learned in she will never do it again. logon for the after the show show. gretchen: mysteriously brian disappeared because he did not want to do any dance moves. maybe stephen can do some. steve: i do not think i can have three drinks before then and now. [laughter] see you back here tomorrow, same time, same channel. have a swell day, everyone. [captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- bill: good morning, everyone. we want to start this morning with brand new developments in the push for health-care reform. after months of negotiations there will be yet another new plan unveiled today. the leader of the plan as max baucus from montana. he is hoping that his idea will win support from both sides of the aisle on capitol hill, as you can see in a live picture. do not put that in a bottle, keep it for later. megyn: while senator max baucus has a bipartisan group of six

lawmakers, his propal would cost $880 billion over 10 years. that is slightly less than the original plan that top $1 trillion. bill: look at that, we saved $100 billion. megyn: what is $100 billion a month friends? [laughter] bill: republican senators are still concerned over a number of these key issues. the panel has been negotiating for months. they are thought to be the key six senators to get it through or not. bill, good morning. listen, republicans and colleagues, let's come in and talk about it -- what is his plan -- in a nutshell? >> his plan, like others that have come out in congress, does not have a so-called public option.

instead has the co-op. the gang of six have agreed on that, but there is a lot of disagreement, even as he is ready to unveil the plan. the republicans want assurances that no illegal aliens will get health coverage. that there will be explicit prohibition on public funding for abortion, for example. democrats say that they have to remain silent on the issue, which is a red flag for pro lifers. this is the fifth of the five plants scheduled to come out of congress. bill: something tells me that there will be a sixth and seventh along the way. is there evidence that republicans are embracing this plan? are they keeping it at arm's length? are they running from it? >> i a lot of republicans and some democrats are worried about a broader philosophical issue. when you pull back from the

weeds of these different triggers and co-ops, government run health care plans. that is the notion that americans will be forced to buy insurance. you are talking about finding people and they do not buy it. $3,800 per year for a family of -- family of four, that would be defined. is that the thing to do in a recession? there is talks that these people would have to pay fines because they had no insurance. that is a concern for democrats as well as republicans. this is not to say that it has a great chance of passage. bill: thank you for that, bill salmon, leading coverage from capitol hill. the president and the white house have announced that they will do five network interviews this sunday to talk about health

care. as a communications expert, dana perino will talk was about the strategy behind that. megyn: the health care reform battle, shaking the confidence of consumers. according to a new poll for my bipartisan organization that supports health care reform -- from a bipartisan organization that supports health care reform, many americans are worried about how it will access health care. affordability dropped last month, the decline was greatest amongst senior citizens in -- senior citizens and young adults. 47% of those polled were worried about health care costs. bill: we heard at the end of the weekend on friday that the census bureau cut its ties to acorn, they are now taking action against a group, blocking it from being able to bid for federal grant money. to oppose it?

seven senators voted no, ball democrats, except for bernie sanders from vermont. kristin gillibrand explained her vote by saying she found the actions of certain acorn workers of reprehensible, but added that thousands of new york families facing foreclosure depend on charitable organizations like acorn or monetary assistance. a three to seven was the vote in the senate. megyn: did you hear brian kilmeade talking about this this morning? i am sure the mob does a lot of good work as well. [laughter] he is a funny guy. there is a new poll this morning for south carolina republican, this man, joe wilson. house leadership expected to bring a resolution of disapproval against him today. this after he shouted "you live close but that president obama last week during his address to

a joint -- " " -- "you lie" during a joint session of congress last week. kelly, is this resolution of disapproval expected to pass? how many lawmakers are expected to be behind this? kelly: we are going to see it move forward this afternoon. no need to point out that this resolution is no different than the typical way to do things. there could be a center or a fine or expulsion, of but it is nothing like that. this is one where the teachers basically tell the congressman did you are out of order. he could avoid that if he apologized, but it does not appear he will do that. megyn: do you think that they will tell him he is a bold, fresh piece of humanity. [laughter]

kelly: i do not think so. you would think that the apology that made the the president would be enough, but not in this case. when the congressman made that statement, during the president's speech on the house floor, he did not offer an apology to the house members. as you have indicated, the violation for any congressional member under section 370, a member of congress may not call the president a hypocrite or dishonest from the floor. joe wilson says that he has already done enough mea culpas. megyn: he made it clear that he was not willing to offer another apology. all of this back-and-forth, should he apologized again, now race is injected into the issue. >> the charge of racism coming from maureen dowd, in her column she claimed that her outburst was motivated by race.

she is opining that wilson belonged to the sons of confederate veterans and led a campaign in 2000 to keep the confederate flag waving above the south carolina state capital. "wilson denies any hint of rape -- racism, that he respects the president." she went on to intimate that perhaps the president, being a black american, and wilson being a white american, maybe he took exception to the fact that here was a black man or president lecturing members of congress. "he clearly did not like being lectured and reviewed by this brainy, black president presiding over the majestic chamber." a lot of people dispute that, including wilson himself. he said he has a great deal of respect for the president and the first lady. megyn: she has great powers of observation, where she can hear things that were not said. she thought it was a racist

comment because she heard not just what he said, but "you lie, boy." no one else for that. kelly: i do not know how you get into someone's mind like that. megyn: we have a critic of joe wilson coming up in 20 minutes. kelly, will you be watching? kelly: i will. megyn: good man. bill: you never lie, girl. [laughter] beginner left over for you. megyn: i would not kill you, you baby. [laughter] bill: for the first time, polling shows that a majority of americans disapprove of the way that the white house's handling health care. how does the president get his message out given those numbers?

we will ask dana perino in three minutes. megyn: brand new pictures of outer space. take a look at this. nasa is getting high quality images from hubble telescope. new clues about the universe. you can see them here yourself. we will tell you where.

megyn: vice president joe biden, making a surprise trip to baghdad. we should be getting new video into fox news any time now. the vice president touched down about one hour ago, he is scheduled to meet with u.s. troops as well as iraqi leaders. this is his third trip to iraq this year alone. bill: i mentioned this earlier to bill salmon, the president is willing to conduct five network interviews this sunday to talk about health care. the president has his work cut out for him, so does the white

house. how do you cut through the clatter of this -- clutter of this increasingly difficult issue? dana perino, former white house spokesman, she knows a thing or two about communicating. good morning. >> good morning. bill: how many people in that town know what they are talking about? >> and lot of people get paid to say what they -- say that they know. but you can read the tea leaves on this, looking at all of the polls. i think that many people do not know how this will wind up. they do not see a clear path for the president to get what he says he wants unless they go with something that they say they can do, a democratic only option. bill: put it on the table, but it up or down, -- vote it up or down. you were the spokesperson at the white house. what is the strategy behind

putting your guy out there on every channel in one day? >> they are trying to flood his own. they think that they have the best communicator on this issue for them, so they will put him out there. one of my concerns is that as they put him out there, the message has not changed very much. people are not hearing anything different. because they are trying to stay flexible, much of what he says comes across as platitudes and there are not enough specifics. the polls will show you that the more that he talks about the issue the less people support it. maybe they are going to try something different on sunday. i know that he is going to do five sunday shows, i noticed he is not doing a box. that is unfortunate. and a lot of people would want to hear what he has to say. these are the people that he is supposedly trying to reach. bill: you are right about that,

frankly. you want to convince americans, come check out our audience. that is the audience that you need to convince. you mentioned two things in your previous answer. george will writes a news magazine. an increasing number of americans do not believe that he believes what they say. your second point, "for the first time a majority of those surveyed disagreed with the way that he is handling health care policy." but your hat on the other side. -- put your hat on the other side. how would you advise the white house to fight back against this other than continuing to do interviews? >> i would try to find some more specifics, to be able to say that we had a breakthrough. maybe they're going to try to do that today with senator baucus. the problem with that is, from what i read, the left does not like it, the right does not like

it, and the poverty advocates do not like it. they say that we have a different package, that this should make america feel better about the effort. the problem is that i do not think it can pass. by his own admission, he said that he would set the standard and would not sign a bill that would raise the deficit. this bill does not do that. i do not know what bill they could sign to get him to be able to keep that promise. bill: nancy pelosi says that public option is a must. max baucus says it is a nonstarter. what would you advise republicans to do? what should be their strategy? >> i have gone back and forth on this, and it has changed. for months, maybe even a couple of years, to put forward some common-sense measures for people, make it more competitive, and make sure that people who fall into the cat --

fall into the gap feel more confident. republicans get a bill that of that service on malpractice reform. on wednesday night the president said that he would try pilot project. something that we recommended. but the kathleen sebelius would be in charge. i actually think that the best thing that republicans can do is say that we have put forward our positions. we are willing to talk to you, but you have got 60 votes in the senate. you have a strong majority in the house, you do not need any republicans. the only reason they are trying to draw republicans in is because they do not have the votes on their side. bill: thank you for your time. on behalf of chris wallace, the invitation is out there. we will talk again. thank you for your time megyn: i do not know about you, but i think that chris wallace is the best on television. if you can withstand his questioning, you might be able

to convince a few people. shocking proposition. [laughter] why are we so obsessed with focusing on money when we think about the economy? what about our happiness? our vacation time? this could be good news. also -- >>♪ >> not now. just let the clay slide between your fingers. bill: he put up one heck of a fight against cancer, didn't he? patrick swayze, dead at the edge of 57. a look back, this morning on "america's newsroom."

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bill: if you are a smoker you could start facing more restrictions in new york city. five years ago they restricted smoking in every indoor, public, and commercial area. now they are looking to make these no-smoking areas as well at the beaches and parks. blumberg has kept his powder dry so far, he wants to see more information before endorsing or not endorsing the proposal. five years ago the business people were saying that they would go out of business. no-smoking, we will not have any customers. they did all right. megyn: they did. i do not know. outside? >> ♪ [singing]

megyn: that is the national anthem of france, bill hemmer. they have a different way of doing business compared to americans. leisurely, long lunches, extended vacations, and short work weeks. france is going through its own economic downturn, like many countries. now i 5-member panel is recommending -- now a five- member panel is recommending that france views happiness as a new measure of economic productivity. stuart varney from the fox business that were joined as live. [laughter] that is enough of the french national anthem. >> please. megyn: nicolas sarkozy writes this recommendation, france is going to boost its gdp in the world by saying how happy they are? >> exactly.

that is exactly right. you are also right in saying that france has always been kind of jealous with america's economic performance. what do they do? they change the definition of success. these experts say that happiness has a value. six weeks of paid vacation has a value that is not being put into the overall numbers. a 35 hour note -- 35 hour work week makes you happy. all of that welfare makes you happy, does it not? therefore put a euro number on it, boost york gdp, and finally the french will get to compete with america. what do -- whoop-de-do. megyn: it might have the opposite effect in the usa, where we are not huge fans of vacation and the extended work

week, or the liquid lunch. >> think of the underlying assumption. you cannot be possibly have be at work. you cannot possibly be happy having a dynamic, free market and of it -- individualistic society. only socialism will make you happy. megyn: sarkozy is recommending this to other countries? >> anyone who cannot compete with vibrant america is going to adopt the happiness standard. megyn: they can do that? >> they put out their own numbers. no one is stopping them. megyn: is there not an international body saying that the americans have the highest, so what? what happens to us as a result? >> nothing happens other than countries without a different number. so far it is just france. they want other countries to go along.

it is just a way of competing, a totally false way, with capitalist america. megyn: many of us over here actually enjoy our jobs. >> some of us love individual freedoms. vibrancy. megyn: vacation is ok. but the dismissal of all working hours as missouri, nicholas sarkozy needs to take a look in the mirror. >> glad that you asked me to report this. megyn: you know a thing or two about the french. >> yes, i do. [laughter] bill: federal agents raiding apartments in the u.s., who was living there? did they get their man? megyn: joe wilson calls barack obama a liar, then apologizes for the outburst. the president accepted the apology. you might think that that would put an end to the issue. it does not. one of the house members using

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megyn: markets just opening on wall street, down ever so slightly. futures had been up today after reports of an august jump in u.s. sales. we could still get there, we are just one minute 30 seconds into trading. the report gave analysts hope

that consumer confidence is growing as the economy recovers in this country. the dow jones closed up 21 points yesterday. bill: in the meantime, an investigation into a raid early on monday morning, an al qaeda suspects was being watched at an apartment. suspects visited over the weekend, no arrests had been announced. what triggered the raid? what happened this week? >> good morning. officially the fbi and law enforcement agencies are not saying a great deal. they will not say what the trigger was for the raid. they will not say who, if anyone, they are looking for. there are reports that we have pieced together from a variety of sources, apparently the fbi got search warrants that were executed. they were looking for possible

bomb-making equipment and other weapons. as you reported, none of those weapons were in fact found. one person was reportedly temporarily detained. this is an ongoing operation. i can tell you, the sense we are getting from law enforcement is that they are not happy that the media picked up on this story, that the publicity did more harm than good. this is still something that they be -- that we will see develop over the next several days and months. bill: chuck schumer was asked about this. what are he and members of congress saying? >> interestingly, they were not briefed. that is one reason these raids got so much attention. peter king, he said that this was a matter that was being very seriously. as for chuck schumer, he downplayed the raids and said that there was essentially no imminent threat.

here are his own words. >> the fbi obviously keeps tabs on potential problems. i would characterize the raids as preventative. >> very quickly, one thing that the senator also said, there is no correlation between the raids on monday and a visit by president obama. bill: thank you, david lee manner -- david lee miller. president obama had lunch with former president bill clinton. down in the village. have you ever been to that place? you need a nap after coming out of that place. [laughter] megyn: joe wilson has said that he is sorry for calling president obama and fire during the president's address to a joint session of congress next week. joe wilson says that the

apologies are officially over. pres. obama accepted the apology. when asked about the democratic plan to push the matter further, president obama had this to say. >> this is part of what happened. it becomes a big circus instead of us focusing on health care. megyn: as we told you earlier, house democrats are excepted -- expected today to push for a resolution of disapproval against congressman joe wilson. joining us now is a man that believes that this move by the democrats is appropriate. good morning, sir. >> good morning. megyn: you agree with the president, that it is turning into a big circus. that people are taking their eye off the ball on health care reform and that we should focus. >> i would respectfully disagree with the president about this

turning into a circus. i would say this, it needs to be put into the appropriate context. joe will send was an officer in the reserves and the national guard. had he done this in uniform, he would have been subject to a court martial. megyn: but he did not. >> pardon me? megyn: but he did not. >> absolutely. but he did it from the floor of the house, where they have the same sort of rules. he violated the rules. what is the message that we send it to the people in this country? one, you do not respect the position -- not the person, but the office. two, that there is no honor anymore in this process. for of all of the people in the world, for joe wilson to clock -- cross that line is absolutely absurd. that is why i believe that the house should take the action. it will not be a circus, it will

be a fairly quick vote. congressman cobb -- clybourn from south carolina is outraged, as am i? megyn: where were you back in 2005 when this happened to president bush as he delivered his state of the union address? >> nobody screamed at him. i cannot see it, i will listen. >> by the year 2042, the entire system would be exhausted and bankrupt. the only solutions would be dramatically higher taxes, massive borrowing, or sudden and severe cuts in social security benefits or other government programs. megyn: audible booing by the democrats. >> which is different from screaming out.

megyn: fair point. stand by, listen to this. these are democratic lawmakers. >> one year later, i feel no reason to apologize or change my opinion. events have proved that the president is a liar. like bush and his administration have lied to the world. megyn: i beg to differ with you. both of those representatives were scolded on the house of the floor, saying that it is inappropriate and it violates house rules, and that was the end of the matter. >> this is like three kids in the backseat of a car when i was a kid. what i am saying is that we should take action now to say that this will not be tolerated, republican or democrat, in the future. joe wilson is someone that clearly crossed the line. megyn: did you complain?

did any democrats complain? what is good for the goose is good for the gander, sir. this is a double standard. joe wilson was clearly out of line and clearly of the president an apology, and he did it. the president says that that is enough and that this is becoming a circus. yet people continue to push it. nancy pelosi came out and said that we should focus on health care reform. others in her party are pushing for more. now they are spending time that we pay for on the floor of the house to issue a disapproval resolution. is this what the u.s. congress should be focusing on right now? >> i agree with the president, they should be focused on other things. by the way, they should have made a statement back in 2005. we need to make a clear statement that this will not be tolerated in the future. by the way, if joe wilson is sanctioned today, that could put

an end to this. as a prosecutor, i believe in sanctions. if a kid had done this, they would be in the principal's office. they would be out of school. i do not understand why we are trying to set an example for the young people in this country and we cannot allow sanction for the people that violated the rules. megyn: an apology is no longer enough, apparently. let me ask you this, sir, might this have the effect of making a martyr out of joe wilson? as opposed to the position where he is now? might this have the effect of helping him and have people feel sorry for him? >> i do not think that anyone will feel sorry for joe wilson after his outburst. i have stood in to any court rooms where people have looked at the victim and they said that

they were sorry, there is a sanction that needs to be taken. this is about the office of the president of the united states and the decorum of the house and senate of the united states. we need to draw a line in the sand and say that this conduct -- there is no more civility in this process. i think that whatever the motivation, political or otherwise, that line in the sand needs to be drawn. megyn: i have to go and i want to ask you one last question. you talk about the decorum of the house. i think that a lot of our viewers watching, like nancy pelosi, saying that the cia lies repeatedly, and that charlie rangel -- who is in all sorts of tax trouble, but faces no penalties? nancy pelosi allows him to continue on in the ways and means committee?

decorum, what a joke. >> certainly, i would say to you that the house of representatives, the republicans are the democrats, does not inspire confidence in myself or anyone else in their ability to discipline their own membership. what i am saying is that perhaps this could be the beginning of a process. if they had sanctioned joe wilson, perhaps in the future that will be the standard that applies to anyone else. if we just let it go again, this process will continue forever. megyn: ever the optimist. thank you. >> [laughter] thank you. bill: we have seen the pictures taken by the upgraded hubble telescope, they are fascinating. we have not heard from [unintelligible] until today. he is waiting in the wings. check it out. achoo!

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bill: if you were with us last week he probably saw the new pictures from the hubble space telescope at me to go wow. will show a series of bold images on the left, then the new high-quality image on the right. look at the difference that seven years can make. they look cool, but can they tell us? our guest is a theoretical physics professor that wrote a book, "physics of the impossible." michio kaku is weighing in on these pictures. welcome, my friend. the first, the mega centari star field, 2000 to on the left, 2009 on the right. what do we see? >> jaws hit the floor when we saw these pictures compared to 2002. it is the wow factor.

picture on the left is pretty bland. a bunch of stars, pretty colorless. bill: like a movie from 1960. >> the picture on the right is fantastic. the color, contrast, and resolution are five times better. we know that the color of the start corresponds to the temperature, which corresponds to the age. we can determine the age. bill: blue is old, red is new? >> blue is younger, red is older. you can actually calculate the age by looking at these old pictures. bill: nasa says that there are 100,000 stars in the image that we saw. no. 2, this is great. the butterfly nebula. put that on the screen. do you see how much more color that we have? what can you as a scientist get out of this? >> we are looking at the death throes of a star.

we want to know everything about the butterfly nebula, that is the future of our own sun. 5 billion years from now, gas will start coming off of the north pole and of the south pole. one day our son will die and perhaps take our solar system with it. bill: not tomorrow? >> 5 billion years. the [laughter] bill: we have got some time. the other thing that you said is that it represents a star in its death throes, that is dramatic. the third one, the quintet. what do you see? >> when you look at the picture on the right, the new picture, you can see the inside of the galaxy. that includes a black hole. we actually now have evidence of black holes wherever we look in galaxies. to get the best pictures of a

black hole ever recorded. bill: that is amazing. look at that. >> that galactic cluster is unstable. it will eventually collapse into a mega-galaxy, perhaps releasing a mega-black hole. bill: that is what you are waiting on next. what does a black hole look like? >> it looks like a pie-shaped object with a very dense, black thing in the center. the hubble telescope gave us fuzzy pictures of black holes, now we expect spectacular photographs of black holes. bill: come back to talk about it. tenures more from the hubble, if it lasts -- ten years more of pictures from the hubble, if it lasts that long. thank you. megyn: a gender bender dilemma that sent shock waves through the sports world. male or female? test results are now reportedly in.

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life i never felt this way before yes, i swear it is true and i owe it all to you ♪ >> ♪ i have the time of my life and i owe it all to you ♪ megyn: who could forget that clip from the classic open " dirty dancing -- classic "dirty dancing." today the entertainment world bids a heartfelt for well to patrick swayze, who died from patriotic cancer yesterday. -- pancreatic cancer yesterday. it is just so sad. how will patrick swayze be remembered? >> for his talent as an actor,

his golden globe nomination, and being able to make women swoon. for being able to dance better than just about anyone. also, for always being seen as much -- masculine macho, sometimes to the point when it would work against him. he would be found to masculine for some of his auditions. he would have to fight for his sensitive roles. megyn: he could dance and do the tough guy thing very well. not the most common combination. what is the reaction in hollywood? >> one of his most famous films was the movie "ghost." demi moore posted a comment, "you are loved by so many and your light will forever shine. whoopi goldberg said that she owed her oscar win to him, because he convinced producers

to cast her. "he was a good man, a funny man, and one to whom i owe much that i cannot repay." megyn: he was a funny man, a piece of his talent that not a lot of people remember as well. he could make us soon, he could make us laugh. >> he could poke fun at his beefcake image, as he did in this open " saturday night live" sketch. -- in this "saturday night live" sketch. [laughter] megyn: look at what is going on there. classic is right. it is good to have a laugh. he provided it to us. jill, thank you. bill: look at that clip today if you have a few minutes, it is a

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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- megyn: no more taxpayer money for acorn. that is the boat by a sweeping majority in the u.s. senate -- that is the vote by a sweeping majority in the u.s. senate. lawmakers voted to bear on funding on a go forward basis. -- ban and on they go forward basis. it has got to go to the house first.

prosecutors in new york are launching a criminal investigation in light of the undercover videos. that is where we are at this morning on this brand new episode of "america's newsroom." bill: the senate has done it as well, only seven senators opposed to the band. seven senators voted no on ending funding. six democrats, one independent. it could be a tight fight in the house. megyn: cutting off acorn, molly is live in washington. this is stunning. this is the third time that the republicans have tried to ban funding to acorn on a go forward basis, only the first time it was successful. how much money are we talking about now? >> millions. the group has received $53 million over the past 15 years according to the republican senator that sponsor that amendment, passing 83-7.

tremendous bipartisan support in the senate, the amendment would prevent acorn from getting federal dollars in grant money from pending housing and transportation legislation. she said that it is wrong to give tax dollars to an organization under investigation for voter fraud. the organization with new allegations of fraud, servicing day by day. they are referring to those videos showing acorn employees in maryland, washington, and new york, appearing to advise a prostitute and day camped to circumvent the law. megyn: can we look at those seven senators again? dick durbin from illinois? both senators from illinois will continue to fund the acorn -- continue to fund acorn. chuck schumer, even one of the biggest liberals in the senate, said that he had had it. but kristin gillibrand said keep

giving it to them. what is the justification? >> we might find this in the house as well. there are liberal groups in the house, as you were mentioning, the congressional black caucus has been very supportive of acorn. they say, an acorn says, that the group as hundreds of thousands of african-americans, latinos, and americans registered to vote. acorn members -- acorn supporters do not want to cut funding for the group. megyn: what is the acorn response to all of this? it cannot be good. >> first of all, they said that the video was made by "a conservative activist filmmaker." and that they are open " dr. death -- doctored." as for the money that they may not get, they said it is not a big deal.

they said that the decision will have little impact on overall operations. "the senate vote was a rare and politically convenient boat." megyn: -- e-mail for statement to senator gillibrand and dick durbin and so on. if acorn is saying that it is no big deal, those senators have nothing to worry about. molly, thank you. we want to hear from you folks. should the fed's freeze acorn's access to funds on an ongoing basis? click on the link, tell us what you think. results of our on-scientific survey, straight ahead -- unscientific survey, straight ahead. bill: the vice-president, making a surprise visit to baghdad. meeting with iraqi leaders and members of the united nations mission in that country, the obama administration, leaders in

iraq preparing to talk about preparations for national elections in january. talking also about the violence in the north of the country. megyn: this country's terror alert system could soon be a whole lot simpler. a special task force is expected to recommend that the obama task force keep the color coded alerts, but renewed -- reduce the number of levels from 5 to 3. right now the national threat level is yellow for elevated. bill: what a story this is coming from yale, shocking the town of new haven, conn., and the campus. police may be closing in on the suspect of this -- suspect in the murder of his 24-year-old woman, annie le. hundreds gathered for a candlelight vigil. friends and family in absolute shock. >> she was as good a human being

as [no audio] bill: our apologies on that. sorry about the technical malfunction. that was a dear friend about talking about -- that was a dear friend of annie le talking about how sweet she was. >> we have confirmed that the office of the chief medical examiner of connecticut will release the cause of death of annie le at 3:00 p.m. today. we know that the manner of death was homicide. they did not release the cause of death because they did not want to hamper the police investigation. this might suggest that the investigation is moving ahead quickly. so might the headlines this morning in the newspapers. they are not pulling punches at all. "lab tech suspected." the article goes on to say that this lab tech worker, in the same laboratory where annie le

went missing, they say that he had scratches on his chest and failed a polygraph. the police will not confirm any of that. the fbi is upset, saying that the police is not helping the investigation. a student said that no other students are in danger. we could see more on this. bill: 3:00, this afternoon, cause of death and of this potential suspect, police have questioned the number of people. -- question a number of people or just one person? >> the article suggested that this one person is the one that they went back to end focused on, interviewing again. that he is the sole focus of the investigation. that is what numerous other media outlets are suggesting. again, the police are not confirming that this morning. bill: we will step with caution for the moment.

rick, thank you. such a sad story for those students. details as we get them, here in "america's newsroom." megyn: you have seen the undercover tapes from the inside of acorn offices. they are shocking. are they criminal? the brooklyn da is asking that question. a republican legal expert is now pushing for more. she weighs in, next. bill: a lot of money funding the taliban rebels. oliver north goes on a raid in afghan opium country. we will show it to you, live. megyn:cows in a convenience store. how many times have you seen this? you have seen these pictures, if you watched yesterday, but now you will hear from the owner about what on earth happened here. gecko vo: you see, it's not just telling people geico

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bill: break the news out of boston, a train has had a barricade in south boston. the commuter train. 16 people standing, waiting to exit the train, have suffered minor injuries. boston police and fire department on the scene. you can see it live to our affiliate, wfxt. a commuter train known as the t hit a barricade. luckily it was at a slow speed. again, anywhere from 12 to 16 people being treated for injuries. details when we get them, right here on "america's newsroom." megyn: first the u.s. census bureau censored all ties with acorn.

now the u.s. senate has voted overwhelmingly to prevent acorn from bidding on any further taxpayer funding. all this in the wake of stunning, undercover videos like this one. >> a bunch of girls in the house, doing these things, performing tricks. she is going to pay me the money so that i can pay the mortgage. okay? that is how we want to work it, potentially. >> but your name is going to get a mortgage, her name? >> it is going to be on the deed. megyn: that was shot by the independent filmmaker, james o'keefe. now the republican national lawyers association is calling for the feds to investigate acorn and conduct a thorough investigation. perhaps to do something about the millions already doled out to this group.

joining us now, an attorney. >> how are you this morning? megyn: doing great, thanks. the senate has taking us -- taken us halfway down the field by threatening to cut off future funding. we will see how the house follows. what more does your group want? >> the republican national lawyers association has been following acorn closely for several years. all through the election of last year. i personally testified before congress one year ago in july, asking congress to do something about investigating acorn and the voter-registration fraud that they have been engaged in across the country. acorn has always said that what they really do is operate in their housing offices. all three of these videotapes of these -- from this undercover filmmaker and his friend posing

as someone that wanted to go into prostitution, it took place in the housing offices with acorn employees explaining how to defraud the irs. so they could qualify for federal housing assistance that employees were told would be used for prostitution. we are asking the office of inspector general to investigate and conduct a thorough forensic audit and accounting of all of the federal money that acorn has received and to try to ascertain whether it was misspent, spent for illegal purposes, and if so to refund the money to the taxpayers. megyn: i have looked at this as an attorney, looking at these tapes. just the states, forget the other matter. -- just these tapes, forget the other matter. i question whether there are actual crimes on these tapes.

no false tax returns were ever actually filed. it was advice given out about how to do it, but they never actually did it. my question for you is let's say that i am right, no crime was committed on the tape, hud could still get involved and the wall of the things you are asking, could it not? >> absolutely. that is why we are asking the office of inspector general to follow the money. that is their job. in every cabinet agency there is an inspector general whose job it is to watch out for the tax money and make sure that when contractors are receiving federal money, when they sign those forms applying for the check to be sent to the organization, that is a federal crime. if you say that anything that is false on that form, let's say that they were using their federal dollars to advise these

people how to engage in the illegal acts. when they violate for requesting the next installment of their federal grant, that is a crime. the only way that the inspector general can have the resources to track those dollars and find out what they have been doing, understand, acorn is not just one organization. megyn: is 300 +, which is a whole other matter. let me ask you this. even if it is not an actual crime that was committed, does the housing and urban development office not have the right to patrol waste, fraud kayl, and abuse? they could say that we have concerns about waste, fraud, and abuse, and based on these tapes that we have seen we want to come in and finally someone

could see their books. >> that is absolutely right. if the viewers want to help, they can go to the office of inspector general website. they can e-mail, call the hot line, or demand an investigation. ig is supposed to be our watchdog in preventing fraud, waste, and abuse in the expenditure of federal funds. we need to make sure that they're doing their job. they have not done it up until now. congress has started to go in and look at the books, following the money. we have a lot of evidence that a coming of money and transferred it between the eight areas and agencies. -- between the areas and agencies. megyn: no one so far has been able to see the actual books, so they can see if the money is actually kept in the one office and not sent to the political arm of acorn.

$1.6 million to their housing unit last year alone. lots of questions need to be answered. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: should the fed's freeze the funds for acorns? the house is a new story. you can log in on foxnews.com and post what you think. right now more than 111,000 people have voted. that is a pretty clear result. should the funds be frozen? 99% say yes. 1% say no. is that kristen gillibrand? bill: [laughter] another unscientific poll that clearly expresses your views. the taliban, getting much-needed funding from drug havens in afghanistan. shutting them down can save lives in the u.s. military.

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bill: we have a fox news exclusive, a hunt to take down the broad bands in afghanistan. a special operations team, tried to cut off the money from the sale of these drugs which is used to fund terrorist

activities and carry out attacks on u.s. military forces on the ground. colonel oliver north, host of " war stories," what did they find? >> last night our fox news team went on a high risk raid just 10 kilometers from the afghan pakistan border. the mission? take down an opium factories. they consisted of a need of special operations team and an afghan commander of food. here is how it all went down. they have unique ability to exploit the information they receive with direct action. the raid we went on today was a perfect example. it was well before dawn, heading east, not far from the border with pakistan. we touched down just after dawn, a force of more than 40 from

dea, nato spec ops, and afghan police. they led the force to the first target. the senior investigator found exactly what he was looking for , precursor chemicals, opium, and pure heroin. >> it is a lot of narcotics. >> it is. >> it would all go to the taliban? >> that is right. >> the drugs and chemicals were destroyed with an explosive charge. then it was back to the landing zone for a quick flight to the second objective, a drug processing laboratory. the team was rapidly into the building, the occupants had left even the children behind. dea explains why it was targeted. >> it belonged to a significant organization.

chemicals, opium, heroin. >> as it was collected, it was wired with explosives. the taliban purport to be a deeply religious organization, but they are supported today by the opium trade. one laboratory -- with the laboratory owner taken into custody, we headed home. one step closer to bankrupting the taliban, this cost $3 million to them. bill: it looks like we had a bit of a miscommunication there. >> i will tell you right now that they are doing an amazing job. the dea is doing a lot of a leave work because of their ability to collect intelligence and verify it with human

sources, cutting off the flow of money to the taliban making it easier to get the insurgency. bill: there is a debate amongst democrats in washington, they believe that the war in afghanistan is not winnable. you have been there for several weeks. what is your take on that? >> if this war is lost, it is not going to be lost on the battlefield here. of the loss in washington. these things are happening today because they are going into areas where taliban has had free rein for years. but these raids are definitely hurting the taliban, we need to continue. bill: colonel oliver north, stay healthy. stay well. we will talk to you again soon. megyn: close to a deal on capitol hill? a top senate democrats ready to reveal the new compromise plan on health care reform. what is in it?

what does it mean for you? billy cuff is one thing -- bill: it is wanting to see a cowboy in a convenience store, let alone the cows. [laughter] we will hear from the store owner. megyn: i love it. (woman) dear cat.

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megyn: there could be a deal on health care on capitol hill. a bipartisan group of senators is ready to meet again today, trying to hammer out specifics in a bill that would overhaul the health-care system in america. this is the max baucus gang of six bill. carl, this appears to be the best chance for a bipartisan reform bill in the senate. >> it has been since february that this has been going on. how many times have we said that? max baucus, chairman of the senate finance committee, ranking member on the gang of six, expected tomorrow to present the bill to the committee itself. $888 billion, significantly cheaper than anything else that has passed committees at this point. it has a variety of things.

it does not have the government option for a health insurance plan, and instead has co-ops. there is mandatory individual coverage. everyone would have to have that. it does not do a few things. it does not make sure that illegal immigrants cannot get coverage. the bill will not be federally -- it does not make sure that there are federally covered abortions. tort reform, as a lawyer he is a big fan, things that republicans have included. what we do not know is how it will affect the deficit. that is one of the major holdouts. the president said that it cannot cost a dime. most of the republicans working behind closed doors would say the same thing. we are waiting for final analysis. megyn: what does this mean for the big financial question that is looming? what if the finance committee

approves it? what does it mean for this bill and its chances of passage in both houses? >> still pretty slow. the health committee, that will be one bill. then they have got to marry it on the house side. then they have to go to a conference committee. it all gets very complicated. here is something to contemplate that is a problem, despite the bill that they say they have, there is democratic liberal descent growing. one of the components of this mandatory individual coverage is that for people that are not subsidized, low-income families would have to pay for their own insurance, their premiums would be capped at 13% of their income. democrats are freaking out that a middle-class family of $60,000, having to pay 13% of their income, that is a deal breaker for a lot of democrats.

some of the secrets are getting out, the devil is always in the details. megyn: it is bipartisan worried about the republicans, and in this situation it could be a liberal democrats that are the real threat to the bill. call cameron, thank you so much. bill: cha-ching. [laughter] so, two skiers walk into a bar. this is not a joke. we have the tape. here is the dealy-o. two steers wandered into a convenience store. they were chased out by the cowboy on a horse after one of the steers kicked teh counyter -- kicked the counter.

this note -- store owners on the phone with us now. why did they pick your store? >> [unintelligible] bill: were the doors open? >> yes, the doors were open. it was very hot. suddenly a bunch of cows came up my gas station. they came into my store. the cowboys was very brave -- cowboy was very brave. unfortunately two came inside. they bumped into everything. the cowboy man came inside. he tried to take out the cow. bill: that is crazy. you must have thought that this

was all a joke, right? who punked you? >> [laughter] it was so funny. my wife was kind of scared. nobody expected a cow coming inside. some lady tried to take a picture. it was funny. bill: we watched this, all kidding aside, we got a chuckle out of this. i hope that no one was injured. i am told that they were not. i was thinking that ashton kutcher was underneath the cowboy hat or that there was a candid camera in your store. glad to know that everything is ok. make sure that next time the parade goes down main street, keep your doors closed. ok? >> ok [laughter] . -- ok. [laughter] bill: thank you for coming on today. he has got a good attitude about it.

megyn: you have got to be sitting there, like, why are they here? then, thank goodness. not to worry. here comes the cavalry. [laughter] look at this, bill. [laughter] bill: so, we can put that to the side. we are good? we are cool? megyn: mets played the "dirty dancing" click again. said. bill: no one is eating off the coast, chasing a muck monster. megyn: here she is, posing on the right, looking like a woman. this woman, as she says she is caught has been utterly embarrassed by this scandal. now, the gender results are in. what did they report of the find? the legal fallout is in "kelly's court" next. [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips

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call now. jon: good morning. we will be seeing you in about 20inutesor "happening now." max baucus says that he will go it alone if he knew -- if he needs to. how is tt going over? we will talk to a republican senator. jane: a family got a phone call saying that their sons seing in the army in afghanistan was killed on duty. the army said that the family misunderstood. we will hear both sides, coming up. megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session. on the dockettoday? gender bender taking its toll on a promising team track star. from south africa, she withdrew

from the competition in her native country after unconfirmed reports that the gender testing she w forced to undergo proved that she is a hermaphrodite. a person with both male and female sex organs. >> they may feel tt there -- that they are male or female, the internal body might be male or female, the extra features might be male or female, and you get mixtures. that is why these conditions are complicated. there are probably 30 or 40 different kinds of conditions. megyn: complicated indeed. she was forced to submit to the test after speculation emerged that she might indeed be a man. could the sports authorities take away her gold medal? she is the world champion in the 800 meter. could she sue for what is undoubtedly a privacy violation?

let's ask our panel. good morning. >> good morning. megyn: all right, late last week we heard the results. they are not confirmed, it was an australian newspaper. it has not been backed by authorities, although they seem to be winking and nodding at the reports are right. they say that she is a hermaphrodite. in her particular case, she has undescended mail testes, but female genitalia. given all of that, she may not have known that she had any male characteristics whatsoever. should the league take away her gold medals? >> this is a tough one. i have a daughter, i take this personally. this is my beautiful julianna. if she ever wanted to compete at that level -- there she is, my baby -- if she ever wanted to

compete at that level i would be concerned that she would compete against someone whose testosterone level was that of a man. however, if my baby looked like this -- [laughter] megyn: what did you do? of [laughter] >> you know what i am saying. she was born that way, she has always lived as a woman. the rules as i see that, she is a woman. there are people that have unfair advantages merely because of genetics. the 7 foot 10 inch basketball player, making it an uncertainty that i will never play in the nba. megyn: interesting point. she had a genetic advantage with three times the testosterone as a normal woman, but like points out that many people have genetic advantages that do not keep them out of the sport. >> true, but this case goes deeper. she must have some knowledge

that she was different. i am going to get a bit clinical here. some of the reports are that she did not have the anatomical parts to actually men straight. she did not have ovaries and a womb. she would have had constructive knowledge that she was not merely a woman. setting that aside, the fact that her coaches entered her as a woman and wanted her to stay that way. there is definitely something out there that smells rotten in denmark. even setting aside the body. megyn: some people ask, you see this in gymnastics all the time, they get so super-bit in terms of muscles, they stop having a cycle. she might not have ever got one, as many female athletes do not. it does not lead them to believe

that they are lacking female parts, it may lead them to believe that they are a top athlete. >> correct. a dear friend of mine, an attorney in south florida, from south africa, she explained that not every woman, like here, sees a gynecologist regularly in south africa. >> what about the fact that her coaches entered her as a woman? that is the big issue. they must have known. megyn: i do not see how that is such a smoking gun. >> the fact that they even said that, it is weird. why was there a doubt to begin with? rumors have been floating around, apparently the gender verification process was brought up by other coaches. others came forward and said way, she might look different -- some of the star athletes have these incredible bodies and there is no doubt about their

gender. but let's have that verification. megyn: the south african authorities have come out and said that this discussion is racist and sexist and that if the iiaf, the international athletics board, if they kick her out of the sport they threaten "a third world war over this." can it be that she could wind up not being able to run with it the women and not being able to run with -- not being able to run with the women and not being able to run with the men? >> i hope that that is not the case. the east german women, who would show up with muscles and beards, they were apparently more like science projects, they were so docca up. there are rules to prevent that

unfair treatment. she was born this way. she is an 18-year-old woman. i really feel for her. i think that she was just born that way, let her be. megyn: on the other hand, you have to compete -- feel bad for the other women who have to compete against third. >> absolutely. that is what it boils down to. we are going full circle. mark's little girl should not be competing to someone that has three times the level of testosterone. megyn: there are questions about whether she will wind up suing these organizations that may have leaked reports of her sexuality, it may be fair game. the bill have to wait to find out about the official results being released in november. thank you so much. one final word for our viewers, she has three times the testosterone as a normal woman? how can she be allowed to run in these races? how is that fair to the other

competitors? i feel for this moment, this matter was clearly mishandled. but in sports, fair is fair, it is not just heard that is running in these races. -- not just her that is running in these races. bill: live reports from the ground, the vice president in afghanistan. . rewrite your hair's past and give it a whole new life. new aveeno nourish plus.

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megyn: you are not worn to believe this story. walking papers for a big wig at wells fargo, accused of involvement and the burning madoff scandal. follow this. check out this monster had in the california community of malibu. home to lavish parties this summer, according to reports by the "los angeles times." it was weird, because the house

was in foreclosure when the owners lost money to bernard madoff. so what were the party is doing there? the ceo of wells fargo, the bank that foreclosed on the house, had been fired. it seems she filed for closure and heard opportunity knocking. she was also head of the company's real-estate division. he says that he deeply regrets the situation. bill: you lost money to bernie madoff, and somebody is having a good old time in your house in malibu and. joe biden making a surprise trip to baghdad this morning. he landed two hours ago. he has made a number of trips there. why is he there? >> that is right, bill. his second -- his third trip this year. they are not giving any details,

but we do understand that the vice-president has already met with the u.s. command in iraq and with the u.s. ambassador here. he will, of course, be talking with iraqi officials and government, and he has a meeting planned with united nations, also. despite the drawdown of troops, and despite the refocused attention in afghanistan, joe biden will definitely be talking about the security situation here, which has deteriorated slightly since a month or two ago. bill: his son is, i believe, still serving in the u.s. military on the ground in iraq. joe biden there now, details when we get back. megyn: on the day she was supposed to be married, police found her lifeless body. autopsy results on annie le expected today as authorities are near making an arrest.

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megyn: hold me, bill. this is scary. bill: something is lurking in the water, and it has a name. subject -- themuck monster. mysterious ripple spotted in lake worth lagoon. whatever is causing a ripple will not show its face. the city is considering a telescope to catch it on camera, or food, so visitors can feed the beast.