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a sector and strong stock off the radar screen. >> that is it, thanks for joining us, have a great weekend everybody! tension along the border, cia ramping up efforts in pakistan more unmanned drones are used to66rj target militants that has tensions running the latest next in a live report. >> one nation working together. more than 400 liberal groups gathered on the national mall here in washington today. the focus, jobs, education and equality. we go to the mall. >> young voters played a crucial role they electricking president obama to the white house in 2008. will they come out again in november? we talk live to members of young republican and young democrats to find out.
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we begin with a fox news alert. a pair of deadly missile strike along the volatile border between pakistan and afghanistan apparently has killed 16 suspected militants. latest in a series of drone ab being fast that has heightened tends between pakistan and the u.s.. the strikes come as fox news has learned the cia is ramping up its use of unmanned drones. u.s. military diverting some resources from afghanistan to target militants who slip across the border to pakistan. julie customers -- julie kurtz has more. >> reporter: the cia is significantly expanding against militants inside pakistan, shifting aerial drones and weapon interests the afghan battle front to the border region. today's two new deadly drone attacks are believed to be part of that michigan with 16 militants killed in north waziristan by two suspected
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u.s. missile strikes. intelligence officials say in recent months the u.s. military has loaned predator and reaper drones to the cia to give the agency more firepower to target incurrent jen along the border. the strike in september are part after overall escalation in drone attack over the last few years. the cia doesn't acknowledge the program which was started under president bush. pakistan quietly cooperates. but it is unpopular within pakistan. u.s. officials say the targeting of militants is precise and there have been a limited number of civilians killed. tension between the u.s. and pakistan is extremely high this weekend following a series of cross border attacks by nato helicopter gunships. in response, friday the pakistani taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on nato fuel trucks. pakistan responded to that, by shutting down a keyboarder crossing used to sly u.s. and nato -- nato troops stationed
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in afghanistan. some top officials are asking whether the u.s. and pakistan are allies or enemies? >> people ask questions, you are being attacked. are you fighting a war or are you in war together? >> reporter: second audio tape in 24 hours, osama bin laden says muslim nations haven't done enough to support flood relief efforts in pakistan. he accuses the media of not reporting effectively on the flooding. >> julie, thank you. the one nation working together rally just getting started here. more than 400 mostly liberal organizations are involved, including the naacp, la raza, code pink with a message focused on jobs, education and justice. molly henneberg is joining us live from the mall. >> reporter: organizers today are calling this the most diverse march in history. they are expecting tends of
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thousands to come out. mainly liberals and progressives. they are here for four hours of speeches, music and poetry the main event is just getting underway now at the steps of the lincoln memorial. this is to compete with tea party rallies and the glenn beck rally a month ago. the focus is on job, justice and education. and to get liberals and progressives fired up for the mid term elections and encourage hem to vote. in the crowd today environmentalist groups, religious, civil rights, union, gay organizations, women's groups and others. the head of the naacp says this is not an alternative to the tea party but an antidote. some vented political s, others stressed unity. >> we are all working for the same purpose, the same mission it doesn't matter what side you are everybody's side wants jobs, health care. it is just a way of doing
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things. if we all come together, like all of these people are, then it women benefit everybody. >> believe in the programs of the democratic party. i believe we are being swindled and held hostage by republicans whose mouthpieces include some of the most are began, uneducated, bigoted people ever to pick up a microphone or stand in front of a camera. >> reporter: president obama's grass roots network organizing for america, which came out of his 2008 campaign, it also sent out an e-mail urging its member to attend this event today. >> molly, thank u.p.. tackled the issue of clean energy in his weekly radio address. also attacking republicans the issue. saying their pledge to america will kill jobs and innovation. in the republican response, senate minority leader mccon laid into democrats for leaving town with the bush tax cuts set to expire. >> the republican leadership
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is promising to scrap all the incentives for clean energy projects, including those currently underway. even with all the jobs and potential they held -- they hold this doesn't make sense for our economy. >> democrat leaders who spent the past year and a half working tirelessly to expand the reach of government left town without doing the single most important thing they could have done for jobs. too preoccupied enacting rest of their agenda, they neglected to past or propose legislation that would prevent one of the largest tax hikes in history. >> some of the companies facing lawsuits over the gulf oil spill are asking a federal judge to postpone a key trial until february 201012. the proceeding is currently scheduled for -- october of next year, its aim to assign percentages of blame. in a court filing friday companies said they needed more time to prepare. >> it was quite a week of wet
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and while weather up and down the east coast this week. torrential downpours lead to flooding, power outages, downed trees and even some evacuations. peter doocy is joining us from our new york newsroom with more on the impact and fall-out from the storms. >> reporter: uma, nicole is now gone but not forgotten. per how we are still being felt from maine down to the carolinas. north carolina is where five people were killed, including two children, which is tragic. the property damage there is immense. in windsor, north carolina 80% of the downtown business district was under water. at last 100 homes had three feet of water in them. 50 people had to be rescued. in pennsylvania, police say nicole claimed her sixth victim a woman who drove into a creek. authorities say the flood waters may have block her view
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of the road's edge. outside philly the darby creek flowed into downtown and made a big mess. many are just now returning home. 50 had to be rescued yesterday, some you see here, second floors firefighters using ladders. those people are just getting power now restored to their homes this morning. as they are allowed back in to see how much damage all the water caused, a lot of people disappointed their belongings, many people lost their cars to the flooding. it is going to be a while before the effects wear off in delaware storm drains were overflowing. they combined with unfavorable ties to create chaos in the willing ming ton. a tree fell and destroyed a bridge that provides the only access to three apartment complexes. hunts of people today are literally stranded without a safe way to get to their homes. the storm is felt further
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north. we'll have pictures, next hour. >> really troubling situations out there phaeufpltzing images from the scene, thank you very much -- monday marks the start of a new term for the supreme court. by tradition the first monday in october kicks off a new session this fall the spotlight is on former solicitor general elena kagan the fourth new justice on the high court in five years. it is predicted kagan will generate more interest on the bench than any other cases this term. >> i think the story of this term will be what was justice kagan like in her first term? at this stage, i don't see a huge blockbuster case that is going to dominate. so i think justin kagan will be the story. -- justice kay begin will be the story. >> tomorrow the top justice official with the bush administration will given
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sight on what case he thinks will challenge the high court and kagan the most. >> dozens of palestinian leaders meeting today to discuss the deadlocked mideast peace process the news is not encouraging for dip pats trying to save the-month-old talks between the palestinians and israelis. details now from jerusalem. what can you tell us leland? >> reporter: it appears those talks that began a month ago in washington are all but over. of course, like everything in the middle east that could change. the palestinians are heartening their line in terms of concessions they want from the israelies to return to the negotiating take. there was a meeting today with president abbas and his advisory council. they voted not to return to peace talks until the israelis have halted all construction on the west bank. earlier this week there was a settlement freeze that ended that 10 month freeze ended and quickly settlers began construction on the west bank. the israeli prime minister
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netanyahu defied huge amounts of international pressure to allow the building. of course the palestinians said they were going to walk away from the table if building started again. the prime minister here in israel says he's not going to enact another construction freeze. the palestinians said they are not going to return to the negotiating table with construction going on. they meet friday with the arab league to try to figure out what they are going to do next. there's a lot of diplomacy in the back channels. there's the u.s. envoy senator mitchell going from jerusalem out to ramallah, where the palestinians are to try to broker skin of execution solution. so far she -- some kind of solution. so tar they haven't been successful. what is interesting is how this is playing out in the newspapers. you see the headlines and pictures. what we are understanding there were was some kind of5fy$ assurances offered by the u.s. to the israelis if they would continue the settlement freeze
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that didn't happen. it is unclear if those assurances are still on the table this is unclear how this is going to affect u.s.-israeli relations which were frosty a couple of months ago. the president of the united states had hoped the continuation and success of these peace talks might bring better relations teen the u.s. and israel. >> leland, thank you. the holy month of ramadan is a serious time of reflection for muslims around the world. what you might not know is that it is also a time for surprising expressions of artistic freedom. especially on television. more from amy kellogg. >> reporter: the holy month of ramadan in tv terms is equivalent to the american sweeps month when producers roll out their finest goods. >> lent is a season of great us a terry in the west -- austerity in the west for christians. ramadan though you fast at day,
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at night you can do what you like. >> reporter: one of the most restricted societies saudi arabia let's the satire rip. the edgest episode of one of the favorites involves a woman taking on four husbands while her first husband wall less in his deject shun. usually, it is the other way -- other way around. >> one of the great tensions is between men and women. the fact that men can have four wives and women have to put up with it a.m. long comes a satirical show that a woman says hey, -- i like four husbands don't like the first one no good in bed, the next one can cook. all the stereotypes that men throw at women get thrown back at them. >> reporter: some saudi clerics were outraged and called for the producers of the show to be tried. the government did not heed that call u arab -- arabic administrations 10 to back some of this drama as it gives a window into the people's
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mindsets programs allow people to blow off steam and it is only fiction. >> a good, devote -- for frustration and social issues to release this and discuss it in a better way. >> reporter: another show making waves, is called tycoons of the desert. saudi's version of dynasty. they say it is about the rich and famous, double standards. in a veiled society, a look at what happens behind closed doors. exotic trips, women, parties. analysts say these perhaps don't only show how arab society can laugh at itself but a genuine sign of change. while the holy month is over these shows are likely to be the talk of the street until next ramadan. in london, amy kellogg, fox news. >> we want to note that the production company part of that report is the corporate
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parent of fox news channel. >> it is official, rahm emanuel no longer white house chief of staff. coming up, a closer look at the job has his eye on. >> we are talking about rahm emanuel's departure to run for mayor of chicago. >> you should brief and we can -- >> that exchange from lynn sweet. we'll be talking with her and hear about her exchange with white house press secretary robert gibbs, next. stay with us. diabetes testing? what else is new? you get the blood, hope it's enough, it's -- what's this? [ man ] new and improved freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, i'll try it, but -- [ beep ] wow. [ man ] yeah, that's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. [ man #1 ] it's like it -- targetthe blood. targets the bld. yeah, it draws it ght in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of onetouch®. oy. freestyle test strips. i'll take 'em. [ man #2 ] sure. call or click -- we'll send you strips and a meter, free. can't i just have these?
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the obamas are hosting a -- full weekend. this weekend also marks a special event for the obamas. tomorrow is their 18th wedding anniversary. congratulations. >> it has been called the worst kept secret in the white house with yesterday's announcement direct fully president obama, the news finally became official. rahm emanuel leaving as white house chief of staff to throw his hat in the chicago mayor's race. those close to him have known that he has wanted the mayor's job for quite sometime. some are now questioning the move. wondering why emanuel would leave his high powered gig at the white house as one of the president's closest vice others to the uncertainty of local chicago politics? is the mayor's job really a plum position? is there any guarantee that emanuel has a clear shot at winning that seat? joining with us thoughts on this washington bureau chief for the chicago sun times lynn
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sweet. great to of you here. >> thank you. >> uma: knowing the mayor's job is a plum position to have because you are considered one of the power players in the country. but, do you that i he's really going to be inheriting that along with the problems of a budget shortfall that is close to half a billion dollars and other issues? why go for it at this point? >> if you are from chicago, being president is nice, but mayor is almost as good. this is a plum position. one of the few plum positions that are available. rahm emanuel was never planning on staying in the white house for four years any way. i would think he will argue that he's the man to do a turn around job in the city. this is a rare opening. i've covered politics a long time, many senators, many house members, but richard daley has been mayor for going
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on 21 years. there's usually on one mayor that's why in chicago they call him da mayor. these spots don't come up. since this is what emanuel wanted. mayor daley announced, people that you he was not going to seek reelection. that's why all these pieces fell into place >> uma: do you think he has a fair shot at winning or is it going to be tough? >> only in washington i get questions like there is a presumption he's the front-runner. this is going to be a tough race for him to win. he's in the top tier of candidates but he's one of many worthy competitors. he has to go and re-introduce himself even to his home base on the northwest side. he starts his campaign monday morning in chicago. he's going to be running around the l-stops, supermarkets in parts of the stay that know him the least. he got a big off from the
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president that created a bit of a backlash in chicago from the alderman and some of the ward politicians saying what is obama doing this? [ talking over each other ] >> uma: you point that out in your exchange with robert gibbs. >> i think the reason president obama got solved is he wanted to pay a tribute to a man, part of his campaign sacrificed aid career that could have let him to be speaker of the house by coming to his administration. and i think he wanted to do -- i was there, there were at last 10 cabinet members sitting in the room of 150. it clearly gives him a ton of free media. his name is out there and he didn't have to pay a dime. >> uma: i'm so it is payback? >> it is a great o' off. this is not a formal endorsement. -- it gives emanuel a running start because he has sucked
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oxygen out of a lot of people running for mayor. we are not talking about worthy competitors. the national media is focused on why would you go from the white house to chicago? people in chicago would say of course you would. >> uma: one thing i wanted to point out, how is this going to play with the unions knowing emanuel was instrumental in getting the option taken out of the health care bill? >> some unions in chicago are saying publicly he's not their prefered candidate. first of all, rahm has to get -- it is a communication issue. public option didn't go in because president obama assessed there was no political will for it. rahm made the same assessment so they didn't want to fight for something that was never going to happen. tactical politics. now, one of the things that rahm did was get a union
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leader, a national leader to make a public statement that he backs rahm for mayor a few days ago to try to change the narrative so he wouldn't be asked questions like that. so he could say not all unions are against me. which is true. but some of the big unions that count in chicago are starting out looking at other candidates than rahm. he will take this as a challenge to address. >> uma: he's a shrewd politician and he knows. >> he starts with a 1.2 million dollar war chest. >> uma: unbelievable. thank. should be quite a race. >> it will be. >> uma: thank you. dana perino has kind words for rahm emanuel. she wishes the very best to the former white house chief of staff and shares a story after encouraging call she once received from him. log on to foxnews.com to read her full editorial and more editorials from washington insiders. plus, find out who said, emanuel --
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>> uma: a beautiful autumn day in the nation's capital. these are live pictures from the one nation working together rally that is underway on the national mall here in washington. quite a crowd out there. organized by labor and civil rights groups, event is being billed as a time to focus on job creation, education and justice. more than 4 groups with gay rights advocates and the like are taking part in this event on what is a beautiful afternoon in washington. >> california appears to have reached an end to its longest ever budget stalemate. julie kurtz is standing by with more on that. >> reporter: that's right, governor schwarzenegger and legislative leaders say they've reached a budget deal, following an intense five hour
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meeting. they declined to give specifics on how they will close a 19 billion dollar -- a vote can come as early as next week. rahm emanuel is on his way back to chicago to run for mayor. he joins a crowded field and can expect opponents to bring up his link to another chicago politician, ex-governor blagojevich. emanuel held discussions with blagojevich about who should fill . 's vacant senate seat. republicans are taking in government spending in their weekly address. mcconnell criticized democrats for sending members of congress home to campaign without acting to extend bush tax cuts. >> greyhound bus driver with the nickname -- fbi nickname burlely bandit has pleaded guilty he stole more than $100,000 and spent most dining
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out, buying sports memorabilia and going to strip clubs. >> uma: thank u imagine for a moment if police could predict where and -- when crimes will take place before they happen. silt not a fantasy it is happening in computer labs and role-playing scenarios. a los angeles police department wants in on the action. casey stegall is joining us to explain. how is this possible? >> reporter: uma, it is about crunching numbers. i hate to disappointment you no psychics or crystal balls. the lapd says it is getting closer to -- preventing crime and hopefully stopping it before it happens. los angeles, home to four million people spread across 469 square miles. finding effective ways to police the nation's second largest city is a constant
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battle. >> information can predict the future. information can lead you to make good decisions. it is shown in a business model everyday. we are moving that to police work. >> reporter: welcome.com stat unit a place where officers -- welcome to the comstat unit. a police where they plug data into computers. >> we see all the arrests and crime and use that data to forecast where and when crime is more likely to occur. >> reporter: working with scholars at ucla identifies have been able to predict behavior. this could be the way of the future across the country. >> it turns out human behavior is very regular. we as individuals don't deviate from our daily routine very much. >> reporter: although lapd has access to accurate mapping, the department is quick to point out with the latest and greatest in technology, it is
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merely a complement to what they've been doing for years not a substitute for good old fashioned police work. >> probable cause, reasonable, suspicion, constitutional policing is the number one job of the los angeles police department. >> reporter: so the lapd recently received a three million dollar grant from the feds, to test and expand this program. the model is already being used to staff officers in high crime parts of the city. >> uma: casey, thank you. 31 days and counting to the important november midterms. a new fox news poll is showing how voters plan to use election day to express their opinions. 41% are saying they will use their vote to express opposition to the obama administration and policies. 34% are saying their vote will show their support for the president's agenda. another 21% are saying their vote won't have anything to do
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with the president's policies. with a month to go president obama and his team has spent lofts of time this week trying to energize young democrats, courting their vote ahead of the midterms. more on the impact young voters are playing in this all important election cycle. >> reporter: at a backyard discussion in albuquerque, the president showed a glimpse of his frustration at what many expect will be a disappointing turn-out in the fall elections. >> the president: these choices are going to mean something. you have to ask your service what direction do i want this country to go in? >> reporter: at penn state university, vice president biden was all but apologizing for expressing his feelings more openlism >> yesterday i was in new hampshire talking to a bunch of folks. i did say that i was tired about some of the whining coming from our supporters. and i got roundly criticized today.
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>> reporter: with biden asserting people would decide later than usual who to vote for in midterm elections the president headed from new mexico to the university of wisconsin. the two aim to rally the young voters who made such a difference in 2008 to vote for democratic congressional candidates this fall. experts say the numbers are against them. >> you would expect a fall-off in younger voters. we are seeing a serious fall-off. democrats know they need these voters. >> reporter: in a poll, 17% of voters under the age of 30 said they were extremely interested in the upcoming congressional elects compared with 46% of those aged 46 to 54 in a rolling stone interview mr. obama scolded dis-- voters saying the idea people are sitting on their hands complaining is irresponsible. people need to buck up. part of the problem experts say the jobless rate that remains high despite nearly a trillion in deficit spending. there's health care reform that doesn't seem to have
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energized mr. obama's supporters as much as it angered his critics. the president's star has fallen, giving him a high profile role in the midterm elections could carry a price. >> there's some risk in having barack obama out there talking about why people have to vote. there are going to be independents, swing voters who are going to be reminded this election is about president obama. >> reporter: since the election is not about reelecting president obama it is unclear whether his personal appeal will work to get people under 30 to what older people are more inclined to see as their duty and what his critics are inclined to see as a chance for pay back. >> uma: joining us lisa, chair of the young republican national federation with rod president of the young democrats of america joining us. welcome to the two of you, nice to have you. >> thank you. >> uma: back in 2008, young people, voters younger than 30,
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went or obama by a 2-1 margin they were jazzed and motivated using the internet. now we are hearing some of the euphoria has worn off and getting the young voters to show up maybe a tough go. lisa, do you agree? >> i don't agree with the general principle that young voters are not going to turn out. if anything, i think young voters have expressed their dissatisfaction with the current presidential policies of obama don't forget this is the same voting bloc in 2008 did help drive president obama to office. but, there's a recent pew poll out that shows support is cut in half. it was up 32 points now 14 points. this demographic is looking toward the future and the incurring debt they are facing and i think they want a change in policy. promised hope and change and it didn't deliver. >> uma: we are talking about the midterms not a
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presidential race. some political observers are saying we are in the midst of a tough economy and jobs are scarce their confidence is now shaken which could hurt republicans and democrats, what do you any? >> i saw new numbers. lisa was referencing poll numbers that said support is waning for the democratic party. yesterday gallup said young people under 30 still support democrats by nearly 20% if you take that margin of support to any other age demographic people would be talking about it all over the news. people are unestimating young voters. we don't have to convince young people to support democrats they already support our policies and the values of the democratic party. we are just trying to moat them to turn out on november -- trying to motivate them to turn out on november 2nd. they know the policies of the
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president are good for young people. >> uma: what issues do you think are going to bring out young voters to the polls? do they embrace the optimism that their vote can still make a difference even though they are seeing things have changed quite a bit since 2008, lisa? >> i think there is concern amongst our youngest voters with respect to the job market with respect to the economy. we have many young college graduates struggling to find work. these are the issues that matter most. they are definitely interested in casting educated and sound votes that bear on their future. >> uma: rod what is the general mood on campuses company do you find students as engaged. i know you are saying young voters matter. given what is going on the fact that a lot of young people can't find jobs and some are having to move back in with their parents, what do you any? >> i find that young people are engaged. it is a misconception to think
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voter turnout is going to be as high as a presidential election year it is not that high for any demographic in 2006 we saw 26% turn-out if we can hit around that mark again this year i think we are going to see big victories for democrats. tuesday night i was in west virginia my home state watching the president's speech with young voters, his message is absolutely resonating that we can go back to the failed policies of the last eight or 10 years we have to move the country forward. i think young people are listening to that message. the green day song, "wake me up when september ends" is ringing through my head. hundreds watched the president's message. i think the young people are starting to tune in, it is shifting back towards the democratic party. >> uma: we are out of time. i know we have 31 days and counting to go.
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it is going to be quite a race we'll have to see how the turn-out goes. hopefully, a lot of young people will vote. thank you both. >> now that democratic hopeful con way has cut into ran paul's lead the average is showing paul leading conway, some local polls are showing the two are locked in a dead heat. they've both agreed to debates with the first one to take place on fox news sunday, tomorrow. chris wallace says his goal is to give both a fair shake. don't miss it tomorrow, check out our local listings for the time and channel. should be very interesting. >> forget -- don't forget foxnews.com is america's news election headquarters and your front row seat to politics. you can get the latest political news directly on your iphone by downloading the
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offer commercial space travel. branson says he's 18 months away from taking people into space. he's thinking beyond just traveling to space. branson says he plans to have hotels in space. the cost for this adventure? a mere $200,000 not bad for those of us who might be dreaming about the day when space travel will be easy heading out to the -- as easy as heading out to the beach in the summer. >> now a huge discovery that is creating a buzz. as we continue to ponder the question could life exist on planets beyond earth? scientists have discovered a new earth-like planet capable of harboring water and sustaining life. it has been nicknamed the goldilocks planet because it is not too hot and not too cold. here to tell us more about this discovery an astronomer with the carnegie institution. author of the search for living planets. great to have you here today
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this is an exciting discovery. i'm a huge space enthusist. but the fact that you believe we have a planet that can sustain life at this point and could have liquid water. tell us about this. >> the plan was just discover add announced this week. the sixth planet in the system so the planet has a range of planets the system has roughly 66 planets some twice the mass of earth some as large as 16 times. the new one just found the right distance to have liquid water roughly three, four times the mass of the earth. we don't know for sure it is rocky, most likely it is. since it is the right distance which can have liquid water probably can have rain which is wonderful. we know rain$9,q is important r life. this is the first time after hundreds of plan s found so far the right distance to have liquid water. >> uma: this land net is 20 light-years away which -- this planet is 20 light-years away,
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which means it is not close. how long would it take for us to travel to that point. >> it would be wonderful if richard branson could fly us there. it would take time. at the speed of our fastest nasa spacecraft, the new horizon mission it would take 500,000 years to get there. sit not something would you want to go on. of course 500,000 years back assuming you didn't want to staeufp the best way to learn more is -- want to stay. the best way to learn more is look at the light. a russian scientist sent a message to this system. we are already trying to communicate with possible light forms that might be in the system. >> it is named after a scientist who first catalogued the star many years ago. >> uma: fascinating, i know you have been following this planet for the last 12 years. it has been interesting to follow its progress. how are you able to determine that it can sustain life and
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have water knowing we don't have a telescope built that can see it? >> right we are only detecting incorrectly by watching the wobble that is produced by the planet's pulling on the star and watching the wobble on the center mass. we know how bright the star 1/ 100 as bright as our sun. we can figure out how hot you would be given distance from the sun knowing the period in which the star wobbles due to the planet roughly every 37 days, that means the planet has a distance 10 times closer to its star than our earth is. since the sun is roughly 100 times less bright that means that we have about the same amount of sunlight hitting us on that land net as we hit on earth that means we are smack-dab in the habitable zone where liquid water could exist. those two factors combined to say it is just the right temperature to be the goldilocks planet. >> uma: what do you think is
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going to do scientifically and spiritually? >> we are are on the verge of learning if there is life elsewhere not only in the solar system but beyond. the real task for nasa will be to come up with a way to build a telescope that can study the system and tell us if it has life now. >> uma: very interested discovery, thank you for sharing your insights. we look forward to further discoveries that may come our way, soon. >> thank you very much. >> uma: universities across the country are turning to new technology to make sure classroom lessons club. the latest high-tech teaching tool. >> reporter: classrooms don't look like they used to. it is not unusual for students to pull out ipads and laptops from their backpacks when to class. teachers are adjusting their curriculum incorporating clicker technology. students buy what looks like a
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tv remote, more than two million students are using them across the country this fall semester. when the teacher posts the question, multiple choice, students can click a, b, c, or d. that gives the opportunity to beginning how the students are comprehending the material and great for someone who is shy in a big lecture hall. we spoke with one professor using this technology. >> in a class like this which is 100 students, you can get to though what the person in the back row is thinking. >> reporter: technology is also expanding into other parts of learning outside of the classroom. georgia texas well as emory university and faculty members at mit have launched open study, a global study hall with more than 5,000 students from 129 countries. you log on and find the study hall the topic, and ask a question. everyone in that study hall gets an e-mail immediate that
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question. you can get a response, let's say you are studying for a test, you can get a response immediately. take a listen as to what a dean said about this program. >> we are trying to take that face-to-face online. that is where our teenagers are. >> reporter: more than 129 countries are participating. they expect this to be millions within a couple of months. we'll see what else technology does for the future. >> uma: global classroom, elizabeth, thank you. >> 24 hour news cycle and internet access haven't helped the trust in media. why distrust of the american media seems to be at an all-time high? diabetes testing? it's all the same. nothing changes. [ man ] then try this. new and improved freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, but it's not gonna- [ bp ] wow. [ man ] yeah, that's the patented eestyle zipwik™ design. [ woman ] did it just --
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probably comes as no surprise to many of you at home, but the majority of americans don't trust what the media says, that's according to a couple of brand new polls out. one which may explain why this is the case. authority, journalist, contributor, liz trotta. >> good afternoon, uma, studies such as this would make your eyes glaze over, but they're interesting as they're presenting a picture that should be looked at. the gallup poll, they've done this survey and how much does the public trust media. the first question asked is in general, how much trust and confidence do you have with the mass media such as newspapers, tv and radio, when it comes to reporting the news fully, accurately, and fairly? a great deal, a fair amount. not very much or none at all? well, turns out that 57% say
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they have little, if no faith or trust in the media and it's 43% says they have a great deal of trust. 57% is an all time high for this gallup poll, in fact, according to gallop it's even higher than the polls that they took in the 1970's and trust me when i tell you that anti-media feeling was never higher when you have watergate and vietnam war, so, they don't trust the public doesn't trust us, even as much as they did then which was quite low. so-- >> there's another poll, out right now that looks at media behavior as well and specifically how the media handles the supreme court nominees, how are those related? >> exactly-- well, they're related in this way, to go back to the gallop for one second. 48% of the people who were polled said that they were-- that the press was too liberal. well, the media research center has done a study on the
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new york times coverage of supreme court nominees and this is where you can see that this has to be an example of why people don't trust media. what they did, they look at seven supreme court nominees, since 2010, four democrats, three republicans and wanted to see how the new york times treated them. well, i can hear you thinking out there, well, you could have told, you could certainly guess because you read the paper and heard it's a liberal newspaper, but the figures are interesting because you can see that they have one figure tells us that they're 10-1 more likely, that is the times, to describe the republicans as conservatives as they would describe the democrats as the liberals. and the intensity of the coverage, of the coverage and the glorification of the liberal candidates really amounts to a certified chapter in advanced liberal media
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bias. >> very interesting findings indeed. always a pleasure to hear from you, liz, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> and a wisconsin resident has been crowned the king of giant pumpkins after growing a 1400 pound pumpkin. john says he got into farming with the goal of growing giant pumpkins 19 years ago, if you want your hands on this pumpkin you'll have to pay up. at a dollar per pound, the price of this pumpkin comes in at a whopping $1400. and again, let's take a look at the rally taking place right now on the washington mall at this hour, we've got a lot of people on this beautiful autumn day right now gathering here from different organizations, mostly liberal organizations, about coming together with education and jobs and it's a story we're going to be following throughout this afternoon and bring you up-to-date with more on that throughout this afternoon. and that will do it here for me in washington.
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america's news headquarters, and they're standing by to take over. thanks so much for watching the fox news channel. we report, you decide. have a great day, everybody! . >> hello everybody, welcome to a brand new hour of america's news headquarters, i'm juliet huddy. >> i'm rick follow balm. >> the most handsome answering corps in the business. >> oh, here is a look at the demonstration that's going on right now, a live report on the big push to drum up support ahead of the power shifting mid term elections. >> what a giant message we are going to show the problems from the drenching that hit the east coast. >> also, new violence in pakistan to tell you about. authorities there saying the suspected u.s. drone fired missiles have taken out at least 15 militants, it
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happened in the country's mountainous tribal region, a known heightout for the taliban and al-qaeda and significant shifting now in u.s. strategy and fire power. julie kirtz is live in washington. good to see you. so the latest drone attacks, part of something bigger, perhaps? >> exactly. intelligence sources confirming to us today that the cia is expanding its campaign against militants in pakistan and afghan border region, shifting aerial drones and weapons from the afghan battle front and additional drone attacks are believed to be a part of that mission with 16 militants reportedly killed in north wizerstan, in recent month they've predator and drones to the cia to give the agency more fire power to targeted insurgents in the region and the rammed up strike, the strikes in september are part of an
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overal escalation in the drone attacks of the last few years, with the cia reportedly average, i think it's five strikes a week in september out from two or three a week. >> now, i'm going to guess, julie, that the pakistanis are not too happy about this. >> precisely, the cia doesn't acknowledge the program which was incidentally started under the bush presidency. pakistan quietly cooperates, the government, but it is unpopular within the country and recent polls in pakistan show most pakistanis now view the u.s. as their enemy, not al-qaeda. 40% believe the u.s. is most responsible for violence in their territory, so, as you can imagine, the tension, rick, between the u.s. and pakistan, extremely high this weekend following, and we're showing the video, a series of cross border attacks by n.a.t.o. helicopter gun ships and then in response, deadly attacks by militants, the pakistani taliban on n.a.t.o.
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fuel trucks, tension is high in the region. >> julie, yesterday, we talked about a new osama bin laden tape. today, another one, two days in a row. what can you tell us about this? >> two audio tapes in 24 hours, he says that muslim nations haven't done enough to support flood relief efforts in pakistan, so he's accusing the media as well not doing enough and avoiding the familiar calls in this case, calling for attacks on the west, but the criticism of the muslim nations in these audio tapes pretty measured, but singling out arab leaders and failing to respond to a tragedy in a fellow muslim nation. >> thank you very much. we'll have more on the bin laden tapes coming up, juliet. >> thousands of people are rallying in washington d.c., hoping to push folks to the polls in the upcoming elections. the look at the event, called "one nation working together" more than 400 groups, many liberal groups now on hand
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spreading a big message, they want more jobs, they want quality education and justice. molly henneberg is smack in the middle of it all in the lincoln memorial. good to see you. what kind of crowd is there. >> hi, juliet. they could not have a more beautiful sunny fall day for a rally than today. mostly liberal and progressives out here today and the organizers say this is not an alternative to the tea party message, but a quote, antidote to the tea party message. we have a crowd shot to show you of participants in the area stretching from the lincoln memorial back to the washington monument and organizers are hoping that people will make what they're calling the 10 to 10 pledge. 10-2-10 is the date. they want each people to call 10 people. recruit two friends to make more calls and commit to 10 volunteer hours to help get out the vote. in the crowds, people representing various causes, environmentalists, anti-war, pro choice, civil rights, gay rights, and unions. they think it's the most diverse march in history.
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juliet. >> molly, what's the ultimate goal there? tell us a little more detail about that. >> well, you know, it's in response to some of the tea party rallies and meant to energize liberals and progressives on the issues and some people here say they're venting frustration against businesses and corporations while others say hey, we're exactly one month before the mid term elections and we need to get people united to vote. here is more. >> this is a transform tiff moment in america. this is about inclusion, not exclusion. this is about coming together and embracing one another and finding common ground. it's about americans working for good jobs, for equality and fairness and for quality educati education. >> sick and tired of the people who only have in mind making profits and they look at where the best piles of money are, whether it's education, health care, or
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social security. and let's figure out a way you can have power to get that money for us. and away from everybody else and we don't-- work together we are going to lose what we have. >> as you heard, some of the messages are echoed at the podium. the focus today is on jobs, justice and education. juliet. >> definitely looks like a beautiful day and a big turnout there. molly, thank you for joining us, we appreciate it, rick. >> well, right now, there are flood warnings that are still in effect for parts of the northeast and mid atlantic states following a devastating and deadly storm that slid up the east coast. six deaths now blamed on this system that toppled trees and cut power to thousands and live in the new york city news room. peter, even though it's a nice sunny day on part of the east coast as we saw in washington and here in new york, it's beautiful outside. it's been rough out there?
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>> that's right, rick, and police in pennsylvania are saying that six tragic deaths occurred when a woman accidentally drove her car into a flooded creek and appears high water obscured her view of the roads and that's very bad. thousands in the keystone state were affected by flooded roads and washed out roads. and the king of prussia mall, according to the website is the largest retail mall in america with over 400 stores, about a half an inch of water and some mud was seen in parts and some stores on the lower level remain closed today and reportedly some merchandise has been damaged along with some carpet and computers. here in new york, one family had a very close call when a tree in manhattan fell on their mother, who was a high school teacher, who has two ki kids. >> i ran out in the back yard and saw her crying and caught up in between the branches where we kind of move on this, almost paralyzed and we tried to move out of the branches
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and she kind of came out and banged up in the back, her shirt and head and she had the bruises all over her back. >> that woman, kathleena has been released from the hospital and her landlord apparently is going to pay for damage caused by the tree. as you can see here, high wind and standing water throughout the region yesterday so it took people a long time to get around in cars and trains and planes and down in maryland being people lost power, homes were flooded and businesses were damaged, but some farmers were actually cheering all the water, saying it's going to be good for their crops as we head into the winter time, but for many thousands of others on the east coast that don't ha have cars, it's being felt in a bad way. >> peter doocy in the news room for us, thanks. >> president obama says clean energy is the way to go to help the environment and to create jobs. in his weekly radio and internet address the president came down on republicans saying policies that focus on oil and gas are bad for america. >> they recently released and
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the republican leadership is promising to scrap the incentives for korean energy projects, including those currently underway, even with all the jobs and potentials that they hold. this doesn't make sense for our economy. it doesn't make sense for americans who are looking for jobs. and it doesn't make sense for our future. >> meanwhile, senate minority leader, mitch mcconnell, taking the democrats to task for not extending the bush tax cuts. >> earlier this week, democratic leaders working entirely to expand the reach of government left town without doing the single most important thing they could have done for jobs. too preoccupied enacting the rest of their agenda. they didn't pass the proposed legislating that would prevent one of the largest tax hikes in history. >> in the same address, mcconnell accused of democrats of maxing out the credit card. and both parties excuse me, fighting for an upper hand a month before the mid term
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elections. >> they certainly are, not just in congress, there are elections all over the country, the countdown is on and gloves are off. in california's governor's race in a few hours, republican meg whitman and democrat jerry brown will go head to head in a debate, catering to latino voters in california. whitman is hoping to regain momentum after claims she mogley hired a housekeeper who was in the country illegally. whitman is calling it a coordinated political attack at the hands of brown. so far polls show brown in a slight lead among hispanic voters, and 4 p.m. today-- >> the search for two missing american balloonists, what's being done to locate them days after the dramatic decent-- descent into the adriatic sea, and fighting crime, we'll tell you about that after the break. [ male announcer ] evee morning pain slow you down?
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and wall street journal pole house speaker nancy pelosi 50% disapproval message. what message do they need to get across, democrats and republicans need to take back home to their folks in local districts. joining me now for a fair and balanced debate. adam, and pollster for new york governor and a former aide to charles schumer. quite the resume's you guys have here. adam, start with you, these guys are going home and taking a break and not welcomed with opened arms and blueberry muffins by the constituents. who is worse off, democrats or republicans. >> i think the democrats are worse off, that shouldn't come as much of a surprise, this as all mid terms are, it's going to be a referendum on the party that occupies the white house. traditionally, the party that occupies the white house loses seats and now it's a matter of
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do they lose a few seats or a bunch. chris, the poll numbers, 72% disapproval rating, it's kind of not surprising based on polls we've seen recently. did they matter as much as a lot of folks suggest they do? >> well, the overall view of congress is always a low. people always have a poor opinion of congress as a whole. what do they think of their personal congressman. more than i'd seen in polls earlier in the year and i'm more optimistic at some democrat's chance around the country, holding holding. tea party candidates out to the republican establishment's choice and they are a little bit far to the extremes of the republican parties. so a lot of republicans are either going to vote for a democrat or stay home in this year's election and it could lead to a couple of seats that should have flipped, staying with democrats. >> adam, do you think that's the case? >> i don't. i think that, i think that republicans are going it make
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big gains in the who us and in the senate. and i think that you can see the democrats strategy in the last month is going to be to try to demonize, not only the republican candidates, but the voters who oppose president obama or oppose nancy pelosi. the democrat strategy-- >> and no, i understand that. >> i'm not trying to-- >> i don't think that the democrats-- listen, we're not-- >> and we're saying, these are not the people that the republican establishment would have liked to have running. you admit that, adam. you're a smart polster and of' been around a long time. >> let me it will you something, the o'donnells of the world were running and angles. >> we have republican primaries. you know what, the rank and file pick our candidates and not the party bosses. this is the way it is. we are going to go with the people who are opposing the democrats and that's the deal, how we do it. >> you know what these are people that-- >> o'donnell, o'donnell took a
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seat that the democrats had written off in the senate and made it at seat the democrats are pretty confident they'll hold on to now in the senate. i'm pretty happy about that. i know that she represents some views of the republican party, but listen, we're happy to have that debate and see what we want. we want real people in the senate. people who identify with real americans needs and ideas. oh, do you? christopher, delaware is one seat-- >> yes, we do. >> i've got news for you, republicans are going to pick up probably at a minimum, seven or eight seats in the senate, perhaps more than that and in the house, we're poised to agenda 40 plus seats and i think that-- >> you're going to pick up-- >> and people who understand their problems. the democrats have not-- >> and the republicans pledge to america was noticeably absent on one thing causing job losses here in america. outsourcing jobs to india. why are they silent on outsourcing, silent on outsourcing because they're running candidates around the country like randy--
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made millions outsourcing jobs to india. what they want to talk about nancy pelosi this and nancy pelosi that. >> and let me ask a question. >> and you're cherry picking, but go ahead, juliet. >> juliet: i'm going to ask you, christopher mentioned nancy pelosi and we mentioned the 50% disapproval rating, approval rating i guess you could say. will we see nancy pelosi's face as a bulls eye in the republican district? >> i think you're going to see nancy pelosi's face in a lot of republican ads. >> is that a good idea? >> here it is. >> it worked for us, it worked for us with newt. it didn't work for us with newt. >> because you did it wrong. you did it wrong. >> how? >> because you're in-- we're going to do it on the issues. we are going to do it on the big stimulus that failed and unemployment, on jobs, the economy and-- >> well, that's-- tt best stock market rally in 72 years, the best september
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in 72 years. >> juliet: you said that democrats did it wrong when they were-- pardon me, newt gingrich. what do you mean they did it wrong. >> put devil horns on his head and made it amateurish. >> one at a time, guys, one at a time. i like the passion, but we've got to hear you. >> ask the question again. >> the local elections, house elections are local elections and if you-- >> in mid terms a correlation between the president's job approval rating and going all the way back to world war ii when the president's job approval was under 50% the other party gained seats. >> juliet: on that note. >> and in districts with a bigger market. >> juliet: on that note i've got to wrap it up, guys. and there's-- you know,-- thanks for joining us today. it was a spirited debate. we appreciate it. >> i like that, it was fun. >> juliet: it was fun.
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>> rick: it's easier to prevent crime if you know when and where it happened and figure that out and what police officers are turning to computers to analyze crime data. it's a new technology giving cops a head start on the bad guys. and casey stegall is live in los angeles with the l.a.p.d. today. casey tell us more about this so-called predictive policing. >> well, rick, this is exciting. no fireworks like you just heard out here in los angeles, but basically predictive policing is taking years of crime data, plugging it into computers and then trying to forecast where and when the next crime will happen. does it sound too good to be true? experts say it's actually highly accurate because criminals often times make the same mistakes over and over again. now, the l.a.p.d. is working with scholars at ucla like crimologists and psychologists who say that human behavior is much more predictable than we think. so the real key here is trying to nail down those routines of
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the criminals and getting officers in place and again, trying to prevent the crime before the criminal even has a chance to strike. a very interesting concept and l.a.p.d., by the way, rick, thinks this could be the way of the future with policing in other parts of the country as well. >> rick: well, it certainly does sound promising, casey. how does the l.a.p.d. plan to use this information. >> reporter: well, it's going to help commanders staff the streets, basically. all of the people that are out on the streets enforcing the crime, it will flag areas where crimes are more likely to occur. right down to the neighborhood. down to the specific building. now, l.a.p.d. is quick to point out this sounds like a movie the minority report, but they say that this is not a substitute for good old-fashioned police work. they're not out on the streets making arrests based on the probability of what could potentially happen. they obviously have to have probable cause and things like that to make the arrests and again, we should say that
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l.a.p.d., the second largest police department in the country, they just received a 3 million dollar grant from the federal government to expand and test this program further. so, again, this is sort of a pilot program that could one day be used with other police departments from big cities to little towns all across america, rick. >> rick: casey stegall live in l.a. thanks so much. >> juliet: a brand new tape allegedly from the world's number one terrorist. the remarkable change in strategy from osama bin laden, but will it work? . activia is better than ever! hey, you guys. want to try activia's great new taste? isn't this the yogurt that, you know... helps regulate your digestive system. ooh, i think i'll pass.
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>> welcome back, it's the bottom of the hour, time for.... >> rick: the top of the news. >> juliet: one nation rally is underway down at the national mall in washington d.c. organized by more than 400 labor and civil rights groups. the event is billed as the time to focus on job creation, education and justice. 12 people are dead after two car bombs explode in nigeria's capital. police say the blast happened during celebration marking nigeria's 50th anniversary. and rescuers in indonesia are searching for survivors after a train plows into the rear of another parked train at a station, so far, 36 people reported dead, dozens more injured. >> well, two days and two new audio tapes, from the world's most wanted terrorist, osama bin laden, we're also seeing a bet of a change in tactics here with bin laden possibly
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trying to win the hearts and minds and appeal for flood aids for pakistanis who have been ravaged the last couple of months and joining us now mike baker, a former cia covert operations officer, and llc, a global intelligence firm. mike, you know what it sounds like to me. it sounds like desperation, doesn't it. a hail mary on the part of bin laden if he were it know anything about football? >> it is and i don't know whether it's a football fan or not, but it does smack of desperation and he's done this a few times in the past where he's tried to broaden al-qaeda's base and implying they're doing all of the violence and terrorism in the name of palestinians, for instance, but the idea that bin laden has the blood of countless muslims on his hand is suddenly a humanitarian worried about the fate of muslims in pakistan is a big stretch. so it's speaking to its base, its followers, but i doubt it's going to reach the wider
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group. >> rick: well, the wider group is the vast majority of muslims in the world who of course are peace loving people and is that who he's trying to get the attention of, muslims who might be in pakistan, you know, who might be a little bit desperate for whatever reason right now and looking for something to did? >> right, well, i think he sees-- they're not unintelligent and the media wing of al-qaeda that crafts some of these messages for bin laden and the other, i don't want to call them sophisticated, but they understand how the world works and during a natural disaster like flooding in pakistan there's opportunity and they've shown in the past, extremist groups, whether we're talking taliban, hamas, elsewhere have shown during times of natural disaster they've been able to step up, provide that immediate on the ground relief and from their perspective that's great publicity and basically they're in a position in pakistan where they can reach out to the general population and say, look, your government's doing nothing for you. and the other arab countries
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are doing nothing for you. we can help because they happen to be on the ground and so they're handing out whatever they've got. >> rick: i'm almost surprised bin laden didn't say something nice about rick sanchez and seem to share a lot of the same enemies, but seriously, when it comes to pakistan, this is also a sensitive time and we've reported earlier in the hour about the drone hit, 16 additional militants killed over there. it might be a time when anti-american sentiment, because of the sort of these stepped up attacks, you know, it might have a lot of listeners over there. >> yeah, i think the message, it will be interesting to see how it plays out. the wider concern, the bigger problem we're facing right now, we could be at a real watershed is the relationship right now between pakistan and the u.s., because of the drone attacks and because of the recent cross border skirmishes that we've had going after some of the militants on the pakistani side. now, the pakistani government for a long time has played a
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game where they protest public publicly about the drone strikes, the past couple of years, about 140 drone strikes in that region in we. and at the same time they're happy it's done and understanding that the pakistani taliban helps the stability of their own government and the point we're reaching, the third day of a blockade in the convoy we're seeing some calculus on the part of the pakistani government and they're saying, look, is it still to our benefit to support what's going on and the u.s. effort? because suddenly they have to worry about the population rising up and the population is getting increasingly agitated with the drone campaign going on there. >> what happens, mike, if they change their mind and decide, you know what, we're not going to play games, play ball with the americans anymore? >> well, it's not good. it's not good and i know there's a lot of criticism that goes out to the pakistani military and others in terms of their actual support and
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efforts against the pakistani taliban and al-qaeda within their bore terse, the reality is, without their support, however limited or frustrating it may be, without that we're not going anywhere with this effort in afghanistan and the broader campaign against al-qaeda and the taliban, we need whatever support we can get from them, they understand that, but again, they're walking a very fine line between appeasing the west and the war on terror and maintaining their own control of their own country without the public population rising up. it's a conservative muslim country and it's always been a delicate dance, but i think what we're seeing now is a real uncertainty as to where that relationship is going to go. >> rick: one more question for you, mike, back to bin laden just to wrap it up here. he comes out with an audiotape and the media of course jumps all over it, and you know, we report on it. just the other day we heard the u.s. official believe that bin laden may have played a role in that foiled attempt to bomb a number of european
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cities in simultaneous attacks. where does bin laden stand though, where does he fall on the hierarchhierarchy, is he st number one. >> he'll still lex luther of the figure head, the al-qaeda and world of terrorism. but from an operational standpoint he's not sitting at the table and mapping things out. they clearly, i think, went and got his blessing and old school bin laden planning in terms of coordinated attacks, multiple sites and planning and has his fingerprints and some of his markings on it. he's not the most operational member of that group now. getting him is still important. it will be an enormous moral victory and send a real message to the rest of that organization, but there are operatingal planners and people really involved in this that would be more immediate term gets that would have an impact on their ability to function.
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>> rick: mike baker president of diligence llc. always great to talk to you, thanks for coming in. >> thank you. >> juliet: turning now to the search for mideast peace. dozens of palestinian leaders gathering today to decide the future of peace talks with israel and the position is loud and clear. leland vitter explains from jerusalem. good to see you. what's the latest regarding the peace talks. >> hi, juliet. appears the peace talks that began four weeks ago in fact, fanfare all, but over. this is the middle east and things can change. the palestinians are taken a much harder line in terms of the concessions they want to stay at the negotiating table. today at a meeting with palestinian president abbas and his advisors, they voted not to return to the peace talks until the israelis have stopped all construction on the west bank. remember, earlier this week, a ten month settlement freeze ended and the settlers couldn't wait to get back to work in the west bank and that's territory that the west
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bank want in the future state. and benjamin netanyahu, international pressure, allowing the ban to expire. the palestinians would have stayed at the negotiating table and right now, there's a lot of behind the scenes diplomacy going around. the u.s. envoy here, senator george mitchell, is shuttling between jerusalem and ramallah trying to find some kind of solution or compromise that will work, but so far that's been very elusive. >> juliet: well, leyland, obviously you just mentioned the united states, a key component trying to bring this to the negotiating table. how is all of this affecting the u.s.-israel relationship. >> it's not playing out well. you can see the pictures of president obama here, doesn't look happy and the united states called the decision to allow that to expire disappointing and according to reports here, the united
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states offered all sorts of cookies, if you will, in order for israel to extend the band. they haven't. it's unclear whether they're still on the table and you might remember, juliet, it was just the spring that there was a lot of frostiness, it was icy between the united states and israel. they tried to warm everything back up and everybody sat down at the peace talks again, but this certainly is not a good situation for those relationships. >> juliet: as you said earlier, things can change on a dime in this situation. thanks for that report. >> rick: widespread protests in paris, france. tens of thousands of people turning out, really, across the country today. protesting against proposed pension cuts and a push to raise the retirement age, from 60. juliet 60 is the retirement age and go to 62. workers and retirees trying to pressure the french president to drop the plans and government foreclosures say the proposals are the only responsible course of action during the tough economic time
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and insist people need to work longer because they're living longer. >> juliet: yeah, all right. i can maybe see that. >> rick: sure. >> scary landing in new jersey. a private jet overshot the runway and crashed into somethi something, and it stopped the plane luckily from barreling on to a road. seven passengers on board, two pilots at the time. luckily, you can see that the plane right there. everybody is okay. and the incident of course now is under investigation. >> rick: wow. remember when taking a test in school looked a little like this coming up, we'll show you, a number two pencil had to have loose leaf paper and dots. >> juliet: acrylic nails. >> rick: acrylic nails. apparently these days are over. girls still have their nails, but university universities across the country are integrating clickers into the classroom. when the professor asks a question, they click an answer on something that looks something like a tv remote
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control and elizabeth is live in atlanta. how are the clickers changing the landscape of the classroom? >> well, classrooms simply don't look like they used to, rick. these students are bringing these clickers, like you said a perfect example how technology is changing the way we learn and about 2 million students bought the clickers with the fall textbooks this past semester, they bring them into class and turn them on and syncs up the computer and a multi-temp choice computer and they immediately click the response and all the results posted up on the screen so it does a number of things, first of all, the professor gets nant gratification so he or she can change the curriculum or adjust the lecture accordingly and classroom sizes are bigger for the shy learner ready to participate and not singled out if the answers aren't entirely correct. >> is this changing anything
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outside the classroom? >> well, we see technology expanding in the way students study as well. georgia tech and emory university and mit professors launched open study. a global study group. log on, free for professors and students and look for the topic and post a question. everyone in the group gets an e-mail immediately. say you're studying at home you can get an answer to your question immediately as opposed to going down to the professor's office or maybe going to the library where most of us used to study when we were in school. i talked to both the creator of open study as well as the ceo and here is what they had to say. >> what we are trying to do is face-to-face online and that's kind of where our teenagers are. >> we've come out in a really good way to give students anywhere in the world to find help in real time. >> now, rick, about 129 countries are currently participating and they have about a thousand new members a
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week so they're thinking that this could be the next way to study so we'll see how technology changes more things in the classroom to tomorrow. >> rick: elizabeth. thanks so much. >> juliet: i feel so old. we didn't have computers when i was-- >> i know. >> juliet: didn't have cell phones. all righty. in the state where the original tea party happened, people are fighting over taxes again. this time on alcohol. voters in massachusetts will decide next month whether to repeal the 6.25% sales tax on booze. and douglas kennedy reports on the debate that's brewing. >> john herrington says that residents in massachusetts need a drink and not an expensive one either. why is this the wrong time to be taxing alcohol? >> the economy is soft as it is. is it normal to tax when economy is the way it is right now? >> harrington is the owner of this package store north of boston and points out the red sox are in third place and the patriots have failed to meet
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expectation expectations, making matters worse, the legislature raised the state tax on booze from 0% to 6.25%, just when they should have made it cheaper you say they went and made it nor expensive. >> not only more expensive, they're sending tax dollars to the state of new hampshire. >> harrington is supporting an initiative that would once again eliminate tax on liquor. he says the staters need a relief on the pocket book. times are tough, but exactly why massachusetts needs the tax money. alcohol is, you know, it's not a necessity, it's not food, water or clothing. and why should alcohol be exempt from a sales tax? >> state senator steven tollman is an outspoken critic of the measure and says the problems in massachusetts need to be faced head on, not drank away. >> the alcohol problems are numerous. i mean, you've got binge
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drinking and could call it students abusing it. >> and causes proms with individuals, with society, were not tax it? >> they should be focusing on keeping our employees working and keeping things going in the state. in massachusetts, douglas kennedy, fox news. >> juliet: the countdown to the november election is on. go to foxnews.com for nonstop updates from reporters, out in the field. producing on hot ballot issues and races going on around the country and click on the follow fox link at foxnews.com/politics. >> rick: interesting story straight ahead. three of the nation's largest mortgage lenders are putting foreclosures on hold. we'll tell you why and what it means for all of those americans who might be at risk of losing their homes. don't go away, we'll be right back.
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>> welcome back, have you checked your mailbox do you know what it is. enjoy the saturday delivery, it may be going away. thanks to e-mail and online bill paying. the post office is handling less mail and losing billions of dollars. and plans to stop male delivery and shut down offices that aren't making money. they tried to raise the price of a stamp by two pennies and some say no. some say the post office needs to cut spending more and look at measures to change how the business is run.
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obama is delaying foreclosures in 23 different states and the company says it's trying it figure out if it rushed the foreclosure process for thousands of home owners, it's the third major lender in recent weeks to freeze foreclosures, what does it mean for all of those who might be at risk of losing their homes. joining us now is david nelson. ceo of asset management. what's the reason they're doing this? >> the real reason they're doing this, the bargaining screwed up and the lawyers are going to have a field day with this. it looks like on the surface that they didn't staff properly, they didn't document properly and robbo signers that signs thousands and thousands of documents without reading them and they screwed up and going to have to pay the price. >> rick: sounds like members of congress, actually. i'm joking. what kind of mistakes might have been made and what does it mean if somebody out there
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who is watching and listening right know has a mortgage with one of the thee banks and i'll mention the other two gmac and jp morgan chase and bank of america what we're talking about now. what if somebody is holding is mortgage with one of the banks and is either is in foreclosure or near foreclosure? what do they need to know? >> well, it's understandable. for many of these people, there's little incentive to pay, as a matter of fact, before i came here, i looked on the internet and i found no less than a dozen companies with names like avoid mortgage foreclosure.com and dozens of others, guiding you to attorneys and other internet sites, giving you advice how to forestall the process and drag it on, perhaps a year or more. >> what if you have a mortgage through a different lender? i mean, we're talking about these three. we've seen this with the airlines. >> yeah. >> one of them drops the price or starts charging for luggage and everybody else follows suit. are we going to see this now
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with other lending institutions? >> i think so. i think a freeze across the board is inevitable. rick, this is an election year and politicians are going to fall all over themselves to step up for the home owner, from blumenthal perhaps in connecticut, jerry brown out in california they're all going to step up here, but in the end, rick, in the end the foreclosure process will continue. there's a couple million in foreclosure now. i expect millions, millions more. >> rick: what happens though if some of the foreclosures are reversed? i don't know what the right terminology goes. what if the banks decides well, we have thought you were in foreclosure and would like to work out a deal. what would that mean for the housing market and for the economy as a whole in all of a sudden. if even a portion were to go away and home owners able to work out a lower monthly mortgage interest rate or have
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the payment amount and all of a sudden, people were able to keep their homes. >> i see where you're going with this and you're correct. i think there's a moral hazard here and a lot of what's been done in government for the last couple of years is we're forestalling the inevitable. postponing the inevitable and i think it hurts the mortgage market in the end because some of these people simply can't afford these homes and that will happen again. as long as you're underwater what's the incentive to keep paying a mortgage if your home is worth less than the loan? i just think this will continue on and we need to purge the process. >> rick: maybe this is not such good news after all. >> i don't think it is in the end. no. >> rick: very interesting, david. thanks very much. david nelson is the ceo of asset management. always good to talk to you, thanks for coming in on a saturday. >> thank you, rick. >> juliet: coming up we'll talk about unwith of the most embarrassing medical conditions for men. a lot of people joke about it, but it's no laughing matter
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for millions of people. i'm not going to laugh. >> rick: why are you laughing. >> juliet: i'm not going to, a seinfeld episode i think you know where i'm going, we're going to tackle the topic of gynecomastia. >> rick: otherwise known as man breath. freestyle lite® blood glucose test strip. sure, i'll try it, but -- [ beep ] wow. [ man ] yeah, that's the patented freestyle zipwik™ design. [ man #1 ] it's like it -- targetthe blood. targets the bld. yeah, it draws it ght in. the test starts fast. you need just a third the blood of onetouch®. oy. freestyle test strips. i'll take 'em. [ man #2 ] sure. call or click -- we'll send you strips and a meter, free. can't i just have these? [ man #2 ] freestyle lite tetrips. call or click today. ya. uhhuh. mhhmm. oh i know. that was cute. right.
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of the trains slammed into the other while parked at a station. and a moment of silence planned for today at rutgers university at their football game today. the school is remembering tyler clementi who committed suicide after his sex life was apparently streamed over the internet by classmates. getting a man to talk about american issues, we're not talking relationships, but personal man issues isn't an easy thing to do especially when talking about things having to do with physical appearance and today we're talking about gynecomastia and lay people joke around and call it man breasts. and it's not funny if you have to deal with it. the doctor is joining us and you always come in with the interesting top ex-today and we are going to be talking about man breasts. why is it such a big concern.
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one out of four men? >> it's more common than we thought and a lot of e-mails we should talk about this. gynecomastia is the most common male disorder. we're not talking cancer, but man breast, see them in teenagers, and older men as a result of aging and hormone imbalances. >> rick: you see it in infants? >> that's a denver story, that's estrogen through the pregnancy and those children resolve some. given puberty they don't need intervention. in later life, most guys can't take the shirt off or play sports or be on the beach and try it cover it all the time when it becomes a big problem. >> juliet: a genetic thing or-- i heard that shampoos could possibly cause. >> mostly has to do with hormonal imbalances and talk about estrogen and
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testosterone the most dominant male hormone. if that balance changes and more estrogen than test interestros trone, and we talk about menopause, men have gain wait, slug and testosterone goes down and that's where you have the breast growth which is the problem. >> julie: and can i go back to what juliet said, shampoo? >> a lot has to do with absorption and increases the estrogen. it's true. but also there are medications that we use that can cause this with. high risk prostate cancer patients i gave lupron, and for engaged prostate, older men can do it. >> juliet: a temporary thing or will it go away if you're off the medication. >> a lot of times if you stop the medication it could resolve on its own.
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menus propecia for hair growth and can affect the testosterone production. >> juliet: and shampoos, herbal products can affect this. >> quickly there are medications you want it worry about, number one, calcium channel blockers, the heart. for ulcers, and the list is very long. say away from alcohol, marijuana and anything that can affect the glands. for example, cirrhosis, liver disease can increase the estrogen levels. the thyroid. if you speed the growth in your chest, see your doctor, they need to do the tests to make sure that everything is in order. >> juliet: we have a model coming out to show us-- just kidding. >> rick: medications. >> juliet: yeah. >> rick: we talk about medications that could lead to it. what about medications to alleviate the problem. >> very good question.
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and we live testosterone and work with activities and control this. if you're going to take any of this you need to be under the supervision of doctors. ultimately, any of these medications won't work. there's liposuction and you want to make sure you get second opinion before you commit yourself to these. >> would this be covered by insurance. >> most likely plastic surgery and insurance companies went cover it. >> rick: probably people watching ang listening to us right now thinking this is because men are obese that their upper bodies get to be so flabby they have the appearance of having breasts really all they need to do is go on a diet. >> i'm glad you brought that up. exercise plays a huge role. it's true that obesity can cause those cosmetics reasons. the first tip, start losing the weight and talk to your doctor and make sure you get a full set of labs and none of these abnormalities with any of the glands and make sure
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you get medical consultation. >> juliet: have you guys talked about chest hair? i had a conversation with somebody about it and i just, i think it would be an interesting topic. >> rick: next week, why not next week. what do you think. >> juliet: we'll be here next week. >> rick: we'll be here. david, thank you so much always good to see you. >> thank you. >> rick: if you have any questions about your health or other men's health issues e-mail them to us at men's health@foxnews.com and maybe you want to do a segment on chest hair. >> it's a legitimate thing and a lot of people disagree over it. that's it for us. >> rick: what do they disagree with. >> juliet: some people they don't like it. i think it's-- those another topic and discuss it tonight at six o'clock. mary: does this dress make my backside look big? abe: perhaps... save you fifteen percent or more on car insurance?really
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