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green dream was a taxpayer nightmare. that is it. see you on "the five," everybody. have a great weekend. ♪ ♪ on the loose. two convicted killer ins florida, forged papers to get out of prison and register as felons without being caught. we'll have the very latest on the investigation. in to how their fake documents went undetected. under arrest. a twist in that deadly bullying case grabbing national headlines. the stepmom of one of the teens accused of bullying a young girl who later killed herself now charged with beating other children. and it's all caught on tape. how you, our fox viewers, helped police crack the case. in jeopardy, a young marine could lose his job for trying to protect young kids in afghanistan from abuse.
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i'm uma pemmaraju. america's news headquarters from the nation's capital starts right now. and we begin this hour with the latest on the two escaped killers in florida and the massive manhunt underway to find them. the orange county sheriff now saying he believes they are still in the area. but investigators are still trying to figure out just how the men were able to use forged paperwork to get out of jail. then sign in at another jail all without getting caught. brian yennis is joining us now with the latest on the efforts to get the guys. brian? >> hi, uma. embarrassing situation. they're both on the loose. we know they managed to forge documents and walk out of a florida jail but they walked back in an orange county jail three days later to register as felons. joseph jenkins walked out of a jail in the florida panhandle on 27th. he was serving a life sentence
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for murder. charles walker walked out of the same jail ten days later on october 8 and was serving life sentence for 1999 murder. authorities didn't realize their mistake until tuesday. and that's partly because both men did everything not to raise red flags. including walking back in to an orlando area jail where they were fingerprinted and photographed, registering as felons. a requirement under the law. both convicted murder gamed the system forging motions ordering the sentences to be reducedded and court documents granting their request. the documents were filed by an unknown accomplice. orange county police are offering $10,000 reward apiece for any information that leads to their capture. >> the most recent information we have is that the individuals are likely here in the immediate community. >> as the manhunt continues in the fifth day, the florida
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department of corrections is requiring pases to have all orders that call -- prison esto have all orders calling for release verified by the sentencing judges. interestingly, both men's forged document had the signature of the judge in the casey anthony murder trial. >> people are very creative. people send time trying to break -- spend time trying to break out of jails. there are various ways to break out of jail. guess what? this was one enterprising way to what? break out of jail. >> that is one way of putting it. the department of correction is going back and re-examining all prison release orders for every former inmate in the state to make sure this trick hasn't been played before. uma? >> unbelievable. all right, bryan. thank you if update. a new twist in the heart-wrenching online bullying case out of florida drawing national attention. the stepmother of one of the girls who has been charged with bullying 12-year-old rebecca sedgewick to the point
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she jumped off a tower and committed suicide is now facing charges of her own. vivian is now under arrest for child abuse for unrelated case after this disturbing video. take a look. after it surfaced. thanks to you, our fox viewers. you brought it to the police attention. it's a disturbing one. and we're going to talk very shortly with -- i understand now we do have the sheriff. sheriff grady judge who is directing this investigation. he is joining us now over the phone. welcome, sheriff. great to hue here today. >> well, it's my honor to be able to speak with you today. >> thank you, sir. i know you said, "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" following the arrest of the teenagers. the stepmother under arrest. what more can you tell us about her? >> she went on national television this last week saying, "oh, we watch my 14-year-old's facebook page. she doesn't bully. she's never bullied. i know nothing like that ever
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all of the media reports, some from your outlet, we received calls that said oh, yeah, if you think that is true. look at this. they led us to another daughter's facebook page where she was beating and beating and beating these children. so as a result, we arrested her for a totally separate event from the bullying episode we talked about all week long. >> it's so tragic and heart-breaking when you consider that video. when you first took a look at that disturbing video what ran through your mind and what impact is this having on the community where you live? >> well, we what ran through my mind initially is well, i can see where the 14-year-old learned violence. and learned to bully, because she was beating and beating and beating those children. as a result, i knew that we had to do an intervention for those kids that she had
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custody of her. as a result, we're not only doing criminal investigations against vivian but we're also called in the department of children and families to look out for the best interest of the children. >> what can you tell us in terms of the latest of the investigation related to the two teens? >> well, i can tell you that we are still plowing through e-mails and instant messages. we're still waiting for data to come to us. keep in mind that kick f.m. where it was to rignated came from out of the country. we're having a difficult time to get that information. a lot of kids cooperated with us and provided their electronic devices. we're going through the downloads from what they have provided to us. we don't know if there will be additional charges at this point in the investigation, but we brought appropriate
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charges against the 12 and 14-year-old for aggravated stalking, which in part led to this fragile child rebecca jumping to her death. >> it's an unbelievable tragedy. and one that is continuing to raise talk and generating headlines across this country. thank you so much for joining us today. all the best as you continue with the investigation, sir. >> thank you very much. i just want to encourage every parent in the nation to look out for their children. hug them, love them and if you really love them, check their electronic devices. >> absolutely. great advice for parents everywhere. thank you, sir. >> yes. heading overseas now. somalia's president is blaming a high-profile terrorist group for a suicide bombing that has killed at least 12 people and injuring another ten in mogadishu. police are saying that the attacker walked in to a restaurant, sat down and then set off the bomb. this latest attack puts a huge spotlight on the growing threat of more attacks by al-shabab. you may recall that group was tied to recent horrific mall
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attack in kenya. coming up at 12:30 we'll talk to congresswoman ileana ros-lehtinen, member of the house foreign affairs committee about what the u.s. is learning about this group and what is being done to prevent future attacks. a respected marine who warned of an insider attack threat at an afghan military base is now facing some tough charges that could end his career. his supporters claim that he is in trouble for political correctness and a time when serious issues are raised about the u.s. policies for intelligence. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge explain what is is at stake. >> the warning from the marine corps reservist and new york city firefighter told fellow marines that the senior afghan police official was a security risk, including allegations he sexually abused minors at the u.s. facilities in afghanistan. one of the afghan officials assistants and purported victims days later opened fire
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and killed three u.s. marines. but the supporters say his career is now in jeopardy, because of political correctness. and a genuine fear that revealing the facts of his case will expose the underbelly of u.s. policy in afghanistan. he now faces a board of inquiry as early as next month. where he could be forced out of the marines, for sending the warning from a yahoo!, rather than a classified account. even though bresler reported the error to his own supervisors. his supporters are medal of honor recipient dakota meyer, republican congressman peter king who has written about the case and the new york city fire commissioner. a spokesman at the marine corps reserve headquarters in new orleans declined to comment for fox news, citing the upcoming board and the military investigation that substantiated the mishandling of classified information. uma? >> thank you very much. now one of the attorneys representing the major is joining with us more.
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jason tried to warn authorities about the potential threat, about this afghan police officer who was allegedly raping young children. and yet, those warning went ignored. why? >> uma, that is right. we don't know why the warnings were ignored. that's one of the have to find out. but the key thing is jason did the right thing. >> you content that is all because of the political correctness, that he is in trouble because the u.s. was looking for way not to spotlight growing concerns about afghan policy that the united states was setting there? >> we're not sure why the marine corps is pursuing the charge against jason bresler. he received emergency request for information from the marines marines in afghanistan and he answered truthfully in an effort to protect children. >> what impact do you think this case and the message it's sending to military officers -- to military across the board in afghanistan for example, if there is a concern, they want to raise? >> uma, the most important value in the military is integrity. there is a potential of a
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chilling effect. if you are asked a question you answer honestly to protect your fellow marines and then you are brought up on charges for that. >> at this point you have supports who are stepping up to the plate, to try and see that this is not a career-ending move. what is being done to make sure that you can try to intervene to provent that from happening. >> there is overwhelming outpouring of support for marines and congressman peter king -- >> decorated veteran. >> fought in the difficult campaigns and received bronze star in fallujah and helmand. >> you feel confident you can help in a way to make a difference? >> we do. my law firm is representing him pro bono. we feel they will see the facts and agree jason did the right thing. >> thank you for joining us. we'll continue to follow the story. all the best. gubernatorial race with national interest. and big names like hillary clinton and ted cruz. coming up, we take a look at
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welcome back, everybody. boy, that was quick. congress struck an 11th hour deal, you may recall this week, to raise the debt ceiling. thursday the first day the treasury could borrow money to cover government expenses, the u.s. debt jumped to record levels. now stands at more than $17 trillion. the nation latest government shutdown may be over but what about the high-profile g.o.p. rift within the party it created? the tea party backed conservatives versus the moderates. the first-time senators going head-to-head with the so-called republican establishment? what is done now to close the divide and can the party unite enough to push ahead on issues like obamacare and immigration at a time so many americans
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are mad at both republicans and democrats? "new york times" best-selling author ann coulter is joining us now with her insight. thank you for being here today. it wasn't only that the pundits were declaring the tea party conservatives were among the biggest losers in shutdown, moderate republicans wasted no time spouting off as well. talk to me about what the g.o.p. will do on damage control and unite on bigger issues like immigration? >> i'm surprised some of the tea party conservatives are saying it was a loss. it was magnificent. all republicans should be proud of what just happened. i keep comparing the government shutdown from 1995 to this one. in 1995, there was no fox news, no internet. and that's why public opinion was basically split. the two polls that you have been, have been, you know, cried from the rooftop over
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the last week showing republicans at the lowest, the most hated they have been. they're propaganda. they are not of likely voters. they are polls of all adults and any pollster would tell you it's meaningless. polls of all adults are people who can't name the vice president. you want polls of the likely voters and they say they are split. the biggest difference between this shutdown and the 1995 shutdown -- and i don't understand why people don't recognize this -- is republicans had huge majority in the house and senate in 1995. republicans pulled this off, established themselves clearly as the party representing the will of all people against obamacare. exposing the democrats as being willing to shut down the government. simply so that they don't have to live under obamacare. they did it for three weeks. i don't see the point of continuing it, we don't have the votes in the senate.
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the republicans should be thinking we need to win elections, the theme of chapter one of my book. not just tea party or establishment, there are all sorts of people harming the republican party for their own interest. sometimes it's libertarians. you are talking about the virginia governor's race coming up. cuccinelli, ken cuccinelli, this wonderful republican attorney general running against -- >> terry mcauliffe. >> a rather disreputable democrat. terry mcauliffe. the fact that this is close at all, cuccinelli, the republican is about ten points behind at least in some of the polls i have seen. mcauliffe, libertarian is polling at 10 points. libertarian hurt us, sometimes the tea party hurts us, sometimes the establishment republican consultants hurt us. the point is we need to win elections. the democrats do not lose close elections. >> to those point, the mid-term elections are more than a year away. normally voters have short memories. do you think the point republicans made in this shutdown, though, was worth
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the price that some of them feel was too high? >> i don't think it will hurt at all. if anything it will help. by branding the republican party, the anti-obamacare party. the problem is more with threats to primary republicans and safe republican seats like mitch mcconnell and mike enzi in wyoming. mcconnell is in kentucky. we don't have a ten-vote margin in the united states senate. in fact we're in the minority. >> ann, let me jump in here. >> we need to pick up seats. >> who is going -- in the party for the split, who will drive the party on the road ahead? >> in some ways this is fortunate and some ways it's unfortunate. the republicans aren't driven by one voice. we are not followers like the democrats. that can hurt us. sometimes i wish we had someone as ruthless as chuck schumer leading the party and
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telling us to concentrate on defeating the democrats and replacing them with the republicans in the senate. like mark pryor in arkansas and mary landrieu in louisiana. no rez the races we need to concentrate on. not on the incumbent republican seats. if you don't like what mitch mcconnell is doing in the senate, give him a majority. that's what the republicans need to concentrate on and the theme of my book. >> end it there. the book is called -- >> "never shut a liberal over three. especially a republican." >> there you go. the latest book. and we welcome you as always. we thank you for joining us for the insight and the best with the new book. >> thank you. >> the swing state of virginia is set to pick a new governor in three weeks. in one of the most watched races in the nation. with election day coming up fast, polls show republican ken cuccinelli slipping further behind democrat terry mcauliffe. the real clear politics average showing mcauliffe leading 46% to 39%. and today, the former democratic rundraiser brings
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old friend hillary clinton back in the fray. molly henneberg has the latest on what is going on there. molly? >> we haven't seen much publicly from hillary clinton since she stepped down as secretary of state back in february. but today he is will endorse a long-time clinton ally, gubernatorial candidate for virginia terry mcauliffe. the name may sound familiar to her. mcauliffe was the chairman of the secretary clinton 2008 presidential campaign and one of the cochair of former president bill clinton 1996 re-election campaign. hillary clinton already hosted and will host more rundraisers for mcauliffe. according to mcauliffe's wife, speaking about the event today, dorothy says our good friend hillary clinton will join to us raise awareness of how important is it for virginia women to get out and vote for terry in this election. the republican candidate for governor of virginia is ken cuccinelli, the current attorney general of the state. he will campaign if virginia today with someone else who
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also run for president. former arkansas governor mike huckabee, now a fox news host. cuccinelli a long-time opponent of obamacare, gave the republican weekly radio address today and said that obamacare poses a grave threat to virginians. and the future of their healthcare. >> my alma mater, the university of virginia, just announced that it will no longer be able to provide healthcare coverage to many spouses of their thousands of employees. just two weeks ago the fairfax county water authority, significant employer in northern virginia announced it will have to drop coverage for its employees because of obamacare's taxes. >> mcauliffe's campaign said that the debate is over on obamacare and time to implement the law. cuccinelli has called the roll out of obamacare a national embarrassment. uma? >> molly, thank you very much. >> well, intelligence sources warn of a growing terrorist threat to americans. florida congresswoman ileana
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ros-lehtinen will be joining us next live with more on that. and life imitates art or maybe it's the other way around. former vice president dick cheney reveals that a shocking assassination scene that played out on a popular television show was all too real possibility for him. >> you okay? [ female announcer ] the best thing about this bar it's not a candy bar. 130 calories 7 grams of protein the fiber one caramel nut protein bar. prefer the taste of gevalia house blende over thtaste of starbucks house blend?
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welcome back, everybody. here are the top stories in today's fox news flash. investigators in florida trying to figure out who created fake documents to help spring two convicted killers out of jail. a manhunt underway on for
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charles walker and joseph jenkins. they're believed to have used forged documents to get out of jail. new york police say they have arrested another biker in that road rage attack on an suv last month. this is the latest in a string of arrests including an undercover police officer that was with those bikers during that attack. and new jersey becomes the latest state to conduct same-sex marriages. licenses are being given out one day after the state supreme court decided not to delay a ruling from a lower court recognizing same-sex marriage. texas is publicly naming and shaming the top toll offenders in the state by publishing their names, hometowns, number of violations and the amount they owe. the state claims it's owed more than $27 million in unpaid violations. and offering settlements and payment plans to those offenders. that's a quick look at the top stories making news right now. turning now to news that is making headlines overseas.
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intelligence sources are telling fox news there is growing internet chatter by terrorists urging followers to kidnap americans overseas. retaliation for u.s. delta forces is nabbing the operative al-libi this month. right now, al-libs in new york facing the terror. i charges. and a new threat warning. the same terror group that carried out the deadly mall attack in kenya may plot a similar attack. the u.s. embassy in uganda is on alert. the group called al-shabab thought to be fading away, but it seems to be regrouping. and there is a lot to discuss with rep ileana ros-lehtinen who is part of the house foreign affairs committee. thank you for joining us. >> thank you, uma. >> the latest news of the group that may be tied to al-shabab today with the attack on the suicide bomber that killed 12 people there. >> well, al-shabab poses a clear and present danger to
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the entire region of east africa and the u.s. national interest in that region. what they want is they want to control uganda. they want to say, i -- somalia. they want to say we want all the foreign fighters out from uganda, kenya, jabuti, ath opennia and all of -- ath opennia and all of those -- ethiopia and all of those places so they are saying that you have stay out. we are invested and we want a peaceful state. somalians don't want the terrorist group there either. now al-shabab has warn allegiance to al-qaeda, formerly a few years ago. so what we thought would be a ragtag deadly terrorist group has now gotten a lot of infrastructure funding and health and support from al-qaeda. based in afghanistan. trained there. under the leadership of people
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like usama bin laden. and now they are a force to be reckoned with throughout that area. the united states is giving help to somalia but al-shabab is claiming credit for another deadly attack. just yesterday. they claimed maybe 13 to 25 people because they are targeting westerners and also troops from the areas around somalia, because they say we own this country, you foreigners get out. >> yeah, there is a strong united states connection to the recruiting efforts that are going on there. >> we are very worried about what is going on, especially in one particular state, in minnesota that has a large somalian population that some of the youth, diseffected youth are being targeted and being recruited by this, these terrorist groups to be part of this jihadist movement. remember this is a terrorist group, islamic militant group
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that wants to establish shariah law. because of the large somalian population in minnesota, a population that does not want to be part of this, but there are certain young people who are diseffected, they are part of gangs. and so they see a susceptible audience. they are getting these americans somalia kids to go back and fight for al-shabab and what they want to do is they want to establish the shariah law which goes against the interest of the people in the region. they take credit for the deadly bombings. they took credit for the one in kenya. they took credit for the one yesterday in somalia. they are going to continue and now uganda, as you pointed out, is on high alert. that is the first time in a few years since the last terrible attack that they have had high alert and all westerners are told be careful. a they target also restaurants, what they call the foreign troops frequent. meaning they want to control somalia, they are not going to
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stop. now they're recruiting in the u.s. this is a very explosive and deadly situation. >> but there is a big concern, is there not, about whether or not the african governments can really get a handle on thwarting the efforts of the terrorist groups, because so many people are concerned that these governments are not set up to really deal with the terrorists in a very specific way? >> well, we want to do everything that we can to stabilize these governments. we want to make sure that they have the tools needed so that they can repel these terrorist organizations, themselves. when they can't, then we had our incredible men of the navy seals out there. trying to capture some of the leaders. and yes, those leaders will be replaced by others. but you do get to dismantle this terrorist network. so, these governments, in somalia and around somalia want to work with the u.s.. they want the tools needed to
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fight off the extremist elements. the people and the governments there don't want al-shabab to own any country. so they are working with us to do everything they can do expel this terrorist organization. but i think this is going to be the new, the new hotbed of militant, islamic, extremist jihadist who want to rule by terror and they think the united states will not have the staying power to continue the fight. they say look at iraq. they left. look at afghanistan. they are going to leave next year. we, al-shabab, are going to rule in east africa. so that is going to be the new base of operations. >> they are banking on the fact they don't think the u.s. has what it takes to, you know, to keep up the fight against terrorism in that part of the world. so that is -- >> you're right, uma. it's not our fight, but we want to help those governments fight the fight. and that is why we have sent them aid, we have trained
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them. we are giving them all that they need so that they can be the leaders and the government of their own people. nobody wants these terrorists organizations to own any country. but they are making their mark and they are saying somalia belongs to us, and they say it plainly, clearly, and they telegraph it by all of these bombing raids. it's very sad because they are targeting innocent civilians and soldiers that want to help the people. >> thank you for sharing your insight with us. appreciate it. >> thank you given his health history, former vice president dick cheney has a lot of valid reasons to worry about his heart. here is a concern i bet you didn't know he had. heart attack by terrorist. interesting stories like this arem copping out as cheney promotes his new book. elizabeth prann is joining us now with more on the revelations. >> hi, uma. you are right. the vice president dick cheney
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candidly revealing his fears in office in the new book "heart, an american medical odyssey." he says he and his cardiologist jonathan reiner agreed to turn off his implanted defibrillator in case of a terrorist attack -- excuse me, what it does, fatally shocks the heart's rhythm. perhaps sounding far fetched until it was played out in the episode of the showtime series "homeland." take a look. >> in an interview with "60 minutes" cheney sid it was a credible theory. if he could adjust the defib raters -- defibrillators who is to say that somebody else can as well? it can control the heart beat and control them with electrical jolts. >> i was aware of the danger, if you will, that existed. i found a credible because i
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knew from the necessity to adjust my own device that it was an accurate portrayal of what was possible. >> now despite his life-long battle with heart disease and family history, cheney said it never served as a distraction during his time in office. that sentiment was echoed all throughout his new book. at one point he writes "i never believed that the disease inhibited my capacity to do my job." i basically dealt with each problem as it came up relying on my doctors to keep track of how i was doing physically. i did not sit in my office wringing my hands, worried about when the next heart attack would occur." reiner who also writes in the book gave another firsthand account the day the america suffered the worst terrorist attack of our history, 9/11, cheney's heart attack was so abnormal he was afraid the vice president would go to cardiac arrest. back to you. >> amazing revelations indeed. thank you. great deal of attention is
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welcome back. it's not just patients concerned about the cost of obamacare. issues with the exchange roll-out has healthcare professionals raising red flags as well, concerned their patient won't get the needed coverage they deserve and need. dr. rummy is the chief of pled call staff at the memorial hospital and ceo of the cardiology. and you are a georgetown professor. great to have you here today. i know that you are not alone in terms of those from the healthcare industry who are saying you know what? we have some serious problems with this roll-out. getting people to sign up for the affordable care act, because there are some real red flags here. give me your impressions what about you have seen so far with the roll-out itself. >> we found that our costs jumped 40% last year in anticipation of people not having altered insurance
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premiums on the preexisting illnesses. the second thing is we went in the exchange and tried to see whether or not it might be cheaper for the practice itself to go in to the exchange and see. we have couldn't, we couldn't enter the exchange. we couldn't find out what the premiums might be for ourselves. this is what we have seen. despite the great silicon valley support for the obama administration, the programming, the basic nuts and ideas of the idea is poor and cumbersome. >> as this continues, of course, a lot of people are concerned that folks are just going to give up and not sign on at all. particularly, those who can least afford to give up. >> i think people have given up. but the concept that poor people who can't afford a smartphone are even going to go online i think was one that suggested that people that designed this didn't think ahead about who the real customers were. >> this is interesting. you point out in articles that
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increasing coverage doesn't necessarily mean you will increase access to affordable healthcare. >> we know this already. we know that for instance, there are probably 12 million medicaid recipients who because of issues of access and because of the cumbersome paperwork burdens that exist don't access medicaid already. i don't think the software glitches and the the increased bureaucracy of this is going to make that any easier. probably worse. >> have you been able to see and talk to colleagues throughout, are they ready to handle the onslaught of folks wanting to be part of the obamacare faction in terms of being able to get that type of insurance coverage? >> most of us don't think there is really going to be such an onslaught. most of my colleagues don't participate in medicaid. because medicaid and medicare, the majority of us know don't cover the cost of participation. many of us aren't going to participate at all.
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but given the fact that so few people are going to be able to access this, we don't really see this as being an issue. >> well, all right. well, there is a lot at stake right now. i know you are keeping close watch on it. thank you for joining us today. appreciate your insight. >> thank you very much. >> obamacare is intended to provide coverage for almost all but it's having the opposite effect as we have been reporting on many, including owners at one small business. senior national correspondent john roberts sat down with one person to talk more about this. >> debbie and larry started the temp staffing business five year ago in what they call the worst economy ever. doing anything they could to stand out. >> i would bake sourdough bread and jam and deliver it to the prospects. >> the boutique operation have grown to 18 employees. all of whom deliver generous healthcare benefit. they manage 400 temps who can buy in a separate plan. when obamacare kicks in, all
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of those employees get lumped in to the same pot. >> the way the regulations work is that they count all of the hours worked by all the staff. including all the tetch rares. >> under obamacare rules, their full-time staff will suddenly leap from 18 to more than 200. they would have to provide health insurance for all of them. something they say would sink their business. >> the reality is we can't. it's just, it's too expensive. >> so the company will have no choice but to pay the fine of $2,000 per employee per year. and cancel health insurance for everyone. including their 18 current full-timers. >> it's a sad situation that they will lose their coverage that we like worse have chosen for them. but they are going to lose it. >> they are beyond frustrated and the specialty they say is getting people back to work but obamacare will change the way they do business. even possibly limit its growth. while the fine is way below the cost of providing healthcare, it could still take $400,000 off their bottom
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line in just the first year. >> it does make me very angry that we work so hard and someone says you have to do it this way. i will affect us very negatively. >> they are hopeful with a year's delay in the implementation of the employer mandate, the administration will realize the unintended consequences of the law and make changes. with the way the white house has its heels dug in on obamacare, they don't expect that to happen. in atlanta, john roberts, fox news. and coming up -- one of the most amazing stories of the year. inspiring one indeed. florida teen orphan since birth asked his church to get the thing he wants most: a family. steve austin has nothing on him. meet frank, short for frankenstein. he is better, stronger, faster. that is coming your way next.
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well, this is a story that really captured my heart this week. it appears it has had a
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tremendous impact on thousands across the country as well. 15-year-old orphan pleads to his church for what he wants the most, a family. it seems that church and the florida children's home that has the boy have been inundated with calls after davon told his congregation that he would take anyone whether they were, quote, old or young, a dad or a mom, black, white, purple. his only request was that they love him. congresswoman karen bask co-chairs a congressional coalition on adoption and she has this to say. >> children in the child welfare system face rejection so many times in their lives, moving from foster home to foster home, and i understand this young man lived in a group home, but i know that because of his act of courage, i have no doubt that he's going to be adopted very soon. >> well, at last count, we've heard that 10,000 offers have gone out to daveon to bring him
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home to them. we understand the adoption place will be taking place with one of those people who come forward. once kids reach the age of 9, their chance of adoption reduces significantly. there are nearly 400,000 children in foster care. he tried to find his biological mom last summer and discovered she had died. we'll keep you updated. the bionic man isn't science fiction anymore. >> we're certainly not redefining what it means to be human yet. because i think what it means to be human has to do a lot with the personality and the consciousness of a human, and that's something that we cannot replace and we'll probably never be able to replace. >> okay, that is a social psychologist. takes on the world's first ever bionic man. created entirely of bionic body parts donated from laboratories around the globe. his creators call him frank,
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short for frankenstein. unlike the $6 million man, frank only cost about $1 million to build. myer hosts a new documentary on the smithsonian channel and says this was part of the effort to improve the technology used to help disabled people. >> the idea for the bionic man was brought about by the amazing advancements we've seen in bionic technology only within the last three or four years. we saw this explosion of innovation. suddenly products making it to the market, which would have been pure science fiction only five years ago. >> the incredible bionic man premieres on smithsonian channel tomorrow at 9:00 p.m. eastern. well, there's a country song about beer for my horses, but how about wine for your cat? that's right, cat lovers could now have no excuse to ever drink alone. [ male announcer ] it's simple physics...
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a body at rest tends to stay at rest... while a body in motion tends to stay in motion. staying active can actually ease arthritis symptoms. but if you have arthritis, staying active can be difficult. prescription celebrex can help relieve arthritis pain so your body can stay in motion.
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because just one 200mg celebrex a day can provide 24 hour relief for many with arthritis pain and inflammation. plus, in clinical studies, celebrex is proven to improve daily physical function so moving is easier. celebrex can be taken with or without food. and it's not a narcotic. you and your doctor should balance the benefits with the risks. all prescription nsaids, like celebrex, ibuprofen, naproxen and meloxicam have the same cardiovascular warning. they all may increase the chance of heart attack or stroke, which can lead to death. this chance increases if you have heart disease or risk factors such as high blood pressure or when nsaids are taken for long periods. nsaids, like celebrex, increase the chance of serious skin or allergic reactions or stomach and intestine problems, such as bleeding and ulcers, which can occur without warning and may cause death. patients also taking aspirin and the elderly are at increased risk for stomach bleeding and ulcers. don't take celebrex if you have bleeding in the stomach or intestine, or had an asthma attack, hives, other allergies to aspirin, nsaids or sulfonamides. get help right away if you have swelling of the face or throat,
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or trouble breathing. tell your doctor your medical history. and find an arthritis treatment for you. visit celebrex.com and ask your doctor about celebrex. for a body in motion.
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check out what we found on fox news.com today. wine for cats. the drink is made from wine grapes but it has no alcohol. it's only sold in japan. that's going to do it for me, everybody. hello, i'm kelly wright. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> great to have all of you here. top being the news this hour, a jaw-dropping revelation coming out of a new autobiography from dick cheney. saying he seriously feared an assassination attack from someone hacking into his pacemaker. we'll have more. and stumping for

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