some of them but all of them are anti-big government. what is coming next, i'll tell you monday. good day america! i'm jamie colby. >> and i'm gregg jarrett. topping the news this hour, new troubles for community organizing group the unbelievable scandal caught on videotape and why the u.s. census bureau is cutting all ties with the group. >> jamie: have you seen what is going on in washington it's a tea party express. these are live pictures. the message behind the massive march and what it means for the future of government. >> gregg: and a desperate search underway this hour for a yale graduate student missing days

before her wedding day. the very latest on the search for annie lee. we begin with our top story, more heads are rolling, for acorn, the census bureau says it's calling it quits with that group. all part of the fallout from the hidden camera scandal. showing workers advising the couple posing a as a pimp and prostitute how to subvert the law, to lie. we did not shoot this videotape. it was brought to us by the film maker and yesterday, two more employees lost their jobs over that tape. on top of two firings just before over a similar under cover tape. caroline has the latest developments. did the census bureau say this voo video is the routine why they are cutting acorn loose? >> they did mention recent events, that wasn't the factor. but you have to take into

account this letter came a day after the video with the pimp and prostitute came out. here is a letter from robert groves. quote it's clear their affiliation with the census promotion has caused concern and, indeed, become a distraction and may become a discouragement negatively impact go 2010 census efforts. even after last year with some of the employees, they submitted false voter forms to the government. with names like mickey mouse and tony romo? >> gregg: who can forget. lying on tax forms and government forms and other governmental assistance forms, that is crime. is there a criminal investigation going on right now? >> there is some groups out there calling for one over that video that we've been showing. listen to an attorney that spoke

to fox. >> these people have a pattern and practice of defrauding the taxpayers. understand, this is the acorn low income housing office. they are helping these people get housing that we taxpayers pay for to run a brothel. that is what they were getting. >> reporter: she once headed the office to see if any felonies were committed but since no forms were submitted to the irs. no forms submitted trying to get federal dollars. i think it would be a hard push. >> gregg: you may be right. if there is a systemic problem, that might be a criminal enterprise under the racketeering statutes and we'll be talking to a congressman, steven king coming up. most of this, census bureau, we think about it once every ten years. but what is the big deal? >> big deal is money. they determine where federal

money and assistance goes in your community. if people are overcounted or under counted that could mean millions of dollars pointed in the wrong direction. >> gregg: all right. thanks. >> jamie: president obama and more on health care. president obama pressing his case today about reform at a rally in minneapolis. this wrapped up just a short time ago. 13,000 people came to see the president and again he is calling on congress to act. he wants it now. this weekend the president had some new statistics. mike is live in the target center from downtown minneapolis. i went through those statistics and they deal with what the case was in the past. the president says if things continue they will be relevant. tell us what they are and what he had to say today. >> reporter: it's what he was doing today is trying to make it

home with american public that you are someone you love could lose your health insurance in the next ten years. let's take a listen. >> new report from the treasury department found that nearly half of all americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. think about that. more than one-third will go without coverage for longer than one year. we got to do something. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: that seemed to hit home with the warm crowd in the auditorium. basically hitting home the possibility if you believe that government study, that you could lose your health insurance sometime in the next decade. some republicans say those figures are exaggerated. >> jamie: and they also based on the economic conditions being exactly as they were. so the crowd, you said, was a

friendly crowd and it depends on whether or not you believe those statistics. did the people ask any questions or have any comments or did you overhear anything about them maybe questioning the numbers. >> reporter: the people we talked to seem to favor president obama or health care reform. they had questions about what this would cost and the impact on the budget. frankly the crowd cleared out pretty quickly so we didn't get to interview a lot of people right after the rally. they did have questions, they said this wanted to hear face to face from the president of the united states. reception was quite warm. i should mention that the minnesota gold echb gophers have a football game and twins have a game and 15,000 crowd is pretty impressive concerning what sells available in the area today. >> jamie: mike, live from minneapolis. so many americans are concerned about health care. president obama is maintaining that sense of you

are is genesee. he wants action. from that rally in minnesota that mike just told bus to saturday morning address. >> based on a brand-new report from the treasury department we can expect that about half of all americans under 65 will lose their health coverage at some point over the next ten years. if you are under the age of 21 today, chances are more than half that you'll find yourself uninsured during that time and one-third will go without coverage for longer than one year. >> jamie: so the president is saying, if you are not on medicare sometime in the next ten years, you won't have coverage for some period of time. is this is scary to think about it. is it a scary tactic or true reality check? joining us now is susan and matt lewis. welcome to both of you today. matt let me ask you about the

figures that the basing this on. a treasury report and based on the economic density in the last ten years there was period of time that people under aefr lost their health coverage for a or longer. he wasn't that specific when he told americans you better be concerned we need to act now or this could be you. did he base it on facts that were true and accurate, is this fear beyond what is reasonable? >> i think clearly what is happening are fear tactics. the truth is about 80% of americans are very happy with their health insurance they have. they don't see a need to change it. rather than addressing 20% americans that don't have health care or aren't happy witness, barack obama wants to completely overhaul the system and i would say nationalize it. rahm emanuel says never let a crisis go to waste, create a crisis or inconvenient one. 2.6 million americans have lost jobs since he became president.

that is how you lose your health care. it's not as if the health insurance companies are kicking people out. when people lose their jobs they lose health care. that is the problem, the health care shouldn't be tied to employment. he should give the individuals the same tax breaks that corporations have when it comes to health care. >> jamie: you've seen all the people in washington and started on one end of the country and made all the way to the capital. they are saying bigger government and more taxes is not what they want. the president is says the nationalized care, $900 billion or more? that means that americans coming out in huge numbers say that is wrong. so how can he get this message out the way he is and actually get the reform he wants? >> by doing what he is doing, which is relying on government reports. i heard you say repeatedly you

thought the report was out and matt thought the report was inaccurate. not to a single inaccuracy in the government's prediction. >> jamie: i didn't say it was inaccurate. what i said, this treasury study is based on a study from university of michigan, 47.7% of americans lost their coverage for a month or longer. my point i really didn't hear the president say, for a month or longer. he just said you could lose your coverage completely. less people will have coverage, doesn't it? >> right. but nobody would have coverage through employment. that will make it better, won't it? i don't mean to criticize you but the president said there is a study that has been done that shows 50% of people lost their

coverage in the past. we have every reason to believe that a substantial number of people will lose it in the future. if you don't think that is right tell me, but i think it's right. if you are one of those people that are going to lose it in the future, if we don't do something you're going to be in trouble. >> jamie: my concern is people that don't have coverage right now who have lost their coverage or jobs, as well. but to be able to afford it and the numbers that the president is talking about may not be affordable. so matt, is there a solution. because in the republican address today, sara says that we're getting further away from bipartisanship and don't we need to everybody on board to make it work? >> let me go back to where i started. 80% of americans are happy with the health insurance that they have. that is a political problem for barack obama.

because if 80% of americans are happy with their insurance, he can't pass obama care. he has to change that. so what he is attempting to do is scare americans into thinking they are going to lose their insurance. by the way, this is the same thing that happens every winter when they say you can be homeless, which frankly is not true. you're not going to be homeless. but that is the idea they want to get out there. that is the only way he can have this government takeover. that is the thing. president obama is engaging in scare tactics. if we want to have a bipartisanship let's look like things like malpractice insurance. it's skyrocketing. >> jamie: you could afford it. >> let me him ask the question. she asked you a question. name an inaccuracy in this report. tell me why it is a scare tactic

rather than an honest warning. that's all. answer the question. >> i don't think that was her question, but i will say this -- it is true that americans might be out of health care for a month when they lose their job because barack obama is cost two and a half million jobs since he took office. i think the solution if he really wants to solve the problem, instead of having health care come from our employers to allow americans, individuals have the same tax breaks that corporations have so you own your own insurance policy. when you lose your job you do not lose your health insurance. by the way, that is not even part of obama care. if he really wants to fix this, put that in the plan. that is the solution. >> jamie: i have to wrap it up. susan, you can correct me any time. i respect your opinion. i'm looking for full disclosure and transparency. if he is going to say lose your health care down the road i

think he should say for a month or longer. thank you so much. we'll be talking about it, no doubt about it. thank you. >> trace: i owe susan a big fancy dinner. i should know better than to bet her on any political issue. she had it about prop 8 in california. >> jamie: she knows you are going to pay up. >> gregg: susan, pick the time. the house of representatives at one point the president's address, joe wilson shouted you lie. wilson eulogized in writing -- apologized in writing but they say he will be disciplined if he does not apologize on the house floor. that would be apology number three. the full house will have to approve a resolution on it. >> jamie: china is outraged over

barack obama's decision to impose tariffs on chinese tires. they say it's a sly liags of global trade guidelines and could harm trade relations but the president's decision could apiece union supporters who argue that american jobs have been lost duig to influx of chinese tires into the u.s. they happen to be key to the public for health care reform. >> gregg: discovery astronauts reuniting with their families. the shuttle landed at edwards air force base last night. bad weather kept discovery from setting down at home port of florida and now crews will work to prepare the shut shul back to the east coast. $1.8 million journey expected to take more than a week. >> jamie: this was supposed to be a weekend for celebration for the family members who have now had to cancel the wedding of a yale grad student annie lee. she vanished on tuesday and left

behind her purse, her cell phone and money all still in her office on campus. there are more than 100 investigators from four law enforcement agencies. they are now searching for clues and they admit they have few. authorities were spotted questioning a man outside the lab where she worked. david lee miller is live and you've been following all the developments. it's tragic that her family now has had to cancel the wedding. are there any new clues? >> so far nothing significant. some of the things that have been reported on the internet appear to be leading nowhere. let's talk about this man that was talking to investigators outside the lab. yes, apparently according to wire services, authorities were taking to a man outside the lab where annie lee disappeared but the individual they were talking to got in an unmarked car. he got into the front seat of that car. an f.b.i. agent got into the

back seat. clearly that suggests that individual is probably not a suspect or a person of serious interest, at least, not right now. additionally there were reports widely distributed that said a professor had cancelled class about the very same time that annie disappeared. this raised a number of eyebrows. yale university is saying that the professor is not a suspect. they say no one is now a suspect. cancellation of that class appears to be nothing more than a coincidence. >> jamie: it would have been a class that she would have attended. they searched her apartment but where else are they looking? >> the most significant development is clearly the videotape that the authorities have unearthed. they have been going videotape frame by frame. we have a still frame. we can bring it up in just a moment. this clearly shows when she is entering the lab 10:00 a.m. on

tuesday morning. this is the last time she was publicly seen. authorities say they have no idea if in fact she ever left this building and that is extremely significant. it is possible, jamie, that she may still be in the building. authorities have brought in bloodhounds and blueprints and they are searching that building to be 100% sure that she never left. one of the things they are doing is going back to look again at that videotape. maybe there is a possibility they missed her exiting the building, maybe she changed her clothing or lab coat. right now, her whereabouts are still unknown. >> jamie: we'll be talking more about it in the show, if you have any information please call authorities. thank you very much. >> gregg: heavy rain, flooding and damaging roadways in northeastern oklahoma.

six inches pouring down all of a sudden in a town washing out some things and making five homes inaccessible. domenica davis has more in the fox weather center. >> six to 12 inches more by the weekend. heavy downpours not only today but sunday, as well. low pressure system sitting right over the gulf. that is keeping this system pushing out to the north. so it should go right into monday and warnings and watches are in effect. oklahoma being hit the hardest. that is why we're looking at numerous flash flood warnings today and throughout the weekend. we'll keep you posted on all of this for the rest of the day. >> gregg: domenica davis, thanks. >> jamie: crowds of protestors, they are marching on the nation's capital. broadcasting their message loud and clear. they are fed up with big

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>> gregg: time for a quick check on the headlines. president obama holding a

townhall on health care reform. he is telling the crowd, now is the season for action and now is the time to deliver on health care. meanwhile, in washington, tens of thousands of folks taking to the streets protesting what they call out of control government spending. this is live shot. they are protesting the president's plan to overall health care. that is a lot of folks. >> search continues for a missing yale grad student, annie lee vanished. family members have called her wedding. >> jamie: plans for a new death row in san quentin prison. it's under fire. not only for the projected costs $150 million but money the cash strapped state doesn't have. but how some america's notorious killers will be housed from a new death row.

>> california's death row is home to 670 of the state's worst offenders, from scott peterson who murdered his pregnant wife who richard allen davis who kidnapped polly klaas. due to the exhaustive appeals process it can take decades for a death sentence to be carried out. but executions have been stopped altogether. until a lawsuit challenging lethal injection makes its way through the court, san quentin is filling up. governor swarzenegger has approved a new lockup but not everyone is happy with the $356 million price tag. terrible idea. this governor wants to build a cadillac death row. i think it's almost criminal. housing a volatile population in a secure location is absolutely

essential to us. >> reporter: there is concern over housing two condemned inmates in the same cell which could make things very dangerous for prisoners and staff. they point out maximum security prisoners regularly double up and argue that increasing bed space saves taxpayer money. scott worked there for years and has another perspective. >> it creates some companionship and an opportunity to talk to people. it reduces tension i think. >> the nay death row will be built over there and prison officials hope to have it ready in about two years. critics are threatening lawsuits over the project but if the courts rule lethal injection is unconstitutional, capital punishment may be dead in california. >> gregg: remember this headline. take a look at this lehman

brothers collapses but it's almost a year. so where does our economy stand right now and what still needs to be done to boost it up. we search for the answers, >> jamie: why chicken may be the fuel of the future.

>> gregg: time for top of the news. president obama is pressing his case for health reform at a rally in minneapolis, telling the crowd that congress must act now. he says he will not accept the status quo as the solution. >> jamie: and a winner in afghanistan in the presidential vote. hamid karzai had 54% in results so far from 93% of the polling stations. >> gregg: more flash floods in turkey trapping workers at a tile factory. five reporting missing and 31 others have been killed since monday. >> jamie: tens of thousands of people have showed up protesting big government. they are rallying at the nation's capital. we are showing you live pictures. the crowds they have been growing. they are part of a tea party express. they have been demonstrate inning cities and towns across the country meeting up at the capital and molly henneberg has been in the midst have it all.

hi, molly. >> molly: many thousands of people are here and some of these people have been here since 8:00 in the morning. they got front row seats at the capital. these crowds stretch back to the washington monument. they come from buses all around the country, what is called the taxpayer march on d.c. we have a video that gives you a sense of the side. these are conservative anti-tax group. they are fed up with the growth of government and it's going up and up. they are marching near the capital. here is what some of the people who are here today including members of congress had to say. >> we want them to stop spending and stop taxing us, stop the health care bill because you are bankrupting people for generations to come. >> they are outraged about the

government take yoevs, the taxes it's not just the last six months. it's the last ten years. i've never been more proud to be an american. >> molly: i'm joined by bill rice, why did you want to come out here? >> my wife and you are concerned about the direction the country is in. quit spending money that they don't have. they keep bailing out companies and keep stop spending our grand children's money. >> molly: that is the tone right here. they say enough and enough when it comes to government spending. >> jamie: molly henneberg live there at the capital. >> gregg: today we are nearly one year removed from the drop of lehman brothers but has

anything changed on wall street and how much reform is still needed? joining us now is dave nelson. i crawled out of bed and only to be greeted by a big headline in today's "new york times" above the fold, pretty large print, a year after a cataclysm and little change on wall street. then i have to read further. let's quote it. we'll put it up on the screen. biggest banks have restructured only around the edges and they still trade in unregulated derivatives only a handful of the hedge funds and pay is returning to the pre-crash levels. gee, dave, we've learned nothing in the last year? >> actually, your comments are pretty correct. over the last year, not a lot has changed. the type of risk is with us.

high coming pen saying packages are still here. wall street keeps pumping out potentially very dangerous derivative products. like you said, administration is whispering in one ear for the banks to reduce risk. as long as excessive risk taking creates profits they are letting it go by. >> gregg: i don't know if you heard bill rice being interviewed by molly henneberg. his point we shouldn't have bailed out the banks and financial institutions. he may be right about it. because the banks and financial institutions now know that they can engage in risky bad behavior because taxpayers will always back stop them. that is a disincentive, isn't it? >> i think the comments are half right. we were left with no choice. the banks were too big to fail. what is unfortunate we are letting the banks get bigger. they are taking the money that the government has given to them

and they are expanding their product line. >> gregg: what i don't get why not the antitrust division of the department of justice doesn't bring antitrust monopoly charges against the banks and financial institutions that the government helped make bigger. which criminal is the arrogance of the executives, dave. they now have this lovely turn, it's called i.b. g.. it stands for by the time the deal closes, i'll be gone. don't we need to restructure pay so that its based on long term performance and not on short term? >> to get to the root of the problem and what past administrations have not done, the root of the problem lies at the board of directors. we've taken capitalism possibly to the obscene. we're paying these executives in the form of stock options and

we're asking them to take risks to pay themselves. that is how we got here in the first place. the whole concept of the board of directors to protect us is ludicrous. >> gregg: if we don't correct the systemic problems which were easily identifiable when the markets collapsed, doesn't that mean that the same conditions and the same conduct is going to trigger yet another financial collapse in the future -- this time it may ruin the creditworthiness of the united states government? >> it could and i guarantee you if you let wall street regulate themselves, at some point you're going to have the inmates running the asylum. >> gregg: that is a good way to put it. >> jamie: tens of thousands of common rateers -- demonstrators are packing the nation's capital. can the tea party make a difference? we asked a congresswoman that was speaking at the rally.

>> gregg: more texas rangers sent to the border. the governor says the feds are not doing enough about the violence. is the move all show or is there a really a urt security gap there?

>> gregg: tens of thousands of tea party protestors and whole lot of others. there you see it on the right-hand side of your screen. that is the national mall in washington. it is packed. set up with what they say is a government that has grown too

fat and out of touch, but what exactly do they hope to get accomplished today? joining us today, congresswoman martha blackburn the speaker at today's rally. representative blackburn, thanks for being with us, what do you hope to accomplish? >> they are doing this to send a message to all americans from the pea party. that people really want a change. they want to take back their country. >> gregg: your colleagues, i hope you can hear me, i'll try to shout. your colleagues are not listening to these folks, they say they are listening to other folks who want them to spend this money on all kinds of programs including trillion dollar health health care

reforms. who is right here? >> i think what the message being sent is specifically this. the american people are not going to stop until they are certain that they have been heard by washington and by the members of congress. they want the spending to stop. they want the spending to stop. they want to make certain that the fiscal responsibility, that the fiscal issues that this nation are addressed so they have come here today. we've heard estimates as high as 1.5 million people that came here today to the mall. >> gregg: the latest gallop poll came out and shows that america's trust in congress, the body at which you serve is an all-time low. isn't it ironic that the president has asked congress, which very few people trust, to

draft and pass legislation that will affect all of us? >> we saw what happen, that trust has eroded and specifically, some of the reasons for that is people don't feel as if they are being listened to. look at the lessons we learned in august with the tea parties. they wanted to come and have their say. they want to be listened to. they wanted action to be taken on what they are expressing as their will, such as reduce the federal spending first and foremost. reduce the regulations. do not pass cap and trade legislation. the american people are basically saying we've had enough. you are not listening to us so we're coming to take our nation back. >> gregg: it would appear that the white house may not be paying much attention to you. robert gibbs the press secretary

was quoted as saying, i don't know who the group is referring to the tens of thousands out there with you. mr. gibbs, they are americans, not canadians. but other democrats are dismissing you and your protestors out there as embittered fringe conservatives. >> not at all. they are moms and dads and grandparents and college students that know this burden of debt is going to fall to o them. they are individuals who have come here to washington and said who is going to fight with us. i've had open houses in my office all week, i'm here to fight for you. i'm here to fight to protect your paycheck. i'm here to fight against cap and trade. what they have done is to say washington, listen to us. whether it is congress or whether the buzzer or white house.

i'll have bureau's but a lot of people heard that the president has an open door and on cap and trade. we've got our ideas and our legislation. we would be happy to take them and have a conversation. let them know what our constituents are saying. >> gregg: marsha blackburn, thanks for stepping aside for a couple of minutes to talk to us. bee appreciate it. >> jamie: the border battle is heating up again. the feds are not doing enough says the governor. his plan next. we report, you decide. businesses more efficiently, so we've brought in a team of experts to help.

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>> jamie: there is a group of texas rangers and they are

deploying our border to mexico to try to fill what the governor is calling a security gap. rick perry is saying the federal government is not doing enough to stop increasing border violence. so he ordered the rangers to begin their patrols. joining me now is the director of public safety, good to see you steve. thanks for being with us. tell me what you mean about ranger recon? >> they are there to address a specific threat. that threat is the remote areas where we have violent gangs overrunning ranch lands and farm lands where texans are living and try to protect their families. as we've increased resources as part of the strategy, they are constantly evolving to the threat and exploiting these remote areas where it's difficult for local law enforcement and border patrol to react to. >> jamie: i know that the govern

has asked not only the homeland security secretary janet napolitano but also the help for this for more assistance at the border. what was the response? >> i'm not in a position to discuss the response. i can say that clearly the brave men, women of border patrol do not have sufficient resources to secure the texas-mexico border and as a result every community in texas has a threat whether it is crime or other issues that relate to the border. >> jamie: this could cost certainly in the millions but perhaps as much as a hundred million. is that something that texas can afford? >> it won't be hundred million. last session, they put $200 million in border security. that improves the strike teams and aviation in terms of

helicopters with advanced capabilities. we have also deployed overtime for local officers and technology and also the type of equipment that sheriffs and local police officers need to be able to conduct intensive patrols along the border. >> jamie: it's my understanding that the violence has increased. it's spilling over more and more on your side of the border. there are critics of the governor's plan to deploy this unit of elite officers. so why do you think there is criticism if in fact the danger is there? >> i don't know why the criticism. we're talking about the texas rangers, supported by the texas national guard troops. clearly they play a unique and important role. i'm not sure about the criticism. the fact is the more resources we have and the way you prevent spillover violence is with a visible presence. more resources the better.

texas military forces play a unique role overseas and they do so in the states. >> jamie: thanks for telling us about this plan. >> thank you. >> gregg: the white house engaged in a full course press to rally support behind health care reform. where does the president stand in the house and senate. we'll take a look at that minutes from now. (announcer) we understand. you need to save money.

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>> gregg: when you think of green renewable energy you may think solar power or biofuels from cooking oil. how about chicken power? china is already doing it. thousands of folks powering their homes and fertilizing their garden with chicken waste. researchers at the university of reno says america could produce 153 million gallons of biofuel a year with what is left over at chicken processing plants.

>> casey has more from reno, nevada. >> this is not the kind of waste you are thinking about. first, the process of creating biodiesel fuel is not new, just as you said. it's traditionally made from animal oil or vegetable oil and it's a clean burning fuel containing no petroleum. because it's extremely good for the environment, producing very few carbon emissions and also it lessens our dependence on foreign oil but the creation of biodiesel has not come without controversy. some people that say soy beans are used to make it and a lot of critics say using food for fuel is simply wasteful. >> to get it from the food -- to

make energy out of that. >> reporter: so listen to this. researchers at the university of reno thought about chickens when you consider the united states produces 11 billion pounds of poultry waste every single year. can you believe that? those scientists have found a way to make biodiesel from boiling the chicken feathers, feet and other byproducts. there enough waste to make about 593 million gallons of this fuel worldwide every single year. experts say they are already doing this on labs on much smaller scale and the cost to produce this type of fuel is roughly half of what it costs to make traditional gasoline. perhaps the best part, biodiesel averaging about $2 a gallon meaning it's going to be cheaper for folks at the gas pump. unfortunately the scientists don't have a good time line when

we will see chicken power fully take off here in the u.s., gregg. >> gregg: casey you stay on the chicken waste story, pal. >> reporter: you got it. >> jamie: great to have with you us. i'm jamie colby. >> gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett. live pictures of tea party making their voices heard big time, expressing deep concerns about the big government. runaway spending. >> jamie: president obama pushes for health care reform. he was greeting thousands with supporters at minneapolis. >> gregg: new troubles for the community group known as acorn. a shocking under cover videotape causing sweeping changes. how the u.s. census bureau is respon