christie is the politician that the founders envisioned. he tells the truth and he doesn't hide. he takes his oath of office seriously. >> glenn: from new york, good night, ame fox news alert. a new warning for americans traveling to europe. hello, i'm julie banderas. >> sources telling fox news the obama administration will soon issue a warning for u.s. travelers telling them to avoid places frequented by westerners like tourist sites and transportation hundreds, this follows new al-qaeda threats to the continent. it could put a chill on tourism and international travel. joining me is national security correspondent jennifer griffin. >> i can tell you that the warning should have been issued at 4:00 p.m. today but due to some reasons, the state department is holding on off and

likely issue it in the coming hours or maybe as late as tomorrow. it will be a vague warning issued to american travelers in europe. i'm being told it will not mention specific countries, however the level of concern of england, france and germany based on intercepted phone conversations and interrogations of certain suspects have been interrogating, they are concerned of a multiple mumbie-style attack in multiple cities across europe. this is a low-tech attack that they expect could be carried out by attackers with dual national citizenship. the plan was reportedly hatched in the areas of pakistan. in recent days we talked to intelligence officials that think bin laden may have been involved in planning the operation. this would be the first operational role to be linked to such attacks since the 9/11

attacks. intelligence agencies are extremely concerned right now. they say the threat is credible but not specific. essentially they are telling westerners and americans to be very careful in europe and avoid areas where westerners would normally frequent because of this increased threat level. >> any specifics in terms of the style attack. mumbai style, are we talking about gunfire? >> gunfire, hostage taking, they don't know. had have intercepted the phone conversations of eight germans and two britains. one was killed in their brothers was killed in a drone strike but through those conversations as well as an interrogation of a man, dual national citizen of germany and pakistan, he was trying to make a flight from kabul to germany -- based on that and other intelligence,

interception of phone calls they are extremely concerned especially with osama bin laden issuing his first audiotape. they are concerned that might have been a trigger for this which again they don't have specifics but they believe there is a credible threat. >> all right. of course, fox news will stay on top of the story and bring you further developments. in the meantime. police arresting the leader of a militant group that claimed responsibility for yesterday's dual car bombing in central nigeria. taking him into custody at his home. 12 people died. dozens of others were injured in the attacks which disrupted a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of nigerian independence. >> julie: palestinian president mahmoud abbas getting the backing of senior politicians today for his demand that israel flee settlement construction before middle east peace talks continue.

benjamin netanyahu urging the palestinians not to walk away from negotiations but the palestinians argue there is no point in going on while israelis build on lands they want. >> thousands of people wrapping up a d.c.. activists, one nation working together event hoping to push folks to the polls this november. calling attention to the needs of working class americans. large labor unions like the sciu were in aattendance. >> sciu brothers and sisters are here today because we've had it. with the corporate america that is just higher and higher ceo pay and bonuses, while workers are losing their jobs. we are not going to stand quiet any longer. we are standing up and speaking out against corporate greed. >> coalition organizing the

event calling on d.c. lawmakers to focus on job creation and help for those without jobs. the rain may be gone, flood warnings remain in effect in parts of eastern north carolina and new england after torrential downpours slammed the area this week. six deaths are being blamed on the storm. rivers cresting above their banks putting the town underwater. in new jersey, drivers trapped in their cars from the rushing water. the rain forcing evacuations, toppling trees and cutting power to thousands up and down the east coast. millions of people in the path of this storm, of course, you can get the latest weather updates in your hometown at fox news.com/weather. we know you have a lots of pictures, go ahead and e-mail us at ureport@ fox news.com.

we might put your pictures on the air but, of course, be safe getting that information. >> julie: brand-new opinion poll shows the president's election hopes could be in jeopardy. peter is live with more on this. >> reporter: president obama has been turning up in people's backyards, he is full campaign mode. even though he isn't running for anything, a majority of americans would vote for somebody else, 39% would re-elect obama and there is more. >> midterm elections now less than five weeks away. with control of congress hanging in the balance, a backlash could be brewing against the status quo in washington. a new fox news poll shows 67% feel the federal government is

out of control and voters need to clean house. many will take the opportunity to send a message to the president. 41% say they'll use their vote to express opposition to mr. obama's policies. 34% say they'll use it to show their support. getting the president to go out stumping to get candidates' votes, 48% say they would be less likely to support a candidate if president obama campaigned for them. its similar story for his wife michelle. 45% say she would deter their vote. and sarah palin is no better, 51% say they would be less likely to throw their support behind a candidate she backing. the tea party will be out in full force in october but may not make much of a difference. 57% say the movement will not be a factor in their vote for congress. however, 70% support the main

issues the tea party has raised like lower taxes, less government spending and regulations and that includes 49% of democrats. >> reporter: so the big take away from the polls a lot is going to use their constitutional right to vote to change the way things are going. >> julie: thank you very much. >> speaking of those polls the white house is preparing for a different political landscape beginning the day after the mid terms, analysts predict the gop should see big gains in that election. a key white house aide rahm emanuel has called it quits so what will the next two years look like in washington? so, rouse is in -- how does it affect the relationship between the white house and congress and does that relationship hinges on if the gop regains control? >> pete rouse is respected.

it's a good decision. rougse has shown that he knows democratic and republican seniors. is this white house going to be working with republicans in congress. it's going to be a lot more republicans in the house and senate next year. those numbers as you just were reporting are very bad. the white house is basically, they're going to have change how they are doing business because right now it's not working. >> be more specific. what is it the white house is doing that perhaps as you are saying that is keag congress not agreeing? >> if you talk to congressional republicans, they like the president. they meet with him. president obama has come to capitol hill to meet with him. when you are talking about drafting the legislation, that is when obama steps back and congressional leaders, democratic leaders in congress, they wrote the stimulus and health care bill and republicans had ideas for those but a lot of the ideas were not put in there.

that is why especially on the health care bill, one republican vote, if obama is going to have a lot of success going forward let's face it in 2008 he won big. in november he is not going to win big. there is going to have some type of adjustment while republican legislators are allowed to write some of the bills and they are not going to vote for it. speaking of gridlock, the administration has to do what you are suggesting being more agreeable to let the republicans take place in the writing of some of these laws, will the gridlock stop? >> i think it's going to be tough for republicans. you have a lot of tea party candidates that will be serving in the house and senate next year their mandate is not to come to washington and compromise with president, especially that is not popular with their base. it will be a challenge for republican leaders, whether speaker boehner or mitch mcconnell, the margins are going to be tight in the house and

senate whether it's democrats or republicans. so there is a possible compromise but at the same time when you have the left and right extremes saying no compromises is good, then you are looking at potential of not getting stuff done. >> that is too bad for the people. at the end of the day, they are there to get things done. but moving on -- if more advisors quit, what does it mean for the administration? >> it comes from the top. president obama has got to set the tone where he is going to campaign, he is trying to get the base fired up. earlier this year, joe biden if the house goes to the republican it will be the end of the road tort white house agenda. president obama like president clinton did after republicans took control of congress he is going to have change how he does business.

mcconnell says i don't believe blame the president for calling that, but i know the president is going to have to call me a lot because i will have a lot of votes in the senate. >> wrap it up and tell me, what do you think the president needs to do in the next two years if in fact he will be re-elected? >> the one thing he has to do is he is not going to get all the republicans. he needs to pick off several of them. the white house has tried to get the votes of centrists in maine, susan collins, olympia snowe and a lot of analysts says the white house has been unable to work with those centrists. if they don't pick up some of these moderate republicans, whether it's scott brown or susan collins, they won't get much done. then going into 2012 they won't have much of an agenda to talk

about. >> good to see you, bob. >> julie: president obama taking aim at republicans suggesting their pledge to america blueprint for nation's future would really keep us trapped in the past. >> in fact in the pledge, the republican leadership is promising to scrap all the incentives for clean energy projects including those currently underway with all the joq and potential they hold. this doesn't make sense for our economy. it doesn't make sense for americans who are looking for jobs. it doesn't make sense for our future. to go backwards and scrap these plans means handing the competitive edge to china and other nations. >> julie: clean energy incentives the president was referring to was included in last year's stimulus bill. republicans are promise to freeze that stimulus spend affecting they win control of congress. they say they are going to make their primary focus creating jobs.

>> at the moment, nearly 15 million americans are currently looking for work and can't find it. another 11 million are working below their skill levels. we have virtually every single piece of major legislation democratic leaders in washington have proposed over the last 19 months have made it either harder for businesses to hire new workers or retain thers they already have. now, they want to make it worse. >> senator mcconnell going on to say, inaction by democrats could allow the bush era tax cuts to expire which would lead to one of the largest tax hikes in history. >> julie: serious new health concerns impacted by bp oil spill. there has been a huge jump in cancer causing toxins in the waters off of louisiana. 40 times higher than before the oil spill. tests were conducted in august after the well had stopped leaking. lawyer overseeing $20

billion spill claim fund saying scams are bogging down compensation efforts. saying the fund has received 5,000 claims with no documentation at all and 25,000 claims are deficient. feinberg pointing out some are real douzy like a restaurant worker that made $18,000 but requesting a payment of $6 million or the person seeking $5 million who says he is special consultant with the f.b.i. developer behind the plan to build a mosque at ground zero says he has no intention of moving the site. he is saying flat out, i am calling the shots. adding the angry demand for him to move the mosque has been an eye-opener and very sad for him personally. the proposed mosque site is two blocks from where the twin towers fell. the site of mass murder by iislamic extremists is no place

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here is a check of head lines, east coast is cleaning up after a massive storm. flood warnings remain in effect for some areas. the state department will soon issue a travel alert for americans in europe to warn folks places frequented by westerners. protestors in france are taking to the streets in a third day to protest. among the issues they are upset about, a plan to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 in the next few years. >> julie: stopping crime before it starts. physics and future america could alert cops of a criminal's next step. but police using computers where the next crime might happen. casey stegall is live in los angeles with more on this interesting story.

hi there casey. >> reporter: we're talking about no crystal balls to do this instead it's crunching numbers. lapd says it's getting closer to predicting crime which means in theory they would be able to prevent it before it even happens. >> los angeles, home to some 4 million people spread across 469 square miles. finding effective ways to police the nation's second largest city. >> information can predict the future. it can lead to make good decisions. all we're doing is moving that to police work. >> welcome to the comstat unit a place where they study years of previous crime data and plug it into computers. >> we have the ability to look into database and see all the crime that has occurred and use that data to forecast where and

when crime is most probable to occur. >> reporter: working with scholars, have been able to anticipate criminal behavior which is why the predictive policing could be the way of the future. >> it's very regular. we as individuals don't deviate from our daily routine very much. >> reporter: although lapd has access to some of the most accurate mapping at their fingertips, they are quick to point out even with the greatest technology it's a complement to what they've been doing for years and not a substitute for good old-fashioned police work. >> all the rules, suspicion, constitutional policing is the number one job of the los angeles police department. >> reporter: so the lapd has received a $3 million grant from the federal government to help test and expand this whole exciting predictive policing program. >> julie: is there any proof

this is working? that is question on many minds. >> reporter: everybody wants to know that but there is no way to gauge that because it's still a pilot program. the federal grant we were talking about is going to help expand it. the model is already being used to staff the streets in high crime areas. they are able to pinpoint the areas but to quantify results it will take a couple months. they are confident this is not only accurate but going to be successful which they say this could really be the way much of the future in terms of how other police departments operate as well. >> julie: casey stegall, thank you very much. >> parents shopping in toy stores were thrown for a loop when fisher price recalled 11 million toys and high chairs. >> sweet dreams, a berkeley

retailer with a sister stubborn in orinda, barbara says fisher price toys have been a mainstay. >> everybody knows fisher price, a big baby boomer, everybody grew up with fisher price. >> today's recall of some ten million toys has raised few customer concerns. >> it's the credibility that they are right there. they are meeting the problems. >> 12.8 million play have inflatable balls that can come off and choke a child. 46 valves came off. three kids almost choked. next, another choking hazard, 128,000 small wheely cars have wheels can come off. only the green and purple cars present a threat. 7 million tricycles have large palace kick tees that last rated ten kids.

million high chairs have protruding legs, seven kids required injuries. more than ten million toys recalled. >> they do it because they want to keep the name that they have. number two, they have to to protect themselves. >> that makes me feel good as a parent. it seems like a fine company. >> reporter: regardless of brands, some parents told us they don't want to buy anything made in china. >> hundred percent of the toys being recalled were all made in china so it's something i try to avoid. >> it's so much of the brand, it's the origin. >> the two have become one in my mind. >> julie: thanks. >> new details on a travel alert that has hit our country. government actually issuing a warning for anyone traveling abroad.

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it is time for the top of the news, thousands of people gathering at lincoln memorial in washington for a rally today. some part of liberal and labor

groups saying they want more jobs, quality education and justice. >> a massive storm that hammered the east coast created a huge mess, i mean sunny skies but look at that. flood warnings still in effect. utility crews are working hard to restore power. >> osama bin laden delivering his second recorded message in two days. in the recording, muslim governments have not done enough to help pakistanis hit by devastating floods. >> julie: this is a fox news alert we are learning more about the european travel alert. obama administration plans to issue for americans in europe. molly henneberg is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: u.s. officials are more worried than usual about possible terrorist attacks in western u.s. cities, possibly against u.s. interests where americans gather because of fresh information coming in from different sources suggesting

they could be imminent. the state department is expected to issue an alert for americans traveling to western europe. new intelligence suggests potential targets could be embassies, military bases, restaurants, hotels or banks or travel stations but beyond that, no specifics as to when and where. a source tells fox that osama bin laden has been directly involved in this latest terror plot trying to coordinate a multiple city strike with several teams of attackers similar to what they did in mumbai in 2008 when 173 people were killed in those attacks. also intelligence analysts say it's no coincidence and not by chance that bin laden has put out two new audiotapes in as many days. they usually have a specific purpose for an intended audience. part of what alerted them to this plot is the interrogation

of a germ pakistani plan believed to have ties to muslim extremists. he was arrested in afghanistan in july. in molly henneberg, thank you very much. a growing danger on the reside, people texting while behind the wheel. a few teenagers and their parents are taking part in an experiment, learning about the dangers of texting while driving. james rose has the details. >> reporter: don't text and drive. >> allstate instructor has parents and teens experience an obstacle course while texting and drivers. >> 83% of the drivers, the driver was inattentive. that is huge. >> reporter: he is using that inattention to get their full attention. the drivers are scored by how many cones or dummies called

louies are hit. >> we got to get it. >> one of most important things they are trying to teach people unexpected things happen at unexpected times. you have to learn how to react to them. >> you are going to run over louie. >> this is why you don't text and drive right there. >> rhonda ran over louie backing up. rhonda's daughter had a flawless score driving while texting. >> to remember there is a cone over here. >> reporter: everyone seemed to have better understanding of the

dangers of being distracted. >> if for no other reason, this is a good experience for everybody to have. >> reporter: everyone seemed to get the message, and i don't mean text message. >> do not text and drive. >> please don't text and drive. >> don't text and drive. do not text and drive. that was james rose from our dallas affiliate. >> julie: under the health care reform plan there may not be a doctor in the house. it's scary. a medical group says the number of new patients seeking medical care will far exceed the number of considers in the system. in fact, the association of american medical colleges estimates the shortage of doctors will be 50% worse than

in health care reform had never been passed. what will happen to millions of patients? professor of medicine. 32 million americans who are uninsured. president obama passed health care reform. there will be 32 million americans that are out there looking for new doctors, what will they find in. >> you should add 36 million joining the medicare ranks in the next decade. here is what they will find. the association of american medical colleges predicts we're going to be 90,000 doctors short over the next decade, half of them primary care. half of them specialists and surgeons. so we got it across the board. all of this is because 1997 the balance budget act under clinton we're going to have a doctor surplus and they froze the

amount of medicare subsidies to new doctors in training. that is a big disaster because we ended up with a doctor shortage. we're adding 30 million uninsureds and 36 million medicare and then more and more uninsured as people lose their jobs. >> 50% worse off had health care not passed but by 2015, the nation will be short 63,000 physicians. then by 2020, there is actually going to be -- let's see -- 90,000 fewer physicians. what is going to happen to the rest of us? >> i call the doctor unavailability syndrome even if you are a doctor, guess what, your waiting room is going to be clogged. in mass mass when they passed universal health insurance, three to four months wait to see a doctor.

so what good is the card? up to 50% of the physicians don't participate with medicaid. 20% don't take any medicare insurance. if they drop oust insurance and president obama is having is going to have insurance, what good is the insurance going to be? even if you work witness, if my waiting room is full i won't be able to see the patients. >> he made it his campaign promise but when president obama promised health care for all americans, where in this plan did it account for the shortages of distribution or did it? was that just a big loophole that the government managed to ignore? >> great point. there is a meager pittance in the bill about more doctors in training, but the same association of medical colleges says that we need 15% more medicare dollars into the suns did i of education. we're not seeing it. >> julie: government is doling out more insurance but doesn't

have a plan to cover medicare to cover the patients. >> we don't have the medical students. we don't have the residents or graduating doctors. then the doctors we do have are dropping out of insurance. we're going to end up with essential shortage, what i'm calling unavailability syndrome is going to be huge. that is biggest headline. we don't have the doctors. you know where they are going to go, they will go to the emergency rooms and they are overcrowded and 10% less emergency rooms than we had a decade ago. longer waiting lines. have you been to the e.r. lately? don't go, call me. >> julie: i understand that the government wants to in some cases force people to have health insurance. but what can be done for those of us who are not under that umbrella. we already have health insurance. we try to make it into the doctor unless the doctor is not available. you go to your own doctor. >> the best thing you can is have a doctor you can trust.

you better start looking for it now, in 2014 the type of insurance -- >> let's say i'm junior patient and i've been your patient longer than one of 32 million comes in year office -- >> if i know you and have your chart and nurse says, julie is calling, i'm going to fit you in. if it's something new, i may not see them. i have ten people waiting i'm going to have to send that patient to the emergency room. the problem with the current insurance, it's based on overuse. it's too easy to overuse. you have low co-pays and low deductibles. the doctor is not going to have the availability. >> julie: what options are left for us. health care has passed. >> not only is e.r. going to be crowded but more nurse

practitioners. there will be lot more nurse practitioners and nurses in training that are going to take care of more and more patients. another thing that could happen, we could get a computer strategy to better organize office schedules. there is study that i can improve my efficiency by 40% if i had a computer model to take care of patients better. >> julie: maybe get a handle on the insurance companies, part the reason that people don't want to be doctors anymore because it doesn't pay. >> when the insurance company has to pay 80% of services, part of that reimbursements and i'm not against those practitioners. they need to be integrated into the system. >> julie: and a top to medical malpractice. >> doctor, thank you very much. >> it took 25 years but it

finally happened. meeting his daughter for very first time. he used a social networking site to find her and emotions were running high. >> how does it feel? >> it's wonderful. she looks just like me. she is gorgeous. she is what i always expected. >> it's better than i ever imagined it, to be honest. i've waited for this forever. i never thought it would actually come, though. >> they had separated before his mother was born. he has been searching for her ever since he found her using the site facebook. >> julie: harry potter fans there is hope. the author j.k. rowling saying

the characters are still in her head and eighth or ninth book of the series is possible. what was supposed to be the last book came out in 2007. more than 400 million harry potter books earning the writer a billion dollars, just from the books not from the movies that followed. >> big three automakers hitting the mg back on life after posting a big jump in sales. why are some analysts impressed?

taking a look at some of the heiltdz, divers are looking down in the sea looking for two american balloonists. they say it's unlikely the pair survived the plunge. >> a horrifying thing happening in indonesia, pictures aftermath 36 people are dead, dozens more injured. witnesses say one of the trains slammed into the other while it was parked at a station. >> a moment of silence at football game school remembering tyler klemente after his sex life was screened on the internet by two of his classmates. >> after government takeovers and slumping economy, good

numbers, new vehicles in the u.s. are selling at a pace of roughly 11.8 million a year. that is about 2 million more than the sale numbers for last year, but some analysts are saying it's not good enough. what does it say about the road ahead? joining me now is steven roje. so chrysler, gm ford they are selling more cars, why are some folks saying in order good enough. >> the numbers look good on the surface but we're coming track numbers from last year. and we saw the momentum and we saw the leading indicators of economic data suggest that we're headed into another week weak economic environment. you could see the sales decline even in the coming months. >> bottom line is folks tightening up the purse springs

because they are out of work. you know what, i have two cousins that had the ford fusion and think thinkare selling really well? >> it was up 40% year over year. the ford escape has been doing well. up 68%. ford is coming out with very edgy cars. they are not the typical fords, rebranding the company has done over the past three years, they are becoming a lot stronger compared to gm. >> so the rebranding you are talking about. how else do the american companies spark sales? >> in ford's case they had a lot of incentives over the past couple months. i think that is some of the reasons why you saw such strong sales from ford versus gm which was only up 16-18%. >> so it's about the incentives, what would you say overall how

this is beginning to affect the car companies. what about the folks that work at those companies? >> certainly for the workers at the car companies, make sure that your retirement plan are not invested all in ford stock and well diverse had portfolio. the car companies will be doing much better going forward. they have finally seemed to be on the right track now in terms of making cars that people want to buy. >> definitely. that is good news, i think. thank you steenroge. good to see you. >> julie: he was pee wee football player whose coach was trying to teach him a lesson. what the coach did that put the boy in surgery. he was only eight years old and now, the coach is going to court. we'll tell you what is going on next. ♪ for he's a jolly good fellow ♪ the meeting's tomorro in dals ♪

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here a check of headlines, east coast is cleaning up after this weeks massive storm. someplace got more rain than they typically get in months. flood effects remain in certain areas. they will soon issue a travel alert for americans in europe. in france protestors are taking to the streets the for a third day in a row. among the issues they are upset about, the plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62 in the next few years. >> julie: controversy in football mad texas, pee wee

coach trying to do an illegal block. he severely injured his leg. he had to go in surgery. he was only eight years old at the time. when parents put their kids in a rough contact sport, should they assume responsibility for risks but if so, how much? let's bring in joey jackson and mercedes. if you enter your kid in into a a rough sport do they have to assume risk? >> of course they do this is texas, football is religion. >> don't even go there. >> they start teaching football in the womb. it's a bigening in texas. when you play football its violent sport. when you are playing and practicing, you have to know that on that field anything can happen. i feel terrible. >> they are being taught to chop blocking, to avoid from being

hit above the waist and below the waist. it's an illegal move. why are they conducting an illegal move? >> you must be a mother. >> look at this little guy, okay? now there was the dummy, it's illegal, why is the coach doing it? >> that is outrageous. you are going to swing this huge thing on a little eight-year-old. he is going to swing a dummy that is about 60 pounds and knock him out. >> i'm telling you, mercedes, you're a mom and julie you are a mom, we have to toughen up these kids, we have to make this them ready. you are going to sue the coach. the problem i have is parade it establishes. lawsuit prevails, every single county gets hit. in baseball, the ball hit me.

>> so the baseball coach is going to swing the bat -- i'm going to swing it for you and see if you can dodge it. >> does it change that at all the dad was there. >> the dad was the one that was actually use the dummy but then things start to get gray. but it wasn't anticipated you are swinging a 60 pound dummy at an 80 pound child. >> you have to prepare. how do you void injury? because you teach children and you practice so you can avoid it. that is all the coach is doing. >> but there are ways to teach them not to do. the only way to teach them what not to do is to do the illegal acts. in other words, don't smoke pot so we'll show exactly what you shouldn't do. >> what i'm saying you have to practice. you have to practice.

>> but it was an illegal move. >> in basketball, what is an illegal move. so the coach says, come here, let me knock the socket out of your eyes. >> what is assumption of risk. it means you assume the risk of something that would happen to you that we don't necessarily like. if you are in a baseball game and a ball comes flying, you have to be heads up. it's important. >> it's foreseeability but only when the risk is foreseeable. an illegal. severely injuring your leg is not foreseeable. >> they say all the maneuvers are illegal and at all levels of football because the risk of injury. so what he is teaching is illegal in the game. why wouldn't it be illegal during practice? >> because what happens, julie, if you have a on sunday, look at

these football games. the injury reports are ridiculous. there are bodies flying all over the place. they won't be injured that way if they are taught. they are there because they want to be there. they are being paid. >> he is eight years old! >> you're not winning this one. >> you're on your own. i don't know where gregg would stand on this. i wonder. >> but the problem is, bodies are flying everywhere and if you don't practice with these children, what is going to happen? >> let's play the other side, mercedes, he makes a point, when you enlist your child in a rough sport, you are talking about tackling and you are talking about a child being thrown to the ground. that is part of it. you could easily break a limb by

being thrown to the ground. >> there we go. >> so practicing in the sport of football whether it's illegal or not. >> i think the parents have a good shot because it's not foreseeable. it's an illegal move. >> you know that. so being swung with this dummy across his chest. severely injuring that leg, that is going to be big issue. that is why a lot of parents, it's not foreseeable. >> the lawsuit is going to get dismissed. nothing is going to prevail like this in the court of law and coaches will continue to do it. >> the dummies are there for the kids to charge into them, not for the dummy to charge back. >> it's football. >> julie: thank you both. thank you so much. all right. >> we have brand-new details in

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popular tourist areas following last week's al-qaeda threat to the continent. it's believed osama bin laden was behind the plot to carry out multiple mumbai-style attacks in cities across europe. joining us now on the phone is jennifer griffin. this is, and we should make this very clear, will be issued by the obama administration as a travel alert. not a warning. but what's the message? >> that's right. there was some confusion in some of the early reporting. travel warning would suggest that they were telling people not to go to europe. that is not the case. the state department right now is weighing whether to issue the travel alert. it was supposed to, according to u.s. officials that i have spoken to, supposed to be issued at 4:00 p.m. this afternoon, but now it looks more likely to be issued tomorrow. it's basically going to be a vaguely worded statement telling u.s. travelers to europe to be vigilant essentially and be careful to avoid places that are popular with western tourists.

tourist sites, train stations, bus stations. but it may not be that specific in nature. but intelligence officials i've spoken to say this heightened stream threat is what they're calling it, is coming from the interrogation of a german-pakinstani individual who has been in custody at bagram air base. he was arrested in july. there were also telephone intercepts by eight germans and two britains suggesting that this mumbai-style attack, which would be using low technology and shooting, hostage taking at hotels and in places that are frequented by westerners, they were increasingly concerned that the attackers had actually been sent and were somewhere in europe and awaiting instructions. when the bin laden tape came out yesterday, there was increasing concern as well because it's not that often that we hear from osama bin laden and that audio tape came out yesterday and some

of those that i've spoken to in the intelligence community say it's usually no coincidence when we hear from bin laden. so a lot of nervousness tonight in the intelligence community. they've been watching this situation for the last few weeks and they decided to act now. we're waiting the state department to issue that travel alert to tell americans to be extremely vigilant when traveling to europe. the countries that they won't mention, but which i've heard are the target of concern are england, france and germany. >> according to sources, the plot was clear. however, it wasn't clear exactly as to when these potential strikes could hit and exactly where. you mentioned the train stations and so forth. another target perhaps bankses, military institutions, anywhere that westerners like to gather. but are there any more specifics? >> i think that's what has the intelligence community so concerned and that's why there is some degree of debate among

intelligence officials is that there is a certain degree of credible threat that they are receiving from multiple sources where they've pieced together this picture of possible multiple attacks. the problem is they don't know where they'll strike or if those sent to attack who are considered to be dual nationals, pakinstanis traveling on european passports. they don't know that those individuals themselves know the target. that they may have been given them at the last minute. there is extreme concern, but the problem with these types of pictures is that it's not specific and they don't know when they're going to strike. if they did, they would be able to stop them. they're hoping the attackers will make a mistake by drawing more and more attention to the emerging plot. >> julie: jennifer, thank you for staying on top of it for us and we appreciate it. thank you. >> arthel: it looks like the u.s. is taking the fight to the taliban and al-qaeda. authorities in pakistan say missiles fired from drones took

out more than a dozen militants today, but it happened on pakistan's side of the border. this new wave of drone attacks marks a big shift in strategy and fire power for the u.s. julie kirtz has more from washington. >> u.s. intelligence sources confirm the c.i.a. is significantly expanding its campaign against militants inside pakistan, shifting aerial drones and weapons from the afghan battle front to the border region. saturday's two new deadly drone attacks are believed to be part of this mission with 16 militants reportedly killed by two suspected u.s. missile strikes. intelligence officials say in recent months, the u.s. military has lone predator and drones to the c.i.a. to give the agency more fire power. the ramped up strikes in september are part of an overall escalation in drone attacks over the last few years. u.s. officials say the targeting militants is precise and there

have been a limited number of civilians killed. but tension between the u.s. and pakistan is extremely high this weekend following a series of cross border attacks by nato helicopter gun ships. in response friday, the pakinstani taliban claimed responsibility for a deadly attack on nato fuel trucks. pakistan responded by shutting down a key border crossing used to supply u.s. and nato troops stationed in afghanistan. >> arthel: thank you very much. coming up in the next half hour, we're going to take a closer look at how pakistan is playing both sides of the conflict. we will talk to former c.i.a. officer and columnist bob bare. >> julie: one month left before the midterm elections as we are inside america's election news headquarters. and today president obama and the republicans are using their weekly addresses to hit the other party's apparent weak spots. president obama focusing on what else, jobs, and energy. >> the pledge they recently released, the republican

leadership is promising to scrap all the incentives for clean energy projects, including those currently underway, even with all the jobs and potential that they hold. this doesn't make sense for our economy. it doesn't make sense for americans who are looking for jobs. it doesn't make sense for our future. >> julie: mitch mcconnell taking the democrats to task for not voting on extending the bush era tax cuts. listen. >> earlier this week, 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 and i can arrest to their agenda, they neglected to pass or even propose legislation that would prevent one of the largest tax hikes in history. >> julie: in the same address, mcconnell accusing the democrats of maxing out the nation's credit card. >> arthel: thousands of americans took to the national mall in washington this

afternoon. more than 400 liberal groups at the one nation working together event hoping to push folks to the polls this november. their message? calling attention to the needs of working class americans. #. >> a transformative 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 education. >> i'm sick and tired of seeing these people who are -- who all they have is making profits and look at the big piles of money are, whether it's education, health care, or social security. let's figure out a way using our power to get that money for us and away from everybody else. if we don't unite and stay

strong together, we're going to lose what we have left. >> julie: the coalition organizing the event is urging dc lawmakers to focus on job creation and quality education. >> julie: for months republicans have been lending the midterm march -- leading the midterm march, leading democrats in polls and seeing more enthusiasm from their base. a new poll shows the gap between the parties is shrinking. democrats seem to be making a comeback. but will it be enough to keep control of the house in november? joining me, adam goldberg, former white house associate special council under president clinton. chip, what do you think the reason is for democrats slowly catching up to republicans who were once in the lead weeks ago? >> they're still in the lead and we've seen these polls eb, and flow. i think you'll have democrats going home in the last 30 days. they usually do. we never expected the huge margin, but they still have a

math problem. when you look at the country as a whole, there is too many seats for democrats to barely hang on. all the enthusiasm and energy is with the republican voters right now. some of these polls like the one you were talking about is polling registered voters as opposed to likely voters. in a midterm, it's all about who turns out. >> julie: it is. but we always love to watch the polls because we sort of see them as the crystal ball as to what will happen in november. adam, fear is eroding among the most pessimistic democrats that they can lose the house because of these polls. obviously they're watching them closely, too. they're fighting at the margins. they see some encouraging signs. but do you think that will be enough to prevent a wipeout in november? >> yes. i think the democrats definitely have their groove back. they've been doing great things in the last few weeks. they have been doing a great job explaining to america what exactly it would mean if you had a republican party in control of the house. defending and explaining all

their legislative accomplishments that they've done in the last couple of years. and they've been doing a great job energizing their base. if you look at president obama's rally, they've been focusing on that. the trend is where the democrats want it to be. >> julie: but the trend is not where democrats want it to be when it comes to expressing support for our president who is supposed to be campaigning in order to get more people to vote democratic in november. i want to throw up a fox news opinion poll asking americans or those polled whether or not they expressed their support for president obama and 34% expressed support, but 41% express opposition and that's not necessarily a good thing. i would think that if democrats are so confident that they're going to keep the house in november, they would probably want to see those two top numbers flipped, wouldn't they, chip? >> absolutely. i'm not sure one good poll that shows losing by a little bit worse than before means you've got your groove back.

the president did go and have a good speech. they're in desperation mode right now. they're going to be throwing the kitchen sink at us. they're going into full attack mode over the next 30 days. this election is what that poll says, it's about barak obama and also nancy pelosi's failed leadership and what the democrats tried to do to this country with higher taxes taxesd regulation and i think no matter what they did, they'll have a tough election night. >> julie: adam, talk about races like kentucky, ohio, wisconsin. the polls are very different there. >> yes, they are. i think what you see is a lot of different races all around the country, see what's happening in california, new york, and in kentucky with rand paul, nobody would ever thought it would be this close. this is incredible and a great sign for democrats that that race is basically deadlocked. when you look at the poll for obama, you have to look at the other side. what do independent voters and the democratic base need to come

out. the folks who want to abolish social security, questioning president obama's faith and his christianity, the folks calling it a theory. these are energizing democrats. >> julie: let's talk about the senate map, chip. it looks a little stronger than the house, but if you think about it, california, for example, being a liberal state, the state of connecticut, and washington, they're having to work so hard, it's telling us something. >> yeah. they're spending time and resources in states they shouldn't have to. i'm sorry to say adam, you're not exactly right in kentucky. i was in kentucky thursday, rand paul was doing a great job. he was up eight or nine points. the the democratic pulled ads they had there plus they need those resources in places they never thought they would. they're writing off ohio,

they're going to write off kentucky. places like they never thought they would have trouble in, republicans not only have is a great chance of winning, they're going to win in november. >> julie: don't you think anger is going to also maybe turn people away from democrats, am dam? >> no, i think there was certainly true a couple months ago. i think it's going the other way. that's what you see. >> julie: what do you think is mick making it go the other way? unemployment is going down? people are getting jobs? that's not the case either. american confidence, consumer confidence is back? no, it's not. so where is the anger lessening? i'm not understanding. >> i think it's lessening in part because democrats are doing what they do, which is most of december they were asked and so was the president. they're politics and explaining what they've done, explaining what it would mean to have a republican congress. i think they're out there doing those kinds of things. in terms of job, if you look at the president's stimulus, there

is a new report out, congressional budget office is looking at that right now. the stimulus will save 3 million job this is year. this is not the ideal economy for the president to have to be campaigning this cycle, but they've accomplished a lot. >> julie: chip, you think their politicking is the reason people are saying, oh, the democrats are talking and back at work, so i feel better? >> well, i think we'll agree with adam, the democrats are doing what they do, higher tax, more regulation, higher deficit. >> julie: what happens come january when the tax cuts expire, for example, adam? people sitting on their couch unemployed right now looking to get into work and those who are hiring them are going to say, sorry, we can't afford to hire you because our taxes went up because we make over a certain amount that the government considers us wealthy. >> i don't think that's going to happen. the president said what he wants to do is raise taxes or allow the tax cuts to expire only in

the top 2% of america. he wants to keep the tax cuts for middle class and lower income americans and so senator mcconnell is not quite being fully honest right there with the democrats leaving. that's after the republicans have said they're going to obstruct the president's tax cuts that he wanted to do. i think we'll see them by the end of the year and we'll see come january what happens. >> julie: chip, thank you very much. adam, thank you very much. fair and balanced. >> thank you. >> the well of stimulus money is beginning to empty and president obama is looking to pour more into it. the $800 billion plan gets credit for adding at least 1.4 million jobs, according to congressional budget office. some of those jobs turned out to be low income jobs. about 235,000 now president obama wants to extend the program by adding 2 1/2 billion

dollars. some workers are facing the door when the money runs out. >> it was alan hill's job to coach people on their job search. he steered more than 3,000 people toward employment. now a stimulus money dries up, alan is losing his job. >> i, of course, in my job, i got a daily reminder of how tough it was. i got to see job seekers who are experiencing it firsthand. >> 85 coaches in minnesota's work force centers have to move on because like tens of thousands across the country, their jobs were created by stimulus money with the temperature assistance for needy families emergency fund. that program runs out of money on friday. in illinois, stimulus employees are side stepping the reaper, at least for a while. that's because governor quinn dug into the strapped state coffers and produced $75 million which will keep 26,000 of them on the job for two more months. >> it's an investment in human

beings who want to work in private jobs to make our state and our community and our country better. >> but illinois stimulus employees demonstrated in chicago to demand that the federal government contribute more tax dollars so they can keep working when the state money runs out. >> we understood it was a temporary job, but like we're doing, we're trying to fight to get it to a longer time. >> critics say the application of the stimulus created more dependence on the government. >> the sad thing is they put everybody, the job holder and the office administrator and the tax code onto a cliff where when you get to the end, it's either raise taxes locally to maintain the positions or say good-bye to that employment. >> some have been able to use the stimulus job to transition into private sector jobs. for instance, 75 of those 85 job coaches being laid off in minnesota put their skills to work and got themselves permanent jobs. in chicago, mike tobin, fox news

>> julie: flooding is still a major concern for parts of the northeast and the mid atlantic states. this after a monster storm worked its way up the east coast. boy, was it a wet mess. seven deaths being blamed on the storm. it also took down tree, cut electricity to thousands of people. peter doocy is live with the very latest. hi, peter. >> police up in bradley, new york, almost two hours outside manhattan have just recovered the body of a woman who was swept away by raging flood waters yesterday. she is the seventh person to have been killed by the storm. there were five fatalities in north carolina and one in pennsylvania. thousands of others in the keystone state were affected by flooded homes and washed out roads. many businesses were impacted as well, including the king of prussia mall near philly. accord to their web site, is the largest retail mall in america with over 400 stores and it's hard enough to get people to go shopping these days.

it's even harder when there is half an inch of water and mud in some parts of the lower level. some merchandise has reportedly been damaged and some stores on the lower level remain closed at this time. here in new york, one family had a very close call when a tree in manhattan fell on their matriarch. >> run down to the backyard and i saw her crying and cut up in the branches. she was almost paralyzed. we tried to move one of the branches and she kind of came out and she was pretty banged up in the back of her shirt and her head and she had a bruise all over her back. >> the woman, who is a high school teacher and mother of two, has been released from the hospital and her landlord is apparently going to pay for any damage caused by the tree. as you can see here, the conditions in new york yesterday were treacherous and the city subway tunnels were flooded and flights backed up for three hours. businesses were damaged, some

formers were actually cheering all the extra water, saying it will be good for their crops as we head into the wintertime. but for thousands of people on the east coast that don't have farms, the effects from nicole are still being felt in a harsh way. back to you. >> julie: thank you. >> arthel: almost 14 years after her murder, new developments now in the jon benet ramsey murder case. >> julie: plus a couple's jet ski trip on a lake sparking security over our border with mexico next. >> it's here. it's been happening for a while. we need to address it. it needs to be addressed soon.

>> julie: here are the headlines making news. republican meg whitman trading verbal jabs with her democratic opponent jerry brown in a debate blaming brown for the controversy over her housekeeper. brown firing back. we'll have more on this fallout from the debate tomorrow on america's news headquarters. police in boulder, colorado looking at possible new leads in the jon benet ramsey murder case.

interviews are being done at the recommendation of an advisory committee. the six-year-old was found dead in her family home in 1996. hundreds of balloons lifting off at the albuquerque international balloon fiesta with a heavy heart. half a world away, crews are searching the adriatic sea for two balloonists who went missing during a race on wednesday. >> arthel: disturbing development this week creating new concerns over security on our border with mexico. an american couple come face-to-face with mexican bandits while on a trip to a popular lake, falcon lake. they were ambushed by armed boaters and chased as they tried to get back to u.s. waters. the husband now dead after being shot in the head and the wife left replaying the horrific nightmare. >> shots were being fired at them. she said she was seeing the bullets hitting close to her to the water and realized her son was hit behind the head.

she went to get her husband to get his body but she was being shot at. she had to let go of the body, climb back in and head back toward the united states. >> arthel: this tragedy shedding new light on the border crisis. today if mexico is having trouble policing its land, how well can it police its waters? here is the former c.i.a. and dhs official and co-founder group. first by land, now by sea. what can the u.s. do about the drug wars that's spilling into our borders and if, in fact, the mexican mayors, some of them are basically blaming the u.s. for the violence, saying our practice of deporting folks here illegally. what can be done about this crisis? >> a little outrage us for the mexican border mayors to blame the united states for forcing them to take back their own citizens who have illegally entered this country.

putting that aside, i think it does show in this recent incident that a gaping hole in the mexican government's capability to control its own borders. the united states government persistly asked the mexican government to form its own equivalent of the united states border patrol or coast guard and they have not done so. and we have done a tremendous amount to assist the mexican government in building up their capabilities through the initiative started under president bush and continued under president obama. i would suggest that one of the linkages of that aid should be that they form their own equivalent of the u.s. coast guard and border patrol to protect their own border and frankly to shore up the violence that's spilling into our country. >> arthel: how much confidence can the u.s. have in the mexican government and law agencyies there if it looks like the drug cartels, they are just running lawlessly and folks are quite frankly, afraid of them? >> the level of violence in

mexico is reaching unprecedented levels. we have seen the group will monitor terrorism and violence globally and unprecedented, what we call red line crossing in the state of mexico. you've seen most recently the adoption of various terrorism tactics from abroad, including the first ever vehicle borne ied used against the federal government by the drug cartels. you're right, the confidence level that the american government has in the capabilities of the mexican government has been challenged at the moment. but putting that aside, it is in our strategic interest to insure the success of the calderon government attempt. they are tightening the noose around these cartels. the president there has been heroic in the efforts he made. they're unprecedented efforts on the part of his government. we need to continue to shore up our side of the border as well. we've got a $600 million

supplemental this year that's helpful, but more resources are needed. we also need on our side of the border further efforts like president bush did with the deployment of 6,000 national guard and president obama has done, something less, but 1500 level. so again, it's a comprehensive problem, it's a complex problem, and it requires both the comprehensive and complex solution. >> arthel: ain't that the truth. it's very complex. are you surprised that this drug war is spilling into the water? >> no. not at all. we've seen that when i was chief of staff, we witnessed the drug cartels are a multi-billion-dollar industry. so we literally witnessed them as we tightened up along the united states border, take to the water. so for example, they have literally engineered semi submersible or submarine capabilities where we have interaddicted large cocaine shipments offshore as far as the galapagos islands. one of the things the united

states government needs is the congress to assist us in allowing rules of evidence that will allow us to interaddict that type of evidence 'cause what they do is scuttle the submarine upon approach and the evidence is at the bottom of the ocean and under u.s. law, we frequently are thwarted in our efforts to do that. so we need the u.s. congress to step up and provide more legislation. >> arthel: they're no dummies. it's a dam in the rio grande and straddling the border right there. >> absolutely. they know how to play the seams. it's a multi-billion-dollar industry. they are extremely intelligent adversary. the united states government has continued to deploy tactical level fence as well as what we call the virtual fence, smart technology, and the obama administration needs to continue to do that in order to counter this threat. >> arthel: all right. chad, thank you very much for shedding your expertise on this subject. thank you very much. >> glad to be here. >> julie: we're standing by for

a possible terror alert from the government. we'll tell what you intelligence officials believe osama bin laden has been up to that leads them to think americans traveling abroad might be in danger. >> arthel: plus the u.s. and pakistan tiptoeing around each other again after an attack on pakinstani soil. stick around for all those stories.

>> arthel: this is a fox news alert. a possible terror alert for americans traveling to europe.

there has been no official announcement, but a senior intelligence official telling fox news the government may urge u.s. citizens to stay away from popular tourist spots. molly henneberg live in washington right now. how much do we know about this terror plot at this point? >> hi. that it has a clear goal, can't kill as many americans and other westerners as possible, in coordinated attacks in at least three western european cities and some of the possible attackers, one source says, pakinstanis of european passports, may have arrived in europe in mid september to await further instructions. also that osama bin laden was directly involved in this terror planning, wanting to make this strike similar to the mumbai india attacks in 2008 when muslim extremists conducted bombing, shootings and kidnappings in multiple locations, killing 173 people. intelligence experts say it's no coincidence and it's not by chance that bin laden has put out two new audio tapes in as

many days. one source says these tapes usually have a, quote, specific purpose for an intended audience. >> arthel: what should americans do, americans who are abroad, what should they do? >> the state department is expected to issue an alert to americans living in and travel to go western europe urging them to be vigilant in their comings and goings. this doesn't mean don't travel to europe. just be alert. be on the lookout for anything suspicious. fresh intelligence suggests these attacks could be imminent and potential targets could include embassy, military bases, restaurants, popular with americans, hotels, banks, travel stations, but beyond that, as usual, no specifics as to when and where. >> arthel: molly henneberg, thank you very much for that update. >> julie: pressure running high between the u.s. and pakistan. that's after stepped up american drone attacks on the pakinstani side of the border. in response this week, pakistan blocked a key u.s. supply route

into pakistan. so how should the u.s. handle this? what's the next step? former c.i.a. officer and a columnist joins me now. before we talk about that, i want to get your reaction to the story molly henneberg was just reporting on, the state department was supposed to issue some sort of travel alert to westerners traveling to europe because of this plot that apparently was backed by osama bin laden, he was directly involved in trying to execute this multiple city mumbai style attack. however, he wanted to kill even more americans. 4:00 o'clock eastern time, we were supposed to get some sort of alert from the state department. it seems now that won't happen until tomorrow. what do you think is going on behind the scenes? >> these messages from bin laden sound to me as if they could be coded messages in the sense he's asking for aid for pakistan, for the floods, things like this. normally things he wouldn't be talking about. so very likely, it's possible these could be coded messages to teams in europe. i think with the tensions

between the united states and pakistan and the tribal areas of pakistan, the chances of a terrorist attack are pretty good. this is a very plausible threat. i don't usually put much credence in these things, but this one, very well could happen. >> julie: a source tells jennifer griffin that one strain of this intel threat comes from a german pakinstani caught in kabul. how might this affect the situation in pakistan with tensions running high there? >> well, when you bomb these areas in the tribal area, you're starting a feud, a blood feud. and these people who live there are very violent, very clannish and they tend to take revenge. and when you do bombings like this, you'll be taking on a whole tribe or clan and they will come after you where they can and that would not be pakistan because it's locked down. it wouldn't be afghanistan because it's lower. europe is the next logical place

or place like india. >> julie: and these were pakinstanis holding european passports, at least one of the suspects in this plot. >> remember, julie, these people can get on airplanes, too. they don't need american visas. they can come right into this country and pick up weapons. i don't think we should look at ourselves as immune. >> julie: she mentioned england is one of the potential locations where this could happen, england, france. what's your reaction to that? >> again, you can't protect these targets. a big hotel in london, the hilton, you could take the lobby very quickly, take the entire hotel and it's virtually impossible to do a quick take down of these hotels. americans are vulnerable. >> julie: the stepped up american drone attacks, back to that, in pakistan, the u.s. is aware of knowledge that i guess the pakinstanis blocked a key u.s. supply route into afghanistan. so essentially pakistan is

playing two wars here. how does the u.s. react with the u.s. knowing and having this knowledge, what's the next step? >> my concern is the government in pakistan is fragile. you've got various noises coming out of the military. it's unhappy with the president. after the floods, there is a lot of support among pakinstanis for the taliban in afghanistan against the united states. and we have to keep in mind that pakistan cannot go in and take and occupy and govern the tribal areas. it can't. it doesn't have enough soldiers. so we are on a tight rope here. >> julie: and i guess pakistan, that's a good way to put it. finds itself in a tricky situation as well because it knows it has to accommodate the u.s. meantime, it realizes when the u.s. eventually leaves, which is very interesting, very similar to an iraq, when the u.s. eventually leaves afghanistan, the pakistan will be left shouldering the burden of keeping its neighboring nation

from destabilizing once again, not to mention increasingly frustrated pakinstani population, which i guess would probably prefer to have nothing to do with u.s.-afghan affairs. >> they've long forgotten 9-11. they -- we haven't. that's what concerns me about these possible terrorism attacks. >> julie: bob, thank you very much. >> thank you. >> arthel: we go to france where widespread protests happening, tens of thousands turning out protesting against proposed pension cuts and a new push to raise the country's retirement age from 60 to 62. students, workers and retirees trying to pressure french president sarkozy to drop this plan and government officials say the proposals are the only responsible course of action in this tough economy and insists that people need to work longer, well, because they're living

longer. >> julie: scary landing in new jersey, overshoots a runway and crashes into something called an arrester. the concrete arresters stopped the plane from barreling onto a nearby road and the road, by the way, is literally right off that runway. we understand there were seven passengers and two pilots on board at the time. luckily everyone is okay. the incident is now under investigation. >> arthel: cincinnati supermarkets are rush to go pull a line of breakfast cereals off their shelves. those endorsed by chad ocho cinco is giving parents the shock of their lives. it's not what's inside the box that's a problem of the it's what's printed on the outside. brad underwood with fox affiliate in cincinnati has this story. >> appears to be an honest mistake. you dial 888 instead of 800, you get the hot line for feed the children. however, could this be another

headline grabbing attempt by the bengal superstar or sabotage? >> one thing, it's made in pittsburgh. it makes you think. you know what i mean? it makes you think. >> either way, it's news across the country that he took responsibility. >> i would like to take the blame 'cause i'm the one endorsing the cereal. i apologize to everyone who was affected and in a positive light, is bringing more attention not just to feed the children and the cereal, but myself, once again. >> the pittsburgh based endorsement company says it will be reprinting boxes to send back to kroger stores in cincinnati. >> julie: that was wxis cincinnati's brad under. >> some universities are going high-tech. the answers might be a click away. fighting for freedom. check out the possible future of

warfare for our troops on the battlefield.

>> arthel: check it out. the latest weapon that could end

up in our military arsenal. the suit is designed to make life easier for our troops. it's powered by hydraulics enabling the wearer to repeatedly lift 200 pounds without even breaking a sweat. the users can also punch through three inches of wood. but the suit, it's not as cumbersome as you might think. those wearing it can also kick a soccer ball or climb stairs with ease. >> julie: remember taking a test when you were in school using pencils and paper? now universities all around the country are introducing clickers into the classroom. when the professor asks a question, students can then click on an answer on a device that looks like a remote control. now more from the georgia tech campus. >> classrooms look a lot different than they used to. you would be hard pressed to find a student who doesn't have some type of electronic device in their backpack. what we're seeing is that

teachers are now changing the tools in their tool box, jumping on the technology band wagon just to keep up with the changing times. technology is revolutionizing the way students learn. >> five seconds. >> smart boards instead of chalk boards, ipads instead of note pads. and clickers replacing pencils. >> most of us got that wrong. >> steve: tracy asked her students a multiple choice question. in teams they discuss, select and review the answers. >> i love the idea of getting the feedback from the students in real time. they tell me what they know in that moment and so i can adjust my lecture accordingly. technology is not only changed the way they learn, but also the way we study, cramming with classmates has moved from late nights in the libraries to any time in cyber space. there's a new on-line platform for virtual study halls. >> open study is part chat room and part social network.

students connect with peers and get help with specific questions. >> we've come up with a really good way to get students anywhere in the world a way to find help in real time. >> in two months, more than 5,000 students world wide have joined the on-line study group. and it's growing. >> we are in 129 countries at the moment. we have about 5,000 students in a given month using the product. >> phil also told us that they're trying to mimic the success of social networking sites like facebook to get people on but what's really bringing the students on is instant gratification. we want answers and right away. >> julie: we're impatient. that's the problem with a lot of us. elizabeth, thank you very much. >> arthel: for all the talk of throw out the bum, throw them out and it's every much every election season. since the 1970s, 90% of incumbents in the house of representatives have won

reelection. this year is going to be different. right? what's the latest research saying? we'll tell you coming up next.

>> let's go back to the '80s. remember the rubix cube, the novelty, the bright colors, the frustration? >> arthel: european championship here, they compete with rubix cube. people from all around the world. in hungary, 30 years after the puzzle started, a world wide frenzy, yeah, look at this. this one guy actually can do it with his feet. computers make sure each cube gets a random mix so no one gets a head start. the current record holder was there and solved it in 7.8 seconds. that's pretty amazing. i always love to tell the story when i was a child, my sister and i would have our own

competition but when she wasn't looking, i would take the stickers off and put them back on. and i always won. i never did it with my feet. i'm going to try that next time. okay. too much information. >> julie: i agree. >> arthel: congress is packing it up until after the midterm elections. for decades, more thand 0% of incumbents in the house of representatives have won reelection and analysts say it's likely to happen again this november. but isn't this year supposed to be different? americans are angry and according to this opinion poll, more people feel the federal government is out of control and voters need to clean house. here now is larry, director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. all right, larry, few weeks ago it appeared if you were currently in, you're out. but is there a shift in the political wind? >> no, this has nothing to do with the shift, but you asked if this year was supposed to be different. it's different in some ways, but

it isn't different in this way. people are always surprised to hear this. one of the safest bets you can make with your friends to make some money is to bet that about 90% of incumbents at least will get reelected. people say, how can that be true? we're going to have a lot of change in november. it's going to be true for a couple of reasons. first, you have 43 open seats without an incumbent running. many of the incumbents who were going to lose decided not to run again and you'll have a switch mainly from democrat to republican in those seats. then you also have redistricting. so many of these seats are heavily weighted to one party or the other, even if there is a wave of change, it doesn't wash over those districts. >> let's look at a new pugh research poll. it found people still like their own members of congress, far more than congress itself. congress has a current approval rating of 13%. however, when people were asked their views of their own

representatives, the approval number jumped 28% gave them excellent or good ratings and nearly half say they like their lawmakers judgment on issues and 43% are saying their representatives are in touch with their constituents back home and can help bring about change in washington. but larry, i ask you, what does all this say about the tea party? >> well, look, you have to look individual district by district and state by state. it doesn't really say anything about the tea party. this has been around forever. people say, i hate congress, but love my member of congress because he or she is doing a better job than most of them. that's just because they know their member of congress. it doesn't mean that the member will get reelected, however. we'll see even though i say 90% will be reelected, we will have a relative year of change. in some years, and this is amazing, 98 or 99% of the

members of congress on the ballot are reelected. so if it's around 90, relatively, that's a big year of change. >> arthel: but again, the reason why i ask about the tea party, 'cause you have everybody screaming, i'm mad as hell and i'm not taking it anymore. >> well, remember, that could represent itself at a whole different level of politics. it could be that they'll represent the change in their vote for governor or state legislator or sheriff. it doesn't always have to be for the house of representatives. it could be for the u.s. senate. so there are many ways to represent that anger or discontent. >> arthel: speaking of the house and senate, four weeks from now, who do you say will rule the house? >> look, all we're arguing about now is how republican year it's going to be. it's obvious that republicans are going to do well on november 2. are they going to pick up 38 seats and just miss taking control or pick up mid 40s or go

higher and take control? you can argue it either way. i know what we have on our crystal ball, which is having them over that 39 seats that you need to take control. but it's going to be a republican year. it will simply be a question of who is in charge of the house, if you can call being in charge having a margin of just a hand full of seats. i don't think anybody is going to run the house and nobody is going to run the senate if you've got 52 or 53 seats for a majority. you need more than that to really run the senate. >> arthel: larry, thank you very much. and by the way, remember, you can get nonstop updates from our in the field reporters and producers and read stories you will only see on fox news, click on the following fox link at foxnews.com/politics. >> julie: that's going to do it for us. a brand-new hour just ahead with rick folbaum and juliet huddy. >> arthel: we will be back at

the same time tomorrow. 4:00 o'clock to 6:00 o'clock tomorrow. we'll see you then. enjoy the rest of the evening.

>> rick: a fox news alert and brand-new concerns for americans traveling to europe. hello, everybody. i'm rick folbaum. >> i'm juliet huddy. the u.s. will issue a traveler alert. >> rick: like tourist sites and transportation hubs, this follows news that