tonight. she left the italian prison a short time ago. the we now where is she headed? the appeals court threw out her conviction today. she served 4 years in prison for the vicious murder of her british roommate. we have more coming up live in italy. but first we were in donald trump s office when it was announced. he has been in contact with his parents and we spoke about the space his meeting today with gop candidate, herman cain. >> nice to see you. >> nice to see you, gretta. >> i want to talk about politics but first amanda knox verdict came down a short time ago. you have some connection in this case? >> coy in the sense i helped the family. i felt very, very badly for the family and her. i never felt she did it. i watched very intently, like everybody else and there was just no way she was involved in that.

i did help them out. i feel very, very happy about it. i said boycott italy until they release her. it was really an injustice. i would get on that plane so fast if i were her and get out. >> i'm surprised you didn't send one of yours for her. >> i think one. your networks is sending them. >> have you spoken to her parents? >> yes, i have. >> tell me. >> they are lovely people. she went there for a short period of time to learn italian, and guess what, she learned italian, that's the only thing she got out of the trip. >> it's extraordinary after all these years amanda knox is coming home. >> it's amazing, it's great. i think she maybe will be a star. she's really good. i think she's a good person. i feel it was horrible what happened. i thought the italian prosecutor was a horrendous person with a terrible background and a terrible record, and it's great that she is coming home. >> of course, i feel deeply sad also for the family of the british girl who was murdered. obviously the jury said they

decided it was not amanda knox, but left a terrible tragedy for that family. >> the whole thing was a tragedy for the families and everybody but amanda did not do it. >> she's coming home. >> all right. i originally came to talk to you, what was your impress? you had a meeting with herman cain. another candidate that wanted to meet you. >> i did, and i was really impressed. i told him, herman, you should be really proud of yourself. you have done an amazing job, a really great job in terms of, and this is an individual so we won't use the word branding, but in terms of really setting yourself up for great things. whether it happens or not, just great things. i think he's done an amazing job, a great job. >> what was your impression? what would you say. >> a terrific guy, smart, energetic. we had a great time. we were together for about an hour and twenty minutes. we just enjoyed t i think he enjoyed it also. >> are you surprised he has surged and in a very risky

business, someone is up, someone is down, someone is up, someone is down? but are you surprised? >> i'm not surprised after meeting him. he's just a very interesting guy, and he comes out with some very specific plans and lots of other people aren't coming out with a real specific plans. and, you know, i just liked him very much. as a person i liked him very much and it's one of the reason he surged. >> there's a pilgrimage to see you. >> we talked about that a little bit. the fact is i represent a large group of millions of people that really like what i'm saying about china and about opec and about lots of other countries that are just ripping us up. this country is a poor country. our country, hard to believe, is a poor country and we are poor not because of all the other things people are saying, we are poor because other places throughout the world are just ripping us. they are just stealing our money. they are taking our money like we are babies. now we have other problems, but

our biggest problem in terms of what's happening with the united states is china and opec and others just taking our jobs, manufacturing, just manufacturing virtually everything for us. we don't have jobs anymore. we buy everything. you know what we do? we service our elderly, we service people from healthcare. but that's not like bringing in money. it's really very sad when you see what's happened to the united states. and i discussed that with herman, and i discussed it with mitt romney and rick perry. people understand what i'm saying. but i represent a large, large group of people. millions and millions of people. i was leading in the policy, greta. and there was a reason and that was the rain. i think they want to hear what i say about it and people are starting to get it. very simple. >> aren't they also look for your blessing, your endorsement? since you were leading in the

policy one time they think it might be smart to go out and grab your supporters. >> i think that's true but i think maybe it's a little beyond that. i think they realize i have a strong group of supporters that agree with what i'm saying and they are not hearing it from other people. i think that's why they come up. yes, i think they like my endorsement. >> and you haven't given one yet? >> we didn't discuss that today with herman. >> isn't that what they are angling for? >> yes, i do think so. honestly he didn't say that but i do think so because i think i carry millions and millions of people that see what's happening to this country, and i know why. and i deal with the people on the other side. i deal with china, i deal with mexico, i deal with the opec nations and i have many of them right in this building in terms of tenants that pay me rent and they laugh at the stupidity of us. >> you have spoken to many of them, and the two businessmen in the race are governor romney and mr. herman cain. compare and contrast their business experience and where you think it's an attribute or

stronger or something more important. >> i don't want to say stronger or not stronger. they both have great business credentials. >> different or the same? >> very different. governor romney did lots of things with companies making them better, taking companies and making them better and making them work. that's a great thing. he work for companies like pulse bury and some tremendous companies and then he ran a company very successfully. so they really both have very good business credit -- credentials. >> in terms of job creation, would you look toward governor romney's experience or mr. herman cain in who do you think has the resume only in terms of job creation? >> i think both could and frankly i don't want to be in that position yet. it's too early. i'm also studying things. i just know this, obama has to be defeated. we have to get this country back. we have to take our country back. the world is just taking pieces just like a shark would take

from whatever. the world is taking pieces out of us. we have to stop it. i was very impressed with herman cain. i was very impressed with governor romney. and frankly at some point i'm going to have to make a decision as to what i'm doing, including governor perry. >> how do you make that decision? what are you looking for. >> well, i don't know, but i'll make a decision. >> mr. cane has a 9-9-9 program in terms of his tax program. have you reviewed it? >> i did and we discuss it had at length. >> what do you think about it? >> it resonates. at least it's a program. i haven't studied it but i'm not an economist, although i have a nice education but the truth is it's a program. obama really doesn't have a program. our president does not have a program. candidates have a program. he has the 9-9-9 and it has resonated amazingly well. he was telling me he was at a recent big dinner, and he mentioned the 9-9-9 in florida,

and then he won the straw poll because people want to hear specifics. he's come up with a program that's specific. whether you agree with it, maybe it's 10-10-10 oregon maybe it's 7-7-7, i don't know. but he has a program and it resonated and he did very well in the straw poll. shockingly well and i think everyone else was very surprised. >> president obama in an interview referred to himself as an underdog going into this 2012 race. your thoughts on that? i don't think it's an underdog at all. he has a constituency and he has a group of people pulling for him. he's a democratic, strong. i think he probably is not doing very well. let's face it, the economy is doing horribly but i would never call him an underdog. >> is he responsible for the economy at this point? >> at this point he is. vice president biden said he was responsible.

it will be three years very soon and he is absolutely responsible right now. it should have been turned around and it's probably getting worse. you look at the stock market, you look at what is happening. it's probably getting worse. it should have been turned around by now. >> in terms of looking at the race, the timing of the different primaries, it's a big deal. florida has now alienated many people involved in the process. what do you think about 1/2 sort of jumping the line and moving their primary up? >> i think it's a mistake. i think it's an embarrassment to the republican party. nose reason for it because now everybody else is just going to move theirs ahead of florida so what are they doing? they are taking their time. leave it where it is. i think a lot of other people agree with me that it's a mistake. >> and the first primary early in january probably. i know you said you haven't endorsed anybody, haven't made a decision, but do you have some sort of timetable about when you are going to. >> probably somewhere around there, before the primary. again, i think they are coming up for endorsement.

i don't think we talk about endorsements but i think they are all coming up for endorsement. and again, millions and millions feel the way i feel. i think it will be sometime prior to primary time. >> you will do it on our show before you do it on kneel cavuto, right? >> we will see. what's your thoughts on the protesters? >> i watched them and they looked very well dressed and probably half their parents wok for wall street or wall street related groups. i'm looking at the way they are. this is not a poor group of protesters. >> does that matter? >> no, it doesn't matter. but this isn't like a protest i have been used to seeing over the years. >> poor people probably can't come down and protest. they have to work. maybe in some ways people with mormon can come down to protest. >> there's a reason to protest, our country is doing very poorly. i sort of cherish the protests because in one way i may not agree with them as a group, but

i do agree it's time to protest and the things we should be protesting is how poorly our country is doing. we have to make our country -- not people, did you our country rich again or we can't take care of medicare or social security or medicaid or any of other programs. we are a poor country right now. we are a country that is being eaten alive by people and other countries that couldn't careless for us. they are at economic war with us. if we don't do anything, then medicare is some trouble and social security is in trouble. we could get our economy going again, you wouldn't be mentioning social security or medicare anymore. you won be mentioning it. you wouldn't be talking about tax increases and all the things that people are talking about. what we need is a strong economy and a strong country. we don't have a strong country anymore. >> what about congress? congress has always had low approval ratings but right now they are really at the bottom of a lot of the rating numbers. what's your thought on congress? >> congress deserves a low

approval rating. look what they are doing? they are fighting like a bunch of children. what they are doing is horrible. i've never seen anything like it. i've been watching the scene and been involved since i'm a contributor for many, many years. i have never in my life seen what's happening in congress. >> how do you turn that around? it seems like everyone who comes to washington says i'm going to be the passionate conservative, i'm going to cure the logjam, whatever it is, and everyone comes in and thinks he can do the best job 'baseball we can't seem to get out of the logjam. >> turn it around with one word, leadership. the president, the leader, has to get everybody together and get them to do what's right. everybody knows what's right. you have to get them to do what's right. >> how do you identify a leader? >> you never know how to identify a leader, it just happens. there are some people would can lead and some people can't. you can have people saying the exact same things in a room, i've seen it, same words and one room will go along with that person and another room will not

go along with that person with the same words. you don't know how to define leadership, but some people have it and some people don't and we don't have it in washington right now. >> all right. some in the republican programs have a program and some don't. how many have the leadership qualities you are talking about? >> you have a lot of fine leaders. the hard thing about leadership you don't know until you throw them into the water. i see it all the time on the apprentice. some look fantastic and others don't look good and some are stiffs and some don't work out. you don't know. you know when they are tested. you know when they are tried. >> that's a little late. that's appear the vote. >> it's too bad. you can get an indication, but it's too bad. often teams you think somebody is going to be fantastic. look, i wanted president obama to be a great president. when he was first elected, you can go back, go out there and do

it. i thought he was going to be the greatest cheer loader for this country. instead he's become a negative force. he's negative. everything is negative, it's their fault. there's nothing positive. he talked about change. change was wonderful, the concept is wonderful and i didn't support it, but when he got elected i thought, great, you've got to support him now because he's our president for four years. he's not done a good job and he's been very negative and he's getting more negative every day. it's very frightening for this country. >> in terms of leadership, you said we learn after someone is thrown to the fire essentially. is there anyone you have spoken to, any of the potential nominees and you think wow that person was leadership qualities? >> yes. >> who? >> i can't tell you. >> give me aahing. >> i'm not going to do it. >> man or woman. >> not man or woman but there is somebody that i think is very good. >> governor christie, is he in, is he out, a lot of pushing and

prodding. doou think he will jump into the race and number two will he be any good. >> he's a very good friend of mine, he's a friend of minor years and years. he has a lot of property. i don't think he's going to run. he will be a formidable foe for everybody there. >> why? >> because he's smart, sharp. >> he's got very little job experience, he's been a governor for a year and a half, before that he was a u.s. attorney. >> a u.s. attorney. >> but that's great for law enforcement. >> that's a pretty big job. it has to do with law enforcement and that's also what the country needs, a little law enforcement, especially at the borders. >> but compare that to president obama. he came in with relatively little experience, as well. and he -- i mean, governor christie wows the republicans with sound bytes, and they both bring no job experience to the job. >> well, gretta, i just know him

very well. i think he would be great if he decides to run. i personally don't think he's going to run. i think he will do a very good job. if he decides to run. i don't think he's going to run. >> is the field complete? >> i believe the field is complete, yes, as a republican field. >> covered, thank you. are you going to run? >> we will see what happens. now if the question is will somebody run against president obama, i find that to be a very interesting question. and whether it be early or will it be as an independent candidate on the liberal side? i don't know. i'm hearing rumors that somebody will run against president obama. >> within has own party? >> forget about him. just the war itself. he was going to get everybody home and take them home. the war is worse now than ever and when we leave, as sure as you are standing there, as you know, and i have said it, iran will take over the oil fields of iraq and what have we done, as an example, that war. the other war is another

catastrophe. if i'm a liberal and say i'm against the war, i will say this, if president bush stayed in office and kept fighting the wars, they would have riots in the street now. with obama not now but maybe started. >> you give me a little tease. who do you think would challenge the president. >> i don't know. i hear numerous names. i don't want to mention them but i hear numerous names challenging as a liberal independent or maybe against hem in -- him in a primary. very interesting. you would love it. >> thanks, sir. >> thank you. >> and straight ahead, a decision is expected very soon. governor chris christie to announce whether he will run for president. so which way are the latest signs pointing? what's the inside story. that's coming up. plus a moment for college student amanda knox, convicted in an an italian court of viciously murdering her british

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>> we are all trying to figure out the answer, and it could come at any moment. will governor chris christie city make a run for the presidential nomination or not? he has said noily a million times but that's only fueled the fire. now everyone from kissinger to nancy reagan is offering up support. and we are on the governor christie watch, but yes or no? >> i think all signs he's not going to get in. i think he's flattered by all in place and i think he has the pieces in place ife decides to do it, he can do it. but it's the timing. it's not he said no a million, billion times already, and he said 90 days before the first poll. >> now do we hear we will hear at the end of the week. >> he's reconsidering. we heard his wife changed the

mind and isn't as opposed but you have it in your heart at the end of the day and he's been very clear he doesn't. if he decides to turn the switch on, there are a lot of donors ready to come to his side, but the reality is the first filing deadline in state primaries are in just two weeks start. you have to start at a dead stop to happen. it's such an uphill task. some have been running two years. >> and one story is the iowa governor, terry bran stad said i would love to see him run. and he's like all the republican candidates but i made some sort of reference comparing him to reagan that is the gold standard for the republican party i guess. that sort of energizes him. on the other hand the new jersey paper said christie's record undergoes national scrutiny. that's when you begin to feel nervous. that's when they come in and

descend on your record, that's unnerving. >> it's like they are admiring them from afar. they look across him on the dance floor and says that's who i want to dance with and then you get up-close. and it's the same dynamic. perry wasn't going to run and then into the race too months ago and then go to the highest of highs and now he's in a real rough spot. the national execute any, it's so difficult once you are in the race to try to contain it when others have had their records vetted over a period of years. >> and the impact of endorsements. donald trump . how much does a donald trump endorsement matter? they are all making this pilgrimage. >> i don't think he moves votes in lodge part. >> why do they see him. >> because its easier to have him on your side than not.

and you don't want to anger donald trump in any way. you want to make sure you pay respect to him and honor his business record, honor the packet if a he's such an immediate superstar and can draw a crowd to interviews and all that. but i don't think he's the type of endorsement that despite any type of bump he had early on in the policy, to say voters will follow donald trump 's lead. >> what about sarah palin? >> herself imposed deadline -- >> i mean for endorsement. >> i think it means more than donald trump . sarah palin was backers, a core group of committed folks who are behind her and can differentiate the candidates in a primary. they will go for the same voters. there are people that would love to see her run obviously in iowa and elsewhere. i think that's a more coveted endorsement than donald trump . if she's inclined to plain the primary, she can play king or queen maker. >> how about governor mike huckabee who took iowa in '08,

how about his endorsement? who wants that one and what is that worth. >> i think mitt romney would absolutely love it. it would be a chance to really change the game for him because you would have that voice of support from someone who was a former rival. clearly he's got a group of people that are still talking about him running. dewell in iowa last time around. ultimately voters make their own decision. these guys have to be out there working it on their own to get votes. >> and an endorsement doesn't make a difference to me at all. it's fascinating and i love to watch it, it's interesting, but it's never persuaded me about the candidate. >> i think it's rare there's an endorsement that absolutely change the direction of a candidacy but it's an important value day tore. if you are a candidate to talk about your business record, for instance, to have donald trump onboard. and you play to evangelical voters, maybe huckabee would be helpful. >> and i the one in the

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>> an absolutely stunning scene. an italian appeals court throws out the four-year-old murder conviction against amanda knox. the judge ordered her freed immediately. she collapsed in tears as she's removed from the courtroom. she spent almost 34 years in

prison for the violent death of her british roommate. tonight she's free walking out of her prison home of four years. it is extraordinary drama that's captured the world's attention. fox news correspondent amy joins us live from italy. amy. >> amanda knox and her boyfriend were acquitted both of murder and sexual assault today. in the appeals process that lasted almost a year. now knox gave what many are saying was very compelling testimony this morning. final statement punctuated with tears and said i am not what you think i am, i am not a promiscuous, and i am for my life for something i did not do. jut of six plus two judges deliberated until the evening. what could have happened?

her 26 year sentence could have been bumped up to life or shortened or dropped so it was a cliff-hanger until the end. at the end the judges and injure decide she was not guilty of murder not because the evidence didn't stand up but in the end the jury didn't believe they were guilty of murder period were they didn't see a murder in the evidence that was out there and some of the flawed dna evidence. however they did find knox guilty of slander, having faultily accused a bar owner of a murder of british exchange student meredith kercher. but the sentence for salonder is three-year amanda has already served four in prison so she's free to go home. that will probably happen tomorrow from rome. others here are not convinced that knox is innocent. there were some jeers of shame from outside the courthouse from

those who believe they are guilty or don't believe it all stacks up. and somehow the sole person who remains convicted, and that is rudy, who is a drifter and small time drug dealer from the ivory coast could have carried out the murder himself. and the murder victim's family clearly is it not believe justice has been done for meredith. they teal what happened to her and her memory has been lost in all the drama. they released a statement saying we respect the decision of the judges, but we don't understand how the decision from the first trial could be so radically overturned. they are still saying they hope the truth will come out. greta. >> amy, is the kercher family saying they believe amanda knox is the murderer part of the murderer do they say justice hasn't been served because they haven't found out if anybody else besides them were involved? >> they spoke at a press conference today. i was there. i listened to meredith kercher's

mother and sister and one of her brothers and they didn't exactly say they believe amanda knox is guilty and rafael also, but they did say they were very satisfied with the findings of the first trial, the original trial in which those two were convicted of murder and sexual assault. and mrs. kercher, the mother, even said that maybe they murder ed meredith because she represented something that they western. i think they were careful in the way they spoke about it today but we will hear from them again tomorrow and whether they will intend to pursue it any further there. is one more chance for either side to appeal this decision. but if for some reason the court decided a final trial and the supreme court that knox and her boyfriend were in fact guilty again, it would probably be too late. knox will be back in the united states and there's no indication that the u.s. would be willing to extradite her if the court decided to go after this again.

greta. >> amy, thank you. >> and do you have a jobs solution? when you hear his idea, you know it is sure to draw some fire. congressman brooks joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening. >> what is your jobs plan? >> you look at the hispanic center study on the number of legal ailiance in america and the number of jobs they have, that's $7.4 million, illegal aliens in america. a quick way to create jobs in america is to remove those illegal aliens from the community. that frees up 1.4 million jobs that american can seek. >> a couple quick questions. i assume -- you say get rid of .4 illegal aliens. how are you going to do that? >> by all means possible. it might be through the standard deportation process, it might be what the state of alabama has done in making it so onerous for employers to hire illegal aliens that they are much more careful in their hiring processes.

in the state of alabama we have a significant number of illegal aliens that are leaving our state. and arizona it occurred there after they got tough on illegal aliens. the best way is for the federal government to implement a sound program that people know if people they are hiring are lawfully in our country and 23 they aren't, they won't get jobs and they will leave of their own accord. >> there are other problems. many people illegal in the country have children who are american citizens. >> correct. >> under your plan what do you man to do with the american citizens? do you expect them to be received in the home country of their parents? >> i expect their parents to take care of them. that's what i do with my kids. i would expect illegal alien parents to take care of their children. if it means the kids go back home with them, that's what happens. if it means there are legal relatives in the runs -- united statements that can take care of

them, that can happen to. but it's the parents responsibility, not the government. >> and the people who are here, illegal aliens, some are paying social security, correct? >> correct. >> but they don't collect it. >> that is correct. >> and purely numbers basis, if we were -- 7.4 million people as you suggest, we are going to have a lot of people on paid social security and now we have morph a problem on the social security. >> i disagree. >> we've been sort of hosing them on the social security. >> that's one small part of the overall tax subsidies the illegal aliens get in the united states of america. i was reading today the problem with all the studies is so much is based on assumption so you have to penetrate the assumptions. in this particular study the estimate was a $99 billion tax shortfall. when you look at the taxes that are paid out because of illegal aliens and the money that comes in because of illegal aliens, a $99 billion shortfall at the local, state and federal level combined because of illegal

aliens and that's just simply asking people to follow the law. >> some business people would refer a pass to citizenship or some sort of workers' program. they say they need -- that many of these jobs illegal aliens are doing are jobs that american citizens don't want. >> i disagree with that too. if you look at it from a purely economic perspective, we have a lot of illegal aliens of that taken over segments of the construction industry like masonry or framing or roofing in my neck of the woods, poultry. >> how about agriculture? how about picking food? >>. >> we used to have food picked and used to have houses built and we used to have chicken properly processed and it was americans that did it. if we are going to continue to utilize those goods, then what's going to have to happen is that the employers are going to have to elevate the wages in order to attract american workers to do those jobs. it's supply and demand. it will happen because we as americans are going to continue

to want those goods and services that are now being done by illegal aliens at cut rate wages. >> any support from the leadership inst house? >> can't say. at this point we have lamar smith that deals with e verify and that will be first out as i understand it. it's already gone through the judiciary committee we will see how that plays out. there's a conflict between the language in my bill and congressman lamar smith's. but the principal is simple. my bill deals with allowing states and local governments to assist the government with the illegal alien problem in the states. and izona, the state of alabama and other states, we at the federal government level have been derelict in our duty. we should be sending them thinking notes, not lawsuits. >> congressman, thank you. we will be watching to see how far your bill gets. >> thank you. >> coming up, $250 million. may sound-like a wall street bonus but it's being paid out to state workers and is it your state? and it's caught on camera.

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workers mixed chemicals. they have not found elevated levels of toxic chemicals. back to you. >> out of control overtime is crippling at least one state. a new report says state employees racked up $250 million in overtime last year in connecticut. some prison workers made 150% of their regular salary in overtime. so are workers trying to pump up their pensions by this as well? is the government letting them get away with it? investigative reporter john joins us. good evening. what is going on with the state overtime in connecticut? it sounds huge, $250 million in one year. >> there's been a lot of outrage about it, that's right. $250 million out of a payroll of about $4.3 billion and that amounts to about 6% of the whole thing. if you look at the five big departments where it's happening, the corrections

department and the department of mental health, the corrections department had $65 million of overtime last year, and that's on top of a payroll of abt $300 million or so. so that's about 20%. there's an effort right now that's been undertaken by the administration to get this under control. the report you were talking about was the first effort to get a grip on it. what they did, they made a report on all of the state's departments and how much overtime they are getting, person by person, position by position. some of them are getting 189% of overtime. that's above their regular pay. what they want to do is make the commissioners of the agencies where this is happening accountable for it and try to get them to redistribute the overtime because it has a short term effect of just a lot of extra money that you could save

by hiring more full time people. but other thing people spike their overtime in the years on which their pensions are calculated. if they get jobs like the prisons or state police, nurses, you get to work for 20 years and retire at whatever age at about 50% of your salary. so you can push up a $60,000 a year salary to average of $100,000 in your pension calculation years, you can retire on basically your salary and live another 40 years or so on the pension. >> all right. now this is a study done by the governor. how did you get the study? >> i asked them for it. we had done some stories earlier in the year that raised questions about how much overtime there was

>> they prepare the report and they will ask the managesser to cut down on people in the other departments. they want to 10%. >> i have to go, but studying the numbers and i read in "hartford current" and i wonder how many other states have a similar situation. thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> straight ahead, a rude awakening from an uninvited guest. you will see what made a bear pay an early morning visit to one family's home and you will see their photos.

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