frightening news about iran's nuclear potential. an international watchdog record says they do in fact have enough information to make a working nuclear bomb. we'll fill you in. as president obama weighs what to do next in afghanistan, the taliban claims responsibility for one of the worst attacks in the war in afghanistan yet. eight american soldiers have been killed. we will go live to afghanistan. and the president's efforts to bring the olympics home to chicago may have failed. how much of a home field advantage is it anyway competing on your own turf. we're going to talk with a gold medallist that did just that.

live from the nation's capital starts right now. this is a "fox news" alert. a stunning new report says iran has the information it needs to make anatomic bomb. this news comes on the heels on word of a date that's been set for u.n. inspectors to examine a covert uranium enrichment facility. >> this draft report is compiled by nuclear experts at the atomic energy agency or iaea. the head of that agency is in iran this morning and has announced plans for his agency's inspectors to visit on october 25th, the underground enrich am site that iran kept secret until just last wreak. the exposure of that site is what led the experts to conclude

that iran has sufficient information to design and produce a workable nuclear weapon. the report sites iran's work on high explosives testing and reentry vehicles so it can accommodate a nuclear warhead. they say it's for civilian energy purposes. it's a week longer than the deadline set by president obama prompting some analysts to wonder whether the additional week will enable iranians to sanitize evidence there. jim jones was asked today if the u.s. can effectively monitor any such efforts of concealment between now and october 25th. general jones replies generally yes but he went on to say i think there's no substitute for inspections and verification and the fact iran came to the table and seemingly showed some degree of cooperation i think is a good thing. general jones declined to comment on the accuracy of the iaea document saying only

whether iran knows how to manufacture a nuclear weapon or is not knot is a matter of some conjecture. >> thank you for the update. u.s. officials say it was one of the fearest battles since the war in afghanistan began almost eight years ago. eight american troops are dead after 300 militants swarmed remote outposts in a region known as a taliban strong hold. connor powell has more from kabul. >> connor. >> typically the taliban fight in small guerrilla mobile units. but u.s. military officials are calling this widespread attack complex and one of the most brazen attacks in recent memory. more than 250 taliban fighters attacked two u.s. outposts in a very rugged, difficult fighting terrain along the pakistani afghan border. u.s. officials say u.s. military were able to repel this attack but in the cost of 8 soldiers.

two afghan soldiers were killed. this type of complex attacks are happening as the taliban grow in strength but also as the u.s. military fans out across afghanistan to more remote, more rural regions trying to protect the afghan civilian population. the top commander here has made that a top priority. but there is rethinking of this idea maybe u.s. troops shouldn't be all over the country in the very rural areas, they need to be near significant population centers so there is a chance some of these u.s. troops will pull out of areas like this too difficult, too labor intensive to fight in and focus on more population, larger population centers. >> thank you for the update from kabul. steps taken in manhattan to protect the city from terrorist attacks. the nypd opened a command center, part of a $1 million security initiative launched to the response of the 9/11

attacks. laura, what was the announcement about today? >> hi. well, we heard a lot of the improvements that are going to be coming to the lower manhattan security initiative. this is really a huge command center that takes place in lower manhattan that has a huge web of cameras and maps. and all kinds of systems that are put in place, of course, to keep people safe in lower manhattan. but what was announced today -- by the ways, it was the first time we were allowed to go in with our cameras. we're going to be showing video of that throughout the day. we got to see exactly what we're talking about here, a 40 foot long wall, 10 foot high grid of maps and security cameras. $24 million from the department of homeland security and being poured into this new facility. we're talking about high-tech upgrades coming over the next several years. we also heard from the nypd commissioner ray kellie and new york mayor michael bloomberg about expanding this program to help protect the people of new york city going up to midtown.

of course, there are cameras all over new york city but there is going to be a higher intensity of them in midtown as well so that some of the landmarks, river to river, from 30th to 60th street, that was what was announced today. i'm not sure the last time our viewers have been to the brooklyn bridge. that's where we are now. it supports one of the highest threats in new york city. as we take a walk across, we can walk a little bit, shannon, you can see how many people are here. look at that sign, area under nypd video surveillance. we see those types of signs all over the place. why that sign on this bridge is so important is just for instance a few years ago this was brought up to date. this nypd was able to surveil a man who was here and who apparently had a plan to blow up the brooklyn bridge. but because he saw these cameras, because they were alerted to him and they were able to investigate him, they were able to stop him. and that's one of the key parts of what happened here today. we've got a lot more to come. we'll show you again that video

coming up throughout the date, shannon. >> it's always amazing the amount of work we never see or hear about. it's nice to get a peek inside. a newspaper report shedding new light on the prime minister. the sunday times say the prime minister went to hand deliver a list of russian scientists which they believe are helping iran to develop a nuclear warhead. the meeting with the russian president and vladimir putin was short and tense. it has been a deadly week of inch disasters in the asia pacific region. hoping to find survivors after a massive earthquake is dwindling. efforts have been concentrated in the capital of padang in hills of the western part of the country. heavy rain is hampering search teams. hundreds were buried alive in landslides triggered by the quake. moving closer to taiwan after

thrashing the philippines, it was the second major storm in 18 days. 16 people were killed including two entire families. samoa people are preparing to bury the dead after an earthquake and tsunami last tuesday. 176 people were killed and eight are still missing in samoa. scores of people made the very difficult decision to sign over victims to the state. officials say the state will bury people in mass graves of up to 20 in a new cemetery in the capital. and now turning to the weather right here ot home, it may be fall but out west they're preparing for a winter storm that could drop 2 to 4 feet of snow. the fox weather center with the latest. rick, it's only october! >> northern rockies though you start to get it. i'm going to show you that snow which is very significant but also significant rain across

parts of texas. we need it. texas has been in drought all year long, in fact for about a year and a half and we're getting very heavy rain. this is kind of a typical thing you see in an el nino year which is what we're developing. that's why we've had so many fewer hurricanes, tropical storm in the atlantic. maybe this is indicative of things to come. in and around the great lakes, a cool and fall-type day. but as you were saying, shannon, the big story is across parts of the west. kinds in store here. the biggest winter storm yet in the season in some areas seeing 2 to 4 feet of snow. the worst or best of it if you're a skier is through the bitterroot and areas of the north. you see peak here, at about a foot plus. anywhere in the blue about a foot of snow. utah and then eventually in and

across the colorado rockies as well. temperaturewise waking up, cool pocket of air. temperatures only into the 20s, 30s, 40s. just like winter. >> thank you, rick. i guess it's bound to arrive sometime. >> you bet. >> the mother of a newborn baby kidnapped in tennessee has been reunited with her son but only briefly. yesterday maria garolla got to hold her week old son before he and her three other children were taken into state custody. the department of children's services said the children were taken for safety reasons but didn't elan rate. the important thing is the baby was found alive and well. >> so proud this evening of the men and women who served tirelessly day and night to make sure this happens. >> a 39-year-old alabama woman is under arrest in this case. her boyfriend says she told him the baby belonged to a cousin who had to go to jail and that

she was adopting him. >> the healthcare reform debate is entering some unchartered territory. the senate finance committee has pretty much wrapped up work on its bill and the house and the senate are preparing for historic floor debates. differences have to be reconciled somehow. but what go the gop, is it simply a party of no or is there a plan on the right side of the aisle. joining us is republican congressman karl lundgren to join us this morning. let's talk about the fact there's five different versions on the hill, a lot of differences that have to be reconciled. how do you see them coming together or will they? >> the question is whether or not the congress will ignore the will of the people expressed in town hall meetings and continuing town hall meetings around the country or whether the congress is going to listen to the american people. i hear about this question the democrat plan, the republican plan. frankly we ought not to be

talking about a democratic and republican plan, we ought to talk about the american plan. the american people have said they do not trust a public option. they don't want government taking over more and more of the healthcare they desire. they want to us go back and look at very specific things we can do. i think if you want to talk about more accessibility and you want to talk about trying to keep costs as low as they possibly can be, we need more transparency and need more competition. there are innumerable republican proposals, that is proposals supported by republicans of that been introduced that go to these questions. like having health associations where you can expand the number of pools available. being able to purchase insurance policies across state lines so you'd have many more of those available. what about litigation reform. that seems to be missing in every single major proposal we've heard from the leadership on the other side of the aisle. if that's the first thing the american people are saying when

they're asked would you do something about that because we think that could bring costs down and stop what's known as defensive practices of medicine. so there are any number of things that we on the republican side have introduced. 32 separate amendments offered in the house bills. at least i think 41 separate bills out there. we'd like to be brought to the table not so we republicans can stand up and say it's our plan, but we would like to say to the american people your government is listening to you. we're not going to ignore you. >> do you think that's possible though? in the last weeks a democratic colleague sat in this chair and i said you have the number to pass it with republicans if you don't get parts of the plan. he said, yes, we will do it without them. is there going to be any bipartisanship in these bills? >> we'll find out. they can pass anything they want tomorrow if it were called up.

they do have the numbers. the question is will they ignore the will of the american people? the most startling thing about the president's speech toward the joint session of congress a couple weeks ago was his entirely absence reference to anything that occurred in august. it didn't just occur in august. it continued through september. talk to any member of the senate or house who's gone home and listen to what the people are saying. that's the question. we've supposed to lead. part of leading is listening first. we're either going to listen to what the american people are saying and maybe check our egos at the door and may maybe what we came up with wasn't what the american people want. why not sit down not, not with artificial deadlines, but go forward and show we've got faith in the american people so they can have faith in what we're doing. and, look, whatever we do is going to affect not just the american people today but their children and grand children. we owe it to ourselves and them

to get this right. >> thank you for giving us part of your sunday today. >> thank you very much. >> president obama will head for vulnerable democrats the coming weeks. the president will travel to connecticut to raise money for senator chris dodd's campaign on october 23rd. the senate banking chairman trails the republican candidate by four points. early that same day the president is going to headline a lunch for massachusetts governor and his good friend davol patrick. more than just a fund-raising role. the white house is denying reports the administration offer a job to former colorado house speaker. can challengeers think the eventually party nominee. the director of the university center of politics and the author of the year of obama, he joins us now live. larry, thank you for your time this afternoon. let's talk about that colorado race and how you see it shaping up here. we know that primary fights can get nasty.

do you think there's any deal-making going on behind the scenes trying to clear the way for particular candidates in these democratic primarys? >> oh, sure. that's just capital beat politics. it's a smart thing to do. if you have the white house, you offer people an ambassadorship or another job or promise support for a future run. don't know whether they offered anything to andrew romanoff. i can tell you they would have been smart to try to get him out of the race because he's a very serious candidate and a real threat to the appointed incumbent senator michael bennett appointed by democratic governor bill ritter and senator salazar stepped down to become secretary of the interior early in the obama administration. >> let's talk about the race in pennsylvania that's going to be so very interesting with arlen specter switching over from one side of the aisle to another. how do you see that fight going down?

>> this is going to be a fun one. you've got as you say arlen specter who spent most of his life as a republican, actually a democrat earlier before he had become a republican. then switched back. relatively recently. he's being opposed by joe sestak who clearly has views closer to that of the democratic base than arlen specter. what does he have other than incum bansy, the support of obama and governor ed rendell and that helps in the primary. speccer is leading sestak by a wide margin in the early polls. but i think it's going to turn into a real race. >> and this kind of primary battle is not exclusive to the democrats by any stretch. on the republican side all eyes are on texas. a will go at the potential showdown there between governor perry and senator hutchinson. what do you make of that race? >> they do everything big ner

texas. you've got the two giants on the republican side running against each other in this gubernatorial primary. clearly there are no -- this gets into the more conservative candidate for this race, kay billy hutchinson is considered a moderate conservative. she's running even more conservatively since it's a republican primary. they will be spending incredibly 50, $60 million in this primary race. now, normally that would cause problems for a party in november; but, of course, texas is pretty heavily republican. the democrats don't have an obvious candidate. one possible candidate is ambassador tom shaffer which is bob shaffer's brother. he was actually an ambassador for president george w. bush. as always in texas, the lines are fuzzed. >> well, the next year should be an interesting one for all of us political junkies.

thank you for breaking it down for us, larry. >> thank you so much. >> civil rights leader are calling for an end of violence after a chicago honor roll student was beaten to death trying to walk from school and even worse this was caught by a cellphone camera. can a city or state take away your guns. the supreme court will show the impact on the second amendment and what it means to you. we'll talk to advocates on both sides of the gun debate comin' up.

topping the news right now, the u.n. has announced october 25th as the date for inspection at iran's uranium processing plant. talks with iran have been successful but it is still necessary to carry out inspection to assure the plant is for peaceful purposes. the u.s. and allies maintain they're seeking to make a weapon while the country insists the plant is not in violation of any regulations. britain allowing two dozen hybrid terrorists walk free. a judge said holding them in prison could inflame rather than deter extremism.

the british government is promising to supervise them once they're out. a wildfire in southern california is triggering the evacuation of people in the san bernardino mountains. it's 10% contained and has destroyed already at least three homes. the reverend jesse jackson one of the high profile activists showing up at the funeral of a chicago teen. he was beaten to death on his way home from school and the whole thing was caught on camera. cellphone footage shows him kicked and hit with railroad ties. >> with chicago police on the perimeter, tears, hugs and major heartbreak were all visible when hundreds of people, mostly youth walked into the greater mount heburn church saying good buy to 16-year-old daron albert. >> when you were looking at daron, what were you thinking? >> i was thinking it could happen to me, too. >> he was killed in a melee as he was walking home from singer

high school a little over a week ago. we were the first to show you this cellphone video with the fight showing students hitting albert with splintered railroad ties. the chicago police used this footage to identify and charge four teens with first degree murder. they're held in jail without bond while albert is being laid to rest. >> now these kids are realizing you can watch because i might get killed just walking home. i heard somebody say 100 some odd people have been killed from chicago in iraq. but during that same time period over 300 young people have been killed in chicago alone. and so tell me where the war is at. >> the war on chicago streets is attracting national attention. shival rights leader jesse jackson, nation of islam minister lewis fair conand the president of naacp attended the funeral and met with albert's family. they know the pain albert's mother is feeling.

only one thing has changed about chicago's violence since her son blair was shot and killed on a cta bus last year. >> just more media covering it but it's not changed. it has not changed. you know, i think more money needs to go into these communities. everything has to change here, the school system, the politicians need to change. they need to do something instead of talking all this rhetoric. i'm tired of hearing it. >> how is his mom doing? >> she's better. she's holding up. a lot of support. we'll support her to the end. >> we actually saw her smiling. >> definitely. we're celebrating his life. he's going to the homecoming. >> from fox affiliate in chicago. president obama's also getting involved here. he's sending attorney general eric holder and arnie duncan to chicago on wednesday to talk with school officials and students about school violence. it's been a terrible ordeal for aaron andrews and now the espn reporter waits to hear what's next for the man secretly

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the day for iran's u.n. nuclear inspection has been set. julie with all your top headlines. >> that's right. the head of the u.s. nuclear watchdog had set october 25th as the date for inspects iran's processing plant. earlier today the u.n. spokesman said talks with iran have been

successful but that it's necessary to carry on inspections to assure the plant is for peaceful purposes. the u.s. and allies maintain that iran wants to make a nuclear weapon and "the new york times" say a new iaea report claims iran has information it needs to make a nuclear bomb. eight u.s. troops are dead in one of the fearest battles in the eight-year war in afghanistan. coaliti coalition forces inflicted heavy casualties near the pakistan border. a police chief says they found the bodies of five militants after the fight. the fighting broke out after dawn when almost 300 militants swarmed remote afghan outposts in a region known as an al-queda haven. firefighters in southern california are trying to get a handle on forest fires that already leveled three homes and threatened about 50 more. as many as 6,000 residents are being evacuated in the community northeast of san bernardino as 40 mph winds whip the fire over

hills and canyons. the fire has charred about 3500 acres so far and is about 10% contained. it threatens an area from interstate 15 which connects southern california and las vegas. tomorrow a judge will decide whether the man accused of stalking espn reporter erin andrews and secretly videotaping her should be returned to los angeles east a prisoner or remain free on bail. michael david barrett is currently in jail after being arrested on friday. erin andrews, a popular sports broadcaster for the network has been devastated by the ordeal. those are our top stories right now. shannon, back to you. >> thank you, julie. last year's historic ruling striking down a handgun ban to the states? talking up the challenge to similar gun laws in the u.s. the story from chicago. >> 76-year-old otis mcdonald is a long-term chicago resident and

has seen crime up close. >> somebody was in my garage less than a month ago. police got him. >> mcdonald could have protected his home and himself with his shotgun which looks very much like this one. under chicago law, mcdonald must reregister his gun every year without fail. and when it comes to firearms, the city's mayor has noted for years that chicago has -- >> some of the most restrictive gun laws in america. including a complete ban on these handguns. >> that ban's been in place almost three decades. >> police! >> including a continuous police effort to get handguns off the street. but now mcdonald is the lead plaintiff in mcdonald v. chicago, a supreme court case this term looking at the constitutionality of strict gun laws, a case with its roots in d.c. when there was a similar handgun ban in the district of columbia. >> we had been here a year

before assuming the d.c. case wouldn't go our way. within 15 or 20 minutes we filed electronically. >> the basic question for the supreme court are one of the second amendments with the right to bear arms applies not just in federal territories like the district of columbia but also states and cities like chicago. >> that was steve brown reporting. the supreme court is going to decide if the second amendment applies to states and cities early next year when it hears mcdonald versus the city of chicago. joining us for a fair and balanced debate, mcdonald attorney allen gurrer and the brady campaign to end gun violence and the author of lethal logic. >> it's going to the high court again but now we're talking about the states. why should they incorporate the second amendment to the states meaning the states cannot ban handgun ownership. >> people in the united states

have a fundamental right to defend themselves using guns. we decided a long time ago around the time of the civil war it was no longer accessible to have this constitutional system where only the federal government was restrained in the things they could do but the states could run wild and violate people's basic rights. the 14th amendment was ratified and requires the states and units of local government to honor basic constitutional rights and the right to bear arms is one of those rights. >> dennis, what are your concerns as the case goes to the high courts. >> the significance of this case is easy to overstate because the issue here is whether the second amendment right has sent out in the heller decision applies to the state. but if you read the heller decision, it's a very narrow right indeed. it's a right to have guns in the home for self-defense and the heller decision itself made it clear that right is entirely compatible with a wide range of gun regulation designed to keep

guns out of the hands of dangerous people. so even though the chicago handgun ban is at issue here, there are only two jurisdictions in the country that even have handgun bans. the real issue is when will this country move forward to enact strong regulation of guns while allowing gun ownership with regulation to keep guns out of the hands of dangerous people, like extending brady act background checks to private gun sales at gun shows and elsewhere, a common sense measure that would save lives and is not unconstitutional under the heller decision as we read it. >> and certainly in that opinion we're very clear different entities can have the right to regulate how people own and have guns, whether in their home or other ways. allen, are you saying you're fine with reasonable restrictions but first before we get to that question we have to decide whether the second amendment does apply across the board? >> sure. first of all everyone agrees with reasonable laws.

disagreement is what is reasonable, what is common sense. on that we have a strong difference of opinion. we believe that when the government regulates guns in the interest of public safety, it needs to show that there is a very compelling need for the law. that there's a historical practice that supports the law. that the law is not simply meant to make gun ownerships difficult or expensive or burdensome or bureaucratic. the fact is if there are powerful reason to have the law in the name of public safety, that law would pass scrutiny for the right of free speech but the government bans extortion and pur perjury. certainly law-abiding people should have the ability to buy and use firearms for traditional lawful purposes, including self-defense, without too much hassle. when the government regulates in this area, it needs to be aware there is a fundamental constitutional right at stake and they have to respect that

right. >> an interesting twist in this case is there was another case out there from the second circuit that now justice sonya, not the one she authored but similar. will you watch her any closer than any justice in this case? >> basically what she decided in the second circuit case, that whatever the merits of the issue, her court, an appellate court, doesn't have the authority to conquer the decisions of the supreme court. the gun law tried to make a big deal of that decision of then so the at that myyor. if she was willing to do that on the high court, she will respect the words of the heller decision itself which made it absolutely clear that the second amendment is entirely compatible with

regulation to keep guns out of dangerous hands and that's the key. the argument allen is making here, that the second amendment means guns should be very strictly scrutinized by courts, gun law should be subject to so-called strict scrutiny, he made that argument to the supreme court in heller and the court did not buy it. they did not adopt that standard. we see no reason why they would adopt that standard in this case. if they don't, it's going to mean that state legislatures, local city councils will still have a great deal of authority to enact the kind of common sense laws we think are very important. >> when we get a date and this gets to the court, we'd like to have you back. you were successful in heller. we'll see if this is another 5-4 decision. gentlemen, thank you for coming in. >> thank you. >> dumping a good christian means fighting healthcare reform or supporting it. one religious leader calling on the rights to peel back the

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if you're just tuning in, here are your top stories. insurgents storm two remote outposts near the pakistani border killing eight u.s. soldiers and seven afghan troops. fighters came out of a village and also a mosque to launch the attack. it lasted several hours and included u.s. air strikes.

land slides brought on by the typhoon buried two families in the philippines. it killed 16 people and left more than a dozen villages flooded. the storm is now headed out to sea. in tennessee a kidnapped baby was briefly reunited with his mother then he and his three older siblings were taken and put into state custody. officials say it was done for safety reasons. they didn't elaborate why they thought those children were in danger. could the administration ask for a second stimulus package? all over the sunday shows they were talking economic recovery. julie has more from washington. >> the white house is not calling for another big economic stimulus plan right now. this morning federal reserve chairman allen greenspan said a second big package is not a good idea. he would have the president getting the economy going of course but not take drastic action. >> the job report was pretty awful no matter how you looked

at it. indeed, not only of course did the unemployment rate go up, but i was particularly concerned about the number of americans who have been unemployed for six months or longer. >> 5 million americans. >> that went up sharply in september. >> the numbers are pretty grim. more than 7 million jobs gone since december of 2007 when the unemployment rate was 4.9%. the september rate released on friday was 9.8. greenspan says it will push past 10% and stay there a while. evan bayh says he believes things would have been worse without the stimulus package. >> you have to remember that i think a good percentage of the jobs bill hasn't even gone into effect yesterday. if i were drafting the package i would have had it go in sooner and have it directly related to jobs. it continues to go into the

economic blood stream and keep things as unsatisfying as they are from being a whole lot worse. >> president obama says he's meeting with his economic advisers looking for any and all options to revive the economy. those include extending subs disand helping the unemployment get health insurance extending the full unemployment package now available and extend that home buyer credit of 8,000 bucks. >> thank you, julie. tomorrow the first doses of the h1-n1 vaccine should be available. we're going to what the cdc deems the high risk group including pregnant women and healthcare workers. the first round of vaccines will be in the norm of a nasal spray. hospitals have been trying to get ahead of the spread for months now, extra hand washing and other preventive measures. hi-tech social net working sites encourage both prevention and treatment of the h1-n1 virus.

the target isunder people and they happenor the target of the virus itself. jonathan ferry has our story. >> its proportionately affects young people so public health officials are adapting the way they get information out to those at risk. >> our message is we'll need to be, you know, sort of attention-getting because this is the group that obviously is paying attention to a lot of things. to get them to pay attention to flu and make it relevant for them will be a challenge to us. >> the centers for disease control and prevention is using social net working sites such as facebook.com, myspace.com and twitter to get out the latest information on h1-n1. >> the cdc even held a contest on youtube.com to choose the public service announcement. >> i am an avid user of youtube.com and twitter. >> sarah race is a third-year

med student and falls within the youthful demographic and elevated risk to get h1-n1. she use the sites as both a clinician and a consumer. >> what's so great about what the cbc is doing is they're utilizing tools that we're familiar with that we check every day to communicate with us. >> cdc officials say while americans still pay close attention to advice from their doctors, they're increasingly influenced by what their friends say and what they read on the web. >> influence is taking place heavily online and we want to be a part of that conversation. >> the research on h1-n1 is constantly unfolding keeping up with the science in realtime is now just a click or tweet away. in atlanta, "fox news." >> were unemployment numbers higher unpresident reagan or president obama. we're going to break it down for you when we come back. !e!e!e!e

president obama will have another busy week ahead. tomorrow he's going to host doctors from around the country at the white house to push health insurance reform before the end of the year. on tuesday the president will make his first visit to the national counterterrorism center right here in washington. on wednesday he'll meet with members of his national security teams to discuss afghanistan and pakistan before he and first lady host an evening event at the white house for middle school students. on friday president obama will attend meetings at the white house meeting once again with his national security team. the economy has been in the news a lot. unemployment rose to 9.8% in

september. in the media's reporting skewed depending who's sitting in the white house. a study from the business and media institute says yes, they've got the figures to prove it. joining me is the author of that study julia see. >> who was the president 26 years ago? ronald reagan. >> what happened under his watch, how were the numbers covered compared to now under president obama. >> stories under ronald reagan were covered 13 times more negatively than president obama. it broke down to 91% of the reagan white house in unemployment stories were negative and only 7% mentioned in the obama administration in 2009 were negative. >> and i know a lot of your research involved going to the library of congress, watching all these old broadcasts and telling us the newspapers. what are some of the examples you saw? >> the most telling and and a

lot have heard about this is that charles gibson was actually a white house capitol hill correspondent back in 1982 and we found video of him reporting on 9.4% unemployment under president ronald reagan and he said -- he was very negative. he said all the numbers are bad. and then he proceeded to quote two democratic congressmen attacking president ronald reagan, including one attack that actually called the president wicked. >> wow! that's a strong word. >> that's a very strong word. not one you hear often in the news media today. but then we saw this year under obama when the unemployment rate hit 9.4%, again -- actually hit it twice this year, obama was treated very differently and charles gibson actually talked about that report and he was very positive. he was looking for hopeful signs and said the economists -- it wasn't as bad as economists feared so that's good news. and obama wasn't mentioned at all in that report. >> very interesting.

do you think that's going to change at all? do you think the honeymoon will be over for this president soon? he came in very popular. >> he did. and the news media did campaign for him. it wasn't surprising to see them embracing his policies. the stimulus package they knew was going to create jobs which was another way they were very positive toward obama. as far as the honeymoon being over, it's been seven, eight months now and it hasn't happened yet. i think it would take a lot for the media to return on him. >> thank you. very interesting analysis. >> thank you. >> california's under federal mandate to fix its overcrowded prisons. one of its solutions, letting out inmates early. that's not the only state thinks about doing this. is this a safe idea? that debate when we come back. ?

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more now on the developing story in afghanistan where military officials are assessing the damage after a fierce battle near the afghanistan-pakistan border is being called one of the fiercest since the war in afghanistan started. live in kabul with the latest. connor? >> violence has hit record levels here in afghanistan in part because of attacks like this. u.s. military officials are calling this brazen. a complex, well-coordinated attack. more than 250 taliban insurgents attacked two u.s. military

outposts in the eastern province of nurastan. the milttants were not able to infiltrate these outposts but after a long, bloody battle eight u.s. soldiers and two afghan soldiers were killed in this battle. it is one of the deadliest single days in afghanistan since u.s. forces landed here eight years ago. now, part of the reason has become -- these types of attacks started to happen is the u.s. military fanned out across afghanistan really taking the fight to the taliban, but it also gives the taliban the opportunity to attack u.s. soldiers and u.s. forces throughout the country. general mccrystal placed a real emphasis on protecting u.s. afghan civilians but also puts u.s. soldiers in harm's way. it's one of the things they're working on, trying to reduce u.s. casualties but also protect afghan civilians. >> thank you for the update.

the death toll has mounted in afghanistan as we've been talking about some of the worst fighting in the nearly eight-year-old war. eight american troops have been killed following an ambush near the border with pakistan. we're live in washington for hour number two of america's new headquarters starting right now. more breaking news from iran. high level u.n. report says that iron now has the information it needs to build an atomic bomb. james rosen is working the story from the newsroom here in washington. hi, james. senior u.s. officials are treading gingerly around draft reports from the iaea that concludes iran possesses "sufficient information to design and produce a workable nuclear weapon." the head of the iaea announced they will be admitted inside

the underground uranium enrichment site that iran had kept secret until just last week. elbarade said the iaea has no concrete proof that there is an ongoing nuclear weapons program in iran. yet it citeds iran's work on high explosives testing. iran's decision to admit inspectors followed high level talks in geneva last week attended also by dip plow nationals from germany and the european union. the security advisor sid stepped a question about whether the report suggesting the iranis know how to build a nuclear bomb is accurate. >> whether they know how to do it or not is a matter of some conjecture. what we are watching is what is their intent and we have been

worried about that intent. we now have an iran that is aring to come to the table. >> they will hammer out an agreement with the u.s., france and russia that could see tehran ship 1200-kilos to russia for processing there instead of on iranian soil. >> shannon: a report comes 80s north korean leader kim yong il met with yang. the obama administration is attacking another securities concern. cyber safety. it wants americans to be aware of the threat calling it a level of vulnerability that is unprecedented. one former intelligence director warns that the internet is the soft

underbeamily of the u.s. the pentagon computers alone are probed 360 millions times a day. some of it is about espionage. other times they are trying to tamper with or destroy damage. the world bank president says america's power is on the decline after the two year recession. is a stimulus package, a second one the right answer. lawmakers made their rounds on the sunday shows today. julie kirtz in washington. >> former federal reserve chairman alan green span predicts the unemployment rate will pass 10% and 11 ther stayr awhile. he is concerned about people out of work for a long time, six months or longer because he says they start to lose job skills. we don't have that sound from greenspan. more than 7 million jobs gone

since december when the unemployment rate was 4.9%. indiana senator evan bayh says it things would have been worms without the stimulus package. >> i would have tried to have it go into effect sooner and had more directly related to jobs but it is what it is at that point. it continues to go into the economic blood stream and keep things from being a whole lot worse. >> republicans say lower taxes are the answer to a stronger economy, not more spending. sources tell fox the white house has started preliminary talks with congressional democratic leaders on new steps to ease up the financial burden on the unemployed. shannon? >> shannon: thank you very much, julie, for the domestic update. and now looking internationally so what we are dealing with. the white house says president obama needs more time to decide

whether or not to send more troops to afghanistan. senator says that the president needs to send the troops now and stalling makes him look indecisive. senator bonn joins us on the phone glad good to be with you to talk about a serious andorra dent problem. >> it is. with word overnight that eight u.s. soldiers and some afghan soldiers were killed in an ambush does that emphasize the need? >> it as vivid reminder that we don't have enough troops there right now and it is absolutely beforeling that he -- baffleing that he is taking so long to respond to the general he sent over there to carry out a mission. he said what the mission was, we need more resources we need more troops.

back in july, general mcchrystal said we only have a year or 12 months to do this and now said we need more troops because the taliban along with their al-qaeda friends are gaining traction and we may not lose it within july of next year but every day they gain more ground, they kill more americans because we don't have enough troops there and we -- we have got to stop dithering and make the decision. >> you said you would like to see general mcchrystal testify on capitol hill. what would be the timeline and what would that accomplish? >> if he would come before us to speak to congress and to the american people we will hear presizely why this is so urgent. anand i cannot understand why the president is not responding to this urgent call from the

man he entrusted to lay out the plan that he requested which requires more troops. to me, it is indecision. unfortunately, there may be political calculations that they have so many problems in washington they don't want to ask more troops which would alienate the far left wing of the democratic party. >> shannon: could the administration really be playing politics knowing that that is that it going on? >> i would hope not but i had a lot of access to information on afghanistan. some of it is not public information. but from all i have heard and

all i learned nothing short of getting troops over there now for a full counter insurgency strategy such as president bush through general petraeus laid out so clearly and accomplished in iraq we are going to see more of the taliban coming in to afghanistan with their al-qaeda friends, giving them the potential to restore the planning platform from which they launched 9/11 and there is no higher priority than focusing on and dealing with this problem right now. >> shannon: senator let's talk about another international hot spot, obviously iran and the issues about its nuclear program. we have dates, apparently october 25th for inspection of one the covert facilities we have only recently discovered or gone public with. another of your col leaks on the sunday shows talked about sanctions. is that the path we need to go down? it has been tried. do we try that again or where

do we go next? >> we had robust actions against iran. iran has lied to the world three times, been caught red handed three times. what they love to do is talk. the longer we talk the more they have take advantage of what they have and now it is because of the united nations nuclear agency has concluded that iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable atom bomb. we know that is what they were doing and the only thing we can do is apply sanctions now that will hurt iran and force the ayatollahs to change direction. the key element is cutting off

their refined petroleum. they don't have the gasoline that they need with all the other resources they have. if we could cut that off and cut off their funding through the international financial system we can put real pressure on them that might just bring the change that we need. i want to ask you about cap and trade because this week senators kerry and boxer introduced their own climate changing bill or pollution ending bill as senator kerry calls it. they said we would be safer if we overhauled the energy sources here in u.s. he knows a lot of people are referring to this as cap and tax and talking about what is is going to cost the american fema. do you see any climate change legislation getting through the senate by the industry of the year? >> the radical proprosals are even worse than the california

mass waxman bill that went through the house. the tax would be even higher. tax every one of us have to pay when we go to the gasoline or switch on the lights for the heating and cooling in our house. the electric coo cooperatives,y the less drastic one would cause a 77% increase in energy. it would drive businesses out of the coal dependent parts of the nation, the midwest, south, great plains region and put tremendous burdens on family budgets which would see increases of energy costs of greater than a thousand dollars and one estimate was $4,000 a year on a less drastic measure we defeated last year. there are many things we can do to lessen emissions that won't

be a tremendous tax and this bill that they are proposing won't do anything for global emissions unless we can share new technology for china and india. >> thank you for your time today, sir. >> thank you, shannon. a pleasure to be on with you. >> shannon: is there a place for religion in the healthcare debate? a lot of passionate argument. reverend jim wallace says many are losing sight of christianity and using healthcare reform to move the to the right. reverend, thank you for coming in today. sojourners talked about being a coalition of progressive christians. >> let me speak to the healthcare issue. the catholic bishops conference many evan gelliccal pastors the mainstream of the country on religion we are deeply involved

with healthcare. we have hospitals and clinics and care for those that are sick and the system is broken and people fall through the cracks and we take care of them. it is important that people of faith be concerned about what is called comprehensive healthcare reform. you asked me if i'm a liberal or conservative. i will say, yes, it depends on the issue. and this issue, it is very simple. one affordability. you should be able to afford good health. health shouldn't be because of health. second accessible. all of god's children ought to have access to healthcare and no federal funding of abortion through healthcare. we you will all agreed on this. this is a clear moral impair ative for us because of our faith. it is left and right. we should ol hold both sides accountable and both sides have

to be held accountable when it comes to moral issues like that. >> shannon: chi do you think there is a split between yourself and others who say it is not a positive thing? where is there a split and should where you are coming from religionly be playing into either side of this? >> you know, moses came down from sinai with ten commandments but not a bill out of committee. >> that never would have gotten done. >> nobody should say god has told me this bill is god's bill. healthcare reform is complicated. people are confused. and so none of us are going to get all that we hoped for here. and we shouldn't put christian principles into the weaves of policy reform. we should talk about what the principles are. most of my friends across the spectrum when pressed will agree that when 46 million people haven't got health insurance that is a morallish

issue. when a woman who had breast cancer surgery planned which is dramatic enough gets it canceled because of a preexisting condition of acne, now, that is the stuff we are talking about. real people with real issues. let's say we have differences on how to do it. that's fair. how to accomplish something, that's fair. we have to avoid attacking each others intentions or our morality or christianity. people of faith could care about in and come out in different places on the details of the bills. i say we have to make sure that the principles are there that people can afford healthcare, we all have access to it and one of the things we care about is abortion not be funded by federal dollars in healthcare reform. i want to stay on the principles and not get into the weaves of things and say god said this bill is the right bill. it is real important that the faith community shows some

stability which the country needs right now and not the attacking each other with the most outlandish language on both sides. we are hearing talk that really is not healthy for democracy. let's lead by example here and say principle differences on policy are fine but aim for the goal of covering people with healthcare. >> we can all pray for more civility in the entire debate. thanks for coming in today, reverend. thanks for having me. the first h1n1 vaccines will be available tomorrow. healthcare workers in new york say they are not about to become agai guinea pigs. new rule that could cost them their jobs if they don't follow it. >> these hospital and clinic employees are demonstrating against mandatory flu vaccines for themselves. new york is now the first state in the nation to require seasonal and h1n1 flu vaccines

for all doctors, nurses and other healthcare workers. the goal, protecting patients. >> these are fda licensed vaccines. they have an excellent 30 plus year of safety. >> i don't see how they could say they're good enough for me to recommend to my patients but i have some secret personal reason i don't take them. babies and pregnant women are at great risk in exposed to h1n1 and only 30% of healthcare workers get the evacuation seen voluntarily. >> i can't believe they are making the choice to either get vaccinated, inject nye body with tox quinns that i don't agree with or my job. >> what thicks this

particularly worrisome is that no one has immunity to it. >> the cdc can't mandate evacuation scenes but is strongly encouraging immunization. >> it a healthcare professional can catch it in the hospital and transmit it to the patient and that patient can suffer severe and fatal illness. >> other states including massachusetts are considering similar measures but some workers are threatening lawsuits. forcing a possible showdown between the rights of patients and the rights of their care givers. in new york, ric fox news. show and tell

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nuclear inspectors will get a look at iran's new uranium enrichment site. they have an october 25th appointment to visit the covert site after outstanding issues with iran's leaders were resolved. eight u.s. soldiers and

seven afghan troops killed in one of the fiercest battles to date in the afghan war. nearly 300 militant fighters attacked a pair of remote outposts. the battle lasted several hours and did include u.s. air strikes. a wildfire that started as a controlled burn in northern arizona has grown to about a thousand acres and is threatening the area known as the greatway to the grand canyon. she homes destroyed with another 64 evacuated now as a precaution. one official credits air tankers with slowing the spread but says strong winds continue to be a concern. president barack obama ambassador to the u.n. susan rice is dismissing a report that iran is now capable of making an atom mix bomb. whether or not that is view a tate has been set for a nuclear watch dog to inspect a covert plant in iran. i sat down this discuss this with bret baier who is hosting "fox news sunday" this week. a busy day for you today filling in for chris wallace and a jam packed show.

start with iran. sounds like the inspection letts take off october 25th. what is the reaction on capitol hill? >> the october 25th date is three weeks not two weeks as the president predicted when talked about the talks in geneva. there is a lot of skepticism about whether iran is fully coming forward. they are highly doubtful that iran can be negotiated off the position of its nuclear program. then you get to the sense of what are the options and how long are you going to give them. the question is whether israel will act unilaterally. the senator says it as bad thing for the world if that happens but they said sanctions look more and more like a reality and that the senate independent of the administration should move forward to give the president options on the table. there was surprisingly consensus, republicans and democrats saying they should act quickly on that. >> is there any criticism for

the way the president handled this and how he moved forward that the point? >> glenn: two republican. >> two republicans and two democrats and kind of like a conversation that sound like it was behind closed doors with them and they were talking to each other. they sense that the administration is trying to put a foot forward with negotiations but the reality is in a number of weeks, how long do you give them, they have to come through with sanctions. if not in the world community than in a coalition of the willing, countries willing to move forward and blockade gas or count off finances. >> they pretty much don't believe iran when it comes to the table and that it hasn't prove ton be truthful in the past and it is tough to know how much legitimate information and response you are getting from them. a healthy dose of skepticism

there. >> and you have the report out of the new york times and they were following up saying that the iaea has a confidential analysis that iran has the data to make a nuclear bomb. a scary prospect that perhaps they are closer than even u.s. intelligence estimates. >> a busy foreign front, afghanistan, of course. general mcchrystal and the president sat down this week. any reaction today? >> the senators had different perspective on this in the public rift between vice president biden who we are told is advocating for a limited counter terrorism effort and to not increase u.s. troops on the ground and general mcchrystal who is the genera general that president obama put on the ground to assess things. democrats think that it is overblown and it is not as much

of a rift as they say and they need time to figure out the strategy. republicans say you put the general on the ground, this is the top special ops guy and he is requesting more than 40,000 troops, how can you turn your back on that assessment. that is going to be a critical question in the next couple of weeks because on that issue he is running out of time as well. >> shannon: a great discussion. very good show today, thanks, bret. catch all of bret's interview right after our show at 2:00 and 6:00 eastern time right here on fox news channel. our own version of london's ring of steel surveillance program. how will it work? we'll have a live report from manhattan, coming up. quality and reliability...

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>> shannon: u.n. inspectors set a date to inspect iran's nuclear facilities. the head of the nuclear watch dog agency has decided october 25th will be the date for inspections at iran's uranium processing plant. a u.n. spokesman said earlier today that talks with iran have been successful but that it is necessary to carry out an inspection to ensure the plant is for peaceful purposes. the u.s. and its allies maintain that iran is seeking to make a nuclear weapon. eight u.s. troops dead in afghanistan in some of the

bloodiest fighting in a year. fighting broke out after dawn when 300 militants stormed a remote outpest in the nuristan province. u.s. military officials do say coalition forces managed to inflict heavy casualties. the provincial police chief say they found the bodies of five militants after the fight. the boyfriend of a woman charged with stabbing a tennessee woman and stealing her baby says he thought his girlfriend was legally adopting a baby from texas. she is facing federal kidnapping charges. the 8 day old infant is now in the custody of child protection agents. getting ready for blustery weather. storms bringing rain and also

two to four feet of snow? omaha banin some areas. rick reichmuth is live in the weather center. >> ready to go skiing? >> let's go. it is that time and a lot of people across the rockies will get that. colorado up towards wyoming and montana. another system across much of the south. subtropical jet really active here and it will bring moisture across area of the south by tomorrow in towards the area.tiatlanta a spot that really doesn't want the moisture. also moisture right around the great lakes. more kind of a big batch of cool air going to bring showers and keep things unsettled. the bigger storm is across the west and kind of the first winter type storm of the season. we are seeing the rain in the lower elevations. know levels dropping to around 4,000 feet in many locations. some areas as you said,

shannon, maybe right around two to four feet of snow. a lot of areas seeing a foot of know at least. we are talking about a foot of know, anywhere in the blue a little bit below. talking about parts of the sierra nevadas, probably not affecting much of the washington areas but parts of the cascades in towards oregon and the big winner of this in towards the mountains, montana and in towards wyoming. very cool, 29 in burns, oregon. temps into the 30s across the inner mountain west. that is what is going on right now. for the rest of the country today the cool air is all here. a little warmer across the east and shannon yesterday a little good morning in across the coastal areas of the northeast today. when you get off work, get outside, it is beautiful out there. >> i look forward to it. thank you, rick. people are fleeing their homes and taking their pets and horses with them ahead of a fast moving fire in california. this morning, mandatory evacuations ordered for 4,000

to 6,000 people in the wright wood area. the fire has destroyed three homes and threatened dozens of others. no injuries reported. the fire is only about 10% contained. a showdown between federal judges and california lawmakers is looming with california's overcrowded prisons in the balance. in august, a federal court ordered the state to come up with a plan to reduce its prison population by 40,000 over the next two years. governor arnold schwarzenegger recently submitted his plan but it falls short of the goal, reducing the current population of more than 150,000 by just over 18,000 over the next two years. a second plan would meet the goal but would take five years. california is one of several states revising laws to parole some prison inmates early in an effort to save money. but does balancing the books put public safety at risk? adam joins us live from atlanta. thanks for your time today.

>> good afternoon, shannon. >> shannon: tell us exactly what we are talking about here? are we talking about misdemeanor offenses? talking about mass murderers? who is up to have the early release option? >> well, shannon, the situation in california that you described is really an anomaly. it is very unsettled what is going to happen out there. what see are seeing around the country is a different picture and it is a picture that shows leaders from both political parties saying prisons are a government spending program just like any other government spending program and healthcare and education that need to be put to the cost benefit test and that there are now ways that we have hold the lower level nonviolent offenders accountable without putting them in a prison cell. no one is talking about releasing violent criminals. it is those at the opposite end of the spectrum that governors like schwarzenegger and barbour

in mississippi and governor quinn in illinois are saying let's take a closer look. if we are go foing to be responsible stewards of the public purse let's make sure that we are using the dollars appropriately. >> what about those who are worryd that we may start with minor offenders with the early parole system but could it graduate up to more people, more serious offenses? >> i really don't think so. you have a situation where over the past 25 years states have spent billions and billions more on prisons. 25 years ago when we started on the prison building path we were seeing states spend about $10 billion a year on prisons. now, that is over $50 billion. states are realizeing that they are not getting their money's worth out of all the spending

in terms of public safety. yet i don't think you will find a state in the nation that is going to reduce penalties for repeat violent offenders. they are looking at the other end of t