chase, the columbine shootings and princess diana as you funeral and the assassination of jfk. that's a wrap on news watch this week. thanks to judy miller and jim pinkerton. i am john scott. thanks for watching. >>. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. glad you with us. welcome to a brand-new hour. and i'm in for heather childers. no apologies and no regrets. president obama sticking by his campaign attacks and his time at bain capital. >> gregg: among three people kidnapped in egypt by the greatest family concern is the pastor's health. >> severe weather taking its toll across the country. too much water flooding some

states and others deal with a scorching drought. first up, president obama will not say he is sorry in a new interview he troughs apologize for campaign messages claiming that governor romney is responsible for outsourcing jobs during his time at bain capital. she standing firm despite independent observers calling the attacks misleading. steve centanni is live in washington. >> reporter: the president not backing down from his criticism of mitt romney over bain capital. our local virginia television station, he was asked if his campaign would apologize and he said, no, we will not apologize. mr. romney claims he mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience but voters want to know what is exactly his business experience.

the obama campaign has questioned romney over the period when he was running the olympics but was listed as head of bain capital and his offshore tax shelters. last week an obama campaign aide did suggest that romney might be guilty of a felony by misrepresenting his leadership of bain capital. this prompted him to appear on five, two saying that he is demeaning the office by making false claims. a republican supporter saying that romney had done nothing wrong and the president has gone too far. >> he retired retroactively. he ended not going back to the firm after salt lake city. he was retired from bain. bain is a good company. it's been very successful and created a lot of jobs. >> reporter: republicans also say the president is trying to

divert attention away from the poor economy. >> patti ann: steve, thank you. >> gregg: fight against voter fraud in a battle state. rick scott praising the obama administration for giving the state access to a federal database. homeland security department will now let florida check the federal list for people that are not u.s. citizens that will allow florida to verify the legitimacy of their rolls. >> patti ann: a teen organization in lowell, massachusetts is fighting to take part in the democratic process. vote 17 say they want a voice in local government. they are pushing for 17-year-olds to be allowed to vote in municipal elections and one state senator thinks it is a fine idea. >> for a number of years, many of us nobody comes out to vote and low voter turnout. so it's really refreshing to

have young people say let us vote. >> this is something we want to do. this would be beneficial for us to do to kind of squash that whole culture of disengagement. no, this is something we want now. >> patti ann: the massachusetts secretary of state's office says a special ballot limited to locality elections is constitutional. now, the effort must be approved by the state legislature and signed by the governor. >> gregg: kidnapers threatening to kill two americans taken hostage in egypt. u.s. em was si is ensuring the safe return of a pastor and a member of his church. peter doocy has more. >> the hostage taker says his 62-year-old uncle was thrown into an egyptian jail last week because he wouldn't bribe police

officers who stopped him and after the triple kidnapping to urge authorities to free his uncle. he is using michelle lewis and lisa alphonse from the boston area as tour guides as leverage. we are aware that two people were kidnapped on july 13. we in contact with egyptian authorities who are doing everything they can to bring about their safe release. we will provide assistance as needed. secretary of state hillary clinton met with egyptian leaders today and experts here in the states this situation is a big test for their new president mohammad morsi. >> i think the egyptian government has to demonstrate they can maintain security inside egypt. if it fails to do that it will be severe economic blow to the tourist industry and call into question whether the new government is effectively in

power. >> reporter: all his family wants the s his return and not revenge. >> i'm sure they have their own reasons for doing such. we would just love to return to our normal lives. >> the reverend's son their family's concern for his health and that the reverend is diabetic. >> gregg: peter, thanks. >> patti ann: new push in the senate to free a pakistani doctor in prison. senator rand paul says he has enough to force a vote. his bill would strip pakistan of aid unless the doctor is released. they say he provided important information on osama bin laden's compounded in pakistan that led to his death at the hands of navy seals. three weeks later he was picked up by pakistani authorities and allegedly tortured and sentenced to 33 years in jail. >> gregg: sad news in the

entertainment world, star of stage and screen actress celegste holmes has died. she won an oscar for her portrayal of a lonely secretary in "gentleman's agreement." she was 95 years old. >> a desperate search for two iowa girls. they are searching for elizabeth collins and ten-year-old cousin. two girls were last seen on friday. their bikes were found at a lake after they were reported missing and here is the latest from new york city. >> reporter: hundreds of volunteers and emergency workers are continuing their search today after holding a candlelight vigil for the girls last night. the mother of one of cousins fears they were abducted. they are saying it's out of character for her daughter to wander too far from home. the girl often stays at her

cousin in evansdale while her mother works. they were short seen in downtown evansdale. the girls grandmother called police after they didn't show up. their bikes were found on a trail along a trail by the lake. they have found no other traces of the girls. they have swept the area via helicopter. a plane with infrared sensors proved to be unsuccessful and they used sonar equipment and plans to search other bodies of water today. the girls' families continued to hold out hope. >> my cellphone, she has one. >> eight-year-old elizabeth collins, is four feet, one inch tall and weighs about 60 pounds. ten-year-old is about 4'11" and

has stock build and light brown air and blue eyes. if you have seen that call authorities immediately. authorities still view this as a missing person's case but not ruling out the possibility the girls were abducted. an amber alert cannot be issued for the girls because they don't have a suspect or a vehicle. >> patti ann: let's hope for the best. anna, thank you. >> gregg: more than half of the united states right now is suffering from a drought and it's threatening the water supply. indianapolis, police are patrolling the streets for anybody that happening to filling their pools or watering their lawns or washing cars. if you get caught you will get fined big time. maria will tell us what to expect. >> pretty much almost every state in the lower 48 is currently experiencing dry conditions or a drought. take a look. this is from the national weather service.

that yellow is basically anywhere where we have dry conditions than normal so below average precipitation. you can see upstate new york and parts of indiana, and especially out west. we've been talking about wild firings in new mexico and utah and arizona and colorado. you can see where we really have extreme exceptional drought across those areas. we are starting to see much needed moisture in four corners but indiana we're not expecting much in the way of rainfall. there are a couple of light showers out there right now but not anything significant and most of the state will really be dry as we head into tomb as well. we have dry weather in store for you. most of the eastern part of the country are seeing scattered thunderstorm activity. heavy downpours activity in new york and pushing through pennsylvania. we need the moisture out here. this is welcome news. as we head southward, a lot of

heavy rain around the houston area. they have been dealing with flooding. we did pick up significant rainfall earlier and out west, the moisture is very typical this time of year and we'll take that rain while we can get it. we'll see rainfall out there. extreme heat in place for the midwest. 99 in rapid city and it feels hotter and tomorrow is going to be another scorcher and this heat will be extending eastward, great lakes, heads up, temperatures will be on the rise over the next couple of days. >> gregg: the humidity is just stifling out there. we'll check back with you, thanks. >> patti ann: troubling new reports of airport security breach in london. british media reporting several people on a terror watch list entered the country at heathrow airport. it's not clear if the individuals are still in the country. this comes after a private

contractor failed to provide more than 10,000 security guards for the games. the british has brought in the military t the slack. >> gregg: serious hardships facing thousands of nasa employees. more than 7400 people at the kennedy space center lost their jobs last july when the obama administration ended the space shuttle program. florida got 5700 workers and half of them have found new jobs and quarter of those are out of state. many workers have had to settle for much lower paying positions. >> patti ann: new trend in investing and real page turner. some people are making money off their favorite childhood characters. >> gregg: one father is in big trouble with the law for helping his son skip school to walk down the aisle -- that is dad right there. a bizarre area, dunks for dad. our legal panel takes the case.

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>>. >> patti ann: time for a quick check of the headlines, new york city they put on a fire that popular tourist spot. several hundred people were on the pier when it broke out but luckily nobody was hurt. in mexico city they were protesting the recent presidential election. they are accusing the winning party of campaign fraud and spacecraft launched from central asia and expected to dock tuesday morning. >> gregg: let's have some fun talking about the latest investment dejue. children's books. first editions of charlotte's webw is drawing hundreds of dollars if not thousands of dollars. should you start stashing away contemporary kids' favorites

now. joining us is anchor of "bulls and bears". brenda, good to see you. since the financial crisis, stocks are up 13%, bonds up 30%. charlotte's web w and within any the pooh. >> up 300%. tiger is bounce ago lot more than wall street. >> gregg: you have some videotape. if you happen to have a 1926 edition i can peddle that for $7,000. it has gone up 300% since the financial crisis in 2008. this one goes for $4,000. you have to have first edition there. here are the non-traditional ones. look at these things. they are tangible things that you can touch and feel and have

intrinsic value. there is an emotional connection. you and i were talking about how many times we read charlotte's web to our daughters. it's in a way when you don't feel when you buy a 30-year treasury. >> gregg: the other thing is because of the internet, explosion of the internet there is better ability to index and ascertain values based on a huge broad market? >> yes, you can do your own research. you had to go to southeby's or christie's to tell you what a painting was worth or how much wine was worth. now you have a whole array of resources at your fingertips. >> gregg: what about gold? a little bit like the fictional character gold finger in the james bond movie. gold, a lot of people are

obsessed with gold? >> they are obsessed because it has done incredibly well in the last decade. it's now at $1600 an ounce. i remember a couple years ago talking about, it will never go to $400. back in the '90s it did nothing. it fell off the cliff. so these are not things that are for sure just like stocks and bonds are not for sure. that is really important to remember. you remember everybody collected all the marvel comics. they had them stuck under their bed and nothing happened because everybody collected them. >> gregg: for those worried about sean connery he escaped the laser by claiming he knew about operation grand slam. i know you were worried. [ laughter ] >> i love talking more about that sean oner ri. >> gregg: i want to talk about investment grade wines and you

can't buy a bottle of thunderbird but i was amazed to learn it makes up 1% of the total wine market. you really have to know what you are doing? >> you have to know what you are doing. then you have to be willing to let it sit there. so are looking at a rothschild and you want to open it. you want to drink wine, right? but you have to wait and put it away. >> gregg: proper temperature, proper angle. >> i just buy the box variety. >> gregg: last time i check, rothschild did not come in a box but you can get a crate of 12 and guess what it goes for? $24,156. a little bit better than thunder bird. >> next time i coming.

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>>. >> patti ann: time for the top of the news, a family boston pastor abducted in egypt. reverend michael lewis and another were taken at gunpoint. >> plus republican kentucky senator rand paul pushing a bill to strip pakistan of aid unless they release a doctor from prison. he was jailed after he helped the united states track down osama bin laden. >> patti ann: and president obama refuses to apologize for campaign messages claiming governor romney is responsible for outsourcing american jobs through bain capital. romney campaign and independent observers calling those attacks misleading. >> gregg: san bernardino, california joining a growing list. latest to file for bankruptcy in the last month. it is one of three places in that state running in the red

while stockton, california is the largest city ever to go belly-up. peter barnes tells us cities and towns all over america are hurting. >> reporter: motor city may be on the road to bankruptcy. in june the debt company downgraded more than $5 billion of their debt to junk bond status. the city's financial problems have been fueled by mismanagement. general motors and chrysler only revved up it's fiscal problems. >> there are some parallels between detroit and greece. greece is an area where they have no economic activity very, weak structurally and they don't have a lot of options. >> of the 20 municipal bankruptcies since 2008 most have been smaller communities but now more struggling bigger cities are opting for

bankruptcy. they have bigger expenses, bigger employee salaries and pension obligations, bigger debt and bigger holes to dig out of. last month, stockton, california with a population of nearly 300,000 became the largest city ever to file for a chapter 9 municipal bankruptcy. >> it allows the municipal government to attack bigger problems. bankruptcy court has brought authority to undo or otherwise modify collective bargaining agreements. >> reporter: three other cities have earned multiple junk bond ratings, itselffield texas and two in rhode island but another 22 towns have a junk bond rating from one of the ratings firm including camden, new jersey home to 80,000 people. >> they have been getting along the last two or three years in muddling through to avoid bankruptcy process. >> reporter: even cities like chicago with stronger finances

and bond ratings are unnoticed. moody's downgraded their rating in april because of underfunded pension plans. >> gregg: peter, thanks very much. >> patti ann: new calls from governor momney's allies to get tougher on the campaign trail. this after obama's campaign manager saying the governor may have committed a felony. scott walker says it's time for the governor to fire back. he is saying the president's team does not want to run on his record. he has to be forceful about fighting back. so joining us to talk about this julie a fox news contributor and advisor frank lauten brg. thank you both for joining us.

>> let's start with the accusation itself. is there any truth that romney is misrepresenting his time at bain? >> absolutely not. several fact checkers including the "washington post" have said there is nothing accurate about what president obama is pushing. he is using bare knuckle tactics to distract from his abysmal record and he has nothing in the future in terms of job creation. he is trying to slime mitt romney and romney need to do what walker suggested, get 60 him because as long as you are playing off of him, peokt is losing. >> patti ann: the felony accusation is extreme. are you surprised that he backed off from that a bitter? >> i'm not because in fact, what the boston globe reported, if it's accurate, than the governor lied to voters or he lied to sec. that is violation of the law. so it could potentially be a

felony. bottom line is this: i do agree with walk other one thing. if you are defending yourself in campaign you are not winning. romney ran an abysmal rate and he can't get back on offense. it's very bad for mitt romney because he can't change the subject to issues he wants to talk about. >> he can change the subject. >> he has to refuted these claims. that is easily done by pounding message after message out there. showing these independent fact checkers that basically say president obama is lying. >> how he can refute it. if he releases his tax returns, let me finish! let me finish. >> you interrupted my, julie. >> he'll be able to clarify once and for all whether he was working for bain. i have to agree with the

governor of alabama who said. julie you are filibustering. >> couldn't the he put it to rest if he released more years? >> a if he does president obama is going to keep digging. he will release 2011 after the tax extension period. he has done required. he has done nothing improper. there the best way for him to flip this, refute and go after the president with respect to insourcing. president talks about insourcing and all he wants to do is increase taxes. if mitt romney would come up with a simplified plan basically we're going to have job creation and focus on the tax code and regulatory code and balancing the budget and bringing down the deficit. i promise you he'll be the next president of the united states. >> i want to quote the "washington post", they say it's ironic talking about the bain

report. should it put the president on the defensive? is the "washington post" right, is people missing the big story which is the bad economy? >> it's not president obama is that releasesed this. it's the boston globe, mitt romney's own paper. this story was not broken by the boston globe. so the reality is mitt romney again, i have to disagree. if he wants to put the story to bed, barack obama released his birth certificate ended speculation. if mitt romney wants to end the speculation whether he work worked ad bain release the tax returns. >> if you are out of good ideas you are essentially flying the other place. that is what he doing to show

that mitt romney is not done anything improper. >> let me quote this, stop whining. release the returns. what is the big deal? >> you guys are distracting. >> i'm not distracting. >> mitt romney gets a plan out there on the future you guys are going to lose the white house. you have no new ideas. >> mitt romney has said you should judge him by his record at bain, that is great. that is exactly what barack obama is doing. he wants to find the totality of work, release the returns. >> patti ann: we'll leave it there. julie and ford, thank you so much for joining us. >> gregg: 16-year-old son of a florida multimillionaire gets married freeing him from a judge's order. there is dad, he is behind bars. crime and punishment taking a bizarre twist. our legal panel weighing in. >> patti ann: plus an interesting new study finds that babies are healthier in homes

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>>. >> gregg: a florida multimillionaire is sentenced to 180 days in jail for helping his son, well weasel out of court mandated boarding school. a judge ordered dan to drop off his troubled 16-year-old at a utah boarding school. instead, he detoured to sin city and he signed off on his 16-year-old son's marriage to his housekeeper's 18-year-old daughter. are you following me on this one? the marriage emancipated the teen under nevada law making him legally adult. now, the judge slapping dad with contempt of court charges.

joey jackson and mercedes. you came up with something i haven't thought of which is why i'm going to go to you. is this legal? >> you have to consummate the marriage, in order to show that the marriage, there has to be consummated. the teen is living in the father's pent house living the life and housekeeper's daughter is living back in miami in a separate location. put them under oath and ask them this question and find out. >> gregg: there are a lot of husbands and wives that don't live together and a lot that do that probably shouldn't. >> that is great point. have a hearing and find out. the judge jumped to conclusions. is the marriage legitimate? under nevada law it appears to be lawful. why? because of the fact if you are

16 you have one parent's consent it's good. as a result of that they were married, he become emancipated and doesn't have to go to the boarding school but with the judge jumping to conclusion without making that determination, that troubles me. >> i didn't think it existed any more in the 50 states but it does? >> it does. you know the 18-year-old we don't know the legal status. we know she is colombian born and that is another possibility of fraud. >> gregg: all the time one parent signs off minor's. a father signed off on his 15-year-old daughter's marriage. >> yes, indeed, and you need collaboration of both parents. but here is the issue here. in nevada where you have one parent consenting there is nothing he did that was unlawful. we could ascribe negative

intentions and we could say to attempt have his son not going go to boarding but we don't know. >> timing, greg, that is what is going to kill this. >> he would hold a hearing and make a determination of whether or not was a sham and render an appropriate decision. >> gregg: i mean the back story to this thing. 16-year-old boy, he has confrontational disorder and something else. >> but the judge said, i want to save this child. i am looking at best interests. >> courts do not raise children, parents raise children. therefore, to be a parental responsibility to make the decision where the child goes. >> not when the parents are acting like this. >> gregg: if that is scandal there is a bigger and one more

tragic scandal what happened with penn state. it was about seven-month long investigation found there was an elaborate cover-up culture at the university which allowed young boys to be suilly abused by jerry sandusky. it found administrators and legendary joe paterno who is now deceased were all complicity the cover-up. mercedes could more criminal charges now be filed? >> excellent question. absolutely because a lot of things, they are going to look at schultz and they are going to look at all of them. they want to president, what did he know. >> gregg: there will be more charges. >> there could be more, but here is what i say. i think it's time for healing. we have a conviction here.

45 on 48 counts he was held accountable. the school and victims are reeling. it's time to move forward to let the victims heal. >> gregg: it's not just through counseling and professional assistance but compensation. i talked to attorney for one of the victims on friday. he said, look, in addition to compensatory damages, it should include a multiplier of punitive damages to punish the university? >> one is the financial wherewithal of the defendant. we know penn state in the wake of the scandal, $73 million has been raised so that is going to be part of it. it's a deep pocket. look at the conduct. it was very damning, reckless disregard for these children. we're talking nine times. >> mercedes and i were looking at the report. 267 pages. it goes on and it's hard.

most of our viewers know it's not specific content the nature and gravity of the matter. the victims compensation fund that is set aside for that. i think they will be compensated and generously to of having endure this. >> gregg: you never want to get this case in front of a jury? >> just settle it privately. >> gregg: mercedes, joey, good see you both. >> patti ann: government workers are accused of living it up at a florida resort. is this another case of washington squandering your tax dollars? the controversy and possibly disturbing details coming up.

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>>. >> patti ann: another government agency accused of wasting money. national institute of standards and technology is under fire. they spent taxpayer money at a resorted in orlando. congresswoman says the situation is troubling similar to the 2010 scandal involving the gsa. >> this is what is wrong with washington. they think it's okay gsa to have a lavish convention off the

taxpayers' expense. joining us to talk about this is mike gallagher and alan colmes. thanks for joining us. alan, let's start with you. how is this different from the gsa scandal? >> for one thing, this was done with private money. entertainment to catering and booze was done with private money. it wasn't done with taxpayer money. gsa scandal in 2010 in las vegas was more expensive, that was $822,000. this is $600,000. the las vegas was taxpayer money, this is not. >> patti ann: let's be clear about that. the commerce department says according to their spokesperson, no federal funds were spent on catering, entertainment or alcohol but the tab for the taxpayer still came to $670,000 and change figure. mike, we're going to show you

some statistics on how much this conference has cost through the years. back in 2006 the tab was $486,500. in 2012 up to $670,000. they say they need to do this to provide workshops and training and education and networking for the manufacturers and industry experts but that cost has gone way up more than the cost of living increase? >> listen, i'm going to concede that at a time when our deficit is in the trillions, to the average american taxpayer, hundreds of thousands of dollars isn't all that big a deal. i think it's very important timing issue in terms of the politics of this. i play a little game what would the democrats do? the democrats in a republican administration would be going bezering. they would be turning themselves inside and out i think the g.o.p. ought to pounce on this.

it won't make our top ten list of scandals but it looks back for obama controlled administration. >> it doesn't have anything to do with the obama administration. these costs show up because of increasing costs of doing business. here is what driving me crazy. the different standard, this all started with the obama administration and these expenditures never took place prior to obama took office. >> i think it's fair but we're going to play the double standard game because we are in election year. >> it's all about the election, right? republican congressman, four months before an election, look at all this spending. also, let me point out. it cost $8200 an hour for congress to operate. i'm sorry a day for congress to operate. an hour, i'm sorry. this is what they are spending

their time on? >> republican congress is looking at this as i do. it's a great political point scorer. >> patti ann: alan, the atlanta journal constitution does pointed out the conference took place barely three weeks after congress convened hearings on the gsa conference spending reinforcing the feelings that some federal agencies aren't getting the message about reining in costs. >> i think mike has it right on two points. >> at a boy. >> it's all about politics and it's not a big deal whether you look at the numbers compared to the deficit and other things we should be focused on that would be much more important in saving taxpayer dollars. >> with alan with all due respect, all these stories matter in months leading up to the election.

>> you make it democrat versus republican. this is not. look at the numbers of all the other years when obama wasn't in office, adjusted for inflation, it's pure politics. >> this is story under the obama administration and we're going to lay it on his doorstep where it belongs. >> we'll talk about the money they are spending. >> we'll look the other way. >> patti ann: alan and mike, thanks for joining us. >> gregg: just a flat out ban on all off-site conferences. >> where do they have to be in tropical locations. are you able to focus? >> gregg: if you need a conference, just get on the phone and teleconference. all right a con certain with two of the biggest, cut off in the middle of a song?

bruce springsteen, paul mccartney performing and then all of a sudden silence. the sounds of silence. we're going to tell you who pulled the plug and why. >> plus, basketball star jason kidd why the point guard is seeing legal hot water. speaking of water. too much of it in texas, relentless rain hammering the lone star state. we'll get a live report from the fox extreme weather center. stick around. [ male announcer ] wouldn't it be cool

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>> welcome do brand new hour inside's america's news headquarters. >>gregg: security boosted in egypt after two americans and their tour guide are abducted and now the sovereign one of the victims making a desperate plea to his freedom as the kidnappers make new threats. >> two girls vanish in iowa and now the search intensifies by land, water, and air, to find the two cousin whose have been missing since friday. >> a massive multimillion dollar settlement between visa and

mastercard agreeing to fork over big bucks to retailers. but it could affect you right in the wallet. we will tell you how. >> we begin with an extreme weather alert. drenching downpours in texas causing severe flooding. a county northwest of houston with the brunt of the storms, 2" of rain falling each hour. in arizona monsoon-like conditions after severe thunderstorms intense floods causing rivers of floating debris. and maria is live in the fox extreme weather center. maria: we go from drought conditions to flash flooding occurring across this part of the region including arizona and nevada and southern california. and we can see flash flooding and already seeing that especially across those areas where you have a flash flood warning in affect. some are across western portions of arizona, and also, to the north of the city of las vegas,

and we have seen a lot of rain the last several years and are continuing to see that today and also over the next several days. this flash flood watch is in effect until tonight but we will continue to see this. it is typical of this time of the year in july we get a lot of rain here. we should continue to see that trend throughout mid-september. can you see the scattered shower across the four corners and nevada and the moisture makes it up to the state of montana and we get a slight chance to see severe storms today across portions of north dakota and we will keep an eye on that as storms pop up later on today. otherwise, as we head east a lost moisture out here and we need it and we are still in a detroit and we have heavy downpours across texas through parts of upstate new york and those staying out of new york city area but a go batch starting to push east and most of that still will stay north and florida is getting drenched. houston has had at the love flooding and right now you are

dry but you saw the batch of storms moving through early and the heavy stuff is now toward the waco and austin area mostly to the west. otherwise, northeast, closer look and pennsylvania is getting trenched and heavy storms across portions of southwest connecticut. we are in a drought and we have the dry conditions where most of the lower 48, so that is good news across our area because we are still very dry and we need that much needed rainfall across or country. otherwise, the heat has been a begin storm over the last several weeks, and we are still seeing more of that. heat adviseory from south dakota to wisconsin and 92 over in chicago, and with the humidity it feels even hotter and the heat will continue to build and expand over basically the next couple of days, new york city is back in the 90's, and tomorrow, 97 will be 9 high in chicago and minneapolis at 100. >> thank you, maria.

>> now on the road to the white house. president obama will not back down in a new interview the president saying his campaign will not apologize for claiming the governor romney is responsible for shipping american jobs overseas during his time at bain capital. national correspondent is live in washington, dc, with more. romney demanding an apology late last week. i should say, asking for an apology but it does not appear he will get one. >>guest: it doesn't look like it. the president is not backing down from the relentless attacks against romney's record at bain capital. yesterday the campaign released another ad claiming romney is not the solution but the problem and today the president was asked if he will, he or the campaign, will apologize. here is what he said on tv at a local station in virginia. the president said "no, we will

not apologize, mr. romney claims he is fix it because of his business experience," so, voters entirely legitimately want to know what exactly is his business expense. the president has claimed mitt romney was responsible for bain capital sending jobs overseas although he was on leave for the winter olympics and he is under scrutiny for the offshore bank accounts. >>gregg: what do republicans say to defend their candidate? >> well, they say romney retired from bain capital retroactively after going away on leave he never returned and are blasting the president if going too far with his criticism of romney. here is republican strategist. >> it is sad to see and i think americans now know you have the baseless charges on moving jobs overseas which independent fact checkers have said are not true, they are a lie and a completely reckless and unfounded

allegation that criminal activity, so, it is sad to see. we know this president will say or do anything to keep the highest office in the land even if it means demeaning the highest office in the land. >> the two candidates, the president and the challenger, continue to campaign. this issue does not seem to be going away. >>gregg: a guy on the president's jobs council, economic council, and he shipped a lot of jobs overseas because g.e. is a multinational corporation and they do business everywhere. >>guest: right. >>gregg: thank you, steve. >> the family of a boston pastor abducted in egypt is appealing for his release. the reverend lewis was on achurs trip through the holy land and he and two others were skid happened including a tour guide. the reverend is diabetic and his son fears for his health. peter is like in washington, dc,

with that story. >> the hostage takers, 32-year-old, says his 62-year-old uncle was thrown in egyptian jail because he would not prescribe police officers who stopped him and the nephew wants friday's triple kidnapping to urge authorities to free his uncle. so, he is using 61-year-old lewis and a 39-year-old, both from the boston area, as well as their tour guide, as loaf rage, and the state department says "we are aware that two u.s. citizens were kidnapped on the sinai peninsula july 13. we are in close contact with egyptian authorities doing everything they can to bring about their release. we will provide assistance as needed." secretary of state, hillary clinton met with egyptian leaders today as part of a prescheduled trip. experts say this situation a big test for their new president, morsi. >> the government has to demonstrate they are able to maintain security inside egypt.

if it fails to do that, it is going to be a severe economic blow to egypt. to the tourist industry. and it will call into question whether the new government is effectively in power. >> in boston all the family wants, is his return, and not revenge. >> we do not want revenge. i am sure they have their own reasons for doing such. we just would love to return to our normal lives. all his son said his family is concerned for their father's health and he wanted the kidnapper to know that the reverend louis is diabetic. >> thank you, peter, from washington, dc. >>gregg: the seen regime denying accusations of carrying out a civilian massacre last week. the foreign minister saying the comment by the united nations envoy were "rushed," while the associated press is reporting new details of u.n. observers on the ground including a mass grave and pools of blood in

homes. activists say up to 220 people were killed but they are insisting they killed rebel fighters. the red cross is call this a "civil war," so international humanitarian law applies throughout the country. which regulates conduct in armed conflict. >> a new effort underway to free a pakistani doctor who helped us track down the top terrorist. the doctor was sentenced to 33 years in prison in his homeland after providing the c.i.a. with information that led to the death of osama bin laden. and now senator ronald paul wano strip pakistan of american aid unless the doctor is released. the lawmaker claims to have enough support to force a vote on the senate floor later this month. at the same time, the state department says it has not forgotten the plight of the doctor, and officials are urging pakistan's leaders to consider his appeal as quickly as

possible. >> one of america's most wanted behind bars today. he is awaiting extradition from mexico, caught in cancun after 24 years on the run. he is accused of killing a woman in san diego during a meth deal gone wrong. he has been living and working under a fake name, spending the last decade selling time shares to tourists. and he allegedly bragged high was on the run from the law. >> police in new york are accusing basketball star jason kidd of a major traffic foul. he was drunk early this morning when the cadillac hit a telephone pole and went into the woods. he was taken to the hospital and no one else in the car -- was in the car. he was booked for driving while intoxicated and remains free awaiting a court date. >> the north carolina coroner is

trying to identify a body found in an area where a missing mother was last seen, with remains discovered close to where the 33-year-old woman from ohio vanished more than a week ago. the mother was vacationing with her two children and her on again off again boyfriend in the outer banks. she dropped her children off at a relative's home and hasn't been seen since. he is considered a "person of interest" in the case and his brother told police he admitted to strangling her. >> two iowa girls remain the focus of a frantic search today. the 8-year-old elizabeth collins and her ten-year-old cousin have been missing since friday after their lakes were found abandoned and 350 volunteers are scouring the region hoping to find new clues. and now live to new york city. >> well, authorities say they are interviewing family, friends, and registered sex

offender whose live in the area. this as hundreds of volunteers and emergency workers are condition their search after holding a vigil for the girls last night. the mother of one of the cousins fears they were abducted. she said it is out of the character for her ten-year-old daughter to wander too far from home. she often stays at the hole of her younger cousin, 8-year-old, while her mother works. they were last seen shortly after noon on friday in downtown. the grandmother called police when they did not show up after a couple of hours. the bicycles were found on a trail on the lake and officials are now saying they have searched 40 percent of the lake using so far equipment. a plane with sensors is unsuccessful and the girl's family begging for a reunion. >> just turn them in. let them loose to call me. she knows my cell phone.

>> 8-year-old is approximately 4' 1 itch tall and weighs 65 pounds with sandy hair and blue eyes. the ten-year-old is about 4' and 11" with a more stocky build and light brown hair and blue eyes. if you have seen them or know any morning call authorities immediately. the possibility that girls were indeed abducted is not ruled out. the amber alert cannot be issued because they do not have a suspect or a vehicle. >> thank you. >>gregg: a restaurant in san francisco is not letting a ban on a french delicacy ruffle their feathers. the restaurant owner saying they don't have to follow a state ban on goose liver because they are on federal property and customers are paying $20 a pop for the sliders, and the

restaurant is booked solid since the ban was on place july 1st, and reports say that the issue is being referred to california's attorney general office. seriously? over goose liver? >> major credit card companies agree to reimburse retailers $6 billion. but the fight over credit card swipe fees could be far from over and customers could pay more. and now, we will explain how this proposed deal might affect what is in your california -- wallet. >> authorities in london show sir paul and bruce springsteen who is really the boss. [ gans ] [ marge ] psst. constipated? phillipscaplets use magnesiu an ingredient that rks more naturally with your colon than stulant laxatives, phillipscaplets use magnesiu for effective relie of constation without cramps.

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>>gregg: mexico city protesting the results of the presidential election with left leaning president accused of campaign fraud. >> in new york city, a fire at a popular tourist drop on the south street sea port and suddenly a fire broke out. no one was injured. >> in england, parts of a power

station demolished in a controlled "explosion," or implosion. the plant was closed in 2003 and the towers taken down because of safety reasons. that never gets hold. does it? how about this one? guess who is the boss? pulling the plug on two giants of rock-n-roll, bruce springsteen and paul mccarthy after defying a sound curfew at a concert in london. watch and listen to this. (applause) do you hear that? neither do we. the audience kept on applauding but the applause turned to boos and sometimes they say "broos," because the sound was cut off after an encore in hyde court

playing "twist and shout," and the sound vanished. springsteen had already exceeded the three-hour time limit for the concert set by a local counsel. >> i lived england for two years. they do dumb things. that is the dumbest. three hours of bruce? that is the first set. >> it should go five or six. greg i love warm beer, by the way. >> i do too, but we already talked about martinis and now the wine. the boxed wine. >> we will we need some after this. shopkeepers had their day in court and visa and mastercard and top banks agreed to fork over at least $6 billion if not more, to settle a dispute over credit card swipe fees but this is impacting you.

and now the senior business correspondent and anchor of bulls and bears. thank you for joining us. so, more important than the credit card companies and banks are paying, businesses are now allowed to charge credit card customers more than cash-paying customers, so the stores do that at the risk of alienating? >>guest: that is the whole thing. we are close to a recession and it is hard enough to get customers in much less say, okay, you are using your plastic and now i will charge you 3 percent or 4 percent. but that is what credit card companies have been doing to retailers. now this is huge. the biggest private antitrust settlement, if it is executed, ever. so, it is a very, very big deal, and the question is, will retailers ban together and say, you know, we will go after the credit card companies, we will tell them to do this permanently because it is not, it is only for eight months they have to lower the fees. >> it is temporary.

if those costs are passed on to the customers, that deters them from using credit cards and the companies suffer, so, ultimately could this motivate the credit card companies to lower fees permanently? >>guest: no. in a word. i doubt it. if you have watched the history, if history tells us anything about credit card companies they immediate to make money. the truth is, they are offering a service to retailers if you are allowed to use plastic. and debit cards are not part of this settlement, and they are becoming more and more popular now that people do not want to take on debt. but, i think credit card companies will find a way. though always do. to take the hidden fee and hit the consumer in some way. but when you go to the gas station and you are asked to pay cash or credit, and you get a cheaper rate on gas, people do not get upset about that so maybe if this becomes the norm people will not get too upset but at the beginning, forget it.

i can see people going to macy's and if they are charged they could switch over to lord and taylor. ought stores ought to be intere. >> a woman not article was saying if it goes from 3.75 percent, she has to pay for a transaction, 2.75 percent, that is an extra for every $100. it is huge. all it is the second or third biggest business expense of doing business, of transactions, for small retailers. it does fake its toll. >> as you mentioned, a district judge has to approve this and not all the retailers are in favor and if enough of them oppose it, what happens? >> if it falls through we are, then, left with what we have and they are not, they will not be reimbursed for any of this but there is enough outrage, honestly, among not only

retailers but customers about paying the extra knees and just from a p.r. standpoint credit card companies may have to find some really hidden way. >> well, and they might especially because now they will take the $6 billion hit, and by some estimates it could cost them more like $7.5 billion so how do they make up that lost revenue they pay in the settlement? >> that, really, is the question. not sure. but i am sure we will find out when we take out our plastic. >> brenda, thank you. a pleasure, as always. take care. >>gregg: an identification test costs the credit card companies and us, in turns, billions each year if we could crackdown on that. >> if you want a healthy and happy baby get another edition to your family. coming up next, which pet can do wonders for bringing up baby?

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killed more than 200 people. >> governor romney going on a major media blitz this weekend no longer ignoring or down playing the obama attacks on bain capital. but now 41 straight months with unemployment above 8 percent, and what does the president do? he says he will raise taxes on people. he is trying to gut welfare reform. and he launches attacks of this nature. it is beneath the dignity of his office. >>gregg: on the heels of an ad paid for by governor romney. >> if you don't have a record to run on, you paints your opponent as someone people should run from. >> what caused governor romney to suddenly kick it into high gear and change tactics? we will bray in doug schoen,

former palm step for pick by, and pat caddell, former pollster if president carter and john leboutillier, former republican congressman from new york. congressman, romney told fox news this week, he said, when you respond you lose. well, he suddenly now is spending. why? dow jones industrialhe lost lase week for the romney campaign. on the defensive over the bain stuff. the foreign bank accounts. the outsourcing of jobs. a hard time getting off of that. what we saw in the clip was what we need to hear from a republican challenger to a president. the economy is terrible. america is down in the mouth about the future of the country. they are looking for someone to lead them to a better place. what are we talking about? whether this guy was a member of the board, whether he had offshore accounts he has to get this behind him and get back. >>gregg: if something

different happened when suddenly obama aide hauled off and said he could be a felon. all they upped it. we are down in chicago. if you saw the ap report yesterday of the president in virginia, saying romney is the problem, they really are toughening this game up. they, really, they are going to go for kill on this. the two problems i think: one is that the romney could not see this coming. this is not new. we have known about the strategy since last august when it was laid out that they would do this. >>gregg: maybe they did not think it would stick. >> you need to get ahead of this otherwise it will divert you. >>gregg: but the president did it yet again today accusing romney of outsourcing jobs overseas although the fact checkers say it is dishonest and untrue but the president uttered what may seem like a gaffe.

here is what he said, as the head of a private equity firm romney's job was to max noise -- maximize profits, there is nothing wrong with that. did he undermine the argument. >> i don't think so. on one hand president obama needs money from private equity. and wall street. and he is not anticapitalist. but, on the --. >>gregg: but he said outsourcing is okay. >>doug: they will drive the message that outsourcing is not okay and what romney did at bain capital is inappropriate. >>gregg: the president's job council is fill with guys who outsourced. >> yes, including outsourcer in chief, but, his corporation pays no taxes. and the hypocrisy, this is a problem here.

all the obama campaign is driving a message, whether they are right or wrong, they have message discipline. romney doesn't. >>gregg: congressman, negative ads and smears as some people characterize it, they work. i will put a map of the swing states in which the negative or smears are running. and the recent polls there show that more voters view romney's business experience as a negative. >> because they are getting pounded bit ads. as the republican on this panel, it distresses my fellow republicans, and you can see it when you bring up this felon thing, when you have the obama campaign saying romney has never done anything wrong in his life but cut some kid's hair at boarding school and they are throwing the word felon around but no republicans came to his defense last week, and -- first of all, this is my criticism of governor romney. when he was going to run for budget why did he not clean up

his own financial affairs, close down the accounts in the cayman islands, why give ammunition? >> john is right. and i want to go to the other point which you raised which is why aren't they on the attack. this is the man who did fast and furious, what i would say, i would be saying, excuse me, all this green energy and solyndra, it wasn't what private money that was being used but your taxpayer money going to your bundlers. the greatest corruption in history. >> romney is trying to refocus on jobs and the economy is the argument is 8.2 percent unemployment is abysmal and economic growth is anemic, so, charlie rose confronted the president about that today and here is what the president said. put this on the screen.

>> that is tantamount to averaging that romney's argument is right and what obama is saying is, why isn't governor romney -- it it is not a gaffe. >> a gaffe in washington is when you tell the truth. absolutely. >> greg we think the last week if you go back and look at it, the president, from day one, monday, comes out with this tax plan, what we have heard before i will extend the bush tax cuts for the middle class, not the rich, and gets romney jazzed up on that. and, boom. out comes biden, saying, where are the taxes? why the cayman island bank accounts? they are running the obama campaign sex running a brilliant campaign on the offense. romney is back on his heels.

>>gregg: and now a sound bite from president obama. >> i'm not proposing anything radical here. i just believe that anyone making over $250,000 a year should go back to the income tax rates we were paying under bill clinton. back when our economy created nearly 23 million new jobs. the biggest budget surplus in history. and plenty of millionaires, to boot. >>gregg: the rasmussen poll shows almost 70 percent of americans agree with the president's tax plan. guys, it is working. >> it is working, john and pat are right. it is limited strategy and does not address the real fiscal problems of the country but it is popular. what governor romney lacks is any coherent articulation of what you were describing, which is why oh bomb failed and most importantly what he would do

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>> authorities in australia are hunting for a great white shark after an attack that killed a surfer. the shark is up to 15' long.

the attack off the southwest coast forced the closing of beaches. in mexico city thousands of demonstrators taking to the streets protesting the results of the recent presidential election. accused the winner of campaign fraud. and a senate aircraft is on the way to the international space station blasting off from central asia today, expected to dock tuesday morning. >> we back on the campaign insiders, and doug schoen and pat caddell and john leboutillier and the president has a lead and the gallup gallup poll, 46 percent and 46 percent. tied. why? >>pat: in the period of mid-may to mid-june there were

15 polls and in those romney won 28, and obama six and one tied. the last 15 polls in real clear politics, obama is at ten, romney only won three, and two ties. >>gregg: and now a v.p. pick romney is closing in on making a decision. the big news last week condoleeza rice. >>pat: he is looking for a game changer. leaking he thought at least would change the subject away from bain and offshore but i don't think it did. i don't think condoleeza rice wants it and given her pro choice stand it is unlikely. >>gregg: she is a bush left over and you do not want to be identified with the last republican president. >>john: it was done on thursday evening to kill the momentum of the bain story. and that is the thing. we cannot have our nominee

bogged down by the questions, when did he leave bain? did he have the accounts? the republican party, today, or yesterday, the governor of alabama, a republican governor, said it sounds like he might be hiding something. >> the republican party is giving the nomination to someone way in advance who they are not confident of his background and vetting? >> and they are not standing with him. >>gregg: it is not the first time. and now a joe biden sound bite. >> he wants you to show your papers but he won't show you us his. it is surfacenating -- fascinating. >> the obama campaign has message discipline. they are tying everything to his taxes, bain, his finances, the romney campaign as we have been saying has no clear message, no clear narrative.

>> but saying "papers," this is the missing response, how about fast and furious. how about the leaks? his own college record? this guy, talk about nontransparent. >>gregg: and another sound bite, governor romney at the naacp convention. take a listen. >> if our goal is jobs, we have to stop spending over $1 trillion more than we take in each year. so to do that i will eliminate every nonessential expensive program i can find. and that includes obamacare and i will work to reform and save --. (boos). >> he actually got applauded 17 times and a standing ovation but all we heard were the boos. >> that was put in the speech to

shore up the right that i will get rid of obamacare and i want to be booed by the audience which the three of us are aghast. if you want to win over independent voters the last thing you do is go down there and anger the naacp. bad strategy. >>gregg: the rasmussen poll 53 percent favor repealing the health care law, otherwise known as obamacare. >>john: no question. >>pat: i rest my case. this is it, folks they keep letting this issue go. >>gregg: with john roberts' decision to call eight "tax," is that one of the best things that could happen to romney? >> and one one of the worse this he did was let five or six days go, that is tax is a tax. the art should have been obama is pro tax and i am anti-tax and i have an agenda to change america but we have not heard it. >> and he has not told the

truth. >> the same disease that campaign has a problem if it takes six days to figure out how to handle that. >>gregg: we have three months to right the ship. >> congressman john bat -- leboutillier and pat caddell, and doug schoen, thank you all. see you next sunday and you can follow them on twitter, as well. >> a study suggests dogs and cats can improve your baby's health. is this something parents need to take to heart? we will have a drop expert with the diagnosis coming up.

>> dogs and cats could be more than great companions they can protect infants against illness. >>gregg: a study fines babies are healthier in homes with dogs and cats. and we are joined with a doctor. great to have you here. so, is this study accurate? >>guest: very, very accurate. if we remember correctly, this actually was repeated back in 2009 saying the more exposure you have to something you get

greater immunity, like kids in day care, the earlier they are in day care they get less breathing problems and less ear infections and probably that is because of exposure and the theory, in 2009 study was about allergies saying that the kids supposed to pets hat fewer allergies but this says the kids who are, as babies, exposed to dogs and cats, are less likely to get all kinds of different illnesses. stomach illnesses. breathing problems. >> what we are doing is overwhelming the immunity system. so, as the dogs and cats live outside and they come home with different germs and dust, and bites, and whatever, that, really, spurs on and this study, in particular, took babies less than a year old different from the one in 2007 they had older kids and they went to the age of seven so it was interesting, opposite of what we have always learned. >>gregg: what is the deal with all the peanut allergies, i have

had a thousand conversations, you have, too, we never had that as kids and now everyone has a peanut allergies. >>guest: i think it is a couple of things our desire to immune our children. we did not put them in day care, we do not have extended families and taking care of them, so this is not any exposure. you give them one thing and they have a terrible reaction. we do not give them sugars or this or that and when they have that, it is almost like an exaggerated response to it. to the actual chemical. >> the study of dogs and cats you believe is extrapolated further to make the point that germ fears in general are counterproductive and we need to let our kids roll around in the dirt. to build up resistance. >>guest: i could not put it better. it is like the opposite of what our antibacteria soap, how often do we use it before touching the

baby? after touching? sometimes it is good just to give them a big hug and kiss. >>gregg: my mother the former nurse would say it is okay if you eat a little dirt. >>guest: i think we should. >>gregg: there is something to that. all and this proves the point, which is, that dogs are better than cats they say, the response here is much more pronounced for babies with a dog than with a cat but both benefit. >>guest: absolutely. and that is the whole thing, dog is, absolutely, man's best friend. absolutely. and the other thing, it is not only for babies but adults also, they are healthy, happier, and now we know that pets, in general, help. >>gregg: cat allergies is a consequence of the cat dan december. >>guest: and it can be the saliva so the more exposure you have, that could be the dog

licking the baby's face, and the saliva overwhelms the system and that creates less of an immune response so less allergies. all maybe if you had a cat from the time you were born you may not have the allergy. >>guest: correct. correct. >> you have interesting information, here, doctor. >>gregg: thanks for being with us. and now i will go out and eat some dirt. it could be too late for me i should have started that earlier. that will do it for us. and fox news sunday with brit hume filling in for chris wallace. >> great to be here with you. >>gregg: have a great weekend, everyone. ♪

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