thank you for joining us as always. from both of us. take care. >> shannon: new on fox today, 18-year-old mystery solved. remains of navy captain speicher identified in iraq. he was shout down in a -- shot down in combat mission over iraq january 17, 191991, the first night of operation desert storm. iraqi citizens led u.s. marines to his remains and a positive i.d. made by comparing captain speicher dental records with jawbone found in the iraqi desert. hello. i'm shannon bream. live from washington for the next two hours. fox news national security correspondent jennifer griffin broke the news about captain speicher this morning and joining us live on the phone. his plane was shot down 18

years ago. why so long to get to this point? >> it's amazing that there have been many attempts to find him over the years and false leads. initials were carved in iraqi prison cell that made some in the military think perhaps he was alive. it's been a roller coaster for his family. in 1995, the international red cross and team of army and navy specialists were allowed by saddam hussein to go to the anbar desert to look for the crash. they didn't unearth anything that time. the break through came from tip from iraqi providing good intelligence from the past and knew of iraqi citizens who had seen the plane go down. and at the time, they buried spi speicher in the desert. it took a week of digging but they found the bone fragme

fragments. >> shannon: i remember there were changes in the captain for him. it was a roller coaster for his family. it had to be be a big part of it. >> he was listed as killed in action. they changed the status to missing in action. there was a great deal of frustration after they couldn't get back in and felt that saddam hussein may hide him and he might be a p.o.w.. the navy and the u.s. military never stopped looking for one of their own. they continued looking. a number of false leads since 2003 when the u.s. forces went back in. finally in the beginning of july, i'll told, this is what my contact told me this morning they received a credible tip he sent marines in anbar out to area in the desert. they spent a week digging and flew remains, they flew the

bone fragments to the armed forces institute of pathology where they made the final confirmation that was in rockland, maryland. >> shannon: all right. we know it has to be a great relief, closure to family and loved ones. thank you for the update today. the swiss foreign ministry are trying to find out what happened to three american tourists hiking along the iraq-iran border. they may have crossed over into iran territory in kurdi region of iran. u.s. is asking swiss to seek access to the americans to determine if reports are true. even in an administration official issal cag it "the best among a series of bad options." they are considering housing the 229 suspected terrorist

held at guantanamo bay. several senior u.s. officials say the administration is looking at a state maximum state security prison in michigan. and a military penitentiary in leavenworth, kansas, as possible locations for heavily-guarded site. the senate finance committee has five days to get the healthcare reform bill out of committee before the senate august 7 recess. lawmakers on both sides of the debate have not been shy about the legislative fight ahead. caroline shively has more. hi. >> hi, shannon. this is going to be one bruiser of a recess. lawmakers may be leaving washington behind for five weeks but now they're taking that fight back to the home district. house democrats want to convince constituent what is they passed friday in committee will help those out there with no insurance covered and slow growth of healthcare cost. the republican mantra is it's a job killer that crushes small businesses and put the

government between you and your doctor. here is part of the debate on "fox news sunday" today. >> we're going to see americans take to the street in august and go to their congressman's office and go to town halls. i think they're going to let the congressmen and senators know they need to keep their hands off their healthcare. >> i'm surprised at jim being so negative with a problem that all americans recognize faces the nation. it's not any adult american, at least, that doesn't have a horror story of what has happened to them under the terrible system. >> the house is already out. >> the liberal groups are attacking republicans who oppose it. and the democrats who they don't think are moving fast enough. chris van holland says they'll make sure they don't get hit with it in august but the shocks are coming from all sides. larry summers may have

provided more ammo to the fight this morning after telling "meet the press" he can't rule out middle class tax hike to pay for reform. shannon? >> shannon: thank you. well, you can be sure to catch all of chris wallace interview with the house ways and means chairman congressman charles rangel and jim demint on "fox news sunday" that airs at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. well, the full debate begins in the senate tuesday on the nomination of judge sonia sotomayor to the supreme court. so far, not a single democrat announced a no vote for the nomination, but one, ben nelson of nebraska said he's undecided. on the g.o.p. side, six republican senators say they will vote for the nomination. 26 have come out against. eight have not announced their intention. one of the six republicans who is saying he will vote for sotomayor is senator lamar alexander of tennessee will join me in the 1:00 hour. the government cash for

clunker program was such a hit for dealers and car buyers the program almost burned through the billion dollar budget in a week. the house wants to pump additional $2 billion in the program. the senate will consider hit the week. ma maryianne silber has more. >> the dealership hasn't opened and we have a lot of activity. they t salespeople are putting keys in the car so the people can get in the cars and test drive them. the cars right here are used cars. the car rebate allowance program says you must buy a new car that gets at least four gallo gall miles a gallon . i talked to a salesperson who said they're out of new cars, but another said they there are a few in the back but they expect those to be gone. $3500 to $4,500 off a car got people out here. the dealers are worried about

not getting the reimbursement now that the program run out of money, though the house just passed a bill to push through $2 billion more toward the program. a lot of lawmakers will oppose the program. this is a clunk they're's been turned in. the dealers have to take the cars in and also make sure they're destroyed. one difficulty they're having is getting the cars to salvage yard so they can be compacted and apply to get the reimbursement. >> shannon: very popular. thank you. if you're looking to cash in your clunker. your trade-in vehicle has to be less than 25 years old and has to be insured. also, as she told you, you have to buy a brand new vehicle. the new car has to have a suggested retail price of less than $45,000.

it also has to get at least 22 miles per gallon for passenger cars and 18 miles a gallon for category one trucks. you can get a full list of the cars and trucks that qualify. go to foxnews.com. one person is dead, 15 more have been injured after a severe storm tore through outdoor music festival in alberta, canada, yesterday evening. they caused a state to collapse at the big valley jamboree. kevin costner and his band were about to take the stage when the storm hit. chicago police are looking for the person responsible for a church shooting that injured six people. this happened in front of a church on the west side yesterday morning. there is one man in serious condition and the other, two women and three men, are listed in good condition. police say they don't have anyone in custody, but they believe the shootings are gang related and the gunman

had intended target. homeless man accused of carrying a fake bomb in the laguardia airport terminal will undergo a psychiatric exam. the arraignment was scheduled last night but instead a judge in queen ordered testing to determine if he's mane tally fit -- mentally fit to stand trial. should the wealthiest pay the most in taxes? a certain percentage of the population pays more than everyone else in the u. u.s. connell mcshane has amazing numbers. >> it's a startling headline. for the first time ever, the top 1% of earners paid more in taxes than the bottom 95% combined. if you think about it, all the taxpayers, bottom 95% paid less than top 1% alone.

if you look at the numbers, analysis in from the tax foundation. we talk about the top 1%, you talk about the 1.4 million taxpayers. that's around 4 to $50 billion in income tax in 2007. most recent figures available. the bottom 95%, that's 134 million strong. that entire group, the 134 million people paid $134 million in income tax, less than the top 1%. the numbers changed over time. it wasn't always this way. in 1997, the top 1% showed less than 25% of the tax burden. but now it's above 30%. the numbers don't lie. high income americans are paying a greater percentage of the tax than they have before. that's not up for debate. there are different conclusions you can draw from the fact. some could argue this isn't fair. success in this country shouldn't be punished by, you know, by what some are arguing are accessably high

and disproportionate taxes on the healthy. some say it's raising taxes on the rich mar than we have. others say the reason that the high earners are paying so much in taxes they are making more money. a sign that the gap and income in rich and poor continues to widen as well. make of it what you will. amazing. >> it's a touchy debate. thank you so much. >> shannon: a couple who invested with bernie madoff say they were duped like others. responding to aspects from the victims, they say they were deceived by madoff, despite allegations they got annual returns of more than 100%. 14 times. a lawyer says they were in no way conflicted in the largest ponzi scheme in history and he said they had to close the charity because of what happened with madoff. as we knknow, bernie madoff is

serving his time in prison. and our next guest is a prison consultant who worked with michael vick and martha stewart before they began federal sentences. thank you for joining us. >> you're welcome. good morning. >> shannon: i had no idea there was a job like yours, consultant who helps convicted felons figure out what prison they'll go to. how does it work? >> at the end of our process, we get involved in difficult sentencing cases. if the defendant is going to prison, the federal prison all over the country at various security levels. we base it on concerns and a number of factors to help them find the appropriate place to serve time. >> what was it about?

>> shannon >> you try to get them close to their family. in his case there were health concerns. they put him in a medium facility with a prison hospital next door. most guys absent the length of the sentence would have gone to federal prison camp. he didn't qualify for that. >> shannon: i got to ask you, when people hear you work with someone like mr. madoff or michael vick, you have to take heat for people who think they should go where they're sentenced to go. how do you defend what you do? >> the prisons are a vast bureaucracy. we try to get them to make the right decision based on the appropriate defendant. thaw don't always do it in -- they don't always do it in high publicity cases. we try to get them to follow the rules as much as we can. >> shannon: how much can you lobby to certain prisons? do you get letters from officials or family members? what influences the decision? >> letter from family members, doctors, other concerned individuals. vick was sent to kansas,

despite the fact his family was in virginia. that i think was a political designation. and madoff went to north carolina, as i said, probably because of the health concerns and security concerns. >> shannon: how much do you look at the way someone will potentially be treated by the guards at a certain place, the programs they might get, how much does it factor? >> a lot. other individuals want to be very active and get involved in toast masters and the inmate programs that are available. >> shannon: i have to ask you, we have a little time left, you help them psychologically prepare as well. i have to imagine for anyone going to prison, terrifying experience. >> two aspects, one is practical. what can visit? what are the rules? the other is psychological. it's a searing transition to go freedom to incarceration. we'll still trying to get over the barrier of that.

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the family members say they're proud the defense department never abandoned the search. key house committee passed legislation on friday but a long way to go. a vote in the full house is expected in september. after lawmakers return from a month-long recess. we have to wait to see if the senate moves anything before the august break scheduled to start on friday. and also tomorrow, they may vote whether or not to provide additional $2 billion to cash for clunkers program. friday, the house passed emergency bill to provide additional funding to keep the program going. how to get much-needed services remains a question in the alabama community after the local government closed the doors because it doesn't have any money. hundreds of county employees were put on administrative leave friday in jefferson county, alabama. it made for long lines as they tried to get help before the door closed. >> feel sorry for people who won't have a job tomorrow. that's the biggest concern. >> it's nasty.

we're paying the taxes and it should be different. >> this is the worst i've seen it. >> shannon: the residents waited in line for hours in jefferson county which could be the last chance to take care of business for a while. officials say it will be in effect through september 15 but could last for a year. we want to update you on a potential politician who made her debut on this show. porn star stormy daniels joined us in june because he was forming an exploratory committee to run for senate in louisiana. her campaign had a stormy week. her name is stephanie clifford and she was arrested on domestic violence charges. documents show she admitted to hitting her husband after h argument on how he did the laundry. her political advisor's car

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a good day to stay inside if you. can go over looking at the severe threat today. from connecticut down toward south carolina. this is a front to move through. this next system is brewing. that is a front across the northern plains, bringing severe weather from minnesota to sioux falls. and across the panhandle. looks like oklahoma. one more area we'll watch this afternoon, that is across oregon, where we could see damaging winds and hail with some of the storms as well. a lot going on. one thing not happening is the heat in seattle. this week was 103. all-time record. today back to 92. a little bit better. >> shannon: it's been tough there. thank you, rick. the remains of the casualty of the first gulf war found in the iraqi desert. we have details on how the 18-year-old case was finally solved after this break. two medium cappuccinos,

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>> shannon: the first pilot shot down in the first gulf war can be laid to rest. bottom of the hour. caroline shively has the top of the news. >> military lab positively identified the remains of captain scott speicher who was shot down in iraq in 1991. the pentagon initially declared speicher killed but over the years his official status was changed a number of times to missing in action and missing captured. marines found the remains in

iraq anbar province in the last week. they were flown to dover air force base and taken to the armed forces institute after pathology, where they made a positive match based on bone fragments and dental records. the swiss foreign ministry getting involved in the search for three americans detained in iriran. they're saying that the ir iranian guards captured them after they crossed the border. they're trying to confirm that the three americans are in custody. switzerland represented u.s. interest in iran for 30 years. the senate will get a chance tomorrow to weigh in on whether to pump up the cash for clunkers program with another $2 billion bucks. the house made an emergency vote on friday. meanwhile, michigan governor jennifer granholm says her state would see a huge boost if the senate approves the cash. granholm has been touring dealerships and says since detroit and the big three american auto makers suffered so badly, it's appropriate that cash for clunkers would help michigan. >> michigan is probably

disproportionately affected positively. but since we have been disproportionately affected negatively by the economy, i think it's sweet justice. >> and nascar is coming to the white house. tomorrow, president obama will host three-time defending champion jimmie johnson who is bringing his number 48 chevy car with him, and will be parked outside the white house. those are the top stories. back to you. >> shannon: i wonder if he can do doughnuts out there. >> i'll ask. awesome out there. >> shannon: you know. thank you. >> you bet. >> shannon: well, dental records confirm the identity of the remains found in the iraqi desert to be those of navy pilot captain scott speicher 18 years after his plane was shot down in the first gulf war. laura ingle is live in new york with the details. >> hey. captain scott speicher's family never gave up hope that they would some day find out what happened to the father of two. nearly did the navy.

after a span that continued two decades they recovered bones and skeletal fragments that identified matching jawbone and dental records. he was shot down over west central iraq january 18, 1991. his aircraft was hit by an iraqi surface to air missile and crashed in the first coalition war, operation desert storm. immediately after his plane went down, the secretary of defense went on tv and announced the u.s. suffered the first casualty. his status changed from killed to missing in action, to missing captured. there were many false leads. sending them through a roller coaster ride of hope and frustration. one tip included the discovery of what some believe were his initials, scratched in a wall in iraqi prison. the other cases they were reported sightings. the family never gave up hope. from the florida home, they pushed the military to do more and resolve the case. his relatives were told yesterday that speicher's

remains were found. they were allowed to search inside iraq and they got new information from iraqi citizen who said he knew of two iraqis recalled an american jet crashing and the remains of the pilot buried in the desert. they visited the location there believed to be the crash site. senator bill nelson, a florida democrat led to get the military to renew the search for speicher will be on fox news to share his thoughts with us soon. stay tuned for that. >> shannon: thank you for the update. two are dead. more than a dozen injured after gunman opened fire at a club for gay teens in tel aviv. the gunman is till at large. mike tobin has more in jerusalem. hi, mike. >> hi, shannon. tel aviv is a city unfortunately accustomed to violence. right now, the city is in shock over the cold-blooded killing as police are going door-to-door looking for the gunman. happened last night. masked man walked in the community center, basement of

which served as gathering spot for gay and lesbian teenagers. without warning, he pulled out a handgun and opened fire. two people were killed. a 26-year-old man. 17-year-old girl. more than a dozen people were injured. in the chaos, the gunman fled. police have given no indication that this is in any way linked to the palestinian-israel conflict and character i characterize it time being as a hate crime. there is contrast in israel as far as the tolerance for gay and lesbian. tel aviv prides itself on live and let live attitude and has a large open gay community. they serve openly in the military. some of the popular celebrities in israel are gay. however, ultra orthodox leaders often incite hatred against gays and describe homosexuality as abomination against god. in 2005, there was an incident at the gay pride parade in jerusalem. today, benjamin netanyahu said the full capability of law enforcement will be used

to exercise the full extent of the law against the killer. israel prime minister -- i should say israel president perez said this is a culture which an enlightened society cannot accept. back to you. >> shannon: mike tobin, thank you. wisconsin jury convicted a father of killing his daughter praying for her instead of getting her medical care. 47-year-old dale newman charged with second degree murder in the march 2003 death of his 11-year-old daughter madeline who suffered from undiagnosed diabetes. newman testified that he expected god was going to heal his daughter. his wife was convicted on the same charge this year and they both face 25 years in prison. given the partisan politics that surrounded the healthcare reform debate on capitol hill, is there still hope that the bill in whatever form it takes will be consumer friendly? joining us now is congressman john yarmuth of kentucky. congressman, thank you for taking out time on your sunday today. let me start asking you how are things going within the democratic party?

we heard so much made of the divisions with blue dogs and the liberal wings. what is the latest? >> as you know, the energy commerce committee reported a bill out late friday that means all three committees working on the legislation and the house acted. will now put those various pieces of legislation together. they're largely similar, but there differences. i think right now, the caucus is pretty unified. the blue dogs, the more conservative democrats, insisted upon changes. but actually the changes they insisted upon, the biggest ones actually conformed to the bill that the health committee and the senate reported out. so there is not a lot of difference between that bill and our bill right now. and i think there will be good unity in the democratic caucus as we move in the fall. >> shannon: talk about how this is going to affect the average americans, especially those who have insurance, the fast majority of people for now. it's not everyone, but that is the group you really have

to sell to, a lot of them, the polling shows, 80-plus percent are happy with what they have now and they fear losing it, despite the president and number of leaders say if you like your doctor, you can keep them. there are analysts, many connected to the insurance industry who say it's not true. you have can't have someone be referee and also competitor on the field. where is the truth? >> i don't know if there is a question of truth. there is a question of a difference of opinion. i think the democratic caucus is consistent in that it feels you have to have a public option in order to compete with the insurance companies because the alternative is that you turn everything over to the insurance company. and you let them resolve the problem. you mentioned the keyword, shannon, that's "fear." while americans are happy to a large extend with what they have, they are fearful. not just of losing it, but having a child once they get out of the family coverage being disqualified for a preexisting condition. about having lifetime caps over if they get cancer or a

serious illness requiring treatment, they will go bankrupt anyway because the coverage will cut off at a certain level. creating out-of-pocket expenses. all of these things are things we're trying to reform to provide stability, security and peace of mind in the american consumer. that's what they want and what they're afraid of right now. that is the message we'll bring home over august. and into the fall. we found that witness we actually describe to consumer what is the bill does and how it will benefit them, they're supportive. >> shannon: i want to ask you, you mentioned a public option. that's a controversy in and of itself. we heard representative barney frank and jan zakowski say the public option is strategy for public payer. that's out the comfort zone from a lot of folks. how do you respond to comments from the colleagues? >> i disagree with that. we have people in the democratic caucus who would like to see single-payer system. this option was in the white house, this is the idea that

they perceived being crucial to cutting down the cost. so we don't face the $1800 a year increase in private coverage, which is what we look at now. the idea of competition and choice. we have insurance exchange to choose between providers of insurance. if we leave it to insurance companies, because they're exempt from anti-trust law there is no way to control what they charge and how much profit they make. that's a problem we have now. >> shannon: i'm sure you will hear plenty and discuss plenty with your constituents while home on the recess. we'll see how it shakes out. >> thank you. >> shannon: los angeles sperm bank getting attention thanks to a new marketing strategy. celebrity look-alikes. the california cryo-bank said it had several client asks what the donors look like so it started to compare donors to celebrities.

clients can search a list of celebrities or search for qualities like height and eye color. they get a list of donors that get two or three celebrity look-alike. website traffic is up 50% because of the new marketing strategy. a new u.s.-guided missile destroyiie ieier bears the name marine corporal who won medal of honor. in a ceremony, mother of jason dunham chri haham christe warship. many of the soldiers dunham saved were also in attendance. lobbyists played part in shaping legislation. president obama said he would change all that when he took office. why are lobbyists doing huge business right now in washington?

>> shannon: president signed an executive order you couldn't a lobbyistist or join his organization or an organization you recently lobbied.

that is one way to close the door. there have been exceptions to that rule. there are plenty of lobbyistists in washington and i don't know we'd know how to do business without it. >> the lobbying takes place at greater clip today than it has in the history of the united states. what you see, too, is a number of members, former members of congress and the staffers that used to work for congress, staffers, lobbying who they used to work for. a great deal of the lobbying activity going on. it persists. >> shannon: we have information to show some of the top interest groups and segments of the society lobbied in washington. you would expect, the total health insurance lobbying dollars $133 million. that even seems large here and we know it's a lot of money. the pharmaceutical and health products.

>> this is the nature of the situation that we have in washington where so much of this is legislation-driven. when you have sustained legislative debate like you have with healthcare reform right now, it serves to reason that the groups will be lobbying at a high clip. what you see is unprecedented lobbying going on. the numbers are not going to go down soon. lobbying with money behind it, they're not doing it from the goodness of their heart. they want something done. they are trying to influence legislation. if they didn't think the money was a good investment, they wouldn't doing it in the first place. >> shannon: to play devil's advocate, they're coming to the table with a wide base of knowledge, pharmaceutical and whatever interest is represented they will come and say we know how the

system works and what changes need to be made. what point does it cross the line. >> you can lobby and petition the government. we have patient group and other organizations from the whole spectrum of the debate. we feel it's important that the american citizens make sure the voice is heard. they don't have hundreds of millions of dollars to throw to the steps of the capital. >> shannon: is it a fair fight? david and goliath? >> a lot of people think not that the interest of the large corporations are getting a greater hearing than of somebody at home in nebraska or washington state. surely, people in washington, d.c., may have the upper hand here. >> shannon: while the members are home for recess, maybe the best time to catch them,

corner them and give them an'reful, however you feel about the healthcare reform. dave leventhal, thank you. bank teller in seattle, washington, out of a job today after he helped stop a bank robbery. this is how it happened. a robber entered a branch and instructed a teller nicholson to fill a bag, but instead, nicholson chased him out the door for several blocks but instead he was fired. because the security rules require him to comply with the robber's demands. endeavour has returned to earth. we take you to the happy homecoming for crew and tell you when the next mission is scheduled to fly. that's next after this quick break.

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>> shannon: the navy identified the remains of captain scott speicher who were found in anbar province last week. bill nelson, a friend of speicher, who pushed to find him. we talk to the senator in the next hour. chicago police say a shooting at a funeral that left six injured is probably gang-related. officials were outside a church when a gunman walked up to a man and shot him in the stomach five times before then shooting in the crowd. one person is dead, 40 others hurt after a stage collapsed at country music festival in canada. strong winds from thunderstorm knocked down the stage. country singer billy curington's band was playing when it collapsed and one of

them was had to be pulled from the wreckage. endeavour has landed on friday and returned the crew of seven back to earth. chris seitz from affiliate kriv was there for the happy homecoming. >> reporter: after two weeks working in space -- >> there is no place like home. >> reporter: shuttle endeavour crew -- >> what we've done is be able to live our dream. >> reporter: is back from the international space station. >> one of the most fantastic human achievements. >> reporter: they were greeted by hundreds at ellington field. >> i'm a huge nerd and really into space stuff. >> reporter: no doubt, proud to see the completion of a vital japanese laboratory. >> we went to the international space station. it's a marvel. >> reporter: the future of the marvel with the rest of the space program is up in the air. >> what i want is consistent direction for a while. we have changed directions many times. over the last couple of decades. >> reporter: a new panel appointed by the president this week to review nasa's

direction says the budget needs a boost. >> budget concerns everybody. we're running deficit, the economy is down. >> reporter: the space agency current plan is finish the i.s.s., then retire the shuttle program by late next year, before new spaceships will be ready in 2015. but the panel warns that won't happen on schedule. >> our commitment is full funding of nasa. we're in tough times. what we want to show is nasa generates jobs. >> reporter: jobs aerospace students nicole sharp would love to land. >> hopefully one of these days i'll be one of the people on the stage. >> reporter: meanwhile, the endeavour mission commander hopes we'll make it back to the moon and mars. >> all astronauts love the idea of eventually just getting out of orbiting the earth forever and going back to the moon and on to other things. that's what we hope we will see in the future. >> shannon: that was chris seitz from kriv in houston. there are only seven more

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the spanish canary island sunday. a large smoke plume could be seen raising from the island's southern tip. this dramatic amateur video footage from the area there shows the intensity of the blaze. some 4,000 residents have been evacuated physical are from th. house democrats made some headway on healthcare. the debate is far from over. i sat down with "fox news sunday" chris wallace to get his thoughts on the fight for healthcare reform. >> all the talk in washington continues to be about healthcare, what is getting accomplished and what isn't. we did finally see movement, important from the house energy and commerce committee late in the day before their break for recess. it looks like everybody is going home without any done deal. how many does the recess impact the momentum. >> i think it is huge and that is one of the reasons that the white house and democratic

leaders in the house and senate all wanted to get, first they wanted to get a bill signed, signed, sealed and delivered by the august recess. they that wasn't going to -- when that wasn't going to happen they said at least let's get bills passed by each house. they are worried about the recess because i think they are worryd that they will two back home to their home states and people are going to say how are you going to pay for this. they can't answer that because there isn't a tax plan settled on. how many is it going to cost? there is no cost. their concern that it will be defined by the doubts about healthcare reform and when members come back some of them may begin to fall away from the presidents it side. these five weeks are very important to what happens on healthcare this year. >> the polling is turning away from the president in at least the policies as it comes to healthcare. i thought you made an interesting point on "fox news sunday" about the pollster behind the white house and the president who has found that

people don't like the insurance company. it is not about healthcare reform. it was about going after the big guy, the healthcare insurance companies. is it working? >> it is working so far but obviously if they didn't have polling that suggested it, they wouldn't have done it. joe beninson a month ago gave a speech in which he called the insurance companies the villains. this week nancy pelosi at a press conference in which she called the insurance companies a villain. i think that they saw holding, that they have seen that they can't really make the case effectively on it is going to reduce costs because according to the congressional budget office it isn't. they are not winning on the argument of well, we are going to get 40 million people insured so let's make it about middle class people who already have health insurance and we will do health insurance

reforms and tie their hands on things like dropping you for a preexisting condition and answer the question for the average voter about what is in it for me. >> saying this week this is not a government takeover, it is not accurate and yet you uncovered there are clips of a couple of members of congress saying we want to have the option to get to the single payor program where the government going to be in charge. >> what happens, barney frank who is head of the financial services committee was walking to a meeting and somebody who is a lobbyist for a single player cam was talking to him saying why don't you go for that, why don't you go for that and he said a government plan is a way to get there. that may have testified or was trying to satisfy the single payor advocate but that goes out to you tube and the whole

world and they are saying you know what, the republicans are right, rather, the public option, the government run health plan is a stopping horse for single payors. >> we will keep our eye on the senate this week as well. thanks chris. >> watch chris wallace interviews in their entirety on "fox news sunday" right here on the fuse channel today at -- right here on the fox news time. >> the navy identified the remains of a pilot missing since the start of the first war. captain scot speicher was shot down in 1991. navy confirmed they are captain speicher's remains.

welcome to america's news headquarters. from the nation's capital i'm shannon bream. captain scot speicher was shot down on the first night of the persian gulf war and it has been a mystery ever since. laura ingle is following it from new york. >> the efforts to find the missing captain came to a conclusion after a critical tip came in from an iraqi who provided credible information to u.s. forces in the past. he said he knew of two other iraqis who remembered crashing in the desert and that he they buried the pilot. the military uncovered the bones and identified the navy captain by matching a jaw bone. one tip included the discovery

of what some believed were his initials scratched into a wall inside an iraqi prison. the florida family never gave up hope that they would some day find the answer as to what happened to the married father of two and they repeatedly pressed the military to solve the case as the years went on with no results. speicher was shot down on january 17th, 1991. his aircraft crashed during the first coalition war, operation desert storm. one of the most amazing parts of the story has been the change of his status. immediately after the plane went down the secretary of defense went on tv and announced that the u.s. suffered his first casualty but it changed in killed to missing in action to missing and c captured. miral russ made the calls to inform the family last night. he issued a statement today that reads in part that the navy owes a tremendous debt of

gratitude for the sacrifice that captain speicher and his family made. >> he was instrumental in gelting the navy to renew its search for captain speicher. senator, thank you so much for your time today. >> good afternoon, shannon. >> i grew up in tallahassee florida where captain speicher attended school at florida state and the tennis center is named in his honor there. folks across there and across the country have continued to follow the story for years. how does it feel after 18 years so finally be getting some resolution. >> i thought for the family as they are overjoyed. i'm en route to where bethany speicher lives. they are overjoyed yet sad at the same time. they are able to bring this to a conclusion to the children

won't have to wonder the rest of their lives if their father is alive. >> and how tough was that uncertainty? i know that you pushed for the search to continue for some kind of resolution to be reached. i imagine that had to be a harrowing time for 18 years of just not knowing. >> there were so many false rumors. there were supreme that claimed that he was in prison. i went to iraq right after the invasion and went in and traced the initials mss in the prison cell and it is what started, you know, just another piece of evidence that folks thought that he might be alive. but year after year when no concrete evidence turned up, and a lot of false rumors turned out to be false, we figured that what would finally happen is a person would be

discovered who actually participated in the burial and that is exactly what happened. >> how important is it that these kinds of cases be resolved? >> well, because he was mistakenly declared dead the next morning after the night raid, the first night of the gulf war, we walked away from -- the lesson that we walked away from a downed pilot. and that is a lesson we should always remember, we never walk away from a downed pilot, we try to go get there. >> thank you so much for your time today and please send all of our best to captain speicher's loved ones. >> thanks, shannon. three americans reported to be under arrest in iran. they recordedly wandered into iranian territory while hiking in iraq. david, what can you tell us on

the story? >> as to what has happened to the three americans, what we do know according to iranian news reports, they were apprehended on friday close to the kurdish worder. we have been speaking to the kurdish security forces and they have no idea what has happened to them so it is all coming out of iran. we do know that the state department has contacted the swiss who represent u.s. interests in tehran and they asked them to check out the report and also to see if they can get diplomatic access if the three are now in tehran. >> this is such a tough tenuous situation between the two countries. how tough is this to navigate. >> they seem to have walked into it clearly. we have the nuclear issue and the issues over there. and the complicated elections

recently upset the balance in iran horse is giving the orders there in tehran at this moment. and when you have three presumably in iran, they could some way be used now in the future as some kind of political peace, laura. >> and i don't want to be critical of this but i have to wonder are there a lot of tourists spending time in iraq and hiking in this region? is that even safe to do in any circumstance? >> well, surprisingly, iraq's tourism industry is growing. the government has been pushing it for a long time. and there is a lot of choice there. it is relatively safe, the kurdish security forces do secure the border and a loot of iraqis go up there on holiday and we have also seen when you come through the airport here in baghdad you sometimes see

western tour itists coming through in a group and they go around the sites in baghdad and also nearby babylon. >> thank you very much for the latest on baghdad. the full senate will begin debating senator sonia sotomayor's appointment to the supreme court. over on the gop side, six republican senators have said they will vote for sotomayor. 26 have come out against the nomination and eight have not yet announced their intentions. residents of alabama's largest county will be hard-pressed to get services as of tomorrow. as least a quarter of jefferson county will be on unpaid leave. residents waited in line for up it two hours on friday trying to pay bills and take care of business before the business

shut down. the number of furloughed employees could grow if their financial crisis decemberent get better and quickly. healthcare legislation passed a key house vote earlier this week but there is a long way to go before any kind of healthcare reform can be passed. caroline shively is following the latest. >> you thought the healthcare debate here in d.c. was rough, just keep the t.v. on here and wait. adds with new adds. >> senator nelson over $200 million. no, but if they can stall reform they can kill it. >> new rules could can hike your health insurance premiums 95%. >> some are supporting democrats who support the measure and congressmen chris rank who willen says make sure that healthcare reform

doesn't -- gets through in august. republicans meanwhile -- here is part of the debate on "fox news sunday" today -- >> they raise taxes on small businesses and they penalize any american with a 2.5% tax if they don't have government approved healthcare. this is not the mostly cloudy know.ica we >> 96% of small businesses would not be hurt by this tax. it is less than 1% of the wealthiest people in the united states that would be taxed and that is a 1% tax. >> over on "meet the press," larry somers said he can't rule out a middle class tax hike to pay for reforms. expect republicans to jump on that. one of the six republicans

who said he will vote for sonia sotomayor to be on the supreme court. senator lamar alexander. he ins us now to discuss sotomayor's confirmation and also the healthcare debate swirling all around washington. senator, thank you very much for joining us today. >> thank you for inviting me. >> let's start with healthcare, that is all congress can stalk about right now. what do you expect to anybody if anything before you head to our own senate recess. >> what we will all do and i'm glad to see it, i think we will have a chaness to go home for four or five weeks and talk to your constituents and i think they will say okay, this is too important, let's start in the right direction and get it right. >> there has been opposition within the democratic party that has polled them and there

is polling that is turning against this from the american people who aren't crazy about the agenda. >> our job is to try to make sure that we get it right and the point that you made and sandra mcconnell said about the only bipartisan about the bills is the opposition to it. it the not too surprising because healthcare costs will go up, the debt l. go up and there will bed medicare cuts for 45 million people who have medicare and you have a very good chance of losing your insurance if you have employer insurance and you will end up in a government program most likely. >> when the american people find that out, that is not the kind of change i want, let's try again. >> and maybe the public option takes us into more people ending up in a government program. many everyone, the congressman

said that the public option is a way to get to single payor. does that surprise you at all. in. >> no, barney frank and a great number of people in the white house generally believe that could be the right thing to do. this proposal according to the luan group would say to the 177 major league people who have employer-based insurance today, 83 million of you will lose that and then 23 million people will go into medicaid, and then 103 fema who are middle income will go into a new government program. that is a fast change by the people most of home would like the insurance pass. >> shifting to the supreme court and your edition to vote yes for sonia sotomayor. why did you see side to note question and are you taking some eat. >> i'm sure i will psych mom

heat. when john roberts was and the floor, i was appal at the way the democrats leaded them and senator obama said he voted against john roberts not because he was unqualified but because of his political poll city. i will think the constitution gives the right of that person to vote with confidence and has a good temprament and then we should confirm them except in extraordinary cases and i made the judgment that judge sotomayor is all of those. >> all right, senator lamar alexander from tennessee. thank you so much for your time today. i'm sure you will be very, very busy here on capitol hill. >> we will be, thank you very much. we are learning more about the suspect in the bomb scare at la guard airport. it began when a man began to check in his flight and he immediately beginned gaining

attention. placecy he pulled out a plague shift trigger attached to a wire leading to his backback and that is when it was done. he is identified as 42-year-old scot mccann, he has been arrested at least two times in the last four years and judges ordered a psychiatric exam during his arraignment. the beating death of a 22-year-old man celebrating his friend's bachelor party at a baseball gap prompted officials in philadelphia to consider a change to the law. david stale was beat ton death outside mcfaddens after he spilled beer on another patron. it started as a fight in the bar but as soon as they were thrown out, the situation

escalated, resulting in his death. councilman, thank you for your time today. what needs to be change in the law here. >> one of the things it we want to look at what is the roald of an establishment -- what roll of the premise. turned into the murder and then spilled turns into from spilled beer into a crime is scene. >> eventually the bouncers sent the fight outside. they had no obligation under the current law to call the place but you're saying it may have actually saved this young mans it life. >> actually. if you look at the murder''s. >> it is oversmen arguments and at some point just like when an shebment of the bar has the

responsibility of checking a person who has drank so much. they also have the possibility to say there may be a crime outside of my business because i understand we had to put somebody out and if you notify us we can can pretent these kind of crimes and save a hoot. >> would the establish-be penalized or any situation to hold them spoonsible under the new law to make sure that they have laws. >> let's establish this to help funds commit crime. if this they are, if there is any nuisance business quote we will take a look at their track record. see what kinds of instances happened at their location and say maybe we should reconsider issueing that business license to you. >> could you tell me how long it would take tophet something running in the books.

>> we addressed uneared nance to try to enforce this. this says pushed it along and pushed a higher auto of priority. >> thank you for your time today. >> you're welcome, shannon. >> many more news right after this break.

topping the news, an 18 year mystery finally solved for the united states military and the family of navy captain scot speicher. the defense department believes that he was the casualty of the first gulf war.

the cash for clunkers program may not be a big hit for lawmakers but business is booming for car dealerships like this one in milwaukee. many said they weren't in the market for a car until the program was announced. some lawmakers are planning to try to block a program that adds an additional 2l $2 billin for the catch for clunkers program. as the closing of guantanamo bay looms the administration is considering moving the alleged terrorists detained there to maximum security prisons in the u.s. they say the 229 may be moved to a state maximum security prison in michigan or fort levin worth in kansas. a wisconsin man convicted of second-degree murder after he prayed for his daughter instead of getting her medical

care. dale newman was charged in the march 2003 death of his 11-year-old daughter madeleine who suffered from undiagnosed diabetes. his wife was convicted on the same charge earlier this year. now, they both face up to 25 years in prison. most folks like to avoid an irs audit but our next guest wants to take it on. he says one of the tax exempt rules is unconstitutional and he wants to change it. the irs started an investigation on the pastor's sermon but it was dropped this week. he joins us live on the phone. why do you want the investigation? what is at stake here? >> the pull pits of the united states really need -- the pulpits of the united states need to be able to share the word of god like they used to without fear of having to pay more money to do so essentially. >> the tax exempt status, you talk about politics, you say you want to preach the word of

god, where does politics end up at the pulpit. >> i don't believe any politicians are above scrutiny or any of their principles or the way they govern, christians need to be able to vote values. >> i know you took part in something last fall where you were encouraged to speak about your political beliefs to share with your congregation and as a result of that is that what triggered the irs investigation for you? >> yes, it was. i preached an opposition sermon on barack obama when hillary clinton was in the primary and said a christian shouldn't support anybody who believes that it is okay to kill a child. that is a bad deal in christianity and we sent that sermon to the irs and an organization that sees themselves as a watch dog to

try to keep churches from preaching politics and we wanted to provoke a court battle because the law is am big with us. the constitution gives me the first amendment right to say whey want to say and i don't lose that right but the irs says i have to pay for the fight. >> they walked away from the current showdown but you are hoping there will be a full fledged legal showdown so the resolution will be settled. >> i would like to see the resolution that all churches keep their tax exemption. and for there to be a defining, you know, legal, you know, you know, decision i guess is the right word that sides on behalf of the constitution or freedom of speech. >> pastor gus booth. we will stay tuned to this and something tells me if you invite participation and action from the irs enough times you

will get it. >> i hope more pastors join with us and hopefully we will get a decision some day. >> pastor gus booth we will stay tuned. thanks for your time today. thanks. >> will cash for clunkers head out of cash or keep trucking. we will head to a car dealership that has run out of new cars because of the program, up next. discover new seafood creations... inspired from around the country at red lobster. from the northeast, try our new maine lobster and crab bake, with garlic-roasted tender maine lobster, jumbo shrimp, scallops, and a full half-pound of snow crab legs. or from the south, try our new orleans... wood-grilled shrimp jambalaya, simmered with creole seasonings.

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an 18 year military mystery has come to a sad ending. it is the bottom of the hour and caroline shively is standing by with the top of the news. hi, caroline. >> hi to you, shannon. dental records confirm the remains found in iraq to be those of navy captain scot speicher. an iraqi citizen led u.s. marines to the site where the body was buried by iraqi know mads. president bush made mention of lieutenant speicher in a state of the union address in 1992. >> a few days after the war began i received a telegram to from jo ann speicher the wife of the first man killed in the gulf. even in her grief she wanted me to know that some day when her children were old enough she would tell them that their father went away to war because it was the right thing to do. and she said it all. it was the right thing to do.

>> new developments relating to three americans being held in iran. the swiss government is working to confirm that the three were arrested by iranian security forces. iran state tv reported they are being held in iran after failing to respond to warnings from irani border guards. a government shutdown is looming in one alabama county. at least a quarter of the county's 3600 employees are being furloughed because of budget woes. residents waited in line for up to two hours in line friday to pay bills before the shutdown. con curseterminal c remaine seen at la guardia airport. the trouble started around

5:30 a.m. when tsa agents stopped a man at a security check point but he refused to answer questions. prosecutors identified the suspect at 32-year-old scot mcgann, he is homeless and has been arrested at least three times in the past it two years. shannon, back to you. the cash for clunkers program is a big hit for car dealerships but not so much with arizona republican senator john mccain. he says people object when harry reid tries to bring up the bill adding more money to the program. it would allot 2 billion north dakota additional -- $2 billion in the subsidy program. mary ann is at a dealership in roswell, georgia. and is it true that they have run out of new cars?

>> he said they have 150 new cars left which would qualify for the program. i'm standing in the lot until the clunker -- where the clunkers can be kept and they have to disable the engines. as part of the program they want the vehicles off the road. they are seeing quite a few suvs here at this dealership and as i said, they are running out of inventory. a lot of customers say they are here specifically because they want to get that rebate, they think it sounds like a good plan and we have one of the customers here with us, ed wallace. you came in with your wife and got two vehicles and really wanted to trade in our older vehicle, what happened? >> my avalon didn't qualify because it gets 21-miles to the gallon instead of the 18. we are here and it is classic, i call it a bait and switch, it

is a common term. we're looking, i know it is not a bad thing but what i came in for isn't where i'm at right now. >> earlier you said it should be more straightforward you feel like they are going to take the rebate and not really give it to you is that what you are saying? >> my car doesn't qualify. it is a 21-mile per gallon vehicle and because of that it doesn't qualify. so instead of getting $4,500 you get the market value which in this case is 1500 to $2,000 our other car which is a low mile per gallon car is worth quite a bit more than the program is. it got us out on the lot and you can see around here that it looks like a lot of cars have been sold. >> good luck and thanks for talking to us. one of the things that the dealers are worried wit about s actually getting the rebate money.

they are doing all the paperwork and there is quite a blog and there is some -- quite a backlog. the senate has to consider it next week. we are already hering from some lawmakers that they are simply not going support that kind of a measure. >> thank you for the latest from georgia. >> the senate finance committee is considering a bo-tax. what does it mean for people who want cosmetic procedures and also the plastic surgery industry itself. thanks for your time today. >> thanks for having me, sharon. >> do you think we will be able to muster up surgery for follow,s -- sympathy for things going in for such things like botox? >> i think in a pr sense it will go for a little bit but then it will fail. people will understand that this plan will really backfire. it has been tried before in new jersey where it failed.

it has also been passed in the country of india and it failed there, too. what people don't realize is that a lot of the times the plastic surgeon is doing a combined reconstructive and cosmetic procedure and it is difficult to separate one from the other. the most important part of it is the humanity involved in it. a lot of times it is reconstructing people and their scars, for instance, breast cancer, skin cancer and even cleft lip and pallet and i doubt many americans will want to have that taxed. i bet there are a lot of women who have had breast cancer who will be against this. do we know if there will be a distinction between something like an eyebrow lift that is

cosmetic? >> the details haven't been worked out. i think it is still in the committee. i know that senator balk said we will have some fun with this one and i think there was an uproar in there because i doubt many people who have had cancer think there is much fun or humor to it. >> seems like so much of what washington is focused on is making sure they go after the high tax bracket folks, people who seem to have expendable income and sounds like they are saying we are just going after the rich people again, they can afford it. >> it is not about it all in fact. the american society of plastic surgery shows that the bulk of plastic surgery is done in the middle class and lower middle class with an average income of $38,000 to $42,000 a year for most of our patients. even though the conception is out there that it is for the rich, it is not necessarily so and it is very much of a middle class type of procedure.

>> will there be any kind of organized effort to try to get information out to the average american before it goes to committee? any sort of offensive? >> i think the society of american plastic surgery. the most important thing is the doctors, we are physicians first and we take care of patients. i'm sure most will be educating the education population and i suspect a lot of the women's organizations, particularly ones dealing with breast cancer and a lot of the children's organizations that deal with congenital diseases will start to object to this. it will start a firestorm because it will really hurt the vulnerable more than getting the goal of tax the rich. >> thank you for your time and input today. thanks for having me. >> we have amazing video to show you. strong winds span forest fires in the canary islands.

this forced firefighters to restreet as the flames raged out of control. a large plume of smoke seen from the southern tip. this gram dramatic amateur video shows how intense some of the flames are. some 4,000 residents have been evacuated out of this area. president obama has hit the six month mark. how is he doing so far? we will get insight from the political panel and let them hash it out, coming up. octor tg i never knew. as we get older, our bodies become... less able to absorb calcium. he recommended citracal. it's a different kind of calcium. calcium citrate. with vitamin d... for unsurpassed absorption, to nourish your bones.

six months after taking office the obama administration has its hands full, tackling everything from the war in afghanistan to healthcare reform back here in the u.s. joining us is republican strategist michelle and democratic strategist bill alessi. let me start with you, what is he getting right? >> i think he is doing a lot of things right right now. when took office he inherited an economic situation that was probably worse than a lot of people thought it was. and i think he has done on the domestic front really helped set the tone and take some pretty bold and progressive action that would start to turn the economy around wand we are start -- and we are starting to see the beginning of a recovery. on the foreign policy side, i think he has done one of the most important things which is help america be seen positively by the rest of the world and help restore our standing

overseas. taken steps to get a new plan to get us out of afghanistan and out of iraq but he and secretary clinton are helping restore our moral leadership as well as our political and economic leadership around the world. >> at what point does the i inherited all this bad stuff line have to be retired. >> it is retire. >> as far as you're concerned. >> it is retired. the honeymoon is over. all the issues that he came in and inherited are now six months into his first year of his first term. >> and we are starting to see some positive things happen. would you disagree that the economy started to revive. >> i think i agree on the point about the domestic economy, just listening to your own show, "fox news sunday" this morning and looking at the other experts including mr. greenspan and others it looks as though no one disagrees that the economy on

the domestic level will not go into the slide that everyone was petarified about which is the bailout. however, when it domes to results agai -- when it comes o results for president obama, meaning that he has majorities in the house and senate. we don't have an energy package, the healthcare package is completely hung up. he has done well with cabinet appointments. appears to have done very well with the supreme court nominee but when it comes to an agenda there aren't many checkmarks. >> i don't know if i agree with that. obviously when took office the most important thing to do was help get the economy back on track and so he got the recovery act through the congress and we are beginning to see some of the fruits of that. healthcare was a major plank and while major healthcare overhaul is still in the works

we are starting to see problem there's. he expanded the children's healthcare program which was a major campaign plank. i think we are beginning to see on sort of the big macro issues some movement while at the same time he is taking, you know, smaller steps with some specific programs that he talked about during the campaign and that is what the american people want. >> and we see that the overall polling he continues to be a popular person but maybe not necessarily all of his policies. we will continue to watch and see how that plays out and what happens as the recess comes and goes. thank you for your time today. >> thank you. we have a fox news alert to let you know about. the obama administration is going to defend the cash for clunkers program unless the senate -- uss augusta spent the cash -- is going to suspend the cash for clunkers program unless they fund it with $2 billion. we are getting the word from transportation secretary ray lahood.

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some of the top stories out there today. the remains of a navy captain who disappeared 18 years ago during operation desert storm have been identified in iraq. captain scot speicher was shot down while flying a cam bat mission on -- combat mission on the first night of operation desert storm. officials are canceling an

outdoor mustic festival after a stage collapsed there yesterday, killing one person and injuring 15 others. it happened in alberta, canada, yesterday. strong winds and heavy rains caused the stage to collapse after kevin costner and his band were about to take the stage when the storm hit. in chicago, police are looking for the person responsible for a church shooting in the west side of chicago yesterday. it happened outside of a church that was involved with a funeral. one man was left in serious condition and five others shot. and police believe the shootings could be gang-related. investigators continue their search for an idaho boy missing for nine days now. he was last scene leaving his mother's apartment in boise july 24th. police are focusing the search on the rental property where a dog has picked up his scent. the man says he knows the family but he is an innocent

bystander. police recently arrested a 12-year-old girl on charges that she forced four children to perform sex acts on each other. family members say the 12-year-old has never been in serious trouble before and may herself have been abused. no charges have been filed but the girl does remain in custody. in texas burks 4,000 people are on the sex offend registry for crimes committed against juveniles. how young is too young to be registered as a sex offender? >> we have family law attorney jennifer smetter and wendy murphy. >> what do you make of the case? >> this is a horrible case. the last thing i want to see is to have a victim revictimmized by the system. doctors need to get involved and not judges. we need to understand why it is that this child did what they did. and the family is saying that she may have been molested at

some point in time makes me think that this girl may have had advanced sexual knowledge. being said, to right away label here and keep her detained because of this i think will only impede her process, that is, to get therapy, get help. let's get the doctors involved. let's stand back, keep the judges back and bring in the doctors. find out what is going on here in this family. >> but wendy, we also have four very young victims. we can't ignore that fact. how does that play in? >> well, it is important. i mean those kids suffered, too, and what they suffered was serious and you don't want to treat this like this girl was playing hook. hooky. there is a big difference. the family may well need help. the younger a kid is even when they do something terrible like this the more i blame the adults around them. the fact that doctors should be involved doesn't mean the court system shouldn't be involved

and let me be clear about the data that matters most. although it may be true that lots of kids abused as children don't then abuse others, especially girls and may be true that kids don't recidivate. adult predators start as juveniles more than the majority of adult predatory sex offenders start as juveniles. so the worse thing you can do is send a mess damagage to a kt this is something like playing doctor. it is very serious. >> and we have people as young as ten years old on the sex offender in texas. why not this 12-year-old? >> i don't think that having 10-year-olds on a sex offender ridgetry is the problem. these -- registry is the problem. these children are most likely victims of abuse themselves. services should have been brought in many sooner. we are not dealing with a monster here or a predator

here. what happened is that she supposedly asked two groups of girls and two groups of boys to perform sex acts on each other or else she would put them in a closet. this girl didn't lay hands on them. this girl didn't have violence intended. she wasn't getting pleasure out of this. this was most likely a girl who was role playing something that a very evil adult performed on her or asked her to perform in her youth as her mother has stated. this girl didn't know what she was doing was wrong or what she was can asking those girls was wrong. >> come on, wait a minute. >> you don't know that necessarily. >> 12-year-olds know that you shouldn't do these and don't say she didn't know it was wrong, please. that is so, let's be clear about one thing. let me be clear about one thing. registries are for dangerous people. we don't know that she is dangerous. so i will not disagree with you

that she may not be an appropriate person to put on the registry. but i will tell you this, we had lots and lots of years of treating kids who did very bad things like all they needed was a little treatment and in the aftermath of that coddling time what we saw was a huge uptick in a severity of violence from especially young children and in response to that we have seen states get toucher on kids. that is -- get tougher on kids. that is a good reaction to poll. >> i we know this is a difficult debate. thank you both for weighing in today. thanks for your time. >> thank you. >> you're welcome. >> a huge harley rally. if you are looking to check out the sturgis motorcycle rally this year, a guy who has room on his hog for you, your family, your friends, maybeopit everyone you know, too. that's coming up. introducing new nutrisystem d, the clinically tested program for losing weight and reducing blood sugar.

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the cash for clunkers program is going to end if the senate doesn't take action this week. the $1 billion allotted for the program will run out today. and a dry summer in texas is ruining crops and costing farmers around ranchers a lot of money. some parts of the state are behind by eight to ten inches of rain. one are the big losers in healthcare reform could be the insurance industry. the speaker of the house says that would be just fine but what would it mean for you? >> nobody is talking about some government takeover of healthcare. i'm tired of hearing that. >> he said it again and again yet critics of president obama's plan to overhaul healthcare say claims you will be able to see your favorite doctor and hold on to your

private health insurance don't wash, that the playing field won't exactly be level. >> it is part of a business scenario under which the government is the regulator, the taxer and kind of the referee and also a competitor on the playing field. >> but overhaul advocates say americans shouldn't waste time worrying about how private insurance companies fare if a public option becomes a rial. reality. >> there is no business in america that makes more money than the insurance industry. their profits have been increased by 450%. >> nancy pelosi went as far as calling the companies immoral and villains. >> insurance companies are out there in full force, shock and awe. >> with you there are some that want to take it further. >> i think if we get a good public option it could lead to

single payor. >> a format that would put one entity most likely the government in charge of all fees and payments related to healthcare in america. the president has said he doesn't support the single payer concept but there are other democrats who share frank's philosophy of using the public option to event waffly wind up with a -- eventually wind up with a single payor system. but republicans like congressman and physician phil gingry are confident average americans won't go along. >> the american people don't want a single payor plan. they don't want a long queue. they don't want rationing and they don't want government bureaucrats to come between them and their physician in the exam room. >> we will continue to follow the healthcare debate as it focuses on the senate side. a group of thieves made out

with an expensive catch, stealing a bottle of wine valued at $20,000. a man stole two bottles and is woman then exited to the side door making away with another two bottles. among the stolen items a 1945 vintage bottle and a similar bottle was recently auctioned for $23,000. if you are heading to a huge harley rally you probably need a huge ride to get there. steve hopkins is taking his custom ten seat harley to the sturgis motorcycle rally. it has seven different engines and some of them date back 100 years and that is a road trip. is it for us here in washington. o'reilly is up next followed by sean hannity's special report, universal healthcare. and stay tuned for "fox news sunday" at 6 prime minister right here. s