporter: that's right. doug and pat will be on with me, i'll be co-hosting some of ore coverage -- our coverage, we have a pregame show that started at 8:30 p.m., so you don't have to wait until 9:00. you can get involved really right now if you want. one of the ways you can do it is by going to youtube.com/fox news, and this is where you get interactive. you'll be able to weigh in and, basically, vote on whether you like or dislike the candidates' answers in realtime. so you can watch the debate on fox news, but don't forget to hog on either -- log on either to the youtube site or foxnews.com. check us out, lots of interactive features. we're very happy to be teaming up with google. it begins at 9:00 on fox news channel, but the pregame show begins at 8:30. jon: as your clock says, nine

hours, 19 minnesotas. jenna: new information out of georgia on the execution of troy davis, the convicted cop killer put to death last night, maintaining his innocence until the very end. john roberts is live in atlanta and, john, we saw a little bit of video there. certainly a lot of emotion about this case. what's the latest? >> it really was an emotion-filled night. it was a long road for troy davis. three times in the past he has had a stay of execution literally minutes before he was put to death, but last night he ran out of appeals when the united states supreme court unanimously denied his motion for a stay. they did it without comment, so we don't know what that court was thinking, but we got an indication from the georgia supreme court which had heard those same motions earlier in the day. the georgia supreme court said no new evidence had been presented, no new arguments had been presented. troy davis was put into the execution chamber last night at about 10:53, pronounced dead at 11:08, and before officials began the execution, troy davis

did address members of the family of officer mark mcphail who was killed in a hail of bullets back in 1989 in savannah, georgia, that is the police officer that troy davis was accused and convicted of killing and was sentenced to death in 1991. john lewis, a reporter for wsb radio here in atlanta, he witnessed the execution. here's what he told us troy davis said to the family. >> he claimed he was innocent, he was not responsible for what happened that night in 1989, he did not have a gun, he was not personally responsible for the death of officer mcphail. >> reporter: davis also said, rather, that he was very sorry for the mcphail family's loss. jenna: certainly a big story in georgia, but this has captured attention around the world. why is that? >> reporter: it's become a rallying point for opponents of the death penalty because between the time troy davis was sentenced for the death of officer mcphail in 1991 and now seven of the nine witnesses

who gave testimony have recawnted, three of -- recanted, three of the juries that voted for it said that was a mistake. a gun was never found, and it has led hundreds of thousands of people around the world including jimmy carter and pope benedict the 16th to say, hey, something's up here. maybe he didn't commit the crime. maybe he is, in fact, innocent, or at least there is enough doubt that he shouldn't have been put to death. thomas ruffin is one of troy davis' attorneys, he was incensed by last night's execution calling it nothing more than a legal lynching. >> one thing that's very clear, that as long as the death penalty is applied in the racially-bigoted fashion and a class-bigoted fashion, this sort of cheating, this sort of legal i'ded lynching, this sort of heartless application of punishment will continue. it has to come to an end. >> reporter: and i spoke with a member of the mcphail family, his daughter madison who was just 18 months old when her father was killed, i talked with

her earlier this morning via text message. here's what she told me, quote: >> reporter: jenna? jenna: wow. john, so much of that story, john roberts, live in atlanta. john, thank you very much. jon: the markets are taking a real hit today, we'll keep an eye on that. and then there's this issue, it is the size of a bus. it's heading for earth, and nobody knows exactly where or even when this satellite is going to go thud. so how concerned is nasa, and more importantly, how concerned should you be? live to the johnson space center coming up, "happening now." ♪ in america, we believe in a future

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and the global markets as well. also want to point out to you oil is trading lower by about $5. we'll see that normally reflected in our gas prices in about 30 days or so. that's just another sign when you see oil prices go down, that there is some concern about the growth of the global economy. we'll continue to watch that what's happening on the dow, again, down more than 3%. jon: right now protesters on wall street say they plan to camp out there indefinitely, and police are stepping this to make more arrests. rick folbaum is keeping an eye on it. >> reporter: well, jon, the occupation of wall street continues. it began on saturday, and that's what the demonstrators are calling it, an occupation. they've come from all over the country, even some foreign countries, to protest a financial system that they say favors the rich and powerful while leaving ordinary folks in the dust. the protesters came, they were organized on twitter and other social media sites, and you can see standing in the front of the famous bull down there on wall street, the sign referring to that. about two dozen or so people

have been arrested on charges of disorderly conduct since the demonstrations began. the protesters really run the political gamut with some from the far left and others from the far right including backers of lyndon la riewch. wall street remains open, but maybe the traders might want to take a couple of days off to regroup. back over to you. jon: i would think they would have other ways to burn their energy, but that's, i guess, up to them. it's a free country. rick, thanks. jenna: that it is. that it is. well, right now intense contract negotiations are underway between the united autoworkers' union and ford, such a big contract that it might have ramifications on how you purchase your next car. we'll tell you why just ahead. [ male announcer ] you love the taste of 2% milk.

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jon: labor talks with a leading car maker expected to get spence today. the united autoworkers union shifting its talks to the ford motor company after failing to reach a keel with chrysler. its contract with the chrysler company is extended for another four weeks in the meantime. right now the union is giving no reason for switching gears, but perhaps lori rothman knows. she's with the fox business network and joins us now. >> reporter: hi there, jon. it's a little odd in terms of negotiating strategy for the uaw to just, in a sense, throw up its hands with chrysler and say, all right, we'll set that aside and move on to ford. we thought we had a deal with chrysler, in fact, the ceo was enroute from europe to the u.s. expecting to sign a contract when everything fell apart. and all the analysts, nobody really knows exactly why. but we know it's tough for chrysler because the company

needs to spend a lot of money to revamp its cars, retool some factories. don't forget, fiat has a significant investment in chrysler, and so the costs to do that are going to be extraordinary. and keep in mind, too, and this is really the kicker, the uaw itself is part of the auto bail bailout, owns a significant portion of chrysler, so in a sense, the uaw is negotiating with itseland it's a fine line because they want to get a good deal for the workers, but they also want to make chrysler return to profitability so when chrysler goes public again, the stock prices will be protected. jon: so the union owns stock as well as gm, right? >> reporter: well, not necessarily. gm came up with a labor keel on friday, i believe it was, real good conditions, everybody's happy with that. gm did take federal bailout money, and that's important, but gm is turning a nice profit, chrysler is still struggling with a loss. you've also got ford in the mix,

so this is where we're seeing the negotiations. jon: and ford didn't take bailout money. >> reporter: exactly. the only one of the three that didn't take federal dollars. but ford is kind of paying for that because ford workers can strike whereas gm and chrysler because of the conditions of the federal dollars cannot. so it's a really tangled web. it's a soap opera kind of. jon: interesting. a little government meddling there, you might say. lori rothman, fox business network, thank you. jenna? jenna: another natural disaster unfolding in japan, a killer typhoon that hit the nuclear plant cripple inside the recent sue nameny. we'll have an update straight ahead. we are jt moments away from the iranian president's address to the united nations. his speeches have been fiery in the past, and that's a bit of an understatement. what can we expect to hear today? is we're live at the u.n. straight ahead. [ male announcer ] we're not employers or employees.

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>> reporter: fox news alert, i'm rick folbaum at the assignment desk. take a look at some stories we're following for you right here. this is the scene down in florida. bob ward is the florida millionaire charged with murdering his wife, testimony from the medical examiner taking place right now in that courtroom. and then let's move to washington d.c. this is the supercommittee, the bipartisan group that was appointed to try to figure out ways to trim $1.5 trillion from the federal deficit. they are meeting now, holding a hearing on capitol hill. if they're not able to figure anything out, there are going to be mandatory cuts to the defense department, and that's why you're seeing leon panetta and other defense leaders testifying on the hill saying if there are those cuts, it would be devastating for our armed forces and the military. we're keeping a an eye on those stories and lots more for you, the second hour of "happening now" starts right now.

jon: high noon on the east coast, nine hours to the big debate. hello to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: hi, everybody, i'm jenna lee. and secret service and new york police on alert right now as mahmoud ahmadinejad prepares to address the general assembly yet again. here he is, arriving this morning as protesters line up outside. jon: ahmadinejad is set to speak less than half an hour from now. eric shaun is outside the u.n. for us, what's going on there? >> reporter: jon, he will likely receive more applause than did president obama. just watch. iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad appears for the seventh time in front of the general assembly just minutes from now. he will likely be as defiant be as ever, criticizing the west, the united states and israel, what he has always called the zionist entity. he will also likely deny iran is pursuing nuclear weapons, certainly he will discuss the

upcoming palestinian vote and trumpet the release of the american hikers. he's also using this for media appearances, he's been sitting down for more television one-on-ones. he did sit down with fox news last year for what was a pretty challenging, contentious and spirited back and forth with me. some, like israel's ambassador to the united states, michael orrin, think it's a shame that ahmadinejad is even here. >> i think it's outrageous. i think that any country that stays in the hall while he's speaking, they should be ashamed of themselves. >> reporter: meanwhile, across the street, there's a demonstration shaping up right now against iran and against ahmadinejad. some dignitaries and about a thousand protesters expected there. they say instead of being applauded in the general asimply, am dean squad should be arrested -- ahmadinejad should be arrested. >> even if you let him in this country, he belongs in a cage in central park rather than speaking at the united nations

general assembly. he is a murderer, his actions, his acts of terrorismism tend from lebanon, iraq, afghanistan to buenos be air race. >> reporter: during his speech there are traditionally walkouts by a variety of the delegations, usuallyily by the united states. the canadians, though, won't have that opportunity. they reportedly are not even sending their ambassador to sit inside the hall to listen to ahmadinejad in the first place. back to you, jon. jon: yeah. could be a colossal waste of time for a lot of those diplomats. eric shawn, thanks. jenna: well, waste of time especially when there's so much to do. there's a lot going on today. jon: there is. jenna: americans all over the country will be taking part in tonight's fox news/google debate. it's for very first time ever. republican presidential candidates will answer questions

submitted by you and questions that have been voted on by the public. you can take part in this interactive debate, shannon bream is live in orlando with more on this. >> reporter: hi, jenna. it all starts at 8:30 p.m. eastern tonight go, to youtube.com.com/news. we've got a predebate show, and that is just the beginning. at 9 p.m. eastern the live stream of the debate begins, and it's time for you to start vote anything the polls that will run all night long to the right of the screen. immigration, gay marriage weigh in with just the click of a mouse. you'll also be able to share your comments on what's happening during the debates in realtime. think one of the candidates nail add question or blew it big time? head to the have your say section just below the live stream. >> there'll be a little box where you can type in your feedback on the debate, how you think it's going. there'll be another feed of what fox commentators are thinking about the debate so far. >> reporter: the coverage doesn't stop. we'll bring you up to the minute poll results, talk to your

reaction about how the candidates are faring and let you know what's trending online. we continue with our postdebate show streaming live, and that's not all. >> all of the questions will be -- questions and answers will be up on the youtube channel, youtube/fox news, you'll be able to watch each clip and vote on how you think the candidates did and give feedback on how you think the debate went. >> reporter: so, again, youtube.com/fox news. by the way, jenna, more than 18,000 questions for submitted, more than 100,000 votes came in, so folks can tune in to see if their questions made the cut. jenna: sounds good. we'll see you at 8:30 eastern time online. thank you very much. jon: looks bright and sunny in florida, but it's gloomy elsewhere, especially on wall street. in this fox news alert, the dow is down more than 400 -- well, okay, we're a tenth of a point away from 400 right now. the imf just saying the global

economy is entering a dangerous new phase that could suffocate economic recovery. with us now, robert gray from the fox business network. why all this pessimism, robert? >> reporter: well, jon, there's a lot of it, and it came out of the federal reserve's two-day meeting, that decision coming out around 2:20 yesterday afternoon. basically, quote, significant downside risks to the economic outlook is what they see including strains in global and financial markets. if you've been paying attention, maybe not necessarily headline news, but the fact that the federal reserve is saying such a down beat outlook, that is playing out in the markets today. there's a lot of concerns that we're, perhaps, already back into recession or heading into one, certainly a period of extremely slow growth. that's why the fed taking those measures they announced yesterday to buy some $400 billion in longer-term securities to try and push down the bond yields on the long end of the curb, if you will, those 10 and 30-year bonds, lots of people buying those up today in

a flight to safety. they're selling the riskier assets like stocks, 400 points on the dow, we're at the lows of the session here. you've got one in five stocks in the s&p 500 at their worst levels in a year or more. gold, oil, silver all tumbling, again, bonds the only thing rallying here. we had some economic news out of china overnight that started the ball rolling again out of asia, a lot of concern there that it is slowing down, so we're looking at global economies slowing here and in europe and in china as well. plus, jon, we know all about the european debt crisis. we've got our own debt crisis here, we had moody's downgrading citigroup and bank of america and wells fargo yesterday, so there's a lot of uncertainty here about the financial situation here, and investors clearly a little bit shaken here in today's session. now, awaiting the corporate earnings season which is not going to get under way for a couple of weeks yet, to find out if companies are as uncertain as we're seeing investors right

now. jon: and yet all these companies, or a good many of them, are sitting on tons of cash, right? >> yeah, we've seen dividend increases by a number of companies, and many financial advisers are moving back to the more so-called stable stocks that pay the higher dividends right now to three and ride out -- try and ride out this market volatility. we've been talking to traders, and they've been seeing big bets in volatility is going to continue, so even as we saw stocks rally last week, up five days in a row, the longest winning streak in three months, you did have traders betting volatility was coming back, and it has come back in spades. september and october have historically been rough times for the market. most folks that we were talking to earlier on fox business expect this rough ride to continue until we get a little more certain whether or not we are heading back into recession. as one money manager told me, jon, right now stocks are cheap if we don't go into recession, but if we do, they're not. jon: robert gray, fox business network. the dow down 424 points right

now. looks like the sky is falling, at least on wall street. jenna: we're giving everybody one more reason to worry. robert, thank you very much. [laughter] >> reporter: sorry. jenna: it's okay. you've got to give us the facts. here's another story we're covering. right now a satellite the size of a bus is falling towards earth, and no one knows where it will land. it represents the biggest nasa spacecraft to fall uncontrolled from the sky in more than 30 years. chris gutierrez is live from the johnson space center. chris, are they tracking the satellite? >> reporter: yeah, you bet they are. actually, the department of defense has a sophisticated system of radars that's tracking this satellite, and that information is passed along to orbital scientists here at the johnson space center. the good news is, though, this morning they're reporting that they do not believe this satellite will reenter over north america, so all of us here in the u.s. can take a deep breath and relax, according to nasa, because it's not coming our way. still, you mentioned, it is the size of a school bus, take a

look at this thing, and it will come crashing down somewhere on earth sometime tomorrow afternoon. and when it does reenter, it'll break up into what's expected to be about 26 different chunks of stainless steel and titanium. the largest chunk some 300 pounds, and still today, 24 hours out roughly, nasa has no idea where those chunks will land. listen here. >> this object is uncontrolled, so it's behaving in ways that are random in essence. it is frustrating to not be able to predict with more accuracy, but it's long known that this is a problem. >> reporter: keep in mind, this sat lite was launched into space 20 years ago before a controlled reentry plan for these things. nowadays, they're built with an extra engine so nasa can direct them to a certain spot, to maybe land in the ocean, for example, or they're built with more parts that will burn up during reentry. back to you, jenna. jenna: so your chances are a 10-pound chunk or a 300-pound chuck.

is that -- >> reporter: right. exactly. jenna: except 23409 in north america. >> reporter: exactly. unless you live here. jenna: all right. i guess we'll roll the dice, chris. chris gutierrez on a very interesting story we'll continue to watch. jon: i remember when skylab came down, somebody in australia collected some money for finding a chunk of that thing. jenna: that wouldn't be bad in this economy. jon: a taped confession so disturbing that a judge had to stop playing it in court. it's in the trial of the second man accused of murdering this mother and her two daughters in that horrible home invasion case in connecticut. we'll update you. new reports surfacing today that some democrats are very concerned about their chances of regaining control of the house in 2012. karl rove will be along to give us his take. and the gop presidential hopefuls are getting ready for a big debate in florida right now. meantime, today, on "happening now" america's asking former utah governor jon huntsman the

question, rick folbaum has some of them for us. >> reporter: well, i've got a job for you, go to the "happening now" page at foxnews.com and click on the america's asking tab. it's right up there. you can see it. and then log in using twitter or facebook and send us your questions for the former utah governor. you don't have to wait to hear his answers for the debate later on tonight on fox news, you get to ask him questions and hear his answers right now. we're monitoring them in the chat, and we'll pose them to the former utah governor coming up. more "happening now" after a quick break. don't go away. [ rge ] psst. constated? phillips' caplet use gnesium, an ingredient that works more naturally wityour colon than stimulant xatives, for fective reli of constipation without cramps. thanks. [ professor ] good morning students. today, we're gonna...

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jenna: a fox news alert, to capitol hill where we're getting new word about whether or not a government shutdown is truly on the table. we just heard that house majority leader john boehner says it's not, the government is not shutting down. our capitol hill producer is on the story, and he's joining us on the phone. chad, any indication on how thai going to work this out and

prevent a government shutdown? >> reporter: well, no one knows the way forward yet. there's a closed-door republican conference meeting at 1:30 this afternoon, and here's the problem for house speaker john boehner. last night he only got 48 republicans on that vote, he lost 53 and 59 republicans respectively on two vote earlier this year, government shutdowns, and that means he needs democrats to pass these bills. john boehner's biggest friends in congress when it comes to these issues are democrats. he only got six last night, and he needs a lot more, and that could further alienate the tea party and conservative members from his side of the aisle. when i asked him if this puts him between a rock and a hard place, he said, well, welcome to my world. jenna: when is the timeline on this so far, chad? >> reporter: well, you know, we've got about seven or eight days here. the government would not shut down until october 1st, and everybody around the capitol is fretting a little bit here, but you can't truly have

brinksmanship unless you're on the brink. so they have time, but the problem is the house and senate are scheduled to be out of session next week, there's rashannah next week as well, and they want to try to wrap this up. the majority leader or, eric cantor, put members on notice that they could have a weekend session this weekend, perhaps to work this out. they have to work with the senate, the house and the senate have to be in many alignment here, and boehner when asked if he thought they'd have a weekend session, he said, i surely hope not. jenna: and we hope not for you, too, chad. always appreciate your insight. chad, thank you very much. >> reporter: anytime, jenna. thanks. jon: right now jurors have just finished hearing part of a taped confession in a triple murder that shocked the entire nation in 2007. this is the guy on trial, joshua komisarjevsky, charged with killing a connecticut mother and her two young daughters. his is the second trial in this horrible case. yesterday the judge stopped the playing of the tape saying one

juror was getting too upset. well, now the tape is underway again. laura ingle joins us live with more on what's happen there. >> reporter: hi, jon. indeed, there was an emergency having ration in the courthouse which delayed the playback of the statement to police in court today. it was a false alarm, there was no threat inside the courthouse, and court is back in session. now, the comment that the judge made yesterday in court, that a juror was having a hard time while hearing the recorded confession, prompted come star jeff sky's defense be team to request a mistrial in this case this morning saying that comment should not have been made in front of other jurors. that motion was denied, everything kept going. prosecutors continue playing the two-hour-long tape that had to be stopped yesterday, as we mentioned, after a juror became visibly distraught while hearing the details of the defendant's sexual assault on 11-year-old michaela in a matter of fact tone. he described the assault,

admitted to taking cell phone pictures of the girl and said he allowed her to shower afterwards. gasps were heard in the courtroom, and some family members had to close their eyes, they had tears streaming down their faces while listening to the defendant's words. the petit family had never before heard that audiotaped confession. through cross-examination of witnesses, the defense continues to hammer home the theory that it was the other suspect, steven hayes, who escalated the violence inside the home. now jurors are hearing it from the defendant himself. he told detectives that hayes was, quote, freaking out over leaving behind dna during the home invasion and told him, we have to kill them. he then says that hayes got frustrated and said, quote, i'll take care of everyone and said hayes was the one who poured gasoline on the stairs and all through the bedrooms and is the one who lit the match. it continues now. we'll bring you the latest as it develops from connecticut.

jon: laura ingle, such an awful story. thanks for that report. jenna: you have to take a breath after it, don't you? it's intense. but we're going to continue to follow the developments and see how justice will be served there in that case. in the meantime, we're going to turn back to politics now. there won't be any gloves in tonight's presidential debate, but rick perry and mitt romney will surely be trading jabs, hoping to score points with the voters. chris wallace is going to join us with a preview, and also karl rove is next on the fate of the house in the 2012 elections. do you have an irregular heartbeat called atrial fibrillation, or afib, that's not caused by a heart valve problem? are you taking warfarin to reduce your risk of stroke caused by a clot? you should know about pradaxa. an important study showed that pradaxa 150mg reduced stroke risk 35% more than warfarin. and with pradaxa, there's no need for those regular blood tests. pradaxa is progress.

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jenna: welcome back, everyone. with the fox news/google debate tonight, most of the focus has been on the 2012 race for

president. obviously, it's a big race. but what about control of the house and the senate? an article on the web site politico today reports democrats are doubtful about regaining control of the house. here to talk more about that, karl rove, former senior adviser to george w. bush and a fox news contributor. so, karl, you're known as a great adviser to republicans, but i'm going to turn you into an an adder for democrats now with your permission, sir. >> absolutely. jenna: okay. here's what congressman defazio, a democrat out of oregon, said to politico. he said it's going to be a really tough battle, referring to trying to get the house back democrats are all going to have to distinguish themselves from the president. so, karl, how would you advise congressman defazio or any democrat on how to distinguish themselves from the president of the united states? >> yeah. well, the democrats face four obstacles in taking back the house. the first one is the president's unpopularity with independents. independents were critical to the democrats winning the house

in 2006 and to president obama winning in 2008. unfortunately, there was a 24-point swing back to the republicans in 2010 from among independents from where they were in 2008 and a 36-point swing from where they were in 2006. so the first thing is pay attention to the independents who are going to make the difference in many of these swing districts and who today think more like republicans when it comes to stimulus, the obamacare, spending deficit and debt. the second problem democrats face is it's going to be tough in a lot of these districts because republicans control the reticketting process -- redistricting process in so many states like ohio, michigan and pennsylvania. they've taken marginal districts and made them somewhat more republican. the third thing is money. the republican incumbents have outraised their democratic counterparts in the house by, basically a2 to 1 margin, so you'd better have candidates who can raise a lot of money.

but even if they overcome these three, they've got one more obstacle which is history. jenna: and what's that? >> it's hard to do this. jenna: it's hard to take back the house? >> to take the house it requires a 25-seat pick-up. and in the last ten presidential elections, that's happened one time, and in the last 20 elections, midterm and presidential elections, it's only happened six times. but in a presidential election year, particularly when you've got somebody at the top of the ticket running for re-election who's as unpopular as president obama is, even if he were to win re-election, independents would like to have a check on him and their disposition in these districts means it's going to be awful hard for the democrats to pick up a net 25 seats. jenna: also in this article there was a suggestion that democrats are really hoping that rick perry becomes the republican nominee for president because they feel that rick perry will ail yen mate the independents, and they have a greater chance of picking up the vote there. just taking a look at who's on

stage tonight, karl a little bit, who do you think has the most appeal to independents as far as the candidates? and would rick perry seal the fate for the republicans in 2012 if elected? >> i've always found you're in a bad place if you depend on the other guys making a big mistake. and this is sort of rem missent of what the democrats were saying in 19 78 and '80, we hope the republicans make the mistake of nominating this guy, reagan. we don't know where rick perry, mitt romney or anybody else is going to be able to appeal to independents. we're only at the beginning of this contest and how they conduct themselves over the next three or four months is going to show us whether or not they can get independent cans latinos and young people and others who have been in the democrat coalition to come across and vote for the republican candidates. if i were a democrat, i wouldn't be hanging my hat on, oh, what's

going to save us is the other guys are going to make a big mistake. typically, the other guys don't when you need them to. jenna: karl, you going to be watching the debate tonight? >> i'm going to be attending a dinner in san antonio for part of it, listening to it and watching it on the internet, so i'm going to be parks and wildlife and debate tonight. [laughter] jenna: i was thinking you were going to tell us you were at a dinner and couldn't watch any part of it. you're going to be multitasking. >> i must admit, if my dinner partners will allow me to do so, i will havemy iphone and i'll be watching online. we'll see. jenna: karl, always nice to see you. >> yeah. diagram things out for my dinner partners at the charity dinner. jenna: i think they'd probably appreciate it. karl we'll check back in with you after that dinner. thank you very much. >> you bet. jon: you can expect fireworks in tonight's debate, especially when it come toss the front

runners. rick perry, the newest candidate to jump into the race, he's taking direct aim at mitt romney. last night on hannity perry explained why. >> we need to nominate someone who will have a stark, clear difference between the republican nominee and president obama. and i think i am that person who can clearly delineate the differences. we don't need to nominate obama-light, we don't need to nominate someone who's going to blur the lines between president obama and our nominee. jon: chris wallace will be on tonight's panel, all right, so he says you've got to take clear positions, delineate the differences among the candidates who are going on on stage tonight. how are you going to help him do that, chris? >> reporter: i don't think we're going to have a lot of problem with it, jon, and good afternoon here from orlando. first of all, we're going to have some questions, and these candidates are really, you can tell, romney and perry and a

bunch of the others really primed to go after each other. i don't think it'll all be on perry although as the front runner it'll be mostly focused on him. but i can see several guys going after romney, there's bachmann trying to get back some altitude in this race. and remember, it's not just us asking questions, we're going to have a bunch of questions from you, the viewers, that we've gotten through google. and i've got to say having reviewed them, and i think we've pretty much decided which ones we're going to put on the screen and, quite frankly, the ones that got the most votes on youtube, they have some really good and tough questions. it's going to be a very interesting debate. questions from us, questions from you, the people. jon: governor romney has really gone after governor perry on his view on social security especially, and maybe that's the reason that the race seems to have tightened up a little bit in some of the polls. is that going to be a focus of what goes on tonight?

>> reporter: well, without giving away too much, yeah. social security will certainly be mentioned. but, you know, there are some other issues as well. there's the hpv vaccine that president -- i'm sure he's happy that i just made that mistake -- that governor perry mandated by executive order that all sixth graders in the texas be given. that's an issue where some conservatives think that's big government run amok. you've also got immigration as perry tough enough on immigration. but, you know, romney is also vulnerable, and we've kind of gotten away from it, but there's still romneycare and its similarities to obamacare. so, you know, that's something as well. i don't think this is going to be all of them piling on perry. as i say, i think he'll probably be the prime target for the other candidates, but the others have their own vulnerabilities as well. it's going to be a free-fire zone. jon: yeah. and one debate or, you know, a couple of debates can really

change things. i mean, four years ago you had rudy giuliani and fred thompson the number one and number two candidates ahead of the eventual nominee, john mccain. >> reporter: yeah. it's not just debates. i mean, it's also the question of the kind of campaigns they run and the kind of appeal they have. but the debates are important, and, you know, we've had a couple of debates this month, and i think that they have reduced perry easel vegas. i mean, he, obviously, came into this race with tremendous excitement, he's got this great job record in texas, but people don't know that much about him, and it's a question of is he going to define himself before the other candidates on that stage define him? and that's one of the battles that'll be going on again tonight. jon: all right. chris wallace, you're going to have your hands full tonight. it's going to be fun to watch. thanks for being with us. >> reporter: you bet, thank you. jon: don't miss that fox news/google debate coming up in about eight and a half hours from now.

bret baier, megyn kelly along with chris wallace. dana perino, shannon bream and our own rick folbaum will bring you interactive coverage starting at 8:30 p.m. eastern. log on to youtube.com/fox news, then tune in to the debate, 9 p.m. eastern right here on fox. ♪

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jon: poor folks in japan can't catch a break. a massive typhoon makes its way off the island. now it didn't inflict any

additional damage on the crippledded fukushima plant the but the storm caused massive flooding elsewhere. rick folbaum joins us from the breaking news desk. >> there were major concerns about this considering what happened back in march and even less than a month ago when another typhoon left 90 people dead or missing. the good news the typhoon left without making too much damage and the nuclear plant that went into meltdown mode after the earthquake in march had no problems this time around there were landslides and floods as you mentioned. 16 people were killed. hundreds of people homeless after march's devastation had to be evacuated from the government shelters where they're staying because of a flood threat. again considering what the japanese people have been through over the last six months they have to be pretty relieved the damage wasn't worse. back to you. jon: i guess so. rick, thanks. jenna: some new questions on capitol hill about the

president's green energy agenda and how it is helping or hurting job creation. the question raised today, are timely considering the ongoing financial scandal involving solar panel maker solyndra. doug mckelway is live in washington with more on this. hi, doug. >> reporter: good afternoon, jenna. we're expecting quite a speck kag -- spectacle when ceo and cfo are expected to plead the fifth before a house committee. this is prudent maneuver to protect themselves against misstatements that could be used in the ongoing justice department investigation of solyndra. some republicans believe there is more behind pleading the fifth than just that. >> there has been a suggestion, we haven't documented it a suggestion perhaps that testimony was trying to be manipulated by the white house. those are very serious allegations and something a committee like the oversight committee is supposed to dive into. >> reporter: while we're awaiting that no shortage after fireworks at another hearing as the government oversight committee release as majority report deeply

critical of the administration's green jobs gend today. the report accuses the bureau of labor statistics using questionable accounting methods to count green jobs even though that term is vague it says, poorly defined and such jobs are difficult to accurately count. this exchange you're about to see between representative connie mack and labor secretary hilda solis whether someone drives a hybrid bus should be count ad green job versus somebody driving a diesel bus illustrates the conflict we've seen today. >> hear is the problem that people are having, and i'm having. how can you call this a green job, so if you sit in a chair, if i'm sitting in a chair that was made out of green material does that make my job green? >> he is industry -- >> he is driving a bus and too count it as a green job, you know, we've heard on the committee from both sides, we want to be able to make some determinations here. >> reporter: chairman issa

told the panel that the administration's green jobs numbers are grossly inflated. he sarcastically remarks if his staff installs led lights instead of incandescent once they become green staffers. back to you. jenna: doug mckelway in d.c. thank you. jon: in los angeles some firefighters are in hot water. did they make a porn movie on the job? more on those allegations just ahead. also rick folbaum is standing by at the breaking news desk. we'll be right back.

jon: some firefighters in los angeles are feeling the heat. facing an investigation that they allowed two porn movies to be filmed using their fire trucks? rick folbaum on that from the breaking news desk. rick? >> this is obviously not what city resources are meant for even out in l.a. where movies are being shot around the clock. we pulled some pg version stills of the movie so you can see for yourself. there is a fire truck in the pack ground playing a

co-starring role i guess. the fire department taking allegations very seriously. seeing if they are in fact official los angeles fire department vehicles. a sposwoman says the department has, quote, zero tolerance for this kind of thing and that allowing porn producers to use fire trucks, is a clear violation of department policy and, john, you can understand why that would be the case. so they're looking into it. we'll have the latest for you when we get some more information. back to you. jon: all right. rick, thank you. taking you to orlando, florida now, jenna. jenna: i just need ad second after that. jon: speechless, are you? jenna: really? okay. well, there you go. we'll keep you updated on that story. in the meantime as jon said, to orlando. court recessing for lunch but not before the defense rested its case without defendant bob ward taking the stand. you might remember this name. bob ward is a millionaire developer accused of killing his wife back in 2009.

his team deciding he won't testify and that didn't stop his emotional outbursts in court. steve harrigan is live in miami with more on this. steve? >> reporter: jenna, really doesn't come much of a surprise that bob ward did not choose to testify. that's because he has had two outbursts so far. one pounding on the table when his daughter was testifying. a second time shouting out in the courtroom that he did not in fact have a $10 million insurance policy on his wife. it was just a short time ago in court today that bob ward told the judge he would not testify in his own stwens. -- defense. >> do you wish to testify? >> no. >> do you understand that by choosing not to testify that the jury will be instructed that they can not in any way hold that against you? >> yes. >> reporter: instead of relying on bob ward, the defense has posted six experts to the stand, experts who are trying to prove that diane ward had a

high level of both alcohol and antidepressants in her system the night she died. they're trying to say she was suicidal. financial experts are trying to prove bob ward would not gain financially in any way from his wife's death. as far as the prosecution goes, they are relying on original 911 call. on the call bob ward said five different times, i shot my wife. the jury is prepared to work through the weekend to reach a verdict. back to you. >> we'll continue to watch, steve, thank you. jon: the latest craze in the high-tech industry is booming despite a tough economy. new devices especially designed for students from grade school to college. adam housley has a preview for us live from los angeles. adam? >> reporter: jon, students are nor connected than ever, high school and college especially. some of these items are becoming extremely popular right now. in fact selling very well. we'll show you this one first. this is the warring pro. great for a dorm room.

heck for my kitchen. not only cooks an onlet but at the same time cooks a waffle. not bad, huh? $129. good for a dorm room and plugs into any outlet. this is a from cannon. everything from you can edit the photos on here to scan, fax. there is all sorts of new ones all blue tooth connected. this is new tablet from lenovo. it is a thinkpad. 10 inches. pound 1/2. usb port. preloaded apps. between 479 and 589. comes with its own stylus. all different items, jon. new headphones from skull candy. they fold up like that. the sound is absolutely amazing. they're comfortable as well. one. cool things we found, two small items that are pretty cool, ones that clip on. this is 4 gig, usb. like a paper clip. one of my friends gave me one when it came in the mail i was pretty excited. virgin mobile has come out

with a couple things. they have a phone and wi-fi. the motorola triumph is what this is called. pay as you go. this is the 2200. what is cool about this, jon if you want to surf internet and on the road you can pay monthly. you don't have to have a year-long contract. all kinds of stuff for the student. it is becoming very popular. this continues to grow even in a slow economy. parents and kids are buying this stuff, jon. jon: because you're making them hungry with that waffle maker. >> the waffle maker is pretty good. it make as fertita if you want to make one of those. jon: nice. or a waffle. >> i want to make one. jon: making me hungry. adam housley, thanks. >> reporter: all right, guys. jenna: republican presidential candidate jon huntsman gaining some traction in a key state. he will joins us live straight ahead taking your questions. plus what yawning says about your brain. we'll explain just ahead.

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>> hey, everyone i'm megyn kelly. we are live at the orange county convention center here in orlando, florida. a site of a critical republican debate tonight. the top two contenders will face off along with seven others hoping to knock them off their perch. we will have a complete preview what to expect including with my debate colleagues, bret baier and chris wallace who will join me right here on the set. the debate starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern. the preview starts right here in 10 minutes. see you then. jon: well, a positive sign for our next guest.

as republican presidential candidate jon huntsman eyes new hampshire, there is a new state poll out there showing huntsman at about 10%. he has gained six points since june. he is inching closer to mitt romney and ahead of national frontrunner, rick perry at least in the new hampshire poll. governor huntsman joins us in orlando where the candidates are getting ready for the debate tonight yes, you're inching closer to mitt romney in new hampshire but you're still 31 points back in that poll. i guess you will take the progress, huh, governor? >> absolutely, jon, considering we've been in the race just a couple of short months. considering that new hampshire is going to be a critically important primary state because there is no way to win over new hampshire voter other than through articulating a vision, shaking hand, walking the streets and getting to know them it isn't about air cover. it isn't about ads being put on. it isn't about straw polls.

it is about winning over the voting public. that is what you do in new hampshire and that's what we've done. jon: it is also about winning attention. you won attention from a guy whose political skills are considered among the best of the modern era. i want to play his comments for you. i think you will recognize this voice. >> jon huntsman, he is refreshingly kind of, un -- comes aas nonad logical conservative but nonidealogical, but practical. jon: high praise from the president. he went on to praise mitt romney as well. does that kind of praise help you, do you think, governor, as you're racing for a republican nomination? >> listen, i've got a very conservative record as governor of the state of utah. when people see that i'm pro-life, i'm pro-second amendment, largest tax cut in the history of the state. health care reform without a mandate, they're going to see a lot to like there. but let's not forget, jon, we have to win over some

people next year who voted for obama last go round. which have no choice. we have to put the numbers together. we have to break into the independent category. we've even got to break into the old reagan conservative democrat category in order to make the math work for whoever will win the presidency on the republican side next time. let's not forget the importance of the whole electability side of the discussion. you have to have someone who can win and someone who can lead and think we demonstrated both in our career. jon: let's get to some of the questions our viewers have been sending in. randy wants to know as a former ambassador to china we are running a $250 billion annual trade deficit with that country. are you concerned and what would you do about it? >> we have to continue to hammer the chinese on the value of their currency. we have to continue to push for market-opening measures. i lived in taiwan in the late 1970s when our trade relationship was completely upside down.

i remember in korea was toldly upside down. when we're giving level playing field our businesses can do well. i see a point in time next 10 or 20 years we'll export more and more to the largest consumer population this world has ever seen in china. when we export more which will be a great engine of growth for this economy, you will see the trade imbalance ameliorate itself is. right now we have structural problems called a currency that is not based on market realities and markets, particularly in the financial services and insurance not opening up as they committed to. you have to stay tough. you have to stay persistent and you have to hammer home in those areas where they need continued reform. jon: some of our economic problems are attributed to the fact that we import so much oil. one of our viewers, annie connors, wants to know what is your plan for drilling here now? >> well, we have a heroin like addiction to oil, 60%

so. i don't mind when it comes from canada but when it comes from dangerous and unpredictable conners of the world i say the american people have had enough. we have all the raw materials we ever need to survive as economy and 25% of the world's gdp. i take natural gas as a starting point. we did this when i was governor of the state of utah began using more to the transportation side. you can begin converting transportation fleet and converting power and electricity and begin converting basic manufacturing to natural gas. it is 500,000 jobs over the next five years. i was the first governor to sign onto the t. boone pickens plan. i think there is lot of merit in making that initial step with that bridge product called natural gas. it will be a critically important element toward energy independence which we must achieve. we've talked about it now for eight presidents. we've seen an unprecedented transfer of wealth to, for primarily the middle east. there are national security implications that are just not good at this point in our nation's history.

jon: governor huntsman, we're look forward to seeing you and the other candites on the stage eight hours from now on the big debate. thanks for joining us on "happening now". >> thank you. jenna: this fox news alert, iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad speaking to the u.n. general assembly. he used this forum to make controversial statements about israel and united states and otherwise. this statement, this speech is streaming live on our website at foxnews.com. we'll be right back. you can't change the way banking works. just accept it, man. free ? doesn't close at five ? try nature. it's a bank. what do you want, a hug ? just accept it. hidden fees, fine print, or they'll stick it to you some other way. stay with the herd, son. accept it. just accept it. accept it. just accept it. accept it. if we miss this movie, you're dead. if you're stuck accepting banking nonsense, you need an ally. ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense.

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jon: everybody take a nap so you can be sharp for the debate. jenna: good advice, jon scott. live to orlando now. megyn: fox news alert. we are eight hours away from a republican