ensure. take life in. bill: so, maccallum, what was your favorite car you owned as a kid? martha: well, i had a friend who had a camaro like that one, and my dad had an mg. we always liked to have old convertibles. more on that later. have a nice day, everybody. bye-bye. ♪ ♪ jon: well, lawmakers reach a deal to solve two of the thorniest issues facing congress, but it means spending more of your tax dollars, i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee, and welcome to "happening now." a looming government shutdown prompting lawmakers to act. the tentative deal will increase the bar limit.

this is hypothetically, of course. the wisconsin congressman, paul ryan, is expected to become the new speaker of the house this week. mike emanuel joins us live from capitol hill with more. >> reporter: we expect the house to vote on this budge package tomorrow which would handle the debt ceiling issue and more. it is a two-year budget agreement which would address the debt ceiling, the government's ability to borrow money through march 2017 when a new president and a new congress can deal with it. it adjusts spending caps, equally divided between defense and health care programs and would do long-term entitlement reform to the social security disability insurance program. john boehner talked about this deal a short time ago. >> a bipartisan agreement in a town that isn't known for a lot of bipartisanship, you're going to see bricks flying from those who don't like the fact there's a bipartisan agreement, but there is.

it's a solid agreement, and i told my colleagues there isn't any reason why any member should vote against this. >> reporter: some outside conservative groups are already urging members to vote against it, and some conservative members of congress are grumbling that it was just unveiled overnight, and they'll have to vote on it tonight. here's the likely next speaker's thoughts on this deal. >> i'm reserving judgment on this agreement because i, quite frankly, haven't seen it yet. i want to see what it looks like on paper. about the process, i think this process stinks. we're not going to do the people's business this way. >> reporter: but it would buy ryan some time in not facing any immediate crisis. bottom line, the white house says it is important to get this done. >> the principle that we have made clear is that the administration will not negotiate on a debt limit increase. the full faith and credit of the united states will not be subjected to a political

negotiation. >> reporter: boehner agreed with paul ryan that this process is not ideal, but in his final days on the job, he is clearly trying to make it easier for the next speaker. jenna? jenna: a lot to watch. mike, thank you. jon: now to the race for the white house. on the democratic side, senator bernie sanders of vermont seems to be going on offense. his camp says he's just reacting to attacks by hillary clinton who went after his record on guns at the democratic debate and then, when she suggested his response was a sexist attack. take a listen. >> all the shouting in the world is not going to do what i would hope all of us want, and that is keep guns out of the hands of people who should not have those guns and end this horrible violation that we are seeing -- violence that we are seeing. >> i've been told to stop shouting about ending gun violence. well, i haven't been shouting, but sometimes when a woman speaks out, some people think it's shouting. [cheers and applause]

but i won't be silenced, and i hope you won't be either. jon: john mccormack, senior writer for the weekly standard, jackie kucinich is senior politics editor for the daily beast. welcome to both of you. jackie, is this a new, tougher bernie sanders we are about to see on campaign trail? >> you have to wonder, he hasn't been that good at it. remember that moment during the debate when he had an opportunity to go out after hillary clinton on her e-mails, and he chose not to. the gun issue has been a problem for bernie sanders with the democratic base. his record is very mixed on that. so he's going to have to hit hard back, or he's just going to fade into the background, because the clinton machine does take out people that challenge it. jon: john, you know the old saying, fool me once, shame on me, fool me twice -- i just reversed it. [laughter]

maybe he got a little taken aback after he sort of handed her a gift in the debate, and she slapped him down on guns. >> well, exactly. not only slapped him down, but basically accused him of being a sexist, you know? that's what she clearly implied. he has treated hillary clinton with kid gloves, not just on the issue of her e-mails, but on a number of issues. i think the issue of the iraq war, that was her achilles heel in 2007, the issue upon which barack obama defeated her. when i asked bernie sanders this past summer should that disqualify someone from being president, to support the iraq war, he said, no, everyone takes bad votes. he really hasn't been that tough. you know, he wants to keep hillary clinton -- even if he doesn't necessarily want the nomination, he wants to be within striking distance so he can push her to the left. ironically, he wants her to be flipping and flopping to the

left, but he has to accuse her to remain competitive in this race. jon: he said as a senator from a rural state, what i can tell secretary clinton is that all the shouting in the world is not going to do what all of us want, keep guns out of the hands of those who should not have them. is that sexist? >> you know, hillary clinton seems to think it is, as she said the other night. but there is a risk of playing the gender card, because there's only so many in that deck. so it's something that you're going to hear here and there. was it a sexist comment? didn't sound like that to me, but maybe it sounded different on stage, i don't know. yeah, it is a risky move for clinton to throw that out there this early in the process. jon: so, john, how long can she keep up this line of attack or counterattack, if that's what it is, on bernie sanders? >> i don't know if she wants to. the big threat is that he could humiliate her in iowa and new hampshire, and at that point everybody would look around and

say, hey, we need to go to joe biden. there's really no plausible alternative. jon: how about martin to halley? >> he's at 2% in the polls, i guess it's a chance, but that's the real risk here still, she could be hue mill yaleed in iowa and new hampshire. if she just loses in new hampshire, i think they can rush that off saying, hey, he's from a neighboring state in vermont. she has gotten a bounce over the past week after this debate performance. jon: why is she going after him, jackie, if she's so far out in front? >> because it can always change. we've seen this on the republican side frequently. you know, frankly, who would have thought bernie sanders would be in this position at the beginning of this race? he has presented a threat to her in new hampshire, and is so she has to strike back hard. he's been going after her but not sounding progressive enough. she not only has to sound progressive enough for the progressives, but she really

does have to play defense here because if she doesn't, it looks like she's not taking it seriously. jon: he's been pointing out things where they have real differences, the trans-pacific partnership which he long opposed, the keystone pipeline which she now opposes, he's been against it for a long time, same-sex marriage which he once enforced -- she once opposed, now she endorses. so, john, are those -- is that the framework of the debate we're going to see coming up? >> well, that's clearly the way he wants to take it and i think the issue of gay rights may be his best opening. the democratic party of 2015 treats this as a civil rights issue on par with the 1960s. the fact of the matter is hillary clinton did not support a constitutional right to same-sex marriage until this year, 2015. bernie sanders pointed out he opposed the defense of marriage

act which president clinton signed back in the east 90s. -- in the '90s. that's the issue that he'll focus on, that and the iraq war. jon: it will be fascinating to see what happens in iowa and new hampshire with these two. thank you both for not shouting, appreciate it. [laughter] jackie kucinich be, john mccormack, see you again. jenna: speaking of shouting, jon, can you believe there might be some drama on capitol hill? jon: really? jenna: as the head of the irs testifies for the first time since the justice department decided not to prosecute lois lerner. the finance committee is hearing from the director, john koskinen. doug mckelway's following this story from our washington bureau. >> reporter: hi, jenna. today's hearing was timely coming as it did only a few days after the justice department announced it will not prosecute anybody at the irs forget

targeting of conservative -- for the targeting of conservative groups. the committee came up with its own recommendations to overhaul the irs maze of bureaucracy that led to that gross mismanagement. it released those findings on august 5th and today questioned the commissioner on those implementations. one of the things chairman orrin hatch would like to see is a reining in of union activities at the irs. >> while i do not oppose collective bargaining in general, we know that two-thirds of irs workers are represented by a union organization that is very politically active. i don't think it's much of a stretch to argue that such a strong union presence could have contributed to a politicized environment at the irs. >> reporter: irs commissioner koskinen and some democrats on the committee disputed the characterization by republicans that long delays for conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status was political. koskinen said neither the inspector general's report nor subsequent investigations found

any smoking gun, that conservatives were being deliberately targeted for their political views. >> lois lerner had public beliefs, beliefs she's welcome to have in her personal life. they have no mace and no role in -- no place and no role in the operations of the irs, and i don't know of any other situation and indication. and even people who did not like lois lerner, according to the department of justice, did not feel that those views had influenced the decision. >> reporter: senator pat roberts indicated it was absurd for koskinen to suggest that conservatives were not targeted because of their political beliefs, and he recommended the commissioner be admitted to a select club here in washington, the flat earth society. jenna, back to you. jon: well, they tried to run, but this copycat bonnie and clyde couple could not get away. their dramatic capture coming up. plus, a manhunt in kentucky

for an armed and dangerous suspect. classes called off, residents on edge as a man accused of shooting and wounding a cop remains at large. also, we want to hear from you. ben carson takes the top spot in a national poll for the first time, so how will donald trump react? our live chat is up and running. go to foxnews.com/happeningnow and get your thoughts into the conversation.

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all of them and still remains a little bit of a mystery. and a utah man sentenced to at least six years for the attempted kidnapping of a 5-year-old girl. troy morley entered the girl's home last year and convinced her to come with him. fortunately, her parents woke up and were able to stop morley from taking their daughter. jon: a modern-day bonnie and clyde captured after a wild police chief. husband and wife joseph and jennifer carrier wanted for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from banks up and down the east coast. just like the famous bandits, they could not run forever. laura ingle is live in our new york city newsroom with more on that. >> reporter: this is the stuff action movies are made of, right? a married couple allegedly knocking over banks over the last several months. the wife reportedly stole an suv from a car lot just before their last heist. joseph and jennifer carrier, here they are now, both 37 years old, are accused of robbing a

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jenna: well, the good news today power is back on for hundreds of people in west hollywood after a man flew a drone into some power lines causing the outage, then the drone crashed into an intersection forcing drives to swerve around it. quite a scene. police shut down part of sunset boulevard after the incident. ♪ ♪ jon: air traffic at some airports in the u.s. could be more automated in the future. two u.s. airports are already testing remote systems that would allow air traffic controllers to guide planes in and out of airports from many miles away. a virtual control tower is already up and running in sweden. it's all being tested in norway and australia. but is it safe? chief correspondent and editor

at large for mashable along with international commercial airline pilot d.j. j. j. faust. d.j., you're already being guided by centers as you fly across the country that don't have any visual eyes on your aircraft, right? >> well, that's true. and though when we come in for a landing, though, we have eyes on us usually from the control tower. i do have some reservations about this new technology. obviously, look how good that drone just worked that just crashed there in l.a., right? so there's automation at its best, right? so there could be some complications with it. what also i'm concerned about is not having the actual air traffic control people in the tower, tower operators, ground personnel who have that intuitive experience that know what's going to happen or what could possibly happen and avert possible disasters.

jon: lance, how would this work? >> first of all, it's not really automation, it's more like virtualization. you're looking at screens that are recreating exactly what is happening. they're showing you in realtime the cameras from the actual airport. so you have these little rural airports that are being monitored by bigger airports, bigger air traffic control towers. they have screens in front of them, in fact, they have probably more cameras on the planes landing than they would have normally just with the line of sights their often looking at, regular air traffic controllers have the binoculars. also all of the data that's sent back and forth between these small towers and the main tower is all encrypted so no one can hack it. in fact, humans are running the show. jon: but -- well, first of all, the idea that no one can hack it sounds a little suspect. hackers seem to be able to get into anything. [laughter] >> i never said no one. >> i agree with you, jon, on that. yeah, i do. i was just thinking about

diehard part two, you know, when the guys took over air traffic control there, and they were crashing the airplanes at dulles airport in a snowstorm. that's another concern that i have, absolutely. jon: so if you're bringing in your aircraft with a load of passengers on short final, d.j., do you want to know that there's just sort of a computer watching the thing? >> well, that's where i have -- yeah, i do have a few concerns about that. i mean, in some airports that have part-time towers in the middle of the night, we will land without direct control tower personnel. that's very rare this -- that happens, and we'll get our clearance to take off again. but to make this a more standardized way of doing business within the aviation community, i'm not so sure about it just yet. jon: one of the issues, lance, in sweden where they first tested this set-up was that the controllers liked to hear the

jet engines as they were roaring off or roaring in x when they couldn't hear that, they found it very disconcerting. >> so they added stereo speakers, and that solved that problem. also just keep in mind, since it's small rural airports, we don't have airplanes carrying dozens and dozens of passengers. we tend to have much smaller airplanes landing. there isn't enough business, enough traffic coming into these rural airports to support the rather considerable expense of a human air traffic controller at that tower and also building the better tower. so now just imagine you have a better tower with trained professionals, humans once again watching these planes come in from a mile away or maybe many miles away but probably more realistically between five and one mile away. again, not automated, not without human intervention. and, you know, of course, they're doing everything they can to insure, number one, that the data's not hacked, number two, that the images are not

tampered with before they arrive on those screens. most of the articles i've read say, yes, this is the long-term future of traffic control, but we are far away from that. jon: jenna doesn't like to fly 9/11, she might get -- anyway, she might get upset. [laughter] jenna: they have the speakers, jon, it's going to be okay. it's an interesting day at the white house. today is a really nice day. the women's national soccer team's at the white house meeting with the president. this is to honor the team and their victory, of course, as champs at the women's world cup. the president, obviously, just arrived, and you see the team behind him, so this is a nice presentation and a nice opportunity for a little celebration, you know, a few months back, jon, but it's never too late to celebrate. jon: let's see if the president can juggle a soccer ball. [laughter] knapp nan i don't know if he's going to do that.

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jon: right now a quick look at what's still to come this hur of "happening now." defense secretary ash carter testifying on capitol hill about u.s. military action against isis. the latest on that from the pentagon. and jeb bush taking on some of his political opponents. will that boost his poll numbers? we'll talk with his campaign manager. plus, hall p wean celebrations banned at some schools. we'll tell you why. ♪ ♪ jenna: well, turning now to the race for the white house, jeb bush's campaign reportedly on the attack. his camp allegedly referring to marco rubio as the gop's obama in a closed door meeting with donors. here's what karl rove had to say about that earlier today.

>> i wouldn't be thinking about marco rubio, i'd be thinking about jeb bush. jenna: let's talk about this with his campaign manager, danny diaz. i know it's rare that you give these interviews, so we appreciate the time today. >> thanks for having me. jenna: so it'll remain a report until someone from the campaign says it specifically on the record, but that's the report we got out over the weekend, that your campaign is referring to marco rubio as the gop's obama. i'd like to give you an opportunity to state that for the record. is that what your campaign believes? >> i think what our campaign believes is that we have the best candidate with the best record, the best vision. we enjoyed being in houston and communicating our plans to move the country forward, to win the gop nomination, how jeb bush is the guy that can fix the problems in washington, d.c., and by and large, that's what we discussed. but this is a campaign and, obviously, we highlighted differences between the governor and other candidates in the field x i expect that will be

the case going forward with all the candidates. jenna: do you believe that about marco rubio, that he is the republicans' obama? >> i think, look, when you look at the record of accomplishment from governor bush's perspective, you know, he in florida helped create 1.3 million jobs, put $9 billion in the state's rainny day fund, cut taxes by $19 billion, aaa bond rating. i think that stands in stark contrast to others in the field including senator rubio who are short on accomplishments. and the reality is we need someone who has a proven record of fixing things to be able to go into washington, d.c. and make the changes that are necessary. i think doing the same thing over and over again is not going to achieve the results that the american people desire. jenna: a comment made by your candidate over the last several days is getting a lot of attention. it was at a town hall in south carolina. just to refresh our viewers' memory of this, i'd like to play that sound now. >> want to be elected president

to sit around and see gridlock become so dominant that people are literally seeing decline in their lives. i've got a lot of cool things i could do other than sit around being miserable listening to people demonizing me. elect trump if you want that. [laughter] you want somebody who has a heart for people, who can fight for people and fix these things, then there are a couple other people, and i believe i'm the best one. jenna: there's been a lot of reaction to that. here's a taste of it on "special report" last night. >> the idea that jeb bush is the only person to be criticized in this campaign? i mean, i think all of them have gone through the gauntlet, and probably trump more than anyone be, at least by most establishment media outlets wrote him off repeatedly and still deride him and ridicule him. that's fine, he's going to have to deal with that and have substantive answers to their concerns.

but i don't think it gets jeb anywhere to stand up there and say, well, i have a lot of cool things to do. >> to use a trump term, it was pathetic. and fetch hasn't. this is not -- petulant. this is not very presidential. jenna: respond to those criticisms specifically, danny. >> yeah, look, our focus is on, you know, the voters in the early states, and one has to look at the reaction of people in south carolina to the campaign and to the governor's commentary over the course of the weekend. they responded positively, and why did they respond positively? because they understand that washington needs to be fixed, and jeb bush is the person to do it, number one. and number two, he shares their frustration. the frustration about a washington that's in gridlock, that is not getting anything dope. we have a great field, a large field. but they don't have a record of accomplishment, of getting things done and fixing big problems. jeb bush does. he did it in florida, and he'll do it for our country. and i think the more we present

that to voters, the better response we're going to get. and we're seeing a great response in south carolina, frankly. jenna: you've mapped out your strategic vision, and that was part of it back in september. i want to show our viewers some polls from the last several months, september included, and when you see the polls, real clear politics -- danny, i know you probably can't see it on your screen, but it shows jeb bush ahead 15% nationally in july to today at 7%. we know that polls are just a snapshot of how people feel at this moment, but that's what you're talking about. and back in september you were talking about jeb bush's record. are you going to maintain the strategic vision for this campaign as you have mapped it out in the past, or are you going to make some changes moving ahead to produce some different results on a national stage? >> oh, look, polls right now are the least reliable indicator. we're putting forward a great, great grassroots effort on the ground. people are really responding in states like new hampshire and

south carolina to the fact that we have a candidate with the best and most accomplished conservative record, one that's going to get things done in washington, d.c. once he's elected, and we believe that this is a difference maker. we're going to continue to talk about it, and i think you're going to continue to see more and more people support jeb bush because of it, frankly. jenna: you talk a little bit about your grass roots efforts. one of the news items over the last several days as well has been the cutting of certain salaries for some of your staff. here is the response from jeb bush when he was asked about this just a few days ago. let's go ahead and play that sound. >> blah, blah, blah, blah, blah. [laughter] >> you know what they're saying. >> that's my answer. blah, blah, blah. october's not when you elect people, it's february and then you move into march. and we have a campaign that is designed to win, and i'm going to win. jenna: so we'll take out the blah, blah, blah, unless that's what you'd like to respond to, danny, but i think you're going to have a different answer. talk to us about those changes, because we're noticing a

different tone from the candidate, we're noticing some changes when it comes to salary. and so these are leading some to believe that the campaign is in trouble. is it? >> well, no. and good campaigns always make adjustments along the way. that's, frankly, what winning campaigns do. that's what our focus is, our intelligent is, and that's what we're going to accomplish. we have the best candidate with the best record, the most conservative accomplishments with the vision to move the country forward. and so what are we doing? we're investing even more resources on the ground in the states where we already have the most formidable grassroots teams. that's where the impact is going to be felt on election day, and that's where the candidate's time is going to be spent, so we're making wise decisions for the future. jenna: understood. okay, so you're confident in that. just to bring our conversation full circle, because we've got the debate tomorrow, and that's

going to be something a lot of people are watching and specifically who jeb bush focuses on as his main competitor. i know you haven't said directly that rubio really is the gop's president obama as has been, apparently, discussed behind closed doors, but who do you see as your greatest rivalry? who are you focusing on in the field as you take a look at it as it stands today? >> great question. we're focusing on jeb bush. we're going to talk about 1.3 million jobs created, eight balanced budgets -- jenna: so you don't care about anybody, it's not trump, it's not rubio, it's not carly fiorina? >> there are so many -- jenna: you're not watching them even just a little bit, danny? >> a little bit. there clearly will be exchanges between the candidates. that's entirely expected. we're going to the use this opportunity to talk about the candidate who's going to be the next republican nominee and

president of the united states, and we're excited to do it. jenna: okay. all right. you didn't give me a name, but i hope you come back and speak more direct on that. >> you got it. jenna: danny, thank you. >> thank you for having me. jon: secretary carter and top brass are also responding to another threat on the other side of the world, testifying as the president weighs military options to step up attacks on isis including putting u.s. boots on the ground closer to combat in iraq and syria. national security correspondent jennifer griffin live at the pentagon with that. >> reporter: what we've learned this morning, the president is weighing recommendations from the pentagon to ramp up his military strategy against isis. >> the skies above, we expect to intensify our air campaign including with additional u.s. and coalition aircraft to target isil with a higher and heavier rate of strikes. this will include more strikes against isil high value targets as our intelligence improves.

also its oil enterprise, which is a critical pillar of isil's financial infrastructure. >> reporter: general joe dunford says he would recommend embedding u.s. troops with iraqis to reinforce operational and strategic success in the same way that delta force operators became embedded with the kurdish forces during the hostage raid last week that freed 70 prisoners. >> talking to the commanders on the ground, i believe we'll have an opportunity to reinforce iraqi success in the days ahead. we've developed a variety of options to do that. >> reporter: the defense secretary said the pentagon expects to boost the scope and intensity of coalition air campaign against the islamic state. the hearing got testy when senator mccain asked about plans for a no-fly zone in syria. >> it's not a new issue. >> it is not a new issue. it is a substantial military undertaking. >> so it seems to me you should have a position on it.

>> we have analyzed it, we have presented the -- >> so you do not support, you do not agree with general petraeus and secretary clip congress to -- clinton? >> we do not have a con concept of operations for a no-fly zone. >> after all these years? >> that we're prepared to recommend. >> reporter: it's clear that the white house has no plans to order the establishment of a no-fly zone in syria because it would put the u.s. in direct contact with the russian air force. jon? jon: things are are getting hot there. jennifer griffin, thank you. jenna: travis mills is one of the few surviving quadruple amputees of our wars. you've known him, he's come to "happening now" over the last several years, and we're always amazed by his positive attitude. and you have watched with us his incredible recovery. now he's sharing his inspiring journey in a new book, and travis will tell you why he's as tough as they come, next.

♪ ♪ jenna: i new information on a close friend of ours here at "happening now," army staff sergeant travis mills. while serving his third tour of duty in ask, an ied explosion took his arms and legs back in april of 2012. travis is only the fifth quadruple amputee from iraq and afghanistan to survive such devastating injuries, and we have followed his journey throughout his recovery at walter reed and beyond including his creation of a camp in maine for wounded veterans. now travis is telling his story to the world in a new book out today very appropriately titled "tough as they come." i spoke with him about what inspired him. >> after being at walter reed and having a positive effect on people's lives and be able to go to their rooms and see them and go to boston to meet the boston bombing victims and show them life doesn't end because of the amputations, people really reached out. and i thought if i can do it on a broader scale and helpfully

hope them, i would do it. so we wrote the book, "tough as they come." jenna: now, becoming a member of the military, was that always a goal of yours, or did you get push inside that direction? >> i was at school playing football, and i was, like, i need something different, i'm going to change this up. i went and talked to the recruiters. i didn't like being in debt from college, and i decided i was going to be in the military. jenna: you and kelsey have a remarkable love story. is that in the book? >> i woke up for the first time on my 25th birthday, and i wouldn't call home. i called and talked to her and, boy, i got back to the hospital on april 17th, and my wife, she had to sign off papers to cut off two more inches of my leg. jenna: wow. >> once i got the chance to talk to her, i just told her, you don't have to do this. i get it, you know? i'm not the same guy. i can't pick anything up -- jenna: you meant you don't have to stay.

>> i said take all the money i get, i'll support you, and, you know, she just wasn't having it. [laughter] she's just like that's not at all, you know? she said she still saw the same man even without arms and legs -- jenna: and you had a little girl at the time too. >> we did. chloe was six months old at the time. once i met people that were in the same situation going through certain things and it could be done, i just turned it all around and said, look, i've got a little girl that's going to grow up calling me dad. jenna: i read that you said your real-life story is a combination of forest gump, american sniper and the notebook? explain that. >> absolutely. forest gump, of course, first time he ever met the president, he said he had to pee. when i met president bush, the notebook, my wife staying by my side, when i woke up and told her to believe me, it was okay for her to take off, and i

wouldn't hold a grudge, she still loved me when i couldn't love myself. and american sniper, i'm not saying i have the most recorded sniper kills, but just the action. the things that my platoon, we've been through and everything like that. all the stories, quite a bit of stories, people don't understand every foot soldier over there, like myself with the 82nd airborne, the amount of combat and the things that we've seen and really paints a vivid picture of what we've done. jenna: sounds like a hit combination, if you ask me. tough as they come. i did ask is travis, i said you gave that out to kelsey a few years ago, do you still do that? he said, no, no, no, that was the one-time deal. [laughter] that's it. jon: remarkable family and a very inspiring story. jenna: and an incredible book. it's out today. check it out, "tough as they come." jon: he wants my anchor chair.

jenna: he has done it once and was pretty good, jon, so watch yourself. travis is coming. [laughter] jon: some kids could get more of a scare this halloween than they hoped for with schools across the country 3u8 pulling the plug on halloween leaving some parents spooked. ♪

♪ jon: let's check out what's ahead on "outnumbered" in just six minutes. andrea and harris, what do you have? andrea: a shift in the polls, dr. welcome back carson -- ben carson knocking donald trump from top spot. harris: and defense secretary carter is on capitol hill, and the new headline you node to know about -- need to know about, the obama administration is weighing whether to move troops closer to the front lines.

andrea: and does work stress you out? well, it could actually be killing you, slowly. really good news. harris: our #oneluckyguy built a multibillion dollar business, duck dynasty's willie robertson gets "outnumbered." he's calm. he rolls in like jon scott. jon: it's very chill there in robertson land. all right, looking forward to that. we'll be watching, thank you. jenna: well, halloween is creeping closer, and kids are getting ready for the holiday, but some of them will have to celebrate outside of school. lauren green has the details. >> reporter: there'll be no tricks, nor treats at one new jersey elementary school. critics say it's political correctness gone amok. maplewood has canceled halloween celebrations, administrators say 20% of the school's students opted out for religious or cultural reasons.

after careful consultation and deliberation, we have decided not to hold in-school halloween activities. the district spokesperson told fox by phone that parents who supported the decision say children felt excluded in the past. >> they were taking kids out of a room where they saw their friends getting ready with candy and costumes and stuff and taking them to a different room for another activity, and they just didn't feel like that was the right thing to be doing. >> reporter: a similar ban at a connecticut school enraged parents who started a petition drive online. the school then reversed its decision. >> it's open to everybody. if you choose not to participate in the parade, that's your white house. no one's excluding -- that's your choice, no one's excluding you. >> reporter: parents we talked to had mixed reaction, one parent said he supports the administration, and also in the last zell years oh -- several years other schools have opted to ban celebrations including washington state, pennsylvania and oregon.

jenna: double candy for those kids though. lauren, thank you very much, and we'll be right back with more "happening now."

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