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>> that attack killed ambassador stevens will be the topic they focus on as they look at foreign policy. campaign surrogates on sunday talk shows had to explain how dangerous the world is pointing out iran's nuclear intentions security concerns in afghanis n

afghanistan, china's growing power and more. >> people want to know they have a strong steady hand and they don't want people who are consistently wrong on foreign policy as governor romney has. >> the current president has a different vision of the world. part of the failure this president has had is a failure of broad goals real goals a view of america's role and the world should be. we have never gotten that from the president. we haven't gotten from the president his plan for the future. >> each candidates talked about there are two visions for american people to decide. tonight's 90 minute faceoff takes place at boca raton, florida. both candidates spent the weekend preparing for this final debate knowing millions of americans will be watching closely. in such a tight race as this both know servieverything is at

stake. >> brew on this question of the day what foreign policy issue would you like to see addressed tonight. send us your comments. you can tweet them at fox friends first or e-mail them at foxfriendsfirst@foxnews.com. >> one issue that is sure to be addressed is labia. that is what lindsay graham and dick durbin are talking about. they are coming under fire for the way it handled the attack on our libyan consulate. we learn chris stevens was clearly worried about the security situation even writing a memo about the issue on the dafz killed. >> also new reports surfaced a drone was dispatched in response to the benghazi attack. republican law americas are searching for answers. lindsay graham wis one who is leading the charge. graham calling this an example of a failed strategy in the white house. >> if you left it up to this

administration to inform the people they would think it was spontaneous riots by people. there was no mob there was no riot. i am totally convinced this will go down in history as one of the most major breakdowns of national security in a long time exhibit a of a national security. it han dinner fire once attacked twice. everybody left benghazi but us. we wanted to normalize. it was september 11th. th this council was attacked for over 7 hours there were no land forces available to reinforce, no air power sent over to help these people for over 7 hours. >> senator dick durbin also responding to the criticism surrounding the administration's response saying this incident has no bearing on the

president's foreign policy. >> they believe it had something to do with this video but they were going to gather the evidence to be sure. then of course over the next few days more information came in. that was an indication that the fog of war as they say was operative in this situation. what i find really hard to accept i have to disagree with my friend senator graham is this notion about the president's foreign policy. the president has been a strong and steady leader. we have responsibly ended the war in iraq we are going to end the war in afghanistan. al qaeda as a shadow of its former self osama bin laden is moldering in some watery grave somewhere and we have put enough pressure on iran with the sanctions regime so they won't develop a nuclear weapon they want to sit down and talk. these are positive developments moving toward a more stable nation, a more stable world when we face threats of terrorism in every direction. >> we want to stay tuned for

this later in the show we are talking with lieutenant colonel tony schafer. he will be here to react to reports of drones in the dispatch. if that happened why didn't they do something to protect the americans at the consulate. oo tonight's foreign policy debate is taking place in florida. it's a crucial state in this election. we see mitt romney taking a lead in the swing state many say is a much win. marco rubio reacted to the recent sway in his sunshine state. >> we like the way florida is going. we always predicted it would go this way. two things happened over the last couple weeks. number one is the american people have gotten to see mitt romney up close as he offers a vision of his future if he was president. even more startling is the president's complete failure to put forth an agenda for the next four years. if you look at the statements he has been making on the campaign stump he doesn't talk about the future, he doesn't talk about

his governing plans for the next four years. it's all attacks against mitt romney down the stretch here. you saw the numbers a moment ago i think they are only going to get better for the republican side florida and nationally as we move forward. what does team obama think about the recent shift in the polls? former white house chief of staff mayor rahm emanuel say they knew this would be the case. >> it is a very tight race. it's a competitive race. we always knew it would be in this place in the sense that it is coming down to a few states and a few votes. one candidate wants to take us back to the policies that led to the economic near collapse of the great recession who turned his back on the auto industry and a president who believes by investing in american people investing in the middle class that that is the best way to grow the economy. everybody always knew this was a tight race and it was going to come down to a few states. i think that that is where we are today and that's why every

vote counts in these key battle ground states. for all of the debate coverage keep it here on fox. programming starts at 8:55 p. mchl with megyn kel leap and bret baier. it is time now for your top 5@5:00. a major ter flort dubbed 9-11 ii spoiled in jordan. the man reportedly planned to bomb shopping centers and hotels then attack embassies targeting western diplomats. authorities say they smuggled weapons and bombs into syria and they got help from al qaeda operatives in iraq. the plot was planned for november anniversary of the bombings that killed 16 at hotels. a man is dead his body found inside a spa after a 6 hour

manhunt. he walked into the salon sunday morning and started shooting. he killed three women and injured four others before turning the gun on himself. police locked down a local mall a country club and a hospital while they looked for him. eventually finding his body in a locked room in the spa. police say the shooting was a domestic dispute between him and his estranged wife who worked at the salon. >> classes in beirut and other parts of lebanon leaving two people dead and more than a dozen injured overnight. hours after hundreds of protestors stormed the government palace. (gun shots) >> lebanese soldiers fighting off the mob by firing bullet noose the air and throwing tear gas. the violent clashes sparked on friday when a top security

official was killed in a car bomb. it linked to war by protestors calling on lebanon's prime minister to step down. the u.s. says it will slech gate the attack. >> mitt romney taking a debate he officiated the coin toss between members of his staff and the media. >> don't worry about injuries, guys. >> physical whoa! >> final score of 14-14 tie. those are your 5@5 headlines. >> very fitting much like the polls almost all tied up. >> now it's time for the first degree weather update with maria molina. maria starting to feel a whole lot like fall outside. >> good morning patti ann and heather. we are talking about temperatures that are right where the they should be this time of year just like they should be like in october and fall.

the carolinas into florida. 43 in raleigh and 2k50egs in new york city. i want to head west ward. we are talking about temperatures well above average not feeling like fall across kansas city 75 over dallas and san antonio. we head too the afternoon hours they should be anywhere between 10-15 degrees above average for some of you. really feeling the warmth. out east a beautiful day. high pressure dominating. light of sunshine pektsed later on today. i don't think we will see too many issues as we head from northeast down into the southeast. get out enjoy it it will be beautiful out there. as we head westbound we have a front that will deveshowers anda northern portions of missouri and heavy downpours are expected from the great lakes into the mississippi valley. you will be needing the

rainshowers out here. early moisture this morning making it into the area. >> 12 minutes after the hour. your taxes could go up thousands of dollars next year. neither party in congress seems to be doing anything to stop it. >> $182 million of your tax dollars went to save his k. but apparently that wasn't enough. now he wants you to save him.

>> welcome back. 15 after the top of the hour.

here's what you missed while you were sleeping. nissan recalling 14,000 cars. they are feared both connected to wheels and steering could come lose and then fall out leading to crashes. it effects the 2012 and 2013 altima. there are no reports of any injuries. take a look at this. that big night right there was a meteor flying over the san francisco bay area. it has not only left its park in the sky, some residents got a piece of the flaming fireball. lisa weber in nevada california says she theirheard a thump on roof. when she check it had out she found this two inch rock. it is a chunk off the meteor. pretty cool. now to some sotories you ca bank on this morning including a tax hike that could effect 163 million americans. lauren simonetti is here.

good morning i guess. >> bad news. 163 million workers will likely be hit with a big tax increase regardless of who wins the election. a 2 percent reduction in social security payroll tax is going to expire at the end of the year. say you are making 50,000 dollars a year. you will save the 1,000 dollar tax increase. with two earner family will likely see a $4,600 increase. social security is funded by 12.4 percent tax of wages of 210,000 dollars. it is split between employers and workers. they cut the portion workers pay. the problem is it saved us on average $19 a week. few people notice to go out and spend those savings. >> retailers looking forward to election day being over. >> i know. there is a reason retail sales are struggling rain, snow, a popular movie is coming out over the weekend and now the

election. during the last election retailers saw a 6.3 percent decline in foote traffic the week of the election. they saw a 2.2 percent drop in sale brothers the election in 2004. this time around not expected to be too much different. >> more bad news for air fair it could go up by the end of the year. >> they are already up. you likely pay 375,000 dollars to fly somewhere up 4 and a half percent from last year. it is expected to jump further with the winter holidays approaching. the head of travel web site fare compare says through halloween fliers pay $2 a more per day. in november it will jump to additional five jumps daily. flights will go up 4 percent next year. >> lauren simonetti fox news network. the time is now 18 after the top of the hour.

coming up an unmanned u.s. drone watch for hours after americans were being killed in libya. where was our military? our next guest says they weren't there because politics were put before people. >> the epa prepare to go ring in the new year with a regulation wind fall. you won't hear about it until after the election. before we go to the break a look at the gas prices. the new national price or average price is right there 3.66 per gallon. that's down $0.01 from yesterday.

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>> 22 after the hour. quick headlines. kennedy cousin michael skakel will have the first parole hearing on wednesday. the son of widow ethel kennedy is in prison for beating martha moxley to death. if he is approved he will be released in april. more than 50 people are hurt in florida after the floor collapsed during a party. partygoers plunged from a second floor apartment to the first floor clubhouse. none of the injuries are life threatening. the obama campaign once again blaming the intelligence community for the fallout over the terror attack in libya. listen. there is investigation ongoing with the ingenls community, fbi is on the ground. we have reported the administration, the

administration has reported everything that we have been told. we have shared it in real time. it is a complicated situation. we are thoroughly looking at what is happening there and reporting to the american people on it. there has been no inconsistency. a new report that an unmanned u.s. drone was dispatched in response to the benghazi attack even monitoring the final hours of the attack. why are we just hearing about this now? more importantly where was our military. lieutenant colonel and senior fellow stenter for advanced studi studies colonel schafer joins us now. an unmanned drone monitoring the final hours of the attack where was our military why weren't they there and what could we have done? >> a lot. first off this is video on this. this drone adds another dimension to that. let me say something for the

audience to understand the perspective. when reagan was threatened by the local government there it took 6 hours to plan the invasion of a country. 6 hours. we can plan and execute an invasion af country in 6 hours but we can't send support to protect our embassy and staff within 6 hours? are you kidding me? they had fast fumes available in italy. there are other capabilities which were local. all of these things should and could have been implemented. i disagree with mr. axle rod compl completely nothing was done in real time. the information was coming in in real time much like the brookfield issue. yesterday during the brookfield tragedy. >> the shooting in wisconsin. >> the shooting in wisconsin. he put out a statement three hours saying the president is on top of this. you can't have it both ways can't be on top of that and not on top of this. there was a 6 hour gun battle that resulted in nothing being done for our people and four

people being dead. >> 6-7 hours our u.s. ambassador ends up dead along with 30 americans. 30 americans in all under attack by several hours by rocket propelled grenade. >> we had an ac 130 spooky can fly rapidly and can provide very good over head coverage. they could have dispersed the crowd to give our people time to get out of there. resources were not used. >> we have heard a lot about whether or not they asked for assistance and they needed help. we now know not once not twice but three times the u.s. ambassador including the day of the attack said they needed additional security. >> this was layered in confidence. it was clear by professionals to include the lieutenant colonel and the ambassador himself fairly articulated this. there is no gray area here. it has taken weeks to break this

information out. of course the video story. if they want it to go away put out the talking points which were presented byam ambassador rice and the rest of the information. that paper is what they are blameing there. that thap per does not say what they want it to say. >> there is an election coming up. thank you very much lieutenant colonel schafer. thank you. the time now is 27 after the top of the hour. his company still around thanks to 182 million of your tax dollars. he is mad because he didn't get a thank you? shouldn't it be the other way around. usually you have to real them in but this marlon has his own version of catch and release. on this day in history back in 1966, love the beach boys. you like the beach boys? they released their hit song good-bye vibrations. ♪

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>> welcome back to fox and friends first. >> i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne. >> it is hours away.

it is the third and final faceoff president obama and mitt romney's debate tonight. it is focused on foreign policy a topic that has already sparked a lot of fireworks. >> joining us now is doug luzader. >> instead of standing on podiums or walking around one another on stage like the last debate we are going to be sitting at the same desk with one another. they are supposed to talk about foreign policy you know how this goes just about anything could come up. the tone tonight may be some what more subdued than we saw during the last debate when things got pretty heated. the president will no doubt try to question mitt rom niece readiness on the world stage. >> people want to know they have a strong steady hand in the oval office. they don't want someone who is reckless and who has been consistently wrong on foreign policy issues as governor romney has. >> romney may try to hit the president on the u.s. consulate attack on libya with questions

about what the white house really knew about the attack in those early days. with the new report over the weekend with possible talks between the u.s. and iran over the nuclear program romney will likely question the president's support over israel. >> he has a different vision of the world. part of the failures this president has had is a failure to outline broad coagoals, real goals a real view of what america's presidency will be. just like for much of the campaign we haven't gotten his plan for the future. >> this as poll after poll shows this race tightening in the last several days. >> night by night with the large family we have seen romney move out to the 51/45 national average. with national voters it is closer to being even. >> there are a lot of colors to

take in. in broad scopes the red or reddish states romney states blue obama states. and the gray states are all tossups. this is a real clear politics average of polls in this state. for possibly the first time we are seeing the romney ticket ahead on electoral votes. 131 tossups. we have a ways to go here. it shows you how things are going into the last debate and how much are potentially at stake. doug luzader in washing tonight thank you. the situation in libya is the big talker this morning. we are hearing from lindsay graham and dick durban over the attacks on the consulate. >> the state department was warned about the deteriorating security situation there. lindsay gram is hitting on this saying it was known the consulate was vulnerable and something should have been done.

>> this is going to be a case study for years a breakdown of national security at every level failed presidential leadership senior members of the obama administration fell miserably. the benghazi libya was becoming a death trap. the british left the red cross left because of a deteriorating security. th he with wanted to normalize relationship between nonexistent government. we should have closed that conflict long before september 11th or heavily reinforced it. this is a national security breakdown before during and after the attack. senator durban fighting back for trying to politicize it. >> we were in a classified briefing two weeks ago in washington when we came together. we were with secretary clinton the cia and others they are engaged in a comprehensive invest dwags over what actually

occurred here. think back in history it hasn't been that long ago we lost over 2 30 marines in the barracks under president ronald reagan. these acts of terrorism as horrific as they are have to be understood as being part of living in a dangerous world. let's ask the honest questions gather the evidence and make sure we understand what did occur. jumping to conclusions i think darrel issa does a dump on those in libya who were helping keep america safe it shows the lengths many will go to to try to politicize this tragic situation. >> ice saw says the libyan activist highlighted by the obama administration as having not been publicly associated with the u.s. until the over site committee released documents had been brought to the u.s. by the state department. the trip is highlighted on the

internet. now time for your 5@5:30. the top five stories making news at this hour. was pakistan oblivious to osama bin laden. apparently so. kierding to a new report in the telegraph after more than a year of investigation an independent commission found no one in the town knew where he was hiding or even knew he lived there apparently. he long denied knowledge of the location since his death last may this despite accusations that the pakistani government knew more than it was letting on. taxpayers shelled out $182 billion to save his failing company and now he wants us to thank him. the ceo of aig griped at a new article the feds failed to say thank you after the company repaid what amounted to the largest government bailout in history. he went on to say quote someone

should shout by golly heez aig people made a promise they are going to make a promise. god bless america and god bless aig. unquote. >> by golly. >> the epa is putting off a dozen job killing regulations until after the election. james imhoff releasing a report that says when they loeave next year it will spell doom. greenhouse gas if enacted would cost 300 to $400 billion as year and significantly increase the price of gas and home heating. president obama set to sit down with jay leno less than two weeks before the election. his appearance wednesday night will mark the 5th on the tonight show and third since he became president. he was last on the program nearly a year ago on october 25th. take a look at this video. a giant fish puts up a huge

fight when a group of fisherman try to real him in. it was a 600 pound marlin nearly sinking this charter boat in australia by jumping right on to it. luckily no one was seriously hurt. it didn't stick around for long. it jumped right back into the water again. that is your 5@5:30. before you leave the house this morning let's get your first degree weather update by pa maria molina. >> good morning. we are talking high pressure dominating the east coast. it will be beautiful from northeast down into florida with a lot of sunshine dry weather in place. if you are doing any traveling i don't think we will talk about weather related delays. as we head westbound we have a stronger front pushing through areas of the great lakes into the mid mississippi valley. we are seeing some of the heavy downpours across southern parts of iowa and missouri.

out west unsettled rain, win and snow. up to 18 inches of snow will be possible out of northern parts of california. we are getting that much needed snow out across california. otherwise high temperatures very warm across texas. high temperature in new york city. good news any one traveling through florida. we are expecting dry weather all day. gusty side up to 23 miles per hour. temperature around the debate kickoff time around 9:00 p.m. stud be around 77 degrees. in the tropics heating up 80 percent chance and the system becoming our next main system. we will keep a close eye on it. >> oo it is time now to entertain this. garth brooks now officially in the country music hall of fame.

brooks' hero george strait welcomed him into the prestigious group in nashville last night. the 50-year-old singer went into retirement a decade ago. but has recently been hinting at a comeback. >> by george he can sing, too. hopping on stage for a duet with neil diamond in l.a. ♪ sweet caroline ♪ good times never seemed so good ♪ >> i guess you can call that singing. >> the 51-year-old actor was honored at the event benefitting research for childhood diabetes. >> scary movie fans are still into paranormal activity. the 4th installment debuting at number one at the box office with $30.2 million. >> coming in second this weekend

was argo with 16.6 million and third hotel transylvania with 13.5 million. >> i want to see argo for sure. >> the time now is 41 after the top of the hour. coming up the unemployment rate may have dropped in several key swing states last month. but it may not be necessarily good news. we will explain that next. also stuck between a rock and a hard place. wait until you see how this little boy is pulled to safety. bob...

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>> 45 after the top of the hour. let's span the globe to see what stories are making headlines overseas. throws explosive on the

field during a soccer game. take a look. they scramble to get away from the blast. next to china a 4-year-old little boy was trapped between four walls. fell off a balcony and got stuck between a gap less than a foot wide. rescuers got him free. he had noble minor cuts and bruises. >> the unemployment rate may have dropped in several key swing states last month but that may not be helping the president. also that fiscal cliff is looming. how will it impact jobs? lori russman from fox business network has more on these topics for us. >> the unemployment rate did drop especially in some of the key swing states. political analyst pointed out the president is not using these numbers and he also says it's probably smart he is not if he draws attention to unemployment it will show that it is really

high. >> nothing to brag about it is where it is when he took office but this is a devastating high national average for unemployment. 7.8 percent. to your count about the key swing states they saw improvement from those unemployment numbers. it is still devastatingly high. one who had improve is ohio dropping from 7.wi8 to 7 percen. compared to history where full employment is 4 and a half, 5 percent we are way off that mark. we are creating far too few jobs to approach that full employment picture any time soon. >> the fiscal cliff is looming. briefly explain what is going to happen unless congress acts? >> come the new year it amounts to a battery of tax increases and spending cuts.

tax increases because the bush tax cuts will expire a number of other things. spending cuts because congress couldn't come to a deal on the debt ceiling unless they put in sequence. it will impact ourlife day-to-d. the congressional budget office predicts it could if we don't resolve it send the economy into fiscal recession. president obama says he is going to veto some of the possible measures being talked about to avert this crisis. where does it lead us? let's look at a poll right now. we have 77 percent of small businesses in the latest poll saying they believe their taxes are going to increase and 67 percent say they don't plan on hiring next year because of that. >> because there's so much unsirnt out there n. addition you have obama care. otherwise crummy economy we are looking at lackluster growth at best. why would you if you are a business owner want to take any

kind of risk right now throw money out there and make investment they are reigning in their efficient in the terms of the way they are operating. businesses are turning profits but they are not willing to take risk. part of risk is adding to the work force. that's a big problem right now. >> in the same poll which is small business owners only 33 percent say they are optimistic about the economy. >> that's down. >> that's down 61 percent from 6 months ago. >> that is surprising. on the business channel we are constantly looking at the data. my personal favorite it tells people how you feel. if you are confident you are more willing to spend money you are feeling better about things you are not concerned about the future. people are reigning in that confidence. they are hesitant. it gets back to the fiscal uncertainty. already getting political i am not signing anything. they agree to raise taxes on the highest earner.

it is concerning we have the election coming up a key jobs report and alaska hangs in the balance. >> thank you. the time right now 49 after the hour. still to come getting into the oval office billions of dollars tackling america's debt trillions. 6700 pennsylvania avenue isn't priceless after all. the white house price tag next. it's your last chance to answer the question of the day. what foreign policy issue would you like addressed in tonight's debate? we will have your e-mails next. let's check in with steve doocy to see what's coming up on fox and friends. >> coming up we are talking about the battle down in boca tonight at 9:00. you will see it on the fox news channel. we are going to have with us mitt romney's former debate coach. the topic is foreign affairs so we are going to talk about that with lindsay graham. all things political with governor mike huckabee. also michael reagan and as if

that's not enough donald trump a guy who knows all about florida is going to join us live. fox and friends kicks off exactly 9 minutes from now right here on the fox news channel.

>> kwuk headlines now. according to a report by the special commissioner of investigations the new york city department of education kept paying employees who stopped showing up for work for as long as 12 months. some of them making more than 100,000 dollars a year. the report says no one has taken responsibility for the house keeping failure as they call it. just for fun what if you could buy the white house? how much do you think it would cost? the realtor analysis says with 6 floors 13 bedrooms 35 bathroomsnd of course the prime dc locations the white house

would set you back 1.5 billion with a b dollars. >> and 35 bathrooms. i need 36 for that price. the final presidential debate is of course a focus on foreign policy. what foreign policies would you like to see addressed tonight? here are some of your responses. john from montana says i would like to know if president obama is going to sign the small arms global treaty with the u.n. >> samantha asks what would romney and obama do to lower the debt? >> amanda says i want to hear why the obama administration led the public the american people to believe the attack in libya was over a 15-minute video on youtube. especially now that we know the administration knew early on it was a terrorist attack. >> i expect that will be talked about. >> thanks to everyone for responding. >> the time right now 5 minutes to the top of the hour. still ahead, she ran an ad from

an armed robber to save her own life. it cost her her job. can you figure out the word of the day? you have one commercial break to figure it out.

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