i'm carol alt. i have been on the cover of more than 700 magazines and traveled the world for photo shoots and movies. i struggled with my weight. i realized it was time to change. so, i learned about the importance of good health. ime not a doctor. i'm like every person watching this show. i want to help make a healthy you. welcome to "hel thi you" i'm carol alt.

we'll visit my house to show you how one light bulk can keep you safe from deadly bacteria. with kids across the country heading back to school, parents are providing a healthy breakfast, lunch and snack. joining me now to give us ideas of what we should and shouldn't snack on is registered dietitian and author of "the small change diet." thank you for being here today. >> my pleasure. >> the name of your book, "the small change diet." you wrote it why? >> too many people try to be healthy and take on too many steps at once. they set themselves up for failure. what i have found is if you make small changes along the way, they feel they can reach their goals so much easier. >> we were talking before filming people don't taste food anymore. they have no idea what is out there and what they like.

>> they are afraid to try new foods. it's scary if you think about it. there's so many wonderful, healthy foods out there. >> why not help them explore. >> yes. >> here we are starting with fresh fruits and vegetables. >> we are trying to say after school, specifically for the children out there, they are come home and they are starved. they don't know what to have or they have whatever their moms offer. so, most of them are not eating. we know this, enough fruit and vegetables. i recommend it needs to be in the kitchen. if it's not there, they are not going to eat it. >> you can cut them, make salad or dip them in hummus. >> i recommend cutting them up. the kids are more likely to grab and put them in the refrigerator. don't hide them in a drawer. they won't know they are there. >> good point.

you talked string cheese. >> i like that because it's portion control. a child can grab it. it's fun to eat. they can peel it, they can eat it. rich in calcium. >> i put right next to it a raw milk sold in the same cheese section. all you have to do is know to ask for it. >> it's a small change. you have to get them starting somewhere. i definitely, my concern is they are getting enough calcium. it's a great place to begin. >> i went to this. a lot of kids love to come home and have the chips like the dorito's. they need the crunch and the salt. they don't need the extra fat and sodium. i love pirates booty. it's a fun food to eat. it's not only for children. it's for adults. i feel it satisfies their need to crunch. >> i took it one step further and i got the kale. we have two kinds of kale. one is naked and one is vampire,

which is hot. we have these two versions of snacks, one medium healthy, one all the way to the way far end of healthy. >> it depends on what they are ready for. i am partial to certain snacks. we have to give our children the opportunity to taste new things. >> now the bars. easy to grab, quick, they are there and they have their own. >> i prefer a child coming home and having something sweet and nutritious. what i like about the kind bars, they have all ingredients you can pronounce. >> that's a plus. >> and they have protein, low in sugar and high in fiber. i feel instead of wasting nutrients for something packed with calories and nothing else, by giving them a kind bar, i am giving them nutrition. >> you are giving them kindness. on the far end, go raw cookies with go raw bars.

all nuts, fiber, good fats and keeping people healthy and fit. >> i have to try these, too. i have never tried them. >> you are welcome to take one. thank you so much. >> it was a pleasure. >> it was an eye opener, i hope it saves people extra calories. we have heard fatty, processed foods aren't good for our body. the amount of acidic food is just as important. we turn back time and head back to chemistry class for ph on food and water and why it's so important to your health. stay tuned. [ male announcer ] running out of steam? ♪ now you can give yourself a kick in the rear! v8 v-fusion plus energy. natural energy from green tea plus fruits and veggies. need a little kick? ooh! could've had a v8. in the juice aisle.

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know how it could affect me, my health or daily life. when i started to learn how to be healthier, i realized it affects me me every day. i could control how it affects ageing. here to make it easier is the owner of raw and health food store, live organic. thank you for being here. >> thank you for having me. we are going to make this fun today, right? >> we'll try. >> tell us what is ph? >> in simple terms, it's balance between acid and alkaline. >> in the body. >> in the body, yeah. >> too alkaline is not good. you have to be in the middle, correct? >> our bodies have five amazing instruments. they have to be in a very precise balance. the ph balance is very, very precise. your blood should be very much

at 7.365. >> most people are very acidic, correct in. >> yes. >> you brought things to show how easy it is to spot the things that make us acid. show us. >> the acids alkaline balance is affected by food that is we eechlt. >> wow. >> and by water that we drink. >> that's why i eat raw food, right? >> we don't drink enough water. >> yes. >> if we drink water, from what i see most people drink water, it is not alkaline, but acidic. >> show us how it works. these are normal bottles of the water from the store. >> this is what most people buy. we'll do a chemistry test. i'm sure my daughter would love to do this. >> what are we doing next? >> we are putting a few drops of this liquid that tells us how acidic or alkaline this is. >> acid is what color?

>> yellow. >> and alkaline is what color? >> purple. >> okay. let's see what we have with -- >> we put two drops here. we'll mix it. okay. here -- >> that looks yellow to me. i can see it. here is the strip. that is way more yellow to me than anything else. >> you can't see it against my green dress, but it is yellow. >> it's highly acidic water. >> so this is regular water out of the store, right? now what can we do to make it more alkaline? >> here are alkaline drops. >> you have put them in here? >> yeah. >> will we get a clean reading? >> yes. >> everything has to be clean. go ahead. >> put this in your water that you drink and your water becomes highly alkaline. >> now -- >> now let's see what happens

here. >> it actually turned purple. it is magic, look at that. it's incredible. if you want to make yourself more alkaline, which is important, it helps you absorb things if your alkaline ph is balanced you can drop a couple drops in your daily water. >> a lot of health conditions are supposedly tied to -- >> and ageing. i promised at the top of the segment, it helps you control the ageing. that's what i do all the time. i'm very, very cautious about my alkaline and acid. >> if i could do one more experiment. >> go ahead. >> to show you how important it is to keep your body alkaline. when we eat food, walk, talk, we produce acid as a by product. to show how to change the alkaline water into acidic water with two deep breaths. >> okay.

>> doesn't want to do it. oh, there it goes. it's getting lighter. our breath is acidic, too. >> the importance of deep breathing to alkaline the body. you have a couple other things you wanted to show us. you have other things that help us. >> simple things, if you don't have a juicer or access to a juice bar, filter a quick drink using one of the green powders. >> they should be raw green powders, right? that's the difference. >> they are simple. they have three or four ingredients, grasses. they are more alkaline than others. meat and fish is acidic. dairy. animal producks are the most acidic. >> you take a scoop of this

powder and put it in a glass of water. you can use a blender. >> okay. give us more ideas. >> if you have acidic water, you don't have alkaline drops, put a drop of lime or lemon. >> people think they are acid but they are not. >> they are but they turn into alkaline inside the body. >> incredible. the body is so amazing. >> two other foods, seaweed and salt. >> the correct kind of salt. now brushing? >> another thing to help alkaline your body by stimulating your limb fattic system. >> i always wondered why people do the dry skin brush. >> trampoline jumping. >> i put that back in my regime in the morning. this has been enlightning. it's easy for us.

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like. >> sure. >> that's it? that's the whole thing. it goes in one end and out the other. in the middle, what does it do? it passes something very incredible. what does it pass? >> output uv light. >> wow. basically, this is the heart of the whole system. the water goes through the light and it kills the bacteria and goes on to the pool as fresh water. >> correct. >> excellent. what happens next. >> you have the units. >> just screw it in? >> hand pipe. >> and you said it costs about $200 to install? >> yes. it's a simple insulation process. >> the whole system costs $2100. >> correct. >> i have to say that was way less than a lot of the other systems i was looking at. this is very exciting. go ahead, plug it in. is it going to work right now? >> as soon as we have it hooked

up and the power connected. >> i think that means we have to get an electrician, correct? >> correct. >> all right. i think i have just the guy. you saw how easy it was to install the light. there's a second part to that. that is the electrical. i would like to introduce steve. he's from long island. i asked him to install it for me. how difficult was it? >> very, very easy. there's a driver that houses the lamp. it's fed off the time clock, which controls it motor as well. when the motor goes off, the lamp goes off. very, very easy. prewired. piece after cake. >> it's prewired. there's nothing to do but install it, plug it in and let it run. >> absolutely. >> excellent. it's so easy to do and you will have fresh, clean water in your pool all summer long. joining me is the ceo of spectra light technology. thank you so much for coming

today. as you saw in our little show there, i put this on my pool. what can i expect to see? >> well, the thing that you can really expect is the quality of the water. when you don't have chemicals it looks clear. most of the pools in america have been treated with a chemical introduction, basically a chemical that you dissolved in the water. >> you mean chlorine. >> right. >> say it. most pools are chlorinated pools. >> they are. >> it's a solid in the water and the water is cloudy, not clear and fresh. what about the amounts of chlorine? >> when you actually are treating the water with a high out put ultra violent light, it takes 90%. >> why? >> before, when you were going to get rid of the pathogens in the water, things we didn't want

in the water, you had to treat them or poison them with the chlorine chemical. what this does is allows you to eliminate the pathogens by exposing the water through a light chamber, if you will. it's harnessed inside this chamber. it's not like -- >> it's a special kind of light. >> it is. it's a disinfection frequency. anything that passes through the lamp that has dna in it, before we poisoned it. >> i have heard, also, that these lights are on the olympic pools. >> ultra violent lights have been used in the last two olympics. every aquatic center is conve converting to ultraviolet and the major colleges with swim teams are converting, also. >> you are saying i can use less chlorine or i heard you can use no chlorine? >> actually, if you want to use

h2o2 -- >> hydrogen peroxide. i gargle with that in my mouthwash in the morning. good for the body. it's not as harmful. i can trade out the chlorine for hydrogen peroxide. >> we recommend you go with the ultra violent and chemical chlorine, which is down to tap water level. >> i know this is a issue, but uv versus ozone versus salt water. so many are telling me to do salt water. they wanted to charge me $8,000. to fix my ozone, $7,500. your light was $2,150 or something minor like that. minor comparatively speaking. salt isn't actually salt in the pool. >> of course you have always been an advocate for health, carol, but in this particular

arena, the pool industry is slow to change moving away from chemicals for financial reasons. i understand that. we have discovered things about high levels of chemicals put in the environment that are not health protective at all. >> i love my ozone. i have had it 12 years. i will report back to you on how fabulous my water is. thank you so much. >> you bet. coming up, my answers to your questions in my segment called ask carol. [ male announcer ] this is claira. to prove to you that aleve is the better choice for her, she's agreed to give it up. that's today? [ male announcer ] we'll be with her all day to see how it goes. [ claira ] after the deliveries, i was okay. now the ciabatta is done and the pain is starting again. more pills? seriously? seriously. [ groans ] all these stops to take more pills can be a pain. can i get my aleve back? ♪

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diets. you can reach my at carolalt fnc. >> you mentioned you can function well on little sleep and have no headaches or pain on a raw diet. how much do you sleep and do you have personal recommendations when it comes to sleep? here is what i think. before i started eating raw, i didn't sleep well at all. i took something to fall asleep and needed coffee in the morning. this is an unhealthy choice. the more i ate raw, the more alkaline i became and the easier it was to relax. a relaxed body is an alkaline body. i run like a golf cart. when i put my foot on the gas, i go. when i take it off, i stop. add raw to your diet. it may relax you. remember, if you have a question for me, follow me on twitter, carolaltfnc. that's all for today.

thanks for joining me. until next time, i hope you are learning to be more of a healthy you. a fox news alert. the obama administration launching a full press trying to get support for a strike on syria in response to an alleged deadly chemical attack. john kerry spoke at a conference in paris. part of the european tour that is facing a wall of skepticism over the military intervens. hello, welcome to a brand-new hour. good to see you. >> nice to be working with you for a change. i'm heather childers. adding to the drama of the debate, the chemical weapons used in syria will likely be

released next week. molly is live in washington with the developing details. molly, what is the latest? >> reporter: hi, heather. hi arthel. they are waiting to wait for the united nations report from the u.n. weapons inspectors before deciding on action with syria. kerry had this to say about whether the u.s. would wait. >> the president of the united states made no decision and i will return to washington and obviously, this will be a point of discussion. we take that under advisement the president gave up no rights of decision with respect to what he may or may not do. >> here at home, democratic leaders are trying to shore up a vote to support the plan to attack syria. nancy pelosi wrote his fifth letter today urging them to take notes of the president's comments on syria and says she

looks forward to continuing the critical debate. there's a lot of skepticism on both sides of the aisle. some want to hear more clearly what the president's goal is. >> the president has not made a case for what his military objective is, the strategy of how to accomplish it and the exit strategy. one thing we know who sit on the armed services committee is we don't get to pick the number of days we are at war. when you launch a war saying we are there 48 hours, nobody can guarantee that. >> harry reid thinks he'll have enough votes but it's a work in progress. >> molly, live from washington. thank you. meantime, inside syria, the intense battle between the government and the opposition continues across the country. greg is streaming live from across the border in beirut, lebanon. hi, greg. >> reporter: hi, arthel. a wrangling continuing over the

u.s. military strike as you note. as sources tell us, fighting continues on the ground inside syria. government forces shelling around damascus and to the north of damascus in a predominantly christian town, a clash between al qaeda and the syria regime forces. again, we are told relickous figures including nuns and priests are caught in the cross fire in that town. it appears christians could be targeted in this fighting and the fallout of a possible u.s. strike prompted pope francis to have a global day of prayer for peace inside syria including prayers at a damascus church. we spoke to a leading rejinlgous figure and he gave us his very strong opinion about possible u.s. action. take a listen.

>> against any attack or u.s. strike from any side and especially from usa against syria. it is not -- it is possible to have a limited attack. strike is a strike. >> finally, a bit more resistance against military action here in beirut. another protest outside the u.s. embassy here. the state department, as of yesterday told non-essential personnel at the embassy to evacuate, americans to stay away if they don't need to come to beirut. the fear is there could be retaliation from the hezbollah group. today it's reported they have warned of consequences if there is u.s. action. arthel. >> thank you very much, greg. now to vatican city. it's where tens of thousands of people are attending a prayer

vigil for syria. pope francis presiding over the vigil at st. peters square telling the crowd violence and war are never the ways to teach. meanwhile, the obama administration pulling all the stops as they look for support to take military action in syria. the full court press involved efforts at home and overseas. ahead of the speech to the nation and the white house on tuesday. opposition to attack syria is running high. how does the president turn it around? john is a columnist for the national review magazine and co-author of "who's counting." good to have you. >> thank you. >> white house chief of staff, he's going to be making the rounds on the sunday shows tomorrow. is his message more for congress, you think, or the american people and what does he need to say to each camp? >> well, president's can be

persuasive. presidents also can put a lot of pressure on members of congress. they can with hold favors and bestow benefits. i'm never going to count this president out. however, this is a tough mountain for him to climb because with each passing day of the press, yes, the president is making the argument, but the amount of time from the initial shock of the horrific attack in syria and all dissipates. we don't see the images frequently. it's a race against time. the longer we get from the initial action in syria, the less pressure there is to act quickly. >> there are images coming out all over the place. trying to figure out where the images are coming from and how to authenticate them are part of the hurdle here. now, we are going to go over this, john. there's a to-do list, of sorts. we start with the sunday shows tomorrow. then susan rice is going to make

a speech on monday to the new america foundation. it continues. then there's a classified briefing this afternoon at the white house for members of congress. it's a to-do list, i said. vice president biden, mcdon gnaw and secretary of state kerry are making calls. president obama is making personal calls to members of congress. monday, another briefing will be held for house members. so, tell me how high are the political stakes here? >> well, a president is almost never repudiated in congress on a foreign policy issue. it would be devastating. i believe if we get into next week and looks as if the numbers in the house supporting the president don't go up, i think one of two things could happen or both. the president decides to delay his speech or they don't bring it to the house floor or perhaps it's possible the senate votes it down. they have to get 60 votes to

break a filibuster. the race against time is not just for votes but to get enough momentum to make efforts to convince people. >> majority leader reid thinks he's going to get the 60 votes needed. >> of course he says that. what else is he going to say? he doesn't have them yet. >> true. let's go back to the point you just made. you say there's a possibility there may not be a vote or perhaps the president could pull the plug on his address to the nation on tuesday night. wouldn't that be representative of that and not be good the back and forth flip-flopping? >> it's better than losing vote in the senate or the house. "the washington post," the latest survey of the house has 25 people supporting the president openly. over 220, a majority leaning or being against this. the president can change minds, but if the numbers stay that

bad, i don't think the house or senate want to go through a process by which the president of the united states is humiliated on a foreign policy vote. i think they would find a way around it or delay it. a substitute resolution to negotiate and sign a chemical weapons treaty that everyone else signed and they haven't. >> you are saying at the end of the day, even if it's the 11th hour, perhaps politics will be set aside for the sake of the reputation of the president as well as of this country, is that what i hear you saying? >> i do not believe they will go to the floor of the house or the senate unless they have the votes or unless they think they can do it at the last minute. if the numbers are so bad, i don't believe we are going to have a vote. by the way, that comes from members of congress and from top congressional aids. they do not want to see this country go through that. sfk there's no vote, then what?

>> we have negotiations with syria. will you sign the chemical weapons treaty. bring in the round table. there are lots of things -- what did the president say last week, hocus pocus to take our minds of it. if the president doesn't think he will win the vote, i don't think he wants the vote. >> good to see you. thank you. >> thank you. needs 218 for the resolution to pass. nowhere near that now. chris wallace will sit down with president obama on monday, september 9th at the white house. the interview with air on a special report at 6:00 p.m. eastern time here on the fox news channel. tokyo. >> you heard it right. a fox news alert. the olympics are heading to coke owe. the international olympic committee selecting the japanese

capitol to hos the 2016 games happening. a short time ago, the bid after defeating istanbul. madrid was eliminated in early voting. again, the 2020 summer olympics will be held in tokyo. the next summer games will be held in rio dade janeiro. i actually thought that it was going to be madrid. all three lovely cities. >> why did you think madrid? >> i thought tokyo, lots of people in a tight space. what they will do is have it outside the city, near the airport. it will give them more room for people to come. >> they should call you for consultation. >> istanbul, gorgeous but it's in the middle of a political hot bed. i thought it was going to be

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welcome back. a new push to defund obama care after ibm announces plans to move retirees off the health sponsored plan. elizabeth has more. >> employers are showing signs they are not likely to keep providing benefits as costs rise. ibm is moving 110,000 retirees off the health plan and giving them payment to buy their own coverage. this is the latest lawmaker to join members pushing to defund obama care. more than a third of the house republicans are urging funds to be stripped from the law. at the same time, speaker boehner needs a strategy that will overt a government shutdown. some want to pass a short term spending bill that keeps the government running until november. others signing the defund obama care act to block funding. the topic was front and center

during the gop weekly at dress delivered by a wyoming senator. >> the health care law is proven unpopular, unworkable and unaffordable. as a result, people are confused, disappointed and angry. >> despite the unpopularity, the devid is strong. they opposed republican efforts to suffocate funds. they say it's time to move forward. >> it's better than the current system, which is unaffordable and down right unhealthy for millions of americans. >> the marketplace for open enrollment starts in a few weeks on october 1st. arthel, back to you. >> thank you. the u.s. military facing a yellow light on syria after being poised for action. as congress debates the use of force, sources telling fox news they have been asked to revise battle plans some 50 times.

a retired admiral joins us with insight. thank you for joining us. >> hi, heather. >> what does a strike delay do the the plan? >> there are add vannages and disadvantages to delay. some are for military planners it's more time to refine the plan, to work branches and sequels as conditions change to do more targeting and find more fidelity of intelligence on where the targets are at. there's also somewhat of a deterrent effect of putting somebody on alert and a fatigue factor checks in. there are disadvantages in the world of doing our business, speed, surprise, violence of action and precision are important. the longer you delay, the less amount of surprise there is and it takes away advantage. >> what about the news we are getting they have been asked to

revise the plan some 50 times. what do you make of that? >> not unusual. planning will take up the volume of time that's available. ordinarily what happens is objectives are given to military planners. they develop three courses of action. some are accepted or they are asked to be modified. as they are challenged, it changes the plan. this is really not an unusual thing to have happen. >> is it an indication we are unsure on the objective? >> in and of itself, no. one thing that popped up and talking to colleagues, there is what appears to be indecision as to the outcome of this. without knowing that objective, it gets difficult with planning assumptions that get you where you want to be and reverse engineer to take the steps to make it happen. >> what other options are available?

we have heard talk about this limited intervention, no boots on the ground, we have talked about the naval warships placed throughout the mediterranean sea and using tomahawk missiles. if we don't do that, what other option is there? >> there's a cyber option. being able to get out through the electrons of the air and terrestrially. it's an interesting question to talk about boots on the ground. what are boots on the ground? are you talking only about combat, traditional military forces or talking special mission units? there are so many ways to cut, slice and dice it. >> you have to have someone there to determine you hit the targets you intended to hit. correct? >> there's no better way. >> okay, thank you so much for joining us. we enjou your insight. >> we will be right back. stay with us. when you realize you need to switch to verizon,

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welcome back. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. secretary of state john kerry in paris meeting with the french foreign minister about syria. they held a press conference earlier today where kerry said the world cannot allow the unfettered use of chemical weapons. police in london arresting two men for a suspected break-in at buckingham palace. we're told that no members of the royal family were at the palace at the time. and reports say grammy winner bruno "cutie pie" mars is expected to perform at the super bowl half time show. the game will be played in new jersey in february. >> looking forward to that. nasa returns to the moon. its new spacecraft now on its way to earth's only satellite.

it launched last night from virginia. its mission to explore the moon's mysterious glow. brian guinness is live in our new york city newsroom with more on this story. >> reporter: you know it's a mystery that dates back to the 1960s when apollo astronauts landed on the moon. what is the source of a lunar glow. it is moon dust? the lunar atmosphere is on a mission to investigate that and other moon mysteries. >> three, two, one. zero. >> reporter: ladee launched last night from the wilds flight facility in virginia. it will need a full month to reach the moon unlike the quick three-day apollo slight flooits. the lunar probe, the size of a small car, will orbit the moon in hopes of understanding other atmospheres in our solar system.

scientists are investigating the moon dust. they believe the dust levitates above the moon surface and even shoots up into the air. >> with ladee we plan to fly through these dust clouds, actually impact the spacecraft with the dust and really try to understand where the dust is being lofted and how it's getting up there. >> reporter: the rare virginia launch leaving millions on the east coast with breathtaking images like this one. from atop the rockefeller center as it heads to the moon. and this image over the clear skies in northeastern north carolina, another over homes in a washington, d.c., neighborhood and this shot from point lookout state park in maryland. the mission will last six months ending with the $240 million probe plunging back. >> i can't get over those images last night. >> i wish i would have known. >> me, too. just want to remind everybody that president obama

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hello. i'm greg gutfield. along with kimberly guilfoyle, bob beckel, eric bolling and her. it's time for "the five," tgif, america. president obama says he will talk to us on tuesday about syria. again, it's nice of him to give us this heads up. he's truly mastered the element of nonsurprise. which maybe why assad is at a cancuned from's sipping a peen na colada. he said he was elect to wars, not start them. >> i was elected to end wars, not start them. >> told ya. note the verb "end."

i would have preferred win, but winning is bad because someone loses which is why the liberation of iraq, a win in our column, is unjustly maligned by the elitist defeatists. saddam and chemical ali hanged in the wind for stuff like that. that's our message. what's our message today? where's that big stick joe biden was boasting about? the only stiff piece of lumber we've seen is john kerry's head. the argument for syria, they launched a chemical attack. but imagine how busy we'd be if we went after every one of those. we'd have to bomb the mtv music awards every year. the best second argument what i call the reverse domino theory. if we don't hit syria, we egg on iran which eggs on north korea and inevitably vermont. if that's true, why not cut to the chase and hit the nukes now. nails the neckous of our animus

and sends putin fleeing back to his dacha. a half measure is no measure at all. you can't ride a bike because it would be a unicycle and only the french really do thap let's go to that first sot, that's sound on tape, kimberly. it was obama speaking in st. petersburg? yeah, florida, i believe. here he is discussing something. >> i was elected to end wars, not start them. i've spent the last 4 1/2 years doing everything i can to reduce our reliance on military power as a means of meeting our international obligations and protecting the american people. >> kg, wasn't he just saying, come on, this is all bush's fault? we went through all that crap because of bush. i'm here to undo all that.

i'm the nice guy. he's the bad cop, i'm the new cop. >> getting so old. the same old line over and over again. because he's abdicating authority and responsibility. it is never his fault. he doesn't want to accept it. when you look at the facts, he has more tentacles on wars than any other president. he's been involved in whether he said he was trying to stop them, get involved. no matter what he calls them, military action, et cetera. the more he pushes this and the more he pushes kerry out to support this action, the greater the opposition. >> i can't believe you referred to president obama as an octopus. a little bit offensive. he is our commander in chief. eric, let's pretend i'm a congressman or politician leaning towards saying yes. how would you convince me to say no? >> i don't think you need much convincing. i think the american people will do that. can i do this for a second? bear with me. august 20th, 2012, mind you, this has nothing to do with president obama. any president that would say we need to go into syria, president

obama, george bush, the next president whoever he or she may be, i would say this is not the time. it is not our war. august 20th, president obama saidhe red line for us is we start seeing a bunch of chemical weapons being moved around or utilized that would change my calculus or change my equation. this is obama's war. china is not on board, great britain is not on board. the american people are not on board. if he does this, if he goes to war he's leading from behind, but he's leading from his own behind. many americans will die. iranians have already said they would attack. who knows, installations in iraq, they may attack israel as well. the problem is when he is done, bashar al assad will still be president in syria and bashar assad will still have chemical weapons. what are we doing here? get out. >> bob, i'm a congress member leaning to say no. how would you get me to say yes? >> i'm glad you asked me that question because i have a comment to make to the house of representatives. to those democrats who are

anti-war, i can give you a pass on this, if you are democrats who are against this and you are voting against the commander in chief is disgraceful. for the republicans, let me put it this way. you guys, this is an easy cheap vote. another easy to get at obama. it is cowardly and morally bankrupt. you ought to be ashamed of yourselves. >> you were actually kind of polite during that. >> i love to be polite with them. >> dana, some say you're a communications professional. often you say yourself that you're a communications professional. >> i try. >> we haven't yet to see real proof of that on this show. if the president came to you for advice, what would you tell him? >> please stop being so defensive. people want to follow a leader who looks in charge and doesn't look like he is constantly worried about himself and how everybody is looking at him. just lead. and people could follow him. i was watching this morning in st. petersburg, florida?

>> yeah. >> i felt that his message was lopsided. for the past week we've been talking about this. they have been talking about this. they put the president out at every stop. some were pre-arranged. every time he speaks, there is less support for his position. as a communications person, you say why is that? what is happening? what are we doing? i think it's because they're lopsided. >> do you have a chart? >> i do have a chart. i'm getting to that. >> i was waiting for the chart. >> i haven't said anything up till now. what he is doing is the opposite of what i'm advising. he should lead and say why it is necessary and then to say we can succeed and tell people how and he needs to be more precise than he's been up to now. then he needs to say it will be limited and how we're going to pay for it. he slipped, though. he starts every conversation with how it will be limited and ineffective. >> yes. >> which doesn't really garner a lot of support. >> also tells assad that he's going to be around. when you say, well, it's going to be a small, short thing, it's a symbolic move. assad said i'll move the

furniture into the garage. >> and he pretty much did that. we wed we'll go in. it's go time. oh, sorry. throttle back again. burn more fuel out there. be indecisive and lose more american support. if i was assad, i wouldn't be so worried about it. he's had time to move things around, shape ship. they say they can watch it. but this is just embarrassing. it doesn't look effective at all. >> talk about embarrassing. you have to pick out targets. you have to plan these things. you don't do them automatically. >> it is the element of surprise. >> when eric said about the g-20 session, they signed a letter which was very strong. it did not say support necessarily a particular effort on his part, but a strong response came from canada, australia, france, italy, japan, turkey, saudi arabia, turkey, britain and the united states. i think that pretty much covers. >> none was willing to join. >> what do you mean?

>> go ahead. united states. go do it. this sun provoked unilateral declaration of war against a sovereign country syria. what have they done? they have not done anything to us. have they done something to their own people? perhaps. >> you say it has to be a u.s. interest not just humanitarian or morally or ethically reason to act? >> there has to be a u.s. interest to act. >> can i point something out? if the president says, we can't -- congress, the house doesn't pass this and the president says we're not going to go because those morons in the house decided not to pass this, i'm on your side, president obama. i will not give him a hard time. blame it on congress. i would be thrilled for you to blame it on congress. that would be the best thing i heard in a long time. >> he basically said he is going whether they do it or not. >> can i run that sot. somebody asked a question if congress voted no. look at this please. >> if the full congress doesn't pass this, will you go ahead

with the strike? >> first of all, in terms of the votes and the process in congress, i knew this was going to be a heavy lift. i said that on saturday when i said we're going to take it to congress. you know, our polling operations are pretty good. i tend to have a pretty good sense of what current popular opinion is. i understand skepticism. i think it is very important, therefore, for us to work through systematically making the case to every senator and every member of congress. and that's what we're doing. >> that was stirring, wasn't it, bob? >> for the life of me, i don't understand the polling comment. i just -- it just macs of being kind of -- talk about falling behind. but what he did say, i don't think members of congress any different than in the country says no. if a country says we're going to

bomb anyway. if the members of congress say no, we're going to bomb anyway. i think he went to congress and won their support. it would be better if he has it. it he doesn't have it, too bad. >> dana, is obama, however, being thoughtful in his dithering or is he dithering in his thoughtfulness? >> oh, i'm going to have to think about that for a while. >> you can argue that he's like taking his time for a reason. >> hope you don't fan the phrase. the cart before the horse. you know what happens and the cart breaks or something like that. he has until tuesday. he will give a prime time address on tuesday. i would imagine they're probably writing three different versions of the speech. because hopefully nothing happens in syria or elsewhere in one of our embassies or any of these streams prove true. so he has to think about that. then he has the audience if the senate votes yes and the house is going to vote no, he has to do a third thing, which is somehow try to clean up the comments today from the national security adviser who said the president has no

intention or it is not his intention to go forward without congress' approval. the white house tried to walk that back today. but just tells me one of the things that happens when the president travels overseas, it is chaotic back home in the white house. the president needs to get back and get everything together. he canceled a trip to california next week, which i think is the right thing to do. but telling everybody you have a great polling operation in the white house is not really inspiring. >> that's supposed to be a secret. >> don't you get the feeling that america is getting jerked around by a bunch of different people. iran, russia, the rebels or -- >> saudis. >> saudis. we're being tricked. >> i totally think so. it is like a kite twisting in the wind with a hyper 3-year-old holding the string. who is in charge here? where are we going? we're about to crash into the tree or electric wire. it sends a message of instability. i don't see how this is impressing any other countries. in fact, they seem to be emboldened by this indecisiveness, this

equivocation on the part of the president. >> bob, can i ask you this question. let's say we do go. president obama says we're going anyway. we hit the airfields which is what i think they're going for, so they don't actually deliver the weapons. they're not actually going after the weapons. assad is still in power. iran does something to israel or iraq. where are we? then do we have to declare war on syria? >> what do you think will happen if we don't go? it will leave every despot in the world who wants to use chemical weapons to go ahead and use it. >> you don't know that. >> you know who is against america on this? left wing democrats and anti-war democrats and right wing republicans. >> and the american public. >> the polling on this is ridiculous. >> is it inaccurate? they're all inaccurate? >> i would like to poll right after the president's speech and see what it says. >> i'd like to ask dana this. this is what i'm worried. you watch russia send the ships over there. is this really going to lead to

that showdown? will i be sleeping on the couch for the rest of my life? >> i hope not on the first. i don't really care about the second. >> oh, wow. >> i think that obama and putin showed some restraint and leadership abilities. okay, let's be adults and leaders about this and hopefully they will de-escalate any tensions. >> de-escalate. next, one former congress member thinks obama should face impeachment if he authorizes a strike without congressional approval. one former congressman? that's enough for me. next. ♪ layla when you realize you need to switch to verizon, it's a reality check. my reality check was when i started losing customers. i couldn't update them where my truck was. i missed a video chat in my own house. i couldn't download my music. i couldn't watch movies, and i couldn't play games. so it was time to switch. life with verizon now is excellent. we rely on verizon entirely. i love verizon. verizon's 4g lte is the most reliable

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♪ take it on faith ♪ you take it to the heart ♪ the waiting is the hardest part ♪ welcome back to "the five." what would happen if president obama authorizes a strike on syria if congress decides to vote against it? former congressman dennis kucinich thinks it could be ground for impeachment. >> if the congress votes against it and the president goes forward with the war anyway, we're looking at a constitutional crisis the likes of which we have not seen in the united states and where a president would act in defiance of the congress as direct

representatives of the people. >> okay, bob, does that move you in a good way? and not toward me? >> i do not know who wrote the opening, but i did not hear the word "impeach" out of kucinich's mouth so that's a classic. >> he said that on "studio b" this afternoon. >> he wrote a piece for huff saying it would be grounds for impeachment. >> he didn't say that there. that's my point. if republicans in the house, which is why i have the problem with democrats and obama. if this was bush putting it forward, they would vote for it. i would understand that. and the democrats, though, to abandon their president, this is beyond belief. >> in the a block, i said i would be against it democrat or republican. >> you don't vote in the house or senate unless you are ready to announce your candidacy. >> he's filing his proxy. >> do you think the opposite is true, bob? if it were senator mccain that is president now and then senator obama would vote against it out of politics?

>> sure, probably. >> i think if you'ring about to point out o hypocrisy -- >> i s democrats, too. >> all right. >> you know what's missing? where is the anti-warholy wood left? where is sean penn? >> no kidding. >> susan sarandon, tim robbins? i guess their coke dealer must be syrian. they went through the -- >> wow. >> they dinged bush. but now they're quieter than jane fonda at a veterans march. >> if their coke dealer was syrian, wouldn't they not want an attack on syria? >> yes. >> maybe, unless they owed him money and they say i don't want to pay. perplexing. >> they are trying to give obama as much coverage as they can. i would, too. they clearly don't want to see this operation take place. i'd keep my mouth shut unless it was a republican president. >> they'll wait until they think that there's some heroic moment that is leaked to "the new york times" out of the white house situation room then do a movie about it. >> yes. >> does anyone think -- you know

what 9/11 is this coming week? >> benghazi anniversary. >> you know what else it is? bashar al assad's birthday. >> good birthday present. >> light it up. >> literally, what i said about the congress, how can you morally justify your position on this? how can you look at this and know we have an obligation -- >> you cannot morally justify killing innocent people without knowing what is going on on the ground in syria, bob. you can't -- >> i think we know a lot on the ground. >> what about the video yesterday that surfaced of the rebels who were supposed to be helping executing -- not executing prisoners? >> i said yesterday, 1,200 gangs running around over there. the people who are the biggest -- wait a minute. >> bob now the hesitation on the pedal. he did not do it when he should have. now he is trying to justify it. he is trying to back fill it. >> how can you not see the moral obligation to go kill people?

>> the moral obligation we have is to not let every despot in the world have chemical weapons. >> can i take it one step further? are we going to go do that in north korea? because they have chemical weapons? >> if they use them, yes. >> is it only chemical weapons? how about biological weapons and holding hundreds of thousands of people against their will. >> the chemical weapons treaty, does it include -- >> how about enrichard uranium. >> what countries are we going to attack? >> doesn't what? >> i don't think syria -- is syria part of that treaty? >> look, that's a good answer right there. >> we said this before. it is the reverse domino theory. if you actually feel that way, then go after those other countries. this is not about syria. it is about iran. and it may in fact be about russia. why are we pretending it is about syria?

hit the damn nukes in iran. be done with it. they are the ones threatening us. they are the ones saying they are going to attack the obama family. these are the guys that are most terrified. go after them. >> the story that hasn't been told and we don't know enough yet and perhaps journalists will be able to get more of this information. what kind of intel did we have before the chemical weapons were used? why in the two years leading up to the use of the chemical weapons did we not have some sort of covert operation to be able to take some of them out? i think we need -- the american people are paying for really good men and women who are working hard in the intel community, but how did we miss this? >> we don't know if we did or didn't. my guess it is would be difficult to do. covert operations, he's got a lot of them. >> you know it would be like obama trying to throw a surprise party. oh, michelle, don't come home until after 7:00 because i'm setting up a surprise party for you. >> oops. >> a little bit of equipment

failure for a second there. but i have a nugget for you. i don't mean a chicken mcnugget. a hume nugget. listen to hume on rand paul. >> i suspect rand paul doesn't know jack about the syrian rebels. i'm not sure that any of us knows enough about them. john mccain who has been over there at least think hess knows them. he says they are not a bad lot. that is the testimony of somebody who has been there. >> what brit said was rand paul doesn't know jack about syrian rebels. that might be true. there is a good chance that john mccain, although he has been there, doesn't know jack. he took pictures of rebels who he thought were good guys who were alleged kidnappers. it is not don't ever go there. don't go there now. if it becomes our war -- >> these 1200 gangs like the bloods and the crips. >> so kill them? >> you know the largest most organized opposition and that's

the free syrian army and that's who john mccain was talking to. brit's exactly right. you listen to these guys, rand paul and they don't know jack. i tell you who ought to be in trouble, whoever convinced obama to go to congress in first place. screw them. they didn't have to do that. >> it is like a dog eating a roll of quarters. who wants to sift through that pile? >> there are people. there are people. dana? >> i'm just thinking of jasper visual. i hope it doesn't -- >> enough on that visual. >> what if he ate a nice necklace, what if he ate something expensive? a wedding ring? >> what just happened? >> gutfeld, stand down, please. directly ahead, my favorite topic. football. the nfl season kicked off last night, but a lot of people are talking about college football which came back last week. should those athletes get paid like the pros? that debate is next on "the five." ♪ check it out.

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♪ from the east coast ♪ to the west coast ♪ down the dixie highway >> yeah, there is. welcome back, everybody. texas a&m quarterback johnny manziel has come under scrutiny this week. seems johnny football may have signed some autographs. that's it. that's the controversy. they have a rule, no autographs, especially if someone wants to buy those autographs. the future nfler has big name quarterbacks coming up behind them. pretty boy tom brady had this to say about the qb. if you're a turd, it's going to come back to haunt you. but more secure in his jock strap, joe flacco countered with this, being hated isn't a bad thing. i don't know how i really felt about johnny manziel, but now that everyone hates him, he's quickly becoming my favorite player in football.

the five ourself want to debate whether college athletes should be able to get money for the massive bank rolls they get for their institutions. >> i think college football players should be paid. look at the money they make for their college, universities. millions of dollars. these guys are at the top of their form as athletes. they're one tackle away from losing everything. they might as well get some cash while they're doing it as opposed to hoping they get in the nfl, then they get hurt and don't get in the nfl. >> what's the point then of college? i'm just throwing it out there. because they're supposed to be there to get an education. >> come on, you're being naive? >> no, i'm not being naive. i love football. i watch it as much as anybody who loves the sport. what i'm telling you, they may have let them be drafted out of high school if it is all about money. >> they do it with baseball. >> you see my point? >> and kimberly says, it is has never been that way. keep the college on scholarships. >> can he drop out from college and go to the pros now? >> sure. >> okay.

i think let the market decide. if he thinks he would be able to make the kind of money and association wants him or the nfl team, whatever, think of it like an internship. do you pay interns? it is the same thing. >> free market football, i like it. >> greg, look at these numbers. the numbers of college football programs providing for the schools, which by the way finance a lot of the education thins going on in those schools. not just sports. texas, $103 million. almost 104 million bucks. michigan, $85 million. texas a&m, 44 million bucks. i say them the athletes. >> i say pay them and exempt them from all classes. why keep up with this charade? they're not a class. treat them like a minor league team that represents a college. the story is not this stuff. it is the title iv stuff. you have to keep up with the

gender ratio of athletes to the student population. you may lose a baseball team, but gain an equestrian team. i like watching girls on horses. but -- >> you trained as a jockey. >> i did train as a jockey. you know, that's just unnecessary. we're having a good show. i am out of here. >> what about people who say universities should be taxed? >> if you pay athletes and bring in all this money -- >> i don't think they ought to tax a lot of them. not these big name schools, but a lot have financial problems. >> hold on a tax you don't want to implement? >> how long do you have to be in college before you're eligible? one or two years? >> i believe two, i'm not sure. >> you could just drop out and go into the nfl. there are people who want to get an education. >> thank you, bob. >> they are still one hit away from being out of the business of football, which means they ought to have at least some ability to cash in. >> i have the same issue. same with driving race cars or

coming up in boxing with great reward, you often take risks. i'm all for them getting an education so they have something to fall back on. too many nfl players have no resources and are in financial and physical distress when they get out. >> we let our olympic athletes get paid. >> okay. that's a different business model. >> students and athletes in general take harder hits to the head in the classrooms by their left wing professors. >> here we go. everyone of them. all those schools, they're all getting hit in the head. >> dana just got back from the congo this week. after a journey with the humanitarian group mercy ships. next, an up close look at her inspirational trip. don't miss it. ♪ heard it in a love song ♪ heard it in a love song ♪ heard it in a love song ♪ can't beat gone ♪

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♪ let my love open the door ♪ let my love open the door to your heart ♪ ♪ let my love open the door many of you know, i had the fortune of traveling to the congo to be a small little part of a gigantic mission of hope and charity. my husband and i got back on saturday. the mission provided free surgical care in developing nations in west africa. it was a trip i know i'll certainly never forget. we have something to share with with you about it. getting ready to leave on the trip. having a last scratch and a shake. off we went to africa on a more than 6,000-mile journey to be a part of the mercy ship's first mission to the congo. we flew from new york to frankfurt, germany, then to gabon, then finally to our

destination, pointe noire, congo. shortly after we arrived, peter and i were greeted by the mercy ship founders. they launched their faith-based organization in 1978 to help the forgotten poor. >> i just wanted to welcome her. ♪ >> over the past 35 years, mercy ships has visited more than 575 ports in 72 nations. but it's first time to the congo, and they'll be there for the next ten months. most people there do not have access to basic medical care and many have not ever seen a doctor. ♪ on board the floating hospital, i met the man who steers the ship. captain traithwaite. i took a tour of the bridge. i also met buck. the 180-pound training and

exercise drill dummy. i got a tour of the kitchen from the head chef hatfield from north carolina. he and his staff serve anywhere from 1,200 to 1,700 meals a day. when i go home, if i've gained any weight -- can i call and complain? >> you can call it mercy hips instead of mercy ships. >> okay. the entire crew, including the heroic doctors and nurses, are all volunteers. nearly half of them from the united states. you never know who you might meet, including the security team made up of six gurkhas. believe me, the ship's in good hands. ♪ on patient screening day, more than 7,000 people lined up in hopes of getting care. all patiently waiting to be seen. ali is one of the amazing

screening nurses. she determines if doctors will be able to treat them. >> hi there, sweetie. [ speaking french ] do you want to come with me? okay. >> she told me about the joy she feels when she knows she will be sending someone through who mercy ships will be able to help. >> there is nothing compares to that. when you see a kid or patient come up who you know we are going to be able to help. so being the first one and being able to say yes, it's saying yes to everything. >> perhaps the hardest part of her job is when she has to inform others there may not be anything mercy ships can do for them. >> unfortunately, the problem is his feet. it's caused by a problem that's in his brain. so because of that, it is not something that a surgery will be able to correct. >> over the next ten months, thousands will undergo surgeries to remove tumors or have cleft

lip repairs or orthopedic srgs or more. >> one of the most moving thing, if you show them very quickly on when they're waking up, show them their face in the mirror. they're just moved that that face that's always caused them shame is now -- they can see it's better even with the little bandages on. >> there are so many angels aboard the africa mercy like chief medical officer dr. gary patterson or finance director john waled to name a few. i marvelled at how they are so devoted. a lot of people asked me what was my impression of the trip. it was a great reminder that kindness is at the heart of humanity. we could all learn a lot from the people who make mercy ship's missions possible. >> you get that, greg? mission possible. >> that was very clever. >> my husband filmed all of that. i think he did a great job. amateur.

we just bought a camcorder. >> it was like "60 minutes." >> it was. >> you said the thing that impressed you the most is the thing that struck you about kindness. i could not put it better. what was the thing that struck you the most about the people who lined up to get this care? >> well, pointe noire, congo, does fairly well because it is a port that is isps labeled, which means that you can ship international goods there and they have security. they work hard to keep that. there are most jobs there than in most of west africa. but the people that lined up, there were 7,000 people that lined up to come through the line. mercy ships has been there for three weeks. they have done promotion and pr up. posters were put around. some of the people around have never seen a doctor and they don't have the medical capacity to handle it. one of the doctors that you saw there, dr. gary parker, is a local doctor. one of the things mercy ships is trying to do is build up that capacity so a local doctor can

come and learn from a surgeon to try to make sure they catch the problem early and just learn the techniques that they learned on mercy ships over 27 years. >> dana, is there a place where people want to donate? >> i think this is really important. i think that's what's surprising about the people who work on the ship. there are 391 people there. they raise all of their own funds. it is not government money. they get money from churches and their friends. they raise it on their own. if you go to mercyships.org. you can sponsor somebody. i just want to tell you that if you do give any money, it is really, really well spent. >> go ahead. >> i want to know if there are situations where they cannot help a child right there, but maybe the child could be brought to the united states. do they have a funding mechanism for that? >> not necessarily. one baby was underweight. they have an infant feeding program. there is off ship an eye and dental place that does -- they'll see 50 patients a day in the dental area and then in the

eye thing, especially with cataracts. they can whip people right through there and everyone's a volunteer. >> eric, let's say you and i put a thousand bucks each in? >> no, you don't have to do that. but if you want to. >> we will. >> the week you were gone, i was hanging out in midtown. i saw somebody familiar. i thought i knew this person. so i took a picture of this person. this is interesting. took another picture. then if you can close in a bit. if you just look there. you can see the date of the newspaper. august 29th. >> my god. >> this is the week that you were in -- >> it was a ruse. it was all a ruse. >> she was here the whole time? >> this never happened. >> oh, yes. i went. i'd go again. >> what are you doing? >> just wave i my hand. >> bob's next. a topic some of us know at the table know a little thing about which is internet addiction. you can be checked into the hospital to be digitally detoxed? not on the mercy ship.

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you. >> many of you -- you know, i've struggled with addiction in life but there's one thing i haven't gotten addicted to, and that's the internet. unlike my co-host kimberly. there's now a hospital, the very first detox program for digital addicts. adam, do you want to sign up? >> no. why me first? i'm addicted to the blackberry to be honest with you. >> and twitter. >> and the twitter.

you say you're not addicted, but -- >> somebody throw a flag on that. i mean give me a break. >> i mean some days. dana, what about you? hey, listen, married woman. do you want to just shut up for a second here? >> that could also be called commitment. >> commitment. what's that? >> no. that could also be called romantic. >> eric was romantic yesterday. you missed it. >> one of the volunteers who volunteered last week talked about the phone use and that it's altering the chemistry in your brain. it's actually not giving you the joy you're seeking, so now i'm looking into learned how to crochet. >> to increase your dopamine? >> you've got no dopamine left anyway. >> they have an app for crochet. you can get on there and crochet on your phone. >> is that why you asked me? >> if this is your problem, be

thankful you're not huffing computer duster. >> have you done that? >> no, but it looks interesting. maybe this is why we're a nation of ambivalent people. they can't concentrate on anything anymore. have you talked to anyone about syria? they have no idea. it's fashion week in new york. that's what's going on. >> you can talk about both. >> i'm sure you have. >> you've been down there every day. >> try one day a week. >> like a sabbath. >> it's a good idea. if you take one day and don't look for a husband, you'd be better off. it's up next. ♪ wild thing ♪ wild thing back on her feet. [ all gasp ] oj, veggies you're cool. mayo? corn dogs? you are so outta here!

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. time for one more thing, e.d. >> some new programming notes. they've agreed to carry fox news. as part of the agreement syria will also broadcast fox business network. believe that will start on the 18th of next month, plus new shows. "a healthy you and carol alt," and "media buzz" hosted by

howard kurtz. >> what about your show? >> don't miss it. 11:30 a.m. saturday. >> b.b.? >> there's something on the internet. bile, i think, is the world they use. take a look at this. >> my name is matthew cordle, and on june 22nd, 2013, i hit and killed vincent canzani. this video will act as my confession. when i get charged, i'll plead guilty and take full responsibility for everything i've done for vincent and his family. >> since we have a short period of time, this is another example of what happens when you drink and you drive. >> k.g.? >> i want to talk about betty white who is now a guinness world record holder. 91 years old and i'm a huge fan

of "golden girls." she's earned the longest record for entertainment, fee machlt 74 years in the industry and she's still making people laugh and smile. that's a great. >> anyway, dana. you have something. >> you used to live in london? >> yes, i did. >> do you want to see architect annual it reflects so much light it melts cars. it melted a jaguar. there's so much light reflected on it, they don't know what they're going to do. >> see, this is how capitalism solves the energy crisis. you can go out there and make grilled cheese sandwiches for free. >> you can fry an egg for free. >> i love grilled cheese sandwiches. >> that was uncalled for. >> i'm sorry. >> and you hurt my feelings. not really.

gary, great guy, great actor, does a lot of shows for the military, those who have been injured in wars. he's got two shows coming up. if you want to go to the show -- they're great. he plays. he's in a band. go to garysinisefoundation.org. bay yetville on the 13th, charlottesville on the 14th. all the money goes to the wounded warriors. it's a great cause. he plays bass, i believe. >> he's a great guy. great american. >> i gave him a promotion. i made him captain. he was a lieutenant. >> lieutenant dan band actually. >> is that what they call them? >> do you know why? >> no. >> it's the character from "forest gump" that he plays. >> you're kidding, right, bob? >> hey. >> this is why we have scintillating debates on this show. >> i know.

>> ugh. >> unnecessary. you know, i think we're running out of time. >> we are. >> you know, really, literally, we are. we're all going to die some day. >> we're all running out of words. >> five, four, three, two, next. >> up next. fun. >> fun. hello, everyone. welcome to brand-new our inside america's news headquarters. >> topping the news this hour new violence erupting in syria as president obama returns home and pushes for military action. we take a look at what is at stake for everyone involved. plus, new signs that congress may not be ready to act on syria any time soon. can and shoot the debate really last for weeks on end? >> and many cities like detroit are struggling to make a comeback from the great recessi recession. but there is hope. we will show you how local

communities are fixing problems that the federal government hasn't been able to and why it could work in your hometown. but we begin with a fox news alert. president obama continuing to make the case for military action in syria, reportedly spechbding the weekend personally calling up members of congress ahead of a vote on whether the u.s. should intervene. this all coming amid new violence in syria where activists say at least 16 people have been kill ed in a new roun of shelling by the government. in the meantime in a news congress in paris secretary john kerry says the u.s. has to act now. >> we in the united states know and our french partners know this is not to be silent spectators to slaughter. this is not the time to send a message where doing nothing is far more risky than responding. this is not the time to allow a

dictator's unfettered use of some of the most heinous weapons on earth. >> molly henneberg is live in our d.c. studio now. >> we have new video to show you to show the suffering after the chemical weapons attack on august 21st. it was shown to some members of congress on thursday in a classified briefing. now it's being released by government officials and it comes in advance of president obama doing a round of tv news interviews in syria on monday and then his address to the nation tuesday night. at the same time secretary of state john kerry met with his european counter parts today. they want the u.s. to wait before launching an attack on syria until after the weapons inspectors lease their report. secretary kerry says president obama has not decided whether he'll wait for the u.n. report but said, quote, this is not the time to be silent spectators to

slaughter. >> this is not some far off place where something happened that's just one arab sect killing another arab sect at some site. these are chemical weapons where for almost 100 years america has banned its usage and during the time of war the only people that used them were adolf hitler and saddam hussein until bashar al assad. >> back home some members of congress are already letting president obama know that they're not intending at this point to support the president's efforts to launch a military strike against syria. arkansas democratic congressman mark pryor put out a statement and said, quote, before any military action in syria is taken, the administration must prove a compelling national security interest, clearly define a mission that has a

definitive end-state, and then build a true coalition of allies that would actively participate in any action we take. based on the evidence presented to me and the evidence i have gathered, i do not believe these criteria have been met, and i cannot support military action against syria at this time. the president will continue to make calls over the weekend to try to gain support for a military strike. molly and heather? >> thank you very much for that report. >> monday lawmakers continue a possible military strike on syria. president obama will sit down with fox news's chris wallace. that interview will air during a special report, which will be on monday at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> okay. so a little more background now on how we got to this point. syria's conflict first erupted in early 2011. security forces tried to tamp down protests, but the crackdown soon turned violent. since then more than 100,000 people are believed to have been killed in the civil war.

40,000 of them were civilians, and more than 5,000 of the victims children. by march of this year, reports of a chemical weapons attack in the city of aleppo, 25 people said to have been killed. some of those were soldiers. and since then we've gotten reports of other chemical weapons attacks, but by far the worst happened last month in the suburbs of damascus. more than 1,400 people were reportedly killed in that attack there, including more than 400 innocent children. their tiny bodies laid on the floor, no marks visible. if you could see their faces, it almost likes like they were sleeping. it was this attack that prompted president obama to call for u.s. military intervention. and those who have managed to escape the horror in syria, now levering in refugee camps. we understand there are more than 2 million refugees. many of them are children. some little ones traveled with their families. others without. many likely scarred by what

they've seen. well, retired general david petraeus announcing his support for u.s. military strike in syria and calling on congress to authorize the president to order an attack. now, the former director of the cia and former commander saying that strong action is necessary to keep future use of chemical weapons from happening again in syria, and that failure to attack would have serious consequences around the region and the world. meantime the syrian opposition saying this week that a limited strike may actually do more harm than good. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has more from the pentagon. >> reporter: following reports that the administration is considering a larger military campaign than originally planned, fox news spoke to the head of the supreme military council of the syrian opposition, who urged the u.s. to hit hard if it hits at all. >> we think that if there would

be a -- to harm the revolution, we'd like to see a very strong strike against the bashar al assad regime. >> sources tell fox that pentagon planners have been asked to revise the plans for this strike nr than 50 times as the assad regime continues to move its assets. >> that report is inaccurate, and i believe that when you have a limited proportional strike like this, not iraq, not putting boots on the ground, not some long drawn out affair, not without any risks but with manageable risks, that we should be willing to bear that responsibility. >> reporter: u.s. officials say the only reason to add air strikes from a naval mission would be to go after mobile

missile launchers, assad's missile chemical system. >> they are, in fact, moving resources around and in some cases placing prisoners and others in places that they believe we might target. at this point our intelligence is keeping up with that movement. >> reporter: but if congress gives the president permission for a strike, military analysts and members of congress are asking, then what? >> what if we execute the strike and then he decides to use chemical weapons again? do we strike again? well, that's the definition of further entanglement. that's the definition of our becoming deeply involved in a war. >> reporter: and now reports from russia suggest there are three russian naval vessels moved toward syria and a fourth from the black see. the kremlin says the ships are being sent to potentially evacuate russians from syria. the pentagon is not overly

concerned but they are watching them. jennifer griffin, fox news. >> a little later in the program, stay tuned. because we will have a live report from the middle east about how all of this is playing out on the ground. lawmakers are on capitol hill launching a new push to defund the president's health care law as a massive tech company signals that rising medical costs will force employers to make tough decisions. we have more from washington. >> reporter: big employers are showing signs they're not likely to keep providing benefits as medical costs rise. ibm is moving more than 110,000 companies off its sponsored health plan and giving them payment to buy their own coverage. he's the latest to join a long list pushing to defund obama care. they're urging funds to be

stripped from the sweeping law. at the same time boehner needs to create a strategy to avoid a shutdown. it would keep the government running until november. others are signing the obama care act to block funding. the address was delivered by a wyoming senator. >> the health care law has proven to be unpopular, unworkable, and unaffordable. as a result, people are confused, disappointed, and ang angry. >> despite that, the partisan remains strongly divided on the issue. some lawmakers both past and present oppose efforts to suffocate funds. they say it's time to move forward. >> it's better than the current system which is unaffordable and downright unhealthy for millions of americans. >> the marketplace for open enrollment starts in a few

weeks. back to you. >> elizabeth pran frn from washington. thanks, elizabetelizabeth. did you see it? the rocket launched off toward the moon. not going off quite without a hitch. brian llenas is live in our newsroom with more. brian, what went wrong? >> nasa fixed the hitch. shortly after launch yesterday the unmanned vehicle began spinning too fast causing the computer to shut itself down. well now it's back online. >> two, one, zero, ignition, and lift-off. >> labbee launched last night from virginia. it will need a full month to reach the moon, unlike the old quick three-day apollo flights.

the lunar probe the size of a small car will orbit the moon studying the lunar atmosphere in the hopes of understanding other atmospheres in our solar system. scientists are also investigating moon dust. it causes a mysterious lunar glow emanating from the surs have. vine activities believes the dust levitates from the moon's surface and even shoots up into the air. >> with labbee we plan to fly through the moon clouds and understand where it's being locked and how it's getting up there. >> it's leaving millions on the east coast with just breath-taking images like this one from the top of rockefeller center in new york city as labbee heads to the move. another over homes in washington, d.c., and this shot from point lookout state park in

maryland. those images never get old. the mission will last six months ending with the $240 million probe plunging into the moon. heather? >> they're trying to figure out if those images have been photoshopped at all because they really do look amazing. >> unbelievable. >> thank you so much, brian. and another story we have to bring you. just a short time ago in argentina, the international committee announcing the host for the 2020 summer games, and the winner is -- >> tokyo. >> tokyo. jubilation as the japanese got the news. tokyo beat out istanbul and madrid. you were saying madrid pick or that's who you thought you would win. >> i have to say, my in-laws, they're japanese. they live outside tokyo. they're happy. >> i'm sure. >> they were talking, heather, wondering how much of the games

would be held in tokyo and the outskirts of town as well. i'm sure a little bit of both. we'll find out. okay. there we go. moving on now as president obama calls for urgency on syria, word now that congress may not be ready to take up the issue for at least a couple of weeks, so why the delay and what will that mean for the situation on the ground? we'll have a fair and balanced debate on that coming up next. plus, power from the federal government slowly shifting to your hometown. up next, hear how it's working to help those battling the great depression. while washington and states bicker and tla, they issue the vanguard of policy and information, taking formative steps to grow jobs and remake the economy for the long haul.

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well, now, back to the crisis in syria. for days we have heard lawmakers say that they're ready to tackle the issue and decide whether the u.s. should intervene. now a newly released memo from

eric cantor painting a very different picture. quiet, members should expect a robust debate and vote on an authorization of use of military force pertaining to syria in the next two weeks." that's right. two weeks. cal thomas is a fox news contributor and syndicated columnist. thanks for joining us. >> good to be here. >> it cuts across party lines. house democratic leader nancy pelosi, she said she's not sure if she can get a majority of her congress on board. congressman peter king, republican, one of the biggest advocates for military action on the hill said he's not sure there are the 218 votes in the house needed for the resolution to pass. in fact, we've been talking about this informal tally. it shows only a few dozen members of the house have come out in support for military

action. so, cal, what do you think is going to happen and with this delay, does it change that? >> well, christy and i were talking before we came on the air and agree there's going to be a delay. i've not seen such unity, bipartisanship, not across the country but the department. it's brought americans together, huge numbers of people as they're calling their senators are opposed to this. it doesn't belong so much on syria as on iran. it's a proxy war. it's to take away from the real destruction, that is a nuclear bomb and if iran gets that, it won't be a few more than a thousand killed as they had in syria, it will be multiple thousands, perhaps millions. >> before we get into that, i want to touch on the polls that

cal mentioned. in poll after poll we see people over overwhe overwhelmingly against it. it might be an indication of what will happen. the senate two thirds are not up for re-election until 2016 or 20 2018, but 100% of the house members are up in 2014. >> that's right. >> the question is what has the greater influence? their constituents or the president? >> it's great question. we've got this weird situation now in congress where congressional leadership, not just reid and pelosi but also boehner and cantor are on rohr. they're supporting the president. however, as you just said, there are leading caucuses that do not support the president. no one wants to be in a position where they're leading and no one is following. that's part of why i think you're going to see this delay. i think they know in both parties the longer it's going to

be dragged out, the more the moment momentum. i think the more that the american people see that, you're going to see a rise in popular support for limited military strikes, not just the american people but also members of congress. >> we have chosen not to show that tape, the tape which was shown in a classified briefing but was not, in fact, classified because people can access it on youtube. all of this can be a moot point though. what happens to the president if the authorization for military action in syria goes down to defeat? take a listen to what the president himself said in responding to that question. >> i still haven't heard a direct response to brianna's question. the congress fails to authorize this, will you go forward with an attack on syria? >> right. and you're not getting a direct response. >> all right. you're not getting a direct response. what does that mean? what will the president do if

congress says no? >> he has the power, of course, as other presidents have done to conduct a preemptive strike. look, he's going lose this either way. if it dunld turn out well, he says he just wants to deplete, not eliminate, assad's chemical weapons ability, and he doesn't want to have a regime change. well, that means that assad will survive, he'll still have chemical weapons, and what will be the outcome? he'll seem stronger than ever. so i don't see a win situation for the president regardless of what he decides. >> christy finally, what does the president do? go against the american people and congress if, in fact, he says no? >> look, there are no easy answers here. i don't think it would be smart for him to communicate, telegraph to assad what he is or is not going do militarily but i do agree there are some people he can't please here. if he said he was going to

authorize would congressional approval, military strikes, he would have been under heavy criticism for going it alone. now that he has, he's going to look to congress for approval. i think he realizes there's some segment of the population he's never going to please. >> passing the buck, christy. passing the buck. >> thank you so much. appreciate your insight. i did want to mention the video that she just talked about, just released. we've chosen here at fox not to show it continuously. for more on the crisis in syria, don't forget to watch. senator rand paul joins us tomorrow only on fox news sunday. one small california raisin former is battling the feds

right now after refusing an order by the agriculture, taking almost half of his crop and he's taking his fight all the way to the supreme court. we have more live from los angeles. hi, dominic. >> hey, there. marvin horn say this is one of those laws from way back when, still kicking around, and no one really knows why or so. volume control for raisins was designed in the 1930s and it was designed to bump up prices to help those. now it's considered outdated. take a listen. >> they told us we're going to take 47% of your crop. i said, no. >> and so began marvin horn's 10-year battle against the depression era program. >> it's a simple thing. all the secretary of agent gig tur has to do is say, whole u

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welcome back. a fox news alert. the fighting there rages on. government forces pounding rebel positions with artillery fire near the capital damascus. at least 16 people have been killed according to activists on the ground. greg palkot is streaming video. greg. >> reporter: that's right. according toces inside

syria, the fighting rages as well. government physicians have been utilized to hit rebel forces on the outskirts of damascus. these are key positions that the rebels have been holding, and the government is trying to break through these lines to try to re-establish control throughout that metropolitan area. even more alarming, according to our contact, fighting rages in a town north of damascus. it is predominantly christian, and those involved include al qaeda-linked rebels doing battle with regime forces. we are told nuns, priests, are cowering in the convents and churches there caught in the crossfire. christians being targeted in the fighting, of course, has been a big concern in the last several months. now also that has been of concern here in damascus as well as in beirut and throughout the region, the fact that christians

could be in the line of fire and that has raised the concerns of the vatican, pope francis is calling for a day of prayer, a day of -- looking for peace in syria. we talked to one religious leader in the region, and he had some pretty strong words about the possibility of u.s. military action in syria. take a listen. >> against any attack, a strike from any side and especially from usa against syria is not -- it can't be limited, excuse me, to -- impossible to have a limited -- >> another protest outside of the u.s. embassy here in beirut. people are upset about the possibility again of a u.s. military strike. the state department is calling for the evacuation of nonessential personnel from the embassy here. they are boir worried about

retaliatory strikes from groups like hezbollah back to iran in the event of the new strike. new word from them. there could be consequences if america acts. back to you. >> greg palkot from lebanon. thank you. while washington and the states bicker and delay, cities vanguard, taking transformative steps to grow jobs and remake their economies for the long haul. there is a metropolitan revolution in the united states and it's time to remake the flag to reflect how the flag really questions. questions about how detroit and other hard-hit cities can make it in the face of economic hardship. a new book takes an optimistic look at the cities doing the hard work that the federal government can't. joining me now is the co-author of "the metropolitan

revolution," how cities and metropolitan areas are fixing our economies. the vermont of the metropolitan policy program. bruce, good to see you. >> thanks for having me. >> what is it and give us the best example of its success. >> sure. there's no doubt that the country faces major challenges in the aftermath of the recession particularly to grow jobs and there's no question that the federal government is mired in gridlock and that it's not coming to rescue any time soon. we find there are cities and metros and networks of leaders, governments for sure but also corporate civic university, they're growing jobs, making them more prosperous and looking at infrastructure, making manufacturing a priority in place like northeast ohio, making trade and exports and global engagement a priority in

places like portland. >> let me stop you for a second. when you're talking about making manufacturing more prevalent in places like ohio, what are you talking about specifically? >> what we're talking about are philanthropy and business coming together and helping small manufacturers sharpen their business plan, get the capital they need to retool their faciliti facilities, and help them find the skilled workers that they can grow their products and particularly export to the foreign markets that are really looking for american goods. something has happened in the aftermath of the recession, partly because of the shale gas revolution. we can make things again in the united states and we can particularly make them in places like northeast ohio with small firms if they get the support they need, that's what's happening there. >> and the support you're talking about, is it public opinion support? is it mainly donations or corporations -- in cooperation with some of the donations? >> well, if you talked to the

owners of the companies, what they'll say is we're growing, we have demand for our products, but what we need are workers. with the skills, they can come into our factories, come into our facilities and get to work. that requires a collaboration between business philanthropy and some of the institutions, whether it's high schools, that's a longer term place, or frankly the colleges. those are the workhorses of the system so manufacturing can compete globally. >> it seems like it's a pretty rather simple formula for cities to follow. is that right? >> well, the simple formula is first find those networks of institutions and leaders that are powering your city forward. a small number of them in the country really have an outside effect on our national output. set your vision based on what you're good at. what's your distinctive asset and advantage and find your

game-changer. it may be manufacturing in northeast ohio, infrastructure in denver, it may be exports in portland. >> okay. >> the key is not to wait for anyone in washington. they're not coming to the rescue any time soon. >> bruce, now, you know a lot of cities are cash strapped, so how do they sort of jump start themselves on the road to the metropolitan revolution? >> well, first of all, cities and metropolitan areas are not governments. they're institutions, companies, universities, philanthropies, right? so the federal government is a government. states are governments. >> again, can you answer my question, please? >> well -- well, what they're doing is they're basic ally making the hard choices, right? so they're investing in productive and innovative growth. they're not subsidizing the stadium or convention center expansions which they did in the past. they're beginning to invest in longer term growth that has

short-term impact. look at new york city. $130 million to attract teknion and cornell to the island. $2 billion in immediate investment, project 30d billion over the next several decades. that's smart investment, that's making hard choices, and that's what cities and metropolitan areas are doing. >> listen, we want all our cities to be healthy economically. so if there is a formula or solution out there, more power to it and let's make it happen. so it's called the metropolitan revolution. you are bruce katz, and we appreciate your time. thank you. >> thank you very much for having me, arthel. >> of course. what is at stake for our country as the debate plays out? susan joins us up next. to eat like i should. that's why i like glucerna shakes. they have slowly digestible carbs

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congress and the american people depending on how the debate plays out. susan is victim is here, she's a fox news contributor and professor of law at the university of science in southern california. hi, susan. >> hey, art. giev quite a mess here, don't we? >> we really do. let's start with this. how shaky is the public opinion ground that the president is standing on right now? >> oh, it's not shaky at all. it's very firmly against him. that's part of the problem, you know. and the sad part is, you know, the more you learn about the

rebel forces in syria and what's really going on, you know, oh, so you've got substantial representation of al qaeda, isn't that wonderful. i mean sometimes the enemy of your enemy is also your enemy, so this is not really an attractive war for most people, and i think the problem the president faces is he's asking congress to make what is in almost every way an unpopular vote but an essential one right now to protect the president's own credibility. i mean look how he looks in the world. he went out there, he said, this is the red line, we've drawn the red line, now he's gone back to congress, and if congress says to him, oh, no, never mind, he says, oh, let get me the eraser, let's erase the red line. it looks just tear snoobl yeah, it's terrible because if we go to that, if he acts unilaterally or following congress, whatever that seems to be, and at this point it seems to be lean to

anything other than a military strike you make a good point. what is the reputation of america? >> well, that's the thing. and i think that's why the calls to congressmen and women are going to be such tough ones because you're going get this call that says, look, i know you don't believe in our getting involved in the war in syria and i know you have troubles with this and that, but this is no longer just about that. this is about the president's credibility in the world. this is about america's strength in the world. this is about whether other leaders in the future will literally laugh at our president when he makes pronouncements if we don't back him up now. and i think to be honest, that's a very tough call to say no to. so, you know, the president's going to be pushing very hard. he really does need to win this vote. he -- you know, he just doesn't

look very strong if he doesn't. but it's not going to be the kind of vote that many democratic and republican congressmen and women are real eager to make. >> because then -- we'll talk about this -- the individual political risks. we were talking about house speaker boehner. he supports this surgical strike. nancy pelosi, just today sent her fifth letter approving it and senate majority leader harry reid he's predicting i'm going to get the 60 votes to win approval from the senate. so lots of political capital there sort of up for the carnage ring, if you will. what is that thing? the meat processor. that's what i was trying to think. >> they're going to grind that sausage, boehner and pelosi, will each make their own contributi contribution. but really it's going to be a hard sell for some of these guys, and while i do think if i were betting i would bet that

harry reid will get his 60 votes, and i think there'll be enormous pressure in the house to support the president. but i don't think anybody is going to come out of this whole process looking or feeling very good about the exercise. >> as you started out by saying, we've got ourselves in a big mess. susan estrich, always a pleasure. we'll see you later. thanks. she didn't hear me. bye, susan. don't forget, by the way, you can can read susan estrich's syndicated columbias in newspapers across the country every day and friday. heather? >> i was still thinking about the meat grinder. that was a good analogy there. so coming up next, the start of the school year already in full swing and coming up we're getting you plugged into the best and most affordable laptops on the market right now. so stay with us. when you realize you need to switch to verizon,

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than a plain old pin and paper to make it through the year. consumers rupt reports has a list of the best lap tops on the market now. joining suscarol. >> good to be here. >> nice to have you. >> you brought three of the lap tops here and we'll get to it and start with the sony viowa o. >> first of all they are computer reported tested and modelled. they passed our test and they are all windows eight lap tops. they have touch capabilities. just like a tablet has. it gives them a lot more flexibility. the reason i want to start with sony is that it has the col, adoptability. you can use like a lap top. but if you want a tablet. all you have to do is snap it in

place and you have a tablet. it is a little bigger. but it is col. >> this is $1400. and not as cheap as the others ones. you get extra adoptability. >> and now the samsung that you brought here. snshg the samsung is $1,200 and little bit less money and ten hours of bat row life. >> you can do something here. it is all touch screen. >> touch the windows button, windows eight touch iowa conis there and you can open the apps and similar to the way youous the tabletment >> you brought a game up. >> oh that is shark dash. >> you want to get rid of the fish in windows eight you pull

theap upon down. it is off of the screenment >> what is the age. older hoil or college. i don't think little kids need this much power. >> and then the hp. >> also a windows eight lap top rather and it is our budget choice of $750 and has a lot of power inside and you can do anything with this guy but doesn't have as much memory and ram as the others. >> ho much was the samsung? >> 1200. >> and that is 1400 and this is 750. >> they are trying to go toward the tab let because everyone is getting in the tab let act and trying to get the lap top to mimic it in >> you can use with a mouse and co board, but you have the touch screen option. >> which is better for kids and

why should they go for a lap top versus the tablet? >> that is for school work you need to be able to have the co board and power. tablet is for entertainment. >> they don't have the optical. >> you have to get a external one. ncolstuff. i like that you came by and brought colcan functional items here. >> and also ways for people to save money though. >> if you are a student, before you buy the computers. >> we have to go. harris faulkner is next with the fox report. no two people have the same financial goals.

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>> this is a fox report. tonight fox news receiving the same videos that the obama administration is showing law makers to make the case for striking syria this as our nation's top diplomats goes on the rod looking for anybody to join the administration's potential attack on syria. >> this matters to americans as a matter of security. the stability of the middle east matters to americans. but responding to the crisis in syria with u.s. military action remains a hard sale here at home and around the world. the fox report. the obama administration's latest effort