are talking about it. o'reilly factor is next. good night from washington, d.c. >> julie: happy sunday, i'm julie banderas. >> gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to america's news headquarters. troops facing the deadliest month since the start of the war in afghanistan and as we speak, our forces are taking on the taliban. week count on our allies. >> julie: home sales climbing in for a third month in on row. what it means if you are buying or selling a home. >> gregg: mexican police busting four men in connection with the murder of the u.s. border patrol agent robert rosa shot thursday

night. while intensifying a border incursion. it was the first fatal shooting in more than a decade. casey siegle skions us live from los angeles. >> reporter: this story has been developing since thursday. we have been following it closely. orderly enough the mexican government is releasing most of this information. the f.b.i. will not even confirm these arrests for us. again, a lot of this information coming from mexican authorities who tell us they arrested four people near the california-mexico border. they believe these men were involved in a human smuggling ring because at the time of the arrests, these four inspection were apparently were with 21 other suspected illegal immigrants and they also had weapons. one of the men told investigators who shot rosags and that man is in custody. but at this point police are not telling us what specific

evidence they have that links these four suspects to the crime. again, the f.b.i. is being very tight-lipped and not releasing much information, gregg. >> gregg: this is a situation that is absolutely unacceptable. is there a sense that we need to be either better armed or better manned or both at the border, especially since there have been occasions in which the drug dealers and drug lords have been crossing the border and they get, of course, a lot of resources from america unfortunately. >> absolutely. i think this is going to make u.s. border patrol take a closer look at their policies. we do a lot of stories with u.s. border patrol. they are a dedicated group of men and women. the work they do is so valuable to protect our borders both on the south and north. a lot of times they are working in rugged terrain out in the middle of the desert. they are tracking large groups

of people. we had a chance to go up a few months ago in a blackhawk helicopter for four hours on a mission. the suspected illegal immigrants often travel in huge packs. so a lot of times these border agents are out there and working among the brush, it's very hot, it's very rugged. its difficult job. i think there will be further examination in terms of the specific policies. we've heard some conflicting reports that robert rosags went off of communication and he was by himself. the big question that a lot of people are asking, could this possibly have been avoided if he had a partner there at the time. again, all this stuff still coming in. everyone tried to sort it out. >> gregg: is there a possible connection at a san jose hospital? >> that is a very strange twist with this. you are very familiar with california. san jose is up near the san francisco bay area. in fact about 550 miles from where this shooting happened.

it's about nine hour drive. a public information officer with the san jose police department told fox news that their agency was contacted by the f.b.i. to assist in detaining a suspect of so sort at a local hospital in san jose. that public information officer would not elaborate what the f.b.i. told him. f.b.i. didn't give their agency much information, just that they needed assistance. that the strange twist considering the proximity how far san jose is from san diego. >> julie: the clock is ticking and the president is about to make his own deadline for passing health care reform. the senate won't vote before the august recess and now the big question is, will the house vote on its bill before congress goes on vacation. and do the democratic leaders have the votes to pass it.

caroline, democrats say they need republicans to pass health care reform, but republicans say they hate the democratic bill. so is the prospect stuck? >> it's definitely slow. white house presses secretary they all agree on 80% of what should happen in reform but the last 20% could be like pulling teeth. conrad the chairman of the budget committee, he said democrats don't have the numbers without republican votes. minority leader says gop backing is very unlikely. so they are over meeting at the capitol this hour but still no progress. >> julie: so what are the chances that congress will vote on this before august recess? >> like you said, the senate will vote after the recess. house leaders say there is a small chance they'll get something passed next week. they may have to bypass one of their own committees.

the energy and congress committee, some of the blue dog democrats say they don't like the burden it places on small businesses. so they may skip the committee. white house officials seem okay with it. here is robert gibbs. >> he set a deadline in order to poke and prod congress into moving because as you well know having spent any time in this town, without poking and prodding not a lot gets done. >> reporter: he says they are on track to pass something in the fall. >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: secretary of state hillary clinton has a big message for iran and it's not one that the president mahmoud ahmadinejad is going to like very much. take a listen to this. >> what we want to do is send a message to whoever is making these decisions that if you are pursuing nuclear weapons for the purpose of intimidating projecting your power, we're not

going to let that happen. >> gregg: mrs. clinton making those comments on meet the press. she said the white house might still consider sitting counsel with iran's government but she also said that the people of iran deserve better than what they've got. >> julie: french president nicolas sarkozy, it was taken by helicopter to a hospital today after he collapsed while jogging. he was exercising outside paris when this happened. it's not believed to be a serious situation but he was taken to a military hospital to undergo tests. he'll remain there overnight. a close friend says, i'm quoting she hungry and everything is okay. she 54 and a regular exerciser that likes jogging and biking. he got a clean bill of health after a checkup earlier this month. >> gregg: political crisis in honduras taking yet another bizarre twist.

ousted president there heating up the pressure on the interim government. he says he is going to camp out, jump across the border in nicaragua setting a standoff with no end in sight. steve, what if anything is different today? >> it is day three for the ousted president. he has a couple hundred supporters and a megaphone but what has changed is a change of position. they insisted if he crossed the border. now, the military has put out a notice on the website they will not stand in the way. they say it was the military that put him on the plane out of the country one month ago. so a possible change of position today. >> gregg: our government opposes

this military coup but we have heard about some u.s. lawmakers opposition to support for zelada. tell us what that is about? >> you're right. some of those lawmakers, some republicans come down here to find out what is going on. the u.s. position like every other nation in this hemisphere, they oppose what happened to the president of honduras but what has happened here is not even a cou. the u.s. is betting on the wrong horse by backing zelaya and it could be real importance to the region. here is what connie mack had said earlier. >> if honduras is successful and win this fight for their freedom and democracy, i think it will have a positive ripple effect throughout latin america that says to chavez we don't want what you are trying to shove

down our throats. >> reporter: the concern among many middle people in honduras what that president was trying to do was to extend his term in office to try to stay in power for life. something already achieved by hugo chavez. >> gregg: steve, thanks. >> julie: tensions also in turkey between the police and protestors. scuffle breaking out in the chinese consulate in istanbul. they burned a flag and tried to tear down the barricade to reach gates of the consulate. they pepper-sprayed them to keep them away. a crackdown by china left nearly 200 people dead in western china. they are related to the turks and have a large community in turkey. new rain storms triggering

deadly flash flooding in mongolia. red cross says it's very difficult for relief organizations to get aid to people. some 2,000 homes, many of them in shanty towns outside the example have been heavily destroyed by the flooding. mercury may be rising and polar bears sure know how to keep cool. it was about 90 degrees. 90 agrees. do we have the video of the polar bears. there is nothing cuter. do polar bears sweat? >> gregg: i don't think they do. >> julie: they were getting creative they were treated with blocks of ice with metal and vegetables in the middle. >> gregg: the tradition has become an annual event. it attracts huge crowds. >> julie: there is the video. >> gregg: folks in this country should be so lucky.

see that looks good. >> julie: i love it. i could watch that video all day. >> gregg: but instead we're going to look accu weather. there she is. >> actually, it was a good idea for pets, today was in the 90s across washington and oregon. and temperatures in the triple digits. we do have a couple of thunderstorms that will stay over in the higher elevations and we have an upper level disturbance is the reason those showers and thunderstorms. but it is very quiet. story for today is the heat. temperatures around 95 degrees in portland, 87 in seattle where the average is right around 75, 76. portland is 13 degrees above the

average. that is going to be the story for tomorrow, as well. temperatures will continue increasing. we have a combination of events. that will lead to record heat. seattle could tie the record of 95 in 1988 and potentially a record of 102 in 1958. j z consideration. >> gregg: angela campos, thanks very much. the washington debating on health care reform. it continues shaping up to very hot august politically for president obama. possibly the most crucial month of his first year in office. with the august recess coming up. his signature plan is on very shaky ground. soe what can his administration do to get back on track. turning me is pennsylvania congressman tim murphy and new jersey congressman rob andrews who serves on the house committee.

congressman andrews, the senate appears to be deadlocked but in your chamber, nancy pelosi claims she has the votes and to borrow a phrase from alan greenspan is that i raisely exuberant? >> i don't think so. i think if we could move it to a yes vote on the floor, we want to make sure it makes sense. i do think we have the votes to pass it on the floor right now. >> gregg: congressman murphy the president said his health program will not be phased in until the year 2013, that is four years from now which makes the august 7th deadline as silly. with something this vital and vast, remaking one-sixth of our economy, is this an unwise rush to judgment on how to structure

it? >> this is most important health care bill and the impact will last another half century. imagine your doctor says i don't have time to read your history to do x-rays but shear your prescription and you'll say what is the rush. i have a deadline to meet. it's incredibly important. there is a lot of tal continental congress a lot of people we can turn towards to help solve this. we know we need to fix medicare and medicaid but let's work together but let's not rush it. >> gregg: congressman andrews. >> i do want to jump in. i think my friend tim uses a good analogy because that exactly what is happening right now. the insurance companies have such a grip on the system, when people do go to their doctor, the doctor doesn't have enough time to properly diagnosis what they are doing. that is what we're trying to fix.

when we look at that. people in general don't trust their insurance company and they don't trust government to handle it.

>> gregg: some feel we have been dheokd blue by both parties. is the president trying to rush this through because he knows that in some ways it is indefensible by members of his own party including the one i just quoted? >>, no the president is talking to people like our friend mike ross and trying to come to an accommodation. president is trying to get moving because for 61 years, every president since harry truman has talked about this but not done it. this president working with the congress is going to get it done. >> gregg: congressmen, good to see you both. thank you very much. >> julie: cooperstown adding new stars. inducted go former outfielder ricky henderson and rice and

stolen base champ played for nine teams. a stint with the oakland athletics and red sox clay rice played his entire career in boston bhasmt a great city. he was an all-star eight times. also inducted in the hall of fame today by the veterans committee, late joe gordon, former second baseman for the yankees. >> don't forget tony kubek was also inducted today. you have no idea. >> julie: i have no clue. i'm not a sports fan. i'm not going to pretend to be with. >> gregg: do you have any idea of who jim rice is and ricky henderson. >> julie: yes, i did because i proofread the scripts. >> gregg: i told you i would get back at her. there is a lot more.

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a reporter from sacramento has more. >> it's horrible. >> it's a small technicality. >> 29-year-old sara granda is supposed to take the state bar exam on tuesday. but because she didn't register on line with a credit card he has to wait until february to take the exam. >> it's a nightmare. >> she doesn't have a credit card. she says the state department of rehabilitation already paid her fee with a check and was told everything was fine. it wasn't. now granda is taking her battled to court. >> i have much bigger things resolved. i'm wondering or not if this will be resolved. >> granda was 17 when he was paralyzed in a car accident. since then she studied countless hours to graduate from u.c. davis law and take the bar.

after a federal judge ruled against her case, granda is going before the state supreme court and she has the governor behind her. >> this is a bureaucratic snafu but he is a fighter and governor is behind her hundred percent. >> the governor doesn't oversee the state bar he does appoint the governors which he has already contacted. through many uncertainties in her life, especially her mother and her friend keeps her going. >> when things are hard, there is still a chance. >> gregg: we're going to try to continue to total that story. thanks very much. >> julie: harvard scholar henry lewis gates and sergeant james crowley could soon be having a

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live pictures from fairbanks alaska, the folks are saying thank you and goodbye to governor sarah palin. last few hours in office but she hands over the reins to the lieutenant governor there. she is going to be serving hot dogs but the one i'm interested one is salmonburgers, love to have one. >> julie: i would like to have a salmon burger. i never had one. but i would love sarah palin serve up a salmon burger. >> gregg: you're going to be covering her speech 7:00 live. >> julie: in the entirety you will be hearing from sarah palin the former governor of alaska as she finishes up her term early. stay tuned to that. >> gregg: big question is what he is going to do next. >> julie: big plans, she writing

a book. she has a bright future. a lot is being kept secret. many ri lewis gates says she ready to move on after his arrest. he agreed to meet with sergeant james crowley over a beer at the white house. president obama ranging that get together after he added fuel by criticizing the arresting officer. listen. >> he understood that, his words have unnecessarily contributed to the frenzy around this. that he felt it was important to reach out to the police officer, to explain what he was trying to say. they had a very good conversation. i think cooler heads prevail. >> julie: courtney is live in cambridge. have things settled down and cooler heads prevailed? >> cooler heads have prevailed. i talked to one of the officers who was on the scene.

he just said we're trying to de-compress. people are not saying anything. it seems like everybody is ready to make that meeting and that have beer. professor gates sent an e-mail that had he was looking forward to sit down on sergeant crowley on better circumstances. >> julie: what next? >> going to be an investigation? >> those 911 calls that starred this whole thing off two black men were possibly brake into a house. there is the transmission tape. and those records, those calls are public record. if there is an investigation the lawyers can hold on to them but we'll see when they are made public. >> julie: okay, thank you very much. >>. >> gregg: so many customers

rushed to car dealers rushed to the cash for clungers program. the website has crashed. it provides up to $4500 to trade in their vehicles. website is expected to operate normally once the program ends. you have time, until november 1st. >> julie: a hopeful sign for the nation's housing market. for the third month in a row, home sales have gone up. take a look at this. after a steep drop, home prices are picking up, too. suggesting higher demand take a look at that. the slump is not over by a long shot. is the housing market finally turning around? let's ask rodney anderson. thank you for talking to us and i'm so glad it's on a positive note. this week's stocks, dow jones was above the 9,000 mark. that and rebounding home sales

have spurred talk about an economic recovery. is this an encouraging time? >> the current economic environment is forcing people to move. job losses or force people to move to other cities. it forces them to other states. therefore relocating and this current financial crisis is causing divorces, over 62% of first time marriages end in divorce. over 78% of second time marriages end in divorce. financial trouble causes people to move through divorce. >> julie: what is also interesting that the divorce rate is down because people can't afford divorce. it's an entirely different thing. did i read that. i did a segment on it. don't look at me like that. divorce is very expensive so a lot of people are staying together because of the economy because they can't afford it. and then they end up living

happily ever after. >> gregg: where do you get this? >> julie: pay attention. i did a segment but sales of homes have gone up again. it was the highest level of sales since october but there is still a glut on homes and the prices are still down. the question is, does three months really show progress? >> here is what happens. low interest rates, affordable housing and the first time home buyers' tax credit is really gone into the housing market. it's really helping in those areas. but folks there is still trouble on the horizon. those troubles were created by andrew cuomo, that was deal with fannie mae and freddie mac with home valuation code of conduct. where appraisal management companies is ordering appraisals and is wreaking havoc on

housing. yes, the stock market has been going up the last two weeks. people's personal stock markets have still been crashing. >> julie: let's give some advice for everybody out there. if you have been thinking about putting your home on the market, can you finally do so and make a profit or get it off your hands? >> most people are upside-down. its very difficult. the people that are moving up, when you are moving up, it's a great time to sell if you can and buy a home at a better bargain. people that are moving down, those people may want to stick there for a little bit. i'll tell you, with the governmental continuing to struggle through cities and school districts continuing to downsize, have budget problems, this economic environment for the housing market continues to stay tough. there is no end in sight right now. i wish i could give you great

news. >> julie: come on, rodney. how about if you had your house on market are for myself one year. it's been a year. i should clean up my kitty litter but is it time to get the sign on the front yard. what can you do to make it happen? and if you are buyer, do you still have the advantage, do we have to lower prices more? >> absolutely do. buyers have the advantage. many buyers are still offering 10-20% less than the current listing price. so that creation a buyers' market. as far as you with the selling on this property, i'll tell you julie, if you price it right, it will sell. >> julie: you mean give it away. thanks for the advice. rodney anderson, thank you very much. >> you don't like the kitty litter, what are you trying to

say. when i put the house on the market i displayed a lot of perfume but i brought the cats back. >> gregg: who knew you were such an expert on divorce. it's pretty interesting that you are about to get married in about a month. you are getting ready? >> julie: i'm never going to get a divorce. >> gregg: 50% chance, those are the stats. >> julie: i will never get divorced. >> gregg: minimum wage jumping up but most waitresses and waiters left out in the cold. elsewhere the minimum for so-called tip workers has been stuck at $2.13 since 1991. they comprise the majority of

those workers and national employment project sayshave nearly three times the poverty rate of the nation's work force. >> julie: just as america is sending more troops to afghanistan other countries are wavering in their support. will america have to shoulder the burden in another war? fina ou need? where will you find the stability and resources to keep you ahead of this rapidly evolving world? these are tough questions. that's why we brought together two of the most powerful names in the industry. introducing morgan stanley smith barney. here to rethink wealth management. here to answer... your questions. morgan stanley smith barney. a new wealth management firm with over 130 years of experience.

>> julie: a cruise ship off of alaska brings an unusual souvenir back to port. a dead whale stuck to the bow and a pretty big one. this is so sad. sapphire princess docked in canada and the ship's captain did not realize he snagged the whale, second biggest creature in the ocean. it took two tugboats to move the whale that weighed about 70 tons. they are trying to determine when the ship hit the whale and whether it was alive at the

time. >> gregg: now to the war in afghanistan. deadliest month since the beginning of the war, some 60,000 american troops are on the ground, a record number but rising casualties are raising doubts with some of the america's allies. a new poll showing waning support for britain, germany and canada as though countries consider upping the troop levels. what can the president do to keep them on board? joining me now is fox military amp livt is colonel david hunt. catch-22, it originated sort of a fictional military term where circular reasoning. maybe it applies to afghanistan the more troops we send to the raise the level of fighting the more casualties are incurred. that will trigger and has weak opposition among allies to do what we are doing.

how can we going to deal with that catch-22? >> i think you have to be more direct about it. there are more soldiers and marines going. pakistan is more important than afghanistan. we are going to have more casualties and we have to keep sending more billers, teachers, lawyers that can assist rebuilding afghanistan as well as soldiers and marines. this is not going to get prettier, it will be ugly the next three to five years. a lot of people seven years has been going on and we're losing rather than gaining support. >> gregg: it's not just allies we're losing support. americans at home, defense secretary robert gates said that our new strategy has to show results within 18 months to two years or we're going to lose public support. he is right, isn't he? >> i believe we're going to lose

it. the marines in the province built a base in the middle of a deserted. the problem you got the administration like the last one is missing the point. it is soldiers are important but teachers and role builders are as important if not more so in this kind of conflict. we don't seem to be getting it. >> gregg: i do think by the way that general mcchrystal gets precisely that. he is trying to change the narrative to the afghan people and the model is iraq. i want to talk about the president for a moment. his latest remarks on afghanistan. he answered a question on abc whether victory, victory is justifiable in a goal in afghanistan. take a listen. >> i'm always worried about using the word victory because it evokes this notion of emperor

hito signing the surrender to macarthur. >> gregg: it's victory against the taliban and terrorist forces our goal? >> it should be, but the shift in iraq from victory to success. that is probably the issue. the issue is insurgency, there is nobody on the other side to sign a treaty. there is not going to be a flag waving. one side stops fighting but if we don't send sign activities as well as soldiers and teachers on a one to one basis, it's not going to matter how many bad guys they kill. >> gregg: it was vital in iraq for us not only to send additional troops to put down the insurgency to send more troops on the ground. we had to get up to speed the training of iraqi troops. what about afghan troops, do they need to be properly trained

and take over? >> the scenes yes, but not there. the afghan you have approximate. there is a lack of support for the afghan government. you're right, mcchrystal does get it and we want the rest of the government to fight this. as hard as we've been trying to train them, that is part of the issue we're having in getting any more success in afghanistan. >> gregg: colonel, always great to see you. >> julie: president obama arriving at a first in his polling since he was president. what the numbers have to say about his job performance so far and what americans think about the cambridge incident. 

>> gregg: this is breaking news story. a horrific crash in new york that has claimed seven lives including three children. the ap is reporting that it happened in briar cliff. seven people have died. it was a three-car crash. this is westchester county just north of new york city. it occurred this afternoon and apparently seven people including three children are now dead. a minivan heading the wrong way when it was third vehicle was also involved in the crash. three people among the seven dead just a short time ago in new york. >> julie: president obama's approval rating in dangerous waters. it's below the 50% mark. latest rasmussen reports poll showing that half disapprove of the president's performance. percentage lags at 49%.

joining suggestion scott rasmussen. this is quite a difference. every single week that you and i talk about polls, she slipping every single week, why? >> this past month has been difficult partly because of economic is conditions. he talked about heath care reform. didn't get the bounce that he wants. on the morning the press conference, 29% of americans strongly approved of the way he is doing his job, that hasn't budged but strongly disapproved has jumped to 40%, not the kind of move that he wants to see. >> julie: let me ask you about health care and budget. healthcare reform bill is very expensive. what do americans think? >> american people are getting more concerned about health care reform, 53% now oppose the plan. as a priority, you ask about the

priorities, the president outlined this year, deficit reduction is seen as the most important by 37%. health care by 20%. yet at the same time, people don't think deficit reduction is going to happen. that is the least likely of his goals to be achieved. >> julie: every president takes the fine line of being too available for the press and not enough, not readily available for the press. president obama has held more news conferences than i can ever remember. is that helping or hurting him? >> it's not having much of an impact. by two to one margin they think it's designed to sell his policies and not inform the american people. 47% say he is holding about the right number of press conferences. 40% say they are seeing too much and it breaks down on partisan

lines. cambridge cop controversy, i don't know if you have questions you think he should have gotten involved or not. what are they saying about thinks comments? >> 26% say his response was good or excellent. 46% said it was poor. americans are evenly divided as to whether or not the question was appropriate to ask. there is still a huge racial divide. african-americans tend to think his response was good. most white voters say his response was poor. >> julie: we have a legal segment to address the fact that the president got involved in an legal issue in the first place and whether he shouldn't or should. i don't know. you have one more about twitter users, safety concerns? >> 52% they are somewhat concerned information they put out on twitter could be used against them. 26% are very concerned. the number that shocked me, how much you tweet each day, only 9%

of twitter users send out daily updates. >> julie: really? you didn't poll yourself or you didn't poll me or gregg. maybe the number is higher. >> we're the exception. >> julie: you are exceptional as always. you can find scott on twitter. scott, see you later. >> gregg: alaska's governor sarah palin saying bye-bye, take a look at the shot from fairbanks. she is serving up hot dogs and salmonburgers. i would like tarter sauce on mine. her last day in office, what is her next step. bet you would like salmon burgers. i'm focused on food right now. we are live in fairbanks coming up. wwwwd in skyscrapers alone...

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has seen more than enough of her husband on the big screen. >> gregg: haven't we all. >> julie: the funny man telling the daily record that she is not amused by antics like this any more. >> hey, hey! >> we're going streaking! yeah! >> julie: i love that movie, so much! fairly insists, despite his wife's feelings, we'll see more of his pasty physique in future films! i love a man or woman who can make fun of themselves and the fact he goes on late night talk shows without his shirt on and doesn't have washboard abs unlike yourself. >> gregg: yeah. >> julie: and he has no shame, one of my mick names, i love him. >> gregg: what a way toned our first hour, but more is coming up the next hour and in fact, we begin with this story, police in new jersey going to a house to investigate a break-in, and didn't find any crooks but found four al gators.

right. alligators. giovanna tr. bechltd. ke has the story. >> reporter: alligators living in the basement of a home, doesn't sound possible but these are exclusive pictures police discovered and some neighbors like joedzy new about the gator tale but not all of it. >> from what we knew, we knew -- i knew there was one and i didn't know if it was an alligator or cox chrysler. >> reporter: according to spca chief, amato there were originally four gators and when authorities returned yesterday one was missing, according to the new jersey department of environmental protection, it is illegal to have an alligator in a private residence and the spca says, for now they are being left in the basement of the home until the department of environmental protection can figure out where to move them. >> i have little kids and i was concerned. >> it is a you little scary. >> she says this observes are nice and probably didn't mean any harm but didn't realize

exactly what was living a couple of doors down, or, how big the of doors down, or, how big the gators really are. captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> julie: hello, i'm julie bandaras, welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett, topping the news, police in mexico, nabbing four suspects, in the murder of an american border agent they're drug cartels targeting now, americans? >> julie: and the controversial arrest of a black harvard professor. president obama with a wading in to the fight this past week and now calls on all sides for apologies. and who if anyone should step forward. >> gregg: an august deadline is looming large on capitol hill for health care reform as the white house puts on a full court press for the president's signature plan, so, what are they saying about the prospects in take a listen: >> our expectation and the reason we are optimistic about this is that we are continuing to make progress. you know, it is unique that we

are in a point in the debate where about 80% of what we need to get comprehensive health care reform, that cut costs for small businesses and families makes it afford can be for them, we have about 80% agreement. >> gregg: caroline shivley live in washington with more, caroline any chance they'll get it done before august recess, i think the 7th of august? >> reporter: you are right, there, it doesn't look like they will be able to get done and gibbs rolled the deadline back on "fox news sunday" saying he thinks they'll have something done by the fall. and the senate said they can't get it in -- done in time before they go out on the august recess and listen to senators on both sides of the aisle describe the new timetable on "this week." >> we meet hours every day, we have got the best analysts in the country helping us and we'll be ready when we are ready. >> let's slow down and get it right. my goal is to protect the right of every american to make their own health care decisions.

and if we can do that we can come up with a bill. >> reporter: that is what it looks like on the senate side and the house side leaders say there is a small chance they'll get something passed next week and the bill is trouble in this energy and commerce committee because the blue dog democrats don't like the burden they say it places on small businesses and may skip the committee altogether and take it to the floor, directly. >> gregg: caroline, do you think the democrats can actually pick up some of the republicans they may need to pass the thing? >> reporter: it will be tough. if they do it. there are a few republicans negotiating in the senate finance committee but plenty more are fighting the democratic proposal, saying they -- it costs too much and puts government between patients and doctors. now, another group threatening to bolt is the blue dog democrats and those fiscal conservatives don't like the numbers from the congressional budget office, gregg. >> gregg: what does the administration say about the report this weekend, that says the president's medicare advisory council -- he says sill

save money may not save money. >> you're right, gibbs talked about that today on "fox news sunday" and the goal is sieving money in the long term and the cbo says there is a chance for a substantial savings down the road but the short-term forecast is certainly not rosy and said the agency would probably only save 2 billion the first four years or maybe nothing at all and it is a big blow because the white house touteded the agency as a way to -- touted the agency as a way to pay for the whole program, gregg. >> gregg: caroline shivley, thanks very much. breaking news, details, now on a horrific crash that killed 7 people, including three children, in briarcliff, that is a suburban community, westchester county, 35 miles north of new york city. now, the new york state police are saying that 7 people in all died in a three-car crash, it was on the taconic state parkway, 2:00 today, near route 117, in briarcliff and 7 people, three children, among them, now,

dead, a gray minivan heading the wrong way, in the northbound lanes. when suddenly it crashed head on into an suv. and a third vehicle was also involved, police say, three children, were riding in that minivan, that was heading the wrong way and they were killed as well that's van's driver. three people in one of the other vehicles, they were killed, and taconic is closed to traffic both directions from the sawmill parkway to the pleasanton road and 7 confirmed from two different sources, and this is probably one of the worst crashes in recent history. this briarcliff manor, three children, 7 people, in all, four adults now dead and we'll get further details and hopefully video, shortly. >> julie: very, very sad on our local affiliate, fox 5, wnyw is on the star and hopefully we'll have more information coming up

and a major man hunt underway for the killer of a u.s. border patrol agent, robert rosas was shot to death, on thursday, outside of san diego, and, fbi agents and law informant officers are combing hospitals for suspects who may have been wounded in the attack and mexican police also arresting four men in connection with his death and a 5th suspect captured near the crime scene friday. casey steegel live in los angeles, casey? >> reporter: julie, this is where it gets bizarre because the mexican government is actually giving us more information about this story than our own american government. and the fbi is being tight-lipped and will not even confirm these arrests in mexico for us. but, mexican police are saying that they have four people in custody, in connection to this shooting, that happened on thursday, near the california-mexico border. although, the mexican authorities are not telling us, what evidence they have, that links these men to the crime, the only thing they will say is that all men are believed to be

part of a human smuggling ring, because of the time of their arrest, they were with a group of 21 suspected illegal immigrants, and they had weapons. one of the suspects, also told police, that another person in the group, was in fact responsible for the murder. in the meantime, american authorities say a manhunt is still underway at this time. and local hospitals around the country, are being checked out, and that is because police say the killer may have been injured at the time of the shooting, and believe he or she may have sought medical attention. and in yet another strange twist to this case the san jose police department confirming to fox news the fbi contacted their department about a possible arrest at a hospital there in san jose. keep in mind that is about 500 -- 550 miles north of where it all went down thursday night and no one commenting whether the arrest there is in fact connected with the murder of agent rossa and the fbi is

offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can provide information leading to the arrest an conviction of whoever committed this heinous crime, julie. >> julie: casey, thank you very much and here's a question are federal agents protecting our border now out man and out-gunned by criminals, trying to sneak through? and the president of the national border control council will give us his take on a dangerous situation, a live interview, coming up, gregg. >> gregg: new developments in the house efforts to bring peace to the the to the middle east, special envoy george mitchell telling syria's president, president obama is determined, that is his word, to achieve a peace deal between israel and the arab world. it was his second meeting with president assad and george mitchell arrived in israel and is calling on leaders to normalize relations with the arab world, mike tobin live in jerusalem now with more. >> reporter: a quick change in plans, middle east envoy george

mitchell was summoned to cairo by egyptian president mubarak after he met with ehud barak. now, senator mitchell will meet with president mubarak in the morning before returning here to israel where the u.s. diplomatic blitz will continue and he'll be followed by defense secretary gates and national security advisor james jones an presidential advisor dennis ross and the first item on the table the bitter rift between u.s. and israel over construction in the west bank, land palestinians want for a state and president obama demanded an absolute freeze, defense minister ehud barak is trying to work out a compromise arguing israel is financially obligated to finish partially completed construction projects. prime minister netanyahu says he seeks an acceptable compromise in the west bank and leave jerusalem out of it, his words, despite east jerusalem being beyond the green line which celebrates israel from the west bank netanyahu insists jerusalem is the unified capital of the jewish stated and that, according to him, is not negotiable.

the other subject to be addressed is the iranian nuclear program and the israelis find covet in secretary clinton's calls for crippling sanctions to dis wade iran from going nuclear and the prime minister made it clear me believes the most effective sanctions would hit iran in the energy department and while the americans are here calling for a freeze in settlement construction, a group of young outlaws, called the hill top youth, are going to scramble up the hills to establish 11 new illegal settlement out posts and an unabashed act of defiance towards the u.s. and i'll bring it to you live, back to you. >> gregg: thanks. >> julie: secretary of state hillary clinton speaking out on iran and mrs. clinton appearing on nbc's "meet the press" this morning, urging allies in the middle east to give u.s. foreign policy a channels. listen: >> what we want to do is to send a message to whoever is making these decisions, that if you are pursuing nuclear weapons, for

the purpose of intimidating, of projecting your power, we're goth not going to let that happen. >> julie: her comments come amid concerns israel might launch a first strike on iranian weapons sites. >> gregg: india is increasing its nuclear arsenal now, launching its first nuclear submarine today and the president singh on hand for the rollout of the destroyer of enemies as it is described. the president calling the launch, quote, an historical milestone. india is upgrading the armed forces to match the new economic power, other plans include a multibillion-dollar purchase of more than 100 new fighter jets. >> julie: all right, now, to the fallout from the controversial arrest of a black harvard professor. by a white cambridge police officer in massachusetts, now, while professor gates and sergeant crowley contemplate a trip to the white house for a beer with the president it seems everyone else has an opinion on whether the president should have commented on the

controversy in the first place and here's how top sunday op-ed writers graded the president's performance, maureen dowd of the "new york times" wrote, president obama's soothing assessment that two good people got snared in a bad moment seems on target. and while derek jackson of the boston globe believes, president obama merely said the obvious, the act, note man was stupid and the arrest was every black man's nightmare. and while those two seemdz to give the president at least a passing grade, michael goodwin of the new york daily news wrote, this on saturday: the normally surefooted cool as a cue comer obama has only himself to blame for turning a national firestorm with racial overtones, now that he has all -- should go the whole way and say he's sorry, should he apologize? michael goodwin is here to explain why he thinks so and

first, here's how the president addressed the issue on friday. >> president barack obama: in my choice of words, i think, i unfortunately, gave an impression, that i was maligning the cambridge police department or sergeant crowley, specifically. and i could have calibrated those words differently. >> julie: not good enough? joining us now is new york daily news columnist and fox news contributor michael goodwin. michael, always great to have you and, it is interesting, to compare your op-ed comments to the others. quite a different line. first of all, why do you believe president obama felt the need to get involved in the first place. >> it is strange, because he begins by saying that gates is his friend. and, he then adds, i don't know all of the facts. well, i think any of us speaking in public at that point would say, time out, that is -- all i'm going say, if you are president of the united states you should have bells going off in the room that say, stop right there, mr. the president.

and, finally, the fact that this is the white house, the biggest bully pulpit in the world and for the president to in effect get involved in something involving a friend and then say i don't know the facts and to charge ahead any way and accuse one side of acting stupidly, he was pretty angry, too, if you look back at the clips of the way he spoke, he was flushed, he was kind of tense about that. and i just think he should have stayed out of it which i believe he now feels he should have done. >> julie: i don't want to pistol you against others but i want you to comments on derek jackson of the boston globe and his comments. which i find to be quite interesting. i'm going to quote them. . president obama merely said the obvious, that the act not the man was stupid and that the arrest was every black man's nightmare. what is your reaction to that? >> well, again, i don't think that derek jackson was there, either and so, i think a lot of people are jumping to conclusions, about what actually happened there. my point, is simply the

president didn't know what happened, and i don't know exactly what happened. i am not saying the cop was right or gates was wrong. i'm simply saying the president was wrong to get involved. so, i think anybody who kind of puts themselves on the -- in the shoes of one person, by all means, have at it and have a good time with this, but to say somehow this is a racial profiling, or fits some historic pattern, that seems to be just to be a leap in logic here. people want to see it, a certain way, and cops want to see it one way, maybe and derek jackson, of the globe wants to see it norway and i don't think, either one, necessarily, fits. and each of these cases have their own set of facts and two people were in that room at the time. and, let's wait a little bit and give it time. i think we are only talk about it because the president got involved, not because it happened. >> julie: okay. then what do you think about the upcoming beer summit? if you will at the white house? where the president of the united states is now inviting these two promise boston, to the white house, to share a beer.

i mean, the whole thing gets stranger! >> right, look, i think this is obama the at his best which is that he has the personal charisma and clearly want to use it to defuse the situation. that he created. and now he's having the beer really not to settle down gates and sergeant crowley. but really get himself out of the middle of it and that is fine and have no problem and i think it is a good idea and i would say, though, the president and gates, whom i know and i actually admire skip gates, the president said this is a teachable moment and the best teaching that could happen is the president would show even, even being president, means you have to say you're sorry when you're wrong and i hope after the beer when they come out in front of the cameras, the president will bring himself to say, you know, i was wrong and sergeant crowley is not a racist and this is not racial profiling and there is nothing racial about this and he was doing his job and i'm sorry, i called the actions stupid. >> julie: you said there is an old saying among journalists,

there are no such things as stupid questions, to politicians, only stupid answers. >> i think president obama proved the point here, didn't he. >> julie: do you think if he comes out and apologizes, what exactly and how does he go on and apologize for this and i wonder if he's going to ever get involved in-the-this sort of thing again or if he learned his lesson. >> that could be the upside for all of us, right? the president doesn't reach down and get involved in matters that really are beneath him and again, it is a little like taking a howitzer after a fly for the president of the u.s. to go after an individual police officer, in a case that he doesn't know anything about, involving the president's friend and i mean, you add those facts up and there is absolutely no reason for any president to get involved in any case like this. and as for the apology i think the president is -- quite easy, he can practice it and just say, you know, i'm -- i was wrong to get involved, i'm sorry. i did malign officer crowley. sergeant crowley and i apologize for that.

that is all. doesn't have to be any more and that would be great and i think would be the teachable moment here, even the presidents have to admit mistakes. >> julie: and it also is sort of interesting, and shows the president has a human side and something you don't always see in a president and i guess you could look at it that way, i'm trying to be a little optimistic. he's a human, we all make mistakes. >> absolutely and all we're saying here is that as a human who made a mistake, do the human thing and apologize. >> julie: there you go, michael goodwin, great to have you on, thank you so much. >> gregg: some of his aides said don't apologize which is to suggest a president is somehow above saying i'm sorry. >> julie: i think, i think it is great and an apology would make him even more human. >> gregg: i think it would, endear him to some people, he's like me and puts his pants on one leg at a time and the beer summit is a great idea and fdr used to hold regularly martini summits between people who didn't agree. >> julie: i bet you wish you would have been invited. >> gregg: would have loved to, i like fdr, martini-man!

nasa doing a little repair work on the international space station. flight controllers fixed an air purifier, that broke down yesterday. took 8-and-a-half long hours to get the purifier back in manual mode and tomorrow the astronauts will take the 5th and final spacewalk and the crew has a lot to be proud of on the is mission, the commander says. >> we have all fixed batteries that were for 36, now swapped out, and as well as three large replacement units, and spares are in place and back in the payload bay and completed all of the robotics which used all three arms during the mission and transferred a lot of things and managed to have dinner, a couple nights with our... here and all in all, it has been an extremely successful mission. >> gregg: look at that, like a class picture, 13 astronauts and the endeavor crew is set to leave the iss on tuesday, and back on earth at the end of the

week, weather permitting, stay tuned for that. >> julie: u.s. agents on the dangerous california border with mexico, are mourning the loss of one of their own and talking about how their jobs are getting tougher all the time. listen: >> there is no... they are getting ruthless by the minute. ♪ ♪ i got troubles, oh ♪ but not today ♪ 'cause they're gonna wash away ♪ ♪ they're gonna wash away ♪ ♪ ♪ they're gonna wash away ♪ this old heart ♪ gonna take them away [ quacks ]

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the fox report with julie bandaras at 7:00, eastern time, and she is going to be giving her farewell address and you will want to stay tuned for that company eastern time the fox report with julie bandaras. >> julie: we'll have it in its entirety and here's the stories making headlines for you, this hour. here on forks, president obama saying health care reform could help small businesses insure employees and right now it is highly unlikely lawmakers will pass legislation before leaving for the august recess. and secretary of state hillary clinton urging israel to be more patient when it comes to iran. and the secretary reiterating that washington remains ready tor dialogue with iran, the nuclear program. and mexican place catching four men who may be linked to the killing of a u.s. border patrol agent. agent robert rosas was shot to death while investigating a border incursion, thursday night. near san diego. >> gregg: the death of a federal

agent underscores the danger for men and women patrolling our southern border, dana richardson from our affiliate k-fox in el paso, checked it out first hand. take a look. >> 24/7. every day. >> reporter: looking through the fence that separates the u.s. and mexico... >> a car... >> reporter: border patrol agent karla johnson doesn't know what she could encounter today. >> i hug my kids a little harder this morning and give them a bigger kiss and tell them i love them. >> reporter: her gesture follows the death of a border patrol agent the father of two shot in the head and left to dieshgs a harsh reminder of the new reality, johnson cases each day. >> there are smug letters and, they are getting ruthless, by the minute. >> reporter: because the u.s. border patrol is cracking down. a combination of the fence, cameras and agents, has apprehensions down 70% along the border land. >> for us, it is a sign that we're a doing a good job.

however, unfortunately, the assaults against our agents are increasing. >> reporter: money driven smugglers desperate to keep their way of life in operation are resorting to new measures into now they carry weapons an knives. >> reporter: after three years on the job she has her own stories of an ordinary day turning critical in a matter of moments. >> i have an individual in the mexican side, still in the other side of the border, pulled out a gun and wanted to -- >> reporter: what others do she can't control but can be prepared and johnson relies on her extensive training, to return safely home, each day. >> gregg: dana richardson from our affiliate, k-fox innel pass so, texas, and that was a great look at the challenges facing agents, four suspects busted in the death of the agent yesterday, and the officer never stood a chance that night, dead by the time fellow agents got to him, after hearing those shots.

are federal agents outmanned and out-gunned by violent drug gangs looking to sneak into the u.s. joining us, t. j. bond of the national border patrol council, is it true we are the not giving them the kind of support they need and they deserve for putting their lives on the line every day for our own safety? are they out manned and outgunned. >> absolutely. there are 20,000 border patrol agents, currently, and that is an increase, within the past several years, of 100%. and yet it is still not enough because at any given time, perhaps a quarter of that work first out there, actually patrolling the border because it is a 24/7 operation. that means that 5,000 agents are responsible for patrolling 8,000 miles of land and coastal borders. >> gregg: and look, the drug wars, in mexico, that have claimed hundreds of lives, in out right murders there, just

across our border. has spilled across our border now, and these guys, i mean, the drug lords who live in these big manages and their bodyguard posses are armed, to the teeth with, you know, ak-47s and machine guns and rocket launchers. versus the equivalent of a sling shot for our guys, right? >> right. our guys typically carry a hand gun and sometimes they'll have a should the gun or a rifle. we're outgunned, outmanned and not receiving a lot of support from washington, d.c., the single most important thing, that this congress could do for us is to make it im possible for someone to find work in this country, it is irrelevant and counterintuitive as that sounds, would eliminate, 95, 98% of the traffic witch would allow us to out number the criminals instead of being out numbered by the criminal. >> gregg: if we'd enforce our existing laws it would probably solve the problem, but, very few are doing that.

especially the folks in congress. look, it is more than just being outmanned an outgunned, we have a policy for our border patrol agents, don't we? that really puts their lives at risk. it prevents them from being more aggressive towards those who come across our border, right? >> well, it prevents them from doing what the name of the organization implies. patrolling. it places many of these agents in fixed positions, right along the border, where they are extremely vulnerable to assaults. in the last fiscal year which ended september 30th, of 2008, there were 1097 assaults against u.s. border patrol agents. that is more than 1 every 8 hours. three assaults a day. that is completely unacceptable. >> gregg: and last quick question, real quick answer if i can: this particular agent, agent rosas had left his partner to

investigate something that was happening at the border and he went by himself. look, when you an agent and go to an isolated, desolate area, exposed like that, no backup, we need to fix that? >> we need to fix that. we need more agents. it is not because he was being a maverick, it is because there are only so many agents that we have out there. and it's not as though that was the only activity going on that night. >> gregg: all right, t. j. bonner, thank you very much for being u.s. with us, president of the national border patrol council, thank you. >> thank you. >> julie: sarah palin is stepping down today and is holding picnics and serving salmon burgers. >> gregg: great way to do it. >> julie: hot doggin' it and saying good-bye, most importantly to her supporters at the picnic and many throughout the state and we are live in alaska, next and, hey you don't want to miss our coverage. we have got live coverage tonight of governor palin's farewell, remarks, 7:00 p.m.

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>> gregg: breaking news, new details, now, in new york, a wrong-way crash, at high speeds, claims the life of 7 people just a short time ago, including three children. it was a three-car crash, on the taconic state parkway in westchester county, in briarcliff manor, we are now learning, briarcliff manor which is different than briarcliff. it is 35 miles north of new york city. 2:00, in sunday, near route 117, in briarcliff, a gray minivan was heading the wrong way in the northbound lanes, and suddenly crashed head on at high speed, into an suv, at -- a third vehicle also involved, police say three children riding in the gray minivan were killed, as well as that van's driver and that van is seen now sitting on

top of a hill nearby, completely burned out. three people, in one of the other vehicles, were also killed, the taconic has been closed to traffic in both directions, from the sawmill parkway to the pleasantville road. >> julie: it's the bottom of the hour and time for the top of the news, democrats coming out swinging over the president's massive stimulus plan. the white house and democratic leaders in congress launching an all-out pr war. in the president's defense. >> julie: and the controversy in came britain, continue, a white police officer arresting a black harvard professor, at his own home. and for disorderly conduct and did the officer or the professor cross the line, how about both? does the law give police too much discretion in these kinds of arrests. >> julie: plus new concerns over contact lenses. you think that solution you use keeps your lenses clean and safe, think again the dangerous

infection, it doesn't prevent. >> gregg: the clock is ticking down on the last day of office for alaska's governor, sarah palin. she has been spending the weekend, saying good-bye at picnics across the state. this biggest picnic is actually going on right now, there it is. it is with thousands of folks in fairbanks and that is where we find our own dan springer live in fairbanks and set the scene for us, there, sarah palin is serving up hot dogs an salmon burgers? >> reporter: she's doing what she does every year and every governor before here has done, come to the fairbanks fair grounds here, and she serves up hot dogs, and cake and pie and all of that stuff but, this time her line is about 200 deep, and about 6 rows deep and people with cameras, trying to get an autograph and here he's treated like a rock star and her popularity dipped since last fall when she was introduced by

john mccain as his running mate when her approval rating was up around 60%, and now it is 40%, nationally and here in alaska, she is tell enjoying wild popularity, in fact here at the -- in the park in fairbanks, i would say, almost everybody i talked to her here wants to see more of her and want her to do something on the national scene, beyond what she has done so far. >> gregg: dan you are a terrific reporter and i'm sure you have been able to convince the out going governor to tell you, what you -- she plans to do. what is it? >> reporter: well, she plans on going on the speaking circuit. she plans on going around the country, after her book is finished, next year, talking about her story and plans on campaigning for republican candidates, who are like minded with her and plans on taking up causes, of take up issues, like energy independence, and things like that. and we know that she has her first speaking engagement, august 8th, at the reagan presidential library and she is

not going to go away quietly and tweets, constantly and one of her most recent tweets was indicating that she is not going to be shutting up any time soon! >> gregg: a very good way of putting it. look, she's leaving office, today, but, as i understand it, she is still going to be dogged by these ethics complaints, are they legitimate? >> reporter: well, you know what? most of them are not. she has been hit with 0 ethics complain and there was one -- 20 complain and one she paid back 8,000 today's the state, travel expenses incurred by her kids, before last fall when she was stand by john mccain but there is one hanging on out there and that is, the legal defense fund set up to help to defray the legal costs she's accumulated, 500, $600,000 worth, that legal defense fund has been determined by a state investigator, for the personnel board to be in violation of the state ethics code and she may not be able to access that money, legally, to

pay for her mounting legal bills. >> gregg: dan springer live in fairbanks, at the picnic, and, we'll -- thanks, we'll have much more on sarah palin's last day in office, tonight, 7:00, ontime, the fox reported, we'll have live coverage -- the fox report, live coverage of sarah palin's farewell remarks. >> julie: exiled honduran leader zelaya putting pressure on the interim government promising to camp out with supporters across the border and wants washington to sanction the leaders of the coup that ousted him in the first place, steve harrigan is live in tacigalpa, did i get that right? >> reporter: your pronunciation is dead on and we have seen the ousted president at the bored three days now and little by little, seems to be sinking in, the attempt to march back to the capital has been a failure and

drew a few hundred followers and the ousted president has been there with his megaphone and soldiers did not lay down the weapons and he's stuck at the border and what will happen next is up in the air and heard talks about possible negotiations continuing in washington, d.c. and zelaya said he has not received a formal invitation to travel there yet and as you said he's calling on the u.s. to do more to get him back into offers. >> julie: has the military's position, changed? >> reporter: the military of course were the people who put him on the plane, one month ago and flew him out to costa rica and now the military positions seemed to have seasoned their web site support negotiations and support somehow not blocking his return and whether he'd come back, as a prisoner there is a warrant out for his arrest or whether he assumed the role of president, again, programs with more limited powers, still, unclear but the military does seem to be take a step down at this point. >> julie: i think it is interesting because i know a lot of lawmakers here in the u.s. are unhappy that the united

states seems to be on the same page as chavez and president obama even came out, and denounced the fact that he was ousted in the first place and wants to see zelaya, a leftist leader back in power and a lot of u.s. lawmakers are not happy with that. >> reporter: you're right. this is a rare case when this u.s. government in the formal position, and hugo chavez of venezuela seem to be on the same page and that has upset a lot of lawmakers who say the u.s. is really backing the wrong horse here. and there was no coup, after all and that actually happened and we talked to republican congressman connie mack who is down here in tagucigalpa an expressed the anger and here's what he said. >> if honduras is successful, and able to continue and win this fight for their freedom and democracy, i think it will have a positive ripple effect throughout latin america that says to the hugo chavez and his thug-ocrats, we don't want what

you are trying to shove down our throats. >> reporter: congressman mack has said the fact the streets here are calm already show the transition has been made, away from the zelaya government, julie, back to you. >> julie: thank you so much, steve, moving to cuba now and marking the start of the revolution, that swept fidel castro to power, on this day in 1953:rebels attacked a military barracks belonging to the government, and eventually those rebels overthrew the government and fidel castro took over as cuba's leader and his brother mashgdz t marked the anniversary with a speech and warned the government might have to make budget cuts because of global recession. >> gregg: french president nicholas sarkozy is recovering in a paris hospital right now, after he collapsed suddenly during a jog this morning. a spokesperson saying that he suffered from an ailment that often occurs when people exercisen very hot weather and the medical episode didn't

consider serious by the doctors and the french president did have a battery of tests, nonetheless and he'll remain in the hospital overnight. he is an avid runner and biker and had a check-up by the way earlier this month and got a clean bill of health. >> julie: the grueling tour de france is over and alberto continued. dor winning for the second time and lance armstrong finished third place and his performance was impressive. the 37-year-old cancer survivor stayed out of the sport for three-and-a-half years. and you can see him there behind -- and he started the race was the favorite and managed to hold off many challengers. over three weeks. >> gregg: exciting, 21 stages. they go through spain and into switzerland and -- >> incredible and i believe, lance armstrong won that 7 times. so, i mean, nonetheless, he is a hero when it comes to the tour de france, even if he came in third place.

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>> julie: the's, rest of harvard professor gates, shining a light on the procedures used by the spheres and the officer says gates yelled at him and called him a racist while inside the professor's home. >> gregg: look, if you yell at a police officer, does that mean you go to jail? don't pass go, don't collect $200? what is the difference between speaking your mind, under the first amendment, free speech, that whole thing, and disorderly conduct, which of course is a

violation of the law? joining us now, former prosecutor joey jackson, former d.c. homicide detective, ted williams, both are currently defense attorneys. joey, let me give you the first crack at bat, you are allowed to say pretty much anything you want as long as you are not firing a -- -- yelling fire in a crowded theater and after all it was a professor who was at his own home. send high allowed to be verbally abusive under the first amendment to sergeant crowell. >> chris: crowley didn't like it but first amendment. >> what it is, unfortunately the distinction between spikinger mind and disorderly conduct and i say it quite candidly this is moon and the -- mood and temperament of the police officer that day and e fact of the matter is, is that police officers have broad discretion in our daily lives and not withstanding the constitution and notwithstanding any other law, listen, these are this the people who enforce the law and no mattered what the laws say they are out on the streets and control the streets and they run the night so to speak and as a

result can exact a pound of flesh if they want to and i tell my clients, when in rome, do that's romans do. >> julie: as a former d.c. homicide detective i want to ask you, do you think police officers have too much power when it comes to arresting for disorderly conduct and then, what do you think, whether we need to revamp our laws or not? >> well, first of all, clearly i don't think it is so much the laws need to be revamped. i think, clearly there needs to be more sensitivity training. what i have found in law enforcement is that there is a parent-child relationship with police officers. if a law informant officer stops you and you are abusive to the law enforcement officer, what happens is, the word disorderly conduct, in a public domain, gives them the right, they believe, to make an arrest. so, law enforcement officers, unfortunately, have misused disorderly conduct and clearly in the case of professor gates,

i think, that professor gates acted unprofessionally but he was at his home and shouldn't have been arrested. this was not a good arrest. >> gregg: you know what bothers me, joey jackson, we are beginning to learn more about what happened through not the only police report but statements of others who were there. and apparently, it is in the report, that gates acted belligerently while they were talking in the kitchen, but was not arrested until gates continued yelling out on the fronts porch. doesn't that change the dynamics of whether kroumy was right in making the arrest. >> you know, gregg it depends whether the officer said, i cannot hear you clearly, do you mind stepping onto the porch so i can hear what you are saying and now you have the person in a public domain and as a result of that, you could say, wait, you are disturbing the peace and you know, the neighbors are gathering around, and all of the rest of it and the fact is, though, gregg, perhaps the professor did the wrong thing,

being too hot under the collar and the sergeant as well. i mean, when you have a gun and you have a badge, there is a heightened sense of authority that you have and as a result you have to act accordingly. >> julie: we have to go, final question here, on the other side, if you speak abusively to a police officer should you go to jail, do you have the right to argue? i mean, what rights do we have as citizens? >> you have the right, first amendment right to argue, at any time someone is stopped and they believe that the law enforcement officer is wrong, they have a right to argument and should they argue, it is rather stupid to argue with a law enforcement officer they have the power and you will go to jail. >> julie: all right, ted williams, joey jackson. >> keep it zipped! >> julie: thank you very much. >> gregg: thank you, contact lenses everybody wears them. >> julie: i do. >> gregg: might there be dangerous germs in them? you have to pay attention to this, coming back. j xk

>> gregg: breaking news awaiting live pictures and/or tape into us momentarily from the taconic park, briarcliff, north of new york city, 7 people died in a wrong-way collision including three children, inside a gray minivan heading the wrong way. and in the northbound lanes and crashed head on into an suv, a third vehicle, also, involved, in all, 7 people including three children are dead and we should have pictures, momentarily for you. you no a few years ago there was a major health scare involving contact lenses and a company forced to recall its product because of an amoeba literally grog in the solution and could infect your eyes and you are wearing contacts now. >> julie: a wear the lenses and it scares me and a study by the cdc finds few over-the-counter solutions, contact lens solutions actually kill the same infectious amoeba.

and dr. ernest patty, the director of emergency medicine or st. bart hospital in the bronx joining us to talk about this. we use these contact lens solutions, they are disinfecting solutions and they are supposed to disinfect any bacteria that builds on our contact lenses as we wear them through this day and disinfect them through the night and what is wrong with the solutions now. >> well, the good news is the type of infection is very rare. but, what people need to make sure they do is need to use good, common sense and good hygiene and eye hygiene and you are only supposed to wear the contact lenses for the prescribed amount of time and really need to cleanse them and, probably, one of the easiest ways that you can do in decreasing the risk of infection is to cleanse them with the saline solution, that your doctor prescribes and use the cleansing solutions that come with it as -- not use tap water or well water, and not wear your contacts when you are showering or in the hot tub or swimming. because those put you at increased risk for infection. >> gregg: what about something as simple as making sure that

your immune system is private boosted. >> immunity, and having a good immune system affects every organ system in your body including your eyes and the eyes are well suited, to decrease eye infections, by virtue of having tears which contain enzymes in them, but, keeping your immune system healthy and obviously by main taping good health will help you prevent eye infections generally speaking and the contact lens solutions, keep in mind, many of them recommend you to soak your lenses for' prescribed amount of time and most of us put them in 11:00, 12:00 at night and wake up 5:00 a.m. and it only has been in there 5:00 or 6 -- 5 or 6 hours. >> julie: you are only supposed to wear the gas permeable, soft lenses and daily disposables and those that you wear soft lenses two weeks at a time. and i have heard this, even if you have daily disposables or two-week-long soft lens you should take them out and not sleep with them at night. is there any truth to that. >> you shouldn't sleep with them

at night and need to remove the lenses, remember, dirt and debris, and back tear, and all times of viruses can get trapped beneath the lens, between the lens and the surface of your eye or your cornea and unwanted to remove them and cleanse them and, probably, one of the simplest things to do is make sure your hands are clean first and handle your contacts with clean fingers and then you want to wet the lens, with the disinfect tenant solution and basically rub the lens. >> gregg: i have the greatest solution of all, what i did after wearing contact lenses, for 30 years, lasik surgery. >> julie: i know, lasik, everybody tells me -- >> gregg: i'll talk you into it. >> julie: i'm a scaredy-cat, i prefer the contact lendses. >> auto doctor, thanks for being with us. >> thanks again for having me. >> julie: governor sarah palin speaking tonight, 7:00 p.m., eastern, i'm going to carry it for you, live, live remarks, a farewell speech on the fox report. tonight. yes. discount! do you own a home? yes. discount! are you going to buy online? yes! discount! isn't getting discounts great?

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