keep it on fox the most powerful name in news. america's news headquarters continues in washington, live with shannon bream. have a great day, everyone. >> shannon: this is a fox news alert. u.s. officials confirmed that man shown in online video posted by suspected taliban militants is 23-year-old private first class bowe bergdahl of idaho. the soldier went missing from his base in eastern afghanistan last month. and military officials say the u.s. is doing all it can to ensure his safe return. i'm shannon bream in washington. we begin with the latest developments on the missing u.s. soldier in afghanistan. connor powell is monitoring the story in kabul and joins us now on the phone. hi, connor. what can you tell us? what is the latest from there? >> well, shannon, the pentagon just confirms a few hours ago that the soldier in

the video is private first class bowe bergdahl from idaho. the 23-year-old soldier went missing three weeks ago from the base in eastern afghanistan in part of the country that's -- [ inaudible ] province. taliban claims he captured him on patrol but the others say he walked off the base june 30 without his weapon and body armor armor. in the video released july 14, or just came to light, the video showed him with a shaved head growing a beard and wearing a gray jump suit. he appears to be in decent physical shape. he hasn't been beaten but he's clearly exhausted, very scared. he's saying in the video that he's afraid he'll never be able to go home. he won't be able to see his family or be able to marry his long-time girlfriend. a spokesman to the u.s. military called the video taliban propaganda and illegal under international law. military says they're doing

everything they can to free private bergdahl. the soldiers have been combing day and night through eastern afghanistan looking for him. they're even offering a large reward from the afghans who can provide information to lead to his whereabouts. the bergdahl family released a statement a short while ago saying they hope and pray for their son's safe return to his comrades and then to our family, and we appreciate all of the support and expressions of sympathy shown to us by our family members, our friends and others across the nation. thank you and please keep bow nearby your thoughts and prayers. "t this is a clearly a difficult situation for the family and bowe and the u.s. military. >> shannon: thank you for the update. fox has made a decision we're not going to show the video of the young man in the horrible situation, but good to know the video shows he's alive and for now well. we'll continue to follow the story. also in afghanistan, at least 16 people died in a helicopter crash.

it was a russian-owned civilian helicopter that went down in southern afghanistan. military officials say there are no indications that the crash was caused by hostile fire. nato says no military personnel were wounded or killed. another developing story we're also watching, 47 people have been hurt in a commuter train crash in san francisco. this is the latest in what some say is disturbing trend in public transportation incidents. laura ingle is in new york with the latest. laura, a big number of casualties or victims in the case. >> that's right. we're hearing up to 47 people were taken to hospitals. four of the people said to be seriously injured. just when we thought we had the worst of the train crash situation behind us, we do have this next public transit train crash that left many commuters rattle and lawmakers trying to come up with answers to help calm the nerves of the public and make sure train system are safe. the san francisco municipal

railway "l" train plowed in the "k" train at a boarding platform yesterday afternoon. four of those people were taken to area hospitals. appeared to have severe injuries, bleeding from the head we've been told. the two trains crashed at the "l" train -- as the "l" train emerged from a tunnel connecting downtown san francisco to the city's westside neighborhoods, leaving some passengers in really bad shape this is at least the third major transit accident in the country in the last few months. nine people you might remember were killed and more than 70 injured june 22 in washington, d.c., when a metro train slammed into another train, stopped on the tracks. the cause there has not been determined. on may 8, more than 50 people were injured when a boston subway trolley plowed into another train. investigators say the 24-year-old operator blew through a red signal while he was texting his girlfriend on a cell phone. the san francisco incident comes on the heels of a house sub committee on transportation this week, in which committee members are trying to figure out how to stop the type of crashes and improve public safety.

many commuters are keeping an eagle eye on the train conductors as well with the recent news. even taking cell phone video of things that don't seem right, like this d.c. metro train operator allegedly taking a nap while at the controls. another recent case, commuter on long island railroad reported that a train engineer allowed a passenger to take controls on a double-decker rail car. the engineer has been suspended without pay. but it serves as a reminder that we all should be vigilant and report suspicious activity when we see it. shannon? >> shannon: laura ingle, thank you for the update. well, governor mark sanford wrote opinion piece to south carolynians where he -- south carolinaens where he says god is changing him. south carolina democratic chair carroll fowler released a statement calling the letter a vague apology that doesn't specify what he is apologizing for. now to mississippi where some but nowhere here all of the

nation's governors gathered for the national governor's association conference. on the agenda today, healthcare at the state level. jonathan serrie is live with the latest. hi, jonathan. >> hi, shannon. governors are indeed concerned about the rising cost of healthcare. they also want to know how the obama healthcare plan would effect already strapped state budgets. they're also discussing the economy. federal stimulus in particular. and while some in congress have been calling for a second stimulus package, new mexico governor bill richardson is urging caution. listen to this. >> i'm worried about the deficit. and i think we got to be careful about another stimulus package right now. because i think the first stimulus package is working. and we should let it run its course. >> more than half of the nation's governors are skipping this nga conference. many of them wanting to deal with severe budget crisis back in their home states. others citing scheduling problems, most notably south

carolina governor mark sanford, who is taking his family on a trip to make amends for his highly publicized extramarital affair. in an op-ed in the edition of the state newspaper, sanford writes, "i've been humble and broken as never before in my life. and as a consequence, have given up areas of control in a way that i never have before. and it is my belief that this will make me a better father, husband, friend and advocate." sanford is term limited and has 18 months remaining in office and goes on to suggest that the whole incident has changed him and he will approach the south carolina state legislature with a more humble and contrite heart during his remaining months in office. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: all right, jonathan. thanks. well, from biloxi to washington, healthcare reform continues to dominate the agenda. president obama could face stiff opposition, even from members within his own party. caroline shively is here to talk more about that.

hi, caroline. >> hi to you, shannon. the biggest blow from the president healthcare plan comes from report from budget office. the report says the house bill now pushed through would put the u.s. $239 billion further in the hole over a decade. that's a problem for the administration, because president obama says he won't sign anything that is not deficit neutral. they say the cbo report doesn't tell the whole story. peter orszag said there are things missing in the bill to help bring down cost, like a commission of doctor and medical experts to oversee savings. democrats say reduction in medicare payments to doctors will mean a $6 billion surplus. orszag and the president health and human services secretary hit the morning talk shows to explain. >> well, first of all, this is a work in progress, the good news is the house and senate are actively working and share the president's goal that overall costs have

to come down for everyone. so, they have an initial report on one of the initial bills that says in the long-term this doesn't bend the cost curve enough. >> the house version of the bill would also add half a trillion dollars in taxes over a decade to wealthiest americans. that would mean 39 of the 50 states would have tax rates over 50% when you combine them with local taxes and other obama tax policy. now, according to the national federation of independent businesses, two-thirds of all business profits would be hit by those taxes. but orszag tells fox, those taxes would only affect one or 2% of the population. shannon? >> shannon: but you can bet they won't be happy about it. thank you, caroline. my next guest will play a key role in the healthcare debate in congress. and as a ranking republican on the house intelligence committee, he's also at the center of the debate over potential investigation in c.i.a. information sharing practicing. congressman pete hoekstra joins us now from grand rapids, michigan. thank you for your time today. >> good morning, shannon. >> shannon: congressman, i

want to start with the c.i.a. investigation. as the ranking member on the house intelligence committee you're well aware of what they launched on friday. i wanted to ask you about the statement that you had come to some type of agreement or been negotiating with the committee chair, democrat sylvester reyes handling this in a responsible way. and yet you feel now maybe it could be turning to a partisan stunt. what is the latest? >> well, actually, there was no agreement. the chairman approached me and we talked a little bit about it thursday. on friday, he issued his statement saying we were moving forward with an investigation. the reason i think this may go into a partisan direction is that this administration and the leadership in the house really hasn't missed any opportunity to bash the previous administration, or surprising to me to go after the c.i.a. and the intelligence community, the men and women who are doing really some outstanding work in keeping us safe, but they continue to go after these institutions and, you know,

continually accuse them of lying, lying to the american people. lying to congress. with really not much evidence to back up that claim. >> shannon: congressman, it's not that the g.o.p. doesn't feel like there may be issues that need to be vetted out, investigated here. but you're saying that the way it's being handled is probely not the best -- possibly not the best route to go; is that correct? >> we found out before if you're going to do an investigation along these lines, let's get a bipartisan agreement that outlines the framework of what the investigation is going to be. what the topic is going to be. you know, so much focus appears to be being made at this point on the allegations that came out a couple of weeks that the vice president instructed people within the intelligence committee not to brief the committee or not to brief congress. as the layers have been pulled back on that former director of the c.i.a. say that that is incorrect. the director of the national intelligence program, denny

blair says it's not accurate. there is a lot of confusion out there. and, you know, remember, this is -- the democrats keep going. we now have the speaker of the house who says the c.i.a. lies all the time. the chairman of the committee says that they lie all the time. seven democrats on the committee have now basically made that same allegation against leon panetta. those are serious charges. off lot of people out there -- you have a lot of people out there working today to try to keep america safe. then you have the leadership in the house of representatives constantly attacking them without much evidence, if any evidence at all, of the charges that are being made against them. >> shannon: well, congressman, this latest investigation to come out of the house intelligence committee and also the talk by the attorney genre rick holder that there is still consideration about possibly going after some health officials from the last administration. do you feel like those are legitimate stand-alone investigations or are they aimed at taking some of the heat off nancy pelosi and her allegations that you mentioned there, that the

c.i.a. has lied? >> well, i think that clearly they're trying to take some of the heat off of speaker pelosi. remember, it wasn't all that long ago, a few months ago that the president said we're only going to look forward. we're going look forward. we're in the going to look back. it appears that the democrats in the house, all they want to do is look back. and look back at investigation investigations that might divert attention from what the speaker of the house said a few months ago and move it back to administration. we are doing this at a time we've seen around the world that the threat from al-qaeda and radical jihadist continue to be very significant and severe. and the attacks continue. we ought to look forward to make the best intelligence community we have that keeps america safe within the law as we defined it. >> shannon: congressman pete hoekstra. thank you for your time today, sir. >> great.

thank you. >> shannon: well, for all the latest on politics inside and outside the beltway, check out "fox news sunday." our own chris wallace interviews the office of manage pment and budget peter orszag and also senator judd gregg. tune in at 6:00 tonight. new report show those interrogating terrorists following 9/11. "washington post" outlines the harsh techniques the officials considered using on captured suspect in 2002. with no predetermined rules if place, the paper reports that the officials considered a fuel range of technique launching internal debate among the officers assigned to carry out interrogations. there are cooler temps along the east coast and warmer temperatures out west. meteorologist rick reichmuth at the weather center with the forecast. hi, rick. >> it would be nice if we could even them out. it's extreme on both sides. eastern part of the country has temperatures only in the

60s. overnight we saw temps in the 30s. record-breaking low temperatures in the overnight hours. a big dip in the jetstream is bringing this colder pocket of air here, but the warmth goes somewhere. it's brewing out across much of the west. big-time heat. in fact, we have temperatures today that are going to be right around the 10100-teens. in the north of l.a. and valley, temperatures because of that are high. heat advisories. you see a little rain on the radar there. most of that not reaching the ground. that means we'll see thunderstorms potentially without the rain hitting the ground. we could just see the lightning hit the ground. that makes for danger for fires as well. this little pocket of rain i just want to point out, areas of austin and san antonio and southern texas in need of rain. a little bit of it on the way today. no at huge rain maker but nonetheless we'll see a little rain, one to two inches in a few spots and that would be good news across texas. >> shannon: thank you, rick.

>> you bet. >> shannon: a group with reported ties to al-qaeda and stated goal to promote international islamic empire is holding a major recruiting conference today outside chicago. the group is gathering right now at a hotel in oaklawn, illinois. met by a small group of protesters who know what is going on there. fox news correspondent steve brown is at the conference land bring us a live report in the 1:00 hour. how does law enforcement balance first amendment rights of groups like that with protoekti itecting our nat from terrorism? we have a former director of the f.b.i. specializing with counterterrorism and joins us to discuss it. thank you for coming in today. >> you're welcome. >> shannon: this sounds like a scary group. on u.s. soil, legally doing recruiting for whatever it is their plans are. they want to end capitalism. they want to take over the world with an islamic empire. are we powerless to stop them from this conference? >> i think you used the right word in the introduction. it's a balance. this points out the difficulty in

counterterrorism and intelligence gathering in the democratic society. we do have -- people have a right to gather and to expound their views and to do it in total freedom. and we said -- that's part of the guarantees of this country. there is a point you can't cross. and raising money for terrorism is crossing the line. i am sure there is interest on the f.b.i. and rest of the law enforcement to monitor the activity to see if they cross the line. in terms of preventing a group like this from meeting and exercise right to free speech and right to assembly, we don't do that in a democratic society. >> shannon: how closely knowing the goals of this group, the stated goals of the group, potential ties to al-qaeda, how closely can law enforcement monitor them? what can they engage in to know just what we're talking about? >> you have to be careful when you talk about ties to al-qaeda and what that means. if there really are the demonstrable ties with raising money, recruiting and

advocating on behalf of al-qaeda, you do aggressive things. if they're just in tune with al-qaeda general philosophical tenets, there is less you can do. some involves exercise of religion and freedom of speech. if that's what they're engaged in, there is less you can do. to generally monitor, i assure you there is some of that going on here. again, there is an allegation, a credible allegation that they cross the line into some of forbidden areas, legally forbidden areas, you can get more aggressive on what you can do. it's very difficult. >> such a fine line. can you give us any idea the number of groups like that that maybe law enforcement is monitoring at any point in the country? >> it would be hard to come up with a precise number, but certainly a lot of this activity going on. we know that from past, from past things we've seen done. that there is a lot of recruiting, a lot of p propagandaizing and number of

people and organizations that generally support some of these kind of views. law enforcement has been good monitoring those activities. if you look at the record of the last seven or eight years and lack of attack in the country and lack of the activity, you have to acknowledge we've been successful at it. >> something is working. >> zero sum game. if you fail one time -- >> shannon: all it takes. steve, thank you so much. >> you're welcome. >> shannon: up next, the big banks are back to making big profits and handing out big bonuses. if this seems like a dramatic quick turn-around, you might be right. we'll talk about this coming up next. ( car door closes ) ooooch! hot seat! hot! hot! hot! time to check your air conditioning? come to meineke now and get a free ac system check. at meineke, you're always the driver.

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topping the news right now, 47 people injured when two light rail trains collided in san francisco. a spokesman for the service says the crash happened about 3:00 p.m. yesterday when one train rear ended another near a boarding platform. no life threatening injuries reported in the incident. president obama and the after spending the weekend at camp david. a busy week ahead for the president. he didn't take questions upon his arrival a short time ago at the white house. former illinois governor rod former illinois governor rod blagojevich is hosting a two hour talk show on wls chicago. he will host the show today and again next sunday. >> one month after paying back billions in tax paying loans goldman, sachs is back in the game, ear marking $11.1 billion just for compensation for its

workers. hey, peter. >> hey. >> shannon: how are they able more. how were they able to do this so quickly? is it quick? >> goldman is the best firm on wall street, earning $3.4 billion in the latest quarterly. typically on wall street, the firms pay about half of their total revenue in pay about half of the total revenue in compensation. this works out to $770,000 per employee from the secretary to the ceo. it did repay its $10 billion in as a result, it's not bound result it is not bound now by the government compensation rules. i want to point something out a columnist pointed out that major league baseball players make $3 million a year on are the all-stars of wall street. they make a lot of money. >> shannon: okay. street and they make a lot of money. >> any further government rule now that they paid back their loans. >> since they paid back that $10 billion they really aren't however, in the financial crisis, goldman did become a bank. it converted into a bank so

the federal reserve does have regulatory power over it and the fed is looking at new guidelines for compensation that could affect the company, plus the securities and exchange commission and congress are also look at more compensation rules such as more transparency and shareholder votes say on pay resolution. >> shannon: okay. what about aig? transparency. >> what about aig because they were the initial company that took so much heat for bonuses and that sort of thing. >> another $200 million of poe us ins for the firm that -- bonuses for the firm that tanked and got $180 billion in tax paying cash and other forms of support. ken net fine berg is reviewing have the authority to stop them. because they were agreed to by the company last year agreed to by the company last year before aig got taken over by the government. aig is look for the treasury's blessing for the new round of bonuses. more as a pr move.

and since they are basically covered by contracts with the employees they will probably get it. >> peter, thank you for breaking it down for us. tomorrow, marks the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon. we will get a preview of nasa's celebrations and talk about what is ahead for the space program right after this quick break. insuring your family's ifs can be confusing, so metlife removed the guesswork. combining two essential insurances, term life and disability in one surprisingly affordable package. strengthen your safety net and find out how affordable it can be at metlife.com. summerville and you didn't think the day could get any better. juicy johnsonville sausage.

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>> shannon: almost 50 people sent to the hospital in san francisco. it is the bottom of the hour. caroline shively is standing by with the stop top of the news. >> 47 people were sent to the hospital yesterday in san francisco after two light rail trains collided near a boarding platform. authorities are looking at mechanical and human factors as possible causes of the collision. yesterday's crash was at least the third major transit accident in the united states since may. 16 people are dead in afghanistan after a civilian helicopter crashed at a nato

air base. there is no indication enemy fire caused the helicopter to crash at the kandahar airfield. an investigation is currently underway. a suspect is in custody, accused of the murder of six people, five in southern tennessee and one more 30 miles away in huntsville alabama. jacob shaffer was sitting on his front porch when police arrived at his house to arrest him. officials did say some of the victims were related. the annual meeting of the national governor's association continues today in biloxi, mississippi, despite low attendance. only about half of the states are represented. 16 democratic governors and 9 republicans made the trip. those are the top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you, caroline. nevada is one of two states that set up a special veteran's court for nonviolent offenders.

casey stegall with some of the controversy that is picking up. >> the veterans courts modeled after drug courts. they have been set up in a number of cities around the country and we have heard reports about the success of the courts in rehabilitating drug offenders. that is where this idea was born and it is two fold to provide legal services for special segments of society like veterans that commit nonviolent crimes. judges will use a softer criminal justice approach to rehabilitate the offenders, not incarcerate them. nevada and illinois just passed the ledge lakes and anchorage, alaska, and buffalo, new york are already doing it. >> the legislatures are looking at this and saying are there special groups out there of people because of the consequences they were involved in that should not necessarily

be treated differently but maybe given some time of preemptive opportunity because of what they did and served our country. >> a recent study by the rand corporation found that roughly one fifth of veterans involved in combat, about 20% experience ptsd or post traumatic stress order when they return home. proponents of veterans court say the ailment makes them more likely to commit crimes but opponents argue the concept sets up a two tiered system of justice. >> you have, for example, two people who were arrested for, say, public drunkenness, sharing a bottle and getting drunk. one is a veteran and goes to this court and the other is not a veteran and goes to that court. that is not the way we do things here. we have one system of justice for all. >> many of the cost to set up

the court comes through the form of federal grants. by the way, 20 other legal systems around the country are considering a similar plan. shannon? >> shannon: interesting, thank you, casey. we want to tell you about a new feature and fox news.com called live shots. a lous crews and reporters to file breaking news and updates directly to their own blogs on the website. if you want to know more about a story, check it out at fox news.com/liveshots. the first of five scheduled "endeavour"y "endeavour" astronauts is a success. some communications issues did plague the first walk but nasa says the trouble was not a safety issue and that managers hope to have it resolved before the next walk which is scheduled for tomorrow. also tomorrow, of course, marks the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon.

a momentous time in our nation's history, sparking four decades of exploration. tom jones is the author of "skywalking." he joins is now. i love the story of how this particular landing affected you as a young man. you were out there camping with your family but got to go to a hotel with your family, this was televised. >> i was space crazy through the '60s, reading everything about the mercury and gemini and apollo program. we were camping across the country on a family trip and i forced my parents against their will to go to a hotel that one night to watch the moon walk together and we sure did. >> shannon: let's talk about where the space program is now. what there is still to be learned from space exploration, a lot of people say economic crunch this isn't the time to be spending billions on this.

why is it important? >> it is important for a country like ours to be investing in the future. half a percent of the federal government is not too much to invest in the future of our young people and inspire them and take on jobs that many people deem impossible. and we show other countries that we mean to compete on the world stage for decades to come and really bring back from the industry that we create in space a lot of economic benefit, too. >> shannon: what can we learn or develop as more power sources, developing alternative energy sources, those kinds of things. is there something to be gained through the space exploration program on that front? >> as we go back into deep space beyond the space station which is powered by the sun as you know, we can look forward to perhaps harvesting that same solar power and beaming that energy back to earth or on the moon. there is an ice type that burns cleanly. you might be able to entire the

entire terrestrial grid with the clean burning fuel 40 years from now. we realize the payoff along the way. >> shannon: how delicate and important is it to have international cooperation? we have seen it with the international space station. but sometimes when relationships are tense here on earth does it impact how our countries can can work together for the international space station. >> we learned working with our russian adversaries in the cold war how we can have a technical basis of understanding and cement a partnership that can see us through rough not spots in the relations. we have close relations with the russians and we would hope that the other major space traveling powers that are up and coming like germany create the industry in the space between the earth and the moon. >> shannon: let's talk about that a little bit, looking forward, going back to the moon, doing other things. you had that as a defining

inspiring moment for you as a youngster. will we go to mars? what are the plans moving forward? >> it is so important i think for the country to have an opportunity out there for young people. when i was a teenager i knew that i could aspire to the job of astronaut. there was a way to study and work my way towards that goal. and by remaining a space leader in the coming decades that offers young people the same chance that i had. i would hate to see the country step back and say that is a career path, scientist, engineer, astronomer, a career path closed off to you. we want to say the sky literally is the limit. >> shannon: do you think there is anything out there that you would love to see happen that doesn't seem in the realm of possibility for the space program. >> it has been 40 years since we put a person on the moon and yet the ordinary citizen doesn't have access to space. i hope the commercial space flight industry will take off

and i hope that many people will be able to do that and at the same time that means we will be doing a lot of economic activity in space. the tax benefits alone of having a vibrant industry in space should keep us interested in the opportunity. >> shannon: after the initial space travel something tells you they would give you a discount. >> maybe coy be a flight attendant. >> shannon: stay with us for coverage of the 40th anniversary of the moon landing. catch our special, apollo reporting, one step closer to our future. we will have more coverage tomorrow when president obama meets with some of the apollo astronauts at the white house. the fda issued a recall on something that could be in your baby's crib right now. we will bring you all the details right after this break. (announcer) this is nine generations

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>> shannon: topping the news right now, two light rail

passenger trains collided in san francisco, sending dozens of people to the hospital. witnesses say the one train barreled into the back of another that was at a boarding platform late yesterday. an investigation has been call -- to the cause of the crash is underway. south carolina governor mark sanford says he is hoping to emerge there from the sex scandal currently hanging over his head. he writes in an op ed piece that he "essentially attended his own funeral." pope benedict is back in action today, make is his first appearance since undergoing surgery on a fractured wrist. he injured his wrist in a fall at the papal vacation chalet overlooking mount blanc. an important recall to tell you about today for all parents out there. the fda is urging consumers not to purchase certain types of gel filled teethers for babies. the products have been found to contain a type of bacteria that can be harmful to young

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>> shannon: topping the news right now, 16 people were killed in civilian helicopter

crash at a southern afghanistan nato base earlier this morning. stay with fox news as we get more details on this now developing story. a 30-year-old, tennessee man charged in a two-state killing spree that left six members of one family dead. five people were killed in southern tennessee and a sixth was killed 30 miles away in huntsville, alabama. police arrested jacob shaffer yesterday but the names of the victims have not yet been released. the first of five scheduled spacewalks was a success. a porch was installed on the japanese lab at the international space station. the only complications were minor static in communication issues but nasa k's the problems were not a safety concern. the next walk is slated for tomorrow. we have all seen it and maybe done it, driving down the highway and the car driving towards you flashes its head lights ling you know there is a police car ahead. one man is fighting a ticket

for flashing his lights thanking a driver for tipping him off. joining us is the driver who was pulled over and a former prosecutor. >> mark, i have seen your response to this. you say, maryland, had no right to give you the ticket and you will continue to fight it. is there anything in the law? >> there is nothing in the law whatsoever. the law i was pulled over or cited for has nothing to do with flashing one's head lights at another vehicle. in fact, the montgomery county police department admitted there is no such law. because of the effort i have been undertaking they have initiated an internal investigation and turns out so far in the pass few years there is only a handful of the tickets issued every year. this year alone there has been almost ten times the amount, on pace by the same two police officers, including the one who pulled me over. the bottom line is hopefully to

put this to a rest. if they want to enact a law that will criminalize this which will face first amendment scrutiny, go ahead, that is what the legislature is there for. >> you won in court, the officer didn't show up and the citation was dismissed. a victory for you there. you are still fighting. donna, what is your take on this? >> i agree with mark. he won on a technicality. without the police officer, it has to get thrown out. if the police officer had shown up, under mark's statue he would have won anyway. there is nothing on the books in that state that says you can't flash your lights to thank somebody or warn somebody of an upcoming traffic stop. so he a completely in the right here. >> but donna, do you think that there is any kind of public interest here in stopping people from doing this because police will say we heard this allegations that you are interfering with the police investigation by flashing the

lights but it is something that it common and folks have been doing it for a long time. >> they sure have and i think that is trying to put a square peg in a round hole. if this were about safety and not about money then we would want motorists to be warned so they slow down but it is not about safety as mark alluded to. this is about money. most people get a ticket for something like this are going to send in $50, no points on their license, it is not worth the hassle of going to court and that is what the government relies upon and that is what i would like to see mark attack if you are going to continue to hold the government to this and put their feet to the fire on this. >> shannon: in the strongly worded letter that you sent to montgomery county police directed to them said i'm considering legal actionorder this, i'm going to continue flashing my head lights, you put them on notice. >> absolutely. it was really ridiculous because the officer says i was intentionally impeding a police investigation.

law is clear, i wasn't interfering. there wasn't an investigation. i represent secret service agents who guard the president of the united states. they are nottent fearing with any law enforcement allegation, i never would. the issue here, what was going on. was this something that the county was doing which doesn't look like it. it looks like it was a small number of police officers who decided for whatever reason that they were going to ticket everyone for doing this action and if it is about safety, in montgomery county they announce not only on the website but also a few hundred yards before each camera that we have that there is a camera ahead. it is not about revenue, so they say. if it is not about revenue and about safety essentially what i did was to help keep the safety of the officers in place so that i warned any one coming forward slow down because there is police officers up ahead and i don't want the officers to be hurt. and i don't. >> shannon: very interesting case. donna, thank ye you for weighig

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>> shannon: healthcare reform will, once again top the president's agenda this week. i sat down with our own chris wallace earlier today for more on the topic that is bound to

dominate the debate in washington this week. >> the healthcare debate continues to rage here on capitol hill. you had interesting guests to talk about that this morning. the big question is how is this going to get paid for. did you get any firm answers? >> we didn't get any firm answers and i didn't expect that. interesting that peter orzack put some things on the table and took some things off. he spoke -- not that he has endorsed it but he was defending the house idea of the surtax on the top 1%, the top wage earners. well, that is very controversial because if you add all of the changes in taxes that president obama wants including repealing the bush tax cut plus city and state taxes and some states, oregon, i think would be 57%. it would be higher in new york and california than it is in sweden. but he defended that. on the other hand, an idea that

republicans have come up with and in fact that the congressional budget office says would cut healthcare spending and that is to tax at least some level of healthcare benefits, he said the president doesn't like that eye die so i thought that was -- idea so i thought that was interesting. >> shannon: i saw his answer and seems like a hedge that the president doesn't like t doesn't mean it won't end up in a final akron panel. >> they are not ruling anything out because they have a big problem. the problem is that the congressional budget office this week and this is the nonpartisan wing of congress, the cdo said instead of cutting healthcare costs it would actually increase healthcare costs and they also said it would add to the deficit and not be deficit neutral. so they have to find ways to pay for it in addition to try to find some ways to restrain costs and nothing is off the table.

>> shannon: you mentioned the cdo estimate. that is supposed to be a neutral nonpartisan body. you get the administration saying the president is not going to sign anything that will impact the deficit but we have the number to the tune of $239 billion impact on the deficit. how can two sides be so far apart in investigating the same kind of neutral material. >> they said there were lies, damn lies and statistic. there are two deficits vent views that involves a provision not in the legislation but the democrats say we going to put that in that would cut medicare payments to doctors and they say if you include that there is a little bit of a surplus. there is not enough cost containment in terms of what either the federal government or private health insurers would pay for healthcare costs and not enough containment in terms of the deficit and what it will do to the budget. the president's feeling has been for a long time, look,

let's get something out of the house and something out of the senate and get them into a conference committee and rahm emanuel and peter orzag can step in there and that will work. problem is that was their strategy during the stimulus and you see how well that worked. >> shannon: check out "fox news sunday" at 6:00 eastern time right here on fox. this is a fox news alert. a san francisco train collision sends almost 50 people to the hospital. and highlights a disturbing trend as investigators try to figure out the cause of the crash. this is the third major rail accident since may. electolaura ingle is standing h more on the san francisco incident and some of the others around the country. what can you tell us about the accident? >> this is definitely putting commuters on edge, that is for

hour. lawmakers are concerned and looking for answers as to what the types of public transportation problems keep meaning to the public and how they can fix it. the collision between the two san francisco municipal light rail trains level several people injured in the san francisco area. witnesses said those who were injured were sitting on benches along the boarding platform after the crash, some of them bleeding from their heads, all very scary stuff. transportation officials are investigating mechanical left-hand human error as the cause of the crash. it is at least the third major transit accident in the country in the last few months. nine people killed and more than 70 injured june 22nd in washington, d.c. when a metro train slammed into another train stopped on the tracks. the cause has not been determined there. and then on may 8th more than 50 people injured when a boston subway trolley plowed into another plane. investigators say the 24-year-old operator blew through a red signal while

texting his girlfriend on his cell phone. can he could get three years in prison if convicted on that, by the way. committee members are trying to figure out how to stop these types of crashes. they have to look at all of them to improve public safety. some commuters concerned about what is going on have taken the initiative to record drivers and train operators like this video of a d.c. metro train operator allegedly taking a nap while at the controls. distracted rail operators have been a major concern over the last several years with the crashes for investigators and safety officials why is why the federal railroad administration issued an emergency order restricting on duty employees from using cell phones and other distracting electronic devices. investigation into all of these continues. >> shannon: thanks. the iranian government has released a local british embassy employee on bail today.

he had been detained for three weeks on charges of in citing unrest following the hotly contested presidential elections. several employees were taken into custody. this young man we understand has been released today on bail. a newly released taliban video shows a conversation with the u.s. soldier who went missing last month in eastern afghanistan. conor is live from kabul with the very latest. >> private first-class bo burrdell disappeared. the taliban claimed they captured him and now they have released a video of him in captivity. he is seen with a shaved head, a long growing beard and wearing a grey jump suit. he appears nervous and says he is scared he won't see his family or girlfriend again but he does appear to be in good health. it doesn't look like he has been beaten.

it is possible he is still in eastern afghanistan but also possible that he is moved to pakistan where the taliban has many safe havens. a spokesman for the u.s. military called the video taliban propaganda and illegal under international law. the family has asked the media to respect their privacy. they said while we hope and pray forour son's return, we appreciate all of the support and expressions of sympathy shown to us by family members and friends and across the nation. we thank you and please keep bo in our thoughts and prayers. this is clearly a difficult time for the family and for bo and for the u.s. military who o are intend on trying to find him. shannon? >> shannon: thank you for the update. police in indonesia say members of a militant terrorist

group may be behind the deadly bombings that killed nine people including two of the attackers on friday. do we know anything more about the suicide bombers? >> sharishannon, they are tryio reconstruct the faces of the suicide bombers. the idea is if we this reconstruct the faces and maybe have one of the hotel employees identify them they might be able to tell whether they were definitively linked to the al-qaeda sort of southeast asia link. they have been behind three attacks before in jakarta and indonesia as well. shannon? >> shannon: if fbi officials will be called in and come overseas to join in the investigation? >> you know, it is interesting because the fbi has been involved in previous attacks helping them case through the scene and go through the investigation and the head of the police here that i spoke to

today said they are also very grateful for the past fbi involvement but for right now they want to prove to the world that they are capable of dealing with this situation on their own and for now they say they are not going to ask washington to send any fbi agents to the scene right now but that could change as the investigation develops. shannon? >> shannon: thank you for the latest live from jakarta. >> prime minister benjamin says israel can build anywhere in jerusalem palestinians view the eastern sector as capital of a hoped for state and they oppose any jewish construction there. vice president joe biden heading to georgia and ukraine on a mission to reassure the two u.s. allies they have not been foregotten in recent efforts to reset relations with russia. russia regards the former states as its sphere of

influence. moscow continues to resist proprosals for the two nations to join nato. police arrested a 30-year-old man, jacob shaffer and charged him in the two-state killing spree that left six members of the same family dead. five people killed in tennessee and one person killed 30 o miles away in huntsville, alabama. mark sanford has written an op ed piece in which he says that god is changing him. he says he is hoping to emerge from the scandal that made his southern american a affair public as a better leader. it doesn't even specify what he is apologizing for. right now the national governors' association annual meeting is underway in mississippi but many governors including governor sanford are absent. many are citing the economic woes in their home state as the reason. democratic governor jack

murkell of delaware is at the conference and joins us now. thank you for your time today. >> my pleasure. >> shannon: you have had some success in putting together a budget that many of your counter parts and other states have not had as much success. you talk about making tough choices. what were they and how did you pull it off? >> we had an $800 million shortfall in the context of a $3 billion budget, one of the bigger short falls across the country and we wanted to come up with a solution that was fiscally responsible and honored our core schmidtments to educate kids and recognize that we are all in this together and i used those principles to make tough decisions and the general assembly stepped up. we get it done and now we are on to the next year. >> shannon: you mentioned it was painful and it was tough. i imagine you got pushback.

who did it come from and how did you negotiate that? >> we got pushback from lots of folks. we cut significantly. we cut more than we raised in new revenue and the way i look at it is we got pushed back just about from everybody which means we have got ten right. we laid the numbers out clearly and talked about the challenges facing our state and explaining that we have to get through it but we also want to get through this in a way that leaves delaware positioned for economic growth in the future. we had to get through a short-term challenge. >> shannon: let me ask you about the healthcare issue. what moves have you made statewide to try to handle that issue? >> well, really we have been waiting to see what happens at the national level. when i was running for office last year, i had a set of ideas about what we should do but it began to look like the president was really committed

as he is and if there is a good chance of something getting done at the federal level and we think it makes sense to step back at the state level. obviously we are all committed as the president is to a plan that increases access and increases quality but also reduces costs. that is something that we learned from other states around the country. something that our business people and workers in delaware are committed to and those of us who are governors are committed to the same thing. we want to make sure there are no unfunded mandates coming down through the state. >> shannon: thanks for your time today, sir. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: well, u.s. representative mark kirk is set to announce his long expected foray into the senate raise tomorrow. many republicans view kirk as their best chance to capture the seat that was once held by

now president obama. from bo lax city mississippi, healthcare reform continues to dominate. caroline shively shively is here to explain. >> two of the president's top advisors hit the talk shows today to try and calm democratic fears that healthcare reform is getting dragged down in congress. the biggest flow to the presidents it healthcare plan comes in a report from the congressional budget office. congress' nonpartisan budget pushers. it would put the u.s. in a bigger hole over the decade. president obama says he won't sign anything that isn't definite neutral. >> but this week on "fox news sunday" peter orzag said it is neutral. orzag and the president's health and human services

secretary hit the morning talk shows to ex-bay there are allegational steps in necessary to make it better than that. and the single most important thing is the proprosal that we had for an independent position to help bring down costs. >> and share the president puss goal that overall costs have to come down for everyone. they have an initial report on one of the initial bills that says in the long term this doesn't bend it enough. >> shannon: the house version of the bill would also ad half a trillion dollars in taxes over a decade to the wealthiest americans. that would mean 39 of the 50 states would have tax rates over 50% when you combine them with local taxes and other obama tax policies but orzag says they would only affect one or two percent of the population. shannon? >> shannon: thanks, caroline. how much healthcare reform will

cost is the big question on capitol hill. republicans say it is going to add 23 -9d billion dollars to the deficit and they are both citing the same cdl report. the member of the house budget and ways and means committee joins us live from louisville. thanks for your time today. >> ply pleasure, good to be with you again. >> shannon: a neutral body, nonpartisan. democrats say it is -- democrats say it is neutral. how do you get two different numbers from the same report? >> some call this a sustainable growth rate. this is a program put into effect in 1997. basically it was trying to control costs on medicare and said reimbursement rates for doctors cannot go up higher than the rate at which the economy grows. if the economy shrinks you have to cut reimbursement.

go in and change the rate of reimburse mckinleyent to save doctors and the country from getting 10% or so in their reductions for medicare. over the tenure of that program that was $432 million. we would have to do that whether we did healthcare reform or not. that is why we binning with the process the administration and congress said we have to do this anyway so this is not part of the reform. happens to be in the bill because we had to pass two different legislations. >> is it fair then to take the next step without that other legislation having been passed to say that it is deficit neutral? >> we have to do it in one lump sum or do it every year to plea development the cut -- prevent the cut in physician reimbursement. doctors will stop treating medicare patients.

in fact, if they lose money treating medicare beneficiaries. this time we take care of the entire budget window of then years. >> shannon: let's talk about paying for for it. we are already talking about a tax on the top wage earners of this country and the they say we are footing so many programs. is it fair for them to take on another expense? >> i don't know how the rich are bearing the burden. they have funds to a much greater extent than we are asking them to pay. we had the biggest tax cuts for the wealthy in history over the last eight years. what we are saying is give a little bit of that back, only the people paying maybe over a million dollars a year are going to see any significant increase. other than that, we are talking about people making $350,000 or

$400,000 paying $1,500 a year. the way they benefited over the last eight years seems a small price to pay. so many of these people in the entire income categories aren't business owner -- are business owners and they will benefit from the overall reform package because this is going to be phenomenal for small businesses particularly who would youngsters longer have to experience 25 to 30% increases in their health benefits costs every year. >> shannon: right now, 60% of americans get health insurance through employers and there is a great concern that they will be forced into paying fees and more expensive dan kates as the coverage changes in shift. but 70% of americans with coverage say it is good or excellent and they don't want to change their plans. are they going to be forced to shift away from the employer plan that they are comfortable with?

>> not at all. the whole purpose of the package is to provide choice for the business owners. one of the things we wily important about this reform is that as we look forward the small business owners, the cdo says that only 10 million people, three percent of the population would independence up in the public insurance option by 2019. 180 million people still in the project. their project is that that would not have that effect at all and i take issue with a lot of the things crunch do says and i don't know whether they are right on this one or not but that is their assessment of the option. >> shannon: thank you for your time today. >> good to be with you. >> shannon: many are talking about a second stimulus package which has a lot of people asking what happened to the first one? is it working? we'll talk to a top mist right

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>> shannon: topping the news right now, at least 16 civilians died at in helicopter crash at the kandahar airport in afghanistan. there are no indications the crash was caused by hostile fire. 30-year-old jacob shaffer is in custody, accuse in the murder of six people. no names have been released but officials said some of the victims were related. a three bank robbery run ended in a tedly shootout in oklahoma city. it happened between a security guard and two suspects. one suspect killed and the other rushed to the hospital.

investigators say that gun play is rare in bank robberies which are up this year in oklahoma. the state has had 17 in the first quarter alone. president obama's talk about a second stimulus plan has some people wondering what happened to the first one and where are all the jobs we were promised. peter is a former chief economist at the u.s. international trade commission. thanks for coming in today. >> nice to be with you. >> shannon: where is the first one? >> a lot of money given out in tax cuts and households saved the money. this is getting saved instead of spent and he is giving a lot of money to the state and local governments. they needed the money in the first place. they have been raising taxes and increasing revenues throughout the recovery. since the recession began they added workers in schools every month. nobody is firing school teachers. >> shannon: we keep hearing there is no police officers and we can't hire teachers and are

we going to create jobs. >> no jobs created whatsoever. what they are doing with the money is beyond me. it is going out, not getting spent and also the federal government is having trouble spending some of the money. you know, barack obama is finding out that building roads is a lot like standing in line at the post office. you spend a lot of time there and don't get much done. >> shannon: could take a lot of time. the talk of a second stimulus, the president said let's give this time to work but there are others on capitol hill who say a second stimulus might be a possibility. is it necessary. second of all, do you think the american people would stand for another $800 billion stimulus package. >> why should they. george bush had a stimulus package. the dem and barack obama had a stimulus package. summer grants. that really creates jobs. grants for artists through the national endowment for the

arts. they aren't creating jobs. why should congress get a third chance? >> shannon: what should the minute or congress be doing now. >> half of the jobs lost in construction and manufacturing, a good deal of that because of imports from china. china has a massive stimulus package and it is working. they are subsidizing exports into the united states and building stuff over there. that creates roads in china and destroys jobs in indiana. president obama is into appeasing china inositide of standing up to china. >> are you saying that americans should be out there spending money? >> i think they are doing the right thing. rebuilding. come the fall they will have done that and then it is okay to go out and spend again if you have the money. for god sakes don't ask listen to a realtor when tells you the house is expensive right now but it will double in value by

next year. just doesn't know what she's talking about. >> shannon: what happens a year from here? >> the economy will recover. you can't drop $00 billion on the economy and not get some result but it is going to grow slowly. the big corporations will profit by selling stuff in china but the average american, a high paying job is stuff of history books. the democrats will have a price to pay in future elections for the way they handled the crisis. >> shannon: see how it plays out at ballot box. larry summers used an example from the search engine google on friday to make an example that the economic downturn is ending. the number of people searching for the term has gone down to normal levels. the goal is to establish an islamic empire. they reportedly have ties to

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>> shannon: a u.s. soldier captured by the taliban, we have an update. it is the bottom of the hour and caroline shively is standing by with the top of the news. hi, caroline. >> u.s. officials have confirmed the man shown in a video is 23-year-old private first-class bo r. bergdahl from idaho. fox news made an editorial decision not to show the video. a military official says the u.s. is doing all it can to ensure his safe return. also in afghanistan, at least 16 people died in a helicopter crash. it was a russian honed civilian helicopter that went down at the kandahar airfield in

southern afghanistan. military officials say there are no indications that the crash was caused by hostile fire. nato says no military personnel were wounded or killed. close to 50 people hurt in a train accident? in san francisco. most of the injuries are minor. officials are investigating how the collision happened. the pilot of an experimental single engine aircraft is lucky to be alive after a crash landing in a laporte, texas, backyard. the small plane had just taken off from a nearby airport when the pilot lost control and altitude. rescuers on the scene say the pilot broke his leg and suffered some head trauma in the crash. those are your top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> shannon: thank you, caroline. an islamic extremist group is holding a recruiting conference in a chicago suburb today. the group is committed to the fall of capitalism and the rise of islam and has raised more

than a few eyebrows. steve brown is there with more. i don't really know what to say. what is the latest? >> essentially this is a worldwide organization which is described by some mainstream muslim organizations as on the fringe but essentially they pin the world's ills on capitalism and say that the problems in the world are essentially capitalism's fault and that is up to and including terrorism. cameras are not allowed inside of the conference today but i was inside for the past hour. i can tell you there is something between 200 and 300 folks gathered inside. and what i heard is basically a dia tribe against capitalism. their solution according to speakers is islamic rule by islamic law first in the uma or islamic world and then promoted worldwide. then other mainstream describe

them as combative at least the membership has been combat risk and on the fringe. >> a ridiculous organization to be honest with you. it is just -- it is quite she >> there are dozens of nonmuslim folks outside of the hotel. the demonstrators gathered here across the street from the oak lawn hilton, many carrying signs denouncing the gathering, either in the name of capitalism or promotion of christianity or outright rejection of sharia law which essentially they would promote worldwide. they say they are peaceful but their organization believe that their kind of rhetoric only keeps the fires burning underneath the kettle which spews the steam which is terrorism. and this organization has been banned in a number of

countries, particularly inure rap, germany took the most aggressive action particularly after 9/11 against this group. >> shannon: cooler temperatures today long the east coast and the west coast is heating up. meteorologist rick reichmuth is at the fox weather center with today's forecast. hi, rick. >> you need sweaters or jackets in the northern plains and around the great lakes. you don't want it to be like fall in july but it certainly does. watch with the colder air a few clouds and maybe a few showers as well. set that across the -- not that bad across the coastal areas. a bit of a front straddled right here across parts of florida and going to bring heavy showers today to parts of florida. drifts a little farther towards the west and that means the rain is going to return across the eastern seaboard for much of the week. the west coast, however, extremely hot. right around the one teens and see areas maybe around 118 or

119 through the colorado river valley. stay inside if you can, check in on the elderly and those who have any kind of heat related injuries because it will be so warm. because of that the national weather service issued heat advisories across parts of arizona and california and areas just not north of l.a. where temps today will be around 100 degrees at well. the highs not that bad across the great lakes today. in fact, feeling very cool down across the west. that is where all of the heat is. texas where you were so hot the last week, you are much better and you will see a few showers today and tomorrow across parts of texas which is going to be good. still warm, 98 in dallas. but better than the 103 and 105 that they saw last week. shannon? >> shannon: thank you, brett. this week the marriott hotel reported a 76% decline in profits and american airlines posted a drop in revenue. travelers are finding tha finde

numbers translate into great deals on summer travel. joining us with tips on where to get travel deals is expedia trend watch editor. how are you doing today? >> i'm terrific. how are you doing? >> i have been able to cash in on some of the bargains. what are tips for people who want to travel in the summer? >> look at air fares. some of the lowest since just after 9/11. the lowest fares this summer so far are minneapolis, new york and los angeles. these are big metropolitan areas where fares are down over 20%. we were looking at fares starting to creep up a little bit in june. as soon as that happened the low fare carriers came out with fare sales and we are seeing trending down, down, down. there is great deals out there especially if you are willing to travel in late august on into september. you know, the kids are back in school, demand drops, really

good deal. >> talk about hotels. great numbers there on airline specific cities. what about hotels? are we seeing those drop in the big cities as well? >> unlike airlines, hotels can't park the hotel rooms in the desert like the airlines parked their planes. hotel rates have really, really tumbled down in some of the most popular tourist destinations. las vegas, new york, san francisco and hawaii, we are looking at big, big drops in hotel rates. even over in europe which was almost too expensive to go to last summer, barcelona, rome and london with big drops, 20 to 35% in hotel rates. if you have a job and you have the money, now is the time to scoop up the hotel deals. >> shannon: for folks that want to stay closer to home and do a road trip, tell us about rental car rates and the price of gas if they just want to hit the open road? >> interesting that we found

car rental rates are one area where travelers and families with mini vans and mobile homes are fining a lot of surprises. rates have gone up about 65%. the average weekly rate now is about $350. last summer it was only $210. so, surprises for car rentals. the good news in terms of driving is that gas is way down, you know, this time last year we were reporting $4 a gallon. that was about $80 to fill up a 20-gallon car. now, we are looking at $2.50 a gallon which is only about $50 so that is kind of -- has a lot of families breathing a sigh of relief that opted to take to the roads instead of the skies. >> well, based on the news about the rental car rates and airlines, i think it is book honolulu immediately based on your advice. >> honolulu is inexpensive. a little more expensive in august at the peak season. go in september and october and you won't believe the deals that you will find.

>> chris mcgin nice, thank you so much. >> thanks for having me. >> shannon: secretary of state hillary clinton is in new delhi. james rosen is traveling with the secretary. he joins us now via skjpe. hi, james. >> greetings from new deal hi where it was supposed to -- new delhi. bob stern, we are touring the state of the art totally green office building outside of new delhi. clinton called this low carbon brick and sandstone structure which was built by the indian tobacco and hotel con glomerate itc a lead to the future. india's longhaired environmental minister seized this occasion both in private sessions with clinton and stern

and then again at a news conference publicly to lay down a very hard negotiating posture on what it will and will not accept when the world's major economies gather in copenhagen to set a multilateral accord on carbon emissions. secretary clinton said washington seeks only a partnership with india and will carry its own weight at copenhagen. >> the united states and other countries that have been the biggest historic emitters of greenhouse gases should shoulder the biggest burden for cleaning up the environment and reducing our carbon footprint. >> we are simply not in a position to take on legally binding emission reduction targets. this does not mine that we are

oblivious of our responsibilities. >> the two countries dispute a disagreement over whether or not there should be legally binding caps on the targets for carbon reductions at copenhagen hung over the air over this building. >> shannon: the 2009 national governors' association meeting is underway. but is any one there? what is keeping all the big names away this year? we will have a live report right after the break. [ female announcer ] sometimes, you can get so much out of so little. the same is true with bath tissue too. new charmin ultra soft. its new ultra soft design is softer than before. new charmin ultra soft. america's softest bath tissue. summerville and you didn't think the day could get any better.

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>> shannon: topping the news right now, two people were killed when a small plane crash inside a southern california street yesterday. officials say the sing isle engine aircraft crashed in santa clarita. the cause is not yet known.

dozens were hospitalized yesterday after two light rail trains crashed near a boarding platform in san francisco. witnesses say one train barreled into the back of another near a downtown station. an investigation into the cause of the crash is underway. rod blagojevich will host a two hour talk show for two consecutive sundays beginning today on wls-am. he has been a frequent guest on radio and t.v. shows since he was ousted from office and arrested in january. the 2009 governor's association meetings are this week in biloxi, mississippi but only about half of the governors are there. >> governors are concerned about the rising healthcare costs and they want to know how the obama plan is going to affect in many cases their already strapped state budget. they are also talking about the economy in general. as the governors meet here in

biloxi, some tax protesters are using the event to make their voices heard. yesterday they held a tea party demonstration in protest of the federal stimulus package. while governors give the current plan mixed reviews, largely falling along party lines, conference participants on both sides of the aisle say it is too early to talk about a second stimulus package as some in congress have proposed. you will notice a lot of empty seats in the convention hall. some governors cite scheduling conflicts, most notably mark sanford. in an op ed, sanford suggests the whole or deal has turned him into a more humble and contrite person. he writes "i think all that has transpired will be particularly relevant in the way that i deal with the legislative body and other state leaders going forward." other governors stayed home to deal with serious budget problems in their home states.

fueled in large part by unexpected cuts in consumer spending. state governments in particular are heavily reliant on sails taxes to the consumer spending goes down and any one in elementary school know hass happens next. according to the rock feller institute of government, state tax revenues have dropped 12% in the first quarter of 2009 and preliminary data suggests they may have gone down as much as 20% in the second quarter. right now back her live joined by the governor of montana. governor, you have the distinction of being among a handful of states not anticipating a budget shortfall. let me ask you, how did you do it? >> i have run, montana like you run a business. during the three or four good years where revenues were growing at a rapid clip in montana, we just kept money in the bank instead of allowing the legislature to spend all the money as fast as it came in it, we put money aside.

there is a little bit of a slowdown and montana is not slowing down like the rest of the states. we have over $400 million in cold hard cash in the bank. >> here at the conference you are chairing a commit eon national resources. i want to ask you about cap and trade, your thoughts on that. >> as usual when they work on things in washington, d.c. with 10,000 or 15,000 lobbyists there, they get things a little bit bronx. the idea is and i believe that we need to decrease carbon dioxide emissions in the united states and around the world. let's not franchise the polluters that continue to produce. charge a technology fee on everybody that produces carbon dioxide and put it in a fund to develop new technologies so that this innovation can be exported around the world. we are not the only one with the problem but the whole world is looking to america to solve it so we need money for innovation. >> this conference will

continue throughout the rest of the day and into tomorrow. we will keep you posted on new environments. back to you. >> shannon: jonathan and governor, thank you very much. we want to tell you about a new feature on fox news.com called live shots. it allows reporters, producers and camera crews to file breaking news and information and update directly to their own blogs on the website. if you don't catch the report on air or want to know more about a story we have been talking about, check it out on fox news.com/liveshots. healthcare reform is proving to be a sticky issue on both sides of the aisle. we will have our strategists here to weigh in right after the break. @@-÷rp0wk]o:ypyjw0

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suspected taliban militants is 23-year-old private first-class of ketcham idaho. six people including two children were killed when two cars collided. alcohol is not believed to be a factor in this particular crash. the first of five scheduled spacewalks on the international space station is complete. astronauts finished work on the billion dollars japanese lab. former vice president dan quayle emerged from the political circle. quail singled out treasury secretary tim geithner. president obama is pushing

congress to pass his massive healthcare overhaul but the legislation is causing law marketers on both sides of the aisle some worry. joining us is phil musser and former receiveor advisor murray. mothejosh the cdo puts out an analysis that says this will put us $239 billion in deficit over the next ten years but the democrats say there is other things that haven't been factored in so we will be neutral on this. the president says he won't sign something that deepens the deficit. phil, what do you make of this? >> a real tough messaging element for the house democrat plan at a really critical juncture. as you know, the recess looms about two and a half weeks away and i think the democrats and president have been working towards some sort of conclusion on healthcare by the time they leave town here in three weeks. the difficult part of the arguement is this is an

enormously complex bill. the democrats really run the show here and the house of representatives is largely a democrat deal. it is a from a messaging standpoint this was a big setback for the president because it will confuse the time table and address the core worries that they will likely have. this comes but at what cost and how fast. >> do you think we will get it done by the august recess? it seems ambitious. >> the president set an initial time table for october. >> i like it. working it back. working it back. >> i actually think he will get it done -- i think they will get it done before they leave town. at the end of the day americans are under extreme pressure with healthcare costs. small business is under pressure. the states are under enormous financial pressure over healthcare costs, it is crushing people. people want progress on this is why they elected the president and why they turned back eight

years of inaction and hatred of national debt under president bush and they want the country to move forward and that is what this is about. >> but they want the country to move forward without the large hand of government reaching in a way that it hasn't before in the history of our country. before we start going out creating new things i think that is a lot of the underlying conflict and chaos that is surrounding the healthcare reform. >> trying to deal with 44 million americans who don't have healthcare. they are trying to deal with the rising reductibles that people are facing. 50% of americans last year didn't get a prescription drug or avoided a doctor's visit because of the cost of healthcare. >> 70% of americans who have coverage rate it as good or ex-lent and they are fearful that any package that comes from -- >> if you like your healthcare you get to keep it. >> analysts say that is not true, that is a talking point that may not be true. >> 17% of the overall, you know, value of what goes on in the u.s. economy so it is a big

choice. i think the big issue here, what is going to happen with this, they will go out of town without a resolution and at the end of the ta day my sense is e do move the ball forward under some sense of healthcare reform. viewers should stay tuned and watch. >> it is totally about cost savings. the president came out strong about cutting costs at hospitals around pharmaceuticals. it won't work unless it, of course, gives quality affordable coverage and cuts costs. >> shannon: you guys agree on something. thank you very much. >> well, the world's largest cupcake clocks in at more than 100,000 calories. we're going to show it to you, coming up. when i was told i had diabetes, i felt amazingly boxed in. (announcer) joe uses the contour meter from bayer. (joe) my meter absolutely adapts to me and my lifestyle. i'm joe james, and being outside of the box is my simple win. (announcer) now available in five vibrant colors.

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>> shannon: topping the news right now, the national transportation safety board is investigating yesterday's train crash in san francisco. dozens of people were sent to the hospital when two trains collided near a boarding platform. witnesses say one train barreled right into the back of another. the attorney for chicago's burr oaks cemetery says the situation has been overstated. the cook county sheriff closed the cemetery after declaring the grounds a crime scene. they say although there do appear to have been criminal acts committed at sea cemeterys

are "not as bad as they seem." conservatives have criticized kirk for being one of a handful of house republicans who voted for obama's cap and trade legislation, national republicans still see kirk as the best bet to take the seat. finally today, cupcakes, usually smaller versions of cake. yesterday at the maul of america, one giant -- at the mall of america a giant cupcake set out to claim the world's record weighing in at more than 150-pounds. it was covered with 60-pounds of icing which is always the best part anyway. it is estimated the cupcake is approximately 130,000 calories. that is all for us here in washington today. we are just one day away from the 40th anniversary of man's first steps on the moon. check out the fox news special right here at 3:00 eastern time. for more on the spacewalk join chris wallace at 6:00 p.m. eastern eastern today.