megyn: viewers down there heard a sonic boom that shook their living room. thank goodness they are safe and sound. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane: good morning. a whole lot is happening. severe storms and tennessee, including at least one confirmed tornado. rick: a house committee discussing your future, your health care. it could last all day and into the hours of tomorrow morning. we will tell you about that. jane: 7 crew members return from the space station after 16 days. we begin with what is happening in the "cash for clunkers" program. the white house is scrambling to

find out how to keep alive. you can turn in your gas guzzler for a rebate on a new car that is more fuel-efficient. the program started this week and has been popular. funding is about to run dry in just the first four days. let's get to mike emanuel at the white house. what are we supposed to do to take part in this? >> the message from robert gibbs is that if you are considering who buying a car this weekend on the program, you should go ahead and do so and the government is honoring those transactions and are confident the administration is working on a plan with members of congress to keep the program running. the message here is that it is a successful program for the car dealerships that have been struggling so much, so they found a way to make it happen. jane: money, money, money. that is what we're looking for

these days. where will it come from? >> reallocated stimulus money. it is not clear whether the senate is on board. if they hold it up, if the question is, can the white house do something in another way, an administrative way of allocating $2 billion to keep the program up and running. jane: how did it happen in the first place? >> basically, auto dealerships started offering programs july 1, did the paperwork, and when the program started a week ago, they were flooding the paperwork in to the department of transportation, so the money was going very quickly. basically, the administration says it is a successful program, good for taxpayers, and people are driving more fuel-efficient vehicles. it is good for the auto industry, which has been struggling. they are committed to finding

the cash to keep it going as long as possible. jane: in a few minutes, we'll talk to a republican congressman who is a big sponsor of the program. at a question though, is where is this money coming from? what do you do if you need to trade up? we will find out. rick: on capitol hill, a last dispute resolved clearing the way for health care reform to maybe move ahead in the house. henry waxman was saying he hammered out a deal between liberal and conservative democrats on his panel. waxman is now saying he is confident he has got the votes for his committee, the last of three to pass the bill today. molly is live on the hill. will there be a vote before the recess starting tomorrow? >> you heard henry waxman say half an hour ago that he thinks

this bill will come out sometime today. there was forward movement on the committee level, with the chairman saying that there's a deal between two wings of the party. earlier this week, blue dog democrats were using their influence, trying to get some concessions from the leadership. the liberal democrats came back and said there had been too much compromise by the leadership and were particularly concerned about this public option being perhaps too watered-down. but again, chairman waxman is a saying the agreement today will restore subsidies for low and middle income americans to get health insurance, and they are continuing to markup through the day. again, the chairman says the bill might pass the committee by the end of the day, giving the democrats some forward momentum on this health care issue.

rick: the markup is where the committee writes the bill and put it down on paper, debating its merits and making changes. that is a lawmaker from illinois. moving from house to the senate, are there any developments on that side today. >> there is a gang of six come up republicans and democrats on the committee, hammering out a bipartisan deal they can take to the panel. it is increasingly unlikely they will get it before the august recess for them, which does not start until next friday. republicans are saying, what is the rush? harry reid is saying there was not a timetable on the first

place. here's what he had to say. >> i think they have treated the deadlines, we have not. the president three weeks ago, in his weekly address, said we would have performed at the end of the year. that is our goal, what we hope to do. >> 6 center say they will keep negotiating through the recess if necessary, by videoconference necessary. rick: thank you very much. we could put up a live picture of the meeting going on in the house. john shattuck of arizona is up there. jane: let's check on wall street to see how the dow is doing today. taking a cue from a new report that the economy shrank less than expected in the last quarter, raising some hopes that perhaps the worst of the recession is over.

adam is with us today. is it? >> a lot of coverage will tell you yes, claiming that they called in the third fourth quarter of the year, that the recession was officially over. but that has not been declared yet. it does not necessarily mean we're out of the woods. we heard from ben bernanke, reserve chairman, that for all intents and purposes they expect it to be over by the end of this year. in the corner, mark lieberman. one metric look at is the hours that you and i work, and that has been going down. jane: thank you. i know you will keep watching those numbers for us. rick: people are waiting for the

center of disease control and prevention to release a weekly update on the swine flu virus. this as health officials scrambled to figure out who gets the first vaccine when it becomes available in october. jonathan is live in atlanta for us. who is first in line for the vaccine when it comes out? >> pregnant women will get top priority, accounting for only 1% of the population and yet 6% of u.s. deaths associated with age 1 and 1. also, health care workers will be a priority and young people in general. the virus seems to affect younger people more than older folks, and they have had exposure overtime to similar viruses. another priority will be people caring for babies under the end of six months, because under six months your two young to get vaccinated for this disease. so we're talking about priority groups, 159 million americans. rick: so when it comes out, is

there going to be enough of that? >> they will start out with at least 120 million doses by mid october, and while this is last in the number of people in the high priority growth, also remember that we could require two separate vaccinations which would reduce the number even more. public-health officials are not particularly worried about shortages. when a vaccine comes out, there is generally not a mad rush of the same time. they say there will be plenty of vaccine. everyone who wants it will get it. rick: we learned that the military might get involved in a serious outbreak. i'm sure that hospitals are doing things now to prepare to be ready just in case. do we know what they are doing?

>> is a great concern for the military. they want to control an outbreak. they want people to not forget about the standard flu, the seasonal flu vaccination. they say if people get their standard flu vaccination, said that will help clear hospital beds and emergency rooms. so if there is a serious h1n1 outbreak, doctors will focus on that. also, the cdc urges local governments to be pro-active in some communities, involving setting up a different number, separate from 911 so people with concerns can call it. in some communities it may end up sending up phone banks to answer questions so you. -- so you free up 911 centers to deal with emergencies. jane: 2 tennessee, where a massive cleanup is under way after at least one cordero has been confirmed to touchdowns on

the outskirts of memphis. a lot of roads are blocked off. thankfully, no one was hurt. crews have worked all my to restore power. about 10 customers without it. dozens of reports of sightings and damage from a high wind. rick: i feel silly complaining about the rain here. the screaming eagles -- it is going on right now fort campbell, a special moment. jane: people in a town of 70,000 are told to evacuate after a dangerous chemical fire imodium multi-symptom relief combines two powerful medicines for fast relief of your diarrhea symptoms, so you can get back out there.

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huge fire at a chemical plant in texas that has forced thousands of people to stay away from their homes. the fumes from the fire have made it too risky for them to return. at least 44 people have smoke inhalation and eye irritation. it broke out at a warehouse belonging to the chemical company. there are flying over, trying to check the status. the fire may have been started with a welding job. smoke is visible up to 60 miles away. rick: at fort campbell in kentucky, the changing of the guards for the 101st airborne. they do not put just anyone in charge of the screaming eagles. tell us about general campbell. >> listen to the generals who have had their hands on it.

maxwell taylor, william westmoreland, it david petraeus have all been previous commanding generals of the screaming eagles, one of the best fighting units fielded by any country in the history of the world. they're the legendary unit that went ashore at normandy. iraq, afghanistan, they bled for us as the departing major- general is saying. they wrote their history in blood, sweat, and tears. now all of them have come back, and i met john campbell when he was with the 82nd airborne in afghanistan. he was a colonel then. clearly a warrior. i told him america's spartan, and i have with great honor watched his career. he served our country in afghanistan and iran.

the military success of the surge has allowed us to take some troops out of iraq, and hopefully we will end this on a note of success and victory living behind a stable country. now, i will be in afghanistan, and general campbell is the kind of man to take the fight to the enemy. i just want to step out of the way here and let our audience looked at one of the most bold units ever fielded. here, it is so rare to see this. virtually the entire division on this field in fort campbell, kentucky, near the tennessee border. i want to show the outgoing major-general, and soon to speak is our friend, our brother, one of the great soldiers in america.

to be on the field with some much history, a medal of honor, and you remember their sacrifices. it is something we should all remember, and the way we greet them at airports and shopping malls, give them a high five, tell them that it is amazing and you remember that their families have sacrificed even as much as the men and women in uniform. a great day for the fox family to see our dear brother and colleague and dissed de i assume this command and to be here with the legendary screaming eagles. for me, this is as good as it gets. they had a beer summit at the white house.

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repair tens of thousands of crumbling bridges seems to be crumbling itself. president obama promised to help rebuild on safe or decaying billion -- bridges under his $700 billion stimulus plan. but the ap finds that most states are spending that money on bridges that are in good shape or on easier projects, like repaving roads. that is because the stimulus package calls for money to be spent on shall-ready projects, whelk is -- bridge repairs can involve years of reconstruction. jane: the head afghan general could be asking soon for more troops to be sent there. his review of the war is not actually do until the next month, but sources acknowledged he is likely to recommend big changes to u.s. and nato operations in afghanistan. if jennifer griffin is here with the details. first, let's -- benefit -- jennifer griffin is here with

details. what has he asked for? >> i am hearing reports it could be as high as four to six brigades, about 20,000 troops. that would be on the high side. a couple more will take place between what the commander's request and what sense, wants to approved. and what the pentagon wants to do. the review will be given to secretary gates august 14. these are some similar words to what we heard at the beginning of the surge into iraq. a change in operational culture, basically with the troops moving out to live among the afghans, to protect the population, and they will move out of the valleys and protect population centers. they are going to need a large

force to do that. they have been able to clear areas in the past, but they have been able to hold them, and there are enough afghan groups. he will recommend training not the soldiers we saw, but training almost 240,000, and the reason he needs troops is you will need trainers to make the army larger. he only had 500 afghan soldiers to send down for help. so what he wants is for the military to operate side-by-side with the afghan forces, and there just are not enough of them right now. jane: i can imagine this review is becoming politically sensitive. >> you can imagine. the white house does not want to be seen as building up a large force in the country.

reluctance to increase troop levels, and you remember when jim jones went to afghanistan, and he was leaked that commanders asked for more troops. that leaked out, blowing up in the face of the white house. and now secretary dayton admiral mullen, the chairman of the joint chiefs, told the general to ask for what they need. so there will be a tug of war. also remembered david petraeus is caught in the middle, as the head of sent tom. he distributes resources to afghanistan and iraq. they are supposed to slow troops coming out, because the general does not want to lose gains made by the surge. general petraeus is sensitive to that view, but more troops are needed and there are not enough out there to get it fast enough. rick: on the fence about trading in your old gas guzzlers for

government green? you had better hurry. the "cash for clunkers" program is running out of money. wwww

rick: the worst of the wave is over in the plus -- pacific northwest.

over 100 degrees in seattle on wednesday. they did not get those temperatures, ever. rick is live in the fox weather center. >> the prior high temperature ever was around there. you can roll down your windows this morning and feel better. you will be back into the 80's for a high today, more typical. this is the big problem across the east. trouble there on friday, with more rain is switching over, and this rain is going to slowly drift off towards the east. a slow-moving front. because it is slow, people will get a lot of rain, and because of that, we will see big time flooding concerns. all these areas, northern and southern new england, upstate

new york down towards new jersey and pennsylvania are looking at flooding concerns, and all of these counties are seen flash flooding going on right now. to adjust to 3 inches, and severe weather with this, as well. more wind damage, and we could see an isolated tornado again, as well. jane: just in from the white house, the press office is telling us the president will make remarks on the economy. about 1:15 eastern. out of washington, what is coin to happen to the brand new cash for clunkers program, or you can turn in your older gas guzzler. it has been too popular, because the money after just four days is going to run dry. the white house just said this. the white house says if you want to trade up, you should do so.

we have the co-chair of the house automotive caucus with us now. thank you for being here. what are you telling the buyers and dealers? some have said it has been a bit of a disaster at this point because it happens so fast. >> we had an early-morning meeting with white house folks and they assured us that the program would continue. we are expecting to replenish some of the money -- all of the money, actually, that has been used this week. we have heard that 50,000 sales were made, literally about 10 times what j.d. power told us a few weeks ago in terms of what they thought would be the total program through october.

jane: a lot of people has said that this has been an organized disaster. >> no one thought that $1 billion would be gone in four days. it has been overwhelming, the support for this across the country. jane: they say we are looking for 2 billion more. some say even 3 billion. we have heard from the senate side, from jim demand, he has already said he will not give more money. this is more a bailout mentality. >> remember, this is not new money. we're looking to reprogram existing dollars, to not add to the deficit. money has been approved and will be spent for something else. we want to reprogram it and make sure the program can stay alive to the rest of august. jane: are there enough votes to add the money? >> i think so.

we took this plan up until the end of june or so in the house. we had a two-thirds -- better than a two-thirds majority in the house. it was bipartisan. and the senate, led by senators from michigan, passed with more than 60 votes to back a filibuster. obviously, the legislation this afternoon will make it go. jane: i know you sit on the energy and commerce committee, which is key to the health-care debate right now. your thoughts on where the democrats are. they've got disagreements from two ends of the party. will they have votes to get it out of committee? >> we will see. chairman waxman wanted to finish by 2:00 this afternoon. democrats will not support anything unless there is a robust public plan.

republicans may have a say. jane: thank you for your time. general motors admits it makes a mistake when some of the dealerships closed earlier this year. they say the mistake was in analyzing the finances of about 50 dealers, especially in rural parts of the country. the gm dealers say from the axe say that their reprieve came after a letter-writing campaign and the lobbying up a lot of local officials. rick: republicans are holding their summer meeting in san diego, taking aim at the health care plan being put forward by democrats. carl cameron is live in san diego for us. tell us about health care resolution.

>> they have put health care on top of their agenda, just as lawmakers have and washington. republican opposition is pretty well understood and it has been mostly a democratic division of late, but the gop is putting themselves on record it that they consider this to be a march toward socialism, and it to republicans, they get a reminder that if they choose to compromise with democrats, they're conservative base may hold them accountable. there's a great opposition to the public program. rick: we just heard with division against democrats, they might have a say. what alternatives are republicans offering?

>> tim pawlenty was the key speaker, and he has had success in his home state. he is in. market principles, holding costs down long-term. republicans do not support a government takeover of health insurance and prefer to see a limited expansion paid for by taking a lot of pork and waste out of it and mostly dealing with improving the existing employer-based private insurance system that they have had for so many years. tim pawlenty talked about yesterday, saying that is what it would like to see and what they are negotiating for the senate finance committee. they want to make sure. rick: there is a second resolution now, and the question is whether it will diminish

power over republican money. >> the chairman of the rnc, michael steele, was elected this spring, the first african- american chairman. he came under criticism, a little loose lips, shot from the hit, and spent a lot of money when he took over the rnc renovating facilities, firing people, making changes. some of the old guard were miffed. so it resolution will come out today saying he cannot make a cosign for the republican treasurer. there was a fallout, and michael steele said if people try to undermine his authority, he would not be chairman anymore. he backpedaled from that, doing a lot to make amends with the rnc members, and it is expected that today the resolution will give him a cosigner but not clip his wings away many thought it might earlier in the year. rick: carl cameron, thank you very much.

jane: the shuttle endeavor returned to earth. members are back home. >> the astronauts, we can produce -- presume, are now hookup near the cockpit door. they have little assistance getting down there and checking out their vitals. the only astronaut we anticipated may be having any sort of difficulty has just gotten back to earth gravity, a japanese astronaut who has been living aboard the international space station for 4.5 months. when you are in space that long without the effect of gravity, but when you get down to work you can suffer nausea.

permanent staffing of six nasa, and it can be the discovery heading to space. as we have now, seven nations remain, but everything is under review by nasa, and decision makers in the white house will receive the finding august 31 to decide what the long-term picture is, whether to extend the shuttle fleet a few years longer here and move on to the replacement. thank you. jane: thank-you. rick: 80 not call it the world wide web for nothing. wait until you hear how big the internet is. courtney friel has some interesting facts. >> new numbers are out. microsoft's serfs engine has

counted more than a trillion web pages, and since the population is only 6.7 billion, that means there are 150 internet addresses each person on the planet and it would take you 31,000 years to click on each of the pages. here's what else we do know. in. net use has increased by 16% since last year, and almost 1.5 billion people are mine, 25% of the world population, and china has no -- more users than people there in the u.s.. if you are a rude person in the office, maybe you should stick to your computer and not rub off on the rest of us. a new study finds that rudeness in the workplace is contagious. even if you are not the target of a co-worker's my remarks, just seeing discourteous behavior can affect people

possibility to think creatively, solve problems, and be team players. researchers often say that -- people can make you harbored dark thoughts and develop destruction tendencies. if this sounds familiar, i guess, thank god it is friday. in about 20 minutes, and hosting my show on foxnews.com. click in. there will be no negativity or rudeness. rudeness. jane: a moose on the loose, wandering in this area four days. wildlife officials did not think she could actually get down in the mountains.

she is about two years old, and will be released into the mountains near colorado. rick: police in hollywood arrested a drunk driver, but because of the crash is not cut and dried.

welcome home, man. rick: 4 police officers in florida accused of trying to cover up eight traffic accident are on leave. they forgot about double camera on their dashboard. >> we have just learned that there are five employers -- employees now suspended. video cameras never blinked. that was the case last friday when do we presley of the hollywood police department said he would make up some stuff on

an accident report. >> i can hold this for a second. >> when i saw the tape, my jaw dropped to my chest. >> that is howard finkelstein. he is a legal veteran in these parts. >> these cars pull away from a green light. the first car plows into the back of the second. the first lady was drinking. but the talk was at fault for the accident because he did not stop in time. they want to help their body out.

it did matter to the attorney hired to defend the woman. they say it took forever to get hands on the police video. he also says that the dvd sent to the state attorney's office had been edited to remove his comments, and confirms that police officers later repeated the story in sworn depositions during discovery. the officers involved will do jail time if convicted of lying under oath. in just the last hour, there is an investigation going on. here's what he did say. >> i realize and understand that there's a sense of the trail over this, and this will be investigated accurately and professionally. >> the fifth person suspended here is an evidence technician.

jane: remembered the george orwell book, "1984?" fiction, right? a teenager in michigan says that big brother is alive and well at emma's on.com.

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jane: sometimes life is stranger than fiction. have you heard the story about amazon-com? that kindle -- amazon went into people's files and electronically deleted a couple books by george orwell. "1984," the story about big

brother. the book was pulled from thousands of kindles. in the case of 1 meter, he had been working on a four homers and in high school and ended up with no book. what will he have to do when he goes back to school? they are suing amazon and claiming that amazon barged into his home and stole it. joining us now is the attorney for the teenager, and the teenager himself. i want to start with you. amazon admitted they made a mistake, they really messed up. they gave money back, accidentally allowing people to buy a book they did not have the rights to. why are you suing?

have -- >> in the beginning, they did not admit a mistake, and it is different from the one they are committing to. but take a little bit of a step back. people buy books electronically. what we found out its debt and the sun never told anybody they have the ability to remote- control all of your files. that means every book they sell, every time you e-mail a document to yourself, every time you take notes, amazon remotely can control that. sasses what really came out from this debacle, and it is a big problem for amazon. they propose a plea -- supposedly made the mistake, and they went into it. jane: it is frightening that they can look at what you're doing and take it away. tell me about the particular

situation. you were working on the book and you had notes for your homework assignment? >> yes. i downloaded it, ap english for my senior year. i've brought -- i bought a candle, thinking i would on these books like a regular paper book, and what amazon did crews that you do not, and i want to be involved in something that will set a precedent to move the industry forward so something like this could not happen again. i am not looking for money. >> we have agreed to take this case on a pro bono basis. any money we get, we will give to charity. we're trying to set a precedent. right now, people do not understand that when you download software on your software computer, you get a candle, these companies have control over all of the data and

the company's have to use that responsibly. jane: we reached out to amazon today, and they had no comment. rick: when we come back, the taliban taking hundreds of boys at gunpoint in pakistan. they are being trained to be homicide bombers. woohoo! remember when your friend kelly said she liked your hair color? she lied. okay-- one tone hair color totally washing you out. let's get your right color. nice 'n easy with color blend technology. in one step get a blend of three tones. highlights, lowlights and shine. makes a fresh light-filled frame for your pretty face. look out, kelly-- here i come! she'll thank me later. (announcer) why settle for flat when you can get that? nice 'n easy--

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jane: we all want to know what is happening with health care. a last-minute dispute has been

resolved, and the bill is expected passed before they leave for the weekend. it sounds simple. it is always a little bit more complicated. is it right? will they have some better deal on the house side? >> it will be an uphill deal for chairman waxman. the chairman has said, as we look at a live picture of the markup session in the house office building, he has said he expects this session to go into saturday morning, which would extend past the official recesses. at times, this has resembled

less lawmakers getting together for legislation, more like group therapy. >> mr. barton, you are such a pessimist. you have a notion that we have out there is doomed to failure. this bill is the most optimistic. >> i am optimistic. but i look at the cbo score and the public auction, and i see a trillion. that is not all because of the public plan, but a big chunk is. looking at the alternative, i see 2 billion a year. >> the armchair freudian on the house energy and commerce committee -- this has been extraordinary. lawmakers have opportunity to push a variety of initiatives.

from the republican side, it was about limiting funds for abortion and health care legislation. that failed. jane: it sounds like they will not get anything before going away for august. >> that is right, and it was explicitly confirmed last night for the first time by the leader of the so-called gang of six, who have been trying to negotiate a compromise on the senate side for reform. three democrats and three republicans, led by the senator from montana who last night in the evening acknowledged explicitly that it would not finalize a deal before the senate recess on august 7, but he said the gang of six may continue meeting over the course of august, and what our sources can to us is that we might expect the work will be done and the democrats might use their party majority to force

legislation as they wish to see it. rick: the house could vote today on bill to limit excessive corporate salaries. congress wants to have a say in how top bank employees are compensated moving forward, as a new report from the new york attorney general said that nine build-out banks pulled out $33 billion in bonuses last year. as you know, your money saved these banks after their own executives placed a reckless bets on high-risk mortgages. it helped throw the economy into a turmoil. molly is live in washington. could this legislation apply to all businesses, not just wall street businesses? >> his this is over 100 million

would be exempt. this comes from government bailout money and businesses still getting big salaries. regulators will be able to intervene and stop pay packages encouraging inappropriate or imprudent risk. shareholders could vote, albeit non-binding, on all salaries and bonuses for the top executives. rick: these are private companies. is there concern that big government is getting too involved in the business of private companies? >> absolutely. the idea that the government here in washington could tell a private business what they can compensate their top people for it does cause alarm. spencer baucus says that the government has no business setting compensation for executives, although hit knowledge as it could be an unpopular stance right now. and the chamber of commerce says that this bill could stifle growth, prevent the attraction

of talent, and slowdown job creation. the president is on board, and has been, but this bill goes farther than he was initially asking for. check out what was said yesterday. >> we are encouraged by provisions in the house legislation, because i think it was just about one month ago where we sat down and send part to the legislation is to act on. >> its still us to go to the senate, though. jane: states like california do not have enough money for employees, but west virginia says they have a $65 million surplus. the governor wants to give about half of it to the state's 50,000 employees. if passed, each worker would get it checked -- a check for $500. rick: he had starred with

murdering a soldier at an arkansas county recruitment center. abdul mohammed says he considers his shooting spree justified because of u.s. military involvement in the middle east. prosecutors will seek the death penalty when his trial begins february. he is accused of fatally shooting a private william andrew long, and wounded another soldier. jane: thousands of refugees are making their way home in pakistan's valley region you have heard so much about recently. they fled the fighting would pakistan launched a military offensive against the taliban. for some, there have been no escape. young boys have been kidnapped and brainwashed by the taliban. scott is in islamabad for us. >> we traveled to the main city and sat down with two of these boys. we know that some that were

taken were as young as seven. there are hundreds expected out there. we sat down with those two, and they are now in a military facility. terrific stories, both of them taken by the taliban and going about their daily lives. one was working in the family farm. once a abducted, they were taken to a training facility for the taliban pushed into their heads the idea that they have to fight jihad. the pakistani military is said to be the enemy because they are allied with the u.s., and that makes them no longer muslim. they are the focus of this too hot. training camps have sophisticated systems. boys would come in, coerced or kidnapped, and put into three categories. the first category, the would-be informants, the second, future soldiers, and potential was shown, they were made to suicide bombers. what happens next for these hundreds of boys who are now coming out of the woodwork by

their parents or family because they are worried? they're going to government organizations in the valley and other areas. i spoke to the official said the government has officially asked for their assistance in dealing with those boys. this will be a long process. a lot of the programming needs to be done because a lot of older boys had been brainwashed in need to go through this proper psychological process. the issue is that the community is not ready, because they have never faced anything like this. officials say they need to go through a tiered training process because it is a big process to get them through the process of getting out of brainwashing. it will need to be done with someone local, hopefully someone from the valley training them up. that will take a while. rick: an update now on those

bodies of the swimmers -- the body suits worn by swimmers these days. we told you about this yesterday on the show. the swimming's governing body has decided to ban the swimsuits starting january 1. the newest controversy came up when michael phelps, seen on the right, lost to an unknown german swimmer on the left who was wearing one of those suits. phelps' coach threatens to pull is swimmer out of international competition until the suits were banned. a staggering amount of world records were set during the first five days of the championships, and all the swimmers who broke the records were wearing those suits. as of the first of january, they will be illegal. jane: michael phelps has a deal with speedo, and they do not

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rick: we have were that the press conference will be held in a couple of hours in connecticut, where christopher dodd is set to announce that he is suffering from the early stages of prostate cancer, and he has recently been diagnosed. again, a report in the hartford paper that chris dodd of connecticut will announce that he has prostate cancer. if detected early, treatment can be effective and successful. again, if you'll hold a press conference to talk about the coming up in a couple of minutes. harris is down to breaking news

desk. what more do we know about this? >> i pulled up the article in the hartford paper and the early stage prostate cancer, they are reporting that they think there's a good chance that they caught this and it should be a very treatable condition. again, he will make this announcement at 6:00 p.m. eastern. but the article is extensive. apparently information has been out there and he felt like he wanted to speak on it. so that is interesting, too, that it can to the point where there was a news conference. rick: we have now confirmed as well that the senator does have prostate cancer, has got the diagnosis, and a source in the senate democratic caucus says that he will be fine. press conference coming out in a couple of hours. >> he has been asked about this already and says it is something

very common among men my age and he is feeling good. he says one and six men will be diagnosed at some point in their lives. so obviously he thinks that this is something he would be asked about. we will hear from him at 2:00 p.m. eastern. jane: i want to take a look at what is happening at kennedy space center in florida. the shuttle endeavor is back on solid ground right now. touched down about an hour ago. you can see that picture-perfect landing. we will show you live pictures of good is happening on the ground. they have brains out. the endeavor and the crew of spent 16 days in space, installing a final part of the lab at the international space station. we're told that the commander is expected to make a statement soon, but top of the hour, 45 minutes from now. rick: gm pulling an about-face with dozens of dealerships that

were on the chopping block in may. they had planned to close to 200 dealerships as they headed for bankruptcy, and now they said that they're letting about 50 of the dealers stay in business. our next guest is one of the dealers, but he thinks there was another reason behind the change of heart. he is the general manners -- manager of the way motors in broken bow, neb.. i understand you had a barbecue and that may have been the reason. what do you put in your sauce? >> whatever it was, it was pretty good. >> tell me. you heard from general motors. what did they say? >> we got the original letter on may 14, saying that they were going to shut us down. it said in a letter that nothing was final and there was a chance. so what we did was have a barbecue, gave away free hamburgers and what not.

we ended up getting about 1000 signatures, which we set off to general motors and eight elected officials in nebraska, and it made it. rick: when gm called you and said they were changing their minds, how did they frame it? what did they say? thomas? to bad. he is with gateway motors in broken bow, neb.. this business was around 80 years, and the folks in the surrounding communities did not really want this dealership to be shut down. so luckily, it will not happen. jane: a barbecue, and maybe some good old-fashioned lobbying, as well. speaking of that, on capitol hill, we're watching islamic --

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call the number on your screen. rick: on the right-hand side of your screen are pictures just released after 40 requests from various news agencies under the freedom of immigration act. this was a flap that cost one white house aide his job. people in new york city were reminded of 9/11 when these jets, accompanied by fighter

jets, zoomed over the sky here on april 27 to of this past year. jennifer griffin is here at the pentagon. this was a big deal, and now we get to see more pictures that they were going for when date schedule this in the first place. >> that is right. there is a request from the white house for these pictures, 146 in total. we also requested any correspondence surroundings who was informed of this mission in advance. you remember that it caused a lot of panic on wall street and in lower manhattan when this plane was flying at about 1,500 feet. it is a plane used for air force one when the president is flying. it was a civilian plane, followed by fighter jets. we talked to people who've left their offices in a panicked, thinking it was another 9/11.

the president was serious when he found about this, but we wanted to find out who knew what when. i've been looking through emails, and one thing that struck me was that there was an e-mail to the head of the air force chief, general norman schwarzkopf on sunday, april 26, the day before it happened. he informed the air force chief said this was going to take place. there's also an e-mail from the military director's office that says all proper authorities had been informed about this. but people who were not informed for the public, and there's a mystery as to why they were not informed. certain law enforcement agencies in new york were told about it, but the faa mentioned at the time that they were not supposed to release this information to the public. so we're working our way to the email now, but this is a first look at these pictures. there are 146, and we repeatedly

requested them through freedom of information that date be shown publicly, because the public has a right to know what was behind this mission that caused so much panic in new york. rick: and it cost taxpayers $325,000. a worker in the military office resigned after this incident. does it seem like, when all is said and done, that the media is getting more information about exactly who knew what and when? does it seem like there will be some pressure former heads to roll? >> it is not clear at this time. i would like to looks to these emails a little more closely to see who knew what when, but certainly the white house has said at the time that press secretary robert gibbs was not informed and that the deputy chief of staff, the president's deputy did got know about this. so therefore, the president did not know.

then again, it will be very interesting to look at the email. certainly, the head of the air force knew about it, but he was assured all proper channels had been informed. the political appointee -- dana perino has said on our air that president -- they had advised the obama white house not to put a political appointee to head the military office because there are so many sensitive issues, such as this. rick: all that they wish they had listened to that advice. these pictures are now released because fox and other news sources insisted on their release under the freedom of the intermission act. these pictures were going to be used to update official photographs of air force one, the president uses, but it caused embarrassment for the white house and brought up some terrible memories for a lot of new yorkers. they remembered what it was like on the morning of 9/11, back in 2001.

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jane: a lot happening now on this friday. hey search engine and mapping system that can zoom into your backyard -- google knows how to dominate. the question is, how much did they know about you, and should concern you? rick: checking out the numbers on wall street, we're wondering who is watching the bank. a bunch of banks were given bailout money but they were more than just taking, they were also giving, to the tune of billions of dollars in bonuses last year. jane: we are on the road in colorado. >> a

colorado get specific about how much case -- space a car much to give a bicyclist. we are live in boulder right now. rick: close attention to the health-care debate on capitol hill. you probably heard the phrase medical co op tossed around. some say it will be similar to farming co-ops. could this idea help solve the health-care crisis? anita is live in los angeles with more on this. >> hello. health care coops, as they are known, have actually been around for many years, but there are not that many around the country. generally, they work like this. a group of people come together on a nonprofit basis and former board of directors. that sort of directors negotiates directly with doctors and hospitals to come up with health care plans for their employees at competitive prices. we spoke to a ceo in orange

county, calif., and he told us what his biggest selling point is personal service. if one member has a dispute over a claim and calls and, and the phone rings for more than 20 seconds, you'll never believe it picks up the phone. >> i say, hello, this is bill goodrich. what can i do for you? he will not find that with too many insurance carriers in the country today. >> granted, united agricultural benefit trust is a small health care cooperative, insuring about 50,000 agricultural workers in southern california, arizona, and mexico. still, the ceo points out that when you take the profit factor out of the mix, they can then provide a better, cheaper health care program for employees. rick: it is an idea getting

support of the senate side. we will see if it gains entry in the senate. jane: lawmakers are locked down, trying to put finishing touches on the health care bill. but robot has been reaching an agreement within the democratic party on key parts of this bill. more than 50 democrats sent a letter to nancy pelosi yesterday, from the more liberal members, saying, "we regard the agreement reached by chairman waxman as unacceptable. this agreement does not represent a step forward, but a large step backwards. we simply cannot vote for such a proposal." let's bring in a former deputy assistant to george w. bush and a former senior adviser to president obama during the campaign as well as a former speechwriter for joe biden. i want to start with you -- i ask you a question about the

democrats. even if the potential watch them work in this committee, even if they get the votes and get an agreement before the end of the spectrum, does nancy pelosi have the votes on the floor? >> i do not know what will come out, nobody does, but something eventually will come through the senate. what that will be, i do not know. jane: it is a legitimate concern to wonder if we are going to get something watered-down. >> i do not all -- no all the details, but if they can lose their jobs, they will keep that and not be denied by health-care companies.

jane: it is difficult to portray them as a roadblock if they have so much infighting. >> we're innocent bystanders. it is that republicans who will be the bane of the president. it will be the blue dogs. there are 52 blue dogs, conservative democrats, and you now have a standoff between more liberal congress people. now they're fighting for each other. and whether they will come up with a bill that both sides can agree on is the real challenge, and it will not happen before the august recess. the president has put all his chips not on the economy, but on health care. desperation usually does not make good law. jane: 2010 is looming.

it feels close. brad? >> let's go back to the math. 35 congress people on the democratic side that are first- term. 26 of them -- when they go back home, what will they hear from constituents? we will hear about unemployment and jobs, not health care. it will be about putting food on the plate and educating children. so they will selfishly thinking about putting food on their plates. jane: we heard about this memo for house democrats, their media strategy, what they are going to do when they come home from vacation. it simply lays out you should make the insurance company the victim. is that going to work for voters? >> i do not think they are the victim, they are the villain. i think it does work. if i the catastrophic illness, some guy in the insurance company is checking yes or no on

a box to decide whether we get coverage. that is number one. we all know that the insurance companies are the villain in this case. number two, everyone is concerned about health care, as well as the economy. if we get good health care legislation is to the better for those members of congress. jane: thank you both for joining us. rick: a new growth report on alternative medicine. according to the report, 1/3 of americans use some form of alternative medicine, including everything from chiropractors and massage therapists to herbal remedies and dietary supplements. it is a billion dollar industry, but the report warns that many of the treatments are not strictly monitored for safety. jane: in tennessee, crews are working on the streets trying to restore power. it extends the damages to several counties, and the national weather service has

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thousands of people are out there trying to find him, and there are mysterious circumstances involving his family, as well, and a lot of people close to him. a big mystery. rick: well, some things on capitol hill to along time. this one is happening very, very quickly. debate on the house floor about the cash for clunkers program. it is designed to have trade- in's happen in exchange for money from the federal government. it is so popular when it started only a few days ago that it is already out of money. so the debate going on now is to draft legislation that would refund, put more money into the pot so that this program can be continued. harris is at the breaking news desk listening to the debate

going on. this is not a sure thing, that it will get passed, is it,? >> actually, $2 billion more money in the fund to refund it -- it had better work. so the rep. at of michigan says, look, i hear from car dealers all the time. this is one of the few programs with the stimulus package that actually could work. it could work and hopefully be a catalyst for recovery. when you look at how the department of transportation is handling this, they say the federal government cannot process a sample rebate. they want this to work and support doing more money if it will bring people out to buy cars. they say that car dealers are clearly seeing a response, but the dealers themselves are struggling with dealing with the

federal government and their plan. he was very, very dramatic as he tried to outline exactly how it is working. so it will be interesting. a very strong point made today. back to you. rick: this is something the house has to deal with, and then we're told that perhaps next week before the beginning of the august break, the senate may take this issue up as well. but there is a republican opposition and democratic opposition, so we will see if this program actually get some more money, a couple million dollars more put into this. thank you very much for the update. jane: a truck driver blamed for a crash in new york state. what was he doing? police say that the driver of that coatrack there was talking on one cellular phone, texting in message on another when he rear-ended the car. the truck careened out of control, broke the fence, and

the driver had to be airlifted to the hospital. denise was also hurt. charges of reckless driving. rick: 80 see boston driver is charged with talking -- a d c bus driver is charged with talking on her phone. here is a picture of her talking on her phone and she steers the bus through traffic. the head of the transit agency said he is embarrassed by the picture and if it proves true, the driver will be fired. does your tolerance policy comes after several operators were allegedly texting, even napping on the job. jane: colorado driver's art counting down the days until a lot asked, the need 6 feet of difference

between the cyclist and the car. so they have to give them 3 feet of room when they are passing, otherwise they are breaking a law. there are quite a few drivers who are very upset about this. bicyclists love it. but it poses a danger, they say, because they will be moving into every state has some sort of law. in oregon, the law is that a car must stay a safe enough distance that if a bicycle fell down in the street, the car will not hit the bicycle as they pass around. so some of them get pretty specific. in texas, they tried to pass a law similar, but was vetoed. jane: few bicyclist and drivers on this, and some say they have had slur peace, people open the door on

purpose, ankles broken. but on the other side, drivers get upset, because bicyclist go right through the light with no regard for the law, and the boulder county sheriff says sometimes they will get 50 at a time, taken on a mob mentality. the cops do not even want to approach them because there are so many. rick: here in new york, they just handed the road over. they turned a whole thing into one big lane. jane: no debate here about who is in charge. rick: an ancient religious practice dating back hundreds of years. shaking babies over the side of a building. where is this happening? . .

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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- jane: here is something to see. dropping babies off of the roof of a mosque. you might find this a little bit disturbing. the children -- not are older than 2 years old. they are shaking and dropped by 50 feet onto a blanket or a sheet. is said to date back more than 700 years and is said to ensure the child's health. the practice has drawn some sharp criticism from india's children's rights commission. it is investigating. i hope we do not have to tell you that. do not do what they are doing. rick: final day of the trading

week and the trading month. we have a new month starting tomorrow. let's take a look at the big board. the dow is up a little bit more than six points. a brand new report from new york's attorney-general says that nine of the bailed out banks doled out almost $33 billion in bonuses last year. some of these companies have repaid their government loans, but get this. u.s. attorney general andrew cuomo says that those firms paid more in bonus money than they took in in revenue. charles, this is a miracle. we champion success. we love to see people do well in succeed. this is a little wacky, isn't it? >> hideous. what bothers me with this whole thing is a series of things. first of all, this tarp program. both administrations did not do what they said.

consequently, you have these big giant banks that end up with taxpayer money. they pay out these bonuses, already in the first or second quarter. they are posted out of this world earnings. none of this money is getting back to main street. banks are sitting on more money, toys as much money, as when tarp went into affect. rick: as far as the bonuses go, there are some banks that paid out more than they've brought in in revenue. there was outrage with the aig bonuses that we heard were contractual, they had to be paid out. what is the story? does somebody need to do something? does congress need to intervene so that this kind of thing does not happen again? >> we're play monday morning quarterback right now. we want to pay attention to contract law. there's one guy who is demanding $100 million for work that he has done for citigroup.

we're going to -- rick: he works for a division that generates a lot of money. >> we are talking about a bank that has taken the most money and $300 billion in taxpayer money guaranteeing some of their debt. that is still going to be tough. they have any pay czar that controls the salaries if they have not paid the money back. rick: once this money is repaid and once the economy turns around and things are humming again, are things going to go back to way -- the way they were? are you going to have to change culture? >> culture is not going to change. laws are going to change. the obama administration is really clear about this. they do not like the salaries that people make. not just wall street, but wall street right now is the easiest target. put in some legislation to more or less cap salaries. that is what is wall street guys have done. they have made it possible not only for their own industry to be capped, but also of other

industries. this is a slippery slope. rick: thank you very much. jane: millions of people use it for their email. you search on it and use it for driving directions. sensitive help document as well. we're talking about google. how much does google really know about all of us? wwww ♪ weekendville,

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is happening in the world. google is even evert now, for goodness sake. how much do they actually know about all of us? dan springer is in seattle for us. what is the answer to that? >> it is kind of scary when you break it all down. with information comes power and money. google is getting more powerful in richer by the end of the day. most people realize that one day to a search on the website, those search words are kept by google. the contract your whereabouts on the web. the store that information for up to a year-and-a-half. let's talk about gmail. i talk to a guy who a scary thing happened to him. he actually went on his account and was doing an e-mail to a guy in london and while he was doing that, he mentioned macedonia. the next day, he logged onto his account and there was an advertisement advertising cheap flights to macedonia.

google actually screens gmail for content and will give advertising based on what they say. we know about google maps. they can actually track you as you drive around town. they can triangulate your position based on cell phone telltower technology. they can actually allow users to zoom in. people have been shown inside their own home on google street view. it is unbelievable how much information in google actually has about you. has about you.