>> alaska's governor, sarah palin getting ready to make her formal remarks. she plans to step down within the hour. we'll bring you her farewell speech as it begins. i'm julie banderas. help wanted. a controversial role in iraq. now there's word the military is looking to hire new private contractors. supervised security for u.s. force ins afghanistan. tonight, how far their authority could go this time around.

they graduated from college with hopes of landing their dream job, now these college grads are forced to rely on their ingenuity as their four-year degree. >> just because you acquire that degree does not mean air going to have employment. >> julie: first, alaskan governor sarah palin steps down just two and a half years into his first term. the republican is expected this speak this hour right here on the fox report. before the lt. governor shaun parnell takes the oath of office. we'll bring it to you in its entirety live. a closer look at what led to this point. less than one year ago, sarah palin, alaskas youngest ever governor had approval ratings in the 80's. national fame overnight when republican candidate john mccain picked her to share his ticket. well, the governor showed a knack for drawing huge crowds of supporters, but drew fervent critics including some from her own party.

and vice-presidential bid, governor palin returned to her office plagued by ethics investigations and because of that, expensive legal bills, her approval rating has plummeted and some critics claimed she showed little interest in alaska's day-to-day problems. earlier this pont, governor palin announced plans to resign a year and a half before the end of her first term. she cited those legal bills i just mentioned, set to be half a million dollars. and she also says she wanted to play a larger role for both her state and party outside of the governor's office, but her decision to step down has left many confused. dan springer with the news tonight live in fairbanks, alaska, dan. walk us through, first of all, what is expected to happen in the next hour? >> well, right now we know that sarah palin is up on the stage and she is just minutes away from taking the microphone and giving her final speech as governor of the state of the alaska.

i'm sure it will be aimed mostly at the alaskaens who supported her and take a look, some 5,000 people at the park in fairbanks. many showing up with cameras to get a picture of palin, humps stood in a long line where the governor was serving up hotdogs, really got the all-star treatment and she leads office today with lots of questions about her future. will she or won't she run for president in 2012. her decision to step down 18 months early has her favorable rating at an all-time low nationally, 40%. a high last fall up nearly 60 percent, but supporters encouraging her to run are undeterred. >> i have found at that her support has gained momentum. you look at sarah, you look at the committee. people are not going away, people are fired up so i'm not concerned about that. time will tell, but her support is definitely strong. >> palin's political action committee sarah pac raised

more than 1 million dollars in a legal defense fund, hauled in a quarter million and that's controversial. the state investigator says that the trust fund violates alaskan ethics law and palin should have to return the money to donors. more on that coming up, but today is about her saying goodbye to the people of alaska and she'll be speaking here shortly. back to you. >> dan, let me ask you. are there any hints possibly she'll address her plans for the future? she has been very, very hush-hush. aside from saying that she plans on going out there and campaigning for other candidates. do you think maybe she'd shed light on what she has in store for her future tonight? >> i'd be very surprised if she did that. with sarah palin you never know. she's been coy other than saying she'll work for other republicans and out there giving speeches and she's got a book she'll be coming out with and an august date

planned at the reagan presidential library in simi valley and we don't know beyond that. af talked to people close to her and they say you know what, she doesn't have the plan etched out in stone beyond that. see herself doesn't know if there will be a run for president in 2012. >> julie: all right. dan springer live in fairbanks, alaska. and we'll come back to you as soon as sarah palin steps up to the podium. thank you very much, we'll see you in a few. well, president obama setting the deadline back in early june to the most ambitious political undertaking of his first term. at that time, the president, confident of democratic majority in the house and the senate could deliver health care reform legislation by congress's august recess. but, by last thursday, senators from the president's own party killed any hope for that. well, now, the only agreement in washington seems to be the old health care deadline is out and a new one is in. >> the president's task is

continued progress on this. he set a deadline to poke and prod congress into losing-- as you well know having spent any time in this town, without a little poking and prodding not a lot gets done. we're please today see progress, as long as we see continued progress, we think we're on the road to getting comprehensive health care reform by this fall. >> i think it's probably unlikely that we will actually produce a bill in the committee before the august recess, but i want to say that's a good thing. you know, this is a democratic republic where the people are supposed to tell us what to do. they've now heard about a lot of different plans and i think it's a very good thing for us to go back home over the august recess, lay it out to our constituents and say, all right, folks, what do you think we ought to do? >> but even plenty of sentries and conservative democrats not only republicans have their reservations. they're not convinced any of the proposals are good for the financial health or their own political futures.

that's setting the stage for the direction health care could be taking. caroline shively is live in washington with more. >> hi to you, julie. kent conrad the chairman of the senate budget committee tells that the democrats do not have the numbers to pass health care reforms without those republican votes. the senate minority leader tells that gnp backing is unlikely. that puts the plan at a virtual stop. what's next? white house press secretary robert gibbs tells fox news they've got 80% agreement and they're working on the last 20% and gibbs played down a report from the congressional budget office that says the president's medicare advisory council would only save 2 billion dollar in the first years and points out the cbo does say there's chance for substantial savings down the road and congress is on track to pass reform by the fall, but would take deal cutting. republicans don't like the burden on businesses and a complaint the white house is

hearing from blue dog democrats as well. democrats talked about where the u.s. would be without health care reform and republicans talked about what it would like with it. >> not only are we spending one in every $6 on at economy, we're headed for a circumstance we'll spend one in every $3. >> we'll have a deficit on the house bill for 240 billion dollars to 600 billion dolla dollars. >> reporter: some lawmakers say another revenue course source is on the table. back to you. >> julie: thank you and the obama administration making a new push for peace in the middle east. we're told that robert gates will be visiting jurs lem tomorrow, the first trip there in two and a half years, among other issues his visit will center upon iran and how to handle the country's nuclear ambitions. the u.s. middle east envoy george mitchell already in israel today after visiting other parts of the region. the u.s. military looking for private contractors to help

guard bases in afghanistan. as it sends thousands more troops into the country. jennifer griffin with the rest of the news. . >> julie, u.s. officials are reaching out to private security contractors looking for guards to handle security at dozens of bases in afghanistan. and to protect convoys moving throughout the country. many afghan contractors serve in this role now. private security firms grew in prominence after the cold war when the united states scaled back the military, a peace dividend, if you will, but grew in controversy with groups such as blackwater, the focus of democrats who termed them mercenaries. robert gates called the use of contractors vital to supporting u.s. bases. as recently as last week he said he want today cut back on the use of private guards. private security firms have drawn a lot of criticism. critics say they're expensive and many of the contracts are no bid and a guard from xe

services once known as blackwater, owners six times as a similarly qualified u.s. soldier would make. on the other hand once the private contractor finishes the job he or she is off the government payroll right away and does not receive benefits. the u.s. government struggled to control private contractors, auditors found several cases of contractors going over budget and doing sloppy work and reports of theft and corruption in the tens of billions in contracts in iraq. in september of 2007, witnesses say five blackwater guards shot and killed 17 iraqis and the guards pleaded not guilty. the trial is set to begin next year. this new contract would use contractors to protect base ins dangerous or valuable areas giving them significant and fairly unusual power over the operation. afghans do the job right now. military police would have done the job in the past. a request for more contractors, a sign that commanders of short of troops. >> julie: thank you. murdered in cold blood. while chasing down suspected

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did we go too far? >> sarah palin from alaska announcing her plans. let's listen. >> steadfast support of our military community up here and thank you for that and thank you the united states military for protecting the greatest nation on earth. together we stand. [applause] and i say it's the best road trip in america. soaring through nation's finest show, finale, a great

one. soaring under the midnight sun and the extreme in the winter time the frozen road that's competing with the view of ice fog, a frigid beauty. the cold-- and then in the summertime such extreme summertimes about 150 degrees hotter than some month ago, from some nights from now. along the merciless rivers that are rushing and carving and reminding us here mother nature wins. it is throughout all alaska, that big, wild, good life teeming along the roads that is north to the future. that's what we get to see every day. now, what the rest of america gets to see along with us is in this last frontier, there is hope and opportunity and there is country pride. and it is our men and women in

uniform securing this, as we are facing tough challenges in america, with some seeming to be just hell bent, maybe, on pairing down our nation, perpetuating pessimism and suggesting america be apologetic, suggesting perhaps our best days with yesterday's, as other people ask, how can that pessimism be when proof of our greatness and our pride today is as we produce the great, proud, volunteers who sacrifice everything for country. [applause] now, this week along, shaun parnell and i we are owe on fort ridge there, the army chapel and we heard the last roll call and the sounding of taps for three brave, very young alaskan

soldiers who just gave their all for all of us, together, we did stand with gratitude for our troops who defend our freedom, freedom of speech, which par for the course, i'm going to exercise. [applaus [applause] >> and first some straight talk for some, just some in the media. because another right protected for all of us is freedom of the press. and you have such important jobs reporting facts and informing the electorate and exerting power to influence. you represent what could and should be a respected honest profession that could and should be a cornerstone of our democracy. democracy depends on you, and that's why, that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so, how about in honor of the

american soldier, you quit making things up. [applaus [applause] >> and don't underestimate the wisdom of the people and one other thing for the media. our new governor has a very nice family, too. so leave his kids alone. [applaus [applause] >> okay. today is a beautiful day. and today as we swear in shaun parnell. no one will be happier than i to witness by god's grace alaska's strength of character

advancing our beloved state. shaun has that, chris campbell has that. i remember on that december day, we took the oath to uphold our state's constitution and it was written here in fairbanks by wise pioneers. we shared the vision for government that they ground in that document. our founders wrote, all political power is inherent in the people. all governor originates with the people. it's founded upon their will only and it's instituted for the good of the people as a wholement their remarkably suscinct words guided us in all of our efforts at serving you and we have done our best to fulfill on alaska day in 2005 when i first asked for the honor of serving you, remember then, our state so desired and deserved ethics

reform, we promised it and now it is the law. ironically it needs additional reform to stop blatant abuse from partisan opportunists and i hope the law will honor at that reform. we promised you that you would finally see a fair return on our alaska owned resources, and this is an equitiable formula for transparency and protection for alas scans and the producers. aces incentivizes new exploration, it opens up oil basins and ensures the people will never be taken advantage of again. don't forget, alaskans, you are the owners pursue our constitution for instance last year when oil prices soared and state coffers swelled, but

you were smacked with high energy prices we sent you the energy rebate. see, it's your money and i've always believed you know bet are how to spend it than government can spend it. [applaus [applause] >> i promised that we would protect this beautiful environment while safely and ethically developing resources and we did. we built the petroleum oversight office and a sub cabinet to study climate conditions and i promised we'd govern with fiscal restraint so as not to burden future generations, we did. we slowed the rate of government growth and i vetoed hundreds of millions of dollars of excess and with lawmakers, we saved billions for the future. i promise that we'd lead a charge to forward funding education and hold schools accountable and improve opportunities for special needs students and elevate

tech training and we pay down pension debt. i promised that we would manage our first and wild life for abundance and that we would defend the constitution and we have, though outside special interest groups, they still just don't get it on this one. let me tell you-- (applause) >. >> alaskans need to stick together to this on new leadership, encouraging new leadership, stiffen your spine to do what is right because you're going to see anti-hunting, anti-amendment circuses from hollywood and here is how they do it. they use the delicate tiny, very talented celebrity starlets, they use alaska as a fund raising tool for their anti-second amendment causes. stand strong and remind them patriots will protect our individual guaranteed rights

to bear arms and by the way-- (applause) by the way, hollywood needs to know we eat, therefore we hunt. [applause] i promised energy solutions and we have-- we have a plan calling for 50% of our electricity generated by re newable resources and we can now insist that those who hold the leases develop our conventional resources that they do so now op alaska's terms. so now, finally, after decades of just talk, finally, we're seeing oil and gas drilling up there and i promise that we will get a natural gas pipeline underway and we did. since i was a little kid growing up here, i remember the discussions, especially the political discussions,

talking about it, hoping for and dreaming of commercial eyeing our clean abundant needed natural gas. our gas line inducement act, that was a game changer and this is thanks to our outstanding gas line team and the legislature adopting this law, 58-1, they knew, they know, it's the vehicle to drive this monumental energy project and bring everyone to the table, this bipartisan victory, it came from alaskans working together with free market, private sector principles and now, we are on the road to the largest private sector energy project in the history of america. it is for alaska's future, it is for america's energy independence and it will make us a more peaceful, prosperous, and secure nation. what i promised we accomplished. we meaning state staff,

amazing commissioners, staff assisting them and conscien conscienceous alaskans, and volunteered stepped up to the challenge as good alaskans, nothing could have succeeded without my right hand man, chris perry, she's the smartest, chris is my right-hand man and much success to you, chris. [applause] >> so much success and alaska, there's much further down in store down the road. to reach it we must value and live the optimistic spirit that made this free and resist the government that is--

be wary of accepting government largest, it doesn't come free and often, accepting it takes away everything that is free. melting into washington's powerful, care taking arms will just-- chart our own course right out of us and that not only contributes to an unstable economy and dizzying national debt, but it does make us less free. i resisted the stimulus package-- (cheer (cheers) >> i resisted the system plus package and we have championed here mark reform, slashing ear marks by 85%, to break the cycle of dependency on a stifling unsustainable federal agenda and others states

should follow this. we don't have to beg an allowance from washington except to beg the allowance to be self-determined. you could be self-sufficient, alaska must be allowed to develop, to drill and build and climb, to fulfill state hood promise. as statehood, we knew this. [applause]. as state hood we knew this, that we are responsible for ourselves and our families and our future 50 years later please let's not start believing that government is the answer. it can't make you healthy, wealthy and wise and our families and small businesses and indust trous individuals and this allows that very

generous voluntary hand up that we're known for enthusiastically providing those who need it. alaskans will remember years ago, remember, we sported the old bumper stickers, alaska, we don't give a darn how they do it outside, you remember that? i remember that and remember it was because we would be different. we'd roll up our sleeves, and we would diligently sew and reap and we can still do that to carve wealth out of windness and make our living on the water with strong hands and innovative mind and technology, it's what our parents did, it worked because they worked. we must be prudent and persistent and press for the people's right to responsebly develop god given resources for the maximum benefit of the

people. [applaus [applause] >> and we have come so far in just this year. we're no longer a frontier outpost on the periphery of the nation's greatest nation. now, as a contributor and securer of america, we can now attain our destiny in the promise of our motto, north to the future. the pressing issue of our time is energy independence because there's an inherent link between energy and security and energy and prosperity. alaska will need with energy, we can prove you can be both pro development and pro environment because no one needs their clean air and wild life more than alaskans, we will protect it. [applause].

yes, america, most look north to the future for security, for energy independence and for our strategic location on the globe. alaska is the gate keeper of the continent. so, we are here today at a changing of the guard. now, people who know me and they know how much i love this state, some still are choosing not to hear why i made the decision to chart a new course to advance the state. and it should be so obvious to you. (cheer (cheers) >> it is because i love alaska this much, sir, that i felt it is my duty to avoid the unproductive typical politics as usual lame duck

session last year in office, how does that benefit you? now, with this decision now, i will be able to fight harder for you, for what is right and for truth. and i have never felt that you need a title to do that. so, as we all move forward together, let's vow to keep championing alaska, to advocate responsible development and smaller government and freedom and when i took the oath to serve you i promised, remember, i promised to steadfastly and doggedly guard the state as a grizzly guards a cub as a mother naturally guards her own and i will keep that vow no matter where that road may

live. todd and i, track, willow, piper, trig, i think i got them all, we will forever be so grateful for the honor of our lifetime to have served you. our whole diverse full and fun family we all thank you and i am very, very blessed to have had their support all along, for todd's support. i am thankful, too, i have been blessed to have been raised in this last frontier. thank you for our home, mom and dad because in alaska, it is not an easy living, but it is a good living and here it is impossible to lose your way wherever the road may lead you. we have that steady great north star to guide us home. let's all enjoy the ride. i thank you alaska, god bless alaska and god bless america. thank you, guys. [applaus

[applause] >> thank you. thank you, governor palin. >> julie: there you have it, sarah palin resigning as governor, 17 months before the end of her first term. palin says for those who question why she decide today chart a new course for the state of alaska, she says to be obvious to you because i love alaska and with this decision i will be harder to fight for you and for the truth. she says she never felt the need to have a title in order to spread her word. now, we want to listen to the swearing in of the lt. governor as he accepts the role of governor of alaska. >> and i will support and defend. >> the constitution of the united states. >> the constitution of the

united states. >> and the constitution of the state of alaska. >> and the constitution of the state of the alaska. >> and i will faithfully discharge my duties. >> and i will faithfully discharge my duties. >> as the governor of the state of the alaska. >> as governor of the state of alaska, so help me god. >> and to the best of my ability. >> and to the best of my ability. (cheer (cheers). >> julie: and former lt. governor sean parnell now sworn in officially as alaska's new governor. the 12th and current governor of alaska.

parnell does plan to run for governor of alaska in 2010 after serving out the remainder of governor palin's term. i want to bring in now dan springer live there in fairbanks, alaska. with this ceremony, she spoke just about 19 minutes and it was a typical sarah palin speech, full of color and of course, she went after some members of the media as well and got a lot of laughs and allot of applause from the audience where you are, dan. >> reporter: yeah. yeah, she absolutely did. in fact, that was the large s' mraus line when she ripped into the media. she said quit making things up and talking about sean parnell, sworn in right now, don't go after his kids and a standing ovation and ticked off accomplishments and talked about ethics reform and added more reforms is needed because of the ethics laws on the books are dogging her right now it doesn't allow her to have legal bills paid for my

state taxpayers even though these are ethics violations that have been dismissed and brought on while she was in office. she got she applause for that one and energy development. she also made a comment off the bat, you know, going after big government and talking about the challenges facing and talking about the fact that alaskans are go it alone people and they're bring yourself up by your boot straps people and you don't really have to have government, you know, handing everything to you. so, she set herself up for being had a spokesperson for energy development. for smaller government and certainly, for better press relations, also. >> julie: you know, dan, i thought it was very interesting that she said you don't need to have a detail in order to spread your message and talks about a message of truth. she has been in the midst of so much political backlash that has been brought on to her much of it extremely unfair, i thought it was also interesting that she talked about the lt. governor, now

governor sean parnell of alaska who also has a family, she warned keep off his kids. that was an issue she took personally at that a lot of members of the media seemed to have some sort of beef with her children and felt the need to bring them into the whole mix and she took that really personally. >> reporter: well, that's right. and it's not just the media and certainly not all the media, but a few members, but also, the bloggers. you know, she's been on bloggers after she came back to the state after the election in november and one moment in particular hit home and i spoke to her. there was a picture that a blogger put up on the blog post with her son, she was holding her son and on her son's face, trig, it was not trig's face, but a bloggers face so it hit home that you know, this is a family issue for her and she wants to avoid that type of distraction.

i think there are a lot of factors for why she's stepping down. that is certainly one of them, the fact had a she's got so much in legal bills and i think she thought she was being less effective than she thought she could be on national issues, something she wants to put forward whether in 2012 or somebody who wants to have a say on the national issues without the constraint of the alaska politics and bloggers that were facing her every step of the way here in the state. >> she's got a lot of support in the state of alaska. you talked about her being greeted as a rock star, she really is, a huge celebrity, she's now a citizen and not in the public eye, i have a feeling we'll still be seeing plenty of sarah palin. >> she's not going away anytime soon. >> i think you'll see her in the coming months and out with that as well and she's going to raise the money and legal bills she's got to pay off. sarah palin is not going to be getting off the stage anytime

soon. >> dan springer live in alaska for us. thank you for reporting for us. i want to bring in fox news contributor, andrea, your reaction to hearing sarah palin's speech last night? >> i thought trois a fantastic speech. this is the sarah palin that her fans know and love and when she's not scripted or put in the game of gotcha by with the mainstream media this is how she is. i think she connected with the audience, captured their attention and hit home on a lot of messages. it was interesting, julie. almost drew a comparison what she's accomplished in alaska, eliminating one million dollar in spending, ear mark reform and ethics reform, i think so this that the barack obama administration promised, but never able to do. >> julie: governor palin has been dogged by a number of ethics investigations, many

dismissed, but how many of these investigations were politically motivated? >> i think all of them were politically motivated. she's facing 20 ethics complaints most of which she's cleared from. legal bills $500,000, half a million dollars from these and i'm confident that she will be cleared from the rest because i'll tell you why they go after her. they go after her with the politically motivated ethics complaints because they're deeply threatened by sarah palin. sarah palin is a mother, she has five kids, a husband in the union and those say wait a minute, she should be with us. why is she a conservative? and they're deeply threatened by her and why they try to take her out. on a purely political level sarah palin has the potential to bring the working class into the g.o.p. who could do it better, sarah palin or joe biden? i rest my case. that's why they're worried. and by her stepping down as

governor do you believe she will have an easier time trying to mend her reputation as an everyday citizen versus a public figure. >> i think she will have a huge challenge. it will be easier for her because she won't be constricted by being an elected official, she can go after barack obama. she can give speeches and raise money for other candidates and being effective as we saw her. the media will go after her more, you watch, this woman is not going away. she's not going to leave the national staple anytime soon so they are going to go after her, but i've got to tell you what, the best line was absolutely when she went after the media. the people she knows are going to go after her. there's a saying in politics, never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel. well, when you're a woman who can stand 200 feet away blind folded in heels and shoot a hole through the barrel, that doesn't apply. >> julie: she knows how to fight back and we wish her well and can't wait to see

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>> a fox news flash. a horrific car crash killing eight people. including four children and one adult all from the same family. this accident happening today on the state parkway in west chester county outside of new york city. we understand a mini-van

driving the wrong way into oncoming traffic when it slammed head on into an suv. that mini-van then spun into an embankment and burst into flames and look at those pictures there, briar cliff, new york. unbelievable. five people inside killed, three people in the s.u.v. also died, a third vehicle also involved in this horrific crash. new developments in the first shooting death of a u.s. border patrol agent in nearly a decade. mexican police arresting four men south of the border who they say are connected with the vicious killing, but the fbi continuing to go through hospitals or combing hospitals on the border for more object suspects. they say that blood evidence at the scene suggests one or two suspects are possibly suffering from gunshot wounds. robert rowses, a 30-year-old father of two. his murder thursday night occurring during his

investigation into possible smugglers. casey stegall with more on the sad story. >> reporter: hi, julie. we're getting brand new information into the fox news channel. authorities in mexico say one of the men in custody in connection with this crime, get this, had a u.s. border patrol issued weapon on him at the time of the arrest, although the fbi here at home still not even confirming these arrests to us, but the mexican government says it does have four men in custody, men they say are part of a human smuggling ring because at the time of the arrest they were with 21 other people and also had weapons. one of the suspects also telling police that another person in the group was in fact responsible for the murder. meantime, american authorities say a manhunt is still underway at this hour here at home, and local hospitals around the country are being checked out. 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 bizarre story, the san jose police department confirming to fox news tonight that the fbi contacted their department about a possible arrest at a hospital in san jose, now, keep in mind. that's about 550 miles north of where all of this went down. no one commenting at this hour, whether the arrest there is in fact connected with the murder of agent. the fbi is offering a $100,000 reward to anyone who can provide information that will lead to the arrest and conviction of whoever is responsible for this heinous crime. julie. >> julie: casey stegall in los angeles. thank you so much, casey. two outer space now where a potential crisis has been averted on board the international space station. we want to take you live now,

in fact, this is inside mission control where we're told a machine apparently filters carbon dioxide broke down yesterday. the system keeps air in the station breathable. luckily, nasa reportedly patched it up today. it's said to be a temporary fix, but an important one because the station and space shuttle endeavour, on board there are 13 people, rather, a record 13 people together in orbit right now. well, we've all heard the stories of futuristic super cars able to drive for miles while burning near droplets of gas. this is no pipe dream. how some student squeezed more than 150 miles a gallon out of a car that's already on the road next. this is humiliating. stand still so we can get an accurate reading.

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