secretary of veterans affairs. commander-in-chief of military order of the world wars and major general michael winnington commander of united states army, military district of washington. >> as some of the dignitaries are introduced attending veterans day ceremonies including the commander-in-chief, president obama will lay a wreath at the tomb of the inknowns on this veterans day, on the 11th day of the 11th month, 2011. jenna: we're glad you're joining us us on this special day, november 11th, 2011 a jon just mentioned. we would like to welcome you to "happening now." say hello on this friday. we'll bring you back to arlington cemetery. this is one of the most prow found moments where the president lays the wreath. veterans day is time to reflect on those lost and as

well as those serving. we want to remind everybody it is a day to feel proud of our veterans wherever they are across the world and in this country. and we celebrate with you today. jon: more than 40 million worn the uniform in service to this great nation and we thank each and everyone of you and honor your service and your sacrifice because we know they have been many. outside the tomb of the unknowns there in arlington, virginia, arlington national cemetery. if you have never been there and a great many people have, it is one of the most visited sites by tourists in washington. if you have never been there to see the tomb of the unknowns and see thousands and thousands of headstones marking those who made the ultimate sacrifice as well as graves of others like president john f. kennedy and his brother, senator edward contend i did, it is a magnificent place to spend

an afternoon or a morning. i was there this past memorial day with my family and it was, it is just a remarkable, remarkable place. the television doesn't do it justice bringing you to the majesty the solemnity of arlington national cemetery and those guards who stand guard duty outside the tomb of the unknowns as you see there are some of the finest that our military has ever produced. the story behind what they do is absolutely compelling and amazing. 24 house a day, rain or shine, they are there and doing phenomenal service to those who have served this country. jenna: we expect to see the president any moment now as jon was mentioning. the dignitaries some of them were listed ahead of this ceremony. the president will be making remarks on this veterans day and we will bring you those remarks live. that is the wreath, getting

a close-up look and i believe the camera is zooming in on some of the arrivals. we expect the president to arrive. jon, as you mentioned tradition to lay the wreath today at the tomb of the unknowns and although arlington obviously a very holy place for our nation, we have three members, 22 million, 22 million living american veterans on this day. jon: i mentioned 41 million have served. approximately 22 million alive today. we believe this is the, all right, there is mrs. obama there on the left of your screen. she will be joining her husband at these ceremonies today. arlington national cemetery. jenna: earlier this morning at white house there was a breakfast for veterans. this is part of a day that is again, of a lot of celebration. there is probably a parade in your hometown. there is one not too far

from us in new york city that is one of the best parades around. jon: mrs. obama has just announced her cosponsorship of a plan to try to increase employment among veterans in this country and there is the president. there are approximately 860,000 unemployed veterans in the country at this time. about 6.1% of the unemployed in this country and mrs. obama and the administration are announcing plans to try to reduce that number, to try to reward those who have sacrificed so much. now, the wreath-laying and a moment of silence to follow.

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[moment of silence] [background noises] jon: the moment of silence now concluded, the president will be making remarks at arlington in just a bit. we will take you back there when his address begins. he is also heading for

san diego a little later today. he will make remarks to our armed forces on the deck of the uss carl vinson there in san diego. so this holiday a very busy holiday for the president. joining us now, geraldo rivera, a man who has covered wars all over the world including the war in afghanistan, a war that, well, you came on board 10 years ago this month. >> imagine, almost a decade i've been here at fox. came to work on november 14th. november 16th i was already in pakistan and two days later through the khyber pass in pakistan. i wanted to come here to follow our brave men and women into war. to get us that people that got us to grieve justly at the world trade center and the pentagon and pennsylvania. i've been covering this pete, 10 times in afghanistan and 10 times in iraq and over place in between, all the rest of it. i met many of these guys. came to love them.

some of them are my best friends. it's been amazing. jon: we're going to pause here for just a moment to mark the clock striking 11:11, at least on the east coast, on this the 11th day of november, 2011. in other time zones you can wait an hour, maybe two hours to mark that for yourself but, what a day. 11/11/11. here at least on the east coast it is now 11:11. this was armistice day, originally. this was the day that marked the war to end all wars and they really thought that is what it was going to be. that has not proven tock the case human nature being what it is. >> as long as people attack they will always, sadly always as been in the history of human experience there will be war. we have to count on men and

women who sacrifice so much. that is not just the bravery in the field. that is what everyone has to remember. it is the sacrifices of these families. a 22-year-old soldier goes overseas. he leaves behind a 20-year-old wife who has a child. maybe she is pregnant. they're separated for a year's deployment. it has been so you have on rough on some people. tiny percentage the american people service because of abolishment of the draft. sacrifice disproportionately for money some say is chump change compared to the sacrifice. the wounded warriors come back and face unemployment, it is just outrageous, a national scandal. we have to do so much more to help those who have done so much for us, those families that suffered so disprofortunately. on my office wall upstairs here i have pictures of gis no longer on earth, killed in action. it something that has marked me profoundly and the people around my brother craig who

have traveled with me to so many places. going to the army game at yankee stadium tomorrow to honor them. a guy who started as a lowly major, full bird colonel staying with me at the house tonight with his family. i am so honored to have seen them up close doing so much, risking so much. often paying the ultimate price. jon: of course the war in iraq is winding down in two months or less. we will not have soldiers on the ground there, active duty soldiers. iraq, i'm sorry, afghanistan we still have 100,000 troops on the ground 10 years after that conflict began. >> well i don't necessarily disagree with the president's decision to pull out of iraq. i would have like to left some compliment behind to at least run our drone program against the bad guys. afghanistan will wind down. we will see an end of this war on terror, at least in this intense combat phase but in the meantime and unless and until we do, and

even in peace, let's honor those who wear the uniform of the united states and have served us so proudly and so selflessly. jon: when the president makes his remarks at arlington we will take you back there live. meantime, let me toss it over to jenna. jenna: let me jump in there. we will go back to arlington, as the wife of a veteran i can say this is proud day for our country. yes, we remember the wars and those who have been injured and passed on but we also honor those who are still serving or who have served our country and it is a happy and proud day for us all. we'll continue our coverage of course. we have other news to get to as well. a new poll showing three republican candidates for president very close, herman cain, mitt romney and newt gingrich. bret baier will join us next to take a look at the field. also honoring all those who served our country in the armed forces, continuing coverage at arlington just ahead on "happening now.".

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jenna: we have a great story on this veteran's day. a gold star mother vowing never to forget, honoring the son she lost in 2002 while he was serving in the u.s. navy. today catherine cross ending her tribute journey right here in new york city at the veterans day parade, against one of the best parades around. rick leventhal is at the parade live with more on this. hi, rick? >> reporter: jenna, a rare sight in new york city, 5th avenue almost completely deserted. the parade route lined with people thanking veterans for their courage and sacrifice. the parade will come up 5th avenue and passing this way past the viewing stand. one of the women in the parade is a woman who has been crisscrossing the country for the past several months thanking the veterans

and. her name is catherine cross. >> thank you for your military service. i do this for them because i'm hoping they know that their service is remembered and appreciated. it is important to me that they know that they're not forgotten. we're going to put your card right here where you can see it, okay? my son, tyler, he was 20 one years old. he was serving in the navy. i lost him on january 15th, 2002. it brings responsibility, it does to your heart. you feel that need to serve as well. i'm cathy from the gold star moms. i have a greeting card for you. we started mapping out all the mothers across the country and friends and it turns out it went all the way from maine to california. i said how fun would that be to travel there and see our veterans with my friends in route and that's what we did. hi. >> how are you? >> this help ad great deal to be able to share and connect with the families and with the veterans themselves and their

experiences. i come collecting the hugs i can't have anymore and they share with me and it's just absolutely wonderful. >> reporter: how long do you keep doing this? >> as long as i possibly can. it would break my heart truly to have to start. i love what i do. >> reporter: catherine says she will keep thanking servicemembers not just on veterans day but every single day. jenna? jenna: i like catherine. a navy, a navy mom, rick. i might be partial to the navy a little bit. >> reporter: she is a real sweetheart. >> thank you, rick, very much. we were going to state with rick a moment to look at parade. we're going back to the president at arlington national cemetery. we expect him to be speaking any moment. and make some remarks. let's take a quick listen. >> please be seated. ladies and gentlemen, as we begin today's ceremony we will present a special tribute to america's veterans.

since the 1700's generation of our military men and women have established a legacy and resolve and determination that exist in our country today. following the attack on pearl harbor america's greatest generation stepped forward to chisel their place in history at normandy, midway and around the world. peace was short-lived however, as the world was thrust into the nuclear age and became polarized between the forces of democracy and communism. ♪ . jon: tribute to our servicemembers underway right now at arlington national cemetery and all across the country. president obama is slated to speak to this crowd. when the president steps up to the microphones we will take you back there live, "happening now.". >> places like pork chop

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♪ . jenna: back to arlington national cemetery right now. we expect the president to speak. let's go ahead and take a listen to this opening prayer. >> celebrate and honor american veterans. we join with americans all across our land in ceremonies around the world to thank our veterans for their love of country, their dedication to excellence, and their commitment to service. we give thanks for families who have stood by their

military men and women while they were deployed, and today, stand by them as they invest that same love of country, dedication and service in civilian life. we pause this morning to remember rand -- and pray for those who continue to grieve the loss of a service member no matter the generation or time of service. in this hour, we pledge to care for veterans and their families as they adjust to living with the wounds of war. may they know that their sacrifices were not in vain, and that a grateful nation takes time today to honor them for the great gift of freedom. bless our servicemembers who continue to serve in harm's way in afghanistan, iraq, and in locations around the world. hear our prayer for veterans.

we pray with gratitude, amen. jenna: that was the opening invocation for this ceremony that is takes place again at arlington national cemetery. we expect to hear from the president probably this hour. he will speak for just under 10 minutes on veterans day. we'll bring you live for those remarks but meantime we'll move to other news. jon: fox news of course is america's election headquarters and there are a number of candidates out there who would like to the take the job of that man who is about to speak as commander-in-chief. a new "cbs poll" shows three republicans within striking distance of each other. topping the list, businessman herman cain. he has 18%. followed by former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former house speaker newt gingrich who appears to be on the upswing. let's bring in bret baier, the anchor of "special report.". one thing, bret, these numbers are likely to change

a lot after people start voting in the caucuses and primaries still ahead. >> we're about 55 days, 57 days away from the iowa caucuses. that is a big moment. it is a big moment because it is the first voting we'll see in this whole process. we've been talking about it for a long time. but those are actual votes and we spent the past year, the fox news reporting staff has been in iowa for the past year following different folks as they make their decision who they want to vote for on the caucus day. it is an amazing hour we have tonight at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. here is just a little sample. july turns to august and the straw poll fast approaches. >> ames straw vote send as powerful message. >> the stakes rise. >>ing we're getting fired up. >> with each passing day. >> when you look at my record of results it best of any candidate in this race. >> august 11th.

>> what are you going to do? >> the iowa state fair. >> i will give my answer. >> and romney's back. >> if you don't like my answer you can vote for someone else. >> so if you're a political junkie, if you want to know how the caucuses work, if you want to know the history, this hour really is behind the scenes and it is something to tune into, 10:00 p.m. eastern tonight. jon: whoever wins the iowa caucuses will obviously have all kinds of momentum into the races that follow after. >> that is how it has worked in the past and it hayes been at times a slingshot for people who have lower in the polls actually that finish well in iowa and then go on to capitalize on that momentum. should mitt romney win iowa, it will be a different ballgame heading into the spring. jon: it will be on 10 1/2 hours from now, right? 10:00 p.m. eastern time tonight? >> yes. jon: bret baier, we'll also catch you on "special report" this evening at 6:00. >> thanks, jon. jenna: not too far from

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the top stories we're following for i around the world today. mathematics reveling in today's date of 11/11/11 apparently not alone. egip egypt's -- egypt's great pyramid was shut down amid rumors a religious ritual was planned there. an attorney for one of the women accusing cain of sexual harassment is putting plans for a joint news conference on hold saying they were unable to coordinate it, at least for now. the family after major league baseball player kidnapped from his home at gunpoint still waiting to hear from his cap, to -- captors. investigators believe wilson ramos of the wash -- washington nationals is still alive but they have very few leads. jon: there is new fallout at penn state over the child sex abuse scandal. the board of trustees is meeting after questions are raised how much former coach

joe paterno knew about the allegations of jerry sandusky. sandusky accused of abusing eight boys over 15 years. the number of accusers is actually growing. now the school is saying assistant coach mike mcqueary will not be at tomorrow's game because he is receiving death threats. david lee miller at state college, pennsylvania, to fill us in on some of the details. >> reporter: here is the latest. the meeting of the board of trustees is taking place behind me and ended a few moments ago. the bored of trustees did what they promised to do establish a special committee to look at the child abuse scandal. ken frazier will chair the committee. he said they will look into procedures an policies that need to the be changed. he said, i quote we'll get to the bottom of this mess. students, faculty, alumni will serve on the special committee. charm of the board of trustees also spoke. said the board is committed to restoring public trust. here is more of what he had to say. >> special investigation

committee has been established and we're working to identify the members. there will be full accountability for those found responsible. >> reporter: there was also a call at the meeting for quoting now, civility and class especially in the context of the fact that tomorrow the team is going to have its last home game of the season. one of the trustees called for a new standard of sportsmanship. it is against this backdrop though that as you mentioned, one of the members of the coaching staff is not going to participate in tomorrow's game because of death threats. he is mike mcqueary. the backstory there is, if you look at the grand jury's report in 2002, a witness was identified as a graduate assistant who allegedly, who saw the alleged abuse of jerry sandusky of a 10-year-old. that graduate assistant told coach paterno but never intervened and never went to the police. that graduate assistant has since been identified as the man who is now an assistant

coach on the team, mike mcqueary. the school issued a statement about his situation, saying and i quote, due to multiple threats made against assistant coach mike mcqueary the university decided it would be in the the best interest of all for assistant coach mcqueary not to be in attendance at saturday's nebraska game. lastly, jon, a pep rally that was supposed to be held today has now been canceled. instead the students are going to hold a vigil in honor of the victims of the alleged abuse. back to you. jon: david lee miller at state college, pennsylvania, thanks. jenna: david lee to talk about the victims at the conclusion of his report and as well rest of this week. that's what we want to start with, fred teece, a former federal prosecutor joins us now. fred, as far as the victims rights legally what way do you see going forward? of the eight we know off at least in the grand jury report and the many others that could be out there? >> jenna, the way i see this unfolding i see many of the

victims bringing a lawsuit against the university, against joe paterno, against jerry sandusky and against the second mile club. under a lot of different theories in the commonwealth we have to address these types of wrongs which would include, assault, battery, intentional infliction of emotional distress and they can seek money damages and punitive damages including counts for such things as civil conspiracy. i think quite frankly the maelstrom of lawsuits is going to start. i think these people have a legitimate lawsuit and a legitimate grounds. jenna: fred, is there a statute of limitations for any of this? thinking of charities being founded in 1977. we at this point are just at the beginning of this investigation and in many ways. is there a limitation? >> we are, jenna but, you know, as you've seen with these cases against the catholic church that go back 25 and 30 years there are circumstances under which the statute of limitation can be tolled or don't apply. particularly ones you look

at when you represent people such as these. if there are any conduct of individuals the target of the lawsuit such as sandusky, paterno or any of these people or the university to hide what they did, that is what they would call to or stop the statute of limitation until they could or should have known they could have brought a lawsuit. jenna: what about the victims, that is very much in the minds of many of our viewers how do we protect them moving forward? will identities be protected? >> that is interesting. unfortunately when the lawsuit begins their identities won't be protected and if there is criminal matter they would end up having to testify. one of the things we need to do is make sure these young men who are members of the second mile club are also protected. that's the job of both law enforcement and any lawyer who represents any plaintiff in any of these cases. your job is to understand that you are representing someone who has been victimized in the worst way, who needs you to be circumspect, exercise good

judgement and take every step that you can, both inside the courtroom and outside to protect your client. jenna: there's a few other side stories to this, including a federal investigation that has started this week as well into the university of pennsylvania, as well as an investigation if we understand, early reports in texas, there was a bowl game where sandusky was and apparently he threatened one of the little boys if you say anything you want to go home, i'm not going to let you -- how big, legally do you see this being? how many years is this going to take to properly try this case? >> well, you know, interestingly under the federal investigation we'll see what happens. i understand under the cleary act they can get up to $27,000. that is civil fine. quite frankly that is a small part of this whole thing. in a criminal case when there is conspiracy, ongoing conspiracy, when you charge in the conspiracy, the statute of limitations doesn't begin to run until the last what they call overt act. if the ag's office continues

in this criminal investigation, they can go back as far as they want with respect to sandusky as long as they show it was all part of the same criminal enterprise for lack of a better term. what you're also seeing often times in cases such as these where crimes have taken place in more than one jurisdiction, for instance, pennsylvania, the alamo bowl which i think was in phoenix and in texas, the attorney general and law enforcement in the respective states say may look, that happened on our turf and we're going to prosecute it and they will coordinate it. when i was in the u.s. attorney's office we did this all the time. they will all coordinate to do the best job they can to insure that justice is served. jenna: i said the university, university of pennsylvania. i meant penn state. >> i went to the university. i went to the university of pennsylvania but i let that go. jenna: thank you i appreciate that, fred. again though getting back to unravel having of all this though, will there be a limitation, you know, what? i'm going to have to stop the question because we'll have to go to other news.

>> thank you for having me. jenna: there are so many different parts of this case. i know we will continue to watch it with you. thank you, fred tecce. jon: memorial amphitheater, arlington national cemetery, arlington, virginia. the president about to make remarks on this veterans day. let's listen in. >> thank you, richard shinseki for your tireless commitment to our veterans. secretary of defense, leon panetta, chairman dempsey and mrs. dempsey, to our wonderful veteran service organizations for the extraordinary work that you do for our nation's heroes, to all who tend to and watch over this sacred cemetery, and above all, to every active duty member, guard man, reservist and veteran of the united states armed forces. there are men honors and

responsiblities that come with this job. none are more humbling than serving as your commander-in-chief and i'm proud to be with so many of you here today. here where our heroes come to rest we come to show our gratitude. a few moments ago i laid a wreath to pay tribute to all who have given their lives to our country. for even though this is a day we rightly honor america's veterans, we gather today in solemn respect, mindful that we are guests here. mindful that we share this hallowed space with a family's moment of grief. mindful many veterans not

far from here are tracing their fingers over black granite for friends who never came home and expect us to do all we can to bring every missing american service member home to their familis. to all our nation's veterans, whether you fought in salerno or kesan or the croingal, you are part of an unbroken chain of men and women who have served this country with honor and distinction. on behalf of a proud and grateful nation we thank you. when i spoke here on this day two years ago, i said there would be a day before long when this generation of servicemen and women would begin to step out of uniform and i made them a promise. i said that when your tour

ends, when you see our flag, when you touch our soil, you will be home in an america that is forever here for you just as you've been there for us. [applause] for many that day has come. over the past decade more than five million americans have worn the uniform of the united states armed forces. of these, three million stepped forward after the attacks of september 11th, knowing full well they could be sent into harm's way. and in that time they have served in some of the world's most dangerous places. their service has been selfless, their accomplishments have been extraordinary. in iraq they have battle ad

brutal insurgency, trained new security forces and given the iraqi people an opportunity to forge a better future. in afghanistan they have pushed back the taliban and decimated al qaeda and delivered the ultimate justice to osama bin laden. in concert with our allies they have helped end qaddafi's brutal dictatorship and returned libya to its people. because of their incredible efforts we can stand here today and say with confidence the tide of war is receding. in just a few weeks the long war in iraq will finally come to an end. [applause] our transition in afghanistan is moving forward. my fellow americans, our

troops are coming home. [applause] for many military families this holiday season will be a season of homecomings, and over the next five years more than one million americans in uniform will transition back to civilian life, joining the nearly three million who have done so over the past decade, and embraced a proud new role, the role of veteran. this generation of servicemembers, this 9/11 generation, has borne the burden of our security during a hard decade of sacrifice. our servicemen and women make up less than 1% of americans but also more than one million military spouses and two million children and millions more parents and relatives, all of whom have

shared the strains of deployment and sacrificed on behalf of the country that we love. only 27 years old on average. these young men and women have shattered the false myth of their generation's apathy, for they came of age in an era when so many institutions failed to live up to their responsibilities but they chose to serve a cause greater than theirselves. they saw their country thened -- threatened but they signed up to confront that threat. they felt some tug, they answered some call and they said, let's go. and they have earned their place among the greatest of generations. [applause] that is something for america to be proud of.

that is the spirit america needs now. a stronger, newer spirit of service and of sacrifice. that spirit that says, what can i do to help? what can i do to serve? that spirit that says, when my country is challenged, i will do my part to meet that challenge. so on this veterans day, let us commit ourselves to keep making sure that our veterans receive the care and benefits that they have earned, the opportunity they defend and deserve, and above all, let us welcome them home as what they are, an intragal, essential part of our american family. [applause]

see when our men and women sign up to become a soldier or sailor, an airmen, marine or coast guardsmen, they don't stop being a citizen. when they take off that uniform their service to this nation doesn't stop either. like so many of their predecessors today's veterans come home looking to continue to serving america however they can. at a time when america needs all hands on deck they have the skills and the strength to help lead the way. our government needs their patriotism and sense of duty and that's why i have ordered the hiring of more veterans by the federal government. [applause] our economy needs their tremendous talents and specialized skills. so i challenged our business leaders to hire 100,000 post-9/11 veterans and their

spouses over the next few years and yesterday many of these leaders joined michelle to nuns that they will meet -- announce that they will meet that challenge. [applause] our communities have always drawn strength from our veterans leadership. think of all who have come home and settled on in the quiet life of service. as a doctor, or a police officer, an engineer or an entrepreneur. as a mom or a dad. and in the process changed countless lives. other veterans think new adventures from taking on a new business to building a team of globetrotting veterans who use skills learned in combat to help after a natural disaster. there are also so many in this young generation who still feel that tug to serve

but, just don't quite know where to turn. so, on this veterans day, i ask every american, recruit our veterans. if you're a business owner, hire them. if you're a community leader, the mayor, a pastor, a preacher, call on them to join your efforts. organize your community to make a sustained difference in the life of a veteran because that veteran can make an incredible difference in the life of your community. if you're a veteran looking for new ways to serve, check out serve.gov. if you're a civilian looking for new ways to support our veterans and our troops, join michelle and joe biden at joiningforces.gov. find out what you can do. there is no such thing as too small a difference. that effort you make may

have the biggest impact. i say this because recently i received a letter from a vietnam veteran. she wasn't writing to tell me about her own experience. she just wanted to tell me about her son jeremy. now, jeremy isn't deployed. jeremy is not a veteran, or even in the military at all, as badly as he wants to follow in the footsteps of his family and enlist. you see, jeremy has down syndrome. so jeremy chooses to serve where he can best, with his local vietnam veterans of america chapter in beaver, pennsylvania. he calls them, the soldiers. and one day last spring jeremy spent the day with several of these veterans

cleaning up a local highway. he worked tirelessly, wrote his mother. he never asked to take a break. he didn't stop to talk about his beloved steelers. he didn't even ask for anything to eat or drink. he only asked for one thing several times. mom, will president obama be proud of me for helping the soldiers? well, jeremy, i want you to know, yes, i am proud of you. i could not be prouder of you and your country is proud of you. and thank you for serving our veterans by helping them to continue their service to america. and jeremy's example, one young man's example, is one

that we must all now follow because after a decade of war the nation we now need to build is our own, and just as our greatest generation left a country recovering from depression and returned home to build the largest middle class in history, so now will the 9/11 generation play a pivotal role in rebuilding america's opportunity and prosperity in the 21st century. we know it will be hard. we have to overcome new threats it to our security and prosperity and we've got to overcome the cynical voices warning that america's best days are behind us. but if there is anything our veterans teach us it is that there is no threat we can not meet, there is no challenge we can not overcome. america's best days are still ahead and the reason for that is because we are a people who defy those voices that insist otherwise.

we are a country that does what is necessary for future generations to succeed. [applause] you, our veterans, fight so our children won't have to. we build and we invent and we learn so that we will no greater opportunity. america leads so that the next generation here around the world will know a more hopeful life on this earth. so today i thank you all for making that possible. god bless you, god bless our veterans and our troops, and god bless the united states of america. [applause] jon: the president wrapping up his remarks in the memorial am if i theatre

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to kansas city live. jon: and as we've been el untiling -- telling you, this is veterans day, it's a day to remember, honor and thank a all of those who have won the uniform of our great country. president obama taking part in ceremonies at arlington national cemetery. there is a big parade here in new york city as well. veterans' groups and members of 28 active military units from all branches marching up new york's legendary fifth avenue along with high school bands from around the nation. if you see a veteran today, say thanks. jenna: and with that, we're glad you're with us, everybody, i'm jenna lee. jon: i'm jon scott, we should remember why they fight to insure our freedom, including the freedom to vote. jenna: candidates need to convince voters to vote for them, and some of the candidates

are busy working on damage control. molly line is hive in boston, and there's a debate tomorrow that's getting some anticipation. what can we expect? >> reporter: tomorrow's debate is supposed to be focused on national security and foreign policy, but it's been a rough week for the republican field, and this offers them an opportunity to shift the focus away from the accusations, away from the gaffes and mistakes made and get things back to the down and dirty politics that they want to get across in their message to the american people. it's being held in south carolina which is a critical state because no candidate, no gop candidate has ever won the presidency without first winning the gop primary in south carolina. that's since 1980. so it's a critical place, and they want to get their message out, the social conservatives, evangelicals, and this is their shot. this, of course, gives rick perry an opportunity to dig himself deeper or to redeem

himself and have a good, strong showing. mitt romney finished fourth in south carolina in 2008, this is his chance to appeal to some of those voters he, perhaps, didn't win over four years ago. herman cain can shift the focus away from the accusations he has face inside the last week, and he has a challenge to show the breadth and understanding of international matters as he has tried to show with his business practices during the course of the campaign. and perhaps most interesting recent polls have shown that newt gingrich has actually surged ahead, so this is his chance to really show himself as people are beginning to pay more attention to him and to this race as it develops. jenna: the only thing that's true about these polls, molly, is that they are moving all the time. this is, as you mentioned, a recent surge for gingrich. is he saying anything about how he feels about some of those higher numbers? >> reporter: clearly, this is a cheat chance for him to get his message out, and he's happy to be subjecting, of course. -- surging, of course. here's why he thinks he's surging.

>> i think we're in a period when people want substance. this isn't just politics, this is the future of our country. and so i think gradually i'm getting more and more rewarded, if you will, by support for having a serious, substantive approach to how do we govern america. >> reporter: so as you had mentioned, we've seen a number of surges over the course of this campaign, perry, cain, and now we're seeing newt gingrich, so it'll be interesting to see how this debate goes on saturday and what comes next week. jenna: bret baier mentioned earlier this week that newt gingrich said, hey, a couple months ago we were saying the campaign wouldn't survive. it's interesting to see how quickly things can turn. lots of news, of course, this weekend. we're going to have much more, by the way, on governor perry's story. that is coming up on the news watch panel, but there's another promo i guess we have to do as well. that is not governor perry, that is herman cain.

he's coming up 4 p.m. eastern time, he's going to speak with neil cavuto, so a lot of great information coming your way. the news watch panel, of course, later on this hour. jon: a desperate search in venezuela for washington nationals' star catcher wilson ramos. four armed men reportedly kidnapped the 24-year-old major leaguer on wednesday. he was back home play anything a winter baseball league there. police now say they have reason to believe he is alive. phil keating is keeping an eye on this mystery live from miami. he has the latest for us. phil? >> reporter: hi, jon. a frenzy of activity this morning in venezuela as armed special assault teams from its top brigades storming several locations looking for baseball catcher wilson ramos and his kidnappers. but each location fail today produce ramos who is believed to be the first-ever major league baseball player kidnapped for money.

baseball stadiums throughout venezuela last night, fans of baseball, fans of ramos as well as teammates all marked his kidnapping with moments of silence, prayers and support for his family and his safe return. ramos, the 24-year-old rising star catcher for the washington nationals, was supposed to play last night for his local team in venezuela, the tigers. outside of his parents' house, friends and neighbors also turned out, and ramos' sister reassured the crowd that her brother is alive and well. authorities confirmed ramos is alive. ramos, a vens whale land citizen, was reportedly signing an autograph for a kid when two men jumped out of a vehicle, pointed a gun at his head and kidnapped him right in front of his dad and brothers. investigators found the suv used in the abduction, they have been processing it for evidence although the interior had been set on fire. neighbors say they saw that same

orange suv several times in the neighborhood beforehand indicating they were clocking his movements and patterns. >> translator: the individuals searched the house and looked around and then proceeded to take him at gun point, of course, and at this point they have not made any sort of contact with the family or the police. >> reporter: barricades and checkpoints with heavily-armed venezuelan military and police are set up throughout the region right now just in case the kidnappers try to move ramos. so far no ramos. these ransom express kidnappings are surging in venezuela. typically, they do end up nonviolently, but it could take weeks and only after hundreds of thousands of dollars in cash ransom is usually paid. tonight in washington, d.c., 6 p.m. outside of the baseball stadium fans of the team, the washington nationals, as well as those who know wilson ramos are

all having a big candle light vigil tonight at 6:00 in the nation's capital. jon: all happening in the country that hugo chavez rules, interesting. thanks very much, phil keating. president obama is pushing congress to pass his bill to create jobs. you've heard an awful lot about that. but now he's holding up a project that could put 20,000 people to work in this country right away. it's the keystone xl pipeline, a shovel-ready project that would deliver oil from canada and each the united states to refineries in oklahoma and texas. but the administration has suddenly decided to wait until after the 2012 election to make a final ruling on the application for a permit to build this pipeline. why? well, let's talk about it with paul gigot, editorial page editor of "the wall street journal" and host of "the journal editorial report." why are you thinking they are going to delay this for at least a year and a half? >> i think he was trapped between the opposition to this project by the environmentalist

wing of his party which is a big funding source for him which hates this because they don't like canadian crude, that resource, to be tapped into. it's heavy crude, they think it's going to add to global warming, so they've been putting enormous pressure on him to stop this. on the other hand, you have 20,000 shovel-ready jobs and, by the way, this project is as shovel-ready as they get. the minute it's approved, those dollars are going in there and jobs starting. jon: our viewers who might not be familiar with it, the red line on the map already exists, that's the existing keystone pipeline which interestingly enough already terminates in the president's home state of illinois. but the blue line there which would cut through montana, iowa, nebraska and on down to oklahoma and texas, that's the one they want to build. >> that's the one they want to build. it's about a $7 billion project, huge investment, and 20,000 direct jobs for construction and things, and many other indirect jobs from the people who would service the pipeline and all of

the subsidiary benefits of that. so it's an enormous project, you would think something you'd want to invest in. and particularly given 9% unemployment. jon: the president's spokesman was asked about this at the white house, here's what he had to say. >> in the issues of public health, climate change, economic growth and jobs, all of these things have to be factored in. jon: well, you got the list there -- [laughter] public health, climate change and some other things ahead of jobs. don't all the polls say that people are most concerned about jobs in this country? >> they do. and i think the climate change argument's particularly wrong-headed because if that crude doesn't come down here, the canadians are not going to leave that in the ground. they're going to still develop the resource, they're just going to ship it west across to british columbia. i know an awful lot of people in china -- jon: who would like to have that oil. >> it's still going to be produced, the only question is,

are american jobs going to get the benefit of that, are american refinders in the -- refiners in the gulf, or are they going to refine it in china? jon: interesting, too, the timing of the decision, the white house says we're going to put it off for a year and a half. they say it's because of concerns from folks in nebraska about pollution of the aquifer. >> right. look, there are some republican politicians in nebraska who have also talked about perhaps removing the pipeline elsewhere. but if that was the real concern, you could have had, settled that a long time ago. they first made the request to have this approved in 2008. there have been two environmental impact statements done by the state department, neither of which have found significant environmental damage would result from this. so i think you have to say looking at all the evidence this is purely a political decision to put it off until after the election. jon: interesting. paul gigot, thank you. you can see more of paul when he hosts "the journal editorial report," tomorrow at 2 p.m. and

again at 11 p.m. eastern each and every saturday here on fox. jenna: still ahead on "happening now," incredible video of the moment a powerful earthquake hit turkey, stunning images of lives changing in an instant. and with so much focused on the accuse inside the penn state child sexual abuse case, what about the alleged victims? dr. keith ablow joins us next. meantime, reactions from some of the biggest names in sports. >> the only thing i can say is, you know, if you want to end the cycle and stop the abuse, we can't let these people hide out. >> it's just awful, it's horrible. it's hard to get it out of your mind how horrible that situation really is. if you think tylenol is the pain reliever orthopedic doctors recommend most for arthritis pain, think again. and take aleve. it's the one doctors recommend most for arthritis pain... two pills can last all day. ♪

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jenna: happening right now, the penn state community is reeling from accusations the university failed to protect young boys from an alleged molester. former football coach jerry sandusky is charged with sexually abusing eight boys.

he denies those claims. the alleged victims, meantime, remain nameless and faceless but certainly not forgotten, and that's why we wanted to talk to a psychiatrist, dr. keith ab allow. we mentioned that 15-year timeline, that was mention inside the grand jury report, but this charity has been around since 1977, and i'd like to draw on your professional expertise on just how long it will take potentially to have certain victims come forward. what do you think we're in for as far as a timeline on that? >> well, it could take quite a long time, and we may never know the full extent of the injuries perpetrated here. first of all, some victims may seek their own counsel, they may say now that this has been exposed, what more is there to be gained from my coming forward? however, certainly this can open the door to people saying now i understand what i was up

against. you know, victims of sexual abuse, sadly and irrationally, hold themselves responsible often. and now at least they can see the kind of, um, conspiring that was done to hide this, apparently, the fact that this man was as good, in quotes, at abusing people as he was, apparently, as methodical as he was, as strategic as he was. so i hope that something to take some of the sting out of the kind of irrational, self-responsibility that these people can feel. jenna: it's such a strong case, obviously, it seems like to the press and to the public right now. these are still allegations at this time. that being the case, though, we're going into the weekend and a time of year where there's a lot of families sitting around watching football games, and this is going to come up. i have a lot of friends that have kids 7, 8, 9, 10, 11 years

old, and what's the best way for parents to talk about this if they should at all with their children, because it will come up if you're watching football this weekend. how do you keel -- deal with it? >> jenna, that's such a great question, and it being thanksgiving, this being a family time, it's so important to remind kids there's nothing you can't tell me. there's nobody that is in such a high position that we wouldn't believe you or take at least seriously what you would tell us if you were to tell us this person's hurting me. it's a good time to remind children of that. the family is the court of last resort that earnly their -- certainly their concerns will be heard. this is a case, jenna, that can have so many different ramifications because for each victim that didn't come forward, now there's the potential guilt, could i have saved other people? so it's a time for reflection, to get more help if needed, and to appreciate how one person

seemingly can wreak havoc in the lives of so many. and this affects generations. you know, it's -- jenna: and just real quick, dr. ablow, we have to run, but there's a lot of outrage. people are really angry. i'm sure some people listening to the story right now are just enraged over this story -- >> they should be. jenna: -- and the lack of protection for the children. that's why this one coach can't coach on saturday, because he's worried about these death threats. what do you make of that public reaction and rage? where does that go? >> look, it should be voiced, it should be shared, and it should be known that the truth always wins and that there are moments in people's lives that are like fingerprints, they're psychological fingerprints. and, apparently, coach paterno just had his prohibits taken, and he came up short on character. jenna: dr. ablow, we appreciate the advice, of course, and we thank you. >> all right, jenna, thank you. jon: some amazing images out of turkey, people there running for

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her car did not run out of gas sunday morning as she had claimed, it now appears that car had no mechanical problems that would have caused it to break

down on her way to take skye to hospital sunday morning. a news crew followed police as they took that car on a test drive, and it appeared to be operating fine. tips, meanwhile, keep coming in. someone found a toddler's shoe about four blocks from where the mother said skye disappeared, police don't believe it's connected because search and rescue dogs did not pick up skye's scent. one of julia's close friends took a polygraph yesterday and has been cleared as a possible suspect. she will only answer questions through her attorney. investigators are clearly frustrated. >> at this point the issue of forcing her in to talk to us isn't even on the table. we're hoping skye's out there alive and well, and we're conducting a missing person investigation, and we feel julia can help us with that, and we're hoping she'll come in and talk to us. >> reporter: as skye's father

says, he believes 100% that the boy is alive and keeps his estranged wife is trying to keep skye from him as punishment. julia was trying to back out of a settlement she agreed to which gave solomon visitation rights. that settlement conference last 11 hours. julia told police in questioning on sunday that she actually left those two kids alone home on sunday -- or last week when that settlement was going on. this after a 2009 incident in the which she left little skye, two months old at the time n a car, a 27-degree day, while she and her husband were in shopping for a target store. for that she was charged with child endangerment. she admitted to police, as i said, of leaving those two kids home alone for 11 hours just before skye went missing. jon: let's hope they find that little boy alive. thanks. jenna: the family of a murdered border agent has a strong message for the obama

administration, and they're telling it directly to fox. a live report is next with that. also back in 1998 a pennsylvania district attorney decided not to pursue child sex abuse charges against the man you're seeing on your screen, former penn state coach jerry sandusky. in 2005 ray -- [inaudible] vanished, his laptop later found in the river without a hard drive and so many questions. what police say now about the link between the prosecutor's disappearance and the sandusky investigation. next. what's better than gold ?

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jenna: welcome back. new developments in the search for lisa irwin, that is the little baby that went missing on october 4th. her parents say she simply vanished from her crib. police want to interview the baby's siblings with child experts alone. we understand it happened this week. just moments ago a attorney representing the parents held a press conference. we weren't sure why. there was no indication what he wanted to talk about. there are headlines coming out the way he is describing his clients. what so going on? >> news conference wrapped up couple minutes ago. we're still pulling together notes and most importantly video from the news conference because there was a point where reporters asked this attorney and he is working with the family along with the high-profile attorney, joe tacopina and he is in kansas city giving a news conference moments ago. a reporter asks him, are

your clients considered suspects by the police? here is the exchange. watch. >> police consider them suspects? >> they told us as much, sure. >> what have they told them. >> just what you just said. and debbie in particular. >> can you explain? >> i'm not at liberty to get into that. that is the tenor of what is going on here. >> all right. so that would be, and i want anybody in this newsroom to throw something at me if i'm wrong, that would be the very first time we heard the word suspects. that is very specific legal term. not that they are being asked questions or interviewed but this attorney is saying these parents now of the child, the beautiful child you're watching here who vanished on october fourth, parents say from her crib in the middle of night, these parents are looked and considered by the police department in kansas city as suspects. that is a very different scenario than what we have been told before this. a couple of other things coming out today. police in kansas city have

been saying, have said that they now have exhausted all areas that they consider to be good places to search for this child. it doesn't mean all searching or investigation is off. it means the physical searches now are not scheduled because to quote one of the members of the police department, they don't want to just go around searching any place. they want to pinpoint. they have gotten 1271 tips in and based on those tips they feel like they can not move forward any longer with any physical searches planned. jenna, you had mentioned that the siblings who were home the night when the child disappeared. one is nearly six, a little boy, and his brother, nearly eight, eight years old, were talked to, interviewed, reinterviewed by police yesterday alone in a room with child experts. they wanted that to happen. the police department for some sometime. this attorney defending the parents saying that they had not resisted and have not been noncooperative but they were waiting for the fbi to get its act together to

actually schedule the experts. the third thing we don't want to miss, this detail in all of this, jenna you may have mentioned it, today would have been baby lisa irwin's first birthday. she was ten months old when she vanished on october fourth. we still are asking where is this child? back to you. >> we'll wait for a response from the police department. i'm looking over some more of this news conference. apparently the lawyer is accusing the police of lying as well. we've been back and forth through this we'll work for a response from the kansas city police. harris, thank you for the update. >> sure. jenna: jon? jon: the marnts parents of murdered border patrol agent brian terry are speaking out about operation "fast and furious". weapons from the botched gun-running sting were found at the shootout that killed their son. now they have harsh words for president obama and attorney general eric holder. our william la jeunesse has been all over this story. he is streaming live to us now from phoenix. william? >> reporter: well, jon, officials of the family, believe officials knew that

atf phoenix was helping sell and smuggle guns to mexico and could have stopped the operation before their son was killed with two of those guns. because of that they have blood on their hands here in phoenix and in washington and they want them prosecuted for staying silent. >> i'm still on his face book because i was his friend and looking what people wrote and looked at his videos like a little bit of closure. like he is still with me. >> i have trouble with going to the cemetery because he ain't supposed to be there. ♪ . >> reporter: terries laid their son brian to rest almost a year ago, a victim they say of a government program that armed mexico's largest cartel. >> i can not be expected to know the details of every operation. >> reporter: attorney general eric holder and chief deputy lanny brewer claimed ignorance about the operation. the terries don't buy it. >> i know they're lying.

they're just nothing but liars. >> reporter: tuesday lawmakers asked if holder wanted to apologized. he declined. saying only -- >> i certainly receipt what what happened. >> if he lost his son he would think different. >> reporter: holder said since then he is sorry and while the weapons are linked to "fast and furious", holder claims the operation did not directly lead to the agent's death. >> i disagree with that i think they are. brand new ak-47's they were carrying. >> if they never let these guns walk maybe brian wouldn't be out in that desert. >> reporter: so some officials brian was collateral damage. to his parents, he was everything. >> i can't sleep thinking about him. i love him very much. >> reporter: i can tell you, jon, that the family is planning shortly to file a claim and eventually a lawsuit against the federal government for wrongful death. when they do, it is going to be big. there is a fund-raiser this weekend for the family to

celebrate brian's life. back to you. jon: so sad to hear from those parents. william la jeunesse. thank you. jenna: turning back to another one of our top stories there are many questions why former penn state coach jerry sandusky was never tried on child sex abuse charges earlier than this past week. sandusky is now charged with w40 counts of sexual abuse but the center county district attorney who decided against pressing charges back in 1998 isn't talking. prosecutor ray gircar vanished several years after that decision was made under very mysterious circumstances. for more on this geraldo rivera joins us. "geraldo at large" here on the fox news channel as well. i'm sorry, you might be hearing a little bit of someone else's mic. we'll try to fix that real quick. geraldo, give us background of this story. what is going on. >> one of the most outrageous thing about sandusky and his serial pedophilia and child raping over these years --. jenna: allegations.

>> allegations. are that the allegations date back at least to 1998 n 1998 there was a an incident eerily similar to the 2002 shower where sandusky was caught with another young boy, naked, caressing the young boy in the shower. 1998 a big investigation, a six-week probe by the local district attorney, ray gricar, into the sandusky allegations. again there is no evidence that this investigation went deep enough, long enough, to show that sandusky had these proclivitis. anyway after six weeks the case was dropped by ray guy car, the presiding cenre county attorney. jenna: do we know why? we don't know why. you presume he didn't think that the it rised to fellly crime. seven years later ray gricar disappears. he disappears and vanishes.

they find his computer and rest of it. there is surmise why did this district attorney likelihood take his own life after the 1998 incident? was it he felt shame he didn't more aggressively pursue sandusky in 1998 and by doing so maybe saving many more innocent children from being raped by this monster? jenna: is this cold case going to heat up? does it seem like there is any connection from the people you're talking to that could reopen this anyway? >> it may reopen because the of the pressure of everything happening around jerry sandusky. everyone i spoken to says grica's disappearance, though it is impossible to know seems unrelated to the 1998 case. jenna: it is not too cold yet, the baby lisa case. harris gave us a complete report what happened in the kansas city with the lawyer coming out and talking about the parents being suspects. you were able to look over some of that press conference. anything stand out to you as a lawyer, some questions you

might have additionally? >> they are not yet officially suspects. they're not even people of interest. let's face it, you have to be absolutely in denial to not suspect that the parents are at the center of this mystery. you know, and the cops clearly after exhausting 1,000 of the 1100 or 1200 leads they have had, tips they have had, it is pretty clear that the parent believe that the solution to the disappearance of baby lisa lies in the internal world of her family or very close associates. jenna: we'll see if we get any response from the police department. geraldo, always nice to see you. 10:00 p.m. on sunday. jon, over to you. jon: it is rick perry in damage control mode now, jenna after drawing a big blank at this week's debate. how good a job is the governor doing moving past his mistakes? can he go to the media to help him? our news watch panel weighs in just ahead with no vegetable ?

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were hit with an ied while on patrol there. here what he says about his new home. >> it is my little mansion. my place. not only my families and my wife and kids see my kids grow up. bring independence. go into my kid's closet and kids room i couldn't do before in my wheelchair. >> reporter: keep in mind homes in on the market are rarely if ever happened capped accessible. they have now wider door frames, lower countertops and things that make it easier to move around in a wheelchair. here is what --. jenna: i think, i think we lost some audio, sorry. a lot of people are talking in my ear at one time. sometimes when you happen get that. kris gutierrez in el paso, doing a great story on the charity giving a lot of homes to a lot of needy veterans. what a great gift, right? i hope we gave them a house warming gift.

you think kris gutierrez got that, fresh flowers, maybe candles? jon: one of issues these days, obviously is battlefield medicine has gotten so much better a lot of our troops who might have died on the battlefield of their wound these days are able to survive and come back home but often grievous injuries. medical care is getting very good but they need a lot of help when they come home. that organization is doing its best to get that done. jenna: great way to set up the houses to make them all-accessable to everybody. thank you, kris gutierrez for that great report. jon: on this veterans day we want to pause and reflect on the service and sacrifice of those in the armed forces. [military command] >> the arm colors. >> the colors are green. >> the colors are green. >> we show the world.

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jon: texas governor rick perry is fighting hard to bounce back from some campaign set backs after freezing up during the last debate. he is spending some time on damage control. >> you know, it happens. i stepped in it. i tell people said, listen, i readily in i stepped right in the middle of it. as a matter of fact, stayed in it for a while. there are a lot of people out there that i think just like me, they think about, an agency of government or maybe multiple agencies of government that they would like to forget about as well.

jon: the governor and presidential candidate "on the record" with greta last night. kirsten powers, columnist for "the daily beast". judy miller is pulitzer prize-winning investigative reporter and rich lowery, editor the "national review". all three are fox news contributors. he is taking to the media after making this mistake on prime time on national television. he is taking to the media, i don't know, try to undo some of the damage. judy, how do you think he is doing? >> i'm not sure it is repairable. when you do something bad in politics perhaps you can recover. when they're laughing at you, not with you, you're in deep, deep, dodo. he right now has this reputation of governor good hair, all hat, no cattle. george bush-light. the perform wants -- performance was so

devastating. it is hard to see how i come back at that. jon: his campaign ironically released a ad directed toward the iowa caucuses. here is the ad. i will look for your reaction. >> if you're looking for a great politician with great teleprompter skills we/have that. i'm a doer, not a talker. in texas we created 40% of the new jobs in the entire country since june of 2009. and we --. >> the line that caught my ear there, rich, i'm a doer, not a talker. he is apparently not a rememberer either. >> well, jon, look, everyone is human, has sympathy and empathy for what happened the other night. i think media strategy is exactly right. go out there poke some fun at yourself. people will find it kind of charming and will like the fact he will be able to joke about this but never will look at him as a presidential candidate same way ever again. he can run millions of dollars of worth of positive ads saying he is doer, not a

talker it will not make a difference. i think it is really devastating. jon: kirsten, a all kinds of people have nightmares having to make a speech in front of an audiencing something like, everybody feels some sympathy for him but it was a moment. >> you can feel sympathy for him but have higher expectations for the person you will choose to run the country. i think in terms of how he has been dealing with the response to it, he is doing the best he can do. he is certainly, you know, making, trying to make lemonade out of lemons and doing a decent job of it but i agree with rich, it is hard to recover from something like this especially when it feeds into a narrative that already exists of the this isn't the first time he stumbled at a debate. it is the worst stumble that he had but it is not the first time. it fits into a narrative. face it, republican voters, he already lost favor with them. it is not like he is their favorite person and they will stand by him no matter what happens. he already has been falling

in the polls. this is not something you want to do when you're falling in the polls. jon: especially, rich, when his campaign started with such high expectations. he came into the race essentially as a frontrunner and he was the one who would ride away with the nomination. >> jon, never have debates been so devastating to a candidate. his first performance was shaky. i gave it passing grades but i thought he would get better. he got worse and worse and worse and worse until finally i thought he could do no worse and then we had this gaffe. so it is really it is a shame but it is the truth. jon: judy, not just national media that he is taking to. i know his campaign, they are clearly in full-time damage control mode. they have set up this website where they're inviting people to go on the internet and write in about the government agencies that you would like to forget. >> yes. if only he could remember a few more of them. when your fellow debaters are trying to bail you out by suggesting government

agencies that might be eliminated, you are really in trouble. and it was just such a startling performance. you know, the not quite ready for prime time. the more rick perry talks, the more people say, you know, maybe barack obama isn't so bad. i think we've come to the point where this is really starting to boost obama's numbers and hurt the republicans and he ought to give it a rest. >> what they're saying maybe newt gingrich isn't so bad, are the republicans. jon: his numbers are on a slow climb. always have been for a long time. rich lowery, judy miller, kirsten powers. >> they will join my for news watch, tomorrow 2:30 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. we'll be right back. for a hot dog cart. my mother said, "well, maybe we ought to buy this hot dog cart and set it up someplace." so my parents went to bank of america. they met with the branch manager and they said,

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