>> oh. love that music. we're not talking about dave. we're talking about the real balloon turkey. >> right, that's the big daddy of them all, i guess if you will. i'm a bit of a turkey. we'll tell you why in a couple of minutes. we'll be live from the macy's thanksgiving day parade. rick reichmuth getting fired one the turkey this morning. >> happy thanksgiving to you as well. it wouldn't be thanksgiving, dave, and juliet if you wouldn't know -- of course, bass pro is here and we have the big campout right now at bass pro shops. a lot of people will be camping out for the big event. >> it will be the fifth annual great turkey campout. >> exactly. we have a fire on the plaza. we had to call the fire

marshall. >> i heard people are camping out at best buy. they don't make a fire and give you smores at best buy. at bass pro, they take care of you. >> can i ask you a question now? as guys, when you see the bass pro shop thing, does it make you warm and fuzzy inside? i have a very close friend that's freaking out about bass pro shops. >> i love it. the greatest fisherman in the world will be here. kevin van dam has taught me. he's a sportsman. >> i am, look at me. >> let's check in with rick reichmuth this morning, another sportsman. he'll be at the parade all morning long. they had a street shut down and they had to tow dave's car this morning. >> tell us what we can expect today. >> yeah, 85th parade if you can believe it or not, it started in 1924, there were a couple of years during world war ii that they didn't run the parade but

it's the 85th running of the macy's parade. this time of morning, everything is dark but people are out here starting to get ready and everybody is concerned about the weather. we had a big storm move through yesterday that caused some problems across the northeast for travel but things are looking pretty good post storm here for the parade. i want to quickly talk about the weather for the rest of the country today. so many people on the roads. take a look at the maps and you can see at least here at the parade, 9:00 a.m., we're expecting around 41 degrees. big number will be that winds number at about 6 miles an hour. that's a good number and it means the balloons can fly high which is kind of how everybody likes to see them. parade ending around 11:00. temperatures warming into the 40's. the northeast is looking quite nice. there will be plenty of sunshine and feel like a nice fall thanksgiving kind of day. 54 degrees in new york. 49 up for turkey. everybody looking nice and sunny. cooler as the front moved through. temperatures looking pretty good as well.

towardthe north, we'll be seeing temperatures today that are around 25 degrees above where you typically should be this time of year. so a 65 degree day in north platte, nebraska. 52 for fargo. that's looking great. across the west, a little bit of trouble into the pacific northwest and late in the day, we might see a few showers move your way into the southwest as well. we'll be talking with the executive producer of the macy's parade and find out exactly what's new and what people can expect with this parade. >> what are you going to run for this year's floats? are we going to sign up up for duty? >> you have to be 18 years old. you're good. >> is it true that scottie mccreery and avril lavigne will be with you today? >> let's be honest, you were e-mailing me last night over and over again about avril lavigne. >> "complicated" great song. >> maybe. >> very good. we're also be hooked up.

thank you, rick. looking forward to it. new video out of new york's laguardia airport. thanksgiving travel rush is under way this morning. people were already getting reports of delays in new york, boston and san francisco and here's what one highway looked like in dallas last night. oh, fun. more than 42 million americans hitting the roads and the skies this year making it the busiest thanksgiving. since the financial meltdown back in 2007 so that's good news. well, i mean, not if you're traveling. and people apparently not letting price get in the way. average price of air fare and gas up more than 15% from last year. a small plane with six people on board crashes into a mountain outside of phoenix, arizona. look at that, the collision was captured on the surveillance video. one child is confirmed dead. two more children and three more adults believed to have died. the twin engine plane was flying to southeastern arizona to drop off the kids for thanksgiving. all the children reportedly between the ages of 5 and 9.

early reports suggest the plane broke apart on impact. the ntsb is investigating. now, to a fox news alert. 12 c.i.a. agents have reportedly been arrested in iran, one of the country's top officials now accusing the agents of spying. he also says that they were working with the israeli government to attack nuclear and military interests in iran. so far, no word from the white house or the c.i.a. on these reports. an emotional homecoming in colorado. you're looking at army sergeant andrew marinos surprising his two children at their elementary school. he was deployed to afghanistan more than a year ago. >> thank you so much for letting me surprise them and for everything you've done for my family and my kids nce we've been gone. >> that kills us! the sergeant's kids were reading a book about soldiers when he came in and surprised them. you can't get those -- enough of those stories. love those stories! >> and we're going on have even more of that. we'll be live in afghanistan and

iraq a little later this morning with some of the troops wishing them a happy thanksgiving. >> you got it, buddy. it's turkey day but we start with the peacock, folks, because nbc is finally apologizing to michelle bachmann over what happened on the jimmy fallon show. of course, the house band there played an awfully offensive song when the minnesota congresswoman was walking out on the show, a 1985 fish bone song. offensive. rhymes with that. finally, though, an apology. >> this comes from doug vaughn, the v.p. of late night programming there. you know, there was an apology, though, from jimmy fallon earlier in the week. he had tweeted this and said look, i'm honored that michelle bachmann was on our show today. i'm so sorry about the intro message. i hope she comes back. she was waiting for somebody from the network to come out and say something. that's when doug vaughn said not only is this unfortunate but also unacceptable. he mailed a personal letter to her apologized for it. >> what should happen to the

band? there's a lot of folks calling for the band to be fired or suspended. >> if you say it's unacceptable, that's a logical course of action, right? if this is an unacceptable -- the band leader quest love thompson said it was spur of the moment. you're talking spur of the moment. right, that they planned to do this, right? >> they tweeted out ahead of the song. if it's spur of the moment, this tweeted and the you're going to enjoy the song. >> very long moment. >> and in legal parlance, it's premeditated, right? >> what's spur of the moment? and in fact, does every house band know the 1985 fishbone song? i mean, that's not one that automatically -- >> hey, let's play fishbone, 1985. i got it. >> this is planned, the tweet points that out and it seems to me a logical course would be to fire the band leader to planned to do this in disrespect of a sitting congresswoman. >> you have folks on the other side, though, saying this band is -- they constantly play edgy stuff when people walk out. when lou dobbs walked out, they played the final legal alien by

genesis. when kathie lee -- >> that's not disrespectful. he's not a congressman. >> very true but again, you have people saying, you know, they know when they're coming out, it will be an edgy song. >> wouldn't that be -- >> maybe a little bit of controversy. might have gone overboard. >> wouldn't that be disrespectful to lou dobbs? the idea that he was employing illegal aliens, that whole controversy. >> you could say that he's made that an issue for his entire career, illegal immigration. >> at the end of the day, though, they were reprimanded severely according to doug vaughn, though, whether or not they're out of a job or suspended or something like that. severely reprimanded is the word of -- you folks want details and want to know what severely reprimanded entails. >> we want to know what you folks would like to see happen. let us know on twitter at "fox & friends" and e-mail us, friends at foxnews.com. what do you think should happen snoo auto let's head out to iowa now because all eyes are on the iowa caucuses which are just, what, six weeks away. >> six weeks. >> thinking about the holidays

but most of the politicians thinking about iowa there and, of course, listen to this because earlier this week, a secret meeting was held, not terribly secret anymore between some social conservatives, a number of groups, the right to life group, the iowa chapter of concerned women, the iowa faith and freedom coalition, a lot of these people got together. >> you can't keep that a secret. >> they had a secret meeting on how best to stop mitt romney in iowa. >> of course, they're not happy with his stance. they say he has flip-flopped on social issues, on abortion and they want to find out not necessarily the most electable candidate but the one who is socially conservative that will honor their feelings on social issues but look, who is that? look at this party, who is that? is it rick pry. is it herman cain? >> michelle bachmann clearly isn't newt gingrich. >> in the polls at this point. >> michelle bachmann came out yesterday and said newt gingrich is the most liberal member of all those running. >> on immigration, though, he's the most liberal on immigration.

>> but -- >> meanwhile, mitt romney has flipped his position on immigration back in 2007. he supported almost the exact same stance that newt gingrich had. newt fired out a tweet and said let's stroll down memory lane a little bit. they played a video from 2007 performing the am nenesty stats. >> a lot of folks that we were talking to yesterday that were e-mailing us yesterday on this show were actually saying they supported newt gingrich's stance. >> you're going to hear a lot of that. >> you do think we're going to hear a lot of that. >> i really do. i really do. this is actually going to work for him. >> it's interesting to see what this poll says out of iowa. this poll was taken before the cnn debate the other night. >> it was the night before, yeah. exactly. >> newt gingrich in iowa at 27%. will he be hurt on his immigration stance among social conservatives? a lot of people say this is a stance, perhaps, for the main portion of the campaign, a general election that could serve him well against president barack obama having a more

moderate position for the hispanic vote which karl rove has said is really hurting the g.o.p. right now. the way that they have sort of run away from the hispanic vote. >> but your key point is this was in large part due before the immigration remarks and steve king of iowa said that makes it harder for me to support newt gingrich. so how will those remarks affect him specifically in iowa? >> and you bring up an interesting point because, you know, this is the stance that ronald reagan had. this was the stance that george w. bush had. >> michael reagan said ronald reagan would have approved. >> this is the position of florida governor jeb bush so you know, we'll have to see. let us know what you think about that, friends at foxnews.com. how does it affect your vote in the primaries coming up? >> for 85 years now, clowns, marching bands and floats have paraded down the streets of new york on thanksgiving day. >> out at the macy's day parade, let's send it back to rick reichmuth.

rickster? >> hey, guys. yeah, 85 years and now we're joined by executive producer of macy's events and i got to tell you, that's a big task. we're not just talking about the parade. we're talking about all of macy's events. there's a lot. the fireworks, this parade. this has to be the granddaddy of them all, though. >> this is the biggest of the best. we're so excited, we're celebrating our 85th anniversary. i remember all 85 years, quite frankly and it's been amazing. >> so what is -- can you tell us about the history? how have you helped this going so long, keeping it fresh but keeping the tradition of this all at the same time. >> the thrust of the parade is usually the same. we always have floats, bands, big balloons, we have from the beginning. but, you know, macy's employees started this parade in 1924 and that's the same energy that keeps it going now. the parade is made up of all volunteers from macy's and their families. we all work on thanksgiving happily in order to start the holiday season and, you know, we keep it fresh and new by adding new balloons and new floats

every year. >> it's amazing to me how this one tradition spans the entire country and people everywhere, this is part of their thanksgiving tradition. how important is that to you guys? >> you know, we don't take that lightly. we know this is america's parade and america is very -- very real and very sure to tell us what we should and shouldn't do so we've been very tough critics and this year especially we've reached a pinnacle. >> best of luck today. we have great weather for it. coming up in a little bit, we'll talk about exactly what is coming up special in this parade. thank you so much for your time. >> thank you. >> thanks, rick. more on this thanksgiving morning. what should washington lawmakers be thankful for? our next guest has a pretty good idea that might help the economy as well. >> then forced to stand for a seven hour flight. the man who claims he lost his seat because an obese man needed two. we'll tell you about that one coming up. happy thanksgiving. so humpty dumpty had a...

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>> that beautiful music, i'll tell you. as we stop today to give you thanks with our families, we should note that the actual cost of a thanksgiving meal for 10 has actually decreased since 1988. really? >> we saw his dining room and now jonathan joins us today and says the prosperity that america has enjoyed over the years is a direct result of its commitment to capitalism. thank you very much for waking up with us so early on thanksgiving morning. >> thanks, juliet. >> happy thanksgiving to you. >> thank you. likewise, great to be with you guys. >> i'm confused about something because didn't -- we thought the cost of -- well, dave thinks the cost of a thanksgiving meal went up. >> we won't make him a turkey or so. >> it has gone up slightly this year but over time, it's stayed remarkably low, guys. i mean, the average american tonight is going to eat about

3,000 calories and only going to cost them according to the american farm bureau 5 bucks a person. when you consider that, that's dirt cheap. that's more calories than the average citizen in socialist cuba, venezuela would eat in like a week. america is what makes that possible. not celebration of a supernatural god or conquest or military victory but america, our commitment to capitalism, freedom, prosperity. that's what this holiday is built on. >> i say thanksgiving once a month because although 5 bucks a person, we should have 10 people over once a month. let me ask you, doesn't feel like people are thankful for capitalism this year, does it? >> unfortunately, i think not as much as it should be. we should take this opportunity to stop and remember our success as a country, our prosperity as a country even though, guys, during this tough time is not a result of government handouts or bailouts or stimulus programs but those essential fundamentals that make this country great. america is a society of

creators, right, and this is the country literally that came up with the term to make money. so we've gotten used to every year, every month it seems new technology coming out, new innovations in medicine, in all types of new prosperity. we get used to that in this country so we should be thankful and thanksgiving is a time to take a step and say boy, i can enjoy the prospects of my labor. i can enjoy all those days i've worked very difficult. it's a day are for the american worker. a day for america. >> what do you have to say to the folks who are joining the occupy protests? the ones that are saying -- almost making you feel ashamed if you have money and you've worked to achieve the american dream? >> i think it's rather sad. i mean, the occupy protesters, what is their modous operandi, guys? they barge into a park they do not own and claim it as their own. that's the opposite of the thanksgiving philosophy which is to work for the values that you -- that you enjoy, to work for them. and then to value them. to take a day and enjoy them for

your own benefit. the occupy wall street from what i understand now, they're considering taking over and occupying some of the ports in oakland, california. we're talking about millions of dollars, millions of jobs lost. that's not what certainly america is about or thanksgiving is about. that's wealth destruction, not wealth creation. that's the values we should celebrate on thanksgiving. >> that's on top of the 13 million in police overtime they've already cost. jonathan hoenig, we're thankful you got up early. happy thanksgiving, my friend. >> my pleasure. thanks guys have a good one. >> the top five political turkeys of 2011. do you have a list? would you like to e-mail us and tell us? >> oh, yeah and the defense calls george clooney to the stand. the head of the state hoping that the hollywood star can help set him free. that's right. you're watching "fox & friends."

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>> welcome back. some quick headlines now. talk about a woman scorned. california woman facing federal charges after falsely accusing her ex-boyfriend of plotting an attack on a united airlines flight. prosecutors say it wasn't true and that the woman was just mad that the man dumped her and befriended her on facebook. and george clooney may have to testify at the bunga-bunga trial. he's one of 214 defense witnesses to be called at the former prime minister's trial. the prime minister is accused of having sex with a prostitute. clooney says he wasn't there. the prosecution claims he was. >> thanks, juliet.

it's thanksgiving and it's the perfect time to count down the top five political turkeys of 2011. it's been a quite year with controversy and scandal. here to break us down is the contribut contributor, you're already starting early, what time is it there 2:00 in the morning? >> yeah, this is my breakfast turkey. i take thanksgiving very seriously. >> send some over. breakfast, lunch and dinner. larry, nice to see you this morning. let's start with number five on your political turkeys list. occupy wall street and michael moore? >> yes, they go together. occupy wall street, great job, guys. i like the turkey. occupy wall street, only these precious little dirt bags can make the new york bankers, wall street bankers look thick. i'm actually on the bankers side at this side because of their lawlessness and their vandalism and the smell. they've raised $500,000. they haven't spent it on cans of lysol, that's for sure and michael moore is connected to them. it's the turkey day so he's the

butterball, right? i know, i'm sorry. it was too easy. >> who is number 4 on your list? >> number 4, oh, for crying outloud, number 4 -- oh, nancy pelosi. nancy pelosi. no, help me out. >> sorry, it's warren buffet's secretary. >> thank you. i knew it was a woman. warren buffet's secretary. she has become the most sympathetic woman in the world because warren buffet himself is a cheapskate. just because he can't figure out a way to pay her without putting her into this higher tax bracket, he's changing our entire tax system. just so he and obama can make a political point. here's the advice, warren buffet, pay your secretary with stock options and then she can pay the capital gains tax rate which is lower. >> so she fits into a different tax bracket. >> why can't he figure that out? >> suddenly to keep talking about her on a regular basis. number three on your list, of course, this is timely in the headlines this week, the super committee. >> yeah, the super committee.

first of all, doomed from the start. patty murray, senator patty murray was on this committee. she's a wonderful woman but not the president of the senate's mensa club, if you know what i mean. this was not going to be any kind of success and who named it the super committee by the way? whoever named this the super committee has a very low bar for super. they called zima a super beverage and called the chevy volt a super car. should i go on? no, i'm going to have some zima a little later this afternoon. >> wash it down with some turkey. >> number two on your list. here's one that you mentioned before nancy pelosi. >> i'm going to switch to a new turkey because she drives you to drink. nancy pelosi, only nancy pelosi can somehow get invited into this exclusive ipo for visa cards. by the way, she was invited by a guy who used to work for her and now he's a lobbyist for her credit card company. she gets invited into this visa ipo and makes a ton of money

while she sits on legislation to -- that would have hurt the credit card companies and then when "60 minutes" questions her about it, she looks at steve kroft and says do you have a point here? yes, we have a point. get out. we're done with it. >> number one, drum roll, please. >> there you go. >> your number one political turkey of 2011 is surprisingly anthony wiener. >> how could it not be anthony wiener? it was the story of the year. he's the congressional member whe member we'll always remember. let -- before we get into the little, you know, nasty bits and pieces of this story, can we just remind ourselves that anthony wiener and the whole escapade. i know it's an easy punch line but he was a really bad guy. what he did was borderline predatory. and when he got caught, he lied, he berated people. he bullied reporters. and ultimately, he blamed an innocent man, my friend andrew britebart, he blamed him and

accused him of hacking into his account. he's a horrible guy. remember the democrats that jumped to his defense? there were none. that's because they know he's a problem. i'm glad anthony wiener is gone. i hope he never comes back and he was the turkey of the year. >> larry, nice to see you this morning. happy thanksgiving. enjoy the turkey. >> thank you, guys. happy thanksgiving to you, too. >> forced to stand for a seven hour flight. the man who claims he lost the seat because an obese man needed two seats for seven hours. and then their music has been rocking new york city for two months. now occupy wall street planning a benefit album which stars have signed on? we'll find out. and ready, set, shop, we are camping out for black friday deals with bass pro. the big campout starts today. at bass pro shops.

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>> hi, my name is jason dickerson and i'm stationed in afghanistan. happy birthday to my family back in north carolina. hope to see you soon. god bless. >> all the fixings. i can't wait to eat. >> me, too. happy thanksgiving to all the troops real quick. a lot of them watch on armed

forces network this show, happy thanksgiving to all those troops, especially those serving abroad. >> we appreciate everything you do for us. all righty, the macy's thanksgiving day parade is outside. it's celebrating its 85th anniversary. it's going to be starting very shortly. so what does the most famous parade have new for this year? >> let's find out. let's go to rick reichmuth, the man at the bottom of the balloons this morning holding one of them. nice to see you this morning, rick. >> hey, good morning. joined by john piper, the biggest salesman for the macy's parade around. i got to tell you, the most exciting guy. the designer for everything going on here. how nice is today, the weather wise? it's going to make it perfect. >> it's so wonderful. this is such a blessing! we're giving thanks early this morning for the wonderful weather we have. we're going to have a fantastic day. we have new balloons including sonic the hedgehog and julius, the monkey and new floats from nhl with these kids skating on a float doing hockey shots at this giant turkey they've built and

the zsu-zsu pet characters will be on a float spinning and twirling with all the kids on the float zooming through slides like the pets do. we're celebrating our 85th anniversary in such a grand way. we're taking our hats off to our producers for the last 25 years. gene mcfadden, robin hall who have led the parade for 25 years are in their hats, a giant cowboy hat for gene. a giant top hat for robin and standing in the center of it surrounded by 18 characters who have all been balloons. >> you're like a wind-up toy. >> today is going to be so great. the clow will be arriving soon and the bands will be coming in and all the floats are getting their final touches of assembly. we're putting a little more helium in the balloons. going to be a great day. >> didn't i tell you he's the most enthusiastic guy, the best salesman for this parade that you could ever have. >> have a happy thanksgiving. >> send it back to you.

>> you don't want a guy kind of down today, right? this is the biggest job of the year. we got a parade. >> we got some balloons. >> there's kermit. >> thanks, rick. talk to you in a second. headlines now. egypt's military government continues to crumble. standard & poor's credit agency says it plans to downgrade the country's credit rating. it's now a b plus with a negative outlook and angry egyptians have been protesting the new government since saturday and they got ugly with nearly 40 people dead so far. today, the military government is actually apologizing and declaring a truce. most are upset that the transition democracy is taking too long. country band sugarland being sued following that deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. >> that was scary. sugarland was about to take the stage when a strong wind gust caused the whole thing to

collapse. the lawsuit has been filed by 44 survivors and the families of four people who were killed. they claim sugarland and the show's producers should have canceled the show when the weather started to deteriorate. a new jersey man demanding u.s. airways change its policy after he was reportedly forced to stand for a seven-hour flight. arthur berkowitz says the man seated next to him was so obese, he took almost two seats. he asked for a different seat but was told the flight was full forcing him to stand without a seat belt. even during takeoff and landing. huh? u.s. airways reportedly told the f.a.a. they were unaware of that since it's a violation. they have called the incident regrettable. that seems surprising. you can call it occupy black friday. protesters are planning to show up at shopping malls in wal-mart parking lots to discourage people from spending money on the busiest shopping day of the year.

this as occupy wants to take the drumming of zuccotti park to a benefit album. protesters are reportedly teaming with musicians third eye blind and jackson browne, michael moore, i hear as well, among others. the goal is to raise $2 million to keep their movement going. isn't that nice? >> uh-huh. sure is. now that the super committee has failed, it's time for congress to try to get something, anythi done. next up, payroll tax cuts and the extension of unemployment benefits. is there any chance of that happening? let's ask peter doocy live in washington this morning. good morning, peter. >> hi, pete. >> good morning, happy thanksgiving. even though today is thanksgiving, here in washington, we're already lookiloo looking toward to new year's eve, the deadline for congress to figure out the payroll tax cut and the unemployment insurance. if the payroll tax cut expires, the average american will have their taxes jacked up by $1,000. majority leader harry reid in

the senate plans on bringing up these two things in a stand alone bill when congress comes back into session. >> this is a way to begin afresh. we let everybody down with the super committee. let's begin fresh by giving everybody something that we know everybody wants. they can't possibly be any controversy on this one. >> when president obama talks about the possibility of the payroll tax cut ending, he says this will be the worst possible time for that. but republicans don't plan on letting the white house paint the congress as do nothing, if nothing gets done because speaker of the house john boehner has already said in a statement "we told the president in september that we stand ready to have an honest and fruitfu discussion with him regarding the payroll tax extension and that invitation stands." and just for some perspective, while we're talking about how the super committee just failed because they couldn't decide on how to pay for $1.2 trillion in cuts, these extensions of the payroll tax and the jobless benefits would cost somewhere around $200 billion.

guys? >> thank you very much. peter doocy, we'll check back with you a little bit later. happy thanksgiving if we didn't already say that. >> thank, juliet. >> get some turkey, peter, thank you. let's go outside to clayton who is camping out. >> that's right, guys. tonight is the big campout at bass pro shops and we're joined this morning by kevin van dam, one of the greatest fishermen in the world. great to see you. >> man, it's great to be here. we're really excited. happy thanksgiving to everybody first but we've got this huge sale starting today from, you know, 8:00 today until 6:00. we've got all these huge deals, kind of previewing black friday. >> if you're bored and you're done hanging around the house, you want to get out, go over to bass pro shops. you have some great deals starting with and this big thing we're standing in front of, you can win a chance to get a camry if you show up to the bass pro shops campout. >> we have a lot of great deals in all the stores. we'll give a camping package away at every store and you could win a two year lease on this toyota camry and an a.t.v.

>> lot of good prizes. >> let's go down some of the other things you can get. you have this bps hoodie. >> 10 bucks for a hoodie. these are unbelievable deals that we've got going on. we also got the other shirts, they're $10. we've got the jeans here, a couple of different styles. they come in a variety of colors. all of them, less than $10. >> all from natural reflections. so $9 for a pair of jeans. >> $9.97 for the natural reflections jeans and i might sound like a lady when i say this but these are great for layering. >> absolutely. absolutely. >> am i right about that? you can layer with these. they keep you nice and warm. you guys are giving away some approximate bait cast reels. this is in your house. >> what does that stand for? >> captain van dam. >> hold that up again. what's so special about this? >> well, it's a fantastic reel. normally it's $100 and we've got it $40 off. it's $59.97 for this sale. >> wow. nice. >> unbelievable price on a fantastic reel.

>> mom and dad ought to be paying attention. that's what i like. >> that's what i like for christmas. >> you probably have 100 of them. gps systems so you don't get lost in the woods when you're out there. >> under $100. $99.97. >> high resolution color instead of those black and white screens. it's beautiful display. >> it's fantastic. if you go out camping, you got to have a gps and make sure you don't get lost. >> if you're out in the woods, you need good hiking shoes and you're not getting water on your feet. here are some fantastic hiking shoes, right? >> absolutely. again, another great, great deal there that we've got going. >> for $69.97 on those. that's just unbelievable prices. all across the store and this is just a few of the things that we have. i mean, in every department, we've got incredible deals all weekend long. >> and roasting smores and, of course, you got all the big displays at bass pro which makes it great for the whole family. we'll be camping with you all morning long. get ready for black friday. >> get ready for black friday, once that turkey wears off, you'll want to get out there and

do some shopping. >> no, you want to nap and then you want to do some shopping. >> that's right. >> thanks, guys. >> coming up, it's something you may have thought about doing but our next guest actually did. he traveled around the country to thank the 44 people who impacted his life the most. that amazing story is next. >> yeah, why did he do that? we'll talk to him and also the prestigious professor who called our troops cold blooded killers is hiding behind free speech or he is saying look, free speech, i'm allowed to say this kind of stuff. so is the school. is that fair? we report, you decide. meat and ? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do.

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[ toy robot sounds ] >> this is the best story for thanksgiving. i have to tell you. it's better than any thank you card you could write. one man setting out on a life changing journey to personally thank nearly every person that he is thankful for. walter green is his name and he tells the story in the new book "this is the moment." this is such a fascinating idea. so you basically spent a year out in the world saying thank

you. but it's a little bit more involved than that. explain. >> it was. the basic idea was first, i lost my father when i was 17 so i had an early reminder that life is short and precious and unpredictable. secondly, we all attended funerals where people paid tribute and i realized how nice the tributes were but in reality, we're only talking about the people. we're not talking to the people. and i thought why should we miss the opportunity to not do it when we're alive and well? >> who is russ carson? tell me about him. >> he's one of the people, it's very unusual. i had finished 14 different jobs by the time i was 28 years old and i finally got into my major career and russ was an investor in my company and was an active board member and supported me for 10 years, made other investments in the company. and very unusual, 25 years later, he ends up being an investor in my son's firm in a completely different industry. so he's been somebody who has been not only an investor but a guy who legitimately cares about

the health and welfare of the business. >> also somebody who was blinded in world war ii. you thank him. tell me what you do to thank somebody. you can travel to the ends of the earth. >> we have to think about it. a person that changes the way you think, can you imagine what a gift that is? well, fred literally changed the way that i look at life. and so i have applied his thinking process, thousands and thousands of times. not only for my own life but for people who helped me so i went to thank him. he was the oldest one on my journey. >> you don't just call somebody. >> actually, i do call them first. that's the unusual part. >> how are you doing? >> i explained to them, of course, i say listen, i'm taking the year off. i want to visit the people that made a profound difference in my life and i want to tell you explicitly, not just that i'm fond of you. they already knew that. i want to tell them explicitly their contributions to my life. >> you did that with your wife. how did she react? >> you would think your wife, i mean, we've been at celebrations

together and we've done toasts and we've given cards and we see each other daily and we think we say everything. i sat down and answered the question -- what difference did this person really make in my life? and i had eight pages of notes of specific contributions. there's no one who has had a more profound influence in my life and the ability to express that to one's wife is an extraordinary experience for me, the giver, a little less the receiver. >> you can tell about the stories and all the wonderful details in the book "this is the moment." thank you very much. did it back in 2009. >> finished the book in 2010 and this book is all about helping people go on their own journeys. >> please go get it. it's fantastic. thank you very much. >> thank you. >> this prestigious professor called our troops cold blooded killers and he says care packages to these troops are shameful. now, he and his university say free speech covers them. but does it? we'll tell you another interesting story. follow-up to something we talked about yesterday. stay with us.

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>> welcome back. it's a story we've been telling you about for a couple of days now. two weeks ago, michael avery, a law professor at suffolk university sent an e-mail to colleagues slamming care packages for united states troops. he said "i think it is shameful that as perceived as legitimate to solicit an academic institution for support for men and women who have gone overseas to kill other human beings. despite the public outcry, the professor remains on the job and the school, they're standing by him. saying it's freedom of speech." joining us now is radio talk host and a columnist with the boston herald, michael graham. happy thanksgiving to you, sir. >> happy thanksgiving day. >> so what's the latest in this story? >> well, the latest in the story is that one of the fellow

members of the faculty, bob russedge sent in his letter of resignation, a letter he had to send in from kabul, afghanistan where he is right now serving in the army reserves and he made a very good point. his letter was addressed not to professor avery, the well known far left lunatic military hater who also said in that letter that we should not just support our troops, he's offended by the flying of a large american flag at suffolk law school. but he also -- his letter was to the administration and he said look, as long as you embrace this guy. as long as you don't even contradict what he said, then i have to use my first amendment rights of association and choose not to associate with you. and that is the question -- no one is expecting michael avery to get fired in lunatic, massachusetts, but if suffolk law really has a problem with his vial attack on the troops, why not just say, yes, he has the freedom to say it but it's a despicable thing to say. >> we heard from the major yesterday on the program. here's what he told us. >> if everyone there has

freedom of speech, where are the other professors exercising their freedom of speech and coming out and standing with me? standing with the soldiers and condemning these statements? he's the equivalent of blaming the military and the soldiers for the war is like blaming firemen for a fire. >> factually incorrect, isn't it? our troops do not go overseas to kill other people. they actually go over there to protect people of afghanistan, people from iraq. we could go on and on. where does the rest of the faculty stand on this? any idea? >> well, that's the problem. no one is speaking out. this is the -- the part that i really object to and i wrote in the column is that there's a difference between free speech which means the government doesn't act against you for speaking. we all support that vs. consequence free speech. suffolk law school wants one of their prominent professors to trash our troops and the people who support them to call them killers and say it's shameful to even want to send them some handiwipes, they want that speech to go out and have nothing happen and nobody

notice. i'm sorry, they're wrong! people should hold suffolk law school responsible and good for the major for resigning and good for the people who have contacted me on my radio show and said my kids were thinking about suffolk or my son is a senior, he's thinking about suffolk law and they both said no. we're not going to go. >> yeah, this is an interesting story and it's not over yet. you can help out, folks, if you want to get involved in this story, you can call in your complaints through suffolk law dean camille nelson. there's the phone number on your screen. michael graham, happy thanksgiving to you. get that red sox hot stove going, would you, around this thanksgiving time. we need something. >> don't -- isn't that painful to bring up the sox? come on, man, i'm trying to have a happy thanksgiving. how about the bruins? 10 in a row for the bruins. >> thank you, michael, appreciate it, sir. coming up, an insult to our troops and military chapel in afghanistan takes down its cross because of government orders. hear why. then dana perino shares her top five political turkeys of the year and there's a co-worker on the list.

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>> everybody. >> it's thelevator of thanksgiving meals. >> i cannot wait. >> here's a live look at the parade this morning, the macy's thanksgiving day parade. the 85th annual, all the balloons lined up, ready to go. unfortunately, it's not like super windy like it's been in years past. you have to worry about, you know, the runaway balloons and the runaway mickey mouse. >> you know what i see in there, clayton, right about in the middle, that white hat. very nice, folks! >> somebody asked if there was a duck. is a duck in the -- >> we'll get to the bottom of it. we have a crack team out there, our own rick reichmuth will get to the bottom of that for us.

>> bass pro shops is joining us and they'll show us the best way to deep fry a turkey without burning your home down and look how succulent that turkey is. >> you know what's going on out there? you know who that is. that's kevin van dam from bass pro shops. you know what today is? it's the fifth annual great turkey campout. just thought i'd point that out. >> and kevin van dam is not only a great chef but the greatest fisherman in the world. let's check in with rick and get a quick look at the forecast on this thanksgiving day. hi, rick. >> good morning, guys. everybody heading out this morning driving to grandma's and mom's house. things are looking good. quick look at the maps. northeast, a beautiful day. plenty of sunshine all the way around. temperatures today into the 40's and 50's. even 60 towards washington, d.c. plenty of sunshine, a little bit cooler maybe than it was yesterday but talk about warm. going into the central part of the country and we'll be dealing with temperatures in the mid

60's across places like iowa and nebraska so a spectacular thanksgiving day. no problems on your drive out across the west. also looking quite nice and pacific northwest continuing to see some rain and mountain snow. aside from that, could not ask for a better day for thanksgiving. we'll send it back to you in a little bit. we'll be talking a little bit more about what's coming up today in the parade. guys? >> thanks, rick. >> so very exciting. >> looking forward to that. thank you. the streets are closed down. tell you all about that in a couple of minutes. now to your headlines. thanksgiving travel rush under way this morning. we are already getting reports of airport delays in new york, boston and san francisco. more than 42 million americans hitting the roads and skies this year making it, by the way, the busiest thanksgiving since the financial meltdown in 2007, dana perino who is looking at me quizzically and people apparently wanot letting price t in the way. the average price of gas up from last year. overnight, a small plane with six people on board crashes into

a mountain outside of phoenix, arizona. you just saw that crash. the collision was captured on surveillance video. one child is confirmed dead. two morning children on board. three adults believed to have died. the twin engine plane was flying to southeastern arizona to drop off the kids for thanksgiving. all the children reportedly between the ages of 5 and 9. early reports suggest the plane broke apart on impact. the ntsb, of course, is investigating. now, to a fox news alert. 12 c.i.a. agents have reportedly been arrested in iran. one of the country's top officials now accusing the agents of spying. he also claims they were working with the israeli government to attack nuclear and military interests in iran. so far, no word from the white house or the c.i.a. on these reports. well, it took them a while. like 48 hoursish. but nbc finally apologizing to michelle bachmann following her new infamous appearance on "late night with jimmy fallon." the republican presidential candidate appeared on the show as you know earlier this week. when she walked out, the show's

band played a song that referred to her as a liar and an expletive that we can't say on television. one nbc executive calling the incident unfortunate and unacceptable. he said the band has been severely reprimanded. we don't know what that specifically means. >> in an effort to show the opposite of bringing a lady on the set. our own dana perino is here this morning. here's our own theme music. >> ♪ anybody >> treat her like a lady. >> is that a song befitting the former press secretary? >> i can't quite hear -- i'm like michelle bachmann, what's that song? >> treat her like a lady. >> we had pretty woman. >> we had others cued up. >> on "the five" when they have music bump in and out, you know you're in good favor depending on the music that you got. >> is it done? michelle bachmann seems to be ok with it. >> i think she showed amazing class and dignity. she always does. she's very gracious and she also

showed that she didn't blame jimmy fallon. i also -- what i don't understand is why nbc waited an entire news cycle. this is easy. this is crisis communications 101. this is sorry, we're so sorry. and we have reprimanded the band and sorry. >> do you think they thought it was enough that jimmy fallon tweeted his apology to michelle bachmann? >> i can imagine maybe they had a meeting, get all the communicators together. people on the road and in the airports, everybody scatters because of the holiday and they have -- now, should we apologize or not? and they have to think about it and have a conference call. >> right. >> and now, after an entire day of not apologizing which was the news everyone followed yesterday. today is thanksgiving. not that many people are going to remember that they apologized. they will remember it took an entire day. >> this is one of the most watched episodes of "fox & friends" all year. >> thank you for that. >> good morning, everyone. let's talk about this this morning. let's talk about iowa and what happened this week was actually interesting in iowa because a group of social conservatives, a number of groups actually got together in secret, now we know

about it. we're reporting on it to try to stop mitt romney from becoming the party's nominee in iowa. they think he's a rhino, a republican in name only. what do you make of this secret meeting? >> i'm not surprised that they were meeting. it's probably not that surprising that people found out about it either. so the headlines that have dominated the presidential election cycle so far have been about the economy. mainly. a little bit of foreign policy given a couple of debates that they've had. the social issues have not gotten as much attention as they have in elections past. that doesn't mean that there aren't people out there who really want to know who the president is going to be, what their values are and if they line up with the ones that they share. and iowa has always been very -- we've had a strong social conservative group of people, that have been very influential in previous primaries. >> a new iowa poll shows newt leading the pack in iowa. that was in large part -- there

was a little bit taken after the debates. most of that came pre-i did baibai -- debate. now these social conservatives have to wrestle with we don't line up on immigration. will that hurt newt in iowa and beyond? >> i think the voters in iowa are not in love with any of the candidates and they don't have anyone who they feel like this is exactly -- conservatively in terms of values, they might line up more with santorum or bachmann but then there's this question that "the wall street journal" wrote about yesterday which is electability. which one of these candidates of all the candidates could beat president obama in an election next year? >> that brings me to my next point. well, actually, mitt romney says that he -- he's the one. he's the guy to beat president obama over all of the other field of candidates. >> uh-huh. let's listen to what he has to say. >> this may sound a little overconfident but i honestly believe i'm the only guy on the stage that has a real good chance of defeating president obama. >> but can his sort of -- and

it is fair to call these, i guess, flip-flops on issues because even as 2007, he was for amnesty, the george w. bush stance. the ronald reagan stance. >> we can debate the george w. bush stance if you want. and we could talk all about that. it was very comprehensive -- it was a comprehensive plan and it made people get to the back of the line and go back to their countrys and have to come through. it still wasn't good enough for some people. >> he's moved from that position from 2007, on a lot of issues and not just that issue alone. is he the most electable in iowa? >> most electable, i don't know. what i think is interesting is that he -- it comes across as confident but humble and if you even listen to what he said, he said this might sound overconfident but i'm the best one. a newt gingrich doesn't use those qualifying words. a newt gingrich would say i'm the best one. i will beat him! >> you better believe that you're the most electable person. >> i think that there's an inherent humility in romney that

sometimes makes it sound like he's just -- he's just taking it down a notch when maybe what he needs to do is just push a little harder. >> turn it up a notch. >> maybe, you know. but he's true to himself and that's -- somebody like a santorum or somebody would just go out and say, i can beat him. i will win. they don't have that qualifying. >> we're asking our frequent guests their opinions on the top turkeys, the top five turkeys of 2011. why don't we go down your list? >> one -- i have five. and stick around, you have to stay for number one. it's the funniest one. >> i think that one of the turkeys of the year is mayor bloomberg. >> why? >> this is why. i like him a lot personally. i think that he could have helped stop the occupy wall street movement after a couple of days. allowed them to make their point and make it forcefully and make it very well. and then all the mayors across the country would not have to deal with some of the things they've dealt with recently. we wouldn't have had the pepper spray incidents and things like that. >> also number four on your list. >> bill maher because he is a you know what. >> turkey. >> yeah, he's a jerk all the

time. yeah, he's like a permanent turkey. he has feathers. one thing you might not know. the third one is solyndra. that's what we call it on "the five" because it's a lifetime tv movie. it never ends. there's a different story flying every night and it's wasted over half a billion of america's taxpayer dollars. senate democrats, the second turkey because they have stopped a lot of progress. when president obama blames a do nothing congress, it's really, you can go back and almost on every single point blame the senate democrats. >> number one. >> drum roll. >> turkey of all time of 2011. >> drum roll. >> no drum roll. >> i told you earlier it was a co-worker. why is number one -- >> number one is bob beckel because he's -- he can take a joke. and it's a shameless promotion for our thanksgiving special tonight on "the five". bob beckel and i have gotten to know each other a lot over the last few months. we would travel back and forth together on the acela and when i

gave a speech the other day in miami, the first question is what is bob beckel really like? he's a turkey. no, i'm kidding. he's a great guy. tonight -- >> you're too nice to him. the number one turkey. >> a turkey is kind of a lovable turkey. >> you have a lovable -- you could have a lovable turkey. >> because you're all going to eat on thanksgiving. >> dana, your special tonight? > >> we have a 5:00 show and it's a pretty good one. it's travel do's and don'ts that we provide for people that's pretty funny. we love you. happy thanksgiving. glad to be here. >> welcome to new york officially. >> thank you. >> coming up next on the show, thank you and happy thanksgiving. coming up on the show, thanksgiving tradition. the macy's thanksgiving day parade is celebrating 85 years of magic. we go to our own rick reichmuth at the start of the parade here. >> hey, guys. big thing at the parade, all these clowns start coming out of

the woodwork and you guys all act like you know each other but you don't really? >> no. not really. but we -- we're in the clown commune. >> you're supposed to lie and say you know each other. >> we're honest clowns. >> you scared him away. >> who is the best clown here? >> right there. >> yeah. >> give me some more enthusiasm. >> i am the best clown here! >> that one is good. he belongs to you, doesn't he? >> yes, he's my son. how long have you been doing this? >> eight years. >> how do you qualify to be a clown? >> by being awesome. >> by being awesome. there you go. confetti? is confetti happening? >> confetti is happening. >> there you go. all right, guys, have fun. back to you. all right, you know what? we'll toss to break. back in a minute. stay with us. we'll be right back. [ coughs ] what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop.

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>> welcome back. ever hear the phrase "don't believe everything you hear and read"? take a look at this headline from yesterday's "washington post" and it says as al-qaida shrinks, drone targets dwindle. sounds like the u.s. is having

success. in the war on terror, right? oddly enough, that headline came out the morning after a g.o.p. presidential debate on foreign policy, so are the two somehow tied and should we read between the lines? >> joining us is a columnist for investors business daily. nice to see you. happy thanksgiving to you. >> to you, thanks, guys. >> thank you. what do you make of this headline, seems interesting when you read the major headlines that we're killing some major al-qaida targets but i guess the devil is in the details? >> yes, exactly right. i think it's important as americans consume the news that they become smart about it in how they're sometimes being played. obviously, i don't know the motivation behind this particular story. but it's a very good example of how officials and if you read the story, you see there's no one named in there. how officials can leak a point that they want made which is we're winning in afghanistan. we are killing off al-qaida.

and it's true, we've gotten usama bin laden and we've gotten the number two guy and a couple of others. but as a reporter, i always ask myself why are people telling me this? and if someone asks that question about this story, the point is they're trying to make it look like we're winning in afghanistan and what's the result of that the year before an election is we can pull out, we're safe for what we've won and we can pull the troops out sooner than the generals had recommended. so i think consumers have to be careful. >> if, then, the government wants us to believe we are winning in afghanistan, we are eliminating al-qaida, what is the reality, then? >> well, you know, it's hard to know. obviously, we have had some successes. the troops, the generals have wanted another fighting summer. but president obama decided that we were going to cut back by next summer and so they'd lose some time in the fighting season. there have been successes with

the drone. but who knows right? i mean, they kill people which is -- if they're bad people, that's a good thing. from our point of view. but it's not like you're keeping -- you can keep track of it and get a scoreboard. and you know, this story -- this very same story came out in july and i was on the show and talking -- and talked with steve doocy about the beginning of this news that we're winning in afghanistan. >> it's interesting when you read stories where there's unnamed sources and they come out at a convenient time of the year or month. very interesting perspective this morning. thank you so much. >> thank you, guys, appreciate it. >> coming up, take down that cross. government orders. a military chapel in afghanistan asks to go p.c. >> forget the cops, this 9-year-old busted a burglar by herself. hear how she did it.

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>> welcome back. time for your news by the numbers. thanksgiving edition. first up, 20%. that's how much air fare has risen since last thanksgiving. doesn't seem to be stopping, folks. next, 16%. that's how much more drivers are paying for gas this year. doesn't seem to be stopping, folks. and 13%, that's how much thanksgiving dinner has gone up from last year including all the fixings. it costs about $4.90 a person. again, juliet, doesn't seem to be stopping folks. >> it has gone down since the 1980's. interesting. troops in afghanistan are fighting to keep the faith after the u.s. military removed a

large cross from the outside of the nato army base. the cross which was erected about a month ago reportedly violates army regulations. joining us now with more on this story, fox news radio host todd starnes. todd, this is a camp in germany? >> northern afghanistan. >> sorry about that. it's a german base. >> german base. that hosts nato forces in northern afghanistan. >> that's right. and the u.s. army is responsible for the chapel that's been there. it was just dedicated back if september. they built a new chapel, it's not a big church with stained glass windows. the military members said this place makes them feel like they're back at home. they put a big cross outside to designate this is the chapel. >> they've taken the cross away because people were complaining, they had received complaints. >> that's right. i checked in with the pentagon and the spokesperson told me people did in fact complain. they wouldn't tell me who or how many but they said they did receive complaints and sure enough, the pentagon says this cross violates army regulations.

>> here's what the pentagon officially says from the spokesperson. military chapels have to be open to all denominations and as such can't have permanent symbols of one particular religion or another. yet, this has been going on for a long time. last three years, though, it seems -- things seem to be changing. >> that's right. and i talked to some conservative leaders, tony perkins from the family research council and they say this is a very scary trend within the past three years where we have seen crosses and other christian symbols cleansed from the military. just last week at my web site, i did a story about a cross in california, camp pendleton that's under investigation right now because it may violate regulations. >> the thing is these are supposed to be nondenominational buildings, correct? for people to worship? >> right, but the question is what's the point of a chapel if you can't have religious symbols in the building? the military says they have to be religiously neutral when they're not being used for

religious services. >> what about the crescent, for instance? is it the same situation? >> yeah, some people believe that if in fact it had been a crescent, then it would still be there and it wouldn't have been an issue but it seems as though every time there is a christian symbol or there's a christian prayer, operation christmas child, the holiday event to gather toys for kids, that came under fire at the air force academy because it had a christian component so there seems to be a -- a thread here and it involves the christian faith. >> we'll continue to investigate this. i'm sure you'll be doing it as well. give us any updates if you find them. >> will do. >> fox news alert. new information coming out about the fate of those three american students being held in egypt. the details after the break. and the department of homeland security laid a warning about turkey fryers. the department of homeland security. released this video. we'll show you how to do it the right way. i'm not sure why the dhs -- well, anyway, we'll explain.

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connor, good to see you. tell us about the thanksgiving day celebrations going on over there right now. >> good morning and happy thanksgiving. we are coming to you live from a bunker at combat outpost nevada. this is a very remote and rustic combat outpost overlooking kunar valley. to put it in perspective, just what this combat outpost is like, there's no running water, there's very little electricity and get this, guys, daily food is brought up, hot food is brought up on a donkey. we're up about 2,000 or so feet above kunar valleys here in this area. there's a lot of insurgent activity here daily and i'm -- we're really fortunate today that the food was not brought up on a donkey and instead some of the commanders here in the area actually flew the food in on a helicopter. it had all the fixings, everything from turkey to stuffing to mashed potatoes. it wasn't quite like grandmother's home cooking but it was pretty good and i think we're all pretty happy with the food we got here. i know the troops here who often don't get much more than sort of mre's and some food that's been

brought up on a donkey were pretty happy. i'm also very happy to be joined by sergeant mike yellicky, a sniper who in afghanistan stationed here at combat outpost nevada and he's going to join me now and i want to ask you, what is it like to spend thanksgiving here in nevada? >> well, it's a little different. we're five miles from another base and we're sitting on top of a mountain. it's definitely not like home. >> and what is it about home that you miss the most when you're here, you know, during the holiday season? >> of course, drinking beer with my old man, yeah, and being around family. >> does it really feel like a holiday here? >> no, like today, you're working, you know, like we had to woke up and we had to observe. we ate for a half-hour and we had to work some more. >> just to put it in perspective what he's talking about working. we've seen fire fights and seen taliban and coalition forces trade fire all day long.

when he says working he's looking and keeping an eye out for insurgent activity. it's want just your normal work day going 9:00 to 5:00. before we leave, i want to give the sergeant a chance to say hello to his family. >> hey, dad, kate, rollin and the entire walters family. >> back to you. >> we thank you so much for your support. unbelievable, all the men and women are serving around the world. it's hard to put into words. we have guys like that who have to come back home and have a little bit of food in a bunker. >> i had to complain that i had to walk three blocks to get to work today because the streets were so cloged up. kind of. i feel a little stupid now. >> happy thanksgiving to all the troops. >> all righty. the rest of the headlines now, president obama and republicans each wishing the american people a happy thanksgiving and say it's time to work together. >> i know for many of you this thanksgiving is more difficult than most. but no matter how tough things are right now, we still give

thanks for that most american of blessings, the chance to determine our own destiny. the problems we face didn't develop overnight and we won't solve them overnight but we will solve them. >> this on the heels of the congressional super committee failing to reach a deal on cutting the deficit. moody's is now warning congress that the u.s. government's top credit rating could take a hit if they don't come through with $1.2 trillion in cuts over the next decade. right now they have us at triple a with a negative outlook. in august, standard & poor's downgraded the u.s. treasury securities from triple a to double a plus. talk about a bizarre story. this is sam mullett, the leader of an ammish sect in ohio accused of cutting the beards off amish men and hair off amish women. the seven suspects allegedly grabbed men and women, forcibly cut their beards and other hair on their body. growing long hair is a custom in

the amish community. he says he never ordered the attack but never stopped them either. she's being called a pintsized crime fighter. meet the 9-year-old rachel simon, a fourth grader reportedly alone in her new jersey home when she came face to face with a would-be burglar. >> i saw a guy standing there. i'm like i don't know that guy. i got really scared because i heard a noise and i didn't know what it was. >> after getting over her fear, rachel says she walked up to the guy and confronted him. that's when he ran away and thanks to rachel's in-depth description, police say they were able to arrest the perp a few minutes later. >> more on that story. >> i'd be scared i wouldn't remember what he looked like. but good for her. let's check in with dave who is outside deep frying a turkey this morning. >> that's right, buddy. it's turkey time. do you want to spend three plus hours with your turkey in the oven? or do you want to do it all in 30 minutes and have it arguably taste better? kevin van dam is going to show us how to do that 30 minutes, you can do a turkey and have it

taste good. >> it takes 3 1/2 minutes per pound and it's going to be the juiceiest, best turkey you've ever had. >> is that the biggest difference between a deep fried turkey and an oven roast ed? >> i think so. i mean, a lot of people think because you fry it, it's going to be greasy and not at all. when you put it in that 350 degree oil, it series the -- sears the skin and keeps the oil out. >> does it add a lot of calories? >> it does not at all. >> what? i'm on board. we inject, you suggest, whatever your favorite marinade is. >> bass pro has a huge selection of different marinades and one of the cool things that you can do is even put two different flavors in the same bird so you could do one breast and leg on one side with one kind of marinade and another on the other side. >> will they mix? >> no, it will just stay in that one area. >> let's do that then. >> you poke one hole in the center of the breast. >> i'm needle phobic. >> go all the way in. >> this is a real good trick right here. push a little bit of the marinade in. ok.

that's good. pull it out but use the same hole and move it to another area and then push a little bit in there. >> ok. >> this way you're not opening up a hole so it seals the juices in there. >> move it around a little bit. ok. >> yep. and maybe one more up in the front of the breast there. and you want to make sure to do each of the legs, too, a little bit in the spot there. >> go ahead. >> and maybe one more spot there. and then the opposite side, same thing. >> i want to point out as we're doing this, the department of homeland security actually put out a video warning people of the dangers of deep frying a turkey and there are things to look out for, kevin. >> the real key is to make sure the bird is totally thawed. never put a frozen turkey in hot oil. and make sure that you pat it dry. i mean, you just lower it in there real slow and it's very simple, very easy to do. and it's safe. don't do it, you know, inside or anything like that. you want to have this outside. >> let's lower it in.

let's lower the bird. >> put your gloves on right there. >> this is not going to go well, you know that. >> it's going to go very well. >> what am i doing next? >> we grab the -- >> grab the bird. >> ok. >> like so. >> all right. drop it in slowly. >> very slowly. >> oh, man! clayton, we're going to have some good turkey later on, buddy. nice and easy. >> yep. just lower it real slow. >> oh! listen to that, clayton and juliet. doesn't that just sound delicious? >> that's why you don't want to -- >> looks good on my suit, too. we'll have it for you a little bit later. tell us what's coming up. >> stay out there, please, dave. >> coming up on the show, rick santorum taking heat like dave just was for saying something different. saying race should play a role in airport security. take a lifsh. >> muslims would be someone you'd look at. absolutely. those are the folks who are the radical muslims are the people that are committing these crimes.

>> you see ron paul there shaking his head in disbelief? does he have a point? >> he shook his head the entire debate at everybody. >> did that comment go too far? we'll debate that coming up. >> 25 years ago, he was just a young panhandler on the street. a young boy. but this woman didn't give him money, she took him to lunch and she changed his entire life. they actually changed each other's lives. they are both here live this hour. stay with us. congratulations.

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parade. he's with rick right now. how about illiteration that we can fit in there? >> the parade is so exciting. so many stars get to come out and perform on the parade route. country singer, did you ever think you'd be performing in a macy's day parade? >> this is unbelievable. this is absolutely these guys -- >> yeah! >> happy thanksgiving to everybody. my family, i'll be home this afternoon. military families, home and abroad, god bless you guys. >> god bless! >> happy thanksgiving. this is magical. it's unbelievable. more than i ever -- >> what are you going to be performing today? >> "take the back road" a little gravel when you travel. >> big song for you. it's the biggest song we've ever had this year. it came out. album came out about a month ago and have a brand new single out now called "he's mine" and having fun. this is surreal, man, this is crazy!

>> what's one of your favorite thanksgiving memories? did you ever -- did you guys used to watch this parade? what are some of the other things important to you around this time? >> wow, i can -- you know, being just a little kid and the tv's on and you only have four channels and you -- you can close your eyes and there you are. you can smell the cooking happening in the kitchen and just a magical day and this is such a part of it. i mean, i get to play on the float that james taylor was on a couple of years ago because i met him the other day and said he carved his name on the float. >> what are you looking forward to most eating today? what's the one favorite food that you have to have? >> yes. >> all of it? not one thing you have to have? stuffing, green bean casserole? >> you know, from the time i was a kid, my grandmother added chicken and dumplings to turkey and dressing so we make -- we have chicken and dumplings also.

>> i like it. that's a good tradition maybe. thank you stoch. congratulations. great day. >> thank you. >> back to you guys. >> dave, send it over to you. >> thank you very much. foreign policy and national security, the hot topics of tuesday night's g.o.p. debate and these comments from former senator rick santorum now causing controversy. take a listen. >> who would be president? >> the folks who are most likely to be committing these crimes, obviously muslims would be someone you'd like at, absolutely. those are the folks who are the radical muslims are the people that are committing these crimes, by and large as well as younger males. i mean, these are things that not exclusively but these are things that you profile to find your best -- the most likely candidate. >> ron paul couldn't believe it, huh? now the council on american islamic relations or care is now calling for the g.o.p. to repudiate those comments.

does he have a point? should we profile muslims for our security. fox news contributor and co-host of "the five" juan williams. happy thanksgiving, gentlemen. >> happy thanksgiving. >> does rick santorum make a point, juan? >> well, the point is especially coming from me, dave, i mean, i'm someone who got in big trouble and got fired for saying, you know, if i see people in muslim garb at airports, i get nervous. so i understand where he's coming from. but the point, i think, is one that i think herman cain said in response, this is an oversimplification. if you think that homeland security, the f.b.i., the c.i.a., is not looking at where people are going to, what countries they're going to, are they going to yemen, are they going to pakistan? where are they coming back to? are they having internet conversations with people who are discussing terrorism? all that goes on behind the scenes. before you show up at an airport. and so it's not necessary to engage in a violation of our laws in terms of racial profiling in order to get the

job done. but i think rick was trying to make this larger point that we can't, you know, be politically correct if we're trying to stop terrorists. >> here's the statement from cair. last night, rick santorum casually tossed aside every american's constitutional rights, equal protection under the law in favor of discriminatory profiling of muslims. mr. santorum's obvious lack of appreciation for the constitution and for the rejection of profiling by top law enforcement experts raises reasonable questions about his ability to lead our multifaith nation. guy, was this a mistake by senator santorum? >> well, i don't necessarily think it was a mistake and i think that juan made a couple of very good points there. you have to keep in mind that the group that is screaming loudest about this, they are a perpetual grievance organization. they yell and scream and belly ache every time anyone suggests that there might be a connection between radical islam and terrorism which there absolutely is. they, themselves, cair was an unindicted co-conspirator in the

holy land foundation terrorism case which was a successful trial. there were prosecutions and convictions there so i think what you see from groups like cair is an attempt to stifle debate and an attempt to label anyone who wants to raise these very difficult, i understand it's complex. i understand that there are multiple sides to this, but they try to stifle the debate and they try to make anyone who wants to talk about this in a robust and open way seem like an islamaphobe and they want people frankly like juan williams to get fired. i don't think that's very productive. >> juan, you're not getting fired. i want to ask you before you go, newt gingrich's compassionate stance on immigration, helps or hurts him in the long run? >> the long run, dave, is the general election it will help not only gingrich but help republicans with hispanic voters. the question is the short run because he's got to win a primary on the republican side in which, you know, people are not very -- they're not very interested in immigration reform. they call it amnesty right now and say that we really should focus on border security first.

>> all right. folks, we want to hear what you think about all this including senator santorum and newt's comments on immigration. let me know on twitter. thank you, juan. thank you, guy. happy thanksgiving. coming up, should public hunting land be closed because guns are too loud? the obama administration thought so. but now there's an update. and 25 years ago, he was just an 11-year-old panhandler but this woman didn't give him money. she took him out to lunch and it changed both of their lives forever. they're here live when we come back. ot a meat and potatoes guy? pour chunky sirloin burger soup over those mashed potatoes and dinner is served. four minutes, around four bucks. campbell's chunky -- it's amazing what soup can do. what is thishorty? uh, tissues si i'm sick. you don't cough, you d't show defeat. give me your war face! raaah! [ male announcer ] halls. a pep talk in every drop.

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>> welcome back. well, how likely are you to stop on the street for a complete stranger and take that person out to lunch? how about taking that stranger out to lunch every week for four years? that's what our next guest did and it changed their lives forever. here with their incredible story, the author of this book "the invisible friend" laura

shroff and maurice mazig. thanks for being here this morning. >> thanks for having us. >> this is an amazing story. you were supposed to go to the u.s. open, it was pouring down rain. you worked at the "usa today" at the time. what happened on the way to the u.s. open? >> the u.s. open canceled because of the rainstorm because i basically decided to go out for a walk once the rain stopped and as i came outside my building on 56th street, i saw a young panhandler, maurice. >> a young panhandler who now nice suit and tie sitting with us this morning. >> and he said to me, excuse me, lady, i'm really hungry. give me spare change and i said no, and i walked away. and what he also said, though, which was really interesting was he was hungry. so as i got to broadway, i realized what he did say and i went back and i said to him, you know what? i said if you're really, really hungry, i'll take you over to mcdonald's and get you something to eat. and he looked at me and he

smiled and he id, great! >> let's go. >> what did you think that morning when laura walked up to you? >> well, first thing i thought was thank god. i mean, she walked up to me and she passed me. and after passing me, she came back and offered me something to eat and that was god saying that was something that i desperately wanted at that time and needed. >> and, you know, for so many people who just walk by other individuals like that, what do you say to them? i guess the process going through your mind at the time must be i'm too busy. i'm going to work. i don't have time for this. and you know what, they're going to spend this money somewhere else. what do you think? i mean, you were really hungry. you wanted food. >> yeah, i was really hungry at that time for food. but i didn't realize until later that i was hungry for attention and love also. and what she -- what she did was not just give me food, she gave me attention, the attention that i so desperately needed and the love that i had needed at that time. >> from that breakfast, that lunch, that afternoon, it's

blossomed to this incredible relationship. >> 25 years. >> and of course now the book that catalogs all of that. this is a life changing moment for you. >> uh-huh. >> what has that time -- what has that time meant for you? >> at the time when i met maurice, i was 35 and had a relatively successful career at "usa today" but there was something really missing in me. so for me now today, what it's really done was given me a son that i never had. it also gave me someone else to care about. and even more importantly now, i'm part of maurice's family. so it's been this amazing journey. >> so maurice, i have to ask you, you left the streets now. what are you doing? >> well, now -- you know, i am a father now and i have my own business which is a construction company. i'm a pillar in my community. i have my own church -- not my own church, but i have a church that i attend. and i think i'm just all around

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>> juliet: good morning, people. happy thanksgiving today is thursday, november 24. i'm juliet huddy. cameras recording as a plane slams straight into the side of a mountain. everybody on board feared dead. the very latest from the scene. >> dave: now michelle bachman got an apology from nbc. but what happens to the band that slammed her through song? if their music goes on, is it just an empty apology? >> clayton: it was a back lot to the macy's day parade. there is the art history museum right there.

>> dave: avril lavon. >> clayton: "fox & friends" starts right now. >> juliet: let's listen to the music. >> dave: happy thanksgiving, everybody. we are celebrating outside with the folks from bass pro shops. you can camp out there like you camp out at best buy. but at bass pro, they welcome you, warm you up and keep you entertained. we'll show you how good the fried turkey tastes. >> clayton: they've got great black friday deals we'll tell you about. first headlines with the lovely juliet huddy. >> juliet: i'm a karaoke fanatic

i love the museum. new video out of new york la guardia airport, the thanksgiving travel rush is underway. we're getting reports of delays in new york, new jersey, boston and san francisco. the typical places. here is what one highway looked like in chicago overnight. similar scene in dallas and philadelphia. more than 42 million americans are traveling this year. that's good news, right? it's the busiest thanksgiving since the 2007 financial melt down. all of this despite air and gas prices are up more than 15% from last year. sad news, overnight a small plane with six people on board crashes into flames on a mountain outside phoenix and all caught on surveillance video. one child is confirmed dead. two more children and three adults also believed to have died. the plane was apparently flying to southeastern as arizona part of a thanksgiving trip. all of the kids reportedly between the ages o five and nine years old.

earlier reports suggest the plane broke apart on impact. the ntsb is investigating. fox news alert, the three american students who were being held by police in egypt have now been released. just moments ago we heard that derek sweeney, gregory porter and luke gates have been released from custody. they were arrested and questioned earlier this week, according to egyptian television. american university students were throwing molatov cocktails at police officers during protests in tahrir square. and we love these scenes. emotional homecoming in colorado. army sergeant andrew, surprising his two children at their school. he was deployed to afghanistan more than a year ago. >> thank you, guys, so much for letting me surprise them and for everything you've done for my family and my kids since we've been gone. >> juliet: his kids were reading a book about soldiers when he came in and surprised them. dave, getting teary eyed?

you can't not. >> dave: i'm a sucker for that every time. from turkeys to the peacock, nbc is apologizing finally to michelle bachman for what happened on the jimmy fallon show the other night. if you don't know, it was the music they played when she came out, a very disrespectful song, a former song from 1985. jimmy fallon tweeted an apology, but now a network official finally coming out and saying sorry. >> clayton: let's read the tweet from jimmy fallon. he said, i'm honored michelle bachman was on our show, i'm sorry about that intro mess. i hope she comes back. >> dave: hardly does justice for what happened. >> clayton: of course, and the song is really disrespectful towards women and specifically towards the way michelle bachman when she came out. then we were waiting for the network to have some sort of apology, not just jimmy fallon. finally this letter from jim

vaughn sent it to her, a personal letter said not only unfortunate, but unacceptable. bachman said the band showed sexism and bias for playing the song. so i guess they've accepted this apology. now the band, the question is to what happens to the band, they've been known to play some pretty outrageous songs when different individuals come out on the set. this is their signature, their trademark. they kind -- >> juliet: people say this was just way, way overboard, incredibly disrespectful. she's coming out there, she doesn't know what's going on. i didn't know the title of that song. but she's handled it with class, i think. >> dave: she has. it was not spur of the moment as the band leader suggested. afterwards they tweeted about it. michelle bachman is ready to move on, then everyone else should be. that's the person. if she wants to continue this. >> clayton: severely reprimanded means they'll never be doing that again. but from there to iowa, michelle bachman certainly focused on her

birth place, iowa and what happens in the iowa caucuses coming up in january, which is just right after the new year. this week was interesting because there was a secret meeting which we now all know about. it wasn't terribly secret. >> juliet: it was for a few days. >> dave: a number of conservative groups got together to discuss how best to stop mitt romney, whom they think is a rhino, which means republican in name only. >> dave: they say he does not line up with their social conservative values. they want to know who is the real social conservative in this race. a new poll has newt gingrich on top in iowa. here is the thing, though. that was in most polls taken before his comments on immigration during the national security debate. so -- >> juliet: what do you think will happen? it comes out post debate and post his comments. >> dave: if you're in that group, but then you say he doesn't match up with me on immigration, then it goes back to the question, do you want the

most lie detectorrable -- electable person? >> juliet: we're getting a lot of tweets and e-mails and a lot of you are saying you are in line with what he said and i think maybe that was surprising to folks here yesterday. >> clayton: a lot of viewers saying we're not on the romney band wagon. and that they're still not entire leisure exactly who they're going to pick, which i think lines up well with what we're hearing out of iowa right now. a few weeks ago, we were seeing herman cain up, rick perry's numbers up, michelle bachman. remember she won the straw poll. there is a lot of fluidity. you wonder if the momentum that newt gingrich has can sustain him into the iowa caucuses. it's early and some pundits are saying he might have peaked too early. if it was post thanksgiving, maybe prechristmas when he peaks in iowa, carried right through to the caucus. >> dave: mitt romney runs away from the pack. he's at 42% to 15% for newt gingrich, who did rise, but it appears mitt romney had locked down the state of new hampshire.

>> juliet: let's move to another subject. macy's thanksgiving day parade. avril lavigne is outside. i feel like a 16-year-old. >> juliet, let's start this off with one thing, say hi to juliet. >> what's up, juliet. >> there you go. she's so excited. she was at thing me that the second she walked into the karaoke bar, they put a song in for her right away. >> amazing. >> you're canadian? >> i am. >> you're in the parade? >> i'm lucky. this is my second thanksgiving. i celebrate both, so i get two thanksgivings. >> can you compare them, which is better? >> i'm so thankful for so many things. my friends, my family, and i get to live my dream. i always wanted to be a singer. so i'm really happy to be here celebrating. i also live in the states, i

live in l.a i'm performing my new single "wish you were here" today on a float with a turkey. >> the float is right back here. >> i know. it's cool. and i'm like -- i'm all bundled up. but this is awesome. this is such a big deal here in new york. it's super exciting to be part of it. >> thanksgiving, you've been here for a while, you picked up on some traditions. is there anything about the american thanksgiving that you love? >> what's really cool about the american thanksgiving is the second thanksgiving is over, the next day, people start celebrating the whole holiday season. if you're into christmas, people put up their trees right away. i love christmas. it's the kickoff and it's not really like that in canada because it's a month prior to this one. it's like boom, the holiday season has officially started. i'm all about the holidays. >> you've been on tour, you going back on tour again? >> i've been on tour all year. i've been everywhere world wide. it's been a big year for me and

just putting up this single right now, it's like more of a ballad and it's of kind the album is really about, it really represents this record. yeah. >> today you're going to get done with the parade. are you going to eat someplace? >> am i ever, yeah. because i'm not at home, we found a place that we could go to that does like -- like a restaurant that has a set menu. so we're going to celebrate and i'm really excited and i get to have the weekend off. i'm here in new york for like a week and a half, just like promoting my single. it's a really nice time to be here. >> thank you so much for your time. congratulations. enjoy the american thanksgiving as much as you do canadian and go get on that turkey have a great time. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> back to you. >> clayton: we also understand that neil diamond may be floating by and you may have neil diamond in a few minutes. >> i was a little bit afraid to say for sure because --

>> juliet: avril is fine. we're all set. >> clayton: that's my karaoke choice. you do avril, i do neil. >> juliet: i don't have any place to go, so maybe avril will invite me. >> dave: coming up next, the feds set aside $1 billion meant to save struggling homeowners all across the country. so why did most of the cash get funneled into three little states? real estate guru bob massi up next. >> juliet: then this is kind of a nightmare. forced to stand for seven hours on a flight. the man who claims he lost his seat because an obese man needed two. apparently was over his space allotment. [ male announcer ] if you're giving an amazing gift,

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>> juliet: we have a special guest. >> neil diamond, rick at the macy's thanksgiving day parade. take it away. one of my idols. neil diamond. >> one of everybody's idols. neil diamond, we're so happy you're here. you're here at the macy's parade. first time performing in the parade. >> it's a big thrill. it's fantastic. you're right in the middle of all of this and i can't wait. i can't wait. >> you have a career that -- we were saying spans almost 50 years now. not many people get to that kind of length of a career in this industry. what does that feel like? >> it feels like it went too fast. i was just 17 a minute ago in brooklyn and thinking about

maybe i could write some songs and make a living. i'm still doing it. i've been hooked on it and i love it. i'm still writing and still recording and i'm still touring. >> you don't just write some songs. you write amazing songs. you've written some of the best songs that this country has. >> thank you so much. thank you. >> today what are you going to be performing on the float? >> i'll be doing -- they'll be play ago number of songs. when it comes my time, i'll sing "america." >> one of the classics. you're going on tour with a new album? >> yes. we're going on tour this summer in june, this coming year. it's going to be a big one. it's going to be my biggest yet and i can't wait. i think tickets go on sale in about a week. >> there you go. that says a lot if this is going to be your biggest one. thank you so much for your time. happy thanksgiving to you. welcome. back to new york. dave, let's go back to you. >> dave: as i know, there is no

trip toughenway park without neil diamond. the government's emergency homeowner loan coming to an end with little fanfare. the plan which was supposed to help thousands of cash strapped homeowners avoid homeowners ended up not helping many at all and those it did help come primarily from three states. what went wrong? joining us now, bob massi. good morning to you. what is this emergency homeowner loan program? happy thanksgiving to you. >> happy thanksgiving to everybody. thank you. first of all, it was about two years ago they decided to allocate money for those people that had certain things happen as a result of unemployment, medical conditions and they were behind on their mortgage payments. so they allocated a certain amount of money through hud to help people. it was supposed to cover 32 states, including puerto rico. sort of like a bridge loan. you could borrow up to $50,000, no recourse. interest only. there was a lot of protocol that you had to meet in order to

qualify. as you can see, as you reported, interesting enough, only three states were affected and interesting enough also, puerto rico got the greatest benefit of all of the allocation of money. >> dave: it's interesting to note those stes that did get the biggest benefit. not exactly the biggest by population. why did only these three states get the big benefit? >> you know what? when you research it to find out why, it's difficult to get the absolute answer. but all i can tell you is this: every program that has been set up, although the intentions, i must say, and i support any program to help homeowner social security good, it's the infrastructure. it's the way and the different criteria that has to be followed. it's almost impossible for homeowners generally to really qualify for some of these programs. the other thing is, they don't have enough people that's manning the program. so there is all these infrastructure issues, protocol issues that although the intent was there, it just has not been

successful for the homeowner, like many other programs. that's sad because although the intent was there, the ultimate result was not there. >> dave: not just the intent was there, the cash was. nearly a billion dollars unspent. where does that go? >> goes back to the treasury. so the money that was not spent goes back to the treasury. the thing -- and i understand that that's the criteria and how it was set up. for example, in situations like this not only did you have to be unemployed or medical conditions, there had to be issues that your house actually was in foreclosure process, certain other criteria. but because, again of this criteria, the money that wasn't spent, it did go back to the treasury, but is it too bad the program wasn't extended? isn't it too bad that maybe other homeowners couldn't have been helped in this program? again, off the mark programs, intentions good. results are terrible. very, very unfortunate for our homeowners in america. >> dave: somebody needs to come up with a program that's going to work. don't forget, you can e-mail bob

massi your questions by logging on to our web site. thank you for joining us, bob. happy thanksgiving. >> best ever. thank you very much. >> dave: still ahead, we showed you this video, a woman attacked in public in broad daylight and no one stops to help. why? it's called the bystander effect. dr. keith ablow here to explain. then john stossel says washington needs to look at the pilgrims to see what's next, to sees who right. he's coming up. looking good! you lost some weight.

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>> juliet: welcome back. quick headlines. talk about a woman scorned. a california woman facing federal charges after falsely accusing her ex-boyfriend of plotting an attack on a united airlines flight. prosecutors say she was upset after the guy dumped her and defriended her on facebook. that's upsetting when that happens. the obama administration backing off on a bill that would ban recreational hunting on some public lands. the white house initially citing environmental and safety concerns, but they are now dropping the proposal completely. clayton? >> clayton: thank you so much. it's thanksgiving, so what does john stossel say he's most thankful for? property rights? john stossel joins us this morning. happy thanksgiving. >> it sounds so cruel, but without property rights, this would be happy starvation day 'cause the pilgrims got here in

1620 and for two years, they just about starved because they shared everything, communal property. so the people who worked hard on the harvest didn't get any more than the people who were lazy, people got lazy, they almost starved. >> clayton: is it type of mind given that's been happening in zuccotti park and occupy wall street, is it the city rules? they couldn't throw them out. it's just natural to think that public is better. but think about public toilets and what comes to mind. nobody takes care of it when it's public. down the street, this bryant park used to be a total dive. people would just shoot heroin there. now it's a nice park. i went there and asked people, is it public or private? they're nice. >> i would say public. >> if it were private, they would -- did she. >> wouldn't you say public? >> the truth is, it's only nice

because it's now a private park and the private owners take care of it. so open to the public, like a -- like a private supermarket is open. >> clayton: and zuccotti park is open to the park. it has certain rules in effect, many of which are not -- you can't camp there or put a tent out. it's for the public to come in here. you build a building, part of the agreement when you build this building is you'll have green space as well. but a lot of the perception of the owl autopsy street folks was this is a public park. we can set up a tent. >> in the real fully public parks, you can't stay overnight. so it was this public-private partnership zuccotti park really is that caused the confusion that made it tough for them to toss them out. of course, they get free speech. they just don't get to occupy. >> clayton: even the public parks, you go to any of the public parks across the united states, you pay a fee to camp and you use their services. it doesn't come without some ownership. >> right. but thanksgiving -- i didn't know this stuff. william bradford said they were

starving, so we assigned each family a parcel of land. the next year, he said it made all hands industryious. there was plenty. hence, thanksgiving. >> clayton: you can see more of this, stossel, tonight, 10:00 p.m. on the "fox business" network with a thanksgiving day special. nice to see you. happy thanksgiving. coming up on the show, forced to stand for a seven hour flight, next, the man who claims he lost his seat because an obese man needed two seats. is that property ownership? we'll check in with rick live along the macy's thanksgiving day parade. he's hanging out with "american idol" winner scott mcqueary. and black friday deals on thursday. some are set up on our plaza. people can shop today at bass pro shops.

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>> i'd like to say hello and happy thanksgiving to my family in great fall, montana. my wife and my daughters. >> great falls, montana. beautiful country. i used to live in helena, montana. beautiful country. >> dave: we will go to iraq in just a couple of minutes live

with the troops on their thanksgiving, what they're doing to celebrate. >> juliet: yes, but we have a fox news alert. 12 c.i.a. agents have reportedly been arrested in iran, one of the country's top officials accusing the agents of spying. he also claims they were working with the israeli government to attack nuclear and military interests in iran. so far no word from the white house or the c.i.a. on these reports. country duo sugarland being sued follow that deadly stage collapse at the indiana state fair. ♪ sugarland was about to take the stage when the strong wind gusts caused the whole thing to collapse, as you just saw there. the lawsuit filed by 44 survivors and the family of the four people killed. they claim sugarland and the show's producers should have canceled the show when the weather started to deteriorate. president obama, republicans, each wishing the american people a happy thanksgiving and saying it's time to work together. >> i know that for many of you, this thanksgiving is more

difficult than most, but no matter how tough things are right now, we still give thanks for that most american blessings, the chance to determine our own destiny. the problems we faced didn't develop overnight and we won't solve them overnight. but we will solve them. >> together we can and should find common ground to deliver a government that honors the voice of the people, the challenges we face demand nothing less. >> juliet: this hon the heels -- this on the heels of the super committee fail to go reach a deal. a new jersey man demanding u.s. airways change its policy after he was reportedly forced to stand for a seven-hour flight. this seems so unbelievable. i can't get this. he says the man seated next to him was so obese that he took up almost two seats. he says he asked for a different seat, but the plane was full. that's what he was told. so he was forced to stand without a seatbelt, even during takeoff and landing. u.s. airways reportedly told the faa that they were unaware of

that since it is a violation. they've called the incident regrettable. >> clayton: that's bizarre. wouldn't they see down the aisle standing. >> juliet: we're standing up and i start to get up not quite at the gate, they freak out at me. >> dave: they're a world away, but our servicemen and women finding time to celebrate thanksgiving overseas. >> clayton: dominic is streaming live from bag doing, iraq. tell us about the thanksgiving festivities going on right now. >> they managed to deliver a butter ball bonanza for the troops. we were traveling around the country with lieutenant general today and he was introducing us to some of the troops who -- morale is very high because they're trying as quickly as possible to get out of the country. about 1,000 troops a day are actually being let out as quickly as possible. some by land, through kuwait.

with all these thousands of people, the mission still has to go on even after the majority of troops have gone because you have the security coordination, which will keep men on the ground beyond the december 31 deadline. you'll see them still dealing day-to-day with the iraqis and advising where possible and the iraqis trying to build lasting capability in iraq. as far as the ground mission has gone, that's training. that's over. but there is still key personnel that have to remain here very much for the next six to 12 months. >> clayton: thanks so much. we understand he had the guest who will be joining him shortly. we will go back to him live to share his thanksgiving wishes in a few minutes. >> dave: we head back out to the macy's day parade. the american idol winner scott

mccreary. hey, rick. >> hey. scott, the girls here have been going crazy this morning knowing that you were coming. >> i don't know, man. i think they're just excited about the parade. i know i am. >> trust me, that's not it. they've been screaming your name all morning long. you're the current "american idol" winner. what's that feel like to suddenly go from small town north carolina to this? >> it's crazy, man. we went from zero to 100 in two seconds. we're enjoying it and get to go do things like this. it's been a blessing, i'm telling you. >> you've had about a year where your life has completely changed. is there any one moment in all of that where you've had to go, oh, my god, i cannot believe this is happening? >> oh, yeah. i was just at the cma awards and i get the chance to sing. it's been really cool to see the response and to see people really supporting me. i'm humbled by that and trying to keep on singing. >> you're saying that you've spent every thanksgiving at your grandma's watching this parade.

one year changes and you're in the parade. >> i'm telling you. you never know what happens and we're here today and i'm sure grandma will be watching. >> your album you said just yesterday went gold. >> yes, sir. we founded yet. that's huge thing for us, big accomplishment. we're extremely happy about that. hopefully we can get to the next step. we'll keep on singing. >> you've got a lot to be thankful for. what's the thing you're most thankful for? >> this year especially, and a lot of people say this, but for me it's family. my family, more so this year than most 'cause i've been everywhere, we've been kind of split apart and on one side of the country or another, and to have such a strong family support, everybody loves each other and everybody is here today, the whole family is here. that's a big thing. >> that's what's important. thanks for your time. congratulations on all your success. enjoy it and much continued success. >> thank you so much. >> dave, let's head over to you. >> dave: i'm a big fan of scotty, man. he's fantastic. we're going to get back out to

iraq where dominic has his guest. dominic, are you with us, sir? happy thanksgiving. dominic, hello? >> happy thanksgiving to you guys. with me now is lieutenant robert, the guy in charge of the mission going forward after the main withdrawal has taken place. happy thanksgiving to you, general. you actually are in charge of something called the office of security coordination here in iraq. what exactly is that, because we thought everybody was leaving, but you guys are going to be staying on for white a while. >> we call ourselves the mighty 157. there is 157 of us staying and a whole bunch of civilian contractors as well. but we'll do the foreign military sales. >> what is that? >> that's the responsibility to provide the equipment to the iraqi military and collective training that brings them up to some degree of competence. >> how different is that than what we've seen with operation new dawn, which was an advisor assistant training mission itself? >> the advisors in operation new dawn actually went to the

military that was out in the field and then they linked up with them, they combined the headquarters and they were working with the commanders, working on the ground with those personnel. our job is delivery of the equipment. the new equipment they're buying, m-1 tanks and helicopters and then to field the equipment, then to train them on the equipment, and then to train collective training a little bit. >> final question, are the iraqis up to doing the job and defending the country on their own now? >> they're very motivated. they're dealing with internal threats, which they have proven to deal quite well with that. there are some issues, obviously, but really we're focused on building iraqi security force that can deal with the external threats, the threats of the future and all those things. th still have a ways to go. >> we appreciate your time. happy thanksgiving to you and your men and stay safe. >> thank you. >> guys, less than 20,000 u.s. troops left in country now. about 1,000 today still leaving. middle of december, almost all of those will be gone. the mission, the ground mission and effectively the war in iraq,

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>> juliet: welcome back. we showed you this video, a woman being attacked in public on a street in boston. she was being punched and kicked for her handbag in broad daylight and as you can see, not one person helped. not one person stepped in. why is that? according to keith ablow, dr. keith ablow, it's called the bystander effect and he's here to explain. this was such an interesting video. we wanted to bring you back. you were here yesterday. you say it's bystander effect. explain that for me. >> here is the thing, we've known for a long time that the likelihood that one person will take it upon him or herself to intervene, even in what seems to be a catastrophe, is reduced by the number of other people who are present. it's almost as if people look inside themselves and say, if nobody is doing anything, it must be that nobody should do

anything. >> juliet: the number of other bistanders present. >> literally. in 1964, kitty was stabbed to death by a serial killer in full view of an apartment complex. no one did anything because it's as if people are paralyzed because they think that if no one else is doing anything, neither should they. >> juliet: yesterday i was talking to one of our crew guys and he was saying his theory, and this sims like a plausible theory, if one person is walking by andeeing this happen, this is a group of thugs attacking one woman, i mean, if i jump in, i'm going to get my you know what kicked, too. >> well, i think there is a little bit of fear, but it goes deeper than that because people will do heroic things, of course, enmass. we storm beaches, we go to war. if one person were to act, many people might show courage. but here is the thing, i think we're all becoming bistanders in our life via facebook, youtube.

people have seen this video and said to me, it looks like something from youtube. i think sometimes now when you see things unfold in real life, the bystander effect is being magnified because things that really happen look like, well, it looks like something i've seen on youtube. it's probably some kind of dramaization. i think people are being dulled in their potential to be heros and this is as true at penn state and in iran -- >> juliet: reality shows, you see normal women beating each other up. thank you for joining us. he's the author of the new book "inside the mind of casey anthony." thank you for joining us. happy thanksgiving. >> thanks. >> juliet: next, spicing up the traditional thanksgiving feast with stuff you already have around the house. but first, let's check in with gregg jarrett for a look at what's coming up at the top of the hour. >> i felt so badly for you. you come to our house today for thanksgiving. you said you had nowhere to go.

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>> dave: welcome back. we're almost ready for the macy's day parade to begin. we're loaded with them. how many are there? >> i have no idea what that was. happy thanksgiving to everybody. enjoy the parade.

800 -- 850 clowns. happy thanksgiving. back to you. >> clayton: thanks so much. we're back with our friends from bass pro shop. andrea is a food stylist and aaron is here from bass pro shops cooking up good stuff. dave, what are you cooking? >> dave: we're going to take traditional things that you have at a thanksgiving table and put a little twist to different things up. we'll start with the cranberries. >> you have your normal cranberries. we're going to add some orange spices. you want to throw those in. >> dave: then pomegranates. canned or fresh? >> we like fresh. >> dave: tom granite seeds, that ain't easy to get them. >> you can buy them. >> dave: i didn't know that. >> juliet: 21st century. >> you're ready to go. that's it.

>> clayton: everyone loves sweet potatoes, but you added something different to it. >> twice baked. we took the flavors of like a candied yam or sweet potato and put it in a twice baked application. so right here we have the inside of the sweet potato. if you want to start mashing that up. and we're going to add some warm butter. everything is better with butter. and some brown sugar. you get it all in there all good and then you put it back inside. there you go. top it with some marshmallows. and then we're going to put it in the oven, wait until it gets toasty. >> dave: do you do anything to the skin? >> that's just from roasting it. you roast it first to get it soft and scoop it out. >> juliet: you don't put oil ton it? >> i didn't put any oil. >> clayton: you know what else is delicious is the hot

chocolate. after a big meal, you want to sit down by the fire and have hot chocolate. an interesting twist on this. >> smores. everyone loves them in the winter. i wanted to do smores hot chocolate we're going to dip our mug in water and press it into graham cracker. you want to try one? >> clayton: sure. easy enough. even the kids can do it. >> right. then you're going to pour in your hot chocolate. then top it with some marshmallows. >> juliet: let's pretend it's not 12 degrees. >> dave: let us know how the graham cracker crust goes. >> aaron will talk to you about parfaits. >> you have your pumpkin pie, but everyone loves parfaits. so we did a pumpkin mousse and we added a can of pumpkin to a plain mousse recipe, stirred it

up. we take our parfait glasses, crumbled graham crackers in the bottom. >> juliet: i should probably test this out. >> dave: shrek says, everybody loves parfait. >> you can always bury it -- vary it. we have strawberry. >> clayton: delicious. we'll have more in the after the show show. i think we'll make some sangria in the after the show show. join us right there. >> juliet: you double dipped. >> clayton: our thanks to bass pro shop. the big holiday four-day sale starts today. go there and check it out. thanks so much. happy thanksgiving, everyone. >> juliet: happy thanksgiving. >> clayton: back in two minutes. let's go to vegas. alright, let's do it.

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