we are out of time. thank you for watching. have a great night. >> julie: this is a fox news alert. dramatic video of what appears to be members of the para military force funding by iran's supreme cleric videotaping another protest on the streets of iran. this video posted on youtube, sites like youtube and twitter has been the only sources on the protests. iran expelled all the foreign journal identified. i'm julie banderas. welcome to a brand-new hour. nasa now saying there is a 70% chance that the shuttle endeavour will lift off this evening. astronauts, we're looking at them live right now, they are

suiting up to prepare for the launch. it's scheduled for 7:13 and endeavour was supposed to lift off yesterday. but a severe lightning storm forced nasa to are scrub the launch. phil is at the launch. is today finally the day the astronauts are going to get off the ground? >> it certainly seems so. we have the commander strapped inside the space shuttle endeavour. right now are looking at close out quarters that is adjacent to the hatch. that is pilot douk last hurley and he will enter and be strapped into his seat. also on the denying is jim copra but the weather looks really good. it was a crazy week last week, full of rain and thunder a lot of lightning. that is why we have a launch at 7:13 because yesterday nasa felt more comfortable to have the

engineers check out the electronics on the shuttle and solid rocket boosters. because of seven lightning strikes that came awfully close to hitting the space shuttle. not one bolt hit the shuttle but they did strike the lightning masts which is designed to attract lightning. a couple hit the water tower. they wanted to make sure all the circuitry is good. so it's got to be hundred percent confidence and they feel they have it right now. there is nice breeze picking up. i have to tell you the weather remains dynamic. 70% favor amp at this point but there is a 30% that certainly this launch is not guaranteed. it's been delayed more than a month now, two times because of the leak in the hydrogen vent line. tank this morning, pumping

500,000 gallons of liquid oxygen. they finally made it van after a month of waiting. and there will be six orbiting astronauts are awaiting new visitors. >> it will make for the most people on board the international space station? >> it was traditional three people on board. now, we are getting near completion of international space station. it's hundred yards long end to end, so russian agency and japanese space agency, they will fly down from endeavour. there is also a canadian astronaut going up on this mission. she is from montreal. now, they have a full staff of six people personally on the international space station. once we have this shuttle crew,

there is going to be 13 people up there. i'm not sure how crowded they will feel but plenty of people to talk to. phil, recording lie. by the way, when endeavour launches fox will be here. away have complete coverage of the launch and julie will bring it to you on the fox report. >> julie: i sure will. meantime, obviously weather is playing a huge role. weather needs to cooperate before endeavour leaves the ground. things are looking pretty good over at kennedy space center right now. domenica davis is in the fox weather center, hi there. >> we do have activity on the radar but the good things the storms are staying further inland. here is cape canaveral right here so the storms are well off to the west. over the next several hours,

these individual cells are going to started to drift to the northeast. they should be out of the vicinity. that is the thinking of what is happening what is happening on the radar. also there is not much lightning which is also good news. however, it is breezy so as phil mentioned, it's touch and go. radar is showing it's stable conditions the way the stovmsz are moving. we do have not rain but more to talk about it coming up in the 5:00 hour. a major heat wave is affecting not only the south but the west coast. we're talking very dangerous heat and heat advisories and heat warnings that we'll have to deal with much of the coming week. >> julie: domenica davis, thank you very much. >> she is talking about heat and weather, that will be taking place in washington where the confirmation battle for the nation's highest court will start tomorrow. judge sonia sotomayor heading to

capitol hill hoping to be the supreme court's first hispanic latina judge. things from racial conflict to legal controversy play out on a public stage. courtney is live in washington. this could be a very heated hearing? >> absolutely. it's getting hot down in d.c. she is polishing up her preparations. supporters and detractors are starting their warmups on the sunday talk shows. one of the senate judiciary members dianne feinstein tipped her hand and said to john cornyn how she is going to vote. >> over all the story is so encouraging, so much a part of the american dream. she has done so well at what she has done, i think take enormous pride as a woman in voting for her. i never say how i'm going to vote before a hearing. in this case, john, i find her

amazing. i really do. >> jeff sessions spoke on face the nation thinks sotomayer needs to address whether her personal politics or ethics background will affect her decision-making. >> i think she has to answer this. this is a mature judicial flots if i she has taken. she has criticized the idea that a woman and a man would reach the same result. she expects them to reach different results. that is incompatible with the american system. >> according to the white house, president obama tefltd the judge to wish her luck. he is confident she would serve as a justice on the supreme court for many years to come. her version of the american dream by getting an ivy league education. they will have a chance to see

whether her identity and beliefs will affect her judgment. >> julie: the build-up is over and battle lines are drawn, from race to abortion, it will talk on key button issues. spending hours with the team at white house preparing to face tough questions from the 19 senators on the judiciary committee. how intense will the grilling get? how does one prepare for this kind of intense show down. we want your shots on this. if you were a senator grilling her, what tough questions would you ask. tweet me a twitter/. thank you so much riash el for talking to us. she is going to be on the firing line tomorrow. as republican senator john

cornyn pointed out, judges aren't used to answering tough questions. this will be a turnaround for her. how does the white house prepare for the role of the job but to survive the hearing tomorrow? >> what they are doing they are asking her the type of questions that will be asked of hearing and they are doing it over and over. they are trying to be as mean and hostile as possible to gather anything she might say. >> julie: 17 members are expected to press on gun ownership rights and use of international law and trying to build a case that sotomayer's political views influenced her decision-making on the bench. you know, republicans only have 40 members. they are outnumbered. what are their chances of getting defeated in a filibuster >> chances of getting defeated depends on how the hearing goes.

if she guz does a great job, if she comes across right, her chances are good. never know what is it going to happen. if she loses her cool or says something extremely controversial, she could get the democrats to voted against her. >> julie: she referred to herself as a bear on the bench. she has 17 years' experience, it's not necessarily the lack of experience that republicans will be going after. it's a lot of controversial issues. what do you think are some of toughest questions will be put to her tomorrow? >> she is definitely going to be asked about her comments about being a wise latina woman and how it factors into judging. she says her past experience factors into judging. a lot of the members of the committee including senator sessions think it's inappropriate to take personal experiences and opinions into judging. she is going to have to explain those comments and explain what kinds of considerations she

would use to decide cases that come beforer. >> julie: it's interesting that you point out, making comments about being latina will help in her decision-making a lot of people were those controversial but she should have apologized. she never apologized for making those personal comments. do you think she should have apologized. do you think that would have softened the blow? >> i don't know if she should have apologized or not. i doubt an apology would stop from anybody asking her about those questions. she has been on the record for a number of different times making comments like that. she would be asked about that regardless of whether she apologized. >> adding to the political theater, her injured ankle. her foot is still in a captain. i understand that the committee is actually preparing a special table for the hearing because her foot has to be propped up at all times. will that play a role in the

political theater tomorrow? >> any way to personalize is always good for the nominee. if her ankle was broken, it's good for her. you saw that with justice alito and roberts, they had family and kids behind them. to give a personal touch is good for the nominee. >> julie: thank you so much rachel brand. we're going to take a closer look at her nomination and what she can expect. tonight at 8:00 p.m.. >> brett baier and megyn kelly hosts judge sotomayer and join them for special coverage of the hearings. it all starts tomorrow morning right here on fox at 9:00 a.m. eastern. make sure you are watching it. guessing game whether sarah palin would keep her hat in the political game.

it may be over thanks to an interview with the washington times. she plans to stay involved in politics. many predicted she would step away finding the public spotlight too huarn. she says she intends to stump for conservative issues. palin also says that the public is tired of part sanship. she wants to campaign for republicans and democrats that share her values on limited government, a strong defense and energy independence. she dropped a bombshell in the political world when she announced she will resign as governor by the end of the month. >> julie: los angeles city officials arguing over the price tag of michael jackson's memorial. among the costs, 11 mile closing off of streets and overtime costs for the thousands of extra officers, emergency personnel that had to be on the job. city attorney is now investigating how city taxpayers ended up with the bill.

early estimates that it will be $1.4 million, but city officials argue that los angeles will get the money back because of the boost to tourism. new violence is erupting across our border. gunmen launching attacks in mexico. the attacks, among the boldest carried out against the government. government armed with grenades and assault rifles killing three police officers and two soldiers. ten other agents wounded in the attack. at least six cities were hit in this attack. attacks appear to be retaliation of the arrest of a suspected drug czar. >> julie: more fighting breaking out in jerusalem. take a listen. thousands of jews taking to the streets and taking on police. this is new video into fox news,

getting pretty violent there. police pushing and shoving the protestors. some demonstrators throwing stones, being dragged on the street with his head and feet. finding themselves under cars protesting the opening of a parking lot on saturday. jewish sabbath. jewish religious law forbids them driving on that day. members of congress teaming over revelations they were left in the dark about a secret c.i.a. program. now new reports that former vice president dick cheney ordered the agency to keep quiet. will congress launch an investigation? we ask two of their own, next.

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coalition forces trying to secure the area before the august 20th presidential election. >> kelly: we're still waiting for a green light from nasa. astronauts are suiting up right now for the possible launch. launch was delayed because of lightning strikes and scheduled to blast off 7:13 eastern time and we'll bring it to you live on the fox reported with julie. >> julie: and we'll be bringing you live of the confirmation hearings of sonia sotomayor. one issue is controversial comments about a wise latina would be able to reach better decisions an white male without the same life experiences. we're going to catch you up on what you need to know about the hearings in a special report, 8:00 p.m. only here fox. brett baier and megyn kelly, judging sotomayor. >> kelly: right now, lawmakers

are wondering why they were kept in a dark about a c.i.a. program. now there are reports that claim former vice president dick cheney, he specifically directed the c.i.a. not to tell congress about the intelligence gathering operation. congress is now split along party lines whether to investigate. let's listen. >> congress should have been told. we should have been briefed before the commencement of this kind of sensitive program. director paneta did brief us, i believe it was the 24th of june, said he had just learned about the program, described it to us, indicated that he had cancelled it. as has been reported he was fold that the vice president had ordered that the program not be briefed to the congress. >> kelly:. >> to say the vice president is at fault sounds like a new theme

they want to blame the bush-cheney administration for economy and other things. >> kelly: joining us is to discuss this bob andrews and dan burton from indiana. lows talk about this. you have two sides expressing the timing of this release. congressman burton, republicans are charging that the timing is very suspicious here because they are trying to in regards to nancy pelosi. what say you? >> that may be part of the problem but let me say this about dick cheney. i have known him since he was in congress. he very honorable man hand he would not break the law in any circumstances in my opinion. if you look at the 1947 law, i don't think there is any indication that any law was broken because it wasn't reported to congress. i believe it should have been reported to congress.

under the circumstances they may have thought they should wait. >> kelly: congressman andrews, how are democrats looking at this situation that leon paneta is bringing to light. he shut it down once he learned about the plan, according to his report, dick cheney kept secret? >> i think americans are looking at it under the constitution. we have an obligation to keep things secret in order to protect the national security. i think both republicans and democrats on the intelligence committee do that. the administration has an obligation to inform those committees about decisions they made that affect the country. failure to inform the congress is a very serious problem. >> kelly: let's go beyond politics. let's go beyond the partisanship. what is at stake with enhanced

interrogation and whether or not someone in the c.i.a. withheld this information from the senate intelligence committee and house intelligence committee. what is at issue here? >> it's separation of powers. i don't think it's republican or democrat. we in the congress have a responsibility to pass judgment on what the country is doing is right or wrong. executive branch has at responsibility to inform us. it looks like they didn't. >> let me just say this. according to the law, 1947 statute, until something is about to become operational, c.i.a. does have discretion when they release that information to the intelligence agencies. now, i believe they should have. you have to remember this was right after 9/11. we were concerned about terrorist attacks. there were stigsz made at that time based upon trying to protect america. it went on for a long time. it's hard to get things out of the c.i.a. i don't disagree it should have

been reported but as far as laws being broken, i don't believe there were any. >> it did go operational. this is not releasing to it public. this is about -- >> rob, how do you know it went operational. >> i think director paneta. >> he didn't say anything about that. >> kelly: gentlemen, let me bud in here. >> it should have been reported. >> kelly: you see the dichotomy between the two opposing views, does an investigation have to go on now to find out what really happened and is important information was withheld from the seek speaker of house and other members of congress? >> i don't think it should be a political circus but it should be done. >> let me say, i don't think we need to do that. i think we need to send a message to the c.i.a. that it

had a is to be done in a timely fashion. we have more important things with the terrible economy we have. >> kelly: we have to end it there. thank you for joining us. we'll be following the story. >> julie: we're getting tweeted go about it. max writes, don't you think that congress should investigate cheney. and i agree with cheney, it's a nothing but loses-lipped libertys. >> kelly: something is going to take place when they try to mete out some sort of justice. >> julie: it's fascinating they are he is no longer on office. >> kelly: he was unavailable for comment. we tried to reach him on this. >> julie: if so many of the country is hurting.

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>> julie: time for top of the news. you are looking at live shot from kennedy space center. if all goes according to plan, shuttle endeavour will lift off in three hours. nasa reports there is only a 30% chance that weather will interfere about tonight's

liftoff, 70% chance it will be a go. >> kelly: in china, a group of tourists there were swept away by flash floods, seven are known dead. 22 or missing. >> julie: lance armstrong remains in third place in the latest stage in the tour de france. he has now completed a grueling ride up the mountains. >> kelly: big bucks from the federal government, detroit carmakers, but what about you? america's small business owner, as we told you the white house is considering a plan to give some of the $700 billion of bailout money to small companies. they desperately need it. critics say the small business administration, that is suppose to be helping is turning its back on them. laura ingle has more to shed light on this. >> for small business owners trying to get a loan, process

can be extremely frustrating. many do get approved, there are scores of other mom and pop stores that need help and seemingly meet all the criteria but they are continually turned down. small business administration doesn't make direct loans but instead works with banks and other lenders to guarantee them. according to the spa, loan volume has increed more than 40% over the last five months and $6 billion in loans were made in that time. some critics say there are more that can be done especially on the part of the banks. the banks have their discretion and part of the issue for borrowers and confusion comes from the facts that different banks are applying these rules to their own business policy. one bank to another, you'll never get a consistent answer because they are all operating differently. >> reporter: small businesses, like this one in new york city

have been applying for loans for years. the owner says he has been turned down seven times which has left him fed up. >> the representatives gave us a handshake deal and the deal goes out. it's amazing that you get -- you feel like you're going to get it and they take it away from you. >> reporter: they are eliminating some of fees with the loans. last month, banks across america begin taking application for the america's recovery capital loan program, otherwise known as arc. for many it's too little and too late. >> kelly: you have to feel bad for them. >> reporter: some of them has to close up shop while waiting for the loans. >> julie: a small businesss struggle and unemployment remains in a 25-year high.

why are some big corporations taking trips on private planes, getting massive bonuses -- i mean massive -- is wall street back to its old ways again? let's turn to author, aig -- great to have you on. aig is perfect example why so many americans are outraged, this week coming out of 40 high ranking officers that contributed to the company's downfall are going to receive millions of dollars in bonuses. is this 2007 again and lead to another 2008-2009. reneed to stop demonizing wall street. it's still a capitalist society. these companies need to have the ability to compensate. cnn could offer you more money

and fox news to increase your salary. these are the same stories. they need to be able to compensate their employees. you bring up aig because it created a tremendous amount of distrust. goldman sachs benefited substantially. so millions of dollars that went to aig, to save aig actually ended up in the hands of goldman sachs. there is a lot of distrust about what happened in the past. people are looking at these bonuses and makes their blood boil. >> julie: first of all, unlike the executives, i'm going call them greedy, let's faces it. liddy who is the chairman of aig made a deal back in september that they would delay, forgo the bonuses until the spring. but they could have turned them down the same way i would if was offered another job but i like my job here.

and they are supposed to oversee the funds. large bailouts but he can do nothing because the bonuses before he took that position. why didn't the white house think of this sooner? why didn't they appoint a compensation czar sooner, prevent these bonuses from happening and maybe have this money circulate into the american economy where it should belong? >> you know, i can't exactly predict why they decided to do it later. i can tell you that the real story here is there are few people who are getting compensation. wall street is giving money to specific types of professionals, fixed income professionals that are benefiting from a low interest environment. you are seeing a lot of money go into stocks, into bonds, junk bonds and high yield bonds. so they are receiving money and so are these mega deals because of the government where you see

underwriting of stock for major companies. the government said go out and raise money so the investment banks have benefited. overall the story here, in my opinion, wall street needs compensate people appropriately and the government nieces needs to stay out of that. >> julie: why do you think people are concerned about wall street bonuses other than the obvious? >> people think that when someone is being compensated that something is going on here. wall street is demonized because it's being sucked out of the economy. reality the next 24 months we're going to have a significant downturn but not because of wall street. we have commercial real estate is about to fall off a cliff. everybody knows, you to go a store and nobody is shopping. stores are closing. sooner or later these owners of shopping centers and developers are going to have to give their shopping centers back to the banks. there are other issues, like the

residential mortgages, that is huge issue. we are going to see a recasting of interest rates over the next 12 months. those are the things that are going to affect the economy. >> julie: all right. it's reality. >> by the way, my little brother's birthday so i am wishing him a big bonus here. >> julie: it's my birthday too, only kidding. thank you very much for talking to us. >> kelly: glad to have you here. >> julie: glad to be on board. >> kelly: live pictures from cape canaveral, space shuttle endeavour is set to blast off into space in the next few hours. we are live from cape canaveral straight ahead. : geico's the third-largest car insurance company in the nation. but, it's not like we're kicking back, now, havin' a cuppa tea. gecko vo: takes lots of sweat to become that big.

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tonight's liftoff is set for 7:13 p.m. eastern time. engineers say it doesn't look like the shuttle was damaged by the bad lightning that took place and postponed yesterday's launch. keep it right here for full coverage. >> julie: we'll be watching the live picture all night, 7:13 p.m. eastern and i will carry it live on the fox report. democrats and congress calling for an investigation into a c.i.a. surveillance program that was allegedly kept secret by former vice president dick cheney. but some republicans question the timing of the report pointing out it comes on the heels of a firestorm of nancy pelosi claims that they lied to her about water boarding. >> president obama offering words of encouragement to sonia sotomayor expressing confidence

she will win confirmation. tune in to a judging sotomayer anchored by brett baier and megyn kelly, takes place 8:00 p.m. eastern time. >> julie: today is a special day. we are paying a tribute to the a member of fox family, a man of unique talents and extraordinary character, press secretary tony snow. one year ago today, he sadly lost his vicious battle with colon cancer. he was a loving father and husband and loving friend. truly one of america's most gifted commentators. griff is live in washington. it was one year ago today, you and i were together on this very set when you were reflecting on your personal special memories with him and incredible to know that a year has already passed? >> it's hard, he because he was

gifted in leaps and bounds. but what she most proud of in all of his great accomplishments were three kids and his wife, jill. tony set the standard for character in washington along with faith and family. for all of us that knew and loved him, he was truly one of a kind. >> good morning, i'm tony snow. >> his career spans, printed, television and politics. from radio booth to fox news, to the podium at the white house, always cheerful and positive. tony snow was loved by so many. >> if i had one example to give to my children as an adult that you want to be, it would be tony snow. >> he was so alive and so smart. i feel as though i chatted with him last week. for all of us that knew him well

he'll never be gone. >> he loved his family more than anything. i wish i could be more like him every single day. >> we love and all miss him. many still wear this that we put on. >> he was a huge benefit. i counted bringing tony snow as one of the best. he loved his family and he loved his country. he went down with a smile. that is what you would have expected from tony. everything i knew about him i admired tremendously. >> he had a curiosity, he with a very well read and he was confident to talk about anything it was a rarity among tv journalists. >> it's hard to believe that it's been a year, he was a great friend, a colleague, a great time questioning when i covered

the white house. >> you couldn't help but be happy when you were around him, no matter how big the challenges. there was big booming voice and great smile and infectious personality. i miss him a lot. >> tony snow was exceptional. he was a kind, generous and wonderful human being. he never lost track of who he was. never got to be a big shot about it. he was a great communicator and above all, a wonderful person. >> tony played many roles in his celebrated career, but there was never a doubt which one mattered most, loving husband of jill and loving father of his kids. washington will never be the same without tony snow. it is the better city because of his legacy. >> they say about washington, if you want a friend, get a dog. if you want a friend in washington, you had tony snow.

>> he left the white house and there were hundreds of people out there bidding him farewell. it was a real tribute to tony. >> i loved tony. he wasn't a routine colleague, he was always upbeat and fun and we just miss him. it's that simple. >> miss him we do, his example is one that i try to aspire to and every husband and father probably should try to, as well. he wrote in a column words of advice, we should be bold enough to love and humble enough to serve smiling all the way. >> kelly: we knew tony very well. i had the pleasure of working with him. one thing he also enjoyed was music and love for highs i can that he and i shared. he was very talented with just

about any instrument he picked up. he passed that on to his children as well. >> reporter: including that, robbie is a spitting image he is accomplished guitar player. and i think we're going to see him strumming away. >> julie: griff had shared some amazing stories when we were together. you talked about how he taught you everything you know. he was a producer, griff was the producer. you say if it weren't for tony snow, you wouldn't object tv right now? >> that's right. we were so touched and you know this, he had this ability to care most about human contact. i'll tell you a fast story. there is a woman who practically lost her daughter with literally no notice to, three years old.

this happened when tony was in the white house. she had been a freelancer for fox news sunday when it first begin. tony snow found time to show up unexpectedly at that funeral and woman came in my office at 7:30 and introduced herself consumed with emotion. it's amazing however he went out of his way for other people. >> kelly: that describes him, a man of hope and certainly a man of faith and he was eager to express it to whoever came into his life. i really miss him. i loved his laugh too. >> julie: he was a great guy. thank you griff. we'll be right back. [ water ] hey, it's me -- water.

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>> kelly: sarah palin's resignation, sparking speculation, is a presidential run in store? we'll get the latest from rasmussen poll. they have her as a front-runner 2012 before governor mitt romney and mike huckabee. scott is joining us. good day to you, sir. >> good to see you. these poll numbers show where the republican party is today. this are carry over from election 2008. palin the vp nominee and huckabee and romney tied for second lays in that run. it's worth remembering four years ago at this time, hillary clinton was the democratic front runner and nobody heard of barack obama. >> kelly: and 40% of likely

voters say palin's resignation hurts her chances of winning the party's nomination in 2012. do you think she can recover from that? >> sure she can. whether she does is open to speculation. what it says, huckabee supporters say it hemmed him. we don't have any idea what republican party will be looking like as we head into the 2012 race. what we do know is sarah palin has become a figure that everybody has an opinion about, some love her, some hate her but he is a dominant figure. >> kelly: you can say that again. governor mike huckabee has his own show, he happy. he is not planning to do anything. in other news, however, you say 60% of likely voters oppose passing a second stimulus

package. the president even writing an op-ed column there is need for a second package to kick start the economy. we're looking at your poll and over a fourth actually support one. what say you about this? what did you uncover doing this? >> people don't have a lot of confidence that the first stimulus worked. 60% says it has no impact. that is not support you need to build support for a second stimulus package. american people believe that more government spending is bad for the economy and they are concerned about the levels of spending we're seeing today. >> kelly: however there are people that supported the president and say the stimulus package wasn't gone into full effect because of the backlog of the government and how slow it moves?

>> sure. what we're going to see with all these numbers people are going to assess the economic environment but for those that want to sell the increased government spending, it's an unhill fight. 51% of americans right now do support an cross the board tax cut which some people would consider a different form of the stimulus. >> kelly: all eyes are on judge s is on the assault on. in your recent poll taken two days after the supreme court's ruling on the richi case. those polls are split? >> 37% say she should than confirmed, 39% say she should not. 84% believe her confirmation is likely. it's going to take something unusual to trip up that confirmation process. we'll see what happens during the hearing. we know that americans overwhelming believe that judges

should make decisions based on the case before them, not on their own perspective of law and a man and woman, white or hispanic would generally reach the same conclusion. >> kelly: i want to bring my good friend julie. >> julie: one writes that sonya needs to ask about her wise latina comment. your reaction. she is going to get harsh questions. >> absolutely. she some going to get questions on that can comment and the new haven firefighters' case. depending on how she answers will depend on the confirmation 'in the hearing. >> julie: you need to tweet. i'll tweet you later. so twitter/julie banderas.

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captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> julie: hello, good afternoon, everyone i'm jewel bandaras. >> i'm kelly wright, welcome to a new hour inside america's news headquarters, topping the news this hour, a florida couple with 16 children, 1 adopted -- 12 adopted are killed and the surveillance home installed in their home may help police hunting for their killers. >> julie: and sonia sotomayor, how would she fit in on the supreme court? could be -- could she influence other justice sns we'll explore that with someone who argued more than two dozen cases before america's highest court. >> 90 minutes away from the launch of shuttle endeavour, the shuttle already to go and we are being told the astronauts, well,

are all suited up and on board, and phil keating is following the action live at the kennedy space center and are all the astronauts buckled? ? >> reporter: yes. all buckled in and the commander, a while ago, talked with the people down at johnson space center in houston which will take over the entire operation, the mission as soon as it lifts off and everything is just -- goes from kennedy space center down to there and they are going over the final preparations and the counts down a little more than two hours away from now, the very important mission, and, a month overdue, delayed three times, as i mentioned, two times because of the leaky gas and hydrogen vent line and that was fixed and then, yesterday, it was supposed to launch and the crazy lightning storm, of friday, striked on the launch pad and engineers with nasa wanted to be sure all the circuitry was good and they did that and nasa is 100% confident, everything is

ready to go and the countdown resumes, and the crew which helped the astronauts get inside and strapped down into the seats are about to get out of there as well and shortly thereafter the hatch will be closed. >> quebec, we are finding out these astronauts may not have much time to rest on this flight or this mission, they have a lot of work to do? >> reporter: a very, very important mission, installing the last aspect of the japanese laboratory and this first installation was a big module which has a lot of space for astronauts and cosmonauts to do what they do up there and the last season, the big -- the last thing is a big porch, a porch in space and will be attached to the outside of the international space station and on board, is a small module the big robotic arm will take out of the cargo bay of the shuttle endeavor and install that over on the international space station, within it, right now, are

pallets of scientific experiments, ready to -- to be assembled onto the front porch and will determine how those are affected by the atmosphere that is no atmosphere, deep space and 16-day mission, five long space walks and they'll be very busy. >> phil, thanks for keeping us informed. >> reporter: sure. >> julie: what are the chances the launch goes off tonight without a hitch? the skies over kennedy space center appear clear but things can change quickly when it comes to weather, especially in na and domenica davis, the expert is live in the weather center and knows what she is talking about. >> we have clear skies over the kennedy space center, but it is just a few hundred miles to the north and to the west, and where we have these storms that are brewing and looks like they are going to stay this, lightning strikes, that was the biggest problem on friday and there is really not many lightning strikes are coming in and this radar is a help of the past hour and no lightning is showing up

even if we push it back 2-3 hours, there is no lightning with the storms and that is good news and a little bit of wind coming in especially with the storms down to the south today, i don't think, this it will affect it and it looks like, right now, over the next several hours, these storms are going to really just stay in and around the area, but not close enough, and i think that is the hope of -- why they are giving it a 70% chance, and they are keeping the small percent chance in case some of these get a little too close for comfort or the lightning starts to ramp up. now, we don't have rain to talk about, in the south, and the west. but we do have the heat and this is really another big story that is going to last into the middle of the week, look at these temperatures, currently 101° in dallas and the purple and the reds, we have temperatures over the 100-degree mark, and wichita, 101 and 108 phoenix and really from phoenix is all the way over to the texas area and into the tennessee valley, we are looking at very extreme heat, that is not only going to

stay, through today but into our monday and tuesday, and a front will roll through and heat warnings are in effect for south central and portions of the west, the desert southwest, tomorrow's high, even hotter, some places, 105, the high in dallas an factor in the humidity and the feel-like temperature, julie, to 110 and you know how hot that is. >> julie: thank you so much, domenica davis, get ready tor a major political show down the confirmation hearing for sonia sotomayor kicks off tomorrow and if confirmed she'll make history becoming the first hispanic judge on the supreme court and she has been the center 0 controversy these past weeks and the battle for a seat on the highest court in the land could get ugly. courtney kiely with a look at what the nominee will face tomorrow, hi, courtney. >> reporter: things started warming up today on the sunday morning talk shows and on "fox

news sunday," senator dianne feistein told chris wallace and senator jon cornyn how she'll vote. >> but, voofroverall, the storyo encouraging and so much a part of the american dream and she has done so well at what she has done, i take enormous pride as a woman in voting for her and i never say, how i will vote before a hearing, but, in this case, i -- i find her amazing, i really do. >> reporter: senator cornyn didn't think there would be any filibustering. >> i think she'll be given a fair hearing. i personally, and all of my colleagues, have made the commitment to give her a fair hearing. treat her with the dig nnity evy nominee deserves, and think she'll have an up-or-down vote. >> reporter: president obama made a phone call to her wishing her good luck as she continues

preparations for the hearing and is confident she'll be confirmed to serve on the supreme court for many years to come and on "meet the press," john mccain called her a great success story but will watch the hearings closely before he makes a decision and chuck schumer determined she'll be confirmed by a large number. jum jie thank you so much, and hey, we asked our viewers to weigh in on this, and with you were a senator, grilling sotomayor, what tough questions would you ask, tweet me at twitter.com. julie, i think you have a twitter addiction, tom writes and you are right, and jeff mw writes, my question is do you believe roe vs. wade is a way of population control? there will be a lot of controversial questions and i'm a patriot, asks her, how would you feel if a white man said he can more often than not do better than a hispanic women and

dc 25, sotomayor, you think it is possible to rule a case objectively, if so why do partisan presidents elect judges and they are interesting questions, i love to tweet. >> and sonya sotomayor, take the -- takes the hot seat tomorrow on capitol hill in the bid to become the supreme court's first latina justice and her confirmation hearing, before the senate judiciary committee, promised to explore a wide number of issues. and personal fact and views to racial conflict as we heard from the tweets and in the end, at the end of the day, we may get in sight on how she will or won't fit in, with other members of the bench and patricia malette joins us to discuss what we might hear from the hearings and you are a supreme court legal expert and this former assistant to the u.s. solicitor general. and tell me what you think, if

she is confirmed, what judge sotomayor will bring to the courts. >> thank you for having me here. i think she'll bring a lot of interesting perspectives, to the court. and she has -- everyone talks about her -- obviously, her presence as the first latina and hispanic on the court and she will obviously, bring gender diversity to the court and what she brings as a composite life story that will be something that other justices will -- can learn from, and will want to talk to her about and get her per chef on, one of the things thurgood marshal was so renowned for amoppings the justices themselves was the whole life story that he brought, not just the first hand experience of discrimination but his experience representing people who have been -- live in poverty and you know, it is a very small place, only 9 colleagues and they are there for life together and they really get to know each

other and really depend a lot on learning the stories of each other's lives and what they can bring to bear on the debate and dialogue they that have. >> i have to add, you bring up a good point, your analogy referring to justice thurgood marshal or goody as his friend called him, they thought because of the personal experience, that it made him a better justice for the supreme court in -- and so in looking at judge sotomayor, of course she received criticisms because of things that she has done in the past and has been through the gamut and environment and workplace discrimination and international law and second amendment, abortion, rules of evidence, and strip searches, all of those additional cases she's already covered, as a judge. and so, does it add to her experience or will it cause some ripple effect among those who are her critics, who say, aha, she did this, and we think --

take exception to that and don't believe you are qualified to be a judge? on the supreme court. >> i don't think a single one of those justices will think that she is not qualified to be there. i think they will all agree that she is qualified to be there and justice alito was a court of appeals judge for a long time and issued opinions on many, many issues and justice ginsburg had as well from the d.c. circuit and justice o'connor came from a background both as a state judge and a legislator. so, all of them come there, this isn't something you get out of law school, they all time with life times of accomplishment in the law and bring it to the table and the issues get in the supreme court, even if they are issues you have had -- kissing cousins of issues you have had before, they are refined and focused and decided at the highest level of legal analysis and you are in a context where you can revisit precedents if you feel it is appropriate and it is a different ballgame than you have as a court of appeals judge, so i think everybody

grows in this job and it is very much different from what she has been doing on the court of appeals and judging is judging at some level but this nature of the issues that and nature of the decision making, its impact on the country. >> patricia, quickly, before i -- i'm sorry, i didn't mean to cut you off, before we run out of time, barring a bombshell dropping a lot of people are saying it is a done deal and she'll be the first latina supreme court justice and do you see anything that would stand in her way in the upcoming hearings which begin tomorrow. >> i don't think there is anything, and we are in a day and age, where she has been scrutinized in a way, few other have, though others in recent years encountered similar experiences, but in history, we didn't have that and so much is known about her and when you have a wealth of opinion and decades serving as a judge even if there are problems that will be discussed at the hearings, i'm confident they will, when you have someone with her experience and she has not proven to be an activist and her

opinions are -- there is nothing that can be pointed to to disqualify her as a judge even if people don't like comments made here or there. >> patricia, she has an incredible life story from the bronx to programs, perhaps, the highest court in the land, thank you very much, patricia, for sharing your insights. >> thank you. >> julie: there is one group that does have issues with sotomayor, and a group in washington this weekend, ha has calm to a decision on her supreme court nomination, anti-abortion activists who staged a demonstration against sotomayor's confirmation and the protest is one of several plans to -- throughout the capital this month while senate hearings are underway and she is viewed by many conservatives as a pro-choice advocate. and that is because she once served on this board of the puerto rican legal defense and education fund, a group that supports pro-choice rights. >> and we'll take a close look at judge sotomayor's nomination and what she can expect during

the confirmation process, tonight at 8:00 p.m., eastern, bret baier and megan kelly host fox news reporting, judge sotomayor and join bret and make began, by the way or a fox news special coverage of the sotomayor hearing, it all starts tomorrow morning, right here, on fox, at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> julie: and another court hearing -- pitting the u.s. government against the swiss banking industry, is postponed, the u.s. justice department and swiss banking giant ubs agreeing to work out a settlement, possible settlement instead, and the hearing was to determine whether the bank should have to turn over the names of 52,000 clients with secret off-shore accounts. and the clients suspected of possible tax evasion and the swiss government says the bank -- it said it would seize the bank's records before allowing the company to turn them over to the u.s. >> usama bin laden targeting pakistan's leaders in a newly released tape. and bin laden calling pakistan

an ally, of satan for the recent military offensive against al qaeda and taliban fighters, and the offensive launched after the militants began enforcing a strict if often brutal version of islamic law known as sharia law and supports the offensive as a way to stabilize the nuclear armed nation. >>y they call themselves the sons of iraq, mostly sunni tribal leaders who fought with military forces against the insurgent and now the u.s. handed control of these freedom fighters to the shiite-led government and now, the face of the sons -- fate of the sons of iraq war in limbo and perhaps even danger. we have more. >> reporter: in the darkest days of chaos and terror a group of mostly sunni tribal leaders agreed to join the americans to fight al qaeda, known as the sons of iraq or awakening and the u.s. credits them for playing a key role in the the drop in violence, and many were

insurgents until the u.s. paid them to lay down arms and secure their neighborhoods. >> we managed to protect our areas and citizens from danger. >> reporter: the sons of iraq functions like a neighborhood watch program, with ak-47s, all the guards live in the neighborhood and their friends and families are here and know the gossip and rumors and who doesn't belong on their turf, the group was with this americans and now the u.s. military handed control of the mostly sunni fighters to the shiite led government, and it is a tense transportation and they claim the government is targeting them for arrest, even though they spilled their own blood fighting the terrible risz and the top u.s. commander understands the concerns. >> it is important that we continue to watch this closely and support -- it is important for the government of iraq to make sure they understand the roles the sons of iraq play in the progress that has been made and i think they do realize that. >> reporter: the sons' most common complain is they are no

longer getting paid the salary of 150 today's $300 a month, and they claim it is late but they need more time to verify roster. >> the iraqi government is admitting to the sons of iraq, and there are issues in some areas. >> reporter: the government here has decided the sons of iraq cannot continue to exist as a separate paramilitary group and pledged to integrate 20% of an estimated 95,000 fighters into the iraqi police, or army. the rest are supposed to get civil service jobs. >> the future is definitely to be merged with security forces in civilian jobs but no one knows when. >> reporter: u.s. military leaders say they are monitoring the situation, to see if iraqi authorities make good on their promises, worried that thousands of restless young men without money or jobs or trust in their government could be tempted to rejoin the insurgent. >> julie: reporting from

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yesterday because of lightning strikes and if it happens it will be 7:13 eastern time this evening and fox news will cover that life. >> julie: and we'll bring you live coverage of the confirmation hearings of sonia sotomayor starting tomorrow and one issue lack to come up is her controversial comments about a quote, wise latina often being able to reach better decisions than white mails and an editorial in today's "washington post," president obama is asking americans to be patient and give the economy time to recover but with unemployment numbers sitting at a 25 year high there is talk of a second stimulus package and do we need another jolt to the economy and if so, how should it be different? michael goodwin joins you, great to have you on. >> thanks. >> julie: urging patience in allowing the economy to get back on track and president obama has not ruled out the possibility of needing a second stimulus. do we need a stimulus do-over. >> the problem is that, the

first one didn't work as the president and his white house said it would. joe biden said last week that we misread the economy, meaning the administration and -- in putting together the stimulus and my comment is basically, this is the original thing of the obama administration, not the policy but the politic and he created bad blood cutting pruchs out of the process and in the end only got three republican votes in both houses combined and one of them, arlen specter is now a democrat and it is a democratic piece of legislation, $787 billion, mostly of borrowed money, and, it really is not work and the unemployment rate now, 9.5%, and one of the highest, in a very long time and you have the sense that it is not really working, as promised. and the president said there would be a catastrophe if it wasn't passed right away and it was hurried and nobody had time to read it and that happens when

you get a bill together like that and of course it will the other work and a lot of people told him it wouldn't. and the bad blood is there and the bad policy is there, and the public doesn't like it. >> julie: if we pass a stimulus, it needs to be new and improved, what will that entail. >> the most important thing, i think, is that washington has to be sensitive, democrats have the votes and that is how they got the first one through, but, when it doesn't work, it all falls back on them and i think by shutting out republicans in that first go-around they really put themselves -- hooked themselves and everything hangs on them and if it work it will be great for them but it isn't working and so i think when they go forward with other legislation, whether it be a second stimulus, and it will not happen now, but whether it will be the health bill, immigration changes, they are talking about, it is really important to involve everybody in the country and you cannot get unanimous but you can get a consensus on these things and

i'm somewhat optimistic, we are seeing that, with the health and there seems to be some negotiating in terms of the public option and it is most republicans and fiscal conservatives who do not like it and you are seeing attempts on immigration to crack down on the mexican border and do something about the defense, and to go after employers, who hire illegal alien and i think there are hopeful signs, of bipartisanship but without that, i think we will not get anything, that -- >> i have to go, in your column you write, despite taxpayer dollars and unite america, president obama has done neither, what do you mean, briefly into in terms of washington, certainly, he has not anything -- in terms of the deficit, he's running -- when running he talked about the need to have cap-and-trade and both of which will add to the deficit in some way or another and i think,

basically, his idea that he has to do everything right away, all at once, even colin powell, his big supporter said, it is too much, too much all at one, and i think that is where you are getting a the lot of people, who don't have time to read the bills, and they are more concern with getting it done and the president getting the victory on these big issues and it is not working and i hope he'll slow down and listen to people with other ideas and ignite the country around a consensus of opinion and a practice so we can move forward in a much more bipartisan way. >> julie: so good have you on, and you can read michael goodwin's column at foxnews.com/politics. thank you. >> and talking about bipartisanship, that this is could, we'll see if that happens. >> julie: wouldn't we love to see that. >> less than two hours from now we could see the shuttle endeavour blast off, 7:13, expected and nasa scrubbed three earlier attempts and will the shuttle finally get the green

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>> julie: the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news, new clues in the murder of a florida couple, their home had an extensive surveillance system, and cameras caught three criminals slipping in and out of the house at the time of the killing. and a red van they think was

used in the shoot, police have found it and police are questioning two people of interest and coming up in two minutes, i'll be talking with the sheriff, who is on top of the case, one of the top investigators, and neither person is in custody and we'll find out if there are new developments coming up moments from now. >> and a car bombing at a church killed four people and injuring dozens more and three other churches were attacked this morning, and iraq's christians being targeted by militant bombers and 45 minutes from now, the shuttle endeavour is expected to lift off. and 7 astronauts are now on board and ready to go but there is a slim chance, the weather could force nasa to scrap the launch and phil keating live with more and phil, is it all systems go? >> reporter: so far, so good. there will be a final go, or no-go vote shortly before the 7:15 p.m. scheduled blast off of the space shuttle endeavour, as it is right now, all 7

astronauts are on board the endeavor, the hatch was just closed, and sealed and you can see, live pictures at the close out, in the white room, and that is where all of the astronauts, one by one, entered into the hatch and they took all of the sticky tame off of the tiles that are around the hatch dors, in case any caught one of the tiles going in or out of the shuttle and they will remove themselves, and closeout crew in a few minutes and then it will be, basically, 7 astronauts, on board the space shuttle endeavour, on the launch pad, and ready to go, and, all of the other actual -- ac will tion wi in the firing room and they'll count us down to the final moment but now everything looks good and the weather, i have to tell you this breeze coming from the ocean is great for the shuttle, all the heat build-up that builds into the classic thunderstorms, the seabreeze

keeping it inland and pushing it inland and we are at a 70% chance of good weather conditions for launch and 30% not, it is still dynamic up there and it is warm in the summertime and you see this lightning strike from friday afternoon, 7 bolts struck within 23 miles of the shuttle and by the way, no space shuttle has ever been struck by a bolt of lightning and the big lightning tower, certainly has done its job the past as it did on friday. and engineers, gave it the all-clear this morning after spending 24 hours, with all the circuit industry on board the shuttle, when you have lightning vents that is electricity in the air and if you had your house hit by a bolt of lightning, you know how it all happens. >> 7:13, not 6:13 p.m., i think one of our writers eagerly miss typed it and we said 25 minutes from now but it is actually 7:13. phil keating reporting live, thank you, sir. >> julie: and we'll -- it will

6:13 somewhere in the country. when it comes to natural disasters, the power prediction is immeasurable, and what about the danger lurking below the ground and scientists from california, say they may be a step closer to predicting when an earthquake could strike. casey steegel is live in los angeles with the earth-shattering detail. >> reporter: a geology lesson, the experts say faults run ten below the surface and when they move or twist we experience an earthquake but what happens under the faults that has hey lot of scientists, particularly, out hear in california, interested. let's talk about this san andreas fault and it is there. geologists have been conducting along the san andreas, one of the larger faults stretching 800 miles through most of california

and teams have seismic tools, buried 20 miles below the earth's crust constantly recording ground pressure and army data suggests changes in pressure under the faulted happen before we experience movement. which, if fine-tuned could actually mean earthquake predictions. >> there is definitely hope and potential in there, this is a new phenomenon and gives us new information and the more we know about it, we may find, that in fact, they can give us precious information we talked about, to help us get a shorter term forecast. >> reporter: part of the new study also looked at information from previous quakes, and in 2004, parkdale, california the central valley was rocked with a 6.0, and scientists say underground activity was noted there. along the san andreas, in the days leading up to that event. but, here's really what is troubling a lot of geologists,

they say they have seen an 80% increase in the amount of activity and tremors along that particular fault line in the last four years and some scientists say that is indicative of a big quake that is imminent and no doubt it is powerful information, especially when you can talk about in the future, fine-tuning it to actually alert people on when an earthquake could possibly strike. jewel jie ca julie? >> julie: casey steegel live. >> president obama might wanted to stretch out his pitching arm, the next few days, set to throw the first pitch at tuesday night's mlb all star game in st. louis and he will also appear at a 7-minute spot during pregame coverage promoting community service. and the video will also feature former president bill clinton, jimmy carter, and both of the bushes. >> julie: vice president biden also enjoying america's favorite pastime, the vp and his wife, in philadelphia to watch their

favorite team, when an unlack victory over -- the phillies win over pittsburgh an went into the 9th inning and down by 4 and rallied for an 8-7 victory, and shaking hands outside the locker room and biden said he never gives up on his team! >> good for him, and the flight attendant is accusing delta of making a major fashion foe faux pas and the union and members seeing red, for years now this has been delta's signature atightly for female flight attendants. julie, you would look good in that. >> julie: thank you very much. >> and and northwest attendants claim the red dress is not available... in a size larger -- >> what are you saying. >> a size larger than 18. and delta argues that -- flight aden tenants can wear slacks instead and the matter is headed for mediation. >> julie: i'll send you right

out the door! all right. and i love this story, by the way, not afraid to get their trunks wet to help pay the bill and imagine, you pull up in the car wash, i love it! >> are you kidding. >> an elephant car wash, live elephant, a huge hit at a wildlife safari near eugene, and three african elephant and they have names, tiki, alice and george, spraying down visitors' cars for $25 a pop, a close-up of you -- of the trunk on the windshield and while they make no guarantee the car will be any cleaner when they got there, the customers don't seem to mind. >> everything is cool as long as they do not sit on the cars. >> julie: i love that, i want to take my car to you onand i'll pay $20 for that. >> a three-ring circus. >> julie: like my life and police hunting suspects, connected with killing a couple, with 16 children and 12 adopted

and who would do an horrific thing and this sheriff in charge of this horrific case, joins us next. 

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>> julie: making head way in the hunt for the killers of a couple with 16 children. byrd and melanie billings were shot to death on tuesday, and police have found a van, and they've questioned two people and yet they have found a motive for the crime, joining us is sheriff david morgan and thank for taking the time and you are busy trying to get to the bottom of why anyone would want to kill byrd and melanie billings, any closer to getting answers. >> we are, as i speak, in the next room, in consultation with the state attorney's office, and we have got one of our penrsons of interest in there and i can inform you we are making significant head way in the case and we'll be holding a press conference 5:00 this afternoon,

central time and be announcing major breakthroughs in the case. >> julie: you are making news here on forks, 5:x, 5:00 centra you'll have new developments, two persons of interest and one person in the next room now and can you tell us more about the person of interest, being spoken to as we speak. >> we expect to make an arrest as a result of that. >> julie: how many arrests. >> right now, only releasing the fact we'll do one. >> julie: i understand that the surveillance video shows there were three experienced criminals, but those three criminals, what they didn't know is -- as experienced as they appear on the video, the florida couple had an extensive surveillance video in the house that reported the carnage and what did it reveal that will lead to the arrest that you are talking about. >> a tremendous amount of information, really and we are still, oddly enough, this far into the investigation, we are still revealing hours of the -- reviewing hours of the videotape, because there are places where scenes will contain

more information that is significant in this case. >> julie: i understand the three experienced criminals ages in the teens and up, can you tell me more about the three people seen on the surveillance video, before they take off in the red van. >> no more, julie than we have already released. again, we probably an age of 18, the youngest, and up to their 20s, but we are analyzing the tapes, which we want got a pretty good idea of hyatt and weight an using our crime scene analyst to determine that. >> julie: you mentioned an arrest is upcoming, 5:00 p.m. central time you will hold a news conference which will reveal break, news on this case, and an arrest, is forthcoming and you said there is one person of interest questioned in the room next-door to you, yet there were three criminals seen on the surveillance video and how many persons of interest are in custody and how many will become

suspects. >> again, at this time we still have no one in custody. legally. we are questioning the pen of interest, and we believe -- person of interest and we believe as a result of the information we are receiving, again we will be effecting an arrest. we hope, also, at 5:00, with the clearance of our state attorney, to be allowed to give you more information on any additional arrests that will be effected today. >> julie: did you witness the crime on the surveillance video. >> i have, ma'am, on numerous occasions. >> julie: i mean, how -- it seems to me, mind-boggling, a lovely couple, in florida, that has done the most amazing thing, they have 16 kids and two of each from previous marriages and 12 in total adopted, and many with disabilities. and, you know, as a sheriff in your years with the force, seeing this video, i can't even imagine. >> it is one of... of course when you first view a video of this nature, it is almost surreal.

and, you think maybe you are on the set of a movie and then of course, you understand, horrifyingly, that you are witnesses a crime. before you. and the worst crime possible and that is a murder. >> julie: and this is a double-murder, and you say that the video demonstrates these were experienced criminals and what about the video indicates to you they are experienced criminals. >> because of the time, julie on the crime scene and the rapidity of the execution, and the time in and time out and of course, shown by the time lapse counter on the videotape. >> julie: all the children were asleep, at the time and do you believe that the criminals knew that the children would be asleep and knew a lot about the couple in particular? they knew that -- where in the house, perhaps they would be sleeping and seemed they knew the inside of the home. >> we believe again it was an operation, very well planned and very well executed. >> julie: wow. well, shortly, in fact, 5:00, central time, you will be coming out with an announcement of an

arrest, and one arrest or more. >> at this time, we would only release the fact we are looking at one arrest. >> julie: all right, sheriff david morgan, thank you very much. for talking to us, and a very disturbing time, what a relief to know, though, justice will be served for these horrific murderers. >> and if i may before we hang up i would like to thank the media. all of the media sources that of have assisted us in the investigation, your input and your service is invaluable and as a result of the news media's involvement we got our first tip on the van, which led to where we are today. >> julie: anything we can do, obviously. but, you know, when you hear about the video, and you hear about the -- what you, yourself, had to endure in order to see the video, the murder, all been taped, kudos to the sheriffs department and again, the county sheriff, david morgan. great, great job, and thank you so much for talking to us. >> thank you. >> and of course we'll hear the news conference, 10 minutes from

now, 12 minutes, top of the hour, and a startling revelation we are able to make and they'll be announcing it soon and he talk to the media but our hearts, prayers and condolences we send to the family, such a waste. >> julie: 16 children, orphaned after the horrible, horrible crime. we'll be right back.

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is a pediatrician, and soaks man for the american academy of pediatrics. no way with the been guy. >> it depends on what you are -- been gay. >> and it depends on what you are trying to treat, if you go for a run and if you scientifically study whether or not it will work it will not and some more chronic conditions, arthritis conditions, in certain instances it may be helpful. but not something i reach for, without consulting my joogs a remember a female professional athlete died from using too much of the stuff into you have to realize things can be absorbed into the system, and so just because you are applying something topically it does go into your blood supply and you really need to be careful. and it raises a really important points about all medications, whether they are over-the-counter or prescription me indications, they all have consequences, and -- medications they all have consequences and because it is over the counter doesn't mean it is safe, they have active ingredients and you

need to talk to somebody who knows about that sort of thinks thing. >> and you figure it is over the counter and it is safe and i can use it as much as i wanted to and liberally, but i have to confess, suffering personal injuries in the past i've reached for those kinds of creams, only to be affected by, first of all, smell, and then the fact it stings and burns and hurt me and caused more of an injury. >> and it can be irritating to people and i have had patients who have used it and had horrible allergic reactions from the camphor. >> i ran a marathon and there is an ibuprofen cream at the running store and i was suffering a little bit of arsons and -- in certain parts with my knees and i rubbed it in and it didn't have the burning feeling, and i didn't mind the smell and it didn't feel like anything on my fee, but it was supposedly ibuprofen, in a cream. >> there are different varieties

of creams and the ones, the ben gay ones have an aspirin containing compound and those are the ones to are less effective than ones with nonsteroidal anti- inflammatory which is the ibuprofen medication and in some instances they were sen shown to be effective. did it help you. >> i think it did, and i don't know if it was in your head and they said don't put it on before you exercise and it may numb the area or make you run so fast you don't realize you are possibly injuring yourself and the idea is not to apply it before running and a lot of professional athletes do that. to numb the pain. >> and quickly we have to go, but should you use a cold compress or something warm if there is a strained muscle. >> acute injury, ice it 24 hours and see afterwards and a chronic injury, you use heat. >> thanks very much. >> julie: thank you so much, do you want to know how to live pain free? i have been doing it for years and now, i have the science to

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>> julie: science backs me up, finally and sure it might be socially unacceptable but might be what the doctor ordered, i'm referring to the habit of swearing. i mean, a study reveals dropping naughty word bombs, can actually help alleviate physical pain! and a possible explanation is, swearing increases the person's aggression level, and reduces the feeling of pain, so, the next time you stub your toe on the misplaced coffee table, go ahead and express how you really feel and make sure no kids or easily offended adults are around. yeah, my producers have... bore the brunt of a couple of my toe-stubbings but i didn't really stub my toe. >> you behaved well today. >> julie: i would have to say, too, my mother says, i never taught taught you that, what happened to you, i talk bike a sailor, and that will do it for us, catch me in one hour on the fox report, and, i