engaged and you are involved and we have some sort of communication between elected officials and our citizens. i hope you had a great 4th. i want to thank members of congress for participating. please give them a hand. i thank you for watching. [ applause ] >>. >> heather: we with a fox news alert. heat is dangerously high and humid temperatures are shattering temperatures in united states. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. scorching heat blamed for 46 deaths over the last two weeks. the midwest getting hit particularly hard in the northeast. how it's feeling the heat. folks are trying to cool however they can. for those that need to be outside, doctors are warning take proper present present quags.

>> this may not be a day to run a mile. >> even spray bottles can cool down someone pretty quickly. >> rick riechmuth is following it and the word oppressive isn't severe enough on to describe it. >> do you have another word. >> gregg: awful? >> that works. you said it. there is it's going to be a very long stretch. the worst is based here in areas of the central plains. all the states are dealing with it. right around parts of the central part of the country and spreading toward the northeast. a bit of good news, heat warnings we've had contract new york and connecticut have been dropped because we had a little bit of cloud cover. where you see all this red here, heat indoes what it feels like -- indices is about 105 to 115.

severe weather cloud cover dropped the temperatures a bit but it's in effect until 7:00 p.m. good news as the temperatures are going to drop the next couple of days. it's a wind threat for us a little bit of hail threat but not a tornado threat. keep in mind of all the severe weather because of that very damaging winds with some of these thunderstorms. that is what we're looking at as the front moves through. tomorrow it spreads farther to the south down to virginia, much of west virginia and down to evansville, indiana. once it goes through temperatures will drop a little bit but we still have this to deal with. chicago you are in clear but st. louis you are like 108, 107 in louisville. take a look at what happens over the next three days or so for us. some of big cities that have been dealing with. kansas city, d.c., chicago and new york, head towards the area

on monday but for most part everybody back in the 80s. we do have relief coming but we have to get through today and tomorrow and the rest of the week will look good. >> gregg: so stay in bed and watch the fox news channel. thanks very much. >> heather: did you see that 103 in the nation' capitol. they are on track to break a heat record that was set back in 1930, cooling centers are open all across washington. residents and tourists dealing with the extreme heat. molly henneberg is live with more. >> molly: 1930's that is when the last heat record was. they didn't have air-conditioning back then. i guess maybe we have a little easier if you have power. this dangerous heat is nothing to mess with. it's in the 101 in sunny parts of washington. look at the thermometer here in

the shade it's at hundred degrees. the century mark in the shade in washington. some people say it's not that bad but a number of tourists tried to get out early including one honeymooning couple. >> we have enough water. >> we are back in the hotel it's too hot for them. we came out. and we'll go back and pick them out. >> we're going to get as many monument scenes as we can before we melt. >> molly: as for the power situation, 10,000 people are still in the dark and without air-conditioning a week after those powerful thunderstorms came through the area. more than 9,000 of the 0,000 people are in baltimore. 100,000 people in west virginia still have no power. we were listening to rick riechmuth and we are hoping he

is right and cool down comes sunday or monday and we will be like in the fall temperatures, in the 80s. >> heather: thank you very much. molly henneberg reporting live for us. >> gregg: we are getting new reports more than half. continental united states is suffering from a drought. this longest on the record since the government begin keeping track. farmers and ranchers especially hit hard. some forced to sell their belongings to keep their animals live. it will ultimately affect tarp-point teachers. >> it means i have had to sell part of our capital assets to stay in business. i don't like to do that, but it's either that or the animals die. >> it hurts everybody area with less beef. beef prices are are going to be higher. >> they believe the dry air is

to blame. >> heather: from that situation to this. no relief for people in northern colorado. some of the same families that were affected by the major wildfires are now worrying about flooding, torrential downpours covering mudslides all over areas. the rains closing roads and sending many residents packing. >> i was really surprised when i came in gang bus termination like an hour ago. >> there is nothing to hold it back. i know it came down this morning there was place that looked like sand had washed down. there was nothing to hold it. >> over 200 homes have been put on pre-evacuation alert. >> gregg: with less than four months before the election,

sluggish economy is the main focal point on president obama's reelection bid. governor mitt romney campaigning on voter anger over an economy that has left millions jobless and many underemployed. in june there was a meager 80,000 jobs and unemployment remained at 8.2%. here is the president and governor romney today. >> our mission isn't just to put people back to work. it's to rebuild an economy where that work pays. an economy who works hard has a chance to get ahead. >> their prediction unemployment was 35.6% and instead it's 8.2%. millions of families are struggling and suffering because the president's policies have not worked for them. >> gregg: jamie weinstein is the senior ed for of the daily caller. no president has you know since the great depression has won reelection with unemployment above 7.2%.

so historical precedence is not the president's side yet he leads governor romney in most national polls. not only in the crucial swing states which invites the question -- how is that possible? >> you make the good point since fdr was elected twice with unemployment double this, no president has faced an election with above 7% and only one of those ronald reagan was elected in 1984. that is puzzling question, despite the unemployment being as high as it is and surplus that president obama initiated -- the stimulus didn't work as he pleaded. he does okay on the economy. not outstanding but he is romney is still not trusted to the extent that you would think he would be. >> gregg: 23 million americans

are unemployed or underemployed ordinary stop looking. yet a month ago, president obama says the private sector is doing fine. he admitted was a gaffe. i wonder if he did it again yesterday when he called the overall numbers a step in the right direction? >> he faces a tough predicament. he is trying to campaign at a time of economic turmoil and stimulus package has no results at this point. his other achievement the healthcare bill is not very popular. it is a difficult time. his argument would be that things have progressed, they would have been a lot worse had his stimulus bill not been in place. he would argue it is going in the right direction. obviously, it's not going fast enough. those that are listening to it

question, really the right direction? >> gregg: with 80,000, you have to have 120,000 to keep up with population growth. the "wall street journal"'s editorial page absolutely blasted governor romney's campaign for squandering an historic opportunity, those are their words. they call the campaign confused and politically dumb. is there a sense that romney is running at best an overly cautious campaign add worst an inept and clumsy campaign? >> they are looking at the landscape and unemployment numbers we just talked about. their view we don't have to do all that much. the president's hopes are imploding on the economic numbers themselves. so he is not going out there and giving details of his plans. he doesn't feel like he needs to do that because he doesn't want to get criticized or make a

gaffe. he is laying back almost playing rope adope and i will say this. he had a good line when the numbers came out. something that can play well going toward november. we can do better than this. i think this is powerful line that would resonate with americans. >> gregg: in 2009 president obama predicted that his $800 billion stimulus would pass and unemployment today would be a mere 5.6%. it's not. in fact today, president obama senior campaign advisor shrugged off the numbers and said it's what everybody expected. it's a far cry from 5.6%. is that the strategy, pretend promises were not made and then broken and will voters buy into that? >> the other part of the strategy is try to tear down

mitt romney as a patient businessman. things may not be where you want right now. we'll help the middle-class but you don't want this guy. he is really bad. he sends jobs overseas. they will try to paint romney as the worst alternative. >> gregg: i wanted to pick up on that. this other strategy that you mentioned to use negative ads to define him as a corporate outsourcing specialist while at bain capital. never mind they found the ads to be untrue. here are a couple of them. "washington post" fact checker, they say untrue. we found no evidence to support the claim that romney while still running bain capital shifted american jobs overseas. truth notwithstanding, these ads seem to be working. he is negative in the swing

states where the ads are playing the most. those negatives are up. his favorables are down. is this shaping up to be maybe one of dirtiest campaigns in modern history? >> certainly a lot of people that the president is going to have to run a dirty campaign to win. i don't think it's going to stick in the long run. it's not a positive message to run on. i don't think that is going to inspire people to come out and voted for president obama. frankly he has been under cut by key members of his own team. corey booker the mayor of new jersey, president clinton said that romney is an honorable businessman. that is hard message to sell. >> gregg: jamie, good to see you. >> heather: coming up. new plans for afghanistan after u.s. troops leave. big announcement from hillary clinton on the future of america's alliance with the country. >> gregg: new allegations,

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>>. >> gregg: time for a quick check of head lies, epic heat wave scorching the east coast. triple-digits in most areas. forecasters say storms could develop before cooler weather moves in. 150,000 people in west virginia without any electricity today. a series of storms knocking out power more than a week ago. overseas, libyans voting in the first election in more than 50 years. a former dictator but enthusiasm for the election is not as

widespread. protestors, reports they have been burning ballot boxes. >> millions of americans are looking for work. during the recession many high end and middle skilled jobs disappeared but there is one area where the number of jobs have expanded over the last several years. anna has the story. >> reporter: after the recession demand for service jobs to food prep workers to home health are up. economy it's are seeing a trend when those construction and those jobs disappear people often turn to the service industry even though those jobs don't typically pay, as well. >> the actual numbers are out there but there is a lot more satisfaction and reward from every day. everything that we do is a lot. it's for us and not someone

else. >> reporter: recent study finds that between the years 2007 and 2010 the number of middle skilled jobs being replaced by machines or overseas fell some 12%. the number of high end high education jobs fell by 1%. but despite the recession there was a 2% increase in personal service jobs. >> they all lost employment during the recession. so the fact that these jobs can't be outsourced works in their favor but it's not the only thing that is going on. technology you point you made is fairly important. you around going to see you at makes take away these jobs that has reduced employment in other areas. >> reporter: also contributing an aging baby boomer population and more women in work force

allows pet care and home jobs to increase as well. >> heather: thank you very much. >> gregg: right now a major international investigation is under way. the department of state is looking into whether a mysterious united nations agency has been sending technology to north korea and iran despite sanctions. here is details from the state department. >> reporter: these documents first obtained by fox news.com are now at the center of an international investigation into whether an obscure u.n. agency. intellectual property organization violated sanctions by shipping computers and other sophisticated technology to north korea and iran. new revelations first surfaced during a committee hearing. >> i have been closely following reports that wipo officials have been transferring computers, fire walls and other

technological devices total governments of north korea and iran. >> reporter: along with congressman berman another democrat said the u.n. alleged behavior was beyond unacceptable. >> it's an outrage that wipo would be transferring materials violating the sanctions we have to north korea and iran. this stuff, i mean it's basically funded by u.s. inventors. >> for answers the u.s. deputy secretary of commerce confirmed the transfers were under scrutiny. >> there is an active ongoing investigation. the department of state is handling that at this time. >> exclusive reporting by foxnews.com state department investigation into the u.n. body. documents including e-mails though the shipments took place in iran beginning in january 2010 and north korea in late 2011. the shipments contained hewlett

packard computers and servers in violation of their policy not to supply the technology to rogue regimes. >> the state has to be aggressive to get to the bottom of this. >> a spokesman agreed the claims were serious that the issue is being raised at new york headquarters. we are working with the director general and other member states to institute reforms so that future development projects are properly approved before being implemented. >> as to a response that a u.n. body is violating sanctions, there was no immediate response from the press office. >> gregg: thanks very much. >> heather: latest jobs numbers doing nothing to kick start the economy. everybody wants to know what does president obama have to on to do get companies to hire again. >> folks are trying to stay cool out there. some of the areas hardist hit, next.

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>>. >> heather:. time for the top of the news and deadly heat wave breaking records from coast to coast. some cities seeing the highest temperatures since the 1930s dust bowl. >> a top iranian general is threatening to block a major oil shipping route. this comes a week after the european union's embargo on iranian oil. >> a search underway for a missing monkey in north carolina. it disappeared from a wake forest university center. they are using tapes of baby monkey calls to lure him back to

safety. despite afghanistan upgraded ally status, violence has been spiking over the last few months. what more needs to be done before u.s. troops leave. now pakistan has reopened the nato supply route, will we see progress? general jack keane is former vice chief of staff. thank you for joining us. so first of all afghanistan is the 15th country to be declared a major non-nato ally, others include, egypt, japan, australia what does this mean for afghanistan and for the u.s.? >> it clearly sends a message to all the regional stakeholders some of whom have been in mischief in afghanistan that the united states, while we may be pulling our troops out we're not changing the fundamental relationship that we have with

afghanistan. we're going to have a strong partnership that is going to transcend military supported into other areas, economic, educational, scientific. the normal kind of relationship that we would have with an ally. that sends a huge message to the taliban and to the pakistanis that we are sticking around. >> heather: so u.s. combat troops they withdraw in 2014, what needs to happen before then? >> we have key decisions right in front of us. our participation in the war is coming to an end but the key decisions will determine the future security of afghanistan. first one, surge forces, some 30,000 and we're going to do that by september. that will leave 68,000 forces, the commanders on the ground want to keep those forces through 2013. if we don't do that and pull them out prematurely that will put it as risk. the second thing is, we have to support the afghan national security forces.

bill for that is $6 billion but that will provide us with what the current force is 352,000. there is an option on the table to reduce that to $4 billion which brings the force level down to 230,000. that would begin in 2016. that makes no sense. we're going to put most of nato forces out, some 100,000 and redies the afghan forces by one-third. then the afghan forces will be operating with 230,000 on the ground which we have 452,000. it doesn't make much sense. hopefully we'll find the money we need. we have to keep an appropriate residual force in place to provide the enablers that the afghans need. >> heather: i want to ask you something that is coming from one of our troops that is over there in afghanistan. i put this on line i was going

to speaking to you specifically about afghanistan. he contacted me. i don't know his rank. he is soon be flying combat missions in the a-10. what do you see as the biggest obstacle to stabilization in afghanistan? >> that is a great question. the security situation we have dramatically turned around. second thing, political transition in 2014, we'll have a new government. hopefully it will be more effective than what we currently have. biggest future for future stability are the sanctuaries that are in pakistan that the afghan taliban occupy and pakistani support. we have got to bring that to an end by 2014 for the future security of or the future will be at risk. if the pakistanis don't stop the

support for them then we should attack them in terms of their leadership much as we are doing with the al-qaeda who are not that far from where the sanctuaries are. we yours go covert drone attacks. otherwise the future stability of pakistan will be at risk. >> heather: what about the move to reopen the supply route. it's been shut down after pakistani troops were killed back in november. how will that help the movement forward in terms of stabilization? >> that is clearly a shorter route we used and less expensive for us to do that. when we start to retrograde our equipment out of afghanistan it's much easier to go through the kyber pass, go through pakistan to the port of karachi than it is to take the northern route. we can do that, of course, if we had to but it's much more expensive to do that.

this is more efficient and more effective to keep it open. >> heather: thank you so much for joining us. as always we appreciate your insight and our troops listening to overseas appreciate as well. >> gregg: the internet is very popular place to find restaurants and yelp is making a big business out of it. but business owners say they are getting trapped, don't give out free goods, blackmailers will hurt their ratings. the dark side of online reviews from san francisco. >> we got this review from our extortionist. it's one star. >> sacramento restaurant owner, a nasty review from a patron who claimed he got food poisoning and threatened a take down. >> i'm going to do a scathing review on yelp and report to you health department but if you buy

me a hundred dollar gift card to ella which is nice restaurant in town, to me that was extortion. >> he didn't pay a dime and the customer's post didn't mention food poisoning confirming the suspicions were false. >> free speech advocate says the proliferation of review websites is new kind of cyber criminals. they know his post is a powerful megaphone. yelp allows users to flag questionable content. the company declined our request to talk about the cases, the website touts special filters that protect against malicious zbloofs what about extortion. what should big owners do? the best solution isn't to pay and it isn't to file a lawsuit. rather he suggests using social media platforms to explain their side of the story and work even harder to earn positive reviews.

>> even if an ad is unfair, more effective response is to create a countered note online. >> some turn the tables when new york's joe invited to try the worst meatball sandwich the image went viral and sandwich sales soared. they say some of them are positive and negative are fake and prevented a challenge for review sites trying to serve up integrity. >> i just want to say those meatballs look good. >> heather: it's a huge problem on yelp. you have to decide which ones are real and which ones are fake. >> gregg: you could trash a business by word of mouth. you only hit a handful of people. now you can hit millions of folks and really hurt an ongoing

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>> these things they sound like they are fun but they are extremely hazard outs and very serious, making them alone is a felony as well as they are incredibly dangerous. we have no way when they are going off. >> no word on who created the bombs and why they were at that particular home. no arrests have been made. >> heather: latest jobs numbers showing the unemployment rate for june is stuck at 8.2%. employers created just 80,000 jobs last month. far below expectations. president obama acknowledging the difficulties telling a crowd in ohio, quote, it's still tough out there. what does he need to do to get back to some serious hiring. let's bring in dominic in and you know how he can do that? >> i have some ideas, let's start there. >> heather: how do we get it

moving again? >> look, we have the perfect incubator to tell us the federal government what they should be doing. some states in this country have done phenomenally good job in creating jobs. they have done it by using simple tools. states you would think they would be able, they have shown us how to do it and federal government should follow in their footsteps. like texas, florida, south carolina, north dakota. so what is the winning formula for them? >> when we look like a state in texas, no state income tax. they create a low tax environment where businesses wanted to come in and wanted to hire and they want to grow their businesses. low taxes has to be top of the list here. we have very friendly political environment. going out of their way. politicians attract these businesses to the state. they create zones where businesses can come in and set

up, electricity at attractive prices. they created an environment where businesses want to come in there. >> what is keying that from happening under the obama administration nationally? >> clearly we have white house how it is to do this. we have congress thinking another way. we have a political election coming down in november. all this ambiguity is killing us killing the small business owner. small business owner represents 70% of all the new jobs that are created in this country. what happens when you have that money in your pocket you are going to hire somebody out there all this ambiguity and you park it and wait to see what happens, at least until the november election. >> heather: how can this mor of into something worth? >> think of somebody is that has a heart attack the patient is healing and better shape but the

fact the economy is still weak. you look europe and china numbers are being brought gown. you look at the political situation in november, in a very weak state. job numbers show that all over again on a monthly basis. we're teetering on the edge of recession. god forbid we an event go off in iran it could push out over the edge. >> whether you talk about the financial cliff, by the end of the year, what are the different elements that would go into making that happen? >> right now we have multitude of things happening at one time. the tax breaks that bush implemented are going to expire. we have budget cuts that are going to automatically happen because congress couldn't figure out what actually to do. there are all kinds of financial events that will literally suck cash out of economy. people are not spending and fear factor. we have obamacare as the law of the land. that is going to make the

situation substantially worse. that alone could take 1.5% out of our g.d.p. when we're only growing at 2%. that is bad views. >> heather: so end it on good news, find some good news? >> governor scott in florida who dealt a massive housing problem, governor perry in texas, these guys figured out where businesses can come in they can create jobs. you they are spending money that helps the economy. it it's the creation of jobs by creating a good business environment that is going to pull us out of here. >> heather: the fear is real and solutions can be found if there is a will. >> and leadership. >> heather: thank you so much. we appreciate it. >> gregg: attorney general eric holder firing back at house republicans saying they are vote to hold him in contempt is attacking president obama in an

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>>. >> heather: welcome back to a shocking video out of tennessee, where violent storms tore through the state and powerful winds blew boats out of the water. that is about 40 miles southeast of knoxville. more than 70 boats ro reported missing or damage. officials say it will take days to get everything cleared up. >> gregg: new reports that united nations special envoy kofi annan is admitting his effort for a peaceful political solution in syria has failed. more than 15,000 people killed since the uprising today. reports from the ground that the fighting is spilling across the border into lebanon, a spokesman for the syrian national council says his people need more than empty promises. >> syrian people expected more

than a statement. right now we have a little bit towards the end of this regime. >> gregg: what happened to the peace plan. steven yates is deputy assistant for national security affairs to the president. god to see you. so special envoy annan admitting his planning failed. efforts not succeeding whatsoever. that is not terribly surprising to you, is it, given the obstructive actions of iran and china and russia? >> correct. it's not surprising but it is a bit refreshing for annan to acknowledge that both china and russia have been obstructing things in the council and also to acknowledge that iran has been playing an unhelpful role. i don't no know what he means

iran be part of the solution. he does admit that his plan so far has not gotten past point one which the cease-fire. >> gregg: at a conference yesterday hillary clinton said russia and china should pay a price for helping assad to stay in office. what does that mean? >> that is an excellent question. every syrian is wondering, as well. it's unclear to me what price the united states is prepared to impose on russia and china or whether secretary clinton is suggesting other people should impose a price. clearly today either china nor russia has paid a price for resisting efforts across the broader arab spring but especially in the syria conflict. >> gregg: i warrant to come back to a point you made at the outset. annan insisting his plan can be

salvaged somehow if, according to annan, aresign is part of the solution. given iran's nuclear ambition and history of supporting terrorism and vowed to annihilate israel by any participation by iran official or unofficially be a mistake? >> i don't understand how it could possibly work. iran obviously has used syria as a proxy in a number of ways. it used syria proxy in the war against us in against us in iraq. it has been a proxy in the war of extending terrorism beyond its borders so it's just exceedingly unlikely it leads to solution. we need to start to think of putting meat on the words secretary clinton has put forward on what price these other players pay. we have had a lot of talk and

secretary clinton may stop stopping the takes unless the rebel what has president obama called for is that making assad go. >> gregg: the high level defection from assad inner circle first one that is meaningful took place days ago when a close friend of assad's i think he is how in france. might his presage others as momentum grows against assad? >> i think turkey and all the powers in the region have the strongest and clearest national interests in trying to shape an outcome in syria in a post assad world. the clear question that i have and i think any serious observer what is the united states prepared to do to encourage others to move forward and shape this outcome. in libya our state department

maintained an embargo on people that tried to help rebels. is there a similar thing for the alleys to help the doctor allies. but they need clarity. allies like turkey may have the will and capability to make a difference. >> gregg: the french that actually led the intervention in libya. it was said that the united states followed. now, we know the new french president is calling the crisis in syria, this is an important quote, a threat to international security and peace. the quote is important because as i understand it, you would know this better, unique language in chapter 7 of the u.n. chart allows for military intervention by virtue of that language. should the nations who acted to stop the massacres in libya do the same in syria? >> one would think that syria is

an even greater and clearer national security challenge to more of our allies than the situation in libya yeah was. given the fact there was a nuclear plant that the north koreans that the airs had to take out and collusion on resign and other types things collusion with iran but it's careful language meant to send a signal. i think at this point. tough people like assad is not susceptible to signals. they need to see that we have the power and will to move in decisive way. >> gregg: one wonders what it would do to assad. steven yates, thanks very much. >> heather: back to this, a dangerous heat wave gripping much of the country from the midwest to the east coast. city officials warning people to take this weather seriously.

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>> gregg: much of the united states now in the grip of an

intense heat wave. brutally high temperatures stretching from the midwest to the east coast. hello, everyone. i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. welcome it a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. heat records falling, with more than 238 all-time highs set over the last 30 days. we have fox team coverage of the extreme heat wave with rick reichmuth examine molly henneberg in a blistering hot washington, d.c. where we begin with molly in washington. i hope you're doing something to stay cool out there. >> we are able to get inside in the air conditioning every none a while. that helps. this is not adjust hot time, this a dingsly hot time. this have been more than two dozen deaths on the east coast and the middle part of the country because of the extreme heat. ten deaths in illinois, nine in maryland. still here in washington, it's a busy tourist season.

the kids are out of school, the families come to see the monuments. people walking around dc say they're trying play it smart. some say it's not that bad. >> we do what we want to do even if it is o. we embraced it. >> we made sure we had enough water. >> enough water, sun screen. stuff like that to try to take breaks as much as you can, get to air conditioned areas. >> dc has a humid subtropical climate, which is why hot days seem in hour muggy. dc parks and recreation closed all baseball and play fields for the whole weekend examine canceled all athletic tournaments at the fields because of the extreme heat. as for the power situation in the mid atlantic, about 10,000 people are still in the dark a week after those powerful thunderstorms came through and more than 9,000 of those 10,000 are in the baltimore, maryland area. we're holding out hope as rick might tell us coming up shortly that we'll get a cool down sunday into monday and we can

enjoy some -- well, it will seem cool at the time. in the 80s. we'll see how that goes. >> heather: we will find out what he has to say. thank you very much. gregg? >> gregg: we have soon an incredible number of record break temperatures across multiple states in recent days. for example, lansing, michigan, 103 degrees on thursday. hottest day the city has seen since record keeping began in 1863. i remember that year. minneapolis hit 101, breaking a record set back in 1949. how about russellville, arkansas, reaching 106 degrees, breaking a record set in 1964. >> heather: heat taking a toll in west virginia, 200,000 people have been without power for a week. utility crews are scrambling to fix power lines torn down in a massive storm last weekend. the heat index is expected to roach as high as 105 degrees in some areas with no power. can you imagine? county officials are encouraging people to use cooling centers

and ice and water distribution centers. >> gregg: so how long is this heat expected to last? rick reichmuth happens to be claire environment not really, he has this tie tech stuff. >> sure. getting better. these records are remarkable. when you talk about the all-time records, we're not talk being record for the day of july 7. we're talking about records that cities have never seen ever on any date ever in recorded history. 238 cities have seen those kinds of records broken over the last month. so it's really quite remarkable. this is what it feels like right now. you'll see this 107 in st. louis 250 miles away from this. 83 in chicago. that's a cold front moving through. watch what happens by tomorrow. it moves not a whole lot, but it

moves. st. louis, going to be feeling like around 104. louisville, about 104. st. louis, 101. right there is about the line where things improve. that's where this front is reslowly, over the next few days, droop to the south that. is also bringing us some of the severe weather. we have two severe thunderstorm watch boxes that have been posted. they're in effect until 7:00 p.m. tonight. some of themes could be severe. we're talking about strong winds that could cause trees to go down, maybe power outages. i think pennsylvania, into new jersey, new york city may be seeing some of that later on. this all sags further toward the south. that brings relief. in the meantime, we still have all kinds of warnings, excessive heat warnings in effect. anywhere you see this red, it will feel like up to 115 today. tomorrow it sags farther to the south. things improve and i want to show what you it looks like on monday. we're wondering when it happens. chicago, your air temperature,

88. cleveland, 82. new york, 86. memphis, 86. a big improvement. we start to warm up over parts of the west. 112 by monday. next week is really looking quite nice across the east coast that. will be great news for a lot of people who have been dealing with rough weather for the last couple of weeks. >> gregg: tee storms, but no derechos. i never heard of them. >> odd big one like that and somebody it gets in everybody's mindset. but we're not talk being that tonight. >> gregg: sounds like a bebop singing group. >> there you go. thanks very much. >> heather: we were actually here together on monday. >> gregg: when it happened. >> heather: yeah. >> gregg: we didn't even know how it renounce it. >> heather: learn something new every day. new reaction from president obama and republicans after the week ended on a sour note for the economy. the latest jobs report showing employers added only 80,000 jobs la month. 10,000 less than expected.

the unemployment rate holding at 8.2%. doug mckelway has more from washington. >> rick: the romney campaign pounced on the jobless numbers and on it comments from the obama camp that appear to minimize the impact of only 80,000 jobs created in june. the president called those number has step in the right direction. his advisor, david plouffe, stays, quote, what everybody expected. it prompted this response from the romney campaign. with millions of americans facing what even vice president biden called a depression, it's clear president obama is simply out of touch with the difficulties facing middle class families. the president did not mention the jobs numbers in his weekly address today. instead, focusing on the stimulus effects of his signing of the transportation and student loan bills. >> first they will keep thousands of construction workers on the job rebuilding our nation's infrastructure. second, it will keep interest rates on federal student loans from doubling this year, which would have hit more than

7 million students with $1,000 more on their loan payments. >> the republican response, representative ann marie berkle laid the blame for the june report directly at the president. >> he's doubling down on policies that are holding us back and making things worse. starting with his healthcare law, which is driving up costs and making it harder for small businesses to hire workers. >> next week the house will vote on a repeal of the president's health care law. the vote in the republican controlled chamber is only symbolic. it stands no chance of passage in the senate. heather? >> heather: doug, thank you. >> gregg: the latest employment report, president obama has now entered risky territory for a first-term president seeking reelection. the average job growth for the first six months of an election year is thought to be very critical to a president's reelection chances. over the past few decades, presidents who oversaw weak job growth going into the november election didn't do so well. take a look at these number for

perspective. names reflect the average job growth in the first six months of the election year in 1980. jimmy carter was seeking reelection. job growth minus 96,000. he lost. in 1984 then, 375,000 jobs created in the first six months. reagan won reelection. then 1992, the number was a dismal 63,000 jobs. president george herbert walker bush lost. then p 1996, 240,000 jobs created the first six months, president clinton won. then skip to 2004, 197,000, president george w. bush won. now, in 2012, average job growth in the first six months, 150,000, putting president obama in the middle of that stack. >> heather: lawmakers in california giving the green light to the nation's first high speed rail line. the controversial funding vote stick to go partisan lines. democratic governor jerry brown, party leaders lobbied hard for

its passage. it will connect los angeles and san francisco and travel up to 220 miles per hour. the projected cost of the project? $68 billion. >> gregg: george zimmerman free on bail as he awaits trial in the shooting death of trayvon martin. this time he's under much tighter restrictions. among them, he must remain in seminole county, florida. his location will be electronically monitored. the judge revoked his previous bond after prosecutor the found evidence he and his wife lied to the court about their finances. >> heather: have you heard about this malware that could be infecting everyone, including you. >> gregg: yes. >> heather: the dangerous malware could cut you off from the internet. international hackers infected hundreds of thousands of computers more than a year ago. if you don't check for it, their

malware could disconnect from you the internet. if it goes down, you'll have tor for help deleting the malware and hopefully getting back on-line. >> gregg: attorney general eric holder taking aim at republican lawmakers now. why he says he wasn't the real target of the house's contempttive vote in congress and who he accuses, his critics of really going after. that's straight ahead. >> today's vote makes for good political theater in the minds of some, but it is at base both a crass effort and a grave disservice to the american .

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>> gregg: welcome back. time for a we can check of the headlines. 7th suspect busted in great britain on terrorism charges. authorities tracking the man down after finding weapons during a routine traffic stop. great britain is on high alert for the olympic games later this month. police say these arrests not connected to the games. new developments in the investigation into the 1981 death of actress natalie wood. according to tmz, her death certificate has been changed from accidental to undetermined.

serena williams winning her fifth wimbledon title in three sets. this is her 14th major championship. tomorrow roger federer versus andy murray. i'm kind of thinking federer. >> heather: attorney general eric holder lashing out at house republicans for voting to hold him in contempt of congress last week. holder accusing them of playing politics, saying, quote, i've become a symbol of what they don't like about the position this justice department has taken. i'm also a proxy for the president in an election year. you have to be exceedingly naive to think that vote was about documents. joining us now, grandmother everyone hamel, executive director. public notice examine ryan clayton, founder of 100 proof politics.com. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having us. >> heather: is attorney general holder, as he says, his words being used as a proxy to attack president obama or is this a

legitimate move by the house to hold him in contempt? i will begin with you, gretchen. >> it's a legitimate move made by the house. you have to lock at what holder did. it looks like he's covering up a crime. there are over 80,000 documents out there. he's only given 7600 pages of those documents to house republicans. this is all on holder. this is not about politics. this is about covering up something or not telling the american people the truth and the briar terry family truth. >> heather: what about that, ryan? the justice department has provided the house committee with 7600 documents on fast and furious. but there are, in fact, 150,000. so why not provide the rest if there is nothing to hide? >> well, republicans in congress and the right wing allies were the exact same people who defended president bush when he used executive privilege. news now these exact same people are viciously attacking president obama for doing exact same thing.

when is somebody going to stand up and tell members of congress like representative issa and representative west that enough is enough. have you no shame? this reminds me of mccartneyesque style witch hunt where members of style viciously attacked fellow public servants. >> ryan, i want to point out, ryan is just talking -- he's talking about house republicans and what they used to say. let's talk about what the president and what he used to say. he said that he was going to treat them as a co-equal branch of government, that he was going to have the most transparent administration ever. and what? why can't we hold him accountable? >> heather: i would add, ryan, 17 democrats voted to hold the attorney general in contempt as well. so it wasn't just republicans across the board. you mentioned this, president obama by no means, you're right, the first to invoke executive privilege. president bush invokessed it six times. president clinton 14 times. here is the thing i would point out, president obama criticized the bush administration of hiding behind executive privilege. it was overt controversial

firing of nine u.s. attorneys back in 2007, when president bush refused to hand over subpoenaed documents declaring executive privilege instead. so is president obama not doing the very same thing that he accused president bush of doing? and in this case, we have a dead border patrol agent, brian terry. >> that's very true. that's tragedy for everyone in america who values the lives of those when serve the american population every day. unfortunately, republicans in congress have chosen to place politics, and score cheap points off of that tragedy when when they should be doing is their job, putting americans back to work. president obama has been work on that since day one. we're going to get our country back on track. we're going to get to recover the committee. he has to deal with these republicans in congress with these baseless accusations and they're stirring up trouble. what they really need o be doing is their job, which is fixing the problems facing our country and putting americans back to work. it's time for congress to get back to work doing their job and they need to wake up or grow up

or both. >> heather: is this a distraction from other issues leading up to the election? we have a poll we'll talk about later a. poll that shows 74% of people say the economy is their top issue. is this a distraction? >> it is a distraction, but don't you think an investigation needs to happen here? just because we are so concerned about the economy, just because we need to get millions of americans back working again and the president has yet to set forth any real policies to have done that, doesn't mean we should give everyone a pass for not holding people accountable. we should hold everyone accountable. >> why don't look at who passed the laws that turned america into a supermarket of assault weaponry for the drug cartels. >> oh, really. let's look at the stimulus that hasn't really created a job it was supposed to create. >> make it so anyone can gave assault weapons in this country. did you give it to one republican party? >> brian, you are making this -- there you are, talk about someone who is making this about issue it's not.

i think it's ryan. >> heather: ryan, i would ask you just this one question, point-blank, does the family of brian terry deserve answers? >> of course. the family of brian terry gave their son's life for this country and i don't think that anyone should be playing politics with his life or -- >> they're not. >> and going up and trying to take out attorney general and trying to slap president obama. i think they should have dignity and respect for the family and let them grieve in private and then follow the investigation and see what comes out of it. make sure that justice is done. that's with we all want. i don't know why republicans want to turn this into a political issue so they can take down the american president. that's ridiculous and it's disrespectful, quite frankly, to the office of the presidency and to the family of brian terry. >> heather: gretchen, one of the other phrases used is that this has been a political witch hunt on the part of attorney generic holder. but he has been behind a loft controversial decisions. prosecuting c.i.a. operative,

voter i.d. law, suing arizona for enforcing immigration laws. so does he have some sort of argument there? >> this is separate from that. i think everyone can admit that. that we are looking at this, that the american public is looking at this as an area where there is something -- that we need to know, that we need to know what holder was doing and ha this program was about. we need to know what happened to brian terry and the family has said themselves that they want this investigation to happen. that they want it to -- they want to know what happened to their son and they're not getting that because holder isn't cooperating. he isn't telling people what is going on. and congress has the right of oversight. >> attorney general eric holder is the one ho has put together the investigation to figure out what's going on in this situation and the only thing republicans in congress doing is holding that up by stirring up trouble -- >> no, they're not holding it up. ryan, you know what? let's have a real conversation. >> heather: on that point, we have to go. thank you both for joining us. obviously a heated debate today

on a very hot day. thank you both. >> thank you. >> gregg: medical researchers raising awareness about a new kind of blood donation that may treat a number of life-threatening diseases. elizabeth prann is live in our atlanta bureau. >> hi. core blood used to be medical waste, but now it's being called a medical miracle and it's an emerging trends with mothers moo we spoke with. >> grace is less than a day old, but he's already a hero. >> we've decided to donate the cord blood. >> it's found in a mother's placenta and a baby's umbilical cord at birth. >> that blood used to be thrown away as medical waste. but it turns out that there are cells in cord blood like stem cells that can save lives and cord blood can be collected, frozen, stored for many years and used later for a patient who needs a transplant. cord blood is not an embryonic

cell. >> it's a noncontroversial source of stem cell researchers say can morph into any kind of cell in the body. it's used to treat cancer such as leukemia or rare genetic and autoimmune diseases, even injuries resulting during childbirth. millions of samples are collected and stored in more than 140 public banks globally. >> all of the banks can be shipped to a patient in need. we ship from our banks and units to asia and europe and to australia. >> we saw the benefits of a cord blood transfer. one three-month-old who we met was diagnosed with a disease. years ago, he have have only had a life expectancy of five years. now that he's getting the cord blood transplant, he very well will live a very full life. gregg? >> gregg: encrinal medical breakthrough. elizabeth prann, thanks.

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>> heather: welcome back. it is the bottom of the hour. that means it's time for the top of the news. michigan congressman resigning his seat after failing to

collect enough signatures to get on next month's primary ballot. the five-term republican says he will now focus on helping the state attorney general investigate pension fraud and finding another job. plus attorneys for scott peterson filing an appeal for his murder conviction. he was fou killing his pregnant wife, laci, and their unborn son in 2002. his lawyers say, quote, mob mentality led to his conviction. and five people were hurt in spain's running of the bulls. 15 people, by the way, have been killed during the summer festival since record keeping began back in 1924. >> gregg: a new threat to shut down a waterway vital for ships carrying a fifth of the world's oil. iran saying it has a plan now to block the strategic strait of hormuz. there is the map. a rogue regime made these claims before, of course. but the latest comments come just days after the european union enforced a total oil

embargo. the boycott is intend to do pressure iran to open up its iranian enrichment program to international inspectors. >> heather: hillary clinton secretary of state in afghanistan for a major announcement. the obama administration declaring that nation, the u.s.'s newest nonnato ally. it's a statement of commitment to afghanistan's future. as u.s. troops are set to leave at the end of 2014. world afirst contributor is streaming live from kabul, afghanistan. hi, dominic. >> hi there. not just a statement, but also a commitment, but indeed a veronica karaman pi indication that the afghan national forces now have ability to protect the country against terror and extremism. hillary clinton on a surprise visit here. part of a tour to various capitals, including the

afghan -- and tokyo in which afghanistan hopes to raise $4 billion a year from international donors. hillary clinton outlining details of this designation being given by the administration to afghanistan, saying that it was a symbol very much of the long-term relationship that was going to now be forged between the united states and afghanistan itself. take a listen. >> this is the kind of relationship that we think will be especially beneficial as we do the transition and as we plan for the post-2014 presence because it will open the door to afghanistan's military to have a greater capacity and a broader kind of relationship with the united states, particularly the united states military. >> what specifically means is that the afghans will specifically be able to buy more

weapons from the united states much ease complete have access to certain loans. another interesting point that hillary clinton was saying was that the united states will continue to protect afghanistan from extremism, which is an interesting note for her to make considering combat troops are out by 2014. it indicates there will be a longer term military presence certainly here in afghanistan for the united states. heather, back to you. >> heather: perhaps a signal to some other folks. thank you for joining us, dominic. >> gregg: new fallout from the u.s. supreme court's landmark decision on the healthcare overhaul and the media's reaction to chief justice john roberts' decision and the matter and what allegedly influenced it. liz trotta is an author, journalist, fox news contributor with her commentary. >> good afternoon. maybe it's the heat, although i doubt it. but this goes on and on, this

reaction to justice roberts' decision on healthcare. we had a rather striking development last week and that was that everybody seemed to start leaking, who has been leaking, nobody knows. but there are great suspicions it's the justices themselves. now, this brings up a really important issue and that is the decorum of the court, which hinges on the integrity of the court. and it seems as though a lot of either the justices or the clerks who work for them or the secretaries or whoever have a part in it. the first stick of dynamite to be dropped on this one came from jan crawford of cbs news. >> gregg: who is one of the best. >> who has written books on the supreme court. she had a piece and she said that justice roberts initially voted with the four conservatives to strike down the man it is date, the individual mandate and he changed his position and he went with the

liberals after considering pressure from the media. she says flat out that he was assailed by the media and that he has been known to be influenced by the media. and the long around april it began to be very clear that's going to change his mind and judge kennedy, anthony kennedy, said that he tried, but to no avail to dissuade him to robert changing his voice. she hangs all of this on two sources with specific knowledge of the deliberations. >> gregg: which could be, by the way, scalia and thomas. >> well, i'll give that you on thomas. thomas apparently -- this was pointed out by npr, of course, who else -- is that a good friend of crawford. >> gregg: who said very nice things about him. >> right. he one time referred to her as one of the best reporters out there. she also went out of her way to

be complimentary to anthony kennedy. so reading the tea leaves all the wigs in washington are saying, yeah, that's probably what happened. but the justices talking maybe i'm a for example yerkes but boy, this is -- fogy, but this is big stuff. >> gregg: one of the best justices ever said sunshine is the best disinfectant in a democracy. so why shouldn't that apply to the u.s. supreme court? >> i don't think there is any way in the world you can compare sunshine or what he meant. >> gregg: wouldn't you want to know the truth about the the motivation for him? >> may i finish? >> gregg: sure. >> i don't think you could compare what he said or what grandize meant with the integrity of the supreme court. this is the one inviable institution in washington that

hasn't suffered scandal that, hasn't been leaking all over the place. what is left? why tonight we throw cameras into the courtroom and report all their deliberation. >> gregg: it would be a wonderful education and maybe it would prevent somebody from casting a vote for the wrong reason. that is to say, rather public pressure. >> we're supposed to talk about media here. not the law. but i obviously don't agree with you, so you can go on and keep your opinion. one of the interesting things in this debate was -- and came out of jan crawford's piece is that if you accept this scenario and that is that the justice roberts changed his vote, then if you accept that, then you got to wonder -- and this is another part of the speculation -- whether he not only wrote the majority opinion, but the

dissenting opinion. crawford said robert had no part in this. salon.com says oh, no, he wrote three quarters of the 'tis sent. so this is really inside stuff. and it's presenting a view of the court that can only be harmful, in my view. >> gregg: i would regard it as helpful and healthy. thank you very much, liz trotta. good to see you. >> heather: maybe there is an app for that. >> gregg: you think? >> heather: apparently there is an app for a whole lot of things. app for just about everything. now thanks to the aclu, like that transition -- there is one that enables people to secretly record police stops. our leap panel looks at the -- legal panel looks at the potential ramifications up next [ male announcer ] don't miss red lobster's four course seafood feast,

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>> gregg: the aclu is finding a brand-new way to monitor police using a cell phone app. the new jersey branch of the civil liberties organization unveiling an application that allows users to record video, audio of police stops. in the past, we have seen people busted essentially and prosecuted for recording police, interfering with police business. but this app has a so-called stealth operation on it. the screen says black even when it's recording. very tricky. here to talk about it, lis weil,

who is using the exact same dress heather childers is wear. >> you're going to bust us on this is this. >> gregg: oh, yeah. who has an independent mind, joins us, former prosecutor -- >> heather: great minds think alike. >> gregg: what is up with you? >> we didn't know. >> gregg: i got to play the aclu has come up with their own video to promote this sort of thing. it reminds me when i was a kid of gumby, but contemporary viewers would think of it as kind of mr. bill on "saturday night live." take a look at it.

♪ >> heather: all right. you get the idea. it gets better. trust me. lis, police routinely record these encounters with motorists and others. what's wrong with others and motorists doing the same thing? >> nothing. first of all l gumby, you have really dated yourself. now everyone knows you're 102. but other than that, i have to get back to you on the dress comment. no, 1987, the supreme court decision out there, ortake -- o'conner versus ortega says if you're a public employee, you have no expectation for privacy. if you think of cops out there, public highway, they know or should know they will be recorded. this is one more way for them to be recorded. >> gregg: i got to say, as mentioned, police and prosecutors have been busting people and literally prosecuting them for recording police doing their jobs in public places simply because they call it interfering with police

activity. isn't that absurd? how does a static camera shot interfere with anything? >> you have to look at it and see, is it because they're not wanting to be recorded or is it because they're truly interfering with the police officer to perform their job? what if they're causing a safety risk for the officer? >> gregg: wait a minute. let me give you a case in point famous point. anthony grabber stopped for wreckless driving, driving a motorcycle. plain clothed police officer, can we put it up here? we have the videotape. plain clothed police officer stops the guy, jumps out of his car waving a gun and screaming and then issues a ticket. grave her a video cam mounted on his motorcycle helmet. he posted the videotape on youtube and graver was arrested and charged under felony wire tapping laws. isn't that wrong? >> that is wrong. but again, there are situations where if someone is videotaping an officer, what if that officer

thinks the person has a weapon? what if that person on the side of the road -- >> that's different from a video cam, whether it's an app, whether it's something that an officer can see or not. that shouldn't matter. i understand your safety issue. but that with a mean coming up to the officer, trying to break up an arrest with a video camera right in his face and that's not what we're talking about. >> i agree, there is no reasonable expectation to privacy. officers are public servants and they're in a highly visible type job. but there are situations where if the officer gives an order and the person goes to grab their cell phone, that may cause the officer to fear for his safety or safety of others. >> gregg: she's making a decent argument. >> you're talking about a public safety point which is in a very rare extreme case. i think the vast majority of people need to see what they are doing. >> gregg: i'm thinking the aclu is encouraging bystanders to record what's happening.

>> that's fine, unless they become a public safety issue, they get in or into the fray of it -- >> gregg: you know, they've been prosecuted. they've recorded police activity. >> it's wrong. >> gregg: isn't the best evidence the rodney king case, back in the early 1990s, lawrence powell and stacy coon were -- here is freeze frame of the beating, the vicious beating that took place. powell and coon were eventually convicted. there is the two acquitted two convicted. they would have gotten away with this were it not for a videotape. >> the laws are changing with the situation and as you see now, in new jersey, it's this app is what the aclu division in new jersey. so i agree that it's not a problem. in fact, law enforcement officers do have video cameras on their patrol cars. so it protects them as well. >> don't you think that officers, if they know they may be being record, don't you think that might heighten up their

self-consciousness? >> gregg: they'll follow the law. >> defense lawyers looking at those arrests are going to want to go through that recording to see -- >> gregg: the stealth option, if somebody posted on youtube, law enforcement is going to get a search warrant, they're going to go to youtube. >> it works both ways. >> gregg: they're going to find out who posted it. >> right. it works in the prosecutor's favor because a lot of times in appellate cases i do, these videos actually help the prosecutor prove if someone was intoxicated. >> exactly. goes both ways. >> gregg: you know,akes place ic venue -- >> with a police officer. >> gregg: no expectation of privacy. >> zero. >> gregg: good to see you. >> good to see you. >> gregg: nice dress. >> thanks. i'll tell heather on my way out. >> i love your dress. you have great taste. >> thank you. >> heather: my favorite app, pick please pro. >> gregg: what is that? >> you can dress up all of your pictures. i like that a lot.

talk to you later. >> heather: weak jobs report for june raising new fears about the economy, which is four months to go before the presidential election. what the polls now say about the race for the white house that. is straight ahead. >> we learned this morning that our business created 40,000 new jobs last month and businesses created 4.4 million new jobs over the past 28 months, including 500,000 new manufacturing jobs. that's a step in right direction. >> we have seen the jobs report this morning and it is another kick in the gut to middle class families

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>> heather: welcome back. time for a check of the headlines. father and two sons shot an immigration agent outside their home because they were reportedly afraid that someone was breaking in. prosecutors say the agent was watching possible drug activity. a 1200-acre wildfire in northern california now 60% contained. good news there. officials lifting the evacuation orders for about 80 homes. and am maine lobster under $4 a pound in some places. the smaller soft shell lobsters

are in good supply, making the sea creatures cheaper than cold cuts. >> gregg: surf and turf, let's go for it. the latest polls show president obama and mitt romney locked in a very close race. the real clear politics average, this is an average of polls, shows the president with just over 47%. romney, three points behind at just over 44%. >> heather: the latest asmussen poll shows both men in a dead heat, both at 45%. >> gregg: 44. it says 45. >> heather: 45 is right n. that poll, 6% undecided. 4% responded other. but regardless, it's a close race. joining us now, scott rasmussen of rasmussen reports.com and author of "the people's money." thank you for joining us. i'm wondering, were these polls taken before the latest jobs report came out or after? >> they have two nights of data from before the jobs report and

one night from after. a week ago, president obama was up to. a couple weeks before that, romney was up. it's always been very close. we're going to be watching both these numbers and consumer confidence over the next week to see how the jobs report affects it. >> gregg: they're within the margin of error. >> very close. >> gregg: what are the most important issues to voters? >> well, not a big surprise, the economy is the top issue. 74% say it's very important. number two on the list is healthcare. obviously those have been in the news a lot. third one doesn't get issue attention, government ethics and corruption. politicians don't like to talk about that and voters don't really trust either side. >> gregg: those are anonymous terms birks, by the way. >> heather: i call this kitchen table politics. when it comes to people's personal finance, how are they doing? >> 26% say their finances are getting better now. nearly twice as many say they're

getting worse. those numbers aren't great, but you got to look at them in context. they're not much different from the beginning of this year. they're a little better than they were a year ago. they are quite a bit better than they were during election 2008. four years ago today, only 19% said their finances were getting better. the big number that i look at is how people rate their own finances. 35% say they're good or excellent. that's exactly the same as the day president obama took office. >> gregg: did you a little polling on an important subject called taxes. what did you find? >> people like the idea of taxing the wealthy. they think upper income americans aren't paying their fair share. but given a choice between a politician who promises to oppose all tax hikes and one who says he'll only tax the rich, it's a toss-up. the reason has everything to do with the lack of trust in politicians. pretty soon people say, if he's saying he's going to raise taxes on the rich, he's going to redefine rich to include me. >> heather: before we head to

the polls in november to cast our vote as a patriotic american, we have another opportunity right now. the summer olympics that are going on. so do people plan to tune in? >> about one out of four very likely to do so. overall, 49% say they might. that's down from four years ago. only 11% are following news stories about this very closely. so it's not something that has caught the nation by storm just yet. >> gregg: but it will. speak of which, if i can transition back to politic, is it your sense that people don't really start paying attention to the presidential election until after labor day? >> that's right. most americans are waiting a little bit. news stories like the health it is care rule doing generate some interest in it. the activists and partisans are always shocked because they've been following every comment for the last two years and they can't believe most of america hasn't tuned in yet. >> gregg: all right. you know, maybe it will be

different this summer with so much attention focused on the election. scott rasmussen, always great to see you. thanks so much. >> heather: mitt romney hasn't even picked his vice presidential detainee yet. >> gregg: that will be interesting nonresponsive long way to go. >> gregg: that will do it for us. eric shaun and arthel neville take over. >> heather: we'll see you tomorrow, 4:00 p.m. eastern. good-bye ask me.

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