what's up? >> is this women's basketball? >> oh, my god, the game of the century. >> the game of the century, really? tigers or crimson tide? >> lsu is number one. >> gregg: hello, i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: and i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> topping news, serious concerns for american security. we'll tell you who a senior military leader is saying a bigger threat the zblaq solyndra scandal, they want documents for the sale of the solar company. >> here comes the bride. why love birds may have to pay more just go down to the aisle and say, i do.

>> heather: but we begin with a big event in the race to the white house. coming two months before the iowa caucuses republican presidential contenders making their case at a dinner honoring the late president ronald reagan. iowa was not the place to be for everyone. two candidates leading in the polls they skipped the event entirely leaving the spotlight and the stage for five other political rivals. molly henneberg is live in washington with details. hi, molly. >> yet, cain gave a speech here in washington but they did not attend in iowa last santorum, paul, gingrich, bachmann and perry addressed the kuang us goers and spoke on domestic issues and various pledges to reign rein in government spending. >> what we need is someone who

will stand up and say, stop, month more. >> we need a wiser foreign policy. we do not need to be the policemen of the world. we do not to be nation building. we need a strong national defense and mind our own business and these wars and start bringing our troops home. >> molly: separately in the economic speeches, romney and cain laid out some of their political goals? >> the change philosophy, peace through strength and clarity. we must clarify who our friends are and clarify who our enemies are and stop giving monday to our enemies. >> for each program that we have in the government, i've been looking at them one by one, i'm going to ask this question -- is this so critical, so essential that we should borrow money from china to pay for it? >> molly: tonight cain and gingrich will face off in a two person debate in texas.

one topic off-limits according to organizers sexual harassment allegations against cain in the 90s that he has been dealing with this week. >> heather: thank you very much, molly henneberg. >> gregg: those five candidates putting their best foot forward vying for support. there is a brand-new rasmussen poll to show you. the gop hopefuls that did not attend last night leading the pack, cain, 26%, romney close behind with 23%. former house speaker gingrich coming in with 14%. this as rick santorum has visited all 99 counties in the state and gingrich is gaining steam. are we looking at a possible iowa surprise? charlie hurt joins us. herman cain may object top for

now but would you expect the bloom to start falling off the rose fairly soon? >> i don't know if the bloom will fall off the rose because of this bizarre nature of this whole scandal has unfolded but i do x-iowa to contain surprises because we have seen a couple of the big front runners in and crash. i'm thinking of michele bachmann and rick perry. on top of that, this lack of enthusiasm for mitt romney in iowa and elsewhere among republicans everywhere. it's absolutely anybody's game. throw into the mix the whole scandal and this sort of topsy nature of all this for herman cain. a guy like gingrich and santorum i would not put it passed them.

>> it's not the sexual harassment claims against cain but at times cain seemed to be uninformed about critical issues. he seems to be unaware that china nuclear weapons and didn't seem to understand a e gives defense system and made confusing statements about aboxer. he truly struggles to explain the 999 tax plan. charlie, he is a likable guy but as voters get more serious will they begin to turn to somebody who is more knowledgeable and steady? >> i think that is point. so many people like herman cain because he is an outsider and he demonstrates it. every time he gets something

wrong. we've had the experts. we've been are lying on these experts for 25 years now or longer and it's not working out. let's try a non-expert. i think that is part fltd appeal and you are right that will wear thin over time. i think that will wear thin quicker than the sort of bizarre claims that we don't know what they are. the other point is crucial cain also has not done a whole lot to organize in iowa. the most important place in the entire election for organizing is in iowa because the nature of the caucuses. that could be the biggest hope. >> he was no show of the iowa republican party dinner. perry, paul, bachmann, santorum, gingrich all of them were there. in fact here is what newt

gingrich said. take a listen. >> my colleagues, this is great group. a couple we wish they were here tonight. i always said nice things about them. i come here with very kind competitiveness but no opponents we only have one opponent that is barack obama. >> he is moving up in the polls but third place at 14%. if herman cain has history problems, they may actually pale in comparison to the former speak hero quit amid some very embarrassing problems. as he moves up in the polls will he come under increasing scrutiny? >> sure. gingrich has been put through the ringer. it's not like there is -- maybe

there is blockbuster things that we don't know about but the things we do aren't going to be suddenly front page news. they will get retreaded through the front pages of the paper. i think people are desensitized because we've heard it. this whole tactic of his about being sort of the good, nice uncle and being friendly with everybody. going attacking only barack obama and the media has worn very well for him. i am so surprised to he is a smart guy and he offers a lot to the field. he is doing so much better right now than i would have ever predicted six months ago. >> gregg: if he is the nominee he wants to charge barack obama to the lincoln-douglas debates which invites the question, which one is douglas?

good to see you. >> thank you. >> heather: the white house firing back over an unprecedented subpoena in the solyndra loan scandal, it is all but refusing to turn over more documents to the now bankrupt solar company. they issued the subpoena in a vote of long party lines. white house is questioning the committee's motivation. peter doocy is following the latest developments. >> reporter: the white house says the subpoena issued by house republicans this week is a significant intrusion on executive branch interests. in on letter to republicans, white house council says the committee should be thrilled because they have turned over 85,000 pages of solyndra related writing. earlier this week we made a good faith offer to work with the committee to accommodate the oversight concerns. you rejected our offer without explaining. i can only conclude that your

decision to issue a subpoena authorized by a party line vote was driven more by partisan poll fix than a legitimate effort than to conduct a responsible investigation. they called it a fishing expedition and sub committee on oversight chairman disagreed though. he thinks every document is relevant because he thinks white house gave preference to investors when it came to loan repayments. adding that tim murphy said this earlier today. >> the white house is trying to throw us off. if this is okay, show us in records. they are engaging n chicago style poll fix. going after people to try to throw people off the track. >> in the letter they conclude by saying they remain willing to work with the committee but they say the committee needs to know the scope of the documents they want. white house is basically saying, if they want the documents about

solyndra they need to make a wish list. they can't ask for everything. >> heather: thanks. >> joe biden warning congress against failing to take action on president obama's jobs bill saying if congress does not take action, the white house will. >> if the republican congress won't join us, we're going to act on our own to make the changes we can to bring relief to middle-class families and those aspiring to get into the middle. it's simple, we refuse to takes no for an answer. we know these steps taken alone are not going to solve our problems but they will make a difference in the lives of millions of american families struggling to hold on. >> heather: now republican senator scott brown responded to that saying the president's bill doesn't have a chance in congress but urging lawmakers to act on a different bill that he

says would create jobs. >> this jobs bill comes at a right time for the right reasons and deserves a prompt vote on the senate floor without any gimmicks so the president can sign night law right away. >> heather: his so-called stealth attack bill has passed the house, and he is calling on the majority leader harry reid to allow the senate to do the same. >> gregg: angry consumers ditching banks in droves. being dubbed bank transfer day urging customers to move their money to credit unions. outrage sparked by bank of america's decision to charge a five dollar monthly fee on debit cards a fee they have since cancelled. julie banderas is live in new york city with more. >> julie: gregg, more than 650,000 bank customers have bailed totaling $4.5 billion in

lost bank deposits. we're told many believe that tens of thousands of customers will follow suit as of today. that bank transfer day in fact started reeling people away from the banks as early thas this week. this whole thing started. it was a movement that begin on the internet on facebook. it was started by a facebook user and former bank of america customer that invited 500 friends to join her protest. he is now has over 80,000 people on her facebook page. the hope is so will employment opportunities. they blame debit card fee announced in late september as the straw that broke the camel's back saying the credit unions are more in line with the values and will do a better job of getting americans working again. >> the banks lay off employees at alarming rates.

by preying local communities, credit unions will be expanding to meet the demand. they will be hiring additional employees. >> julie: the big banks are keeping mum on whether they have seen an uptick in account closures. when asked, bank of america declined to comment but a spokesperson did tell us this today regarding the debit fees. we listen to our customers and decided 9 come pet tiv conditions in the marketplace we would not proceed with the planned fee. it's not likely the account closures are going to have much effect on these huge banks considering each have about $100 billion in bank deposits but the message is being heard loud and clear. many people turning their backs mostly on bank of america which is how it started with the five dollar debit card fee. it has since been cancelled.

away will see what other hidden fees as the controversy continues. >> gregg: pretty rare for banks to back down under pressure, this is an amazing movement, an event shows the power of social networking. julie banderas, thanks very much. >> heather: fox news weather alert, early winter blast taking many by surprise in california. kingvale seeing several inches of snow. black ice creating a driving nightmare for big rig drivers. >> it's too early for me. >> this was very unexpected. >> i only have 22,000 pounds and i made it up but i caught a few slick spots. >> it's not too much fun. >> california ski resorts, they are saying all this snow will help get the ski season off on

the right foot. maria molina, will that hold true, a good ski season for california? >> i really think so, not just for california but parts of the rockies. colorado has already seen significant snowfall already this season and just continuing with these two strong systems that are impacting out west. we have a number of advisories and winter storm warnings. you can see all the way up into montana we're looking at snowfall. first snowstorm occurring in parts of montana down into colorado. we have the second storm currently impacting parts of california where we have winter storm warnings in effect. it's a rough go if you do have any driving in the higher elevations. we're talking about over a foot. and higher elevations sometimes above 8,000 feet. that is some of the worst stuff. heading down to the valley, couple inches but nonetheless it's still enough to cause

serious problems with driving out there. we also mentioned black ice with gusty winds and rough conditions for folks out there. as we head out to the east. a high pressure system is keeping conditions very nice up to the southeast and northeast. that is way the setup is going to be the next 48 hours, nice out to the east. as far as temperatures go, it's very chilly out there across the rockies, current temperatures only in the 30s bringing down the snow. i do want to point out as we head into monday and tuesday, we are looking at that next storm and batches of heavy rain as both of the storm systems head east. that will be a big concern as we head through the workweek. >> heather: thank you very much. >> gregg: a major passing to report to you. andy rooney the lodge time contributor to 60 minutes has died. he was 92 years old.

cbs says he died last night at a hospital in new york city with complications following surgery. rooney was known for his essays that ran at the end of the tv news magazine. his commentary touched on politics to observations on the absurd it of everyday life. he announced last month that he would no longer appear every week. for his final essay, he said i wish i could do this forever. i can't though. pass away at the age of 92. he made us think about things and he made us laugh. i met him 30 years in san francisco on a ferry boat. i don't think he particularly cared to be recognized but he was encouraging and very nice man. >> heather: good news in the housing market.

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>> heather: a big drop in foreclosures, number of homeowners receiving default notices dropping 38% since july last year but analysts say it's not necessarily a sign that the housing market is improving. casey stegall is live for us in los angeles. what do the numbers look like? >> reporter: the numbers can be did he september active. nevada, california and arizona continue to report the highest foreclosure rates in the nation but overall the number of filings just as you said down across the board. we are talking about a 38% decrease in the month of september compared to september the year before, but while the rates are down, something else is increasing, the amount of time it takes to complete the whole foreclosure process.

on average it's now about 336 days, an all time high. experts say that is because the banks are overwhelmed. it's taking longer to file and markets are saturated with foreclosed properties. >> when you have a regulated supply, because there really is no demand, that is the key here today. the issue is consumer confidence is very low. the level of demand is down. so whatever supply you put on to the market, when it's incorrectly priced it's not going to get absorbed. >> reporter: the folks at realty track.com it's difficult to pinpoint just when the housing market will be out of the woods entirely. >> heather: this is good news for the consumer. >> reporter: good news for someone that is behind on their mortgage payments, especially if they live in the southwest where the rates are the highest. also if people live in new york, new jersey or florida.

in those three states, foreclosures must go through the courts bogging the process down even more. the average foreclosure takes more than 900 days to complete in new jersey and new york. more than 700 in the sunshine state. that is buying people more time to catch up on payments if behind. on the other news this is not good for the financial institutions. they are losing massive amounts of money in these loans that are being defaulted on, loans they are having a very tough time writing off of their books. >> heather: casey stegall live from los angeles. thanks. >> gregg: robber getting more than he bargained for while trying to stick up a los angeles motel. the heist caught on surveillance camera turns out. two guests who walked in are mixed martial artists for a big tournament once they realized

going on, years of self-defense training kicked in. >> i heard he had a gun and he just robbed. >> i went over around him, grabbed him and then locked him up from behind his hands and positioned him down. >> he had his hands up but i had to close out. >> danger never crossed my mind. we should have just knocked him out. >> robber said he really didn't want to rob the motel. he just ran out of options he said he needed the money for his daughter. >> heather: his lucky day. >> gregg: a sad story. >> heather: iran's nuclear program forges ahead. is islamic regime replacing al-qaeda. >> gregg: two 12-year-old boys accused of dropping a shopping cart on this mother.

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>> heather: it is the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. >> deadly new violence south of border. gunmen opening fire on a group of volleyball players in mexico killing eight people. seven others were injured. it's not clear whether it's cartel related. political standoff in sight, in greece they are trying to put a temporary coalition government. and moderate sized earthquake hits oklahoma measuring 4.7 in magnitude. epicenter was about 50 miles east of oklahoma city.

no reports of injuries or major damage. >> gregg: drum beat of a possible israeli preemptive strike around the nuclear facilities is growing louder. not everybody is on board with the military option. a new poll shows that israelis are evenly divided on whether their country should attack iran. >> israel is preparing for a possible attack on iran. [ siren ] >> drills like this one ham on a regular basis. evacuations, checking for radiation and then defending the home front. this week the israeli military tested a long-range missile. three stage solid fuel missile with roughly a 4,000 mile range capable of striking iran. sources close to senior cabinet officials tell fox news, senior ministers that oppose the strike

are now for it. they believe sanctions won't be tough enough on iran. they say israeli attack from 1981 on nuclear facility is another compelling reason to strike. reagan in administration was against the attacks but later acknowledged was the right thing to do and iraq never rebuilt it. but other analysts warned the situation 20 years ago in iraq is not like the current situation in iran where nuclear facilities are spread out, harder to penetrate and technology more advanced. white house message is this. >> it was loud and clear, don't attack. you have to do everything with us and not against us. there is no green or yeel light from the americans but the red light from the obama administration. >> they said any israeli strike would be met with harsh retaliation. at a rally in tehran, posters of president obama with the headline, wanted dead or alive.

they say the timing of the attack to do it before u.s. elections or after is still uncertain but 80% of israelis poll believe that a strike on iran would mean a multithreat war developing and hamas in the south. reena ninan, fox news. >> gregg: as she reported, tensions in iran are rising. prompting one senior military official to say iran now surpasses al-qaeda as the biggest threat to america in the middle east. how worried do we need to be? aaron david miller is a former advisor to six secretary of state and author of the book, can america have another great president. pleasure to have you with us. the united nations atomic watchdog agency about to release a report that iran has built a large steel container for carrying out tests with high ex

most thaifs is used in nuclear weapons and iran carried out a computer modeling of a nuclear weapon. is there any doubt that tehran, despite denials is trying to build nuclear bombs? >> i don't think there is any question that they are committed to a nuclear weapons program and one is a deliverable device. pakistanis, north koreas israelis sought to develop weapons and they got there. there is no question about that. there is also no question in my judgment that sanctions and diplomacy for sure are not going to be able to delay or retard or prevent the iranians from acquiring the weapon. that leaves the default position which is a military strike either by the israelis or by the united states. again point three, there is no doubt that a military strike

certainly by the united states could do considerable damage to iran's program, but the question that everyone needs to ask. the israelis are clearing asking themselves the question -- isn't this just like mowing the lawn? you are going to retard the iranian program for a while but once you change the regime the development is going to be mor development is going to be pursued more intensely and the cost will be considerable. oil at $300 barrel increase on american forces. a clandestine war with iranians throughout the entire region. maybe even some more legitimacy to an oppressive regime which right now had a lacks a lot of legitimacy with its own public. this decision is going to have to be to be taken and evaluated very carefully.

>> gregg: iran is a major oil exporter, it could retaliation by closing the strait of hormuz where 40% of all traded oil passes. would that wreak economic chaos throughout the world? >> i don't think the iranians frankly over time close the strait, but look at the absence of libyan production. 1.3 million barrels of a day, given the fragility of the recovery and sensitivity of markets, forget greece and potential problems to other possible defaults in western europe and fragility american recovery and attack on iran is going to rattle these markets and keep the international community on the edge of its seat for quite a while. >> gregg: the threat of nuclear retaliation proved to be very effective deterrent for the soviets during the korld cold war. of course, they were rationale.

i'm not saying to said of the that ran. mullahs are religious fanatics, in islam there is an end of time scenario and they think it's already begun so mutually assured destruction is not a deterrent. it would fail to contain a nuclear capable iran? >> it's a critically important question. 60 years with the former soviet union, only once in october of '62 did we even come close to the possibility have a nuclear change. certain rules and routines were developed by the two countries and the prospects of nuclear war between them were simply unacceptable. here you have a different calculation. there is no question. i was chevy chase circle, if i

was living in downtown tel aviv or jerusalem, i wouldn't trivialize or dismiss for a minute the possibility of the dangers of an iran with a nuclear weapon. how could anyway? it doesn't mean that an attack is likely, but it is certainly possible once the iranians actually acquire these weapons. so the stakes on this one are incredibly high and our options for dealing with them aren't great. >> gregg: no good options here. david miller, good to speak with. >> you coming up, fox military contribute are robert scales joins to us discuss the iranian threat from a military angle. >> heather: former governor stand up against washington. now says he's had enough with the u.s.a. and he is considering moving south of the border.

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>> heather: u.s. about to hit a major milestone. national debt close to the 15 trillion dollar mark. so with toll athorized congress, can we jumpstart our economy and cut into this debt? let's bring in our power panel. ellen ratnor and liz we will and first time joining us, thanks for being here. we really appreciate it. >> ellen, i'll begin with you, the problem is not the debt? >> the debt is a little out of control but not really our problem. our problem is how much of our debt is a percentage of our gdp.

if we can reduce our debt, we can reduce our debt. jim pinkerton has an idea of medical enterprise zones. we have to consider what our strengths are in medicine and technology and had build on that and invest and kept people working. >> we're out of control. $15 trillion. how much of it is gross domestic product. what percentage. they want to bring it down to 18%, 20%. that is what the issue is. some economics people feel is healthy. question is how much? >> we're in a freefall here. it's past the tipping points. a good al analogy, cancer gets out of control. how do we control it? we went through the clinton

where sexual harassment was considered dating and now we're seeing that with the debt. 2.2 million people unemployed by february. >> but you know when we talk about the money and you talk about optimism. you do think as we as a country we very optimistic people. are we giving up? no, we're americans. we're americans. >> this is a me as the at this seize. >> and the unemployment. we wanted to talk about that. because it ties in. a stunning report shows how bad our jobs crisis really is. most unemployed americans, they have now been out of work for so long they aren't even getting jobless benefits anymore. that speaks to the exact point you were making. >> not only unemployment, there are people that would rather sit home and collect unemployment

than get a job. >> we've seen that. we can't do that. >> why not -- listen, i worked in mississippi after katrina. governor barber did an amazing thing. he talked for skilled people to get back to work. we need to have targeted plans depending on what that state's economy is. >> you have industries like the apple industry, a lot of apples weren't harvested because a lot of the illegal immigrants are the ones, they are afraid now because they are afraid of things amplifiers collapsing. >> why aren't american citizens taking those jobs? >> many people aren't taking jobs, want jobs and can't get them. >> there is a big gap of skills that are not matching up with

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>> heather: a judge dismissing a lawsuit from jesse vintura. he said that airport pat-downs amount to unreasonable search and seizure and he is threatening to apply for a mexican citizenship. he has lost his patriotism altogether. our panel is back. thanks for sticking around. i would promise i would begin with you. >> he is crazy.

angry man. get your mexican citizenship, fine. if you want to do that, out of here, man, that is it. >> i mean, he is a former navy seal. go to mexico then. >> i have a totally different view. >> here is a guy that was really wasn't kom become governor he was able to tap into a vein. but i think he understands from the angle we're seeing from occupy wall street and the tea party. >> but he should not run away, run away from the problem. >> but unfortunately he is doing that. >> accounting out. two 12-year-old boys accused of critically injuring a mother with a shopping cart.

she was hurt while walking out of a target store in harlem. the shopping cart fell from above. the older boy tried to discourage them but he eventually turned them in. >> she was trying to buy things for indicator for kids. >> what should happen? what do you do? >> the whole big thing, they don't want to be in juve. the mother is saying, i'm a single mom. the kids do need help but there has to be something else. >> the penalty as much as treatment. juves have a terrible reputation in country but the neighbors complained. i don't think they can kom back to the community. >> but to be four floors up and throw it down. and still do it.

>> the woman may die. >> she is in critical condition. >> so on a lighter night. brides you have been warned, wedding planners are so fed up with questions, they charge a fee by the hour or the e-mail. so the more you change your mind the color of the flowers, it's five dollars per e-mail. >> wedding planner, i think you sign up for that. >> i can't blame her for charging. it must be a nightmare dealing with all of these. >> they feel the market can bear it. >> it's ridiculous. come on. >> heather: charge them and the

bride zillas deserve it. >> but maybe that will be a thing to come out of kim kardashian situation, it's not about the wedding, it's about the right person. thanks for joining us. >> gregg: new public enemy number one for the united states, what a top military official is now saying about iran. the military angle coming up.

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>> gregg: hello, everyone. i'm gregg jarrett. glad you're with us. >> heather: i'm heather childers. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. topping the news this hour, greece on the brink of economic chaos and now their financial troubles are threatening europe and the u.s. economic recovery. >> gregg: a lesson in crisis management of weathering a political storm has herman cain still stays atop a series of polls. can he put on hold the old allegations of sexual harassment? >> heather: and fed up with big banks and fees. many americans opting to pull their money out of some of the country's biggest banks today. where they say you should put your cash.

>> gregg: republican presidential contenders getting a chance to court hawkeye state voters at the iowa annual ronald reagan dinner, one of their biggest political events just before the big caucus in january. this year two of the front runners chose to pass on that event. herman cain and mitt romney were no shows. molly henneberg is live in washington with more on that. hi, molly. >> yes. mitt romney and herman cain did not attend the dinner. they both gave economic speeches yesterday here in washington. five other donald dates were in iowa trying to win over the party faithful. it wasn't really a debate, but a chance for the candidates, rick santorum, michelle bachman and others, to tell what they would do as president and why they should get the republican nomination. >> i am the only candidate in this race who had a national --

at a national level has balanced the budget four consecutive years, led an effort across the system for the first tax cuts in 16 years, led an effort which led unemployment to drop to 4.2%. >> america is not just about taxes and spending. it's not just about the size of government. it's not just about the economy. they realize and they understand that we can not have limited government without strong families. >> meanwhile, in their speech, romney and cain were promoting their political visions and in some cases, going after the president. >> his fundamental error is that he believes government creates jobs. he's wrong. he puts his faith in government. i put my faith in people. >> i'm a businessman. because you see, the politicians, they want to

propose stuff that will get us -- have a chance of being passed. businessmen will propose solutions that will fix the problem. we need to fix problems in this country. >> cain and newt gingrich will go together tonight in houston, texas n. a debate sponsored by tea party activist, it will focus on what to do about medicare, medicaid, and social security. gregg? >> gregg: molly henneberg in washington. thanks. >> heather: the global financial crisis now drawing thousands of protesters to the streets of italy. they're calling for the resignation of prime minister berlusconi, up in arms over his handling of the economy, including a decision to let the international monetary fund oversee italy's economic reform. now berlusconi has called for another confidence vote in parliament. the critics say he may not have the majority support to overcome this latest challenge.

>> gregg: in south korea, financial uproar of a different kind. this one over a free trade agreement with the united states. nearly 3,000 protesters rallying against that proposed deal, saying it will lead to an influx of more cheap goods, which they say will have a negative impact on local businesses and the agriculture industry. the u.s. has already gradually to the deal, but it's unclear when and if south korea lawmakers will give their approval. >> heather: a massive multi-car pileup in england, killing at least seven people and injuring more than 50. the accident happen last night in southwestern england. the number of dead could rise as police search the debris. that's because the cars were burned to the ground in what some are calling the worst traffic accident anyone can remember. police say the road conditions were difficult at the time of the accident. that was because of heavy fog and rain. >> gregg: police now say a driver will not be charged for

striking three people at an occupy dc protest in washington. apparently the driver had a green light at the time. witnesses told officers the pedestrians either ran toward or jumped in front of that moving vehicle. all three were brought to area hospitals with nonlife-threatening injuries. >> heather: and in texas, a deadly bus crash carrying students and faculty on their way to a children's home to do mission work. abilene christian university bus going off the highway and overturning friday, near balancinger, texas. ejecting several people on board, killing a 19-year-old student, injuring 15 others. last night this, a candlelight vigil held in abilene for the victims. >> gregg: some extreme weather to tell you about. an unseasonably early snow storm bringing wet weather to the southwest. a dropping snow from california all the way to arizona. look at that. meteorologist maria mo molina is

live in the fox ex tree weather center. >> we have two storms, one bringing in snow across california, into arizona, and there is a second one a little further off to the east bringing snow across parts of montana, north dakota, all the way down into colorado and both of these storms are bringing in unseasonably cold temperatures. temperatures are ten to 20 degrees below what's normal for this time of year and unusually early snowfall for the region. we're not expecting very impresssive snowfall amounts. just a couple of inches across most of the region. but one of the big problems here is the wind all along parts of the dakotas, into parts of new mexico. winds gusting 40, 50 miles per hour at times and some wind gusts of up to 60 miles per hour are possible as well. where we have some of the snow falling now is from montana, into portions of colorado, just a couple of inches. if you look at accumulations of a foot, that would be along some of the highest elevations. new storm system in california, rain along the coast. and also higher elevation snow.

as we head further to the east, very tranquil. high pressure in place. no rain in sight from the northeast to the southeast. maybe a shower or two right along the coast of the southeast, along with gusty winds due to an offshore low pressure system. look at some of the current temperatures. gregg, in the 30s across parts of the rockies. >> gregg: 30s. okay. if we must. thank you very much. >> heather: the white house firing back saying no to a subpoena in the slipped vertebra scandal, claiming the republicans are going overboard and driven by partisan politics. the committee chairman is saying that the white house could have avoided the situation. peter doocy reports from washington. >> the white house says that the subpoena issued by house republicans this week is a significant intrusion on executive branch interests. in a letter to republicans, white house counsel says the committee should be thrilled because the administration has already turned over 85,000 pages of solyndra-related stuff,

writing also, quote, earlier we made a good faith offer to work with the committee to accommodate its concerns. you rejected our offer without explaining how it fell short. i can only conclude that your decision to issue a subpoena authorized by a party line vote was driven more by partisan politics than a legitimate effort to conduct a responsible investigation. that letter also called the subpoena a vast fishing expedition and they credit john dingell with thinking of. oversight and investigations chairman disagrees. he thinks every document is relevant because he thinks the white house gave preference to investors ahead of taxpayer when is it came to loan repayment. adding to that, republican congressman tim murphy said this earlier today. >> white house is trying to throw us off. this if this is okay, be forth coming and show us the records. they're engaging in chicago-style politics, going after chairman stern and others and myself trying to throw

people off the track. >> in their letter, the white house concludes by saying they remain willing to work with the committee, but they say the committee needs to narrow the scope of the documents they want. so the white house is basically saying, if republicans want their documents about solyndra, they need to make a wish list. they can't just ask for everything. heather? >> heather: peter doocy in washington. thanks. >> gregg: the senior american military official is now saying that iran has surpassed al-qaeda as the top threat to america. the white house is now applying diplomatic and economic pressure on tehran in an attempt to stop its nuclear program. but the president of israel claims the world could soon see military action against iran. joining us now is retired u.s. army major general robert scales. also a fox news military contributor. general, always good to see you. how far along do you think iran is of making a nuclear weapon is this. >> i think it's just engineering and manufacturing, gregg.

to overcome most of the technologycal materials, symptom pile material, and then develop the nonnuclear components. particularly the high explosive, imploding charged to set off a plutonium bomb, then get the weight down below two tons, made it to a rocket system to deliver and then sadly, the job is done. >> israel's president peres says his country is moving closer to military action. if the israelis were to launch a tactical nuclear strike there, what would be the response? >> oh, well, the response would be two fold. first of all, it would remove any internal dissension within iraq and probably within the iraq world against the existing iranian regime. and secondly, it would -- there wouldn't be much of an impediment to the overall

creation of a nuclear capability for iran because they're so well dispersed and so well dug in and so well hidden that a single tactical conventional strike against the iranian nuclear capability i think would just delay the deployment of a system by a year and 18 months. >> gregg: what, if anything, should the u.s. be doing? >> well, i mean, continue to apply pressure, of course. but this is entirely in the iranian court. they're at a stage now, technologically, if they want to finish this, they can. one alternative over the long-term is to deal with the nuclear armed iran, but a tactical nuclear strike by the israelis or us would delay the inevitable. >> gregg: how worried should we be that inrather could give a nuclear bomb to a terrorist group like al-qaeda? >> of course that's the

nightmare scenario. it's this collusion of a high-tech power like iran joining forces with a terrorist group to deliver a nuclear weapon not by rocket, but by containership to the united states. that's the nightmare scenario. that's what is different between 1956 or 1981 in iraq because if you have a country that has the will to do it and you have a terrorist group that's willing to deliver it, that clearly is a nightmare scenario for us. >> gregg: i was talking with aaron david miller in the last hour, he served six secretaries of state. i pointed out that during the cold war, deterrents worked because moscow and the kremlin were reasonable and rational, which is not what tehran is all about and the mullahs. is iran such a radical, if not maniacal regime, general, that it would likely not flinch at launching what it would regard

as armageddon? >> who knows, gregg? this is an ideology that goes far beyond anything we ever faced in the cold war. they have such a twisted and contorted world view, shaped through their radical religion that there is no way that we can do i guess what you would call conventional deterrents against this threat because the mullahs i don't think would be put off by any sort of conventional deterrent systems. try as we might, if these guys want to deliver a nuclear system, they're perfectly capable and in my opinion, idealcally prepared to do it. >> gregg: last quick question, it would appear economic sanctions so far have not worked. diplomacy hasn't worked. >> no. >> gregg: deterrents may not work. and so we are essentially stuck, absent a military tactical strike, we're stuck with a nuclear iran and all of the incendiary threats associated

with it. >> amen. that's the nightmare scenario. clearly if iran does get a nuclear weapon, we have to reestablish the defense of triad. we have to return to a retaliatory plan that the iranians are aware of. the great fear i have is a parallel growth of nuclear capability throughout the middle east. talk about a powder keg. can you imagine the saudis develop ago nuclear weapon? what a world we'd face if that ever happened. >> gregg: major general, thank you. >> thank you, gregg. >> heather: apparently fed up by too many fees, thousands of customers are turning their backs on big banks and instead, they're flocking to credit unions. it's part of today's nationwide bank transfer day. julie banderas is live in new york we citi with the very latest. hi. >> yeah, this whole movement was started on facebook by a former bank of america customer, a disgruntled one, i might add, who was angry as well as

thousands of others who were angry about bank of america's attempt to charge the 5-dollar debit card fee back in september. after outrageous replies to that, they since canceled and backed off of that. but now it has cost them hundreds of thousands of customers. in fact, just as today, bank transfer day, more than 650,000 bank customers, big bank customers i should add, have walked away from their banks, turned their backs on their banks and instead, deposited their money into credit unions and that money so far has totaled some $4.5 billion in bank deposit totals. the organizer started by invite 5:00 friends to invite her protest. she has 80,000 people attending bank transfer day on her face back page and the number is growing. the hope is so will employment opportunities. disgruntled customers are blaming that debit card fee as

the straw that broke the camel's back, saying the credit unions are more in line with their values and do a better job of getting americans working again. >> every dollar can make a difference on the local level, that clearly if you don't feel a business' practices and ethics are in line with yours, then you shouldn't do business with them. >> so the big banks are keeping mum on whether they've seen an uptick on account closures in recent weeks. credit unions haven't been shy about the surge in new business. they're enjoying the nation's largest credit union navy federal credit union has seen them go up by 38%. it's unlikely that the accounts that close today will have an impact on the huge titan banks like bank of america and others, which has 26 million checking accounts. so with each bank having

$100 million in bank deposits, it will probably have very little effect, but the sentiment is echoing nationwide that people are fed up with banks taking advantage of their money. back to you. >> heather: thank you very much. julie banderas live in new york city. >> gregg: millions of americans still out of work and washington in gridlock over what to do about it. now there is a new bill coming up on monday that tries to link veterans to the deal. our political panel will weigh in. >> heather: and tempers flairing in connecticut. why many are still in the dark one week after a freak snow storm knocked out power. congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology

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>> gregg: welcome back. quick check of the headlines. tens of thousands of angry customers threatening to dump the nation's biggest banks to move their money to credit unions or smaller banks. the governor of connecticut announcing an independent investigation into last week's winter storm power outages.

the investigation will focus on storm preparations and response of the state's two major electrical companies. police in tennessee searching for this missing mother. karen johnson swift. her husband reported her missing last sunday. >> heather: new figures out this week showing barely any improvement on the jobs front. the national unemployment rating october sitting at 9%. meanwhile, the president's $447 billion jobs bill was rejected on capitol hill. on monday, democrats say they will try a new approach. will this help spur hiring? joining us now are nancy, the president of media speaks strategies and democratic pollster margie, also president of momentum analysis, llc.

thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> heather: so i will begin off the very top and ask about this plan. everyone agrees that we should support our veterans. but will this bill pass and will it work? >> nancy? >> i think it might pass, but unfortunately, i don't think it will create jobs. this type of approach, what it does is at the margin t might push an employer to hire a veteran if they have one of those rare job openings that we're seeing, but it's not going to create an additional job opening. so i don't think it does anything to change the very anemic job forecast that we're seeing. remember, the fed lowered what we're seeing right now just last week, lowered their projections even further. so i'm afraid this might be good for veterans, but not good for job creation. so i think we just have to be clear eyed about what the legislation will and will not accomplish. >> heather: what do you think, margie? >> i think it's interesting to see all the different kinds of bills the republicans are consistently oppose and see if

this is one they'll support. they have been on the opposite side of where voters are consistently, even a majority of republican voters want to see people who earn over $250,000 a year pay a little more in taxes. some of these bills that have been discussed in congress are actually talking about revenue for people over a million dollars and republicans still reject that. so it will be interesting to see on monday whether republicans are going to go along with the will of the people. >> heather: nancy, is this more of a public relations type ploy by democrats, do you think, and they're kind of trying to nail down republicans and say, look, we're going to make you really look bad if you're not supporting veterans? >> this is ridiculous. it's a veterans policy. it is not a jobs policy. the republicans and the senate have done the right thing to fight this most recent, ridiculous, almost half a trillion dollars throw away more taxpayer money under the guise jobs bill that obama is doing this time because we've already

spent a trillion and it hasn't created jobs. we lost 3 million jobs. what the republicans on the house side have pointed out is that they've passed between 15 and 20, depending on whether you believe the speaker or the majority leader of the house, jobs bills in a bipartisan fashion on the house side that the senate has not acted on. the same senate ha hasn't passed a budget in 900 days and i'm sure the american people are frustrated about that. >> i don't think the american people would characterize as a throw away things to veterans. i think people would see this as important given the fact that we have returning veterans from a decade in war. so to say this is a throw away, waste of money is the exact kind of political -- >> heather: margie y think anyone is arguing that point. >> i heard the word throw away. >> it is a veterans policy. it is not a jobs program.

so they are throwing everything under the category of jobs and this is not going to create jobs. i am sure you will find economists on both sides of the philosophical spectrum who will tell you that. you are not doing anything to create jobs. all you're doing is making sure that that job opening is more likely to go to a veteran, which may be a very worthwhile thing, but it is not a jobs creation bill. >> meanwhile, the republicans idea of a jobs plan is completely throw away -- talk about throw away -- deregulate industry, so we have more toxins in our environment. i talk to swing voters all around the country and never once has somebody said, will someone please allow more toxins in my environment that. would make me so much happier. i feel really better about the direction of the country right now. >> heather: on that note, i have to wrap you up. but thank you so much. we really appreciate. margie and nancy, thank you very much for your insight. we appreciate it and the debate

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>> heather: it is the bottom of the hour. that means it's time for the top of the news. former heavyweight champion joe frazier is seriously ill with liver cancer. the 67-year-old boxer reportedly under hospice care. >> gregg: the house of representatives now considering allowing robo calls to your cell phones. first inn need to overturn the consumer protection act prohibiting prerecorded voices to sales. >> heather: andy rooney has died. during his career, he pondered everything from shoe laces to

god. he died last night at the age of 92. >> gregg: greece's debt crisis threatening to send a global economy into a big tail spin. the greek prime minister narrowly survive ago confidence vote that brought his government dangerously close to a default, sparking a series of protests on the streets of athens. now the race is on to secure billions in loans needed to keep greece and consequently the rest of the euro zone from collapsing outright. greg is streaming live from rome. this looks like it's far from solved for greece. what's happening? >> gregg, that's right. it's very interesting. gorge papandreou passed that confidence vote last night, or in the early minutes of this morning. but that was just one thing. what he's trying to do now is form a larger government, papandreou meeting with the greek president today, basically with the goal of saying we need a bigger coalition government to get the bailout, everybody on

board for that bailout, something that papandreou said yesterday was perhaps greece's last chance to get its books in order. but it's very tricky because you have a main opposition figure right now saying forget the large coalition government, something planned for four months. he said, let's have elections as soon as we can. that could really be a sign of instability, would not be good for europe, would not be good for the global economy. gregg? >> gregg: all eyes seem to be on greece these days, but what about italy, which is in dire financial straits as well? >> that's right. italy has some of the same problems. a big debt. it's a much bigger country. also has a prime minister who is holding on by a very slim majority. berlusconi, there was a major demonstration in rome today. tens of thousands of people out in downtown rome, the opposition party, the main opposition party calling for berlusconi's resignation. they've been doing that for a long time. but the movement has been gaining some strength. that's because berlusconi has

some internal problems and also because he's getting pressure from europe. italy is now being monitored by the international monetary fund. that's a bit of an embarrassment for such a large country. the third largest economy in the euro zone. basically the imf is just trying to say, we've got to watch it so you really do put those reforms into action, gregg? >> gregg: greg burke streaming live from rome thanks very much. >> heather: herman cain's presidential campaign continuing to weather a media storm over sexual harassment accusations. the candidate being judged on how well he's handling the crisis and so far, the results are pretty mixed. his polling numbers, at least those remain strong. how does cain navigate the dos and don'ts of damage control? here now public relations and image consultant frazier sidle.

thank you for joining us. >> thank you. >> heather: so tell us, has he handled this correct from the very beginning or did he make a mistake off the top? >> no, he's handled it miserably from the beginning. he hasn't been organized. he hasn't been prepared. what happens in a case like this is you say, mr. chairman, what happened? let's read the transcripts. let's get our stand-by statement ready so that when this thing hits, we are prepared. he's done it miserably. but interestingly, heather, as of yesterday, he began to turn the corner. >> heather: as of yesterday. and how so? >> because yesterday everybody expected that the woman or one of the women on the other side was going to go public and this woman who was decided she was going to refrain from going public so her lawyer came out and said that cain is lying, where there is smoke, there is

fire. nobody listens to lawyers. nobody believes them. so what we have on the record as of now is herman cain saying i did not have sexual harassment with that woman. all i did was compare her stature to that of my wife who is short and that is what's on the record. and unless and until there is someone, one of these women on the other side who goes public, herman cain now can put this thing behind him. >> heather: but does he just sit back and depend on that, that, in fact, one of these women, i think it's three at this point -- will not come forward or is there anything that he should do to be pro-active from this point forward which he really wasn't to begin with? >> what he's got to do now, heather, is stick to his story. what he has said over and over again is all i did was compare this woman's small stature to that of my wife. she saw it differently.

there was a sexual harassment case. my view is different than hers. that's all there was to it. and that's the end of it. what he's got to do now is stick to that story, say, i've said it. let's move on. and he's got to hope that there is no woman lurking in the wings to come forward. >> heather: how about this, though, and you touched on this at the very top of the segment. his lack of being prepared when the initial allegations came forward. obviously he knew this was there in the background. he knew that this was a possibility. is that an indication of his ability as a businessman, which really is what he's run on during his campaign, and do you think voters will take a second look at that? >> no, it's a very good point. it's an indication that he is not ready for prime time. it's very unpresidential. it's not what you would expect of a president. no. clearly this has hurt him.

the real beneficiary of all of this is mitt romney because mitt romney has wanted to stay in the background from the beginning. he doesn't want to pique too early and he was hoping there would be enough distractions in order to get him to the primaries. this has been with herman cain a doozy of a distraction. it's helped mitt romney. >> heather: a doozy of a distraction. thank you so much for joining us. we appreciate it. frazier, thank you. >> thank you. >> gregg: you probably seen this disturbing incident, a texas judge repeatedly hitting his handicapped daughter. just surfacing on the internet years after it happened. yeah. he's lashing her with a whip. he's not going to face criminal charges, by the way. we're going to talk about it with judge jeanine in just a moment.

>> heather: officers catching a curious black bear on the loose in washington state.

it took fish and wildlife agents three hours and three-run quillizer darts to capture the young bear. ouch. he has been spotted several times in the last week in the northwestern part of the state. apparently the four-year-old had a thick coat of fur that blocked the darts. before he came to, he was released back into the mountains where he belongs. >> gregg: well, at least he didn't come down on a trampoline. bear on the trampoline. never gets tired. texas judge caught on videotape beating his daughter will not face criminal charges, but his legal problems may not be over as yet. we have to warn you, this videotape is very graphic. >> bend over the bed. bend over the bed! >> gregg: hillary adams, 16 years old when she secretly recorded it, she's 23 now. that means the five-year statute

of limitations expired. judge william adams, who presides over child abuse cases, believe it or not, is off the job while a judicial conduct board investigates. why did the girl decide to go public so long after it happened? just jeanine pirro is anchor of "justice" with judge jeanine. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> gregg: this is just horrible. he's essentially lashing her with a thick heavy belt. >> he lashed her, i think it's a total of 20 times in seven minutes. he keeps telling her to bed over and get on the bed and mama comes in and adds a lick of her own. and his complaint is that she apparently downloaded video games and music. she knows the beating is coming, especially he comes in the room, he turns out the lights. she knows that's a signal, so the neighbors won't see him beating her. so seven years later, she says i've had it. and he issues his statement after she uploads it on the youtube and he says, look, the truth is that i threatened to

cut her off financially and take away her mercedes benz and now she's lashing out at me essentially. >> gregg: when does the sort of corporal disciplinary punishment that a parent engages in sometimes cross the line? >> that is the age old question. that's what this controversy is really about. what right do parents have to beat their children? is corporal punishment allowed? the answer is absolutely yes in every state, as long as it is reasonable and as the d.a. myself with these cases, you have to look at whether or not this crosses the line from a parental discipline to a crime. >> gregg: does it? >> well, in this case it really doesn't. >> gregg: really? it doesn't? >> because the statutes of limitations has passed. the question is, was she injured? i have before me the texas penal code, 'cause this happened in texas, and the question is, was there bodily injury? there is no question she suffered welts and she says the next day she could barely walk,

to which he responds, good. so a d.a. could subjectively make a decision that he or she wants to go forward with prosecuting. chances are they probably wouldn't get a conviction. it's not what i think. it's what the law allows. corporal punishment is allowed. he says she was stealing property. and i have to tell you, we're talking about this on my show tonight, people are split on this one. the old spare the rod, spoil the child mentality. and the law recognizes you can hit your child. >> gregg: yeah. the judicial conduct commission is taking a look at whether or not he should be on the bench as a judge, especially presiding over child abuse cases. given this, how do you think that's going it turn out? >> i think the smart move by the judge was to move him out of the family court, basically he's a county court judge at law. but interestingly enough, gregg,

one of his fellow judges in the family court says i don't see how he gets passed this. so it's before the texas commission on judicial conduct. the issue will be censured. he's running for reelection in three years. i doubt this is the kind of person who is going to get reelected based upon where we are now. but make no mistake, he's fighting. he's got his lawyer coming out and saying, look, she did this thing for the money and we're upset with her because she's a piano prodigy. she dropped out of college. she was in carnegie hall. >> gregg: she suffers cerebral palsy. >> that's right. >> gregg: that adds something else to the equation here. he's beat ago handicapped child. >> horrible. horrible! i agree with you on that one, gregg. and i think that what's going to happen here is that there is either going to be a change with him not hearing these cases or with him off the bench, but i think it's a signal to other parents that even though he may get away with it criminally because of the statute of

limitations, this isn't something that is good to do. >> gregg: judge jeanine, thanks very much. sad story all the way around. you can catch "justice" tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern time. >> heather: the next presidential election nearly one year away. who is leading the race for the republican nomination? one of the nation's top pollsters joins us next. and they say all good things come to an end. daylight savings time is no different. can you believe it's that time of year again? don't forget to turn your clocks back tonight and enjoy the extra hour sleep. >> gregg: a little extra snooze will be good. >> heather: never hurts anybody. >> gregg: we enjoy that. eico really save you 15% or more on car insurance? host: do people use smartphones to do dumb things? man 1: send, that is the weekend. app grapgic: yeah dawg! man 2: allow me to crack...the bubbly! man 1: don't mind if i doozy. man 3: is a gentleman with a brostache invited over to this party? man 1: only if he's ready to rock!

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>> heather: despite intense media scrutiny over sexual harassment accusations, the latest rasmussen poll shows herman cain is still leading the field of gop presidential hopefuls. joining us with more independent pollster and president of rasmussen reports.com, scott rasmussen. hi, thank you for joining us. >> happy to be with you. >> heather: first of all, with the initial poll that we just showed, surprising that you think that herman cain has managed to hold on to the lead? >> not really. voters are behaving pretty prudently in this. they're saying let's wait and see if there is more

information. theory key fact to that poll is 32% of republican primary voters say they're certain who they're going to vote for. so there is plenty of time for people to change their mind. it's still a race between mitt romney and i'm not mitt romney, and there will be two in the finals. >> gregg: i love that. hadn't heard that. scott, you did dig deeper into the herman cain allegation, what people think of them. what did you find? >> initially 39% say it was at least somewhat likely that these charges, the allegations were both serious and true. an equal number, 38% said i'm not very -- not very likely. but most people didn't have firm opinions. only 11% were saying it's very likely that these things are serious and true. 17% said no, not at all likely. so people were waiting to see if more information came out. most republicans, though, believe it was deliberately planted by another republican campaign. >> heather: scott, i do know an area where people definitely

have a firm opinion and they're not waiting around and that's whether or not they think that america is better now than it was five years ago. they have a certain opinion. >> they sure do. 18% think it's better. overwhelmingly people say no. we looked at the numbers five years ago today. 41% of americans then said that they rated their own finances as good. today that's down to 30%. back then, people were evenly divided as to whether things were getting better or worse. today, 20% say better. 50% say their own finances still going downhill. >> gregg: you know, various candidates have their tax proposals, be it the 9-9-9 or flat tax alternative and so forth. what did you find when you polled people will whether they thought those various plans would get enough money into the government coffers or not? >> this whole topic is difficult to poll on because everybody has a different plan. people like the idea of a simpler tax code, but don't like specific plans. right now only 29% are worried

that these various plans will bring in too much revenue to the government. 41% are concerned they won't bring enough. i think what this reflects is people aren't looking to pay more in taxes. 64% of us still think we're overtaxed as a nation. but at the same time, they don't want to pass on even bigger burden to future generations. they're looking for somebody to come forward with a plan to address the larger deficit issues. >> heather: scott, this is something until i did the reminder for folks at home a moment ago, i was going to forget about daylight savings time tonight. but the people think that it's worth the trouble? >> there is no real strong feelings on this. but 32% say yes. 45% say no. and today, 10% mistakenly believe that they're supposed to turn the clocks ahead. so if nobody catches them first, they'll show up awfully early for church tomorrow. >> heather: it's spring forward, fall back. >> gregg: yep. get a little extra z's.

report. scott rasmussen. thanks so much. >> heather: thanks. >> look forward to seeing you next week. >> gregg: all right. >> heather: that does did for us. >> gregg: you going to enjoy a little extra sleep? >> heather: i am, now that i've been reminded of it. >> gregg: or do extra exercise. >> gregg: or extra at church. >> gregg: that's going to do it with us. don't forget, set your clocks back, not forward. >> heather: thank you, bye. congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company,

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