as always. that's how fox reports on this sunday, september 9th, 2012. i'm harris falkner, thanks for watching. have a fabulous week, get all you need with huckabee. he starts good morning. i am heather cheryleds. >> i -- heather childers. >> i am patty ann brown. thank you for watching fox friends first. >> the top five making news at this hour. we begin with a fox news lart. chicago teachers are expected to hit the picket lines for the first time in 25 years after negotiating all day yesterday the union and school district officials failed to reach an agreement on a new contract. >> we are not far apart on compensation. however, we are apart on benefits.

we want to maintain the existing health benefits. >> they are also strongly opposed to a new evaluation system. chicago mayor rahm emanuel saying a strike could have been avoided if the two sides kept talking. >> because this is a strike of choice and because of how close we are it is a strike that is unnecessary. >> city officials will keep more than 140 schools open for a few hours this morning. that's so students have a place to go and get a couple of meals. >> law americas return to capitol hill this week and they will see farmers in full force to be sure they don't cut off their aid. the farm bill expires at the end of the month. the senate passed the new farm bri bill and is considering holding a vote on paul ryan's budget plan that is expected to be shut

down since democrats hold the senate. the energy department's loan program which finances solyndra. >> a police officer was killed after working president obama's motorcade. the officer was getting ready to shut down the i 95 highway ahead of the president's car when his motorcycle was hit by a pickup truck. he died at the hospital. the white house says president obama offered condolences to his family. he was a 20-year veteran of the jupiter police department. >> the nation prepares to mark 11 years since the 9-11 terrorist attacks. the 9-11 museums won't be ready for next year's anniversary. new york city mayor michael bloomberg and andrew cuomo flashing over who foots the bill. it will cost 60 million a year to operate the project. the expected cost about $700 million. team obama getting up close

and personal with voters on the campaign trail. first president obama gets a lift. have you seen this from a pizza shop owner in florida. giving him a giant bear hug. the president who weighs 176 pounds easy lifting for him apparently can bench press 350 pounds by the way. a female biker getting cozy with vice president biden visiting a diner in ohio. that is your 5@5:00. >> republican president nominee mitted romney turning up the heat on president obama over the country's dismal job numbers. he is focusing on medicare instead. kelly wright is live for us. >> good morning. >> good morning to you well. sharp distinctions with the convention behind them they are campaigning very hard making

their appeal to voters. governor mitt romney will be in ohio today. that's a key battle ground state. romney needs to win it. he is taking aim at president obama on the sluggish economy and jobs. >> the president has kept in place a series of policies that have made no progress against unemployment and is shrinking job market. the number of individuals who are in the job market today is in an awful 30-40 year low. people can't find work. if this president is re-elected you will see chronic high unemployment you will cee-lo wage growth if any at all there will be this fiscal calamity at our doorstep. >> over the weekend president obama was in florida sunday. focusing on the romney ryan medicare plan. >> their voucher plan for medicare could bankrupt medicare. our plan strengthens medicare.

no american should have to spend their golden years at the mir see of the insurance company. >> on the greater issue of healthcare mitt romney wants to repeal president obama's affordable care act. however, in an interview with meet the press he went on to say he agrees with some ements of what republicans call obama care. romney works hard to reach out to voters who are still undecided. both preparing for what could be the greatest test of the race to the white house that of course will be the presidential debate in october. thank you. it's time for a look at who's talking. >> president obama's former economic advisor offering his case on the august job numbers. >> if you look over thes last year the unemployment rate is down a full percentage point and

most of that is from people getting new jobs. it's not from a reduction of the labor force. bureau keeps track of number of discouraged workers. the number of discouraged workers fell. i think some people are choosing to go to school that shows up at the end of the summer is nolt a big surprise. the problem is moderate growth faster than the rest of the world. the entire world economy is in a tough spot because we are struggling to get out of the worth recession. >> he is referring to romney advisor glen hubbard also hitting president obama on his tax policies saying if he gets a chance to raise taxes on the

rich the economy will remain stalled. >> i say talking about across the board cuts on every household in america by 20 percent we will have to broaden the cabase to pay for that. also a keep tut cut in the tax ra rate. i can't image an argument that says raising marginal tax rates on high income people many of whom are business owners it is recipe fo economic growth. getting back to the growth we talked about is facilitated by raising taxes not tax reform. >> he says his plan won't cut taxes for the wealthy he will bring down their rates of taxation. >> now to stories you can bank

on. the government is loosening up. bailed out aig. here to explain lauren simonetti from the fox business network. thank you for joining us. >> u.s. treasury selling 18 billion in public shares. it will make them a minority shareholder for the first time in four years. treasury state gets reduced to 20 percent. >> so students having trouble paying back their student loans. 1 in 6 falling behind. >> 76 billion defaulted last year for perspective. that is greater than the annual tuition for all students at all public universities. you can be sure uncle sam wants his money back. if you find yourself falling behind on your payment you have to be careful the consequences here.

the government can seize your tax refund social security payment. overall the government's track record is 80 percent of the dollar to get their fault. >> i like the idea of the next story. if you get married the gift that keeps on giving. >> searching for a wedding gift doesn't have to be that kon bad. veterans.com it allows a wedding to put money in their own account. the stock line and a bond fast. hopefully that investment writes longer than the album. >> thank you very much. we appreciate it. patti ann? thanks, heather. it is time for your first degree weather update from ma roa molina. she has a look at cooler temperatures in the northeast.

>> we are looking at cooler fallen temperatures. chicago a 54 degrees and 51 in cleveland. we won't be heating up a whole lot. cleveland 70 degrees. even in new york city 73 degrees for a high temperature. feeling cooler across portions of the great lakes and the northeast. if we head westbound we are still looking at hot temperatures. rapid city 98 degrees for your high. as far as rain fal goes much quieter across parts of the eastern sea board over the weekend. we had a lot of cold weathe-- s weather. muchbout across the southeast. dry day without a sunshine. very quiet over the pass.

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>> 14 after the hour. here's what you missed. serious questions about a

$1.1 billion u.s. program that supplies fool to the afghanistan army. the fuel may have been used by insurgents. take a look the dark mask covering over phoenix arizona is a dust cloud. kicking up dirt and blanketing the city. drivers were encouraged to pull over until it passed. no reports of any accidents. this morning we are hearing from the navy seal who wrote the book. the top secret raid that killed osama bin laden. that seal sat down with 60 minutes but for security reasons both his appearance and voice were altered. they came into contact with the world's most wanted terrorist. >> when you say you engaged him what do you mean? >> fired.

>> you shot him. >> he is still moving? >> a little bit. you couldn't see his arms couldn't see his hand. could have had a hand grenade under his chest. >> after he is wounded he's still moving you shot him twice? >> a handful of times. >> and the seal in the stack behind you also shot osama bin laden and at that point his body was killed. >> yes. >> did you recognize him? >> no. >> everybody thinks you know it is him, no. to us at that time it could have been anybody. maybe it is another brother or a body guard. it doesn't matter. the point is to continue. >> the pentagon threatened legal action against him for ladies and gentlemened violation of nondisclosure agreement. owen standing by the fact his vote does not reveal any classified information. he said most of the books's proceed will be donated to

charity. a small plane bursts into a home. >> many people rushing outside when it happened. it caught the scary scene on amar amarah. it crashed right into the yard and gar lash at the time. no one on the ground was hurt. the faa says the pilot was killed. he was the only person on board at the time. the plane was flying from chicago to wisconsin airport when it happened. witnesses say they could hear the plane coming closer as it was flying cloeer and lower and all of a sudden a loud boom. many said the ground shook. >> it was a high whining and nose-dive straight down. >> i was trying to assure me and her no it's going to loop back

up and it didn't. >> we are seeing a lot of black smoke, white smoke. it was a lot of smoke. the cause of the crash is still unknown. the name of the pilot has not been released yet. mary ann rafferty, thank you. president obama failed to mention friday's dismal jobs report in a weekend full of campaigning. could it be numbers may be even worse than they appear. chab charles pain will break that down. >> then this little boy saving his entire family. his father suffering a seizure while driving him and his sister. the heroic actions this 12-year-old took to keep his family safe. as we head to break a look at the prices at the pump. national average stays at 3.83 a gallon. the sleep number bed conforms to you.

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>> it is 21 after the top of the hour. dashcam videos after the shooting is expected to be released today. that is according to oak street police and the da. 6 people were killed after cops say 4-year-old walked into the temple august 5th and opened fire. he shot himself in the head moments later. devone walker is in stable condition this morning after having surgery on his fractured spine. he was injured making a tackle. it is too early to know if he will be paralyzed. i will never turn medicare into a voucher. >> they don't want to give the

money back to insurance companies then put them in charge of medicare. >> that was president president speaking out about medical costs on the campaign trail. no mention of the dismal jobs report. the numbers are worse than they appear. charles pain from the fox business network. >> good morning. >> you say more important than the unemployment rate is the ratio between employees and the population. the unemployment rate is not a true reflection. employment and population how many jobs are out there? over all 58 percent. that number is abysmal. what struck me is the jobs report. teens 16 to 19 could have had a jab only 28 percent did. for black teenagers only 29 percent did. everyone else is sitting around this is now you get it going

this is how america already has it going. people start working in their teens there's a human cost to these jobs reports that says they are glassed over. >> when i was a kid and i had my summer job you spend your own money. >> let's talk to paul ryan his comments on unemployment. >> it's the 43rd month of unemployment above 8 percent. for every person who has a job last month nearly 4 stopped looking for work. that is not a good direction. >> that is the hidden number is when you stop looking. >> you go from 8.3 to 8.1 percent. 8 million people have dropped out of the job market. 8 million since the inauguration. that is 8 million americans adults who have given up on the american dream. you know what?

i guess another point paul ryan could have made was in june because the numbers were revised. the number was 45,000 americans. 174,000 on food stamps. that gives you some sort of idea of what is happening peer -- here. people don't want to be on food stamps and welfare. they give up they become wards of the state. at some point it is hard to get out of that. certainly job skills and ability to get off the sofa. all of that fades away. we are seeing that every single month in these numbers. these numbers you look at them and say okay 94 thousand. some people come out and say it wasn't too bad. these are horrific numbers for america which is a job creation machine. >> one of the figures coming out is people are facing retirement. they are not able to get by any more making the jobs that would

go with all of the younger people. >> women over 55 getting back to the work force an mazing phenomenon. it is up dramatically. i think in 2000 it was like 34 percent now it's 50 percent. it's huge. you are absolutely right. i have to tell you from an employer's point of view you have a chance a young kid who has a job knows how to greet the customers knows how to create change can get a job but it's not the direction we want to be going in. >> i wish i had better news for you. >> thank you for coming in and depressing us. it's my birthday, too, geez. >> happy birthday. >> banned from a flight because of a bad attitude that's the claim one flier is making against the tsa. it all stems from bottled water. the few a list stars can't really see them there we will

have the details coming up.

>> welcome back. it is half past the hour. the top five stories making news at this hour.

the lawyers of the man accused of killing trayvon martin want his school orecords for suspension records. at the time of the shooting he was suspended from scoot after drugs were found in his book back. they plan on getting posts from martin's facebook and twitter account. >> a 14-year-old business business boy charge -- wisconsin boy charged with having a gun. he got into a fight with dennis smith. buchanan's mother and stepfather showed up at the scene and one of them handed him a gun. that's when beau cane nan fired 23 shots at smith. the teen is now facing life in prison. his stepfather and mother both face charges for contributing to the crime. another day another complaint about the tsa. a woman flying out of houston airport is live individual.

she said an agent admitted to making her miss her flight for having a bad attitude. she wanted to test her bottled water for explosives but she decided to drink it instead. >> this is retaliatory for my attitude this is not making it safer it is retaliatory. >> the tsa is defending the beverage policy claiming it is random and not done at aevery airport every day. >> this 12-year-old being hailed a hero after his father suffered a seizure while driving on a massachusetts highway. patrick his little sister who has special needs was also in the car at the time he quickly jumped into action grabbing the wheel. >> i turned the car into the breakdown lane and shut it off and cruised a little bit until the car stopped. i told my sister to get way back in the denali, i opened the door and stood right next to the guardrail. >> that is when he called

police. his father was taken to the hospital. he is said to be in good condition. a welcome home surprise for a brave marine. >> surprise. (applause) >> corporal arriving in florida. get this, this heartwarming surprise was organized by people who don't even know slocombe. it included veterans and students all arranged a woman who heard he was coming home and felt he de searched -- deserved thank you from the community. >> i am blessed. i really am. haven't been home for a lot of time and i am glad to be back for my country. >> he asks everyone has froefrndz seas in their thoughts. republican presidential nominee mitt romney back on the campaign trail today and he will

be in president obama's backyard. romney visiting illinois and the state of ohio after the two spent the weekend trading jabs over jobs and medicare. doug luzader is live with more details. good morning, doug. >> good morning. for the president and mitt romney campaign schedules are filling up. as usual we talk about the same states being in the cross hairs florida and ohio especially. this is something you don't see every day the president hoisted in the air by a burl ly and som what enthusiastic pizza shop owner. he tried to get up and personal with as many voters as possible in the sunshine state. >> it was like two plus one equals 5. they couldn't answer questions about how they pay for for $5 trillion in in tax cuts and 2

trillion in defense spending without raising taxes on the middle class. >> there is something the president agrees with. thinks he got a small but noticeable bounce in the polls. gallup tracking poll puts him 5 point ahead of romney. 9 next event the debate. he continues to hit the president on the economy. especially after the ground of lackluster jobs numbers that came out on friday. he makes headlines yesterday saying there are aspects of the president's healthcare plan that he may keep. >> one is to make sure those with preexisting conditions get coverage two ensure they allow for individuals that have policies to cover their family up to whatever age they might like. >> the romney campaign says there is not a change in

position yet romney still opposes obama care but supports reform that is may help lower healthcare costs. doug luzader joining us live this morning. thank you, doug. >> before you leave the house this morning let's get another check of your first degree weather update with maria molina. hi again maria. >> hi again patti ann. good morning everyone. today we are looking at fall like temperatures across parts of the northeast into the great lakes. temperatures widespread in the 70s. you are seeing hoe low temperatures through cleveland and ohio. you are going to be talking about hot temperatures yet again today. 100 degrees could be your high temperature over in rapid city 93 in denver. widespread 90s across portions of oklahoma and the state of texas. combine that with dry conditions and strong winds and you are looking at an elevated fire danger across states like

nebraska and the dakotas and as far west as washington and other gone looking at possible widespread wildfire activity out here across that part of the country. southwest headed in the opposite situation going on where an area of low pressure continuing to produce heavy rain. flash flooding will be possible into today and tomorrow. now it's time to entertain this. great lake li-- blake live lee d ryan reynolds are married. sorry ladies. and men i guess. they headed to south carolina over the weekend. bette midler performed at the reception as well as florence welch of florence and the machines. >> star studded affair for the closing ceremonies in london. take a look at high flying rihanna. ♪

>> cold play and wrapper jay-z also performed. >> business ma'am numbe-- biz d numbers over the weekend at the box office. "the possession" in the top spot. second week in a row with $9.5 million. >> big screen tv's at home. >> starting with the roundup. the payton manning era beginning in denver. didn't waste any time making an impact. manning leading denver to a 31-19 win over the steelers. he had two touchdown passes including the 400th of his career. a first ball first at the lion's rams game. the first woman to have fi officiate a game.

serena williams comen up on top at the u.s. open this weekend. (cheers and applause) >> she won the finals for her 4th open title. murray and djokavik face each other today. the time right now 39 after the hour. coming up, a judge says no finders keepers in a case of rare u.s. coins. how one family thought they had a rare collection only to see uncle sam take it away. >> it's not back to school for chicago teachers the city plagued by gun violence. now to figure out what to do with students who have no place to go. we will have a live report coming up.

>> 42 after the hour. u.s. officials handed over formal control to the afghan government. the prison houses thousands of taliban and terror suspects. china after shocks still jolting parts of the country following a series of deadly quakes on friday. rescuers are searching for survivors. at least 81 people were killed. finally to cuba where there is frantic work to get the power back on for more than 2 million people in the capitol tal av vanna. k -- havana. >> there may be relief for first responders and ground zero residents sickened with the rubble. good morning. >> goods morning. it comes to relief for first responders and people who li near the cleanup after 9-11. while the drug act covers a lot

of different ailments related to the toxic cleanup it did not cover cancer but word is now the director of that will say today making the finali decision that cancer will in fact be included. a lot is based on the research earlier this year there was a study done of new york city firefighters that said firefighter who worked here after 9-11 were 19 percent more likely to have cancer than those who didn't. with those who deal with getting coverage i would say we don't have an off fish sham count of h how many are suffering. that is the latest from mere in lower manhattan. tack it back to you. >> tai hernandez, thank you.

coming up after the break we are going to have travel tips for you. but right now the time is 44 after the top of the hour. we are also going to have this. beauty or brains. we will reveal what men find more attractive in a partner. how do you save big while traveling? that's what we are going to talk about hintsz in first class travel. brian kilmeade who has been on the road these past through months. >> here's what we have planned if you say it's okay. dick more sis says bill clinton stole the president's thunder in the dnc. we will join us to find out why members of the bill terry. we will find out why. after his teern knee is call. the top two finalists all caught

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a oo 10 minutes to the top of the hour. 10,000 people were sur vied in more than 30 counties asking what traits they most value in a phonings partner -- potential partner. more men prefer intelligent women. a georgia woman donating a car to a hit and run victim. brandon white head was taking his 15 mile stretch to college classes when he was hit. vanessa saw his story and decided to give him a car. give him a car so he wouldn't have to walk to class again.

now that is 4 and a half hour commute will only take 15 minutes. >> a fox news alert now. chicago teachers are on strike this morning. it is the first time in 24 years. contract negotiations between the union add the district broke down last night. now more than 26,000 faculty and staff will hit the picket line. we are live from the school headquarters with more. >> good morning to you. it is nice and quiet right now but we expect that to change in just a bit. what better way to send a message to your boss than to protest outside of their doorstep. we know there will be a fee of red out here in union teachers where there is union rest. chicago public schoolteachers are walking the picket line even after an entire weekend of intense negotiations. teachers say they are not getting what they want in those

negotiations there are classes without air-conditioning ant class size. rahm emanuel is clearly not happy. >> because this is a strike of choice. because of how close we are it is a strike that is unnecessary. a oo mayor emanuel says it is unnecessary totally unavoidable and chicago public school kids don't need this. last time there was a strike was in 1987 back then it was mayor harold washington on the hem. back to you in the studio. >> thank you very much. >> now as promised it is time for your first class travel. orbitz senior editor janeane is here with simple tips that will save you big when traveling. i have to tell you i have a problem with this. i always pack way too much.

you can save on baggage fees. >> nobody wants to pay $25 a bag to check them packing light getting it in the carry on the simplest thing you can do. we are not used to getting it all in a little bag. that is the easiest thing to do. also if you are a family or parent utilize their kid's bags. they send their kids with the little bitty bags they can pull. they can pull a bag the same size as any one else. you can utilize those bags as well. >> that is a smart tip. weigh your bags at home. >> people don't realize beyond the $25 for check bags the other huge fees they get hit with is the bag. people pay upwards of 100 a bag for over weight bags. make sure you weigh your bags before you leave home. >> if you need something bulky buy them at the destination don't pack them. >> i have three small kids.

between diapers and formula especially families traveling over the holidays. those are simple things you can buy once at your destination. >> speaking of traveling and family the holidays hard to believe they are just around the corner. when is too early to start booking holiday travel? >> it is not too early to started looking. it is a compact travel weekend. everyone travels the same flights the same stage. that's when you see the airlines adding on the surcharges for the peak holiday travel days. >> the time of day you book your flight can make a difference. >> it can make a difference. the first early morning flights of the day 5:00 a.m., 6:00 a.m. it is worth setting your alarm. they sthiez tips aren't this full. this gives you a much better

chance of getting will your use on time. so a few tips and vacation packages. the truth is they are. this is when you bundle your hair fair and car buy those at one price as opposed to the components separately. the suppliers the rental car companies they have excess inventory. they will pass along the savings to the consumers. you only see the total price. they maintain their price and integrity. >> orbitz offers the group on oochlt ool orbitz has one called insiders deals for hotels. it is the same concept a win-win situation for the hotels and the consumers in getting the great last minute deals. >> for all of these tips plan ahead and that will help you

save in the long-term. planning ahead knowing what you are going into will help you save. >> appreciate your tips. before we know it it will be time to head out. a father gets closer to a bison only to see the animal snap. the good, the bad and the ugly. can you figure it out today? stick around. we will have the answer.

we look at the good, bad and ugly. up first, the good. a vet is reunited with his purple heart. his brother died two years ago and a woman who purchased his mobile home found the medal inside and returned it. up next.

the bad. the judge ruled the collection of rare coins worth 80 million belongs to the government. joanne found rare coins. the philadelphia mint seized them when they were brought in to be authicated . >> the bison charges the kids in the yellow national park . it sounds like the adults were encouraging the kids to get a look @ -- at the beast. >> gretchen is here. our word of the day. something we talked about in the show. >> debut . beauty. >> remember men prefer brains over