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>> forward march. right soldier. >> present. >> present. >> arms.

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jon: we apologize, we temporarily lost that signal from arlington national cemetery. if we can, we will certainly get back to it on this veterans day. ♪ >> forward arms. >> right shoulder.

[background noises] jon: vice president of the united states, joe biden, standing in for the president who remains in china today, laying the wreath at the tomb of the unknowns, arlington national cemetery. hallowed ground for our nation. you heard the army master sergeant alan van patton i believe is his name, who played "taps." the sound still echoing over the hills of arlington. it is an amazing place. if you never had the chance to

visit, i certainly recommend you go visit arlington national cemetery just across the potomac river in washington, d.c. a very somber and, well, moving place, especially on this, the veterans day that our nation celebrates every year. u.s. army veteran and fox news military analyst major general bob scales is with us today. general scales, i know that this is a heart-wending day for you in some ways? >> yes it is, jon. how many times have you and i sat here on this very set and watched this ceremony go down? it means a lot to you because you're the father of a serving soldier. it means a lot to me because in my 49 years of service i think back to my own time in combat where i left soldiers on the battlefield. i think of my 38 west point classmates who died in vietnam and other wars. think about the fact that we're still at war and we're still continuing to have young men and

women who leave the army as veterans or military service as veterans and often times they come back into the civilian workforce wounded both physically and emotionally. and now is the time for to us forget about politics, forget about washington, d.c. and reflect on these incredible generations of men and women who generations of men and women who many of them the last full mesh sure. we weigh look at wreath being laid, my father, my wife and two children who all served in the military wherever they are and honor their memory, jon. jon: often said only 1% of our nation's families have someone who is serving in the armed forces. we need, everyone of us we need to thank those who are doing so. >> it is an important point because our country has a history, as wars wind down, we have a natural tendency to turn

our attentions elsewhere. often times our veterans and those who served in the military, those who served in war are forgotten. we can't let that happen, jon. we have to, we have to keep our eye on the fact that there is still men and women serving all over the world in afghanistan, in other very dangerous places, and we still have almost, what, three million veterans who are, who, in one way or another are suffering. and so, it is important for to us reflect on this day but not just this day, but every day because our men and women deserve our attention and we must not forget their service, jon. jon: yeah. you mentioned vietnam and you also wrote an op-ed piece in "the washington post" talking about your concerns that this conflict that we're engaged in the middle east against isis, in many ways echoes vietnam in your view. >> yeah, it does, jon. you know we talk about mission creep. we're seeing a piece of that. and the president's doubled down

on the war in iraq. and he is sort of bet the farm on nine assist to train and advise formations that will assist nine iraqi brigades in three divisions with hope this will be the counselter attack force. this will be the force that will launch from baghdad and attack up the euphrates river and restore the territorial integrity of iraq. that is a huge risk. this is total of what, 3,000 now, servicemen and women who are in iraq who are trying reverse the course of this isis surge we watched over the last year. if it doesn't work, jon, what then? do we cone seed isis and their caliphate? or is the president forced to double down again and increase numbers men and women who go off to harm's way? these are very, very difficult times for our military because we don't know what the future holds. there is no guaranty that this latest tranche we dedicated to

middle east is going to make a difference. jon: i remember the powell doctrine, when the gulf war one was underway or about to get underway. you know his thought was, you use overwhelming military force and you accomplish the mission. >> right. jon: there seems to be a sort of a half-hearted acknowledgement, i, you used the phrase, war in iraq. president obama has been very proud of the fact that he ended the war in iraq he says. >> yeah. well you know there is an old army saying, old soldier saying, go big or go home. and we're seeing evidence that perhaps we're not going big here. the president seems to be metering out combat power, military power, just a piece at a time in hope eventually he will turn the tide. we started off with airstrikes. we started off with limited advisors and in iraq and kurdistan. then we started bombing syria. now we're increasing our advise and assist missions to nine more brigades. seems with each elements of

incrementalism, number one, isis still has the mission and many ways admiration of many people in the middle east and we're giving him advantage of time, time to dig disperse, turn a conquest into a caliphate. the slower we act more incremental our approach in my mind the less chance we have of long-term success, jon. jon: general robert scales, retired from the u.s. army. very good of you to take time out from your day, a very special day for you, spending time with us. >> thank you, jon. >> thank you. heather: jon, i was really struck bit beauty of his words honoring those who have served our country and those who still serve today. what sacrifices his family has made with all those generations and yours as well with your son and your brother. jon: my son gets the credit. not me. heather: all right. on this veterans day new questions today about the fallout from the va scandal even as the new va secretary works to put his stamp on agency and

shows progress. robert mcdonald has been making round including an interview on fox's "america's newsroom" this morning. doug mckelway is following the story from washington. one of the questions is, has he made any progress yet? >> reporter: heather to hear the new secretary of veterans affairs tell it the va is making great stride in customer service since reports first surfaced of falsified waiting lists and bad care in vas across country. robert mcdonald told us for starters bad employees are being dismissed. >> top level people that we have disciplinary actions pending again, 40 plus of those, we've got another group of that are over a thousand and if we look over the last year we've had about 5,000 -- 5600 different actions, some of which are already completed. >> reporter: mcdonald maintains because disciplined employees are entitled to administrative hearings and

appeals firing takes a long time. but that is in dispute. the group, concerned veterans for america says mcdonald is ignoring his new power to speed up firings. >> we don't buy his case at all. there are no administrative impediments. congress passed reform law that gave him all the power he needs to immediately fire senior managers for cause, immediately. he can walk in the office and fire them. >> reporter: frustrated chairman of the house veterans affairs committee jeff miller agrees. he wrote recently, quote, instead of fully embracing new firing authorities president and congress gave va the department shied away from them, and even added more bureaucratic red tape such as additional appeals and interminable stints on paid leave. mcdonald said however wait times are down in part due to the choice cards which allow vets to seek care at private hospitals but that too is in dispute. >> not a single veteran has yet to receive a choice card. they blew through that deadline. they put out a press release on

90-day deadline when they were supposed to have choice cards ready. >> reporter: we have real differences of opinion. hegseth believes like his predecessor, eric shinseki, he may be getting bad information from the bureaucracy he overseas. heather, back to you. heather: that can certainly happen in washington. doug, thank you so much. we'll keep an eye on the story. jon? jon: noter story we're watching, lawyers for convicted murderer jody arias they want a judge to dismiss all the charges against her because a whole lot of pornography wasn't where it was supposed to be? we'll explain what that's about. plus, setting expectations for obamacare. are they high enough, even as millions have signed on for health insurance. when it comes to medicare, everyone talks

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pornography files were deleted from the victim's computer while it was in police custody. the man who is accused of kidnapping a philadelphia woman last week will be tried in pennsylvania first. delvin barnes is also accused in the abduction and attempted murder of a 16-year-old girl in virginia. finally, a jury deliberating the fate of catherine palegi. charged with second degree murder in the death of her multimilitary boyfriend. her attorneys argue she was a victim of abuse in the relationship. she claims that her boyfriend once held a gun to her head and said she didn't deserve to live. >> while the government lowing its forecast for obamacare enrollments next year, millions fewer than first predicted by the congressional budget office. what does it mean for obama care and the millions of people who have supposed to depend on it? let's ask david hawkins, senior editor for "roll call." david, the white house can not be happy with these numbers?

>> well, these are their numbers so you're right i guess they're not happy but they are, it looks like, at least to some outside experts like they're trying to be realistic, cautiously realistic, maybe overly cautiously realistic. some independent people who have been looking at this think that the number, which is to go down from, from 13, which was their original estimate. now it is between nine and 10. so about 30% less. some outside experts say this is looks like purposeful lowballing of the estimates just to be extra cautious and then politically of course, if they exceed this estimate and more than 10 million people are part of the exchanges, after february 15th, the administration will be able to say, good news, we exceeded our expectations. jon: yeah, because i guess people's memories are short. so if you drop the bar now and then you exceed the bar later, you can say, wow, this is more successful we forecast it to be?

>> that's right and a year ago they, remember they set what was, many people thought was an overly ambitious bar and then really, really struggled for months to get to that bar. i think at the end they shifted the bar down a little bit so they could get over it. so, yes, this is expectations game. part of this is that they want to persuade, obviously they don't want to have it look like a failure. some of this is failure begets failure. if it looks like the exchange is not working and people are not signing up, they fear customers won't sign up and look at exchanges and it will be a self-fulfilling prophecy. republicans, president's critics say this is buyer's remorse setting in and policies on exchanges are not good deals for most americans and americans are going to thumb their noses. jon: that is what i was going to get to because this thing passed without a single bit of republican support in the house

and senate. and now, with these lower numbers, reporters, i'm sorry republicans are saying, see, we told you so. >> that's right and they, so, surely there will be some republicans who say, see, we told you so. let's repeal the whole thing and the most conservative confrontational conservatives on the republican side will want to do votes, like that in the new year, when the republicans are controlling both the house and the senate. the republican leadership has made it clear that they're not going to push too hard on that. they might allow a vote to sort of let these conservatives have their moment to say we're going to try to repeal it one more time. that is not going to become law. there are not enough republican votes in the new congress to override the president. the president said he won't allow repeal. so then the question becomes, are there some changes that could be made in the next two years of the obama presidency that might help improve the system and of course while that debate is going on the supreme

court is going to be looking at something all together different than how many people are signing up for these exchanges. they will be looking at whole question of whether the subsidies that are part of obamacare are constitutional so lots going on obamacare in the new year. jon: this law, consumed the first six years of his administration. is it going to consume the last two years as well, very quickly, david? >> oh, i think, to be sure, a lot of the last two years politically, this is the president's main domestic legacy. there is no chance really in the new, in the next two years that he will have a remote chance of getting an achievement on this score. so yes, this will be on the domestic front, preserving his legacy, trying to make sure it doesn't fall apart will job one for him. jon: david hawing king, senior -- hawking, senior editor at "roll call.." thank you. heather: danger on the job, this guy might need insurance. leave as tree trimmer needing a rescue. we'll tell you hi the guys finally got down. there is this.

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heather: looks like nice weather there for that guy. that is certainly a good thing but it is not nice weather for a lot of other people of course unless you like snow. snow measuring more than a foot. frigid temperatures move in, sending mercury plunging 20 degrees below normal for this time of year. we have maria molina live. wow, maria, it is cold in some parts. >> we're seeing significant snowfall accumulations even for places like minnesota this time of year. we're talking incredible snow totals above a foot in minnesota, wisconsin and even michigan. look at the map. 16.5-inches reported in central minnesota, just outside the city of minneapolis. they got hammered with snow yesterday. the storm system is still on the move. it is producing areas of heavy know across the up of michigan, upper peninsula and portions of wisconsin. how much snow are we looking at in addition to what we've already seen there? look at that. that is more than a foot of snow.

locally up to 18 inches of additional snowfall still possible in the upper peninsula of michigan. this is lake enhanced snow. not only looking at the storm system rolling through but picking up moisture from some of the lakes out there and producing some of that snow. temperatures behind the storm system are really frigid, well below average. up to 40 degrees below average for some of you. numbers in the teens and single digits for some of you. you factor in the wind. this is what it feels like when you head out the door. some areas below zero, single digits for some of you. this cold air will stick around for several days. this will not be a quick blast of cold air that moves out, then you look at temperatures returning to normal. we're looking temperatures being below normal as we head into this weekend and even into next week. that cold air will be expanding, impacting portions of the east coast as we head into this weekend, as early as thursday, friday. you will start to notice those changes in cities like new york city and even as far south as atlanta.

so there is a look at the maps. that's today. here's wednesday. there's thursday. you can already see that colder air moving eastward. and by friday, you're not going to make it out of the 40s in places like atlanta and also in raleigh. will be a cold one. heather: very cold for them in particular. talking to some of my family in colorado they're starting to get some of their snow. so a lot of snow around the country, jon. ready to go skiing. jon: that is the ski forecast. that's what i like. heather: something is gwhen you. thanks. jon: wall street coming off another record day. next we look at markets. how high might they go? plus a high-end designer facing heavy criticism after a new ad campaign featuring a size 10 model. why it is causing a whole lot of controversy about women and weight. [ male announcer ] you wouldn't leave your car unprotected.

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travelers, industrial 3m and consumer company nike. will prices continue to move lower? that is helping the dow jones transportation average. eight of its members, all-time highs. delta, southwest, ups, fedex, union pacific just to name a few. if you're filling up gas tank today, national average just over 2.92 a gallon. continuing its downward slide. that is nice savings for many americans especially as we head into the holiday shopping season. i want to show you quickly how your investments may be doing this year. it is almost over. the dow gaining more than 6% in 2014. take a look at nasdaq. up more than 11% and s&p and this is, the index that most portfolios track, it is higher more than 10%. markets ride the winning streak on a wave of solid corporate earnings thinking that the u.s. is a lot stronger than other parts of the world. the big question is when will the federal reserve maybe put the brakes on this rally with an interest rate hike, jon.

jon: it wasn't that long ago the dow had given back all of its 2014 gains. >> yeah. jon: now we're up at record highs. >> we call that the ebola scare that hit the markets, mixed in with other things but yeah, they got momentum back and at record highs once again. >> lauren simonetti, thank you. >> thank you. jon: don't miss lauren on our sister network. if you're not sure where to find fox business in your area, log on to foxbusiness.com/channelfinder. heather: up next helping veterans recover from the stress of the battlefield without drugs? >> when it's done, i'm no longer thinking about the problems i have or with the things i have to face. i'm facing yoga. i'm just doing something for myself.

jon: as we mentioned earlier, this is is veterans day. the vice president at arlington national cemetery to honor our troops. he laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns and right now is speaking. let's listen in. >> in some cases going days without water. nothing like the hardships faced by a generation of americans who waded through the rice patties in the mekong delta in vietnam. nothing expired to the 115-degree heat in fallujah as a young warrior climbed into an mrap to show me how it saved his life. nothing compared to what our young men fought through in 25-degree below zero temperatures in north korean mountains, pinned down by heavy enemy fire on frozen ground 60 years ago. and nothing compared to the snow and cold that hampered our forces in the ardennes forest 66

years ago. one of my favorite lines is from a poem, a play by, book by john steinbeck, east of eden. where cyrus trask describes to his son adam what it means to be a soldier and here's what it says. , it says to his son, a soldier is the most holy of all humans because he is the most tested. a soldier must coldly learn to put himself in the way of losing his own life without going mad. if you can bring yourself to face not shadows but real death, described and recognizable, by bullet or sabre, or lance, then you need never be afraid again.

you are the veterans of america, the most trusted among us and the most tested of all americans. collectively you represent generations of soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines and coast guard men who have served and sacrificed for all of us. you're not only the heart and soul but you are the very spine of this nation. and as a nation, we paused today to thank more than 23 million surviving veterans who have so bravely and faithfully protected our freedom. you gave and they gave. and you deserve -- [applause] jon: we are having some trouble obviously with our connection at

arlington national cemetery. the vice president standing in for the president who typically makes these addresses. he is in china today. we have our link restored. >> our responsibility to care for all of our veterans and for those who continue in harm's way as i speak to you today. since 9/11 3.5 million women and men have joined the military. with the near certainty of knowing that they would be deployed. and they have. over 2.6 million of this generation have been deployed to iraq and afghanistan. some, some of you have been deployed multiple times, to both places. and more than half of you have returned to civilian life with

the honored title of veteran. the 9/11 generation took on a responsibility that extended far beyond base or battlefields. they were prepared to follow usama bin laden to the gates of hell and they did. [applause] jon: once again we're, we're back with the vice president now. >> -- for such a sustained period of an all-volunteer force and like so many generations before them, this generation of 9/11 warriors has paid an incredible price. every day for the past six years i asked my staff early in the morning to contact the department of defense, to get a detailed report of the number of

troops deployed, the number wounded, and the number killed. not a general number, the exact number every day because forker one of those warriors -- jon: we have to apologize once again. we seem to be having microwave problems with the feed coming from arlington national cemetery, the vice president there, at the memorial amphitheater addressing a crowd who gathered there earlier to watch the wreath laying of the tomb of the unknown soldier. all branches of the military there representing on this veterans day. you heard the vice president talking about his salutes to the troops. we will try to get the signal re-established as soon as we can, if we're not able to do so, we'll move on with harping now.

heather? heather: thanks, jon. posttraumatic stress disorder affects thousand and thousands of our returning troops. the department of veterans affairs estimates that as many as 20% of veterans from iraq and afghanistan will suffer from ptsd at some point in their lives. now there is a big push to find alternative treatments for dealing with ptsd. anita vogel live for us in our west coast bureau with the details. hi, anita. what is the latest on what is being tried? >> reporter: hi, there, heather, the va is working past several years to come up with new approaches to treat ptsd. they increased spending to $18 million to test out various programs. here in los angeles veterans are rolling out their yoga mats in the hopes of healing old war wound both mental and physician can call. -- physical. >> liftings up through the crown of the head. >> reporter: breathing, stretching, holding a pose are providing these veterans with

benefits they couldn't quite imagine. vietnam vet curtis carter says, his stress level is on a downward slide. >> it is reducing your stress level, you know. ptsd, you know, sometimes you're hyper vigilant, you have anxiety. >> reporter: yoga is part of a new program to help veterans with posttraumatic stress disorder and former troops from the battlefields of vietnam to iraq and afghanistan say they're seeing results. >> when it's done, i'm no longer thinking about the problems i have, or with the things that i have to face. i'm facing yoga. >> it is still early. we're collecting data. but we hear very regularly this has been transformative in my life. >> reporter: specially trained yoga ininstructor ann plat knows the vets come in skeptical but after a few classes they're hooked. >> they're able to calm their mind down which is the biggest obstacle they're facing with ptsd. >> a lot of them, especially younger veterans don't want to rely on narcotics and heavy

medication. they love the opportunities to heal spirit alley, emotionally, psychologically. >> reporter: even older vets like curtis say yoga is an easier pill to swallow. >> when i started this morning my stress level was about eight. when i finished, it was down to about two. >> reporter: right now there are pilot programs in five va centers across the country that offer classes in yoga, tai chi, meditation and other areas of wellness. the va is still conducting studies and looking at all the results but they're hoping to expand these centers across the nation. heather, back to you. >> that is so neat. great to see our warriorsthat a. anita vogel in los angeles. jon? >> they have sacrificed so much for all of us, and right now the vice president is again recognizing their sacrifice at arlington national cemetery. let's listen in. >> but over 99% --

jon: we really have to apologize. we're having technical difficulties obviously and, certainly not our intent to continue these interruptions but we're having difficulties with our link to the vice president and his remarking the at arlington national cemetery. more of "happening now" in just a moment. right! now you're gonna ask for my credit card -

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veterans. did that spar spangled banner wave in the hands of civil war sergeant william carney, the first african-american medal of honor recipient? as he took that panner from a falling comrade and charged the ramparts of for the wagner? did that star-spangled banner yet wave over observation post, that medal of honor recipient sergeant ryan pitts held against enemy rocket-propelled grenades against machine gunfire in the kunar valley in afghanistan. did that star-spangled banner yet wave over six marines atop mount cearabchi in iwo jima? did "the star-spangled banner" wave over the beaches of france, mountains of afghanistan, jungles of vietnam, streets of fallujah and valleys of afghanistan.

does that star-spangled banner yet wave over every forward position, men, woman, ship, deployed for our nation today? does it wave on the front pours of familiesings waiting out those deployments, silently praying for their warrior's safe return? there is a wave over walter reed, over fort bell vair, the center for the intrepid, the va polytrama center and so many, some other places where american warriors continue their march to recovery? it waves in every police station, firehouse, school, business and little league field where american veterans serve their community while standing ready in the guard guard and reserve. it waves in the hearts of every american long after their time in uniform is through.

and, in the silent vigil above the row of whitehead stones here here -- white headstones both here and over there. ladies and gentlemen, francis scott key's question persists to this day. does that star-spangled banner yet wave o'er the land of the free and the home of the brave? thanks to all of you veterans to the unbroken line of warriors who have answered the call, the answer generation after generation continues to be yes, now and forever because as every adversary in every age who has ever come up against you has learned, american warriors never bend, never break, and never, ever, ever, yield. [applause]

and that's why, as i tell every foreign leader i encounter, it is never, never, ever been a good bet to get against the united states of america. because we have you. god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. [applause] jon: with a vigorous finish there the vice president of the united states, joe biden, addressing the crowd at the memorial amphitheater at arlington national cemetery on this veterans day. there will be some music and then the ceremonies will conclude. >> ladies and gentlemen, please -- heather: well it is a family affair at the george bush presidential library center in texas as former president george w. bush launches the release of his new book. it happens to be about his father, president george h.w. bush.

it is called, 41, a portrait of my father. casey stiegel live at texas a&m university in college station, texas with a bit after preview. hi, casey. >> reporter: heather this, book is a love story, a love a son has for his father. it is only presidential biography written by a former u.s. president. the personal biography covers elder bush's life and his career. delving into 41's political contributions as president, vice president, cia director, u.s. representative to china and the u.n. and as a congressman but it also goes way, way back to the early years. >> i tell the story of his courage as a navy pilot who volunteered during world war ii. his brush with death after his plane was shot down and a woman he thought of as he floated alone in the pacific. his beloved barbara, my one-of-a-kind mother.

>> reporter: now to celebrate the book's release an event is planned at bush presidential library in college station, texas. bush 41 and 43 will be here together and there will be a moderated discussion between president george w. bush and andrew card, his former white house chief of staff. this all starts about 40 minutes from now at twelve 30 eastern, 11:30 local time. there has been a line wrapped all around the door. lots of people coming in to see these two presidents share the stage together. heather. heather: that is neat. casey seeing gell in colleges station, texas. thank you. be sure to catch sean hannity's interview with former president george w. bush. it heirs on "hannity" at 10:00 p.m. eastern time. you don't want to miss it. jon: that will be great. some brand new stories we're bringing you in the next hour of "happening now." the growing threat of lone wolf terror attacks as we learn the man who attacked two new york city police officers with an axe, police say he was a follower of al qaeda. we'll have all the details on that. a woman on trial for

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