of 188 people. took them 15 tries over three days and smashed the previous vertical diving record set by 108 sky divers set in 2009. apparently everybody remembered to put their parachute on. that's all for me. rick and erin are standing by. >> and we begin with a fox news alert on a defiant new military display out of iran. good afternoon, i'm rick foll folbalm. >> a news alert after iran has successfully test fired a missile that they claim is able to hit and destroy its targets. >> iran says a range of 185 miles they claim is capable of striking israel and a number of bases with pinpoint

precision. >> now, if the iranians decide it's in their best interest to hit shipping routes in the straits of hormuz, another way to do that and as they said with great accuracy, iran's defense minister is quoted by the associate press today, as saying the significance of this missile is that it can hit and destroy all the regional targets, as well as those located in various places and in the range of 300 kilometers, 185 miles from our shoreline in the persian gulf and the oman sea. iran thinks that future wars are going to be fought in the air and at sea and in other th targets from a few hundred miles away with a missile to make a huge deference. while the missile test is not directly connected to iran's nuclear program. when you consider the fact, that missiles like this could theoretically be outfitted with a nuclear warhead is going to raise eyebrows in the coming days and our secretary

of defense, leon panetta is paying attention, and we're going to try to be diplomatic with iran. if they get aggressive with us or israel, other plans. >> should iran make the decision to proceed, that we have all options on the table, including military options, but our position is that military options ought to be the last resort, not the first resort. >> and the fossil 110 missiles around since 2002. the headline today is that now iran says they can travel about 65 miles further today than they did a decade ago, rick? >> and now the story coming up in a bit. and peter doocy in washington, thanks. >> syrian troops are gathering in a northern city for a massive attack on opposition forces. rebels there capturing a large police station after days of fighting and are digging in

ahead of the expected assaults and meanwhile, the activists say that syrian forces killed at least 50 people in the city of hama, and the massive grave, they claim dozens of people are buried in the capital. and a fox news weather alert. a wildfire destroying dozens of homes near oklahoma city, a person in a pickup truck was throwing burning papers from the vehicle and wildfires picking up in the region plagued by doubt and wind, too, and record temperatures that topped 113 yesterday and the temperatures going door-to-door and ordering locals to get out. >> it's just like being in an inferno. and you know, you're just surrounded by fire and smoke. >> don't want to lose my home. you know? >> and i don't want my neighbor to lose it.

that's his house there, a rental property of his, it's going. >> and i was in there with him and put it out through the attic, but it was going. and he couldn't get up and get into the attic to put it out. it's too hot. >> and we went around the house and did the water hose thing and see what we can do, and they're losing water pressure like crazy here in town and we have to wait and see what happens. >> you've got to feel for those folks in oklahoma and people in that state, already dealing with drought and the drought forcing the governor to declare a state of emergency, in 77 counties in oklahoma, and meteorologist maria molina. >> and you know what? unfortunately, the weather won't be cooperating across oklahoma and states like kansas, missouri and the midwest and what we have the ongoing drought now. and we have a red flag warning in effect for the state of oklahoma and texas and southwestern missouri because we have dry conditions in place, very hot temperatures and to make matters even

worse, today we're talking about the wind gusts easily over 25 to 30 miles per hour across this region, so that elevates the fire danger that's already in place with the drought conditions. hot temperatures also still in place across oklahoma, more triple digits and kansas city 96, 102 over in dallas, but as you take a look further north. upper midwest is seen a relief from some of the hot temperatures, at least for one day today, upper 70's for your high temperatures, but expect the hot temperatures to come right back into the parts of the upper midwest and for oklahoma more hot temperatures through at least the midwest on wednesday, tuesday, 107 for your high temperature. at least the wind will be laying down just a bit as we head into sunday and see the red flag warnings listed otherwise an isolated chance for thunderstorm on sunday and don't think it will be producing much rainfall that we really need across that area. as we head northbound, great lakes and parts of the midwest will see the rainfall and some of those storms could actually

produce weather, and isolated tornados and wind gusts and we'll keep you posted on that. and tropics were headed into the area. and we have tropical storm ernesto and storms well off to the east to the open waters of the atlantic and we'll need to watch ernesto, and monday it's a category 1 hurricane with maximum awes stained winds of 80 miles per hour before continuing to track into the gulf of mexico. >> maria molina live for us, thanks so much. and a milestone we want to bring your attention in indiana. thousands of people pouring into at that state's state fair this weekend, almost a year exactly after last summer's deadly stage collapse. strong turnout serving as a good sign for organizers, that people are ready to move on after that awful tragedy, and in addition to this year's rides and food stands, there's also a plaque inscribed with seven names killed last august when the high winds came in and the stage rigging gave

way, and the stage came plunging down on to the fans waiting for a concert by the band sugarland. the deaths, dozens of injuries sparked months of investigations and since then the fair officials have made changes to the safety procedures. ♪ >> a couple of politics now. the presidential candidates taking different views on the jobs report. president obama looking on the bright side of things. >> this morning, we learned that our businesses created 172,000 new jobs in the month of july. that means that we've now created 4.5 million new jobs over the last 29 months. and 1.1 million new jobs so far this year. those are our neighbors, family members, finding work, and the security that comes with work. >> conversely, governor mitt romney taking another

approach, blasting the results and touting his plan to help the middle class. 23 million americans out of work or stopped looking for work or way underemployed. 23 million. the official unemployment number 8.3%. that's the longest period of time, 42 months, the longest period of time we've had unemployment above 8% in american history. since it's been recorded. this is an extraordinary record of failure. >> but at the end of the day, it's how the voters see things that matter and now, some observers are saying the bickering and lack of plans take a toll the way that the voters view candidates. angela mcglowan is a political analyst and doug schoen a former advisor to president clinton. >> good to see you. >> and start with the president's sound bite and he's acknowledging there had been job growth, but

acknowledging millions of people still out of work and so, doug, i'll start with you on this one. what is it that the president has to do or say in the next three months to convince the people to give him another chance and more time, that is. >> very good question, a delicate balance for the presidentment on the other hand he has to be optimistic, he has to talk about the progress, especially this year in job creation, but he also has to acknowledge reality and the reality is that our economic recovery, as governor romney said correctly, is at best tepid, if not worse and so the president is going to try to equivocate and ultimately do what he's been doing, trying to turn the focus on governor romney's perceived failings. >> is that going to be enough, doug? honestly, the point that the folks are getting tired of its youth, its youth. >> i understand that, and president obama's team will tell you, privately, it may

not be enough. sips we don't have a positive change to make, woo he have-- we have to make him more unacceptable to president obama. so far he's narrowly ahead in the polls. >> angela, let's go to you, please, i want to talk about governor romney's five-point plan he unveiled this week, saying it's definitely going to help the middle class. according to governor romney's plan, he's promising, promising in his first term. >> yes. >> that 12 million people out of work right now will have jobs. that's a tall order to fill. and so, angela, is it-- do you think that anybody has a magic wand that can come in and say, poof, everything is good now. >> arthel, no one has a magic wand. you're right. people are tired of the blame game. one thing that mitt romney has going in his favor, even though we had great job numbers last month, the unemployment rate went up and people when they go to the polls they're going to vote their pocket book. what does romney do to create those jobs? extend the bush tax cuts.

right now, there's such uncertainty with the economy that you have manufacturers that are actually slowing down manufacturing. and-- >> but that is the sector most of the job growth took place in july. >> in july, you have two-thirds of manufacturers that are concerned about our political, economic future so they're not going to hire and also, a. r arthel, gas prices went up, in michigan, and people are going to take the money out of the economy. take the money out of the economy, and investors are going to stop investing and corporations will cut jobs. >> even though wall street was okay this week, they don't seem to be bothered and that's a cyclical thing, too, but angela, you know that poll are showing that people still blame the current economic woes, if you will, on president george w. bush and what he handed over to

president obama. >> that's just not going to fly. i don't believe when people go to the ballot box. you can blame the former administration only so much, but it was president obama that said, give me my stimulus plan. give me my jobs plan. and by this time, the unemployment rate would be a little bit over 5%. and we see that it's not. and 8.3%, that's the national unemployment rate. in the black community it's much worse for black women and the latinos, i believe that people are going to vote their pocket books. >> at the end of the day we're talking about people. i think, i don't care what side of the political fence you sit on, we want to make sure that americans get back to work. you say what, doug? >> i say that's absolutely right. what angela and i agree on, we need a bipartisan approach. and your comments alluded to bickering. and put america first like bowles-simpson on the budget, the deficit, debt, entitlement

reform. angela and i agree that that's necessary. >> yes. >> and ultimately we'll have something like that, we both hope after the election. >> i hope so. >> angela mcglowan, doug schoen. were you crossing your fingers? we'll all do that for the sake of our country, bye-bye. >> when we come back, a scathing new government report that's shedding light on the solyndra collapse. and now we're hearing about bold new accusations and white house is firing back. chief correspondent james rosen has more. >> this was the high point for solyndra when president obama toured the company's northern california plant. unthe obama stimulus program, the department of energy had extended 535 million in loan guarantees funded by taxpayers, to help the solar panel manufacturer expand and the white house said it would

create at least 4,000 jobs. 15 months later. solyndra was bankrupt, the fbi raidingets offices. now, after 18 months of investigation, the g.o.p. majority staff on the house energy and commerce committee concluded it's clear, doe should never have issued the loan guarantee in solyndra and violated the plain language of the law when it restructured the terms of the loan guarantee. mr. lu in the white house owes the people an explanation. >> and jack lu was the director of management and budget, with solyndra collapsing, omb find off on a restructuring of the loan. under the new terms, if solyndra went bankrupt as it ultimately did, when it came time to dole out what was left, the taxpayers were second t solyndra's prime investors. and billionaire george kaiser was an obama bundler in '08.

lu did not follow the recommendations of his analysts urged the white house to cut its losses and advice if heeded would have saved the taxpayers. and reviews of the solyndra applications were rushed and the quality of those reviews was negatively affected by political considerations the report found adding treasury and omb's staff sub bort-- i think there's a sense of favorism and trying to contribute to their contribute-- cater to their contributors. and chairman sterns has been on a witch hunt for months over this. it's unfortunate when it loan like this goes south because the taxpayers do lose a lot of money. but that doesn't mean you get rid of the whole program.

>> the white house said this report produced, quote, zero evidence of political favorism and that president obama still believes it was the right decision to invest in clean energy technologies, in washington, james rosen, fox new news. >> and we are continuing to keep an eye on the latest military threat out of iran. apparently, test firing a new short range missile today, this is just weeks after israel claimed it was considering a preemptive attack against the islamic regime. so, is israel moving closer to a streak? we're going to ask retired four star general and fox news military analyst, general jack keane, that's ahead. >> plus a major hollywood endorsement. why clint eastwood says he'll be voting for governor romney this november. >> why did you decide to endorse the governor? hi, i'm phil mickelson. i've been fortunate to win on golf's biggest stages. but when joint pain and stiffness from psoriatic arthritis hit,

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>> and welcome back. time for a quick check of the headlines. friends and family remembering a college student killed in a mega bus crash on thursday. the 25-year-old was sitting in the first row of the upper deck when the bus slammed into a bridge in illinois thursday.

authorities say a blown tire may be to blame. an 87-year-old denver man is accused of running a marijuana operation from his home and police say he was growing more than 400 plants in his back yard and president harry truman's grandson visiting hiroshima and attending a memorial service, 140,000 people were killed by the august 6th, 1945 bombing authorized by his grandfather. >> three months ago now until election day. and the presidential candidates seizing on friday's jobs report each spinning the numbers to try to bolster his own campaign message and this is governor romney adds star power to his camp and actor and director clint eastwood stepping out and molly henneberg has the details from washington. hi, molly. >> hi, rick, clint eastwood lives part-time in idaho and

endorsed governor romney because, quote, the country needs a boost and told the crowd in the fundraiser, that he hoped the governor would fix the tax in this country and people aren't pitted against who pays taxes and who isn't. and they're pushing their economic messages after friday's jobs report. speaking in las vegas yesterday, the governor focused on the unemployment rate. 8.3% in july. stepped up from 8.2% in june. romney said, quote, the president's policies are to blame. blame. >> we now have 42 straight months with unemployment above 8%. this is the president's administration who said from the very beginning, if they've got their way on the stimulus, they would hold unemployment below 8% and they set the measure and they have not been below 8% since. >> president obama, who is celebrating his 51st birthday

today also focused on the jobs numbers and specifically the number of jobs added in july. 163,000. and not enough to bring down the unemployment rate, but more than expected and almost 100,000 more than what was added in june. >> we've now created 4.5 million new jobs over the last 29 months. and 1.1 million new jobs so far this year. those are our neighbors and family members, finding work. and the security that comes with work. but let's acknowledge, we've still got too many folks out there who are looking for work. >> there are three more politically sensitive jobs report coming out before the election and including the report for october which will be released in november. four days before the election. and rick? >> molly henneberg, live for us in washington. thanks. >> arthel: i want to tell you now about an exciting new episode of fox files this weekend. we are going to go in depth with the shocking story of a

kidnapping that stunned the world. how a school bus carrying 26 children vanished in 1976 in the small farming community of chow-chilla, california. >> fox located the actual marsh that the bus drove into about a mile from where it was seized. >> and it was down into, and-- everybody's crying and telling us to shut up. we're going to get hurt. shut up. >> and we're waiting and what's going to happen now and they back up, and so that with half the students and then bringing the other half to fill up the other half. >> their bus, hidden from view. ed gray and the 26 children were hustled into two hot and windowless vans and driven from the scene, a mass kidnapping that would shock the world and put chowchilla

on the map had just begin. >> hear the terrifying headlines of the kidnapping victims and fox files airs tomorrow night at 5 p.m. eastern time right here on the fox news channel. >> rick: wow, quite a story, we'll be watching for that. coming up next, smokers giving up cigarettes in record numbers. but that doesn't mean they're quitting tobacco. what you should know about the alternatives and how they can affect your health. >> arthel: police are searching for a father believed to have faked his own death and let some family members in on the hoax, but kind of didn't tell his wife. >> rick: whoops, whoops. >> i was planning a funeral for him. i lost my husband. and all in a matter of hours, and then to find out he's alive, it's, it's anger, it's sadness. it's something you're born with. and inspires the things you choose to do.

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. >> it's good to see you, it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. forecasters says strong winds fueling fires over oklahoma are starting to die down. at least 25 homes destroyed so far and forcing hundreds of people to pack up and get out. >> rick: nasa scientists are now on edge as they await the new mars rover big landing tomorrow. one of the most difficult in space history. >> arthel: and oscar of south africa, the first amputee to compete at the track in an olympic event here. it's so amazing, the story is. he's a double amputee and runs on carbon fiber blades and second in the 400 meter heat to advance to the next round. >> back to one of the top stories today. iran says it's successfully

test fired a short range missile capable of striking any of its regional targets, including israel. israel was considering a preemptive attack on iran's nuclear facilities. does it put the state closer to a strike. and a four star general, former vice-chief of the army and military analyst, so good to have you here and help us understand the importance of the story today. are we to believe that iran's missile test as successful as they say it was? >> no, i take them at face a value on that. they've got a huge family of short range, medium and ballistic missiles and improving that stock pile for some time. and the improvement in this missile, deals with its range now out to 300 kilometers and also accuracy and they continue to do that as part of a program that they have, obviously, to enhance their own military capability. >> what does it mean for the israelis? >> well, i think mostly what

the rhetoric surrounding this is the interesting part of it. and there's been a lot of rhetoric coming out of iran recently as the fox news has noted time and time again. i think it's mostly deterrents. they're trying to send a message to the international community at large, but specifically, the israelis and the americans, that if you do conduct some kind of military strike against our nuclear capability, our response, that is the iranian response will be strong and powerful and i think that's the continuous message they're sending to the israelis and to us and that's unfolded here today. >> what should we anticipate, general in response to israelis response to news of the test missile today? >> the israelis are all over this in terms of their intelligence and they know the iranians are improving their inventory and they know they face some of that inventory in response to an israelis military attack and they're quite a wear of what their capability is and i'm not surprised they're enhancing it. >> we've heard from secretary

panetta and we've heard a clip saying that all options are on the table and that the u.s. would prefer a diplomatic resolving this. and first of all, if there's a strike or counterstrike between israel and the iranians, is there any way that the u.s. can sit on the sidelines in that case? >> well, it depends on the options the iranians select, in terms of a response. and the most likely option, hezbollah rockets and mortars and missiles raining inside of israel, the least likely response of the iranians, that is, is to attack u.s. bases in the region. if they did that, they know they're at war with the united states and avoid direct conflict with the united states. in between that they have choices, do they attack israel with their long-range

ballistic missiles into the cities? that's the choice they have to make. if they do, israel may in fact ask the united states for assistance because of the casualties in terms of feeding the missiles in the missile bases and the iranians will weigh the options in terms of the risk in terms of their response. >> and just to go back to the point you just made, for all their bluster, for all of their macho talk, the iranians do not want a military confrontation with the u.s.? >> no, absolutely not. and the last 30 years of clear evidence of that. their strategic objective is to drive the united states out of the region. they have been conducting a proxy war, using terrorism to do that for over 30 years and have studiously avoided any direct military conflict and they do not want it now as well for the reason i just stated. >> iran has been a country that's been a thorn in our side for a long time now and if we are to believe what they claim was successful today in this launch they have the potential to be a lot more

than just a thorn. how does this get resolved? >> well, i don't believe it's going to be resolved diplomatically, nor through economic sanctions. iranians, want a nuclear weapon for the single reason, it preserves the legacy of their regime which means they would take significant hardship and suffering short of that. and so economic setback is something they're prepared for, i believe we're headed to a retaliatory strike by the israelis against the nuclear development program inside of iran and the israelis will make the decision when economic sanctions are no longer a viable option. i think they are sitting, watching, hoping that something meaningful will come out of that and that the iranians will throw the towel in, but i think they have their eyes wide open here. they're dealing with the iranians and know them very well and i think they're highly skeptical there will be economic sanctions to force the iranian's hands and the

israelis are preparing for a military operation for sure. >> the former vice chief of the arm. retired four star general and contributor to fox news channel. thank you, general. appreciate your time here. >> good talking to you, rick. >> arthel: well, a missing man from new york turns up alive in south carolina a few days later. it appears he may have been trying to fake his own death. anna koiiman is live in our news room here in new york to tell us what's up with this guy. >> hey there, arthel, appears, aconsidering to his wife, he tried to fake his own death. the alleged plan went south after roth went south. he went missing at jones beach and resources sent to find him. on thursday, he got a speeding ticket hundreds of miles away in south carolina. and is had i have woo says he allegedly tripled his life insurance and revised his wife

according to his wife evana, and she mentioned the things that raymond roth left behind as clues, keys, wallet, suspicious e-mails between roth and her 22-year-old son jonathan referring to a plot. and telling him to call from a pay phone or friend's phone to update him how things were developing in new york. >> i feel like a sadness that he put a lot of people in danger to look for him and thought he drown. i was planning a funeral for him. it was my husband. all in a matter of hours, and then to find out he's alive, it's anger, it's sadness, that the public has went out to try to save a man that was not there and vacationing in florida f florida. the nassau county office gave us a statement. the investigation is ongoing and no decision has been made

as to whether criminal charges have been filed. and police say roth says he plans to return to new but he h yet. his whereabouts are still unknown as well as his son's. back to you. >> arthel: got to communicate with your wife. that's just a bad-- the poor wife. thank you, anna koiiman. >> rick: gm unveiling its new chevy caprice fleet cruiser, how does it stack up cars it may have to chase down? gary gastelu takes it for a spin in the car report. >> this is the chevy caprice police pursuit vehicle, the high performance car that offers combination of speed and size with plenty of room for gear and krells criminals. you have to catch them before you put them in there. we brought it out here to fare against the potential perps. >> pretty fast car? >> yeah, it's decent.

>> do you think it can take that. >> absolutely. >> what are you, a punk? >> if you saw it in the mirror, would it be intimidating. >> a little bit. 6 liter v-8, 355 horsepower and top speed of 154 miles an hour, although you'll need a little more than a quarter mile to reach it. all right. apparently you can outrun. law. (siren sounding) >> sorry. and mentioned this is top ranked cop tires not exactly for a drag strip. and i'm not really that concerned because-- >> for this thing, make my day. day. >> . >> arthel: all right.

if you've seen cop chases on fox news channel, you'll know that he's going to run out of gas sooner or later. so i'm good. >> 14 1/2 seconds, it's really not that bad. >> real criminals drive mini-vans anyway and i think i've made my quota for the evening and now, time to make some donuts. >> gary gastelu, fox news. >> rick: all right. gary, thank you. you want to learn more about the 2012 chevrolet caprice police car, go to fox car report.com. >> arthel: gary's got you laughing. very good. coming up, the dow enjoying a strong finish last week despite the national unemployment rate creeping up in july. so, why are wall street and main street not being on the same page? straight ahead. (bell sounding) while some fiber ads use super models,

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this week, mixed messages on the help of our economy. the dow is shy of the 13,000 mark friday, hitting the highest level since early may and u.s. employers adding 163,000 jobs in july, but despite the stronger jobless rate. the unemployment rate went up to 8.3%. is there a discorrect between main street and wall street. the president of uni strategies. explain to me, michael, how come on a day when we see the national unemployment average tick upward, the markets seem to like that? >> well, i don't know how much they seem to like that or the combination of the week, rick. i mean, this is a very headlines driven market. a lot like last year, you know, we had comments out of europe, out of mario draghi, first they were received poorly and then somehow overnight, people read them and now they like them. you know, the unemployment,

they think it's a little bit better, but underlying it's not so much. you know, the markets are a very volatile place this year, a lot like last year, and whatever the headline du jour is is moving the markets every single week pretty much since april 30th. >> rick: but here we have some strong, strong dealings with the markets, and it wasn't just the dow. all of the indices seeming to do pretty well and i have been listening to smart guys like you say the markets do not like uncertainty. all right, so, here we have, we have an election in three months, isn't this the definition of uncertainty? >> well, the definition of uncertainty is pretty easy, you know, you can tell there's-- you know, we have a saying called the sale of the tape. i'm going to refer to my notes a little bit. january 1st to april 30th, the market is up. 11.1%, all is beautiful and all is right with the world. next five weeks, the market goes down 10 1/2% and wipes

out our gains for the entire year. next two weeks, up 7 1/2 we go. it's good again. now listen to this, the following week, down 4. the week after that. up 5. the week after that down 3 1/2. the week after that, up 4. the week after that down 3 1/2. week after that up 4 1/2. week after that down 2 1/2. week after that-- >> we get the point, it's been a rollercoaster. so what do you tell your clients, michael? >> well, at the end of the day, i think what a lot of clients still have in the back of their minds and professional investors alike, remember last year the market hit its high on july 28th, 29th. two weeks later, rick, weeks later the market dropped 18% in only two weeks and i think people have that in the back of their mind. what do we tell our clients? there's no substitute for a plan. try to take the emotion out of it. add up how much money you have in the stock market, multiply that dollar amount by a 18% drop.

if you can't handle that number, then you got to lighten up on our equities in all likelihood. try to take the emotion out and keep it mathematical. >> rick: michael, good to talk to you, thanks so much. >> thank you, rick, thanks for having me. >> arthel: i feel like good news first or bad news. >> rick: good news, please. >> arthel: the good news, more americans are kicking the cigarette habit. the bad news though, a growing number of them are using other forms of tobacco. coming up, our medical a-team weighs in on that increase and the health dangers that come along with it. wake up! that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm. fohalf the calories plus vgie nutrition. could've had a v8. but they haven't experienced extra strength bayer advanced aspirin. in fact, in a recent survey,

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>> well, here it is, with the rising rice of cigarettes, who are americans than ever are quitting smoking, but a growing number are turning to other tobacco products. so, we've seen a 33% drop in cigarette smoking from 2000, the year 2000-2011, but at the same time, noncigarette tobacco use skyrocketed 123%. there's also been a 482% increase in pipe smoking and a 233% jump in cigar smoking. so, what types of health

concerns do these other tobacco products pose: doctor david somati is an a-teamer and vice-chairman of urology and chief of robotics at mount sinai in new york city. good to he -- see you doc. >> they're not worried about the social stigma of smoking, but basically it costs too much and i am going cheaper. the tiny cigarettes, the kids are doing it, a type tobacco in there or something. what is it. >> this is terrible news, if you look at for example, the sect of tobacco smoking, it's one of the most preventible deaths in this country and it actually kills about 400,000 people directly and indirectly. could be heart disease, could be lung cancer and could be all of this. for the public to go from smoking to all of the nonsmoking tobaccos and your example of using a pipe is up

4%%. large cigars or small cigars, or candies, tea bags under your tongue. this is horrendous, in the future, lung cancer from smoking can decline. now you'll deal with oral cancer. a great study that came out from medical lannet oncology, look at 11 studies that show as a result of this nonsmoking tobaccos, you're going to have over 50% increase in oral cancer, esophageal cancer and pancreatic cancer so which we'll deal with, lung cancer or pancreatic cancer. >> they're all carcinogens, and if there's an upside for a nonsmoker at least i don't have to breathe in their secondhand smoke. >> yes, that's not the answer, that's not the answer, because they're targeting, the majority of these are kids younger than 26. so the price of the pack of cigarette is up and it's about i think $5 and i'm not sure what it is in new york city, a lot more, as opposed to $1.50.

that's not the answer and this stuff stayed in your system for about 20 years. how do you get them to kick the habit altogether, doc? >> i think a lot of programs like this, a lot of education, an i wearness, we've done this with smoking and now they're jumping into a worse habit so i think we should just educate them. this tobacco absorption enters into your system and under your tongue, lips, it's going to affect your lungs, it's going to affect your heart and all in all, it's a really bad they think. this will cost the taxpayers over 193 billion dollars. it's bad news, so, i think for a lot of people that are watching this program, you know, yes, smoking is not good for you, this is even worse. and pancreatic cancer is a deadly disease, esophageal, oral, the use of pipes, because you don't see the smoke it's going to cause lip cancer and other cancers. this is not great news. get into sports and olympics,

much more fun. >> rick: and smokeless tobacco and i see people tucked with chew and causes potential problems. >> a lot of times the cancers in the oral or esophageal, you don't see them and it's bad. re coughing blood, it's too late. i would slow down and talk to a professional and find out the side effects of this. >> dr. david somati, thank you for the warning. >> nice to see you again. >> rick: that's going to do it for us for this hour. i'm rick folbaum >> . >> arthel: i'm arthel neville, stick around, we'll see you again at 6 p.m. eastern time. >> rick: take care. eryone like [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪

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