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has organization, and it is potentially dangerous does not mean it qualifies as a sport. >> clayton: join us in the "after the show" show, foxandfriends.com, that is the web site. >> eric: we begin with a "fox news alert." the u.s. state department as we have been reporting issued a travel alert for americans who are heading overseas, hello, i'm eric sean. >> jamie: good morning, i'm jamie colby. it asks u.s. citizens traveling to europe, they aren't saying don't go but if you do, you need to be vigilant. al qaeda continues to plan terror attacks, security is already tight across this continent, and here you can see patrols at charles de gaulle airport, the new concerns are coming on the heels of intelligence, that are pointing to a multi-city al qaeda terror attack abroad. one directly linked, intel officials are saying, to usama bin laden. julie kirtz has the latest developments on the alert, just
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out, she's in washington, julie, what can you tell us, what does it mean for us? >> you know, we knew it was coming, the state department travel alert is cautioning americans traveling in europe, one of the most popular tourist destination in the world but there is not a lot of specific details from the state department at this point and a few minutes ago, the british government updated its travel advisory for france and germany, raising the threat of terrorism, to high from general and more specific information from the u.k., from washington, though, this morning, the state department alert says this: quote, currents information suggests that al qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to plan terrorist attacks, european government has taken precautions and actions to guard against a terrorist attack and some have spoken publicly about the heightened threat conditions. the alerts warns americans in europe, that terrorists may attack using a varieties of tech next, and weapons, but not
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getting specific there, and, in the words of the alert, al qaeda could be targeting both official and private interests, throughout europe. the alert does not name cities, exact locations or the timing of a potential attack but reminds americans to remain vigilant around public transportation an subway stations and trains and the development follows news that usama bin laden is directly linkeded to a planned multi-city plot, for europe, similar to the deadly mumbai, india and shooting spree nearly two years ago. today's alert from state department cautions americans, again, to take precautions and to be aware of their surroundings, while traveling in europe, we have heard that before, of course, and, the u.s. is recommending americans register their travel plans now, through the state department, travel registration web site, there is also a state department phone number they are issuing with this alert, with updated security conditions around the world. again, the travel alert from the state department, is a step down
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from a travel warning and does not warn americans to avoid public places or cancel their travel plans at this point. back to you guys. >> jamie: julie kirtz live in washington, julie, thanks, and as as we mentioned, security is tight because of the new state department travel alert. airports are seeing more foot patrols and extra eyes are closely watching popular tourist spots. greg burke is streaming live from rome, with details there, hi, greg. >> reporter: hi, jamie. the travel alert is look a flashing yellow light. you know, that no immediate danger, perhaps, but you have to have your eyes and ears open and we are certainly seeing that in terms of security. not a huge amount of beef-up but people are out there. france is an obvious place to watch, julie mentioned the british put that on high alert, for their visitors to both france and germany and the u.s. did not mention names, but france because of the number of tourist who visit there, there are still a lot of americans and
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many europeans as well and still, many americans and they had a couple of recent scares at the eiffel tower, and nothing came of those. but, it is a huge number of tourists in france, each year, and italy has been spared, so far of any of the big terror attacks since 9/11 and those hit madrid and london, but, the country does get a huge number of tourists, more, of course in the summer, but, even now, there are a lot here, throughout october. and, finally, jamie, you know, a lot of people think, well, the western target, what will it be, the american em embassy, in home and in countries in europe is shut up leak a fortress and hard to get near and harder to get in it and, the problem is the soft targets and they mentioned mass transport and sub way, also the tourist buses and things like that, that is where people should be. especially, careful. guys. >> jamie: greg, thank you very much. eric? >> eric: jamie, how does an alert like this come about and why did it take so long for government officials to gets the
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official word? and many may not remember there have been mumbai-type mass terrorist attacks, with machine guns, and grenades, in paris and london, before. it has been about 25 years since it last happened. could there now be a repeat? joining us now, as he does every sunday morning, at this time, is former u.s. ambassador, john doelt bo bolton, a fox news contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> eric: what is going on behind the scenes and why a travel alert and not a terror alert? >> well, you know, this particular travel advisory, i find very puzzling. it really doesn't say much of anything. it advises americans to do the same think they ought to do on a daily basis, any way to be sure people are not stealing their wallets. and, i think it is particularly interesting when you contrast it with the u.k. travel advisory which also came out within the past few hours that specifically
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name france and germany as places to be particularly concerned about. so, i'm struck with the state department advisory as either too much or too little. if they can't be more specific, then i think it risks devaluing the very process by which these travel advisories are issued. and, if there is more information, they have, as the british did, the state department should have been more specific. >> eric: you think they would have the information. the brits have it. do you accuse the state department and administration of perhaps watering it down. >> as i say, it could be either overinclusive or under inclusive and it could be a question of covering their post tearier, are they saying, people are at risk in finland, equally, as they are in france maybe they are and then there is an obligation on the part of the state department to give people more specifics to work on, otherwise people will read these travel alerts,
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conclude they are all sort of meaningless, and not pay attention to them, when it becomes particularly important and, this one may be, as your reporters have indicated, there were systematic leaks coming out of the administration at the end of last week, that the feared terrorist attacks in europe, seem to have been plotted at the highest levels of al qaeda, perhaps, including usama bin laden himself. >> eric: and that is astonishing and astounding if they believe usama bin laden is behind this. and, yet, as you say, the brits have a stronger warning. what happened to the foreign ministers of other countries, then get on the phone and call hillary clinton or the state department and say you cannot give an alert, a terror alert, you don't have enough? what happens behind the scenes in terms of that? >> well, my gut feeling is there is just a disconnect here. i don't believe this travel advisory would have been issued without secretary clinton's specific approval, involving as it does or allies in europe and if we are sharing intelligence,
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certainly we are with the british and maybe to a lesser extent with france and germany, it is surprising that we don't have a more coordinated approach. so, look, i think this travel warning, travel advisory, rather, is warranted and i'm not trying to downplay it but i'm saying, i think there is inadequate information here and i don't understand what the reason for that is. >> eric: and finally, are you concerned that this, of course, could happen again, back in the 1980s, in paris, the restaurant there was attack. with machine guns and hand grenades, that was in 1982, and 1985, the cafe de paris in rome, machine guns and hand grenades and a department store in london, marks & spencer, and, the plo terrorists, at the time and we have not seen it for 25 years, but do you fear that the mumbai-style attack that has happened in the past could be returning? >> absolutely. it is a lot easier to plan something like that, i think,
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with gunmen who are willing to die in this process and a lot of innocent people can be killed and wounded, so again i don't underestimate the seriousness of this or the duration of the threat from international terrorism which will be with us for some time, but that is what strikes me as more compelling, why the state department, if it will issue an alert at all, should be more specific in telling americans of what they need to worry about. >> eric: it has happened before and obviously the concern is that it could happen again. former ambassador, john bolton, always good to see you, thank you, as always, on sunday mornings, and you can see the ambassador on tuesday, there will be a foreign affairs face off, bolton versus richardson, ambassador john bolton and john richardson, both former ambassadors, and the debated will be coming from houston, texas and it will be on foxnews.com, streaming live, the
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rumble, boy oh, boy, it will be some time. >> jamie: thanks, eric. let's turn to the elusive search for peace in northeast. u.s. envoy george mitchell meeting in cairo with president mubarak touring the region in his efforts to keep the peace talks from collapsing and he has his work cut out for him, israel and the palestinians are deadlocked, the palestinians say they will walk out of the peace talks unless israel stops construction in the disputed area. and, leland vitter is live with the latest, leland, tell us what is going on. >> reporter: jamie, things here are pretty bleak. i talked to high-level sources on both sides, and we'll start with what the palestinians said. he reiterated their position, we will not speak in the matters of peace, with these negotiations, unless the construction on the west bank ends and the israelis, they say, construction is not going to stop. we don't care what the issues
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are. the israelis, don't wants -- wants to leave themselves wiggle room about the construction and they think there might be a brokered solution that will keep the settlers happy and allow some limited, was the word my contact used, construction on the west bank, and they are an important political constituency, the settlers are and cokeeps the palestinians hay and get them to return to the negotiating table, about a year ago the israelis offering a cookie, if you will to the palestinians and said we will halt all construction if you come to the negotiating table and the freeze expired september 26 and that came and construction began again and that is when the palestinians walked away from the table, and my contact within the palestinians group said it is clear, jamie, what the person said was, the israelis have a choice, either settlement or peace, and until they choose peace, they have to choose no settlements. >> jamie: every day, that goes by, that there are not direct talks, what are the chances that
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they will get closer on that issue, bringing back the moratorium or not? >> you made a very important point. every day that there is not talk is one day that things sort of get farther apart. but, when you are not -- what you are not seeing, when they don't have the meetings is the tremendous international pressure that is being put, on the israelis and the palestinians to come back to the negotiating table. senator george mitchell has been traveling the region, countless hours with everybody trying to get everybody to sit back down at the table and come up with kind of a brokered solution and for the first time, we're seeing that pressure get to the israelis and this is the hebrew media today, the end of a holiday period, here in israel and both headlines speak to how the pressure is really getting to the prime minister, to come back to the table, to give the palestinians something and it is important here to understand, that the settlers are a big constituency here in israel and want to continue their construction and there's a big constituency in israel, who believe the peace talks are more
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important than settlement construction and that is the pressure that is starting to get to the prime minister. >> jamie: leland vitter live in jerusalem, thank you. >> eric: inside america's election headquarters, california's race for governor getting really at thises. republican meg whitman and jerry brown scoring off in the first heated debate, since claims that ms. whitman knowingly hired a housekeeper in the u.s. illegally. and she accuses brown of being behind the accusations and, brown fired right back. >> you put her out there, and you should be ashamed for sacrificing her on the altar of your political ambitions. >> don't run for governor if you cannot stand up and say, hey i made a mistake, i'm story, let's go on from here, you have a -- blamed her, blamed me, blamed the left, blamed the unions and don't take the accountability. >> eric: the candidates also pulling no punches over california's huge budget
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deficit. and, it is -- its rising unemployment rate, both a are locked in a tight race and wield have a live report, more on the red-hot debate a little later in our newscast. >> jamie: the countdown is on, for the midterm elections and the states are showing often their tea party power but the movement has yet to be tested, and according to the fox news dynamics poll, 57% of voters say the tea party will not be a factor when it comes to their vote. the big question is can the tea party deliver votes come november? here is chief strategist for the tea party express, how are you, sir, good to see you. >> i'm doing great, thank you. >> thanks for being with us. obviously, your political career is very longstanding, since your 20s, you worked for then governor reagan and the tea party express, is often credited as your baby. and, you have certainly tapped into the mood of the country, but, do you think and what
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evidence do you have, that that will translate to votes, come midterm? >> well, i think the proof is already in the pudding, even though we were not directly involved in the election, look at governor christie's victory in new jersey, the bluest of states in new jersey and we also won virginia in november and the race we were quite involved in, the scott brown race, in massachusetts, and there's definitely a blue state and where scott brown was able to wind the ted kennedy seat in massachusetts, in january, thanks in large part to a tremendous effort by the local tea party groups, and the tea party express, also played a major role in that race. so, i think we have already proven whether it is a blue state or a red state, that people in america today are gravely concerned about the growth and intrusive, of the federal government with higher taxes, onerous regulation, growing deficits and a skyrocketing national debt. so i don't think it matters if it is a red or blue state, i
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think americans are fed up with the spending merry go around that goes on in washington, d.c. and they are saying, let's stop, this has gone too far. >> jamie: what you are saying taps into something that came up in another fox news opinion dynamics poll i want to show you. what it said here is even if you don't support the tea party itself, do you support or oppose the main issues which include, lower taxes, less government spending, and less government regulations? that is the remaining part of the question and 70% of americans, say they do support what you stand for, but, much of what you stand for in that area, republicans do, as well. so what do you make of the criticism the tea party may actually presents a windfall for democrats? >> well, i mean, that is a silly argument. i mean, if you look back at february of last year, which is really the beginning of the modern tea party movement, that was a point in time when people were predicting the republican party would go though way of the wind and the democrats as and in
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party would win senate and house seats in november of 2010. and, look what happened in 18 months, the tea party movement turned politics on its head and instead of losing seats, in the senate and the house, people now look at republicans, maybe winning control of both houses. so, that -- the only thing that changed in the last 18 months, is the millions of people in the tea party movement who got involved and engaged in the political process, if we keep getting underestimated, our track record is clear, we have been winning elections consistently from scott brown all through the primary season and i think it will continue on in november. >> jamie: but you have spent nearly a million dollars in nevada alone, raised a lot of grassroots money, you have had sarah palin endorse some of your candidates, and how much weight do you put in those idegrees an measures of being able to raise that kind of capital and get that kind of star power, that sarah palin provided, versus the tea party issues alone? >> well, i think the whole point
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that we have had in the last year-and-a-half, is to get people involved in the process. and, i think that is what we have been successful in doing, and that is why there are millions of new people. so you know, the spending will start to even out when we get close to the election and poet batteries will spend a lot of money but, i think we have put first and foremost in people's minds, what you just said. you know, 70% of the people are gravely concerned about the growth of -- and intrusiveness of the federal government and want it to stop and whether they want to identify publicly with the tea party movement or not, doesn't detract from the fact that these people are going to go vote, and they are going to vote for the change and the change that we support. >> jamie: we look forward to talking to you again, sal russo, the tea party express, thanks. >> thanks, jamie. >> eric: straight ahead a wife's heartbreaking 911 call, tapes were released of a texas woman's frantic call for help after mexican pirates shot and killed
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>> eric: they say the violence between mexico and our country is getting worse and now we have evidence, a chilling 9/11 call by a woman, after her husband was allegedly shot by mexican criminals, the call and the tape now released. the couple were on a jet ski trip at falcon lake which straddles texas and mexico and she claims they were ambushed and chased as they tried to get back to u.s. waters and her husband was shot in the head.
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>> eric: her husband, is david hartley and his body has not been found and authorities believe the armed men may be members of a mexican drug cartel. ♪ >> jamie: gold and silver prices skyrocketing this week, gold now at a record high, silver at the highest level since 1980. so, is this the right time to take the plunge into precious metals? the managing partner of chat man capital investment management and he'll tell you, maybe where we should put our money, should we still buy, silver at an all-time high and surged 36%, just this year, ed, we know that
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industrial metals, there are uses other than jewelry, as in gold and what should we buy. >> first of all, thanks for having me on and jamie, the answer is, you buy basically almost any real hard asset today. because, every time the government says, quantitative easing or an additional stimulus, what they are really saying is more inflation coming down the road. so these prices are rising, because of the perception that is very real, we are probably going to see higher inflation and these will go up along with diamonds and real estate and so, go out and absolutely buy some, now, they are at higher levels, we know that and that doesn't mean you don't go in and buy but do it with balance because the prices are going higher for sure. >> jamie: when you look at gold at $1300 i have heard people speculate it could go to $5,000, how much of that should we believe and if we invest, what percentage of our savings or portfolio should we put into these metals? >> that is a good question. no one knows for sure but, investing is game of problem abilities and there is a high --
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problem abilities and there is a high probability the metals will go higher but where people get in trouble is they overall indicate, you should have 10, 15% of your minute in gooney in just be careful, keep balance. >> jamie: a long term investment or something you could make money on in the short-term and get out? >> you never know. what you do is make it part of your plan, always have gold, always have silver and i agree with you, the silver, i like more than the gold, because of the industrial use for solar energy, so, have a little bit of both and don't get too excited but, at the same time have money there and keep it there, for as long as you can literally, i don't know why you would ever sell gold or silver or any other precious stones. >> jamie: great to remind people, that it's an investment that can be part of their portfolio and there still may be time to buy. how do you find a reputable broker? where do you go to buy gold and silver?
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>> i'm so haup brought that up, because a lot of those brokers are taking enormous commissions, and they are taking sometimes 10, 15, 20% commission and how do you find a reputable one? finds one that only charges you 5%. on your purchase. if someone says more, finds another one and every area, there are people selling different gold coins and different, you know, bullians as well, and be careful -- bouillons as well, and be careful about the commission and in terms of who is reputable, you have to ask the right question in the area of the country. >> jamie: great advice and it has been fun to watch, up, up, up, thanks. >> yes, it has been. >> eric: coming up, time for a "sunday house call," dr. isadore rosenfeld will be here as he is every sunday with the latest on everything from mammograms to sleeping pills. dr. rosenfeld in three minute. let's get chinese.
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>> eric: time for "sunday house call," with us as always, house call host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, the rossi distinguished professor of clinical medicine at the wild cornell medical center. >> jamie: good morning, doc. >> eric: you have good news this morning, something millions of people around the world take to prevent strokes. doc, tell us about it. >> you know, there is a drug called warfarin and interestingly enough it was a rat poison. absolutely true. and, this interferes with blood coagulation and prevents clots from forming in the blood and is extremely important and saved the lives of millions of people with atrial fibrillation, the rapid irregular heartbeat. and, which you, there is a risk of your forming clots in the heart, which can then travel to the brain and cause a stroke.
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so, most people with atrial fibrillation are on warfarin to prevent such a stroke and also if you have an artificial valve in your heart, you may need it to prevent clots from forming. so it is a very, very common drug, and, a very wonderful drug. in terms of what it is supposed to do. the problem with it is that it is a pain in the neck to take, because it is affected by what you eat, by other pills, so, if you are taking warfarin you have to go to the doctor every two or three week and get your blood checked, to make sure that it is the right degree of anti-coagulation, the blood is not too thick or too thin and you have to watch what you eat, certain vegetables and so on interfere with the action of the warfarin and certain other medication, for example, you cannot take nonsteroidal ain't inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen, it effects the levaf
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the level and is a tricky drug, a wonderful, useful, helpful drug and is a tricky drug and the interesting thing now is there is a substitute for it, called... in europe it is called credoxa and, anyway, it works just like warfarin and the thing about it is, that you take one dose, everybody takes the same dose every day of pradaxa and you don't have to have your blood checked and it is not affected by what you eat or by other medications, and you will just take the one pill, and it will prevent the clotting. no more tests every two to three weeks or wondering whether anything you would take will interfere with it. now, i expect that this new substitute for warfarin will be veil in the very near future. and it will make a tremendous difference to your lifestyle, if you are on it. >> jamie: great news, doctor.
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>> it really is great news. >> jamie: we wanted to ask you about this, october is breast cancer awareness month and the doc has news on mammograms, and there is so much debate, what age a woman should start getting regular mammograms and what ills the mousnewest information and do you recommend. >> first let me make it clear when we talk of routine things, routine mammography, when to have it, how often, when to stop having them, we are talking about otherwise healthy women. we are not talking about women who have a family history of breast cancer, who have the gene for breast cancer, and who have lumpy breasts that their doctors are worried about, and they don't know if a lump is malignant or can become malignant and they do the mammograms and have more and more frequent intervalues and we are talking now about the average healthy woman, who want to know how often she should take -- have a mammogram. now, i have to tell you, my own
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opinion is that it should be started at age 40 and have it every year or two, thereafter. the government body recommends it to be started at the age of 50. i'm always suspicious about these government recommendations, because i think that their main concern is saving money. i may be wrong. but, in in a event, i recommend it, start at age 40, every year or two, and now, there is a new study out of sweden, that shows that women between the ages of 40 and 49 who started getting their mammograms at age 40 had a 26% lower incidence of breast cancers than those who started at 50. so take my advice and start at
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40. how long -- what age should you stop getting mammograms? when is enough, enough many people think when you are 74, 75, there is no point in getting the mammogram anymore. i don't agree with that, either. i think that as long as a woman is healthy and has normal lifespan ahead of her, she should continue to have the mammograms every year or two, even into her 80s, now, i don't know whether i represent a majority opinion, but that is what i would do, in my own practice. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. >> eric: all right, doctor. more with dr. rosenfeld in a moment and we'll get new details and new specifics on those travel alerts, issued from europe and we'll have the latest breaking news coming up and dr. rosenfeld next on getting your influenza shot. we'll have news of what you need to know before you get the flu vaccine.
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>> eric: welcome back, to "sunday house call" and your host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, every week he helps us separate fact from fiction, just in time for flu season and we're asking the doctor if it is true that you should not get the flu shot if you are allergic to eggs. doctor? is that an old wife's tale or is it true. >> i have to tell you, that over the years, and even on this
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show, i warned people who are allergic to eggs, not to get a flu shot. because the flu vaccine is made with egg products. and, i think that that may be a little too strong. i think if you can eat products that are made with eggs, like cakes that are made with eggs in the breakiaea baking and don't reaction update are probably okay. but the news is there are a couple of vaccines that came out specifically for people who are allergic to eggs, they are called agri-flu and the other one is flu-arix, and if you are allergic to eggs, ask your doctor to get you those particular brands, and once you do, you get a tenth of a dose, have the doctor give you a tenth of the dose, wait 30 minutes, if
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you don't have any reaction, get the rest of the flu shot. it is extremely important to get a flu shot if you possibly can, my prediction is, that in the near future, they will stop making -- change the way they make the flu vaccine, and they will be made from cultures, you know, viral cultures, and no eggs will be used. but, at the moment, remember what i told you today. >> eric: all right, doc. >> jamie: doc recommends it for everybody. there has been a lot of discussion lately on the safety of the popular bone strengthening drugs like fosamax and boniva and, the fda is being asked to put a warning on the drugs. dr. rosenfeld, what do you want folks to know. >> these bisphofonates are
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important, especially for menopausal and perimenopausal women, and they prevent bone fractures. there is evidence they do two things, in some women they can cause esophageal cancer, i think 1 in 1,000 who takes one of these medications for three or more years. and the other problem is, that some women develop fractures of their thigh bones, it is rare but it is a possibility. so, here's what i suggest: in order to reduce the risk of esophageal cancer, you don't want to irritate the esophagus. so, when you are taking one of these pills, take it on an empty stomach, sit and don't lie down for half an hour, after you have taken the pill so it doesn't get
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into your esophagus, and, then, then take it and then have breakfast. now, after five years, you should, if you have been on the pill for five years, have a bone density test. if your bone density test is now normal, you should stop the -- discuss with your doctor, stopping the pill. and, then, wait a year or two, and have another mammogram, another bone density test. if the second bone density test when you have been off the drugs does not show any new bone thinning, stay off them. if, however, there is evidence that your bones are thinning, your spine, or your hip or whatever it is, then you go back on them, and be monitored. the bottom line is, although in every medicine there is a little
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poison, the bisphosphonates on the whole are more beneficial than they are harmful. >> jamie: good advice, thank you, doctor. >> eric: have you ever taken something to help you get to sleep? there is new information out about the risks of taking sleeping pills, the doctor on those risks and what you need to know if you take those pills to sleep. we'll be right back.
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>> jamie: let's talk about another type of medication a lot of people use to try 0 get a better night's sleep. over-the-counter sleeping pills. and, you say there are some very serious concerns and potential consequences for people who use these, doc and you want us to know, what do you want them to
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know. >> you know, we americans love a quick fix. instead of watching your diet, making sure you eat the right things, and the right amounts, why bother, i'll take a vitamin pill. instead of having a complete physical, well i'll just go have a screening, sit down, lie down under a machine, and tell me what is wrong. now, with respect to being depressed, or not being able to sleep, instead of trying to find out what the reasons are, and what the -- to do about it, we tend to take sleeping pills and anti-depressants, whether they are over-the-counter or prescription. the fact is, that these medications are dangerous. and in a recent study they found that people who take sleeping pills and anti-depressants
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regularly are at three times the incidence of premature death. they are not sure what the mechanism is and the death may be shown to be cancer, respiratory disease and cardiovascular disease. we don't understand the mechanism. i remember the days when somebody had -- was depressed or had a problem, they went to a psychologist, or to their doctor and tried to figure out why. that is really the best way to do it. if you have trouble sleeping there are things you can do without taking medication, altering the things in your bedroom, and wa you eat, or drink before you go to sleep, and, there are ways to figure these things out. now, i'm not saying that some people don't need these medications. but, what i'm advising you to do, based on these data, that using these medications regularly is not without harm, i
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would advise you, to try the alternatives first. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. >> eric: next medical question, is a question from the viewer who asks, how can i treat my dry mouth? doctor, first of all, what is dry mouth and how do you know when your mouth is dry, versus just needing water. >> you are a lucky guy if you don't know what a dry mouth is. most of the people watching know what a dry mouth is, the mouth feels very dry, eric. i would -- you could light a match on your tongue. anyway... there are certain diseases and conditions that are associated with a dry mouth. the diseases of the auto-immune system, diabetes, people who had cancer radiation have a dry mouth and there are certain medications an antibiotics and anti-depressants, and, what they
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call anti-colonergics, people use to control urine flow, like oxybutinin and if you have ruled out the causes, and have a dry mouth, use a humidifier in your room at night, keep the room human mid and rinse your mouth frequently with water during this day and there are other ways to do it also, and, you can suck on sugarless candy. these are saliva stimulants. there are saliva substitutes, i think it is called biotene gel and, certain i drops, you take our drops of the eye drop and put it in four ounces of water an rinse your mouth four times a day with that will help your dry mouth. don't do it if you have
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glaucoma. but, the dry mouth is a very, very common syndrome, if you ruled out medication causes, and diabetes and other diseases, these are the ways to treat it. >> eric: all right. >> jamie: thanks. >> eric: interesting, eye drops for the mouth. >> jamie: who knew? that is why we tune in, coming up, the doctor and his healthy monday tip coming up for you and also, much more on a very fiery debate in california. gubernatorial wannabes jerry brown and meg whitman slugging it out. >> the fact that your campaign two weeks ago was talking about this issue, the fact that you are joined at the hip with gloria allred, it was a political stunts... >> what happened here? you are the one who defended this woman, by saying she... it came out it's not true.
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♪ ♪ >> eric: back to sunday house call and your host dr. isadore
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rosenfeld. before you go, the healthy monday tip to help start the week right. doctor? >> you know, i get, as you know, hundreds of e-mails from my viewers every week. there isn't a week goes by that somebody asks me what should i do about ringing in the ears? i have tennitis, it's driving me crazy. i want to say a few words about ringing in the ears. first, you're not alone. three out of every 100 people with over the age of 55 has constant -- i think that's the right number -- has ringing in the ears. before i give you the list of things, let me just mention a piece of news that came out this week. there is a study in norway i think it was or somewhere, scandinavia, that excessive use of cell phones, mobile
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phones can cause tennitis or ringing in the ears. aside from that, what should you do if you suddenly have this ringing in the ears? the first thing to do is if you hear the ring, answer the phone. but if it's not the phone, you didn't, you didn't pay attention to that, eric. [ laughter ] see your eye doctor. make sure that you don't have wax in the ears. get a hearing aid test. then, check the medications you're taking. certain drugs cause ringing in the ears. the use of the non-steroidal drugs for chest pain. overactive aspirin and so on. certain anti-biotics can cause ringing in the ears. if it's none of the other causes, cut down on caffeine intake. that can also do it.
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and the other energy drinks that have it. melatonin will not help. what you have to do if the thing continues, and there is no cause, and you're troubled by these noises in your ears, you can get special hearing aids or special instruments that offset the noise that you are hearing. you can get psychotherapy. also, avoid exposure to loud noises. a very common complaint but many times you can do something about it. >> eric: all right, doctor. >> jamie: good news. >> eric: it is send your e-mails to dr. rosenfeld. one word at housecall@foxnews.com. he reads all the e-mails and he tries to answer many of them as he can. you can log on to foxnews.com to get more information about today's housecall show as well as the previous shows on fox
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news.com for the doctor's great advice. >> it's true. i have a surprise for the doc and all of you, too. i want to give a shout out to the great folks i met friday and saturday at the mir rar air show, home of the third marine aircraft wing and largest military air show in our to nation. some of our best and bravest were on happened including standing next to me retired sergeant -- first sergeant john tharder, a great american hero. and i had a chance to meet two sergeant majors. the carrier take-off demos were beyond impressive. if you have a chance to go, you should. doctor, for you, the canadian forces snow birds caught op my phone camera. i think i did well. it did not disappoint. what a display! a personal thank you to all of
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you who serve. >> eric: fanstic. >> jamie: thank you, doc. >> i was playing that plane on the right. >> jamie: i knew it. i didn't want to brag. i didn't want to brag. take care, doctor. captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> jamie: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. travel alert issued for u.s. citizens in europe. those living there and those traveling there. from the state department and the state department is urging today you be aware of the potential for terrorist attacks. security already tight at airports and tourist hot spots across europe. the alert is asking american travelers to be, "vigilant" in public places. good morning. i'm jamie colby. >> i'm eric shawn. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. that message from the state department says we all need to be on alert because al-qaeda continues to planter ror attacks and osama bin laden may be directing it.
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fox news confirming that a description of possible targets from a multi-city plot recently uncovered sites like the eiffel tower in paris and the notre dame cathedral in paris. it's been 25 years since paris was hit by master rorrist attacks with grenade and automatic weapons. just like we saw two years ago in mumbai. could that same thing now happen again? julie kirtz live from washington with the latest. julie, bring us up to speed. >> reporter: yeah, the state department officials telling me a few minutes ago, the travel alert issued today is not unique. yet, the state department officials and intelligence experts cannot recall a broad calve alert like this for all of -- broad travel alert for all of europe. the state department spokeswoman nicole thompson would not name specific cities or locations in europe. just that the u.s. is arming americans with information about a potential terror plot in europe. when the british government, by the way, updated its travel
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advice this morning, it singled out france and germany. raising the threat of terrorism to high from general. in the u.k. from washington, the state department, the alert does say this. "current information suggests that al-qaeda and affiliated organizations continue to planter -- plan terror attacks." some have spoken about the heightped threat condition. the alert warns american in europe that terrorists may attack using a variety of technique and weapon. in the words of the alert, al-qaeda could target official and private interest throughout europe. the alert does not same cities, exact location or timing of a potential attack but it deminds miles per hours to remain vigilant around public transportation systems, subway and train stations. the new alert follows the news
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that osama bin laden is directly linked to a planned multi-city plot in europe similar to the deadly mumbai, india, shooting spree. it cautions americans to take precautions and be aware of surroundings. wanting american to register their travel plan. there you have it. there is a state department phone number with updated security conditions around the world. again, today's travel alert is a step down from a travel warning. it does not warn americans to avoid public places or con sell travel plans at this time. >> eric: thank you very much, julie, on the latest. you know it's happened before. terrorist repeatedly targeting europe in the past decade. in 2004, ten shrapnel-filled bombs exploded in the madrid train station and that attack killed 191 people and wounded some 1,800.
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in 2005, homicide bombers again attacked three subway cars and a bus in london. that strike killed 52 rush hour commuters. since then there have been five other major cases where arrests have been made in attempted and carried out attacks across europe. many may not remember but in the 1980s terrorists used grenades and automatic weapons in several attack just like what was carried out in mumbai. in 1982, terrorists launched grenades a restaurant. in '85 they used grenades in cafe deparie in rome. they also attacked terminals in rome and vienna, killing 18 people. that attack wounded 111. >> jamie: without question, eric, the state department travel warning or alert at this point, not yet a warning for europe could have a major economic impact. in 2009, americans spent
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roughly $32 billion in travel and tourism in europe. in june of this year alone, roughly 1.6 million americans travel to europe. with a total of about 5.6 million americans visiting europe since january of this year. >> eric: getting new report that men may have been abducted in mexico in acapulco. they alerted to the kidnapping from a man claiming he got away from the attempted kidnapping and says gunmen snatched his friends as they were looking for a hotel. they were visiting from a western city in mexico. no word yet on a motive for the kidnapping. it could be tied to a drug cartel. >> jamie: in mexico, there are new concerns over security at the border. an american couple comes face to face at a popular lake
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travelling in mexico. tiffany says she and her husband were ambushed by armed boaters believed to be mexicans and chased trying to get back to u.s. waters. david didn't survive the attack. he was shot in the head. a texas sheriff explains the horrific details. >> of course, shots started being fired at them. she said she was seeing the bullets hitting close to her and realized her husband had been hit behind the head. she went back and tried to help them. she went in the water to load up and tried to get his body to the jet ski to bring him to the u.s. side but she was being shot at. so she had to let go of the body, climb on the jet ski and head to the united states. >> jamie: so tragic for tiffy. her husband's body has not been found and it's believed it could still be in the lake. because, the sheriff says, because it happened in mexican
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waters they cannot even investigate. >> eric:. president obama this week saying the next month elections will determine whether he can move forward on his agenda, as the president's team plan what they call organizationm review as they near the halfway point in his term. so could we see a significant shake-up and change in the direction at the white house? bring in the panel. brad blakeman, former assistant to president bush and martin frost, democratic congressman from texas. welcome. martin, let me start with you. they call it a two-year organizationm review. two years? what does that mean? >> this has happened in a lot of previous administration. you brought different people in. i think it's likely no matter what the outcome of the election is. i'm not ready to concede the republicans will necessarily take the house or the senate. but whatever the white house is, the election is going to -- the results will be
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closer in the house and senate. i think there will be new people in the white house. i think the president will move to the center. assuming he is going to run again in two years. i think pete rouse, the new chief of staff, is a good choice. i think you will see moderation in the white house. >> eric: does it mean they know there is trouble and it hasn't been working? >> they know they have to change some things because they will lose seats in the house and senate. no question. they will have narrower margins if they're still in the majority. they may not be in the majority in one or both houses. they have to get along with the republicans. the republicans have to decide do they want to be against everything and go in the presidential election with a negative record or try to work with the president. that remains to be seen. >> eric: what about that, brad. can the cabinet work with the president? >> it remains to be seen if the president has it in him to do it. the president has to change if there is any hope for him in he re-elect in 2012.
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face it, if everything was going great at the white house would they have fired almost their entire economic team? would they let the chief of staff go? no. the reason they're reviewing policies is because it hasn't worked. it hasn't worked because the american people will tell them in a few weeks it hasn't worked. they can read the poll and they understand that the president's popularity is at an all-time low. 77% of americans regardless of the party affiliation thinks country is on the wrong track. to answer martin, the republicans will work with the democratic party and the president if it's in the best interest of the country. >> now look, the president's popularity is low but not as low as bush's popularity was. be clear about that. >> bush isn't up for election. you have to stop blaming bush. >> i'm not blaming bush. i said his popularity wasn't as low as bush. we have know what happened in 1995-'96. the democrats suffered losses in 1994.
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bill clinton was an adept politician and he moved to the center and he got re-elected in 1996. who is to say it can't happen here? not everything the president has done has been wrong. i think the healthcare plan was a good plan. they haven't sold it very well and not much of it has gone in effect. they did what was required to keep the economy from going into a depression. unemployment is high and they will suffer from that. they have to make changes. it worked for bill clin top in 1995-1996. who is to say it can't work for barack obama? >> eric: you raise a good point. brad, can changing the staff and not the man in the desk in the oval office really change the tenor of the administration? bill clinton -- matt mccarthy his kindergarten best friend he tossed him out in favor of old pros. does a change of the staff change the administration? >> no. the staff reflects the
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president. the staff works for the president. if the president doesn't realize the mess he's in. and if he doesn't change like bill clinton did after his election, the president will suffer. the question remains: does the president have it in him to do what the american people need to be done instead of what he wants the government to be? this is the problem they've had. healthcare is a disaster. >> not a disaster. >> the majority of americans think so. it will be funded by the republican if we get power and if we get power and retain senate, we'll repeal it. this is not in the best interest of americans and americans know it. >> eric: martin, does the shifting of the staff change the tenor of the -- >> it depends whether the president brings in people to tell him he's wrong sometimes and he will listen to that. you have to have a strong enough chief of staff and people around you to say mr. president, we have a different opinion. why don't you consider another view? i hope he does that. >> eric: maybe the last guy we
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had do that was colonel hall with f.d.r. was the only guy to sit and tell him he was wrong? thank you for joining us as always. good to see you. >> jamie: the kentucky senate race getting down to business with the first televised debate in the bluegrass state taking place this morning. democrat jack conway facing off against republican rand paul, the two appearing on "fox news sunday" going toe to toe. mike tobin is live in louisville, kentucky. how is it going? >> reporter: well, it was good, jamie. you can say predictable elements. rand paul spending most time on the offensive, taking jabs at the opponent. linking him to the obama administration and stressing his own lead in the polls. >> we're waiting for him to catch up in the polls and maybe we'll refer to him more. what he needs to do is he needs to defend the president or run away. so far he is running away from president obama and the agenda.
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>> jack conway worked in his own share of barbs, painting his opponent as a tea party fanatic. >> i'm not saying dr. paul is crazy. some of his ideas are out of the main stream and out of touch with the value of normal kentuckians. >> reporter: the comment getting the most attention so far is one that came from rand paul when he said the age of eligibility for social security should be raised for future recipients, because baby-boomers are set to retire. he says the number of people drawing benefits will double creating a serious problem in the cash-strapped social security fund. he stressed however, that those already receiving benefits would not see any changes. jack conway fought the effort to nationalize the debate and stressed issues that would be important to kentuckians on local level like crime, saying that paul would do anything to avoid talking about drugs. jamie? >> jamie: mike tobin, live in louisville. thank you. catch the debate on "fox news sunday" with our own chris wallace. check your local listings.
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>> eric: man, oh, man, heavy rains creating flooding in north carolina. much of the small town of wi windsor, north carolina, is under water. residents there say mother nature has it out for them. >> in ten years we had two 500-year floods. that makes us 1,000 years old. >> eric: two feet of rain fell in north carolina this week, creating mess for everybody. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. two feet of rain? wow! >> think about that. that was from sunday to around thursday. you get that kind of rainfall and it causes all kind of problems. it wasn't just in one town. it was such a big area of the eastern seaboard that saw five inches of rain to two feet of rain. a huge swath. all the water has to go somewhere, it takes a while. a couple of other storms
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brewing. nothing like what we saw last week. this system here will continue develop into a little bit of a pesky low to plague parts of the northeast. we also have rain moving in across the great lakes now. behind that, we have colder air. i will show you that in a second. across the west, we have another system that will park itself here. four or five days we'll see the scattered showers and thunderstorms that could spark fires in and across southern california and around four corners this week. move to the northeast. this is the future radar. there is more rain pulling in here and more rain around the new york city area and back to west virginia and ohio. you will notice the little white colder air moving in. higher elevations. we could look at a little snow. this is why. we have extreme temperature changes going on here. today we are talking about temps at 15 degrees below where you typically should be in and across area of the ohio river valley. head out across the west and it's scorching. over 25 degrees where you
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typically are across montana, idaho and wyoming. that heat is going to slowly make its way to the east. won't stay that warm but we'll see migration to the east. today we are shaping up like this, though. still warm across the west. 100 in phoenix. here is where the cool fall-like temperatures are to the great lakes and northeast. if you are still waking up, it's 48 there in minneapolis. fall is taking hold across a lot of the u.s. . >> eric: beginning to feel like that. thanks, rick. >> you bet. >> eric: jamie? >> jamie: palestinian leaders, will they walk from peace talks entirely? will a solution to the settlement construction standoff be sound? the u.s. mideast envoy trying to keep the peace talks alive. will both sides come together? ambassador dan gillerman next. ♪ ♪ i was young and i was stupid ♪ i had just turned 17 ♪ a harmonica and a box guitar ♪
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>> eric: new developments to tell you about in friday's deadly armored truck robbery in florida. f.b.i. identified the suspect minutes after the hold up that occurred at the bank of america branch. 31-year-old nathaniel moss involved in a crime where a brinks security guard was shot dead. investigators say three other suspects still remain on the loose. >> i will confirm that there were two vehicles used by the group. we have recovered both vehicles. you are all aware of the one at the scene and we recovered another vehicle and we processed that. i will not disclose how much money was taken in the robbery. however, i will tell you all the money has been recovered. >> eric: the f.b.i. and brinks now offering a combined reward of $100,000 for information leading to capture the remaining suspects. >> jamie: the mideast peace
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talks are not moving at the pace many had hoped. palestinians not backing down from their demand that israel stopped building in the west bank. now for his part, mideast envoy, george mitchell is crisscrossing the region to try to salvage the talks and he hasn't given up hope. >> despite their differences, both the government of israel and the palestinian authority have asked us to continue these discussions. in an effort to establish conditions under which they can continue direct negotiations. they both want to continue the negotiations. they do not want to stop the talks. >> jamie: how do you get both sides to come together? joining me now, dan gillerman, former israeli ambassador to the united nations, a fox news contributor. good morning. >> good morning. >> jamie: are direct talks done? >> no, i don't think they are.
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i very much hope they are not. i think the world is a bit frustrated and maybe fed up by the palestinian tactics where they seem to be intent on proving time and time again that they never miss an opportunity to miss an opportunity. they know, the world knows, i think everybody knows that the settlements are not the problem. the problem is the settlement. once there is a settlement, the settlements won't be a problem. to make settlements such an issue -- which by the way is a mistake that started when president obama demanded the settlement freeze, which he knew would never happen -- is a huge mistake. we have been negotiating with the palestinians through terrorism. we have been negotiating when families were destroyed. so not to negotiate while homes are being built and constructing, and they aren't even built at the moment is an
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excuse, an alibi. if the palestinians truly want their open state they should get back to the table and talk. we have been talking for 17 years while there were settlements and homes being built. we should continue in order for the palestinians to finally have their own state. if they want it, this is their opportunity. they shouldn't miss it. >> jamie: i thought it was interesting in my research this morning i found even in the moratorium, 1200 housing you want -- 1200 housing units were built. was benjamin netanyahu placed in a corner when the u.s. asked him to extend the moratorium? how flexible is he? >> i think he was placed in a corner unfairly. prime minister netanyahu has undertaken a decision which no other israeli government has ever taken. the very bold and courageous
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won in view of the difficult coalition he has to navigate. that is to have a ten-month moratorium. during those ten months, nine-and-a-half months out of the ten months the palestinians would not talk. during those ten months, the palestinians did nothing. now that the talks started, they are again threatening to walk out. >> jamie: and if they do collapse, they say they mo go to the u.n., the security counsel or to ask for a resolution to get israel to stop. you spend a lot of time at the united nations. is that an option for the palestinians? >> the united nations is always the preferred option for the palestinians because in the general assembly of the u.n. there is a built-in immoral majority against israel. they can get resolutions but resolutions will not resolve the problems. statements are not a substitute for deeds. we have an administration today, u.s. administration which is very eager to reach a
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settlement. we have an israeli prime minister who means business and is willing to cut the deal. if the palestinians truly want their own state, they can have it. they can have it within a year. they could have had it years ago. and i think that what they're doing today is useless, is counterproductive. if they go to the u.n., they will get another resolution. so what? >> jamie: i read reports today that abbas may leave his post if the peace talks are not successful. what that accomplish anything? is there someone else in his place that might better negotiate peace? >> mahmoud abbas, president abbas has been threatening to resign and to leave for a long time. i think it's more of a tactic. i don't think he will leave. i don't think he should leave. in fact, i'm not even sure that the palestinians do have a replacement for president abbas. but i think that the key lies not only with him, but with the u.s. administration and
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with a so-called moderate arab and muslim world. they have to support and legitimize a palestinian leader who would go for a deal. they have to make him feel that this is the time to do it. especially in view of the threat that we are facing from iran, which they realize is much more of a threat than israel ever was or will be to them. this is the time and time for the arab and muslim world to stand up and be counted. for this administration to use the good will in the arab and muslim world to make the palestinians do the right thing. walk the walk. not just talk the talk. >> jamie: well, as we can tell and as we reported, u.s. envoy george mitchell is certainly crisscrossing the area trying to get parties back to the table. thank you for being here. >> thank you. good to be with you. >> eric: thank you, ambassador and jamie. in new york, the race for governor went wild. remember the heated exchange between republican carl paladino and a reporter?
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how does the race get back to the issues? you may not believe what the current democratic governor of new york says about the tea party. republican candidate carl paladino will react and be here live next. [ male announcer ] see this?
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>> jamie: fox news alert. the white house issuing a statement that the president was following on a daily basis and was informed of the situation throughout. the president made it clear we need to do everything to disrupt the plot and protect the american people. whether the state department issues a travel alert is a decision of the state department but the alert is responsive to the president's direction we spare no effort. joining me now is jamie smith, former c.i.a. officer and ceo of scg international, a global security firm. jamie, good to see you again.
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>> thank you, jamie. good to see you as well. >> jamie: this is a travel alert, not a travel warning. tell me what the difference is and what you recommend americans in europe or going to europe do. >> well, what we've got is a threat that has been based on credible evidence but not a specific threat. and they're -- the state department is not advising people to cancel travel plans but remain alert. when you go in large areas like the big ben area, trafalgar square or where people would congregate, pay attention to your surroundings. know where an exit would be. know where you can move to safely. in a large area like say an airport or a train or bus station, if you can stand near columns or some sort of structural support in the event something happens in the building, you know, if the roof were to come down or whatever else, you have a pocket there as you stand next to the support structure. so, but it's really paying
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attention. if you can avoid public transportation. but it's really about being vigilant and being alert. looking for people that just don't quite fit and at the hint of a problem, you need to make your way to a safe exit and transportation. >> jamie: that is great practical advice, looking for that column. please feel free to give any more that you have. i want to ask you, though, based on your expertise, as a central intelligence agency officer. when you hear osama bin laden likely connected to a plot you think about something on a pretty big scale. how much information do you think they have at this point in terms of detail that we don't yet know? >> well, what we do know is -- what we know is a lot. if the public knows a fairly good bit, then you can bet that the intelligence services know a lot more. and you know, what we know at this point that two britons and eight germans were involved in this particular plot. one of the britons was killed
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in a september 8 c.i.a. strike with a drone in pakistan. we know that there are about 20 britons that are in pakistan right now training. and that over the last couple of years we've had over 200 germans that have gone to pakistan for training. there is probably 60 in camps right now that are training for a strike, for an attack as well. >> jamie: isn't this going on all the time? i mean we have homegrown terror here. we also know that a lot of people are training for these attacks. it sounds like this may be something a little different. this coordinated type of attack, they bring up mumbai. what would you do different if you were traveling? would you bring anything with you? would you register your travel plans? s>> absolutely. every u.s. citizen that travels abroad needs to register at the state department and the embassy when they arrive to alert them they're there. if a warning message goes out, a general message to u.s. folks in the area they can get in touch with you to
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let you know to evac rate or not or seek -- evacuate or not or seek shelter. do that and carry a passport and a copy of your passport needs to be available as well if you lose it or get separated from it in some way, in a hospital or whatever else. you also need to carry a cell phone to dial back to the states that can actually dial within the country you're located in. but you are right. this particular plot was issued by al-qaeda, osama bin laden. and he issued it to the hakani network, based in warziristan. supposed to be based on the attacks in mumbai where they gained access to luxury hotel and started to attack hotels and weapons fire against large crowds of people. >> jamie: so crowds, i have to summarize, because i'm out of time. the hotels where the citizens are known to congregate are places to be extra individuvigi.
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a traveling alert, not yet a warning. thank you for joining us and thank you for your expertise today. >> thank you, jamie. >> eric: you know, it was one of the biggest political stories this week. the wild new york governor's race. republican candidate carl paladino and the state editor of the "new york post" going head-to-head over paladino having raised the possibility of affairs by his democratic opponent andrew cuomo when he was married. cuomo denies that. the newspaper is owned by the parent company of this network. paladino says he will release any information at the appropriate time. so how does this race now get back to the issues? joining us live from buffalo is the republican candidate for new york governor, carl paladino. mr. paladino, welcome to fox news channel this morning. >> thank you, eric. thank you. >> eric: first, briefly, about the cuomo thing. you say where it stands now, would you say you will release what you have at "the appropriate time." >> we have said that
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unequivocally okay, we're done with the gutter stuff that cuomo is playing with. he has been sending surrogates outs for a week-and-a-half, two weeks now to bring the campaign down in the gutter. we're talking issues. the people can see our issues at paladinoforthepeople.com. we're out there on every significant issue. we asked mr. cuomo to debate us. he is totally reluctant. we don't get any response. we have had two conversations with his camp and for some reason he just doesn't want to come out on the issues. he doesn't want to tell the people how he stands. he doesn't want to tell the people how he is going to govern. >> eric: sorry for interrupting but maybe he looks at the polls and says well, he is from like 20 points ahead that he doesn't want to debate. or says there will be no reason for that. >> i think it's disrespectful to the people, though, eric. he has an obligation to get out and tell the people where he stands on issues.
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he has to explain himself. he has to explain how he is going to be the new conservative democrat. he has obviously been a liberal progressive his entire life. he has to explain to the people how he is a better manager after what he did at h.u.d. 12 years ago at h.u.d. -- >> eric: before we go on with all of that. we discussed that in the past. let me get a sound bite this last week. i interviewed him at a news conference. had to do with the tea party. you won and basically beat rick lazio because of the tea party anger. play his comment on the tea party and we have your reaction on tape. here it is. >> there is no place in new york for tea party politics. that point will be made clear this november. [ laughter [ laughter ] >> that's part of the -- andrew cuomo, we are starting to find out what he really is about. he doesn't get it. those are your rank and file democrats and republicans and
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conservatives. >> eric: well, you saw your reaction. >> what a disrespectful comment for god's sakes. these are, these are the people of the state of new york. the man doesn't even know who he is asking to represent. how can we take an attorney general who during his turn, all right, the state of new york government has been the -- has been the worst government, the most corrupt government in the history of the state of new york. now he wants to tell us he will be governor. he has been the chief prosecutor during the entire period of time. >> eric: some say, you know, the tea party is too extreme, it's too radical. some of the positions are not in line with mainstream america. >> the tea party is a movement. it's just individuals. yes, there is going to be some crazies out there speaking wild things. but these are individuals. these are the people revolting against the party structure. tired of the rulers of the parties picking candidates for them because the candidates failed them in the past.
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the people want to be vetted to the candidates individually. they want to hear from the candidates where they stand on issues. that's where mr. cuomo is making his big mistake right now. showing disrespect to those people. >> eric: we asked cuomo to come on and he has an open invitation to come on this program, anytime. he seems to disagree with the current governor. david paterson who is a democrat, now in office says this about the tea party. on the wires today. he calls the tea party a good thing. he says most tea party members reject the extremist views and the governor of new york, who is a democrat says the movement is making important contributions to democracy. what about this split? >> a very enlightened statement. yeah. very enlightened. it shows he is on track to where the people are right now. >> eric: all right. finally, we had this terror alert that we've been reporting about europe. if you are elected governor you will have to deal with that issue of terrorism. new york state has been struck several times.
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1990, the 1993 world trade center bombing, september 11, of course, 2001. what is your reaction to the alert and what do we do? >> i think it's being handled well. the intelligence service are doing the job and they're right out there grabbing this stuff early. these brits and germans over there being trained right now, they're keeping an eye on them. that's good. i think they're giving good warnings to the people right now. >> eric: all right. carl paladino, who is a political novice has shot to the top of new york politics as the republican candidate for governor. thank you for joining us. again, as i said, we have asked andrew cuomo, the democrat to appear on this program. and he has an open invitation to do so. thank you, mr. paladino. >> thank you, eric. >> eric: jamie? >> jamie: eric, the race for governor in california heating up last night in a fierce debate. sparks flying big-time.
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coming up live from washington, a brand new travel alert from state department. what it means for americans planning to travel to europe. and growing tensions in the wake of more deadly drone strikes. why brand new supreme court justice elena kagan may not vote in half the cases in this turn. a new twist in alvin greene's
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run for the u.s. senate. you won't want to miss it. it's live from washington at the top of the hour. ♪ ♪ >> jamie: the gloves are off in california race for governor. a fiery debate last night. former governor jerry brown and former ebay ceo meg whitman locking horns over immigration. specifically, over whitman's recent admission she employed an illegal immigrant for years, though she claims she didn't know. casey stegall is live from los angeles with more. tell us about the housekeeper controversy. how is it addressed in the debate? >> reporter: everyone was wondering how it was going to be addressed. though there are a number of issues plaguing the state of california, everything where taxes to the economy. it didn't take long yesterday for the whole housekeeper-gate issue as it's being built by some to come up. let's bring you up to speed. i know everyone has heard
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about this by now. just a few days ago the accusations were made that meg whitman employed an illegal immigrant for nine years as her housekeeper. even allegedly ignoring a letter from the social security administration in 2003 her employment records were not correct. meg whitman has said jerry brown of digging the issue up for a smear campaign. listen to the exchange. >> the real tragedy here is after november 2 no one will watch out for nicky diaz. jerry, you should be ashamed, you and your surrogates put her deportation at risk. you put her out there. and you should be ashamed for sacrificing nicky diaz on the altar of your political ambitions. >> don't run for governor if you can't stand up on your own two feet and say i made a mistake, i'm sorry. let's go on from here.
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you have blamed her, blamed me, blamed the left, but you don't take accountability. >> reporter: you can see from the video at one point the two were looking at each other squaring off, a quite heated exchange as you just saw. jamie, you were just out here on vacation in california and no matter where you turn, everyone seems to be talking about this. it will be interesting to see how it plays out as we are in the final stretch of the campaign. >> jamie: casey, thank you so much. live from california. sorry i didn't see you. take care. >> reporter: got it. >> eric: could there finally be a real break in the killing of jon benet ramsey? police now have new information. next. ♪ yeah, we really do - ♪ and there's nothing wrong - [ bird squawks ] ♪ with what i feel for you ♪ i could hanaround ti the leaves are brown and the summer's gone ♪
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>> jamie: new details developing in jonbenet ramsey case. the little girl's death back in the spotlight after 14 years. peter doocy following this story from our studios in new york city. peter? >> reporter: jamie, jonbenet ramsey would be 20 years old if she was still alive today. she was only six when she was found dead in the basement of her boulder, colorado, home on the day after christmas in 1996. and her murder remains unsolved to this day. now police apparently want to talk to jonbenet ramsey's brother, a 23-year-old recent graduate of purdue university now in atlanta. burke was nine when his little sister was murdered but he was cleared of wrongdoing years later in 1999. the rest of the family was cleared by the boulder district attorney in 2008, two years after burke and jonbenet's mother patsy died. they won't confirm who they contacted recently but they say they are preparing a new round of interviews.
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the ramsey family attorney lynn wood says burke has been contacted by the police recently and has not yet been interviewed. wood said the cops there basically met with burke and gave him a card with their contact information and told them that they at this point if he wants to talk to them, he should reach out. the new interviews come as a suggestion of a special advisory committee, the boulder p.d. put together to review all the evidence in the case. the group consisted of veteran investigators from a variety of state and federal agencies who are obviously still try hard to nail the man or woman who murdered jonbenet ramsey almost 14 years ago. >> jamie: peter doocy live from the newsroom. thanks. >> eric: jamie, we're following new breaking details at this hour. the travel alerts for americans in europe, what do they mean? how do they know? what do they fear could happen? ♪ [ deb ] people don't just come to ge capital for money. they come to us for help. at ge capital, we've been financing taylor guitars
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>> eric: republican candidate for governor in new york carl paladino earlier in an interview said he wants to move on to the issues but there was an earler exchange that overshadowed the campaign. >> [ overtalk ] >> do it one more time. c'mon. hey. >> stay away from me, man. >> don't touch me. >> who are you? who the hell are you? >> answer that. answer the question. >> eric: wow! did the media make too much of it? liz trotta is author, journalist and fox news contributor who joins us as always with commentary now. what about the tape? >> classic case of violation of my number one rule; that is, that reporters should not become the story. should not become any part of the story. this is classic journalism 101. yes, mr. paladino has a lot to answer for and his behavior is
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crude and it would seem that he desemiables a lot. but fred dicker should have known you can't go in there and wag your finger and body-block the aides. there is a way to be very aggressive, without being not just obnoxious but confrontational. i have thought they were going to come to blows. on the other hand, i must say mr. paladino was way out of line. his anger seems to be propelled less by tea party, a sense of righteousness than by a personal rage at anybody or anything that gets in his way. >> eric: fred dicker with the "new york post." the newspaper is owned by the parent company of this network. i've known him for decades. he's a respected, but also kind of feared, you know, hard-charging, you know, reporter. >> well, we don't ever want to say that a reporter shouldn't be hard-charging. i mean quite frankly, i could never say that with a straight face. but there is a way to do it.
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and i think, i mean even his colleagues in the "new york times" and other papers said that he was very aggressive. i don't think it's just because he works for a republican newspaper. i don't think it really gets into that at all. >> eric: some wouldn't say that "new york post" is a republican newspaper. may be -- >> that may be many paladino's view, of course. . >> eric: on the editorial page. go ahead. >> paladino has been swearing, four-letter wording people, shaking his finger, threatening, "i'm going to take you out." what does that mean? he is going to call his own goons in? this is absolutely the lowest of the low. i also might add mr. paladino is running on the conservative line, which is supposed to be the traditional family values. he has yet to explain the love child and the other woman. he dropped it at the beginning of the campaign. then he says, oh, it's
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off-limits. instead, he levels an accusation at andrew cuomo, that he has yet to prove. he keeps waffling on it. nobody has nailed him down and said do you still believe that andrew cuomo is cheating on his wife and you can prove it? i mean it's just lying out there. now he says well, now let's move on. well, that old trick, plop on him and fred dicker should have known better. >> eric: do you see a different tenor and tone in campaigns and the media relationship? >> it's very nasty. the whole media atmosphere is so viscerally nasty, so much more nasty than it was 25, 30 years ago. what used to be a game of just gotcha is now in your face. and that's what this -- at a time when we had a section yesterday on one of the shows talking about the public's trust of the media, at an all-time low. there we are. >> eric: we're out of time o

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