at jer on fnc. thanks to all of you for watching. we hope to see you all right here next week. hello, everyone. glad you're with us. become to "america's news headquarters." >> new questions about what happened to a russian passenger plane that crashed in egypt a sinai peninsula as investigators reveal the doomed airliner broke apart in midair. >> plus more fallout over president obama's decision to send u.s. special operations forces to syria to aid in the fight against isis. some people are asking, will the deployment really make a difference? >> growing backlash against cnbc over last week's republican presidential debate. now many of the candidates

demanding serious changes to the debate format. new details emerging about the crash of that russian passenger jet in egypt's sinai peninsula. russia's top aviation official now saying the plane broke up at high altitude. killing all 224 people on board, including 17 children. connor powell live at our mideast bureau with the latest. >> that investigation into saturday's fatal crash now well under way. authorities have recovered the flight voice and data recording box and are beginning to investigate and try to piece together what exactly happened. now they are trying to determine what brought down this plane. as you just said, the top russian official is now saying that it broke apart in midair. as it was beginning to fly from the egyptian resort town of sharm el sheikh and on its way to st. petersburg.

it broke up about 30 minutes or so after taking off, and there were no survivors. both russian and egyptian officials have defend the inspection and safety process saying the aircraft was in good condition. russia has a notoriously spotty airline safety record and poor maintenance is right now the leading suspect for the crash. as the grim process of recovering the bodies of the 224 people who died saturday is beginning. authorities have retrieved most of those bodies. a little more than half so far. and they will begin arriving back in to st. petersburg in the next 24 hours or so. flags across russia were lowered today for the victims. and many of those that died were families on vacation. some reportedly leaving russia for the very first time. thousands of people bringing flowers and lighting candles at a makeshift memorial at the airport. rush knran president vladimir putin has declared today a

national day of mourning. there was a lot of heartache and pain going across the entire country in russia right now. greg? >> incredibly sad and tragic story. conor powell, thanks. some trouble for jeb bush in his quest for the white house. critics saying his campaign may be on its last legs. the former governor of florida now trying to reassure the skeptics insisting his campaign is not on life support. molly lyon has a behind the scenes look at the campaign. hi. >> hi. we had a chance to speak with governor bush and follow him to his home state. and he really does not feel his campaign is on life support. among the fellow sunshine staters, you wouldn't think his campaign was struggling. positive energy down there. we took a swing through one of the local high school football games. this was an area where florida was hardest hit by hurricane charlie more than a decade ago.

it ravaged the building, leaving the athletic fields in shambles. the rival schools stepped up and shared their facilities. students from both facilities attending in split shifts. when they met on the football field back then in the midst of rebuilding efforts, governor bush was there. he watched the rivals face off again posing for some pictures and enjoying the welcome he received there because many credit him with helping in the rebuilding efforts. >> what is it like to see the difference now, 11 years later? >> yeah, well, i was all into helping. and i have a bond because of that. it's just -- hard to describe when you are -- get a chance to help people, when they're truly on their knees, literally. it's one of the most fulfilling experiences. >> i also had a chance to sit down with the governor as he takes stock of the last week and looks ahead. he's already thinking about the

next debate, which of course, will be held on fox business network november 10th. >> i know i've got to get better at the sound bites and the cute little phrases in the debate. not answering the questions that people ask. these are things that are hard for a guy who was brought up to answer, be forthright and to say what you believe when people ask you a question. >> governor bush plans to campaign across florida in the coming days. he's also going to head for south carolina and he has a bus tour coming up in new hampshire. back to you. >> molly line, thanks a lot. staying on the campaign trail, several of the republican presidential contenders hitting the sunday talk shows today. trying to get some traction on the crowded gop field. molly live in our washington newsroom with the latest on that. >> there's a meeting this afternoon. dr. ben carson is one of the driving forces behind that meeting of the gop campaign minds later today in virginia. he had ideas on how to improve

future republican primary debates. he would like candidates to have more time for opening and closing statements. and here's what else he would like to see changed in the debate format. >> some people just pretty much ignore what the time constraints are. others are very careful to stay within them. and i think that creates inequality. so we need to just tighten it up a little bit and do it more like a professional type of debate. >> after last week's contentious cnbc debate, the republican national committee was suspending the partnership with nbc news for an upcoming february debate. a good start says one gop candidate who is not sending staff to the campaign meeting today. >> i have campaign staff here in iowa with me and logistically, we couldn't work it through. the rnc, obviously, made a decision to exclude nbc from subsequent debates. i think that was the appropriate

decision. >> on the democratic side, bernie sanders put up his first tv kwlaad in iowa and new hamps. it highlights sanders' history of standing up for working families and principles. here's part of it. >> now he's taking on wall street and a corrupt political system funded by over a million contributions. tackling climate change to create clean energy jobs. fighting for equal wages and tuition free public colleges. >> sanders continues to lead in polls in new hampshire. hillary clinton continues to lead in iowa. >> molly, thanks. open enrollment for obamacare starts today. anyone can begin shopping around for a plan on the federal and state exchanges. but be prepared. the price for the so-called silver plan, the most popular option available is expected to

jump an average of 7.5% next year. elizabeth is live in washington with the details. what can you tell us? >> this enrollment period looks different from years past. consumers who were logging and and browsing what appear to be much higher premiums. on friday it showed the cheapest plan which is a bronze level purchase may be rising as much as 13%. the second most reasonable option silver is going up about 7.5%. not all states are seeing that. indiana is dropping 13%. the hoosier state is more of an anomaly than the norm. extremes include customers in oklahoma. they'll see a 36% increase. health and human services secretary silvia burwell held an event less than an hour ago kicking off the new enrollment period touting the civic the program. more people are set getting coverage than ever before. there are still a number they are targeting. this year will be much more

challenging than years past. >> many of the uninsured are younger, and many come from underserved communities. they are worried about costs and many don't know about the financial assistance that is available to them. >> now some may not know that it's available but others across the nation remain uninsured because they cannot justify the cost. critics argue the plan is impossible to sustain if it includes too few customers, then insurance companies will have to raise rates. >> obamacare, look at the disaster that the roll-out of obamacare is continuing to be. i think we owe the american people a very specific agenda for how we'd do things differently. >> the marketplace will be open for another three months but you need to sign up by december 15 tot have coverage at the start of the year. consumers already enrolled can keep their plans if they do nothing but it may not be the cheapest option out there. meaning you still may not be able to keep your doctor. >> thanks, elizabeth.

paul ryan hitting the ground running today. he appeared on all five sunday talk shows. just ahead of the big budget deal, garrett has more from d.c. >> reporter: its but a big day for the new house speeaker. paul ryan appeared on all five sunday talk shows. on fox news sunday the new speaker of the house said he wants to unify and change the republican party in the house by going on the offensive and laying out a bold alternative for the country. >> we fight over tactics because we don't have a vision. we have to have a vision and offer an alternative to this country. if we get the chance to lead and get the presidency and keep congress, this is what it will look like. this is how we'll fix the problems that working families are facing. >> ryan wants to change how the house works. he also stepped up efforts to

defund planned parenthood to say they need to be realistic about what they can accomplish. >> we need to not set expectations we know we can't reach given constraints of the constitution but also push issues where we can push issues and speak truth to power. >> reporter: the speaker talked about the 2016 race saying he'll not be endorsing any republican candidate during the primaries but whoever wins the nomination will no doubt be better than hillary clinton. marco rubio has recently been criticized for missing votes. ryan shot back with this. >> what's happening here are people are trying to take cheap shots at people running for president. i'm not going to play that game. >> reporter: paul ryan said he and his staff are trying to figure out how to clean out his new office and get lid of the smell of smoke left by john

boehner who had a well-known affinity for smoking cigars. >> a lot of air fresheners there. >> you put a piece of bread in some water. >> is that right? is that an old trick? >> it works. >> meantime, john boehner weighing in on paul ryan's decision to take over his spot. the former speaker saying he used catholic guilt to persuade ryan to run for his job saying this isn't about what you want to do. it's about what god wants you to do. and election results just in from turkey. prime minister ahmed devegatoglu. there are live pictures on the left-hand side of the screen. a lot of people waving pictures and cheering. state-run television reports the ruling party has won with more than 49% of the vote. restoring its majority in the parliament.

turkey, of course, very important ally in the fight against isis and host to more sknle refugees from syria than any place else making it a crucial player in efforts to resolve europe's massive immigration crisis. quite an important vote and the election results are in. >> they are out there cheering at 12:15 in the morning local time. we're going to cover this. dramatic scene in chicago after a would-be robber enters a convenience store but is stopped by a customer with a concealed carry permit. plus gop presidential candidates demanding an overhaul of future debates following the backlash over cnbc's handling of the last event. >> this is the most appalling performance by the moderators i can remember. they were overreaching. they were getting in the way, and they were in the end, obnoxious.

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time for a quick check of the headlines. new witnesses coming forward after yesterday's shooting in colorado springs saying they saw the gunman marching down a street shooting and killing three people with a rifle. he was then shot and killed by police. investigators are looking for a motive. a customer inside a chicago

store shoots and kills a would-be robber. the customer has a concealed carry license for his weapon. and a disturbing discovery by parents in chester county, pennsylvania, after finding sewing needles lodged inside their children's halloween candle. they were found inside five wrapped 26 candy bars given to four different children. an investigation is under way. changes could be coming to the next presidential debate after criticism. some of them pretty severe over the last one held on cnbc. some of the republican campaigns are meeting in washington with the rnc. some of the candidates offering up their own suggestions. >> i want smaller groups on the stage, better questions and let us all be heard from equally. >> i would like to see us be

able to have, you know, a substantial opening statement, at least a minute. a substantial closing statement, at least a minute. i think we should have moderators who are interested in disseminating the information about the candidates as opposed to, you know, gotcha. you did this and, defend yourself on that. >> let's bring in alex. a political reporter for the daily caller. obviously, alex, a cacouphany. was it the questions themselves or the moderators? >> they don't think the questions were relevant. i don't think it's that they don't want to get asked tough questions. when you start off the debate and say that your

biggest weakness and what can you do to fix that. instead you should be asking questions that the candidates think would show differences and opinion on different policies. i think that's the biggest when you talk -- and i have talked to a bunch of these campaigned. that's the thing they act on. >> they seem to resent challenging questions which to me is confounding. trashing the media is donald trump's favorite pastime. they're mean, nasty, not nice to me. he does that all the time. we've sort of come to expect that. others have begun doing the same sort of thing. so do they then cross the line into just sort of sounding like fourth grade whiners? >> that's a big concern. you have to be careful not to sound like a whiner. i also think some of these candidates, as much as they are having this meeting tonight to talk about what they can do to fix these debates to ask the rnc

and debates to change. some may be happy what happened. it gave ted cruz the opportunity to have one of the biggest moments by pointing out what he didn't like that the media has been doing and he's getting inspiration from newt gingrich in 2012 who was very successful in the debates. >> we showed ben carson introducing you and he had this complaint and that complaint. he's demanding this and that. he's demanding longer opening statements, longer closing statements and is that simply because ben carson may be a much better presenter of ideas than he is debating ideas? so he's pushing his own agenda here. >> they all have a bunch of different ideas on how it can be better. not surprisingly, the things they think should be changed are things that play to their strengths. ben carson isn't the strongest

depater, going at it with other candidates. he wants very long opening and closing statements. on the other hand you have somebody like ted cruz who thinks the moderates should be open conservatives. donald trump thinks there should be less people on stage. lindsey graham wants tock in the primetime debate so he thinks you should get to split everybody up in two groups and put them all at primetime. it makes me skeptical that they're really going to be able to say here's one thing we all agree on that should change. >> tonight is the big meeting. they'll push for everything that they want. is it dangerous for politician, people running for the highest office in the land to be dictating to journalists the kinds of questions that they should be asking. >> i'm not lareally sure if thas what they'll be doing. this is what you should have. >> i bet that will be part of

it. >> i can't imagine there's any way they can go to your network, other networks and say we want this specific sort of question being asked. this sort of policy question and this is off limits. there's no way you guys would agree to that. networks shouldn't and wouldn't agree to anything like that. they think they could have a bigger say in who is asking the questions. they may say we'll not be okay with that person with that network asking it. that's how they'll come to an agreement with nbc. >> democrats got off easier. they have fewer number of debates. they didn't have to face any tough questions. that's not true. the first question out of the box was to bernie sanders, why would any american vote for a socialist. and immediately hillary clintons but asked, aren't you a flip-flopper. so that's not a fair comparison, is it? >> maybe, but at the same time, those are very tough questions. one of the first questions asked of donald trump is, are you

running a comic book campaign? i'm not sure if that's a fair question and i'm not sure what sort of answer are you trying to get. >> it was biased and editoriamizing. it was john harwood. >> what do you think a candidate is going to say when you ask a question like that? the questions to bernie sanders about socialism -- >> that's my point. i'm suggesting they also have received very, very challenging, tough questions. so you can't say the dems are getting off easy. alex, thanks very much. tomorrow, donald trump will be sitting down with fox sports own collin calvert at 12:00 p.m., 8:00 p.m. the most controversial man in politic politics. president obama's decision to commit boots on the ground.

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them. >> let's talk about this with rick rinau. he's a fox news contributor. good to see you. >> you, too. >> if you were devising a strategy, how involved should the u.s. be in syria, and in what capacity? >> look, i think the colin powell doctrine is to use overwhelming force to reluctantly go in. but if you go in, use overwhelming force. it's important right now to highlight the opposite of boots on the ground. our politicians in washington. so the theory is, do we put boots on the ground, and run the military strategy, or do we let politicians in washington run the military strategy? the obvious answer is, if you're going to reluctantly say yes to a military campaign which president obama has done, don't just send 50. don't just send 50 individuals

to go up against the russians who are there with military hardware and who, by the way, have a policy that is in direct contradiction to our policy. we want the syrian president assad to go and the russians want him to stay. by us sending only 50 troops to go up against the russian military that has military hardware inside syria, and is bombing in support of their campaign to support assad, i think senator lindsey graham is correct when he says 50 troops are not enough. and marco rubio is exactly right when he says i'm questioning the strategy here. we don't have a strategy. president obama is promising to do something and sending 50 troops in. that's a pr band aid, not a national security strategy. >> would you want to send more troops in? we just played that sound bite from former senator george mitchell. we have the baddest, best

military in the world but you want to be careful where you send them in. what's our situation? it's a convoluted situation over there. doesn't mean we don't have the might but it's very complex. if not 50, how many? more or less? or not at all? >> i would go back to the colin powell doctrine which is reluctantly to do anything until you make the decision to put troops in there. and they -- the powell doctrine is to use overwhelming force. don't just send 50. go in there and absolutely do something. look, we're talking about president obama's decision to put young military men and women in harm's way. we reluctantly -- the president has said no to that for years in syria. he's looked the other way. we have 250,000 people that have been killed inside syria. it is an atrocious situation there. so i guess that there has been a

difficult process internally to figure out when to put troops in. but president obama made the decision to put men and women in harm's way. i'm questioning why only 50. if you're going to make this decision, let's do the powell doctrine and use overwhelming force. >> i understand what you're saying. i wish someone else was here to ask you the but question. if you are saying the president made the decision to put 50 or less than 50 special ops troops in harm's way, you are suggesting putting more. that's the question i certainly don't have the answer. but i wanted to point that out. you didn't answer it either. >> well, i don't know because i'm not a military strategist. but certainly more than 50 because i think putting 50 in there, up against the russians -- >> plus, as you know, isis is there and they're probably going to want to engage the 50 special ops forces, which is really troublesome as well. let me go here. iran is going to be involved in

these resolution talks. what do you think about that? >> i think legitimizing the iranian regime is a terrible idea. first of all, the iranians have a lot on their plate to prove the deals they signed and nuclear deal they signed, that they're going to provide access and come clean on the number of centrifuges and amount of enriched uranium. we agreed with the iranians, the u.s. government did, this agreement so the iranians could come clean. they have not come clean yet. they've not opened up access to their military site. they have a lot to do before we can treat them like a legitimate country. >> there are so many people lying and so much distrust you have to be careful about sending our troops, our precious personnel into those convoluted situations. rick, we've got to go. i always love talking to you. thanks, rick.

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meeting their families. a million spectators here. 50,000-plus runners. 26.2 miles through five boroughs here in new york city. each runner has their own special particular inspiring story as to why they choose to endure this ultimate test of body and mind. it's really incredible. look at charles kathryn. he says it's about proving he can do anything despite being legally blind. three years ago charles suddenly lost his eyesight after moving to the united states from france. today he's running in his first marathon with the help of three guys. one with a tether on his waist while the other two protected him along the route. >> we all get in our zone. and then it became a very spiritual -- it's also an accomplishment every time i run because i forget i'm disabled. i just feel free.

>> just incredible stories like that one of people who choose to run. this is what it's all about. in terms of what you said about the winners today. the men's binner did this in two hours and 10 minutes. the woman is mary. she did it in two hours and 24 minutes becoming the first woman to repeat winning the race since 2008. charles finished in under four hours and really it's all about this. it's so inspiring. he raised money for his non-profit while at it. a great day today. >> good for him. that is so inspiring. great story, bryan llenas. thanks very much. we choose to go to the moon. we choose to go to the moon and do the other things, not because they are easy but because they are hard.

>> speeches like that from president john f. kennedy motivated the u.s. to launch a new space program and put a man on the moon less than a decade later. nasa's chief says their next big quest to put humans on mars may not happen by the 2030s, if at all. if that possible timeline is even a reality or possible reality, more on this with former nasa astronaut tom jones. he's also the author of "skywalking." good to see you, mr. jones. >> hello. >> talk about this. how precarious is this journey to mars, and why? >> well, it's a big challenge. we haven't done a program in the last 25 or 30 years before. and the biggest problem is getting sustained interest from a president who wants to send us to mars. a congress who will fund it over two or three decades and solve technical problems along the way. technical problems with political challenges and it's a big order to fill.

>> are you optimistic you can combine those two feats and overcome them? >> i'm optimistic all the time about space travel. it's a great opportunity to demonstrate that we're a 21st century nation. it takes leadership to recognize there's a big payoff at the end of that process of getting to mars with new technology and inspiration that comes to -- scientists and engineers just coming up through the ranks. >> you mentioned, i want you to talk to us a bit more about the kind of study and research potential that there is on mars. >> well, the big payoff for mars is knowledge. the knowledge about where life came from in the early solar system and did it only develop on earth or on other planets in our solar system as well. if you develop the technology to send a biologist or scientist to mars, you'll get technological benefits back here on earth from that process of innovation. >> you're optimistic because you want this to work. what about the concept of creating a space habitat, sort

of a proving ground? >> that's what nasa is talking about. going into deep space. living quarters that can give us the experience we need to take deep space voyages out to mars. that's a logical step forward from where we are now on the space station. but the funds are not there to develop it. it needs to come from the president's budget and have the congress support that. excellent seen that in the last seven years. >> the u.s. can afford an aborted human mission to mars? >> yes, it is affordable. nasa's budget is only about 0.4% of the federal outlay each year. if that goes up 10 or 15%, we'd make it there. last year the gao said the government wasted $125 billion in improper fraudulent payments to citizens or to criminals. if we can harness some of that waste and turn it toward mars we can easily afford it. >> that's was your argument for

affording it. i meant do you think -- what reflection would it be on the u.s. if it could not make it to mars is what i'm asking. excuse me. >> i think to stake a claim that we're going to mars and then to not fund it is hand waving, and it would be very disappointing to young people today, scientists and engineers who want to participate in this great adventure and make america the leader in space innovation. to step back from that would be a big disappointment and in contrast with jfk's speech. >> thanks. tom joen tom, thank you. great to talk with you. >> if matt damon can make it all the way to mars -- >> that's a movie, greg. it's not real. >> seriously? >> i like matt damon. >> i thought they brought him home, too. why some retailers are canceling an annual shopping

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on the holiday. does this mean americans could be losing their love for black friday? joining me is brenda. our senior business correspondent. great to see you. this is heresy. how could this be? >> rei is the first one who is doing are closing their 150 stores but are paying their employees for vacation day and they close online. they can afford to do this. they are a specialty store. their business picks up in the spring. they are getting a lot of press for this. >> and staples are opening later and they plan to remain closed on thanksgiving day. a last stores have decided we will be open on thanksgiving day and everyone come over with the turkey. what is the strategy? >> these continues to be specialty stores. they are not the retailers that are open on thanksgiving day and are open on black friday.

i don't know about you but i want on get up at 6:00 a.m. after a turkey coma to go with the crushing crowds and get five dollars off a tv. people are learning they can go online and the online sales are --. >> wal-mart is increasing their investment in e-commerce. that is their big story. what is the reason behind that? is it because they are getting killed by amazon? >> amazon come is the answer. in 1999, wal-mart said we will go all out on the internet. since then, their revenues up three times. amazon is up 57 times on price, convenience, selection, amazon is killing them. >> what is the deal behind all of this? are people just sick and tired of all of the mayhem and getting up at 6:00 a.m. and you have to fight and people get hurt going through the front door.

>> black friday is not gone. it is going dark for some companies but not for a lot of the stores. for a lot of people this is a social thing. i don't go it, that is not where i want to be but people love to go throughout and get the deals. a lot of companies are already starting to sellerlier, november 1st today, wal-mart and target are. >> are they extending the deals beyond black friday? in other words, what is the point? sleep in, watch a game, and the deals are still going to be there? >> we are the brink of black friday. >> do discounts still drive shoppers to buy other items in a store? does that still work? >> that is called the loss leaders you get a big screened tv for $100 and you buy a bunch of other stuff. with the economy the way it is today, i don't think that necessarily works. >> i read that holidays

represent nearly a fifth of the retail industry's annual sales s that right? >> these two months account for 20 percent, the most important time of the year for retailers. >> they have so much invested in such a short period of time. >> strategy keeps changing and changing and people change what they want. >> my complaint buy online i was not sure it would fit but they make it so easy to return. it was hard to return in the beginning. >> now it is free in a last cases. it is easy. by the way, my christmas list. >> brenda's christmas list. >> i don't know if you can find them. >> number one, a ferrari. >> amazon. >> any particular color? >> purple. >> can you get that on amazon.

>> absolutely. >> and terribility cigars, are they illegal? i don't think we have opened trade fully. >> i will go with another brand then. >> tickets to bermuda. we hope there is no hurricane. >> i will be waitin'. you can shop online. letting you know. >> christmas lists online. i love shopping online the cyber monday is coming up. >> i don't think that is such a big deal, either, on-line shopping you can get the democrats they time. it is just...that is...they are hoping to get the dailies. >> there are deals. i looked at a $400 watch and i want online and i could get it for $80. $400 for $80. >> you will be buying that for yourself. >> unbelievable. this is for someone else. >> brenda, thank you for being with us. >> you can catch brenda on "bulls and bears," right here on

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see this for the first time, desperation play that almost never works came through big time for miami university. look at that the hushes take the final kickoff return of the game of the miami players passing the ball back is forth for eight hat values. it was enough to keep the ball moving all the way to the end zone and the hushes stunning duke to take the lead with no time left on the clock. there he goes. this he goes. there he goes. he is in. it is unbelievable. if you look closely, look at it again and again in slow-motion, there were so many opportunities for duke defenders to tackle whoever had the ball, i question one of the laterals, i think there was a knee down, right there, there was a knee down. but they came back and said

"touchdown." board duke. they get an "a" for effort. thank you does it for us "media buzz," is up next. we hope you have a great weekend, everyone. >> on the buzz beater this sunday, the republican party declares war on nbc after the debate on cnbc with the moderators sounding snarky and hostile. >> is this a comic book version of a presidential campaign? they said you have as much chance of cutting taxes as flying away from the podium by flapping your arms. when you look at the average in the national polls the leader is drum truck. do you see someone with the moral authority to unite the country. >> such a nasty question. but, thank you, governor. >> i have to tell you the truth even in new jersey what you are doing is called rude. >> the questions that have been asked so far in the