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her. i had a lot of bad assignments when i was a reporter. thanks to our panel. i'm jon scott. thanks for watching. we'll see you again next week. ♪ ♪ >> kelly: i'm kelly wright in for gregg jarrett. welcome inside a new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. nice to have you on this sunday. topping the news, as mercurys major destruction on the ground. we will the tell you where. >> kelly: brand-new medical news, americans are living longer than ever but according to a new study there is also a troubling spike in some chronic diseases that may bring misery during those extra years. >> heather: and when will she head to the hospital? all eyes await on birth of
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the royal child. >> kelly: we begin with new reaction to the resumption of peace talks between israel and palestinians getting set to hold directed talks in washington in weeks. mahmoud ahmadinejad stayed silent today while benjamin netanyahu voicing skepticism that a deal is within reach. still secretary of state john kerry says getting the talks back on track is a major achievement. >> we have reached an agreement that establishes a basis for resuming direct final status negotiations between the palestinians and israelis. this is a significant and welcomed step forward. the agreement is still in the process of being formalized so we are absolutely not going to talk about any of the elements now. >> kelly: bringing both sides to the table is one thing. getting them to overcome
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their differences is another. conor powell has the latest. good to see you. what is going on. >> reporter: benjamin netanyahu today warned that negotiations with the palestinians will be difficult but he said anwx agreement is in their best interest meaning that israel's conservative government is openly against these kinds of agreements. several in the cabinet are against the talks. in an effort, netanyahu said he would put any peace agreement to a national referendum. israel reluctantly entered the initiations hearing the palestinian authorities can't guarantee an overkuachg agreement that would end the violence. of course, hamas has governed the gaza strip is not part of the talks did which makes it nearly impossible. john kerry as overcome one significant hurdle convincing
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the palestinians to the talks. they vowed not to negotiate unless israel stops construction inside the west bank. palestinians are going to send represented activities to washington, d.c. next week. now, expectation are still very low since so many previous efforts have failed. secretary of state john kerry is pushing forward and he does seem to be optimistic but there is a real cautious sense here. >> kelly: those historical differences between the two groups will be difficult to overcome. we are hopeful that they will. >> heather: new developments in the fallout over the verdicts in the george zimmerman murder trial. protests and vigils for trayvon martin happening all across the country one week after they acquitted him of the death. washington reaction to president obama's surprise comments on the outcome last friday. steve is live from washington
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with more on this. >> reporter: racial and ideological lines were crossed in reaction to president obama's comments about the trayvon martin case. he made a surprise appearance to highlight different racial perspectives and to call for a greater dialogue about race in america. from this he won applause from senator john mccain. >> we have made significant progress. i think that recent events have obviously highlighted the differences that remain. what i got out of president's statement which i thought was very impressive, we need to have more conversation in america. i as an elected official i need to talk to more of my hispanic organizations in my state. >> reporter: calls for justice in the case of trayvon martin after the acquittal. man that killed in self-defense, george zimmerman. the president raised it in a personal way, some say he did
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not go far enough. >> when he left the podium he didn't answer the most important question -- where do we go from here? that remains to be unanswered. he has to step into his moment. i don't want to be him like bill clinton, regretting that he didn't move on rwanda. that he didn't do as much as he could have. >> reporter: justice department is deciding whether to file civil rights case against george zimmerman. >> heather: a florida stand-your-ground law is big part of the national conversation but they were not used as a defense in the zimmerman murder trial. later this hour, our legal panel weighs on the potential impact that this case could have on stand-your-ground laws all across the nation. >> kelly: fox news alert right now. a gruesome discovery of three bodies in a cleveland suburb. police are now saying there
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may be more victims. they are searching the neighborhood after finding the remains of three women. coroner says it will take days to identify them. 57-year-old registered sex offender that police is suspected in their deaths? custody, but has not been charged. police believe the women who were found wrapped in plastic bags were killed in the last six to ten days. listen to them describe the scene. >> one was found about 150 feet behind a garage in a little open field but covered with bush. another one was found in abandoned house right over there to my left in the basement. he appears came through a broken window in the basement. >> he may have been influenced by anthony sole and sentenced to death. this all happening ten miles down the road from the home where three women escaped
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last may after allegedly being held captive for years by ariel castro. >> heather: outside a cleveland a wild storm slams a campus causing damage in its wake. an ef-17 tornado hitting a college outside of cleveland. the twister traveled more than a wild. powerful winds and uprooted trees. luckily no reports of any injuries to tell you about. dangerous weather created when a cool front fr canada helped put an end to the sweltering heat wave. >> kelly: new study showing americans are living longer than top years ago but they are not enjoying the picture of good health and at what cost? brian is live in the newsroom. >> good news and bad news.
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the study institute for health, americans are living longer but not necessarily healthier. the study published in ama's publication showing the life expectancy of life expectancy rose to 78.2 years in 2010. while americans are living longer they are spending more years suffering from non-fatal chronic disabilities like depression, anxiety, bone and joint diseases and chronic illnesses like dike and alzheimer's. >> the combination of all those disable conditions means people are spending more time with chronic disorders. that something that we will need to deal with both as individuals and more the healthcare system. >> doctors blame obesity which has overtaken tobacco for living a long healthy life. high blood pressure increase
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the possibility of being unhealthy as you age. in the last top years the u.s. has spent more per capita on healthcare than any other nation. during that time they fell in every major health category including life expectancy out of 34 other wealthy nations. >> individual responsibility becomes very important. you have to show up for your appointments and take your medication. you have to follow the instructions when it comes to lifestyle issues. >> reporter: it accounts for nearly half of the cost of u.s. health care. >> kelly: that is a lot of work we have to do. >> heather: the it continues as world awaits news about the royal baby. we are learning more about duchess kate and what her doctors are saying. queen elizabeth speaking out
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about the newest heir to the throne. martha mccallum is reporting outside the hospital in london. >> we are outside the wing waiting for the baby to be born. we have every assurance that kate and william are at kensington palace and the doctors are waiting and very much on standby. we have learned that they are in constant touch with the duchess of cambridge and seeing how she is doing. the person that seems to be most relaxed. queen elizabeth i don't mind if it is a boy or girl. she wants it born soon before she is headed off to vacation. no doubt they will be notifying of the birth of her great-grandchild and hear the news as it comes along. also always news about prince harry. he has had his request
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answered. he will be going back to afghanistan in 2014 if, indeed, he is still needed. that is something he very much wanted to do. we know he is very anxious about his new niece or nephew and looking forward to that, as well. meanwhile, there is a lot of press standing here and waiting. the latest question is whether or not kate that is believed to be two or three days late whether they would consider inducing her. princess diana was induce and she did request to start labor. no indication at this point that kate is going that route. he wants to have a natural birth and we expect that the way things will happen as we stand outside the wing waiting for news. >> heather: martha, thank you very much. i know you are excited as well kelly about this birth. >> kelly: i am. i'm waiting to see it happen. how much longer is going. more news, a powerful
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earthquake triggering a tsunami warning smashing windows and breaking water mains.2q7 details details next. >> and controversial ban on muslim veils sparking riots in a terrorist suburb. >> and motor city goes belly-up. what is ahead of detroit and thousands of people who call the city home. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'.
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♪ >> heather: time for a quick check of the headlines, a strong earthquake rattling the capital of new zealand. quake smashed windows, broke water mains and left hundreds without power. no reports of any injuries. >> elections today in japan, prime minister's party won the majority giving control of both khial bers of parliament and mandate to press ahead with difficult economic reform. riot police patrolling the streets of paris after two
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nights of protests o officers tried to ticket a woman for wearing a veil. >> dave bing speaking out about the city's bankruptcy filing as residents and businesses and city workers worry about their future. elizabeth has more from washington. >> reporter: now the city has filed historic bankruptcy case involving more than $18 billion in debts, officials say has been piling up, what is next? the bankruptcy process will be a lengthy one. it will involve hundred thousand creditors, involving police and fire and the retirees. emergency manager kevin or could see pension cuts. >> we're going to have a dialogue with the pension funds what we can do. there are two different funds,
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police and fire and general services. they may have different levels have funding. >> reporter: reports on pension holders plan to make the argument that governor can't do a filing that would affect pensions. other sources say that strained. federal government is struggling under automatic spending cuts. mayor says the city has to set a benchmark how to come back from this tragedy and monitoring the federal response. >> now that we've got our bankruptcy filing. we need take a step back what is next. there is a lot of conversation and lot of negotiations that will go into fixing our city. >> president and members of his team continue to closely monitor the situation in detroit, but they have given no indication of their ideas on the agenda. >> heather: as we told you we are going to talk more about
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this. >> kelly: despite the bankruptcy of motor city, u.s. auto industry is doing well the question is why and are there larger lessons to be learned by the rebound of car manufacturers and the failure of so many u.s. cities that a can be applied to the u.s. economy as whole. brenda buttner go anchor of "bulls and bears." you look at the dire situation going on in detroit, gm and chrysler getting an $800 billion bailout and turning their industry around. >> and ford didn't need a bailout around turned itself around. shares are both up from 30% so far. this year alone. in a word, change. the auto industry learned it had to change. it cut pensions. it went up with unions. we can keep some jobs if you
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help us cut. then they decentralized. they went globally where factory costs were cheaper and went to states that they are right to work states. so the unions didn't have as much power. detroit did not change. >> kelly: detroit had a large population of 27 million plus people. that has dwindled down to 700,000 people. primarily for the reasons they you just cited. they needed to go to where jobs were. how does detroit adapt to this situation and use that operative word that you talked about, change? >> it's a really good point when people leave tax revenue is cut and that is part of the reason why services are cut. they had to go belly up. there was much more money going out than coming in. there are some ideas what detroit could do. it still has a population that knows manufacturing and
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knows how to work on assembly line. there is one watch factory that took some of the laidoff workers and said come and work for us. you know how to work on an assembly line. there are a lot of skills that the auto industry helped to foster ter in people like design and technology. there is a lot of private capital going into the inner city. >> kelly: that is glimmer of hope but that is still down the road. look at this in else of the larger picture. how does that impact other cities throughout the united states. what should other cities be watching in terms of what is taking place? >> detroit is maybe the largest municipal bankruptcy but not first and not be the last. many cities, cash strapped cities face the same issues. they negotiated pensions long ago in the heyday, now they don't have enough money to pay for them. one issue that is paramount
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to politicians, if they get a taxpayer funded bailout that could set a precedent for many cities saying why don't we go belly-up. >> kelly: how does it affect the u.s. economy? >> detroit has been spiraling down out of control for six decades. auto industry has turned around. it does have a huge impact on michigan. >> kelly: do you see a bailout of detroit? >> that is the question. they did bail out the auto companies, why can't we bail out city but it sets a presents didn't that could put the federal government, which is just printing money and foreign debt have a lot of troubling. >> kelly: as you mentioned the auto industry had something to offer, had cars for sale. detroit has to be a rebuilding phase and we can only hope they can do better? >> absolutely. >> kelly: thank you so much as always. you can catch brenda on "bulls and bears", i like the
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way she says it balls and bears! every saturday morning at 10:00 a.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. >> heather: white house cracking down on national security leaks but is the obama administration aggressive stance a little too aggressive? our panel debates that ahead. and wildfire burning in southern california, will car is near the burn zone. >> starting to rain. same area where this wildfire has destroyed homes and buildings. we'll tell you why firefighters say these storms could be both good and bad coming up after the break. [ male announcer ] this is betsy. her long day of pick ups and drop offs begins with arthritis pain... and a choice. take up to 6 tylenol in a day or just 2 aleve for all day relief. all aboard. ♪
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♪ >> heather: welcome back. time for the top of the news.
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there may be more victims in the cleveland neighborhood where the police found the remains of three women. police are preparing for the volunteers for the worst as they scour vacant houses, a sects offender has been arrested but not charged in the case. >> kelly: california newspaper raising questions about the driver involved in the limo fire that left five women dead back in may. it suggests he may not have heard the victims cries for help because he had turned the music up too loudly. >> heather: at least nine homes evacuated after a water main break makes a sinkhole in a california neighborhood. no word on when the residents will be allowed to return home. >> kelly: crews battling a mountain fire in southern california catching a break today. cooler temperatures are helping them gain the upper hand on a wildfire burning near palm springs. it's now nearly 50% contained and all evacuation orders have been lifted. will carr is live.
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how are things looking since they have received the relief they have received? apparently he is still trying to get back to us. we can see his video there.npnx apparently he couldn't hear us. we'll try to get back to to ask him some questions. will, are you on now? we'll come back. >> heather: in the meantime, we're going to talk about this growing question over the obama administration's pursuit of national security leaks. dennis blair working with the department of justice garnered twice as many prosecutions as there were in all previous administrations combined, but that crackdown has led to a number of scandals including the investigation involving our own fox news correspondent james rosen. is the nsa being too aggressive in pursuing those?
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a former white house director under president bush and mark hanna a former aid to campaigns and political analyst. thank you for joining us. matt i'm going between with you. the number of prosecutions have doubled. is that a good thing and why do you think that is the case? >> i think going after leakers, going after people like mr. snowden, people that have damaged our national security is definitely the right thing to do. it's risky for parents presidents and it's risky because it's leads you to reporter. you see the obama administration literally going after a fox news reporter. you see the obama administration literally looking at records on ap reporters. think that is obnoxious to americans. why? because the obama administration has shown when it gets sensitive information on people they abuse that
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information. so it's uncertain when the government has this much information. leakers have broken the law but the obama administration has broken the spirited of the law by collecting way too much information on all of us. >> heather: so that a good question. does the administration need to be more discerning about who it pursues? >> i think it pursues anybody that has credible intelligence that someone is threatening the security of the united states by leaking information to whomever, a foreign government and even an american journalist. there are implications when a journalist publishes information that is classified that could be used by adversaries. even if the intention is good, the effects can to do that. so i think the obama administration, there is no such thing as a culture of prosecution here. it's a culture of competence whereas before, in george w. bush's administration there was evidence leaks coming
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from the west wing when c.i.a. agent valerie plame was on outed for being a c.i.a. agent. of course, they are not going to be in previous administrations going as aggressively these leaks. i think in the obama administration restoring this kind of accountability and need for going after leakers where leaking is so enabled by technological developments. >> heather: referring to james rosen as criminal co-conspirator. you think that was correct or use your phrase competent to do that? >> i think what the obama administration is seeking, james rosen source that had in effect had a consequence of shotgun the entire world that we personally have c.i.a. agents embedded in north korea. that is extremely dangerous information. i don't think obama administration is trying put
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osen behind bars, but what they are trying to do who within the government is leaking. >> heather: okay. i'll let you go with that, but i want you to talk what mark was referencing during the bush administration? >> i hope he wasn't accusing me being a leaker. i wasn't. i incur hundreds of thousands of bills of leg investigations because a lot of people that are not involved. i have no problem with the government going after the people that have weakened our national security but the president has gone too far with giving personal information on all of us. let me finish, mark. what needs to happen. this is so needed to make sure that our national security is protected. this ought to be another area where president obama can work aggressively with republicans to come up with a bipartisan consensus.
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i think what mr. snowden was wrong but the amount the federal government has and they feel the spirit of the law was used to garner this information was done incorrectly. this generation of liberals confuses me. we went through a whole generation where the idea you could curtail a reporter's rights was abridged first amendment. they passed an act to prevent reporters from printing things to hurt the national security of the country. that was thrown out. >> you don't have to tell me about first amendment. my father was a judge. >> i think i do. >> first amendment is guarded by this administration and balancing of first amendment liberties and national security is a delicate one. i think this administration has shown a real insear commitment to national security.
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>> i would agree. >> heather: final word now. >> on the balance between our civil liberties and national security there is no question that eric holder and barack obama are doing everything they can to secure securities but our civil liberties are being trampled left and right. >> heather: you are right. its tricky balancing act that we have to work our way through. thank you. >> kelly: let's go back to those wildfires in southern california. we have reestablished contact with will in hemet, california. how are things looking? >> that is right. good news right now this raining in this area and that is what the residents of this community had been working for all week end long. same time evacuations have been lifted. many people will start coming back to the communities and seeing some of the damage, damage just like this. this was a maintenance shed
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that was burned to the ground. they are also going to see the tens of thousands of trees that have burned in the area. check thought tree, a huge tree that is charred by the fire here. at the same time as they are getting this rain, authorities are now telling us punish for flash flooding in the area. you may have heard some thunder and asking for everybody as though go back to be as safe as position. >> kelly: you were mentioning flash flooding. over the next few days what is weather supposed to be like throughout the rest of the week? could that provide more ample relief for firefighters? >> certainly there is some prediction for more rain in the forecast. that is good for the firefighters. then you have the thunderstorms that are expecting thunderstorms throughout the rest of the day. i mentioned the thunder and lightning that come. the last thing anybody wants right now the potential for another fire to break out.
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>> we do expect thunderstorms. with thunderstorms we can have erratic winds and down drafts. they can build their own weather in fires like this. that is still a concern. we're keeping an eye on that. hopefully we might get some rain with it. >> reporter: obviously they have gotten that rain with it. as of now this fire is almost 507% contained. i can tell you talking to some of the firefighters they are hoping that number will jump especially with this weather as it plays out through the rest of the day. >> kelly: it doesn't hurt to get help from mother nature. thank you, will. >> heather: still to come, florida's stand-your-ground law is back in the national spotlight. george zimmerman verdict renewing the debate and setting off emotional reactions all across the country. our legal panel is up next with the impact the case is having one week after zimmerman's acquittal. >> kelly: it is shaping up to
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♪ ♪ >> kelly: we are back. the trial may be over but the controversy surrounding the george zimmerman murder case continues. they found him he acted in self-defense when he shot and killed trayvon martin. president's surprise comments and pressing stand-your-ground laws back in the national spotlight. >> i know there has been
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commentary about the fact that the stand-your-ground laws in florida were not used in defense of case. on the other hand, if we are sending a message as a society and our communities that someone who is armed potentially has the right to use those firearms even if there is a way for them to exit from a situation. is that really going to be contributing to the kind of peace and security and order that we would like to see? >> kelly: president asking questions about the stand-your-ground law. let's bring in legal panel, david schwartz, former president and kesha a former prosecutor. thanks for joining us. president basically stating this has to be examined. is he right in questioning the implementation of stand-your-ground law? >> i think he is.
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i think these laws need to be examined. i personally they think they should be this incident with mr. zimmerman, law like that, he would not have went in into that swaying. he would have thought, i do have a duty to retreat. i'm not going to go in. if he knew he could shoot and protect himself if something went bad. >> kelly: and he did not use stand your ground but self-defense. president comments on this, is he looking at the possible loopholes in this law? >> this is classic self-defense case. i'm not sure zimmerman went through analysis of your stand-your-ground laws. a lot of times we make overbroad approaches. many situations where you would say, yeah, you would like to stand your ground in that situation. your family gets attacks in a mall and protecting your wife and child, you can stand your ground in those situations.
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we can't be overbroad, certainly have a right to stand your ground in your house, place of business, in your car. the president does make a good point. we need to analyze this and we need to see situations where you should retreat rather than using force. >> i think you have overzealous people that feel like i have a right i can carry a gun. if something makes me feel like my life is in jeopardy i can shoot someone. i think it asks important problems in unfortunate situations. >> kelly: you both as attorneys agree with the president on questioning stand your ground and wanting to reexamine it. there are critics who have said the president was wrong to have interjected himself into this case because of the controversial nature with the outcome. however, there are republicans who agree with the president, one for example senator john mccain he supports the president. listen to what he had to say. >> i suitcase that.
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i can also see stand-your-ground law may need to be repealed by the florida legislature or any other legislature that has passed such legislation. obviously a lot of things need to come up for review. >> kelly: so there are tu7 states that have some sort of stand-your-ground law. so while everyone is talking about florida, should these other states be included in terms of being reexamined? >> florida has the most broadest stand your ground. their stand your ground goes everywhere many just apply to your home and place of business. it's all over the map. i don't think anyone can debate we need to reexamine our laws in our society. if the president used this case to make a broader point, what is wrong with that. >> kelly: this law was implemented to reduce crime, but there are some statistics showing that it has done the opposite. it has increased homicide?
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>> i read something about that where it stated that statistics show that management of homicides increased since lawsuit enacted. you have people that are not going to be appropriate with such a law in place and more people that are killed. >> kelly: with that in mind, david, is it time when you reexamine this to also stipulate those that will use your stand your ground defense need to be trained on how to react, conflict resolution, anger management, what to look for and how to act appropriately? >> absolutely. everyone needs to be trained how to act appropriately. it's tough when the situation is fast and you don't know quite what to do. everything needs to be reexamined, especially our gun laws in our country. >> kelly: sha can of worms there. >> to be trained and what to do in a situation.
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>> kelly: we thank you both on sharing your insights. >> heather: still to come, it has been a jolly ole summer in great britain as andy murray wins wimbledon and chris wins the tour de france and triumph time for british sports. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ [ male announcer ] this is kevin.
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people in britain may be watching for the royal birth, but they've also had their eyes on the sporting world where the union jack is flying high and here to tell you about britain's big summer is jim gray. thank you so much for joining us. >> great to be with you. >> i feel like i haven't talked to you in a while, but i will say that i watched the british open today, the end of it. phil mickelson is one of my favorites and i am very proud of him today. >> well, i think all americans and all americans who love golf are. he put on a tremendous
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performance. shot a 66 today. he was five strokes back when he started. he came from behind. four birdies in his last six holes, including a great birdie on 18 to seal it. in the fifth to last group. he's played in 19 u.s. opens before this and he has been 40th or worst in ten of them and he had a devastating defeat last month at the u.s. open. the sixth time that he finished second and he told me it was devastating. he told the country it was heartbreaking and to see him do this today, it was sensational. >> he's now won four of the major golf tournaments. the british open, pga and masters. there's one he hasn't won and that was what, the u.s. open. >> correct. he's finished second six times and he said if yu finish six
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times in second place, should that count as one? no, it won't, but we'll see next year and he's 43 years of age, so it's a really an unlikely scenario. even though the last two british open winners, darren clarke was 42 and ernie els was 42. >> the invasion of the british. lee westwood was who they thought would win it and take the british open. >> he was the favorite going into today. had a two-stroke lead going into the final round and lee westwood, this is his 61st major and yet to come away with a major championship. he's a terrific golfer. i think he said it best. anybody who goes out and shoots a 66 wins the tournament. he said his performance today was mediocre, about average. average was 73 on the course today and phil mickelson shot a
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66. seven strokes difference, so he let an opportunity get away. but today wasn't a day where he really lost. he was just beaten. >> phil mickelson entered today five strokes down and ended up winning by three. he just had a great day. >> it's just incredible. phil mickelson now has won for the 42nd time pga tour victories and there's only 12 guys ahead of him on the major list and it's just sensational and everybody, you know, he is the most popular golfer of his generation and probably the most popular golfer in golf since arnold palmer, so he is the people's champion and to see that, it's similar to the reaction when he finally won in 2004 at augusta national. he jumped that time, but there were still people out on the course, so he couldn't really celebrate. bonus, they're sharing a hug. they both left in tears. that green. >> a lot of hugs, a lot of tears. >> the family had a hug.
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it was a wonderful moment. >> quickly, we wanted to talk a little bit about last month, you had the british taking over, andy murray won wimbledon, then the tour de france being taken today. talk to me a little bit about that quickly. we have about a minute left. >> well, it's been a great year for british sports and it would have been even greater today if lee westwood would have won, but there you see andy murray. he won the olympics at centre court, he won the u.s. open last summer. great for murray to become the first man in great britain to do that in some 73 years. going back to fred perry. then the young man today wins the tour de france and he now becomes the second man in a row to win it. bradley wigan won it last year from the united kingdom.
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of course, the race has been under a cloud of suspicion and just all of the scandals that have happened with lance armstrong and doping, but it is a wonderful victory for him as well. >> thank you so much, jim. we appreciate you joining us. we'll have to have you back soon. >> thanks. good to be with you. >> and we'll be right back. stay with us. mom always got good nutrition to taste great.
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hello, everyone. welcome to a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> it is good to be here. topping the news this hour, new clues reviving an old murder mystery on the boardwalk. we will tell you what has police in atlantic city crossing state lines to crack the case. >> and walmart facing off with the nation's capitol sparking debate over minimum living wages. who will blink first? >> and we are still waiting. has the duchess' due date come and gone? and we begin this hour with some brand new reaction from washington to president obama's personal and rather candid remarks about the george zimmerman verdict and the shooting death of 17-year-old trayvon martin. this as a growing number of
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lawmakers now call for a review of the nation's stand your ground laws. steve is live in our d.c. bureau with more. we know that so many people are reacting. how in particular are the republicans reacting to the president's comments on race? >> well, even on the other side of the aisle, there's a reaction. senator john mccain of arizona says the president was very impressive in calling for a greater dialogue about race while others suggest the president's comments may not have been all that helpful. >> those of us in leadership positions need to be looking for things that we can take out of this situation that will be helpful. not things that inflame the situation. that doesn't mean that we shouldn't look carefully at all of our laws. we shouldn't look carefully at this verdict and this outcome. make sure that everything has been done correctly. >> but carson does agree we need to have an intelligent discussion about race in
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america. >> and that is what the president was calling for, so given that fact, how are democrats reacting to what the president said? >> well, again, they're divided, too, on the question. many say justice was not done after the killing of trayvon martin and people are calling for the justice department to investigate the possible civil rights charges against george zimmerman and to hold him accountable and he said the president effectively highlighted the issue of racial highlighting. >> the president said that was him 35 years ago, that's me on a daily basis. especially when i'm home in new orleans and i'm dressed down. it's something that black men still go through today. which is women clutching their purses, hitting the lock button on the door. it is very, very frustrating and you build up an internal anger about it. >> but tavis smiley said the president didn't go far enough because he failed to offer any
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workable discussions. >> that is why the discussion has to move forward. thanks for that report. >> to the mideast now. that is where there's new reaction to the resumption of peace talks. the first in three years. john kerry is announcing the new negotiations after an intense round of shuttle diplomacy, but expectations for reaching a deal are being kept low. connor powell has more for us from jerusalem. >> benjamin netanyahu today warned that negotiations with the palestinians will be difficult, but promised he's entering these talks honestly and sincerely, insisting that an agreement will be in israel's best strategic interest. but already, several leadinging members of the israeli government have come out against the talks in an effort to appease his conservative government. netanyahu is promising to put any peace agreement to a national referendum. secretary of state john kerry announced the fragile peace
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talks on friday, convincing the palestinians to return to the table despite israel's refusal to halt the construction of jewish settlements inside the west bank. palestinians also want israel to agree that its 1967 borders should be the starting point for a future palestinian state. that was also rejected by israel. secretary kerry will have to convince israeli prime minister b benjamin netanyahu and mohammed abass to make difficult concessions. in the past, neither side has shown a willingness to do that. >> thank you. and in syria, curdish rebels have released the commander of an al-qaeda linked group. he was captured yesterday near syria's northern border with turkey. in return for his freedom, islamic militants released 300 civilians. tensions have been growing
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between rival groups of rebels. a possible serial case out of ohio. the chief saying there could be at least one or two more victims in the house. investigators have already uncovered the remains of three women. a 35-year-old registered sex offender who police say is suspected in their deaths is in custody, but has not been charged. authorities believe the bodies which were found wrapped in plastic bags were killed in the last six to ten days and we will continue to bring you new details as we get them. and there is yet another murder mystery plaguing police. this one out of atlantic city, new jersey, where authorities there say they are eyeing several persons of interest in a string of unsolved homicides dating back to 2006. christina has more from atlantic city. >> sun, surf and glittery
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casinos. that's the image atlantic city puts out to attract millions of visitors and billions of their dollars, but this is another side of atlantic city. november 20th, 2006, two people stumbled across the body of kimberly rafo. when police arrived, they found three more women's bodies no more than 50 yards separating them. kimberly was a 35-year-old former pta mom who moved from florida to atlantic city. tracey ann roberts, 23, was from delaware and moved to atlantic city for a job dancing. barbara was 42 and 19-year-old molly, the youngest victim, arrived in atlantic city just two weeks before she was killed. after finding the bodies here, one of the challenges investigators faced was that the elements had dramatically reduced the amount of recoverable evidence in the case. >> these were ladies who had a particular lifestyle.
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a lifestyle that caused them to want to live below the radar. >> all four worked as prostitutes. they were also mothers. police have never identified a suspect in these murders, but they have more than one person of interest and consider the case active. this is one of those men. terry olson. he and his lawyer, james leonard, agreed to an interview. did you murder these four women? >> i absolutely did not have anything to do with it. >> olson claims he's been cooperative from day one, submitting his dna and agreeing to an interview without a lawyer. while investigators didn't comment on him specifically, there is evidence that led police to him. >> without any disrespect to mr. olsen, he's not machiavellian. i think he presented to them an attractive target. >> police have contacted police in missouri and alaska for
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your headlines. police in texas confirms a woman plunged to her death from a roller coaster on friday. she was on a 14 story ride at a six flags amusement park with her children when she fell from the car. and an ammonia leak causing the evacuation of a chemical plant in texas. local reports say the fumes poisoned the air and could be deadly if inhaled. forcing neighbors inside their homes to evacuate. and the manatee celebrating his 65th birthday. he's the oldest captive manatee and quite possibly the oldest one on record according to the aquarium director in south florida. he is a cutie. >> looking really good for 65 there. we like snooty. there is a battle brewing in washington. the city and walmart facing off over minimum wage versus living wage and sparking a debate over
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whether a municipality can force a businesto give employees a higher paycheck. joining me now, brenda, we'll just get to the question that's at the crux of this argument. why do politicians, why is the government involved in determining how much walmart can they their employees? >> basically, they say that walmart makes too much money, so if you make money in a capitalistic society, you can be penalized and that's what they're trying to do. the reason they state they're doing it is they say the minimum wage at 8.25 is too low for a living wage and people have to supplement with food stamps and welfare, but really, the question comes down to whether or not is it 8.25 an hour or no dollars an hour.
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two of them are in a ward where the unemployment rate is 2.1%. a lot of people need jobs and wouldn't turn up their nose at 8.25 an hour. >> and what they want them to pay is 12.25 an hour? >> correct. >> because walmart is saying they're going to pull out and they're not going to bring these businesses to the areas at all and that will cause a loss of jobs. >> yeah, absolutely. they claim they will be bringing back 1200 jobs and really, millions in revenue to the city, which would tax, but it really is a buy on walmart. this is not just against any old store and many people claim it's because they're not unionized, so this law basically would not apply to any existing businesses or any businesses that are unionized, so all that's left is
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walmart. >> bull's eye on walmart. >> they are targeting walmart, definitely. >> which is interesting because the city offered incentives to get them to come there. >> there is a stronger negotiating position than they were a few years ago because is city is really booming in many places. there are unemployment in pockets, but there are a lot more stores and a lot more retailers, a lot more businesses coming to washington than have been previously, so they feel they can negotiate. but again, walmart's says they're not going to stand for it. they don't want to be told what to pay and really, the politicians are telling people not only where to shop, but where you know, basically what they can be paid. and what businesses is it of politicians to be in the business. >> and do you think a lot of argument has been had on either side of the fence in terms of you know, the 8.25 an hour and that's better than nothing an
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hour and people need jobs right now or jobs that are that low in wage, does that keep people in that category? >> well, walmart pays above the federal minimum wage. pretty much nationally. and it claims it has 25 applicants per job, so that would argue people need work. that is enough. >> and they know how much they're going to get paid there and they're applying for the job. >> it's a good place to start. there are a variety of arguments like politicians should not be saying no to this. but walmart, a lot of cities hate walmart. they claim it will put small businesses out of business, but it also increases foot traffic to those businesses. >> so, what do you think will end up happening here and is this going to set a precedence for other communities to look at? >> the question is, will the mayor be tempted. >> right now, he's staying quiet. >> yeah, he is staying quiet, but this is a lot to turn down. you know, in terms of jobs.
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in terms of tax revenue. and in terms of low cost, low coast stores for people the shop. >> and people have a choice. they can either choose to work there or they can choose to shop there or choose not to. that's why we live in a free society. >> politicians may be taking that away. >> thank you so much. great insight and you can catch brenda on "bulls and bears" every saturday morning on the fox news channel. all eyes on london. still no signs of the next heir to the british throne, but new questions are being raised. if the baby is a girl and her right to rule. martha reporting from outside st. mary's hospital in london. >> we're here outside the lindo wing in london where everybody is waiting and waiting. it's been dubbed the great kate wait. the one person who does not plan the wait around is queen
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elizabeth. she will head out on friday to vacation. also, william has to get back to work after a couple of weeks. no doubt pressure is is on kate to go ahead and have this baby. we're also learning something interesting today about the new law that says even if it's a girl, it would be next in line for the throne. apparently, some of the commonwealth isn't on board, so it's possible that the baby could be born and if there's a boy that comes after, there might be some parts of the commonwealth that might recognize the girl. that's a big topic of conversation here as well. the other thing everybody's talking about is whether or not kate would be induced. we've learned that princess diana, later on, said that she was under so much pressure that she did ask the doctors to induce her so that she could go ahead and have the baby because she felt like the eyes of the world were on her and she wanted to get it over with.
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no indication kate is going to go that route, she wants to go as natural as possible. >> thanks, martha. she's having a great time over there. >> she loves all of the royal stuff. fire crews in southern california taking on a massive blaze near palm springs. we will go live to the burn zone. plus, nsa leaker edward snowden now making president obama's relationship with vladimir putin even more awkward. our political insiders on the cold war chill in relations. ♪
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. welcome back. crews battling a mountain fire in southern california getting a needed break. cooler temperatures helping them gain the upper hand on a wildfire burning near palm springs. it is now nearly 50% contained and people are being allowed to return home. will carr is live for us in california. so, firefighters are welcoming the rain that we're seeing come coming down, aren't they? >> of course, they are. i mean, this is what they've been waiting for all weekend long. it's sprinkling out here now, but about 10 to 15 minutes ago, it was raining hard in this area. certainly, the firefighters and residents of this community are welcoming it. now, with the rain does come some thunderstorms. with thunderstorm, you get
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complications. you get the lightning and nobody wants to see any additional fires out here. you also get some other issues. >> we also have the potential of flash flooding and slippery conditions, so it's an extra safety precaution for firefighters. both people driving as well as staying out on slick slopes. >> and with that in mind, a flash flood warning has been issued for this area right now. so authorities are asking for everyone to stay as safe as possible as these storms move through. >> and tell us more about the evacuation orders being lifted? >> all have been lifted. very good news. that's thousands of people that will be allowed to go back into their neighborhoods and communities and they'll start to see some of the damage. we're standing next to some of the facilities for a christian summer camp. you can see a children's bible. there's pottery that's been broken. this is a maintenance shed or a storage shed where for the camp, they store a number of items.
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they store some golf course, as you can see. this is just completely burned to the ground. over here, there was a garage. they had a dune buggy type vehicle here. that's burned, then this door to this garage completely knocked over. as people start to come back, they'll start seeing more damage and they'll have to try to figure out how to move forward with all this damage going on as this community presses forward. >> thank you, will. kelly? >> thank you. president obama's approval rating still in a slump as more americans disapprove of his job performance and otherwise, but his poll numbers are no longer sinking like a stone in water. take a look at the latest real clear politics polling average. it finds roughly 45% say the president is doing a good job. while just over 49% say he is
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not. but does the president have the senate to fight for his slight improvement? let's bring in our political insiders for all this -- he, too, a fox news contributor and former pollster for bill clinton. so, doug, these numbers, what do they say? >> first, it is very clear as you suggested, the president's approval has stabilized. stabilized for a couple of reasons. first, the inadequacy of the republican response, but bottom line, if you look at the democrats, they've pushed back on the irs. it's not a great response, but they said look, progressives were targeted, too. the president pushed back this week on health care, said look, it is more affordable. if you look at new york, of course, his comments this week on trayvon martin, but the
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president is speaking to his base. he's speaking to the key issues of importance to his constituency and the country has basically levelled off. >> and as a result, what are we seeing for the president's steady, just holding steady numbers? >> what's happening is essentially, he's got two things going for him. they're stabilizing. first is a media that's comp complying and secondly, he has an opposition that is it looks like watching the the washingtoc generals play the harlem globetrotters. >> you had to go there. >> republicans are so bad, this week, they just wholesale surrendered to the senate. >> that was on filibusters? >> we're going to get to that. >> the other thing that's happening is along with that, is that basically, when the president gets up despite the fact that this all keeps blowing up, he says health care is fine and the unions oppose it. he says things couldn't be going better on the economy and we get bad numbers, but yet, he's able
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to maintain because he has no effective opposition or no one protecting the truth. >> what does that mean for the gop? >> it's two things because pat had more to say that he hasn't yet said which is the role of the media here, you think back on other presidents when they were in trouble. even bill clinton. there was a check on him. in the checks and balances system we have. the media's supposed to check income of office holders. they've g given this guy a pass, totally. >> it's worse, but i mean -- >> no, they're purposefully playing on his team and keeping facts from the american people. >> the republicans are doing nothing -- >> i was going to say, the second summer in a row that republicans last year with romney and now this time, have frittered away an opportunity to oppose an incumbent president and party, the democrats, and really beat them up over their
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behavior, conduct and policy. >> the question is, why have they not done it and can they do it? >> they're the stupid party. >> they can, but they lack a coherent message. bottom line, they haven't used the scandals on irs, on ap. nsa. they haven't really used the scandals, but beyond that, they don't have a narrative on health care. they don't have a narrative on the economy. no jobs message. the republicans are -- >> 52% of the american people believe we're in a recession. 52%. obama should be hurt by that, but he's not because they don't blame him for it and the republicans never even talk about it. >> i'd like to say the stupid party, it's got a worst set of weeders congressionally. maybe in american history. the ability to fight or take this president on or make a case other than to protect their own power. >> let me take you back to this
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past tuesday where a late night meeting on monday, a serious senate showdown on monday was a verdict. tuesday morning, they're working to the wee hours of the morning and when members of both parties worked out a deal to confirm presidential nominees, which republicans were blocking, they wanted to avoid -- >> they got nothing. and that's what the members now who were not in the negotiation, the rank and file republican senators who allowed mcconnell to cut the deal. >> republicans are so afraid of overreaching that they do no reaching at all. they're so afraid of looking intransigent that they have no strategy and they just can't. >> the democrats are confident one thing. they can always roll with the republican leaders. republicans. and particularly, mcconnell, who i described as the ambrose burnside of american politics, the worst general of the civil war. this man could screw up a one-car funeral and does every week. >> okay, john, what do you say?
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>> i agree and i think pat and doug didn't say it yet, but would, boehner is the republican leader in the house and mitch mcconnell in the senate have squandered so many opportunities. the one that i would have liked to have seen is a select committee to investigate. i think you could wrap several of these into one abuse of executive power committee. and look at the irs, the nsa, ap, maybe even benghazi, somewhere that's got to be looked at. they'd have all these things percolating and yet, they have one committee. one chairman -- >> before you go further, i wanted to show something the president talked about in terms of this blowing through this opposition. let's listen to the president speak about this matter. >> if the folks who have been trying to make political hay out of this thing, if they had some b
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better ideas, i've already told them i'm happy to hear them. i haven't heard any so far. what i've heard is just the same old song and dance. we're just going to blow through that stuff and just keep on doing the right thing for the american people, so thank you very much. >> he hasn't gotten a coherent message from the republicans about how to fix health care, how to fix the economy. how to create jobs. how to reform the tax code. there is no republican message. the republican leaders don't talk to one another. they don't articulate a positive message. the result is what the president said is effectively true. >> doug is right, now, this past week at the urging of doug and pat on this show repeatedly, the house leadership got smart and they delayed, they voted successfully with the help of 22 democrats to delay the individual mandate for a year along with the business mandate, right? now, that goes over to the senate. we have not heard a peep out of mcconnell or the senate republica
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republicans. are they going to do something with this? which is smart to do when by the way, we get to our second topic tonight of can the republicans win the senate back next year. one of the ways to do it is to fight on delaying obama care. >> have to take a stand, but here's the problem. the president is up there dissembling. he's saying blow through the opposition. he better start with the unions. we have another union president this week that said on top of the ones a week ago who said this thing is killing union members and working people because they don't care enough about anybody to fight for anything. >> it also is not only for employers, but they also voted for individual. >> democrats voted for -- >> let's take it another step further. you talk about the irs. what about the irs and how. >> it's a bombshell this week. >> we have the general counsel of the irs, obama pinting now in the loop, going to testimony, under oath on friday. he was involved in knowing about
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the targeting -- and agreeing to it. >> so, what does this suggest then the white house involvem t involvement? >> 159 visits. by the way the house is conducting these hearings and the incompetence, it will be about the time my grandchildren granduate from college. >> give the obama administration credit. they are running out the clock on benghazi, irs, ap and the president's letting them get away with it. >> let's get to edward snowden. it's causing a lot of political fallout between russia and the united states. will the president sit down with vladimir putin? >> he shouldn't. >> showed that poll up, can i show you another gap, not just between us and putin. between the american people and washington, d.c. 55% of the american people think
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sno snowden's a whistleblower, yet in washington, it's probably 89% think he's a trader. 55%, when this guy has released information that has been detrimental to the nsa as well as to the united states. >> but whatever you think of him, bottom line, the chinese take him, he goes to russia, the russians said we're not going to give him to the americans and the russians say if he shuts up, we'll give him asylum and facilitate him going to latin america. >> let me read this quote to you, told the aspen security forum the fallout from the leaks are substantial. we have proof that the terrorist groups and others are taking action, making changes and it's going to make our job tougher. >>t a traitor? >> i think it's both at the same time. what those people are reacting to are the revelations that he originally reveal ed from hong
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kong that the nsa is spying on you, you -- >> yeah. and that, we never knew that and if he's telling the truth, it doesn't seem right to most americans. >> but in washington, they think it's fine. here's the problem. i don't doubt there's been damage, but it's like you don't think our enemies knew these we had? >> the only people who didn't know the capacities were the american people or their rights were being violated. >> we're going to come back. we'll discuss it more if you have some more you'd like to add into it as well. we will be back. the fight is on for control of the senate. can the democrats hold on to their majority or is it up for grabs? our political insiders will be back after the break. alert. the beach on your tv is much closer than it appears.
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welcome back. time for a quick check of the headlines. a deadly weekend in iraq. more than a dozen people killed in bombings and shootings today. this after more than 70 were
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killed in a wave of car bombings and other attacks last night. for more possible victims in a cleveland neighborhood where police found the remains of three women wrapped in plastic trash bags. a registered sex offender is in custody, but has not been charged and glee producers planning a tribute episode to honor cory monteith. the republicans' efforts to gain control of the senate next year casting a harsh spotlight on mitch mcconnell. some critics say the election would be a shoe in for the gop if he were a better leader. well, does mitch mcconnell have the right stuff to flip places with harry reid and become the new majority leader? let's bring them back. john, pat and doug, what about it?
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>> you know, there are two problems. first, he doesn't have the right stuff to offer a dialogue, a narration, a message, but more particularly, there are five seats in play as pat and john will talk about where the democrats could loose and be deadlocked or lose control, but one of those they can pick up is mitch mcconnell, who's the single most unpopular senator in the u.s. senate and he's in a dead heat now with the democratic secretary of state. his opponent. >> who's responsible for mitch mcconnell being in the position mitch mcconnell is in? >> the republicans in the senate. the membership -- look, he lost by all rights, a republican should be even or have already won the senate. he not only did not pick up seats in the last cycle, he lost two seats in an overwhelmingly vulnerable senate. he has managed to disastrous elections and he's going to take this one down because i think so far, the lack of any interest in
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fighting on the republican side finding candidates is not there. north carolina is an example. >> that is true. we already hit a little indicator by 2014 by the fund raising in 2013. democratic senate committee outraising the committee. republicans used to outraise democrats all the time. that's a bad sign. pat eluded candidate recruitment. we're having a hard time recruiting good candidates. now, the most high profile person is a crazy -- gi by liz chien to run gens a good, solid, conservative senator in her father's home state against year. the money and attention is going to go to that primary instead of after these five democrats. >> let's get back to the liz cheny situation. >> her father, i always liked
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this guy. supportive of him, but his daughter's going to run -- >> ambushing the offing there? >> you've got a conservative, but will do some degree of conciliation. liz cheney is going to move harder right. all that it will do is send the message that the republican brand is outside the mainstream. >> it's a perfect example of someone who puts their own ambition in celebrity. because she has no reason to be in office. running against her father for her own interests rather than her party's. >> i think that -- we just said mitch mcconnell by polling in kentucky is the single least popular incumbent senator. the cheney name unfortunately is a negative for republicans nationally. it's not good for her to be out front. >> going to hurt the brand. >> let's quickly move this on to the other races.
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montana. >> the governor, democratic governor of the leading candidate pulled out. he pulled out because it is very hard to be a democrat because what pat and john are saying is true. they have a bad image, a popular president relatively, but a bad image nationally. >> and doug, i think also he is a very unique, good governor. >> all right, north carolina, north carolina. >> got kay hagen, who could be probably the most vulnerable democrat. the republicans have a very weak candidate. no one wants to run in north carolina. if you have a candidate recruitment problem and this is hampering them in a lot of states. >> louisiana. mary landrieu, they purchased to vote for obama care. obama care now nationally, 60% of the american people are against it. >> finally, arkansas.
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>> very, very vulnerable. probably will lose to tom cotton. >> we thank you very much. the political insiders and you can get more from the political insiders every monday at 10:30 a.m. eastern time at live.foxnews.com and they will be back here next sunday and you can also follow them on twitter and we'll be right back. [ male announcer ] the wind's constant force should have disrupted man. instead, man raised a sail. and made "farther" his battle cry. the new ram 1500 -- motor trend's 2013 truck of the year -- the most fuel-efficient half-ton truck on the road -- achieving best-in-class 25 highway miles per gallon. guts. glory. ram. achieving best-in-class 25 highway miles per gallon. could save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance.
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welcome back. you exercise and you try to eat right, but when it comes to shedding a few extra pounds, nothing seems to be working. >> but there is apparently maybe -- maybe many good news because doctors say it might not entirely be your fault. i don't know if i buy this, but the result of a newly discovered gene that they say actually programs you to eat more. dr. neda radcliffe joins us more to talk all about it. i'll just ask you right away, is this an excuse to eat whatever you want? >> we've always been told we are what we eat. you never want to be too fast, too cheap or too easy. now these studies tell us what we eat may be determined by our genetics. i think it's a piece to the overall puzzle. the results show only about 15% of the people have this gene, but there's about 66% of
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americans who are obese. there's a large number that doesn't explain for it. >> it's called the otg gene, correct? >> correct. >> what does it imply? >> it discusses some of the stuff that goes on with our appetite. our appetite is determined by different hormones. we have a hunger hormone that makes our stomach growl, that makes you want to go to refrigerator and eat whatever is inside there. and it gets suppressed by another gene that deals with satisfaction. people who have the gene have an abnormality with this. it doesn't decrease, and it makes you eat more calories. >> normally this hunger -- or the hunger hormone, it decreases after you eat, after you've had a good meal. but for people that have this gene, that doesn't happen. so then that causes them to eat more. >> exactly. several hundred more calories more. they want to suppress it. >> this is a dangerous thing to release because people could misunderstand this information. say, you know, i've got the fto
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gene. i'm going to give up exercise in moderation and my eating. >> because there's nothing i can do. >> we can't make that excuse, absolutely no. >> how do you counteract that? >> we all know that addiction, alcoholism, drug abuse, there are genes that predispose some people. but not everyone who has a gene for addiction is an addict or is an alcoholic. and not everyone who doesn't have that gene, you know, can it be explained with this. so we cannot use it as an excuse. it is something that predisposes, but there's a number of other things that we can do to prevent this from happening. >> so what can you do if you do have this gene, is there a certain thing that you can eat in order to, you know, counteract that and actually have your hunger hormone work? >> well, it's calories in and calories out. i feel like we live in a food carnival of high-calorie, high-fat, high-cholesterol stuff that's available 24/7 at every corner. it becomes a problem. it's easy to eat excess calories. activity level. this gene does not say you cannot exercise more or be more active. but you know what?
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more people are in offices. we sit for half of our day. we are more likely to use our remote control than get up. we're more likely to take the elevator than stairs. we do have ins and outs and we can up our activity. >> up our activity if we're going to eat more. that makes a lot of sense. >> not the opposite. >> exactly. all right. >> or don't eat more and exercise. so do both. >> good advice. and thanks so much. >> thank you. that will do it for us. fox news sunday with chris wallace is next. >> i'll see you back at 5:00 a.m. tomorrow. >> and i'll be reporting from washington. >> yes. we'll see you then, too. bye. hey linda! what are you guys doing? having some fiber! with new phillips' fiber good gummies. they're fruity delicious! just two gummies have 4 grams of fiber! to help support gularity! i want some... [ woman ] hop on over! [ marge ] fiber the fun way, from phillips'. i don't always have time to eat like i should.
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thanks for watching fox news where we i'm chris wallace. president obama tries to heal the divide in the george zimmerman case while protesters demand justice for trayvon. >> no justice. >> no peace! >> demonstrations in the wake of george zimmerman's acquittal. now civil rights leaders are calling on the justice department to end the country's stand your ground laws. >> we're going to keep raising the temperature around stand your ground. >> while president obama asks americans to do some soul searching. >> trayvon martin could have been me 35 years ago. >> we'll discuss the fallout from the zimmerman verdict with a rising conservative leader, dr. ben carson.

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