things just kept getting worse for one bicyclist. first it was raining, he was stuck in traffic. he decided to go around a line of cars through a muddy puddle but hit a pothole and went right into the puddle. his embarrassing fall was captured on video by someone on a passing bus so we can watch it again and again. thanks for watching. here's shep. the hunt for a killer. u.s. and british investigators now said to be close to identifying the islamic state terrorist seen in the video with murdered american freelance journalist james foley. voice analysis. internet detective work and now word they could be trying to match the veins on his hand to pictures of known jihadists. how exactly will all this work? plus, people in the san francisco bay area bracing for even more aftershocks following the strongest earthquake to hit the region in a quarter century. we will speak with one napa wine maker, a small businessman who claims he lost tens of thousands of dollars worth of wine in one story of a real hit to a family.

it's a busy day. let's get to it. >> now, "shepard smith reporting." the united states could soon expand its attacks on islamic state fighters targeting them in syria as well as iraq. but the united states will not go it alone. that's the word today from military officials who say they are preparing a list of options, a list that includes air strikes in syria. they say any new campaign against the islamic state terrorists would involve the united states working with a team of several nations. the united states is already striking the militants in northern iraq but has not yet gone after them in neighboring syria. pentagon officials say it would take more than bombs to get rid of the threat. >> air strikes alone are not going to solve the threat that they pose. it's not going to completely eliminate the challenge that they represent. and i think we all agree with that. but isil is a growing network,

they are well resourced, they are well led, they do pose a regional threat. >> the islamic state militants control an enormous section of land stretching between the two countries. the areas that you see on this map in red through there. that's raised concerns that the militants could retreat into syria, far from where the united states is currently doing any bombing. for their part, the syrians' foreign minister today warned the united states must have permission before launching any air strikes there in syria. he said without permission from syria, any u.s. air strikes would be seen as an act of aggression. of course, getting permission from the syrian government means essentially teaming up with that country's president, bashar al assad, something that would have been unthinkable just a few months ago, and it may be right now. assad, of course, the leader the united states has accused of gassing, bombing and executing his own people. the united nations now estimates nearly 200,000 people have died in the ongoing civil war. ed henry on fox top story live for us at the white house this

afternoon. do we know at all what the president's thoughts are on this day of what the next steps should be, ed? >> well, i will tell you that josh earnest was very cautious today as far as briefing after the president's vacation, back to work. basically would not directly say even whether the president has officially gotten military options from the pentagon, from general martin dempsey, defense secretary chuck hagel who, by the way, is meeting here at the white house with the president this afternoon. obviously that's one possibility that the president could eventually be officially presented potential options for military strikes in syria. something that they have confirmed privately that they are already considering. the other issue josh was dealing with was whether or not they will officially go into syria, whether they will expand beyond iraq as you have been talking about. remember, general martin dempsey, the joint chiefs chairman, last thursday suggested the only way to defeat isis is to go inside syria. i pressed josh earnest on whether the president agrees

with that assessment. listen. >> what the chairman was saying is that yes, obviously you have to make gains against isil in syria in order to defeat isil. what you shouldn't necessarily do is jump to the conclusion that that means robust american military action is required in syria to further accomplish that goal. >> it certainly sounded like general dempsey last week was talking about robust military, actually the potential for it, inside syria. he's now at the pentagon, they have been clarifying those comments clearly at the white house podium trying to tamp that down a little bit and make sure there's not a rush into syria now as the president weighs his options. >> we reported that the syrians are now saying if there are any air strikes in syria, that would mean getting permission from bashar al assad which sounds to me on the face of it like a non-starter. is that true? >> it certainly does sound like a non-starter. we pressed josh earnest on that as well. the white house in recent weeks has made a distinction that in

iraq, there has been u.s. air strikes because the iraqi government invited the u.s. government in to help battle isis. in this case, with syria, up until today, there have been no invitations from the assad government and instead, what the assad government now seems to be saying is look, we might work with you to fight isis but we're not going to allow the u.s. to come in with air strikes on its own. we pressed josh earnest. he simply would not address that directly because it appears the president wants to keep his options open. you know, potentially go in with u.s. air strikes, obviously, without assad's permission because they don't really care what assa but remember, one year ago this week, the president considered u.s. air strikes in syria, stopped short of that by saying i'm not going to move forward unilaterally without approval from congress. he wanted a consensus. again, we pressed josh earnest, this time will he go to congress. he only would say he will consult with congress. didn't say he would get congress' approval first. so they may be rethinking what they said a year ago and might move forward on their own this

time but they want to weigh it out first. >> ed henry at the white house. good of you. thank you very much. let's go to d.c. and bring in the former assistant secretary of state, p.j. crowley, now professor in practice at george washington university. this started with very clear goals for the united states. the goals were two, protect americans who were at the base in baghdad and secondly, stop a genocide from happening. they said at the time and they say to this day no boots on the ground. you don't have to be a genius to know there are more than 1,000 boots on the ground already and this idea of expanding to syria, your thoughts? >> well, they are part and parcel of a common challenge. obviously the islamic state holds territory on a border that has less and less significance between syria and iraq. but as ed was just mentioning, there are two fundamentally different environments there. if we were to take military action in syria, one is for what purpose is it expansive, is it

limited, and the second is it a discrete operation or part of a campaign. if it's the latter, the first thing you have to do is take out major sections of the syrian air defense system because you have to understand that this will be moving into a hostile military environment. >> what are your greatest concerns as we continue with boots the ground now in iraq and now apparently are considering air strikes in syria? >> i think we have to look at military action in terms of a larger solution which has to involve the political element. obviously the military operations in iraq have been very successful, but the long-term goal here is to get the iraqi government to be far more effective and far more inclusive than it was under al maliki. if the iraqi government performs well, you have every reason to believe that we could see the same dynamic in iraq today, or soon, that we saw with the anbar awakening in 2006 and 2007, in

which case the sunnis and shia together will help push out the islamic estate. we don't have a viable political solution because you are in syria fighting multiple adversaries, not just the islamic state but also the assad government and also hezbollah is there as well. putting that together is a far more complex calculation than what we're seeing in iraq. >> doesn't a limited and short-term military operation on the part of the united states leave open the possibility that that would be an enormous recruiting tool for these terrorists, that a short-term limited operation, history tells us, brings in more adversaries, creates a larger problem. what's your degree of concern on that front? >> i think what the white house said last week was if we are pursuing those who are responsible for james foley's death, borders don't matter. that takes you back to kind of where we were with the bin laden raid, obviously went in, did the job and then had to deal with

what the pakistanis thought after the fact. the real question is are we going to take the step of recognizing that in order to defeat the islamic state in both contexts, iraq and syria, we have to have an expanded aggressive long-term military challenge or military strategy, but that has to be combined with some sort of political strategy and that's been the dilemma of syria for the past three years. obviously countries like iran, countries like russia, have thwarted any -- every opportunity to try to find a political solution in syria. >> p.j. crowley, very good of you. thanks very much. keep in mind, stated goals, when all of this began, one, protect american people and interests in baghdad at the embassy there, and two, stop a genocide from happening. which has apparently according to american officials, happened. now we have more than 1,000 troops on the ground and now, they are considering air strikes in syria with the same goals

listed and the word that there is no mission creep. we report, you decide. word today that the militant who carved off the head of the american journalist james foley revealed a major clue to his identity by not covering his hands. two clues, actually. we will get to that as our coverage continues across america and around the world.

the terrorist who appeared in the islamic state video that showed the beheading of the journalist hid behind a mask, but the militant did not cover his hands and the new part is a counter intelligence source now tells fox news that may have been an enormous mistake on his part. you see, this source is telling investigators are mapping veins in the terrorist's hands, analyzing his skin tone to help identify him, and analyzing voice patterns. the source also says the terrorist is part of a group of about a dozen extremists who are active on social media and close to the islamic state's top leaders. the british ambassador to the united states yesterday reported that intelligence officials in the uk are quote, very close to identifying foley's killer. meantime, reports indicate that some forensic analysis indicates that the suspect may have been a front man of sorts, so maybe not a killer but a front man. you see, the video shows the terrorist appearing to start

cutting off foley's head, but then it fades to black before showing the journalist's decapitated body. in other words, the analysts say somebody else must have actually killed foley, or may have actually killed foley. the video is clearly edited. the journalist's parents say they have posted online the final letter that he wrote during his time as prisoner, saying islamic state militants took the original letter but foley had another hostage memorize it and then dictate it after his release. the letter as dictated reads, i remember so many great family times that take me away from this prison. dreams of family and friends take me away and happiness fills my heart. katherine herridge is live in washington. what more are we learning about this analysis, the veins and the left-handedness and all the rest at which they're looking? >> well, in addition to those voice recordings, fox news is told investigators are analyzing the skin tone, the killer is left-handed as you mentioned, as well as distinguishing characteristics such as the

pattern of veins which can be as unique as a fingerprint according to a former senior investigator with the fbi. >> if you can get two pictures where the veins and any markings on the skin match up, there are just very few people who have moles and veins that are the same in their hands. it's pretty good in a court of law. >> investigators want a high degree of confidence because as the attorney general said last week, all options are on the table and privately, u.s. officials say that does include legal force in this case. >> what more are we learning on the investigation? any specifics? >> well, federal investigators have also identified the social media account that was used to post the foley execution video and this is described to fox news as a key part of the electronic forensic trail of evidence. counterterrorism source says there are dozens of social media accounts linked to isis senior leadership and the data suggestion the isis leader al baghdadi provided his blessing

or takcit approval for foley's murder. >> both have to be at the top of their game in order to gain the financial support, the recruiting and what other items that they need to continue the jihad. i think the competition, just like any marketplace, will be good in the long run for the global jihad. >> among the small pool of suspects is that british rapper who was first reported over the weekend by the "sunday times." what's interesting about his case, he's got what really amounts the a terro a terrorist. his father was extradited two years ago for his alleged ties to the east africa embassy bombings by al qaeda. that is considered one of the seminal attacks that led up to 9/11. >> thank you, catherine. robert young felton is a film maker and author of "the

world's most dangerous places." i have been reading around and i know there are a lot of questions now about whether this video of the killing of foley is really representative of what happened there. no question about whether he was murdered. the consensus is he was. but this video itself. >> yeah. as you know, i own dpx gear which designs and manufactures knives. if you look at the knife that abdel-majed bary is holding, it doesn't do any damage to foley. as you mention, they cut away and you see his dead body. keep in mind that this gentleman's father was the head of p.r. for al qaeda. abdel bary is not only head of al qaeda but a p.r. maven. his son seems to be following in his steps so this is a p.r. video designed to inflame us. it's designed to attract foreign jihadis to come to syria, to iraq, to join isis. the real murderer of foley may be off camera. >> you said this is abdel-majed

abdel bary. we can't confirm that. it is the person to whom they're leaning quite heavily at very minimum, i must say. this guy's a rapper in the uk, sort of -- has been a sort of jihadist hero, if you will, on social media over time, right? >> yeah. he's no shrinking violet. he's been on the front page of "the daily mail" the tabloid in england, he sent hundreds of tweets, he has posed before with severed heads. he's really on a roll. he wants to be famous. if you look at what isis sends out, they are very very p.r.-savvy. "vice" magazine did a whole series where they showed how they are trying to project who they are and what they're doing. this to me is just a p.r. video and once again, i think looking at who this is, it's quite easy to understand who this guy is based on his voice, he may or may not be the murderer. the point is why are we being dragged into something with these very inflammatory acts and video? >> we clearly are being dragged into something, because all of our leaders tell us there is no

mission creep. when your stated goal is to protect americans and the embassy in baghdad, number one, and the second of two goals, that's it, second goal, to stop a genocide and now you are considering air strikes in syria, it sounds to me like these jihadis are getting exactly what they want. is this in any way the right thing for us to be doing? >> well, i'm worried that we are using hot button emotional cues to get involved -- >> don't we always? >> my friends went over in june as part of a 300 overt operators. their goal was to set up air strikes to take out isis. that's how it should be done. emotional type rhetoric doesn't really stay focused on what's going on there. there's a huge vacuum of power. the government of iraq has failed, the government of syria has failed. i don't think pouring american troops in to fill that vacuum is the right answer. i think very logical, sterile annihilation of violent perpetrators of crime is a good solution.

>> which stops things, but no one is suggesting that that helps to retake territory. that's another matter for another day? >> you're not going to fix the middle east. trust me. >> we should have figured that out by now. >> that's not going to fix things. >> so for now, at least, your thinking is these air strikes are the right thing to do, putting boots on the ground which we already have some 1,000, 1100, is the wrong thing. >> close air support requires boots on the ground but it doesn't require the huge long tail logistical support that requires mraps, all the things we associate with ground war. we know how to fight smart wars. we can put special forces, we can put air force controllers, we can use the air force and dramatically decimate mobile units like isis. we can't fix the political situation. we can't fill the vacuum. but we have already removed maliki from power so we are making strides. our government should make that very plain to the american public. we actually are fairly competent

in this type of warfare. >> robert, thank you.

breaking news coming into the fox news deck. we just got word on the ongoing crisis in ukraine that ukraine's president has just dissolved the government. in other words, dissolved parliament and announced early elections coming in october. ukrainian president issued a statement just moments ago saying the ruling coalition collapsed weeks ago, which clearly it did. meantime, there are new allegations that russian forces have disguised themselves as separatist rebels and have entered the southeastern part of ukraine with nearly a dozen tanks and armored vehicles. that's according to a ukrainian military spokesman. the spokesman claims flags of separatist rebels from donesk

are on the russian military vehicles. analysts say it could open a new front on the separatist war, a possible attempt to seize control of a major black sea port in what could be a first step in connecting russia with crimea. russian's foreign minister denies the accusation, as you might imagine, saying he has no information about that column. here at home, thousands of people turned out today in st. louis for the funeral of 18-year-old michael brown. after weeks of protests in ferguson. a police officer shot and killed the unarmed man on august 9th. a st. louis cardinals cap adorned the casket. he wore a similar hat the day he died. among those in attendance, several civil rights leaders and celebrities, including the reverend jesse jackson, sean combs and movie maker spike lee. the teenager's father, michael brown, senior, asked protesters to take a break today and observe a day of silence. so among other things, the

family can grieve. mike tobin with the news live in ferguson this afternoon. we hear from michael brown's uncle at the funeral today, is that right? >> that uncle who is also a reverend spoke amid a chorus of calls for peace and calm but make no mistake, this uncle called for anger and said michael brown's blood calls out for vengeance. >> there is a cry today from the ground, not just for michael brown but for trayvon martin, for those children in sandy hook elementary school, for the columbine massacre, for the black-on-black crime. >> you heard the father mention that he didn't want to have any protesting today, he wanted a day of peace and silence. well, the funeral procession was met by protesters as it went to the cemetery. >> honoring the dead there but the grand jury at work. what do we know about the legal proceedings in this case? >> well, the grand jury is at work so the first step is to watch the grand jury, see what

comes out of that. beyond that, there is another clash -- there was a class action lawsuit going forward, that is being field by the black lawyers for justice on behalf of the demonstrators, anyone who was injured and/or arrested during the course of the clashes and it lists as defendant the st. louis county police, the city police of ferguson and the mayor of ferguson. shepard? >> mike tobin in ferguson, missouri this afternoon. you heard about the earthquake that shook buildings and ruptured gas lines and water lines, rattled folks living in northern california over the weekend. we will get the latest on the cleanup and talk to a small business owner who says the quake did tens of thousands of dollars in damage to his place. plus, the iranians claim they shot down a drone near one of their nuclear sites and they have the video which they say proves it. we are approaching the bottom of the hour and the top of the news from the fox news deck. shopping online is as easy as it gets. wouldn't it be great if hiring plumbers, carpenters and even piano tuners were just as simple?

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fox news deck. you may have heard about this one, a soldier with a hand gun prompted a lockdown at fort lee in virginia this morning. investigators say she barricaded herself inside an office building and shot herself in the head. they say she survived and is now in a hospital. we are told it was not a service weapon. gusty winds are spreading flames as crews work to get a handle on a wildfire along steep terrain in northern california. this started yesterday near the town of weaverville, burning 650 acres, about a square mile, and prompting authorities to order folks in 200 homes to evacuate. and guards are now at a stand-off with inmates on the roof of a prison in southern brazil. started on sunday when the prisoners captured a guard serving breakfast. we are told the prisoners have killed at least three fellow inmates during the violence. they are demanding better prison conditions. the news continues after this.

in the napa valley and most

of northern california, they are bracing for even more aftershocks after that powerful earthquake rocked the bay area. strongest quake in 25 years there. some surveillance footage showing the moment the earthquake rattled the heart of wine country early sunday morning. the feds say it had a magnitude 6.0. some people even said it felt like somebody lifted up their homes, shook them and dropped them back on the ground. hospital officials say at least 200 people were hurt, but one is still critical, just one. take a look at our wall now. the quake's epicenter was about six miles south of napa itself, but people as far away as nevada say they could feel it. emergency workers say it ruptured gas lines, sparked one fire that ripped through a mobile home park, destroyed several homes there. now one researcher says the total damage costs from this earthquake could top $100 million. i'm surprised at that because there are estimates already at

$1 billion. we have some pictures here on our slide show. again, this was near the heart of california's multi-billion dollar wine industry. wine makers there say they are getting ready for harvest which comes up in the fall every year, and this is just a really bad time for it. labor day, very busy time for tourism there. you can see one worker sweeping up some glass there. well, actually, that's the first one is the wine buckets. this is the worker sweeping up some glass as it broke thousands of bottles of wine and toppled the barrels. home makers cleaning up as well. that's this one. this guy here, officials at napa say even some buildings that were made to withstand a serious earthquake suffered some damage. then a grocer cleaning up the mess. you can see that on the ground. here, you will see the quake left a crack in the highway. lots of little problems like that and some more severe ones in downtown napa, where trace gallagher is live. feeling any aftershocks today? >> we had a small one this morning.

we expect to feel those for the next couple weeks. the official name of this quake is now the south napa quake but a lot of locals are calling it the wine country quake because apparently it has a better ring to it. doesn't matter what you call it, this thing did significant damage. take a look over here. see that red tag on the door over there? that means you are not even allowed to go inside the building until an engineer actually comes out and checks the structural integrity of that building. there are about 16 of those red tags around downtown, another 100 yellow tags which means you can go in, but you can just clean up and you can't open for business, at least not yet. as you touched on, a lot of the wi wineries here lost a significant amount of wine. you know it pains me to see all that wine all over the floor. >> i'm sure it does. the timing of this quake, though, when i first heard it, i'm like there weren't a lot of people out on the streets. looks like that could have been a bad place. >> yeah. good and bad, because had this happened at 3:30 in the afternoon, you had a ton of

bricks come falling out of the sky, somebody is going to get hurt. remember, 3:30 in the morning, you had a lot of people in bed and for some, that was risky. watch. >> talk about luck of the draw. this is the napa valley mobile home park. we have been walking around here for awhile. a lot of these homes have a little bit of damage, but then you see some of them with no damage at all. then there's the other side of the story. look at this. this home just about buckled off its foundation but in the scheme of things, this home was lucky, because if you look over here, you can see four to six of these mobile homes burned to the ground. what happened is one of the homes back here fell off its foundation, broke a gas line and then one spark and the whole thing erupts. keep in mind, this is 3:30 in the morning, so these people at the time were all sound asleep. >> luckily, shep, everybody got out. there are no quake-related deaths. remember, this happened on a fault line that i have never heard of. so the big one in california doesn't necessarily have to be on the san andreas fault.

>> could be most anywhere. trace gallagher, thanks. the owner of one of the vineyards there, a family business up in napa county, says it took his family hours just to start cleaning up the mess yesterday. take a look at this picture from the store after the quake. the owner says probably somewhere around $20,000 worth of damage there, and at one point, the quake forced a wine barrel to fall and knock down an electrical box. he says he considers himself mighty lucky because the larger wineries around him suffered millions of dollars worth of damage just when harvest season is supposed to be in full swing. robert dahl is the owner and he joins us live now. man, you had a mess, didn't you? tell us about it. >> it was a little scary. woke up at 3:30 in the morning to the bed shaking, running out to see if the kids were all right. had to drive into napa, check on the winery. surprised to see obviously glass and wine broken all over. we have a small family winery in

there. couple barrels had been dislodged, one actually had fell down, busted open and unfortunately, it was our reserve pinot noir. >> i'm glad to hear it. a small family business, in these days, this day and time, it's not like there's a whole lot of pad in there unless you are mighty special. >> no, it's not. it's a considerable loss for us. we will weather the storm. the great thing about napa, it's a strong community that's pulling together. we will get the support of the community and pull through. >> some of us east coasters don't know much about this whole earthquake thing. after they happen, do you have a sense for when things are going to be normal? for instance, if east coasters are thinking about coming to napa for harvest season to have nice wine and a few dinners, is it time to call off that vacation? >> oh, absolutely not. everything is back going in wine country. we have a couple wineries that had a lot of damage but the rest

of us, we shut down yesterday and this morning, called in all the crew, all of our friends and family, got our wineries back together. we are open for business in napa. it's a great time to come. we have the middle of the harvest so friday we crushed some, this week we will do chardonnay. great time to visit wine country, see some grapes being crushed, taste some fresh juice and take into the wine lifestyle. >> i know that's what people need to hear. i have looked into it and he's on point. these people need you, if they ever did. everybody took a little bit of a hit. i wonder in the days ahead, you are going to be running on fumes, aren't you? >> we are beat down a little bit. besides the crush which we are already running around the clock, this thing has really changed the ball up because we still have wine in tanks and are trying to organize our wine barrels and we walk into a warehouse with wine barrels all over trying to figure out are they safe to reuse, are they not safe to use. we have customers and obligations to meet and we are trying to manage all that.

this is an unfortunate twist but heck, the entrepreneurial spirit is shining through and we will make it through this. >> robert dahl, the owner of dahl vineyards in yountville. a beautiful little place. our executive producer has been there and says man, the food and the wine is amazing. good luck to you and yours. getting them back in order. >> well, i would appreciate it if america would all come out and visit napa wine country and take it all in. that's the best way you can support us. >> you don't want everybody there, i tell you that. i hope people will go. like those of us who lived through hurricanes or through tropical storms or whatever it is we are dealing with on the east coast, if the tourists leave you, you are messed up. robert, good luck. >> thank you very much. the ebola virus has just killed a top doctor in a hospital in west africa. even though he had received the same experimental drug that is believed to have helped save the lives of two americans. we get this word today from the government official in libya. the doctor worked in the

country's -- i should say liberia. i said libya. i meant liberia. that doctor worked in the country's largest hospital. health workers say he was one of three africans who received that drug called zmapp. two american aid workers got the drug and are recovering in the united states. as we reported last week, a spanish missionary priest is also dead after he received that experimental drug. still no word on the other two africans who took the last known available doses. health officials say the virus has killed more than 1400 people. the deadliest outbreak in history. iranian officials claim that they have captured an israeli drone. here's the video. video from iran state television shows what iranian army officials say is the wreckage of a drone they shot down over the weekend near an iranian nuclear site. the drone does not appear to have any israeli markings but iranian television identified it as a model that israel uses. you may remember back in 2011,

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have it your way, burger king. it may soon become a canadian company. burger king now confirms it's in talks to buy tim horton's, a coffee and doughnut chain based in canada and it's huge. the deal would allow burger king the reestablish its headquarters in canada. now, some analysts say that

would help the company shave its corporate tax bill in a big way. burger king and tim horton's report their combined company would have more than 18,000 restaurants combined, making it the third largest fast food business in all the world. jerry willis is with us now, host of "the willis report" 5:00 eastern time on fox business network. taxes? i'm not sure there's consensus on this being a tax thing, is there? >> right. there's not. the company itself, burger king itself, says this is not necessarily a tax issue, this isn't an inversion like the administration has complained about where companies leave the country to score a lower tax rate and in fact, corporate taxes in this country, 35% compared to canada's 15%. b.k. says they are paying less. they say their whopper of a deal would allow them to merge with a company they really like and allow them to compete more competitively with mcdonald's. >> you said earlier that if tim horton had the same penetration in the united states, it would have twice as many outlets as mcdonald's does. >> that's correct.

there's a tim horton's on every corner and i have been to it many times, the doughnuts are fabulous. but i have to tell you, my canadian friends are telling me they are shocked by this, that somebody would come to canada for the tax rate. that's because historically, canadian tax rates have been super high. but they have brought down their corporate tax rate dramatically to 15% and that's really attracting companies. >> our corporate tax rate in the united states may be 35%. i would like to find the corporation that pays 35%. there are a bunch of enormous corporations with 50,000 to 200,000 employees on the street on which we are sitting now and some of them didn't pay a penny in corporate taxes. not one penny. >> but look at all the companies that have left. chiquita, the banana company, left. a critical company in the tech arena that make chips, that company has left. more and more are leaving. big pressure on the government to start thinking about reducing corporate tax rates. >> i'm trying to think of a way to get burger king's burgers and mcdonald's fries into the same bag. >> not a bad idea.

>> if they can figure out how to do that, i would like that. >> that would be a good company. and tim horton's doughnuts. >> okay. i don't know that one. >> you better find out. >> there is one around the corner. >> do it. it's good. >> all right. i'm sure they are very friendly there. they are canadian, after all. thank you. no secret that airlines know how to pile on fees on our bills but there are some new findings out of nyu that show hotels are adding more surcharges than they ever have. sarah, it says your room is $195 a night and then by the time you get finished, it's like $300. >> exactly. that's exactly right. just this year alone, hotels have made over $2.25 billion in just these add-ons alone, more than double from a decade ago. so the way they get you is things like guaranteed bed size. you want to make sure you have two queen beds in your room, they might charge you for that. also, early check-in and check-out, some hotels are now adding fees for that. that in-room safe that you may or may not use, you are automatically going to get a

surcharge on your bill in some chains. also, luggage storage. it used to be if you have a flight out late in the evening, you check out in the morning, they will hold your bags for you. now, just like the airlines, they will charge you a couple bucks for that to hold them behind the counter. >> that would be the last time i stayed there. >> and resort fees have skyrocketed. some places now instituting mandato mandatory gratuity for each person in the room. the king of the surcharges are these mini bars. we know they are expensive but now some places have added these weight sensors. if you take something off the mini bar and it's off for 60 seconds, they will automatically charge you for the item and also, personal use fee. there is a hotel where if you put your own water or soda in that mini fridge, they will charge you $25 for personal use. >> seriously. >> yes. >> finally, restock charges. you see a $5 can of coca cola, that's the base price, but there may be an additional percentage charge for that restock fee for

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moscow before of secretly bringing in heavy artillery and other weapons to the separatists. russia, as always, denies the allegations. as we reported here earlier, a ukrainian military spokesman claims nearly a dozen russian tanks and armored vehicles had crossed the border bearing the flags of the separatist rebels. analysts say this move could mark the start of an attempt to seize control of the territory in an effort to connect russia with crimea. updates as they come in. well, a man appeared in court just a short time ago after cops say he scaled the brooklyn bridge here in new york to snap some photos with his iphone. investigators say the suspect is a russian tourist and self-described thrill seeker. police say the man yesterday climbed a cable beam to reach the top of the brooklyn bridge. he eventually made his way back down and nypd officers greeted him then with hand kucuffhandcu. this is the third security breach in recent weeks. late last month two german

artists climbed the brooklyn bridge and replaced two american flags at the top with white looking flags. cops say the originals are back on the american soil after the artists turned them over to the american embassy in berlin. and then just last week, activists unfurled a palestinian flag from the manhattan bridge in lower manhattan just a short distance from up the hudson river. happened during a pro-palestinian rally there. laura ingle is here with more. what about what happened in court today? >> well, stunt this guy pulled not only landed him in jail, listing a long list of charges but put a crimp in his travel plans. let's just put it that way. 25-year-old hung his head low as he listened intently to the charges against him with the help of an interpreter. he's here as part of a russian tour group and told officers he climbed the bridge for, quote, fun. prosecutors asked for $25,000 bail citing the seriousness of the crime while his court-appointed attorney asked for him to be released. >> we would like to resolve this

matter and go back home. have the judge understands that the matter will not be resolved today. it might not be resolved for quite some time. >> and the judge set bail at $5,000. he had to sir veurrender his passport, the suspect did, and he'll be back in court on friday. >> laura, thanks. we'll be right back. ♪ ♪

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the movie won two oscars and is obviously the classic. but they were off to see the wizard 75 years ago today. when news breaking out, we'll break in. i'm shepard smith on the fox news deck. see you then. your world with neil cavuto starts n is isis just a plane ticket away? welcome, everyone. growing fears today, isis militants are determined to strike the u.s. and ahead of the house intelligence committee says current security may not be enough to stop them. >> they are one plane ticket away from u.s. shores, and that's why we're so concerned about it. >> all right. add in this guy who managed to scale the brooklyn bridge carrying a backpack despite increased security. and former nypd detective pat brosman says there is a good reason to be concerned. sir, knowing what wroun, as an nypd guy, do you think the chances of stopping them,