on my left. sean: sign my football right there. that and joe gibbs. we toss it to greta van susteren standing by to go on the record. greta: you wanted them, and we have got them, the newly- released 911 call, a big clues about what really happened during the arrest of harvard professor henry gates. -- 911 call, big clues. and there was the former boss that spoke to officer crosley within two hours of it going down. -- officer crowley. and your blood pressure is about to despite big time. could one man get a nine-figure bonus from a bank that you helped bail out?

and is this the end, or is this beginning? former alaska governor sarah palin says goodbye. the ex governor in her own words on her resignation, the media, and more. and we have the tapes. we have been waiting for them, and now, we have them. a call placed by a good samaritan about a possible break-in at the home of harvard professor gates. >> she had noticed two gentleman trying to get into the house. [beep] the kind of had to barge in, and they broke the screen door, and they finally got in -- the kind of had to barge in. -- the kind of -- they kuind of had to barge in.

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greta: now, radio transmissions placed by cambridge police responding to the call.

greta: "on the record" went on the road today. how soon after? what is the soonest he spoke to officer crowley? >> he called me with a couple of hours of that incident. greta: when did he tell you? >> he asked me if i had a few minutes to listen to him, and he said he wanted to tell me a story about what happened a little while ago. we have been close friends, and we talk all the time, and he ran it by me, and i said, "jimmy, you had all of the probable cause that i think you needed it."

"you did the right thing," and he said, "i had no choice," and we talked a little bit about what kind of fallout there might be. we talked about any time anybody from one of the colleges, especially harbor, might get in trouble, you kind of read about it in the newspaper, and " we thought it would play well here in boston in the short term -- and we thought it would play well here in boston in the short term. whether it will reach the magnitude and significance it has, but it has. greta: what did he tell you had happened? >> he was not dispatched. officers were dispatched, but they were not close, and he was one half of a block away. being the officer that he is, volunteering for trouble and wanted to help out any time he can, he could have kept

patrolling and let them handle it. he decided, a good officer should stop to see if he can help immediately. he met a citizen who i do not believe was a next-door neighbor as was said in the press. he asked what this person saw, and the woman said, "i was walking by, and i saw two men, and they were talking about getting the door open." hsu someone using force to try to get the door open. -- she saw someone using force to get the door open. he said, "ok, help is coming. stay here. i am willing to go up and investigate a little closer." -- i am going to go up and investigate." the door was not crashed open, but it was closed, and the man

on the other side of the doerr refused to open it and talk to him. -- on the other side of the door refused. there was reluctance on the part of the professor to cooperate with them. it is unusual when you go to a mistake and burke recalled -- burglary call that the person would not say," officer, what are you here, and can i help you -- "officer?" he is a friend of mine and a model officer. he has a high iq, if you will. he is smart. he teaches use of force. he is just a good representative of our police department. the people of cambridge should be very proud of someone like

him. i was very proud -- i was upset to hear the word it "stupidly -- the word "stupidly" used. he is not a stupid guy. i do not think you will hear an apology from jimy if he did not think he did anything wrong. -- from jimmy. he will make something good out of this. break bread with dr. gates if need be. this is not a rogue cop. this is a real gentleman and a benefit to cambridge. greco was anyone saying anything particularly offensive to another -- greta: was anyone saying anything particularly offensive? >> started calling him a racist

and playing the race card, if you will, and all he was trying to do was find out what was going on in that home and making sure there was not an active break-in. greta: was officer -- when they are inside the house or when they had come back out onto the porch? >> my understanding is that it happened initially at the door and then went on inside. there were various references, and when he got outside, he put on a little show, i guess, for the people who were out there. greta: did officer crowley tell you the exact words that he heard? what do you recall? >> "this is what happens to a black man in america." "you are harassing 8." he crossed the line when he brought jimmy's mother into it -- "you are harassing me."

mrs. crowly iey is owendd an apology. jimmy's mom is owed an apology. that is who needs the apology in this case in my opinion. greta, what was said? -- greta: what was said? >> to actually come out and insinuate that his mother had any role in this -- remin greta: i am confused. what did he say about his mother? >> jimmy said, " if you want to

speak to me, you have to come outside and talk to me." and he made a reference to "i will talk to your mama outside," "your mama" this and that. he owed it to jimmy's mother. greta: did he tell you that it was in reference to the mother? >> yes, absolutely. he said, "i was leaving. this guy came out on the porch. i would have been down the stairs, and we would have been gone, but he kept on and kept on, and he brought my mother in dewitt, and i warned him -- brought my mother into it, and he was not paying attention.

that was that." and then he said, "do you understand what i am saying? go back inside and stop it, or you would be arrested." and he did not, and the cops went on. -- the cuffs went on. greta: did he make any racial remarks at all to professor gates? >> no. greta: i got the mother concept. >> he accused him of being a racist policeman. greta: thanks, sir. thanks very much. up next, more on dagates gate. plus, one man at a bank that you bailed out could soon get a bonus that will make you hit the ceiling.

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here in washington tonight. fox news has learned that professor gates and james crowley will meet at the white house. the sergeant suggested the idea of sitting down with the professor and professor gates for a beer. we will let you know more when we know more. wendy murphy as the lawyer representing the woman who called 911. we went to cambridge to be seen, and murphy went on the record. ok, wendy, nice to see you, as always. your client is what relationship to this story? >> she is the 911 collar, the woman decided that she saw something suspicious and called 911. greta: she saw something suspicious, or someone else did? >> she was at lunch, and she came upon an older woman who

said, "i do not know what i am seeing, but i am concerned. maybe we should call the police." older people often do not have cell phones, so my client used hers. in a nutshell, she said, "i see something i am concerned about. it seems two men are trying to force their way into a home." she also said, "icc's cases, maybe even live here. i do not know." -- "c. suitcases -- "i see suitcases. maybe they even live here." she also said, "i do not know what i emceeing." greta: do you know how close she got to the house? -- "i do not know what i am seeing."

>> the bush was described as being in front of her view. the men she saw had their backs to her, so she was very clear that she could not really tell too much about what was going on, but the most important part of the store, greta, is that she did not say, "ice dpw blackmon," because from here, she could not tell their rates -- she did not say, "i see two black men," because from here, she could not tell their race. the idea that she said it was black men is totally ridiculous, and it really hurt her, it is you can hear in the 911 tape, and she says, "i see two men," and it is the officer says, ", are they white, black, or hispanic?" -- "are they white, black, or

hispanic.?" -- hispanic? the word "black" never came out of her mouth. we are not revealing the things that she heard. she heard a lot of yeah alegria she heard professor gates yelling, -- she heard a lot of yelling. even correcting the record she is worried might create more controversy. she is glad is working to an amicable resolution. she respects the police. she respects professor gates. she is glad the truth is out there, but she wants to move on. greta: in terms of whether the arrest itself may have been disorderly, did she describe it to you that it was an out of control screening at any point of all -- screaming at any point

at all? >> she does not believe the police acted inappropriately. without describing the content of what she heard, there was only one person she heard screaming, and that was professor gates. greta: up next, you are about to blow a gasket. is a man who works at a bank that you help to bail out about to get a bonus of how much? you will find out. plus, sarah palin unleash. the ex-governor is going after some people, including the

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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- greta: caution. your head might explode when you hear this story. as you may remember, you bailed out citibank. guess what? a top trader there could end up getting a bonus worth $100 million. yes, your hard right, $100 million, just one man, $100 million -- you heard right. joining us is steve moore with "the wall street journal" editorial page. >> he actually has made a lot of

money for citi, but this is a company that lost tens of billions of dollars last year. of course, we own it. it is a company that was bailed out by the federal government, and now, he wants this $100 million paid out. even though he was making money for the company, when you are talking about that they were bankrupt, i do not see where you get the nerve to ask for $100 million. greta: this guy is not starving if he does not get a full $100 million. a percentage of how much money he makes when he traits? >> yes, and he has been a spectacularly successful trader -- how much money he makes when he trades. he called the oil marker. he made hundreds of millions of dollars for the company.

i do not have a problem with that. i do not have a problem with this past bonuses, but i do have a problem asking for bonuses when the company went down the drain, and the company would not even exist today if it were not for a taxpayer bailout. greta: a successful trader, making all of this money. in some perverse way, he made it easier. >> i am sure if he were here, he would make that case, but here is the bigger picture that i think the viewers need to be aware of. we bailed out 10 of the 50 largest banks korea i suspect that you're going to start to see these ceo's and directors come out and say they are owed these big bonuses, and that is kind of an outrage, because the companies would not exist had taxpayers not put money into these -- we bailed out 10 of the 15 largest banks.

he was trading billions of dollars. >greta: if the portfolio goes up, you will make a huge amount of money, and you also lose a lot of money for the company. >> that is the question, his downside. greta: so if he had a smaller portfolio, he would not have been making such huge profits for the bank. >> no, he would not. why is it that these people on wall street feel entitled to these massive amounts of bonuses? in a losing market? in a market where companies lost tens of billions of dollars? the people who should be angry about these kinds of bonuses being paid out, these are not just taxpayers, but shareholders, people own stock in these companies. greta: not to be disrespectful, but betting on the price of oil? basically, this is a guy --

>> look. commodities traders, they do a lot of research. they examine what these things are going to work. they play a role in our capital system. greta: where is the loss of this company was also failing. where were they losing money? >> he was essentially working for a subsidiary of the company, of citi. not every part of the company was losing money. again, this is what he would say. "my component of the company was making money." that is what all of these guys who one bonuses are saying. "we were making money." -- these guys who want bonuses are saying. it is almost rather disgusting. i am in favor of bonuses is people perform, and he did perform, but he was working for a company that failed, and these bonuses have to seize right now until we are out of this crisis.

-- they have to seize right now -- cease right now. greta: coming up, ex-governor palin in her own words. and why is billionaire bill gates losing all of his friends? and what is the no. 1 party college in the country? limb: dude that was sick! i've been hangin' up there for, what, like, forty years? and then - wham - here i am smacking the pretty off that windshield of yours. oh, what you're looking for an apology? well, toss another coin in the wishing well, pal. it's not happenin'. limb: hey, what's up, donnie? how you been? anncr: accidents are bad. anncr:but geico's good ding! with onsite windshield replacement.

unbacked including our freedom of speech, which i am going to exercise. [applause] and first, some straight talk for some -- to some in the media. and other right protected for all of us is the freedom of the press. you have such an important job in informing the electorate and giving power to influence. you represent what could and should be an honest profession that could and should be helpful to democracy. democracy depends on you. that is why -- our troops are willing to die for you.

how about in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. [applause] do not underestimate the wisdom of the people. our new governor has a very nice family. leave his children alone. [applause] we have done our best to the bill promises that i made in 2005 when i first asked for the honor of serving you. remember then our state so desired and so deserved ethics reform. we promised it.

and now it is the law. it needs additional reform to stop abuse from partisan operative spirit and hope lawmakers will continue that reform. [applause] do what is right when the pressure mounts. you'll see inside-second amendment things from hollywood. here is how they do it. they add at the very talented celebrities. the use alaska as a fund-raising tool for their anti-second amendment causes. stands strong and remind them that we will protect our guaranteed right to bear arms. [applause] by the way. -- by the way, hollywood needs to know that we eat, therefore

we hunt. [applause] america must look north to the future, security, energy independence, for our strategic location on the globe. alaska is the gatekeeper of the continent. we are here today at a changing of the guard. people who know me, they know how much i love this state, some are still choosing to hear why i made the decision to start a new coast recourse to advance the state. it should be obvious to you. [laughter] [applause] it is because i love alaska this much that i feel it is my duty to avoid the unproductive, typical, politics as usual,

lame-duck session with one last year in office. how does that benefit you? [applause] i will be able to fight even harder for what is right and for truth with this decision. >> an editor i once worked for calls for a flake. i agree with almost all of it, but sarah palin is not stupid. she is a good orator. she has her finger on a certain polls.

p ulse. -- pulse. this is someone who wants to be a spokesperson for anti-obama role. greta: this does not look like somebody who was afraid of the media. >> i have watched many candidates prepare for these early discussions launching presidential campaigns. some of them take shots at the press. not very many of them go this hard. in the end, you need the sympathy of reporters to build momentum for your campaign. she is not trying to build sympathy among the press. greta: the reporters are so infatuated with her. the right horrible things about her. she is not a player. why are they so busy with her?

>> she is a great story. she is very attractive in every sense. she is an appealing figure. she is interesting. she is a good speaker. she draws clear cultural divides. she is defending hunting. how many people actually hunt? nobody. greta: we buy our meet in the meat department. >> she is from a totally different part of the country culturally and geographically. greta: some of the women have gone after her. they go after her rather aggressively. >> some of them have legitimate disagreements over policy. some think she makes women look dumb.

the idea that one woman represents 150 million women is ludicrous. there are other reasons. she really gets people going. since you work in a television, you know part of your power as a public figure is not your power to inspire love and affection, but also the motion of any kind. getareta: if they feel indiffert torture, they are not going to watch. >> nobody feels -- if they feel indifferent towards you, they are not going to watch. >> nobody feels indifferent to her. she boasted ratings of saturday night live of a 10 year or more high. people watcher. greta: you do not think she is

running? >> i do nothing she is running. i could be wrong. she did not fit the profiles for a vice president, but she ran anyway. i could be wrong. most people understand it will be a tough battle for any republican in 3.5 years from now simply because -- greta: the economy is down. it makes all the difference in the world. thank you. up next, we have a author and historian who was on the record for some very big news that just happened. and some do not believe president obama was born in the united states. there is a new theory out tonight. we will explain it to you. how easy it is to use legalzoom for important legal documents.

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>> a bipartisan group is closer to a compromise. it leaves out some views. it requires companies to offer coverage. majority leader told fox news tonight that a bill will not be passed this week. we are learning four major american cities will not be benefiting from a $1 billion federal grant to stop police layoffs. vice-president joe biden will reveal the recipient on tuesday. york, seattle, houston, and pittsburg are affected. several agencies applied for the grant. they are giving priority to cities with serious budget prob. am rick folbaum.

now, back to greta and "on the record." greta: joining us is the author of a brand new book "wilderness warrior." this is a shirt-to-be bestseller. -- sure-tio-be bestseller. -- sure-to-be. i thought your last book on katrina was a bestseller. why did you write this one? >> and looked at the creation of the u.s. fish and wildlife, the saving of our parts -- i looked at those. the saving of our parks. there are places like the grand canyon, crater lake.

he saved border refugees and places like he was and indie tortugas. -- like places like key west and the tortugas. there are the buffalo of theodore roosevelt, actually bread at the bronx zoo. so i was looking at t.r. actually bred at the bronx zoo. the grand tetons were the equivalent of westminster abbey or the louvre. greta: even the influence of charles darwin, is extraordinary, the various influences in his life. -- it is extraordinary. >> he had assenmacher, and he was very sick in an industrial area -- he had asthma. he would go to the adirondacks and drop birds and write about

birds, and then he went to harvard and majored as a naturalist -- he would go to the adirondacks and draw birds. even when he fought for the rough riders, he had animals around him. he had a cougar named josephine and a golden eagle a little dog, cuba, so he was someone who loved animals in a dr. doolittle fashion but was also a hunter and believed in keeping wild animals -- a golden little dog. greta: world war ii, even the vietnam war, i had not realized how conservationist could sort of change the dynamics, have such a profound impact on history and where we are today. >> greta, for example, we all know about the teddy bear named

after teddy roosevelt, and this was about a hunch in mississippi, and he would not shoot the bear, because somebody had roped it up, and he sent the message that you do not shoot a trapped animal, and we have to have hunting season and licenses, so he was instructing us on how to have forest lands, so when many people are going around america, it is t.r.'s american, whether you're going to mesa verde or to the giant redwood trees, roosevelt believed these were our peril is, just as people passed along watches -- rose above believe these were our -- roosevelt believe these were ours. greta: he became president after mckinley was shot, but it was interesting.

yet, as 10 or 15 years afterwards, opposed presidency, died a young man. >> he went to africa, the amazon, and brought back specimens for the museum of natural history, for the smithsonian institute. you know, t.r.'s great love was the wilderness and nature, and he believes we need some green zones around urban places. that way, you always want to have the option of outdoor life -- he believes we need some green zone as. he had climbed the matterhorn in switzerland -- he believed we need some green zones. greta: i did not know how much heart -- how little i knew about this until i read this. a president i sort of ignored in my travels. anyway, it is a great book. thank you.

i should point out that it is going on sale tomorrow or a manner of hours. thanks. up next, your favorite, the best of the rest. it looks like billionaire bill gates is losing all of his friends. how does a rich guys lose all of his friends? we will tell you how and why. and the number-one party school is named. it was not harvard or yale or m,

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>> they kept coming at you. it is a great show. one of the things i have been doing, but the answer is no. >> but you did not say never. >> well, if i say "no," "never," i do not know what to say. >> are you saying you are not going to run? >> as i said, i am so focused on what i am doing. greta: michael vick can play again. now, all he needs is a team. the nfl has reinstated michael vick after serving 18 months in prison for running a dogfighting ring. he can take place in a -- part in preseason practice for any team he signs with, but cannot, however, played in regular- season games. the nfl commissioner will consider him for full reinstatement by week six of the season as long as he continues

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flash the studio lights. it is time. last call. some people believe that president obama was not born in the united states. jimmy kimmel has his own theory. >> he has been in the news a lot lately. apparently, there are a group of americans who believe that barack obama was not born in the united states and should not be allowed to be president. they are called birthers, and they won the election validated. -- they wanted the election validated korea are they aware that joe biden would be president -- they want the election validated. are they aware that joe biden would be president? greta: that is your last call. the lights are blinking. we are closing down shot. we will see you all again tomorrow. stay right here.