gubernatorial candidate jerry brown being told to fire the person that used a disrespectful term to describe his opponent meg whitman. reportedly it was his wife. is he going to fire her? i'm not going sure what's going to happen from here. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everyone. just warming up in the studio here. a little chilly. some days it would be a good thing to be a guy. >> that's true. if you want my jacket, i'd be willing to give you my jacket and i might tear off my sleeves. >> all the excitement on the show today might heat us up immediately. >> all the years we've covered all the breaking events. i never remember one like this where every time you put on the tv or put on satellite radio, somebody else comes up. you hear some actual sounds of the miners being reunited and the president speaking out. >> man, last night, it couldn't have been cooler and there's the last guy who came out, luis

urzua. he said a shift of 70 days, that's a long shift. and then the president of chile was right there. sebastian pinera. >> it was so emotional. what a happy ending. it was supposed to still be going on right now but they were so good at it, it's over. >> thankfully. and joining us now to tell us what the men are facing today, adam housley who is at the regional hospital now in -- is it copiaco, chile? >> yeah, we can say it but if you're local, you call it copiapo. we're located in and all 33 men are inside here. good news at this hour is we prepared for a press conference here. it will happen in a couple of hours. good news is of the 33 miners, the most serious physical injury is pneumonia and that man is being treated inside the hospital and will be just fine. there are still some concerns, though, about some of the mental issues. there are several men in here we were told overnight were very anxious and it trouble sleeping, as you might imagine, and so

there are a few that could be here longer than the two days doctors originally talked about and what a night it was last night. you guys talked about it. across this country, across latin america for that matter, around the world, bells ring in churches. horns honked on cars. we were at the entrance of the mine, only several hundred yards away from the rescues that were taking place and horns were honking. emergency vehicles were -- had their sirens and lights going. there was confetti in the air. it was as if you were at a new year's celebration and we're told this is going to be a day remembered not only for a generation but for the day these men and their families die. what a day it was here. in fact, at one point, the president sebastian pinera came out and actually spoke to a number of reporters. i was about two feet away and started speaking in english when someone asked him about how the world reacted to this and he spoke very highly of the americans. it was the first time we heard him talk about the involvement. he spoke about how americans have been great friends to the

chileans and any time he needed something done here or anywhere for that matter, we're the first one to respond for the earthquake earlier this year and now for this. he has nothing but praise for our relationship and for our country. it's good to hear that especily in this part of the world. as we talk about that, we'll talk about what these men are facing in the coming days. the president has said the government will pay for them in the next six months as they try to determine where they go. a greek firm has offered to fly them to greece. steve jobs has sent an ipod to all the men. manchester united and madrid, two of the largest and more popular teams in the world will play each other here not long from now and they've been offered to fly them over, all 33 men who are avid soccer fans, avid futbol fans to watch the game in europe. some of them will be taking up that offer for sure. we're told book deals and movie deals and television interviews, all that will be coming as well

in the coming weeks and the coming months, guys? >> yeah, especially -- i look at this guy, luis urzua. the last guy, he defines leadership. i mean, for me, if i'm the president who seems to be playing everything perfectly, you get him into your cabinet somehow. >> yeah, him and one other guy, too, that kind of got forgotten about because the rescue operation took 22 hours but it took 24 1/2 hours when the last of the six rescuers came up, named manuel gomez. you talk about the foreman, absolutely. i would like to meet any of those miners. but the last rescuers also someone i would like to meet. manuel gomez was the first one in and the last man out of that mine as the rescue operation. not knowing if he would be able to return. that man also is one of the heroes of this entire event. brian? >> all right. thanks, adam. awesome job. check in with you again. appreciate it. >> so the first guy who was pulled out got a lot of attention and the last guy got a

lot of attention. >> super mario number 2. >> there was a guy named mario, number 2. there was a guy in the middle, 21st miner. he's on the cover of all the newspapers here in new york this morning. he's on line. he invited his wife and also invited his mistress. his wife and mistress got into a cat fight. >> when he comes out of the pit

because his wife said i found respect in the last two months. in fact, marta salinas did not show up. instead, susan valenzua, the mistress did but then she received a bit a chilly response from barrios. was he upset not to see his wife standing there? was he surprised? this is the amazing quote. his sister said he loves them both. they are both important to him and he wants them to be friends with each other. >> what? >> i think it would be easy to get out of the mine. >> huh? >> personally. >> by yourself with just a chisel. >> there's one other component to it and in "the new york daily news" talks about how this guy and his wife have been separated for a number of years. it's not surprising. so the guy has a girlfriend. they have not divorced. >> other important part of the story, he was nicknamed dr. house. he was the first aid guy and an electrician. one of the m.v.p.'s down there. and he was -- everyone was

leaning on him, especially diabetic. >> good doctor, not so great husband. debate that happened in delaware last night. you know who the candidates are by now, i think, christine o'donnell on the republican side and you have coons on the democratic side so here's a snippet of them during the debate. >> to simply denounce people as being dependent because they're applying for and receiving food stamps. >> thinks, creatchris, that's nu to say that because that's not at all what i'm doing. i'm not the person who would cut the tax benefits for disabled and low income senior citizens as you did as county -- as county executive. >> well, at one point, according to some news reports, she pinned him to the wall on his tax record but he did -- she did have to answer to that whole witchcraft thing she had talked about once upon a time. meantime, she needed a knockout

punch if possible during their first debate. did she get it? don't know yet. according to the latest fox poll on this senate delaware race right now, he is ahead substantially 54% to 38%. one of the complaints that she had and you're about to hear is at the state level and at the national level, she's not getting support for her own party so she's being attacked by the democrats, of course, and she's not being supported by the republicans. that's after r.n.c. chair michael steel came out after she won and said we're going to do whatever we can and anything we can to get her elected. james rosen talked to her yesterday. >> yeah, james rosen, of our fox newschannel and here's what she said about not getting that support from her own party. >> well, the democratic senatorial committee is running ads against me and the democratic party is running ads against me. the republican party on the state level and the national level, neither have come in to help me close the gap. >> so during the debate, she had referenced the fact that she wasn't getting all the support

from the republican party. and then that interview came after the debate. also that poll we should pointed out, that was before the debate so whether or not that would change her numbers remains to be seen. she did have a slight slipup when she was asked about a supreme court decision she didn't agree with recently and she said she couldn't name one then but she would post it on her web site. the idea of this whole witchcraft thing, that's such an old story now. "saturday night live" did a skit on it. she had a good moment during the debate where she said come on, chris, you're just jealous you weren't on "saturday night live." i think they should get down to the issues and forget all this other ancillary stuff going on. >> i went back and on september 15th, michael steel said we're asking people across the country, republicans large and far and wide to help us help her. so is michael steele indicating those people now here we are in the middle of october have not helped the r.n.c. help her? so people are rallying and the witch comment, she made a huge mistake opening up a 30-second spot saying i'm not a witch.

that brought everything up and made s. n.l. maybe highlight it. >> exactly. they had to do that. meanwhile, tell you a little bit about now, the national association of women has actually flip-flopped. yesterday, they called on jerry brown to fire the staff member who reportedly called his gubernatorial opponent, meg whitman a word that starts with a w that rhymes with bore. they said you got to fire that person, although that would be curious because there was a story that it was jerry brown's wife according to fox sources. but then -- >> what took him so long? where was the national organization of women the minute this story came out last week? aren't they supposed to defend all women? they don't defend conservative women. she didn't get any defense until it came out during the debate again and jerry brown for the very first time actually apologized to meg whitman, then now probably felt pressure to come out and say that was the wrong thing to do and you should

fire him. they're backpeddling on that. >> where were they last week? they were endorsing them. they have backpeddled it and instead they said terry o'neill, the president said we're not seeing anyone on the brown campaign fired. i should have made clear that anyone who says the w word from here on should be fired. >> somebody is going to say it now again? i mean, it's so crazy that you got to laugh about it. they call it a teachable moment. >> but in the campaign, it has totally squelched housekeeper talk. it's overwhelmed it and maybe force everything back to the issues. as they went shoulder to shoulder, he wasn't well received when he tried to explain that comment. >> sure. the national organization of women now has explaining to do because early on wednesday, they said ok, they got to fire him and then who got to now and got him to say ok, from here on, we've changed the rules. you know. jerry, you don't to have fire that person, your wife. >> gretch, the news. >> we start with this. brand new audio and video

released of a student gunman storming the library at the university of texas. it happened last month. that's the gunman as he walked into the main building holding an ak-47. witnesses frantically calling 911. >> i was in my car and he looked at me and pointed a gun at me and i sped off. can't believe i didn't hit anybody. >> walking on the south side of university, had a suit on it looked like with some kind of headgear and an ak-47 it looked like. >> the gunman, 19-year-old colten joshua tooley didn't hit anyone before turning the gun on himself. police searching for the rema s remainses of a 10-year-old girl reported missing over the weekend in north carolina. they drained a pond and searched her father's tree trimming equipment. zahra baker's stepmom appeared in court accused of writing a fake ransom note. police reclassified this case as a homicide. 34 people rounded up in the los angeles area along with a dozen

more around the country. they are charged with fleecing medicare out of $160 million. they are part of an armenian crime ring. some posed as doctors submitting fake claims to the government in order to cash in. and those are the quick headlines. >> meanwhile, coming up straight on this show, one cop's close call lands a truck driver behind bars. >> a doctor speaking out against health care is enranging members of the left with her decision to run for congress. dr. nan hayworth says she wants americans to see clearly. she joins us next. [ female announcer ] kids who don't eat breakfast may not be getting the nutrition they need to keep their bodies strong. carnation instant breakfast essentials supplies the nutrients of a balanced breakfast to help build strong muscles and healthy bones. carnation instant breakfast essentials. good nutrition from the start. plus the choice of every etf, 5-star service, and unmatched trading tools.

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>> a retired opthamologist and mother of two has had no experience in politics. today she's a frontrunner in the

race leading the incumbent democrat john hall 46-43 in the latest political poll. a fact that's got a lot of liberals up in arms including this moveon.org protester that showed up at the offices earlier this week to bully her supporters and the good dr., nan hayworth joins us live. we invited her opponent but have not received a response. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> what was that guy doing at your office? it looked crazy. >> well, move on called a protest in front of our offices in caramel, new york, because they claim that they're upset about -- i think it had to do with the chamber of commerce issue, you know, u.s. chamber which has really nothing to do with my campaign. our supporters gathered because they wanted to show their strength and you can see that this fella with move on is threatening people who are participating on our side. he knocked the cap off one man's head. >> well, now we're showing that right there.

>> yep. let's talk a little bit about -- if elected, would you as a doctor, would you work to repeal the health care reform that was passed last year? >> i would, yes. we need to repeal it and replace it with a plan that works for americans to give them the quality and choice and innovation they deserve and expect. >> but, doctor, there are some parts of that plan that a lot of people like. they like that you can't be eliminated because of pre-existing conditions and children and things like that. auto we need to accommodate those needs, there's no question. we can. we can do it far better than this bill does it. it's not the goal. the goal is good. the goal is very good. they have all americans have access to good, affordable care with affordable insurance but the means by which they have chosen to do it will end up costing us terribly and it won't accomplish what we're looking for. >> you have never been in politics before. you've never been in office. what do you know about washington? why should they send you from the 19th congressional district in new york to washington, d.c.? >> it's the classic model.

really what the founders and framers intended that we have citizen legislators and not career politicians so in that sense, we're really going back as so many doctors around the country are. at one point, about 40 doctors running on the g.o.p. side. so we're going back to that model. we need more expertise in congress to deal with these enormously complex issues. >> all right. the election is a couple of weeks away and right now we're ahead. we'll see how things work out on election night. thank you, doctor, for making a house call today. straight ahead on this thursday morning, new developments on the murder of an american jet skier on that lake near the texas-mexican border. we may know why it happened. and the white house promised shovel ready construction jobs would instantly give our economy a boost. the president himself may be admitting he's wrong.

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over the past two years and admits, among other things, he had no idea how many people don't pay their taxes. also saying even though he has no regrets about the broad direction of his agenda, he regrets letting himself be seen as a typical tax and spend democrat. >> so is communication the problem? let's ask stuart varney. he blames it on communication and marketing. not policy. >> well, look, he doesn't want to be seen as a tax and spend liberal. but what is he? what is the nature of our president's economic policy? what has i been? tax? yes, he wants to tax the nk, tax health insurers, tax corporations. the tax part is taken care of. ending part, a trillion dollars on extra spending in stimulus. we got up 21% in two years in government spending. of course, he'll be seen as a tax and spend kind of guy. that's what you are. >> speaking of the stimulus, we were told by the president, you know, we've got all these shovel ready projects. yesterday, he said there's no

such thing as a shovel ready project. even though through history he has said stuff like this. >> shovels are breaking ground. there are almost 100 shovel ready transportation projects already approved in colorado which are beginning to create jobs. we are seeing shovels hit the ground. make sure that shovel ready actually means shovel ready. >> shovels will soon be moving eartand trucks will soon be pouring concrete where we are standing. >> he's been let down. >> ledown? >> by the -- >> told them they're shovel ready prects. has he learned? >> no. look, this week, the president has been out stumping for another $50 billion shovel ready infrastructure plan. he's still pushing for it. evidently he's not learned. >> that's emblematic of the democratic party, you spend and figure out how to do the accounting of it later.

>> if that's your judgment, that's your judgment. >> that's what republicans would say. >> that's exactly what republicans would say. think of it this way. this whole interview is an admission that the president's economic policies didn't work that well, certainly didn't work as advertised. where does that leave the democrats who are out there right now defending the president's program? he's just abandoned them. he's waved them good-bye. >> none of them really are talking about his programs. they're not even admitting they're democrats. >> democrats are extremely upset by this interview because the president appeared to have abandoned them. >> talk more about it at the top of the hour. it is a huge, very long -- >> it is a blockbuster. and coming up at 9:20 eastern on the fox business network, look at that, you got the bjorn lomborg. >> used to play with wooden racket s. >> we have ed rendell, governor

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>> those chilean miners are finally being rescued. that's correct! that's right. president obama was actually watching some of the rescue effort on tv today. obama said he just wanted to see how they dig people out of a giant hole in other countries. >> speaking of shovel ready, right? we were just discussing with stu varney. people around the world were glued to their tv's yesterday and all 33 miners were pulled to safety. there were so many incredible and touching moments. here's a look at what those events and how they unfolded.

>> ♪ chile >> mission accomplished, it said. last night, people all over the world were chileans. it was an amazing scene as all 33 miners were freed after spending more than two months under ground but the ordeal is far from over. with medical experts warning of

possible future health problems. right now, we are joined by our medical panel. good morning to all of you. >> good morning. >> apparently, according to the doctors who were there, health more than satisfactory. just one doctor right now says that one guy has pneumonia and that's it. >> right. which is actually pretty surprising only one of themmened up with pneumonia. we're not so much worried about the viral infections or bacterial infections but the fungal or mold that can set in and cause pneumonia as their lungs have partially collapsed from being, you know, down in the hole and not being able to exercise, right. so it's actually surprising only one of them ended up being infected with pneumonia and i think that's great news. great testament to the great care that they got even when they were down in the hole. >> sure. david? >> well, i think this is another great news to have all these guys down there but huge victory for the country of chile and should be all congratulated,

medical doctors and rescue workers but more importantly these guys down there decided to work as a team and that's really a big message. in the first two weeks, they decided to really cut down on the amount of food consumption, the amount of liquid consumption and stick together and be able to save each other. several of them had to lose a lot of weight and these guys had kidney disease and diabetes so they pulled it together. as far as i'm concerned, this is a medical miracle. they had to deal with short-term issues which is the dental hygiene. long cardiac dehydration, vitamins, minerals but i think long-term psychiatric part of it which we'll be discussing is a big problem for them. >> absolutely. it's one thing about the claustrophobic effect. i would think some of them would have gone through cabin fever and something like that. now they're out and the mental issues are just -- are just going to pop up on the radar. >> i think the mental issues are just popping up. and the six months that the government has allowed for medical treatment for

psychological treatment is not enough because post-traumatic stress disorder is a very, very quirky disorder. and it happens after a year, after two years, and we don't know right now what the effects are going to be. those that were strong and resilient and those that were not marginalized by being down there probably will be fine. those that had difficulty down there and there were miners that did have difficulty will have difficulty adjusting. >> sure. >> the same problems that they left before they were miners down there will reappear. >> yeah. absolutely. one other thing and david, we were talking about this a moment ago, the comparisons to 9/11. and that is, you know, the people who worked on the rescue at 9/11, they were fine maybe for a year or two and suddenly, some of those people have breathing issues. clearly in that mine, there's a lot of dust. there are gases. all sorts of stuff. >> i think being exposed to these toxins, carbon monoxide, etc., is going to take an effect in their lungs, in their hearts,

i agree 100% these guys should be followed for many years after. we're seeing a lot of 9/11 rescuers now are coming with cancers. that wasn't really apparent immediately after the incident so, you know, they have given their lives. they are really fortunate to be alive. this is, like i said, it's a medical miracle and they need to be followed for many years after to make sure they'll be ok. some of the long-term effect of it as we talked about with their lungs and pulmonary issues are very critical for this kind of patient. >> we were talking earlier as well about vitamins. and the importance of vitamins going forward. >> right. they were sending vitamin supplements down to them but the one supplement that's difficult to replace is vitamin d and the best way to get vitamin d is through sun exposure. that's why they are very concerned about vitamin d deficiency and they're going to be testing the vitamin d levels and supplementing them because vitamin d deficiency has been associateded with many diseases including cancers. and it's going to be difficult, i think, as david brings up, though, to really isolate

cancers so this one particular incident with them because they spent so much time down there anyway but definitely needs to be followed long term for more chronic illnesses. >> what a story and what a happy ending. >> amazing story. >> amazing. >> fantastic, doctors, we thank you all for joining us live. >> thank you. thanks for being here. >> gretch, brian, how about some headlines? >> already, steve, whatever you say. >> we have some headlines now. the man thought to be shot dead by mexican pirates, a case of mistaken identity? a global intelligence company says david hartley was a case of mistaken identity in a turf war between rival drug cartels. he was allegedly shot by drug enforcers because he was mistaken for a spy of a rival cartel. report goes on to say his body was probably destroyed as they went into damage control mode and the lower level responsible for the strike is on the zeta's hit list.

>> umar farouk abdulmutallab is expected to plead guilty to some charges. he's representing himself at the pretrial hearing. before he fired his lawyers, they were trying to reach a plea bargain agreement that would have had him released from prison at some point. that's interesting. nigerian terror suspect faces a life sentence for allegedly trying to blow up a northwest strike with a bomb hidden in his underwear. >> a florida man calls 911 after his wife suddenly goes into labor. amazingly, the dispatcher is able to walk the first time dad through the whole process over the phone. oh, boy! take a listen. first to the 911 call and then to the reaction of both mom and dispatcher. >> see the head? >> yes, i can see the head with the hair on it. >> the baby is crying. ok, gently wipe the baby -- wipe off the baby's mouth and nose. >> ok. >> dry it off with a clean towel. >> we weren't expecting it was going to happen so fast. i love my job. >> oh, girl, i should have said. doctors say the baby girl named

lila is perfectly healthy. a delivery they'll never forget. >> coming up, a truck driver in jail for nearly killing a police officer. whoa! that close call was caught on video. we'll tell you what happened next straight ahead. >> first, it was new york. now, illinois accused of not mailing ballots to soldiers which means the votes will count on election day. they still say the program is a success. really? miss dimitra, when will you marry me?

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for you this morning. a coke bust for lindsay lohan? well, coca-cola, that is. the rehabbing actress reportedly got caught trying to escape the betty ford clinic. word is she was trying to score a can of coke from a nearby vending machine. caffeine strictly off-limits in rehab. and check out this video, police in georgia go to the passenger's side in the traffic stop to prevent being creamed. watch thch the deputy bangs his knee. the driver of the car unhurt. truck driver arrested for d.u.i. brian? >> thanks, gretchen. illinois now under investigation to determine if they missed the deadline to mail absentee ballots to members of the military stationed overseas. if that is indeed the case, it will be the latest violation of the move act which requires ballots to be sent out to our service men and women 45 days prior to an election. got to be there for a round trip. got to get back in time, too.

320,000 troops from new york have yet to receive them and even though the department of justice reached a settlement with new york to make sure military ballots are counted, does this mean the move act is not working or intentionally being circumvented? joining us from our d.c. bureau, susan sweana, president and c.e.o. and co-founder of the overseas voter foundation and eric eversol, executive director of the military voter protection project. susan, is this an inauspicious start? >> actually, if you have some background on what's been going on for the past five or so decades, this is a great start. this act is a federal act. it's implemented by the states but then where the rubber really hits the road is with the jurisdictions. there are over 10,000 jurisdictions in the u.s. all of who needed to be trained and learn new systems. more than 20 states putting new i.t. systems, new york included, to handle this balloting. and if you look at the number of jurisdictions that really didn't

make the mark, it's a small number in light of the total. also, we're shining a light on it. they're finding out that it's not possible to not meet the mark. and this is a transition year so i think it's -- i hesitate to generalize. >> so you would say that -- say it's a matter of getting up and running and it's going to get better and better. no one is circumventing it intentionally. would you agree with that, this is part of working out the bugs on a brand new move act that was passed through bipartisan support? >> absolutely not. i don't know how much background you actually need to figure out when about a third of your states and jurisdictions -- or not jurisdictions but your states and territories have violations in them where a county and in some cases a state hasn't mailed out absentee ballots as required by the move act. that's a fundamental flaw in the process and the fact that it may not affect that many troops,

i think is really an unfair statement because the fact is our troops have long been forgotten on election day and we need to make it 100% right. >> susan, let's look at this honestly. if you need to get something overnight, absolutely get there, the military families know how to get it back and forth. why can't the government figure out how to get the ballot back and forth? >> there are ways to do it. one of the key ways to do that move mandated was that ballots must be available in some form on line. whether it be an e-mail ballot, down loaded ballot or a fax ballot. that is available now. for example, if you look at new york, they did a change of their i.t. system. all ballots are available right now on line for download and there's a backup ballot for every single u.s. overseas and military voter. >> electronic is the way to go? >> yeah, electronic is the way to go. >> listen, electronic is great. services a lot of folks, overseas citizens and in some cases military members but, you

know, at the end of the day, there are a lot of troops, significant percentage of them, that are in foxholes. they're stuck somewhere in the desert and they're not going to walk down to the internet cafe in kandahar to download their ballot and send it back. >> great point. >> they have to have their ballot sent to them by mail. and when you, you know, when you don't mail ballots 45 days before the election, the people that you most impact by that failure are the troops on the front lines. >> it's true, eric and we definitely understand, susan, as well. one of the major problems is primaries aren't sometimes within 45 days of the electionmeelection so you don't know whose name to put on the ballot. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> coming up straight ahead, he was an advocate for health care reform and claims despite the anger, many americans are feeling the reform will work. former senate majority leader tom daschle here to explain. he has a book about it. and then to the heated debate in delaware.

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>> delaware senate candidate chris coons and christine o'donnell took swings at each other at last night's debate but so did the moderators. take a look at one example of wolf blitzer going after christine o'donnell. >> miss o'donnell has experience of running at office but not at

really running anything. >> begin the commercial with the words "i am not a witch" what were you thinking? >> to put it to rest. to put it behind me. >> didn't you realize if you do that in a commercial, it would revive it and everybody would be talking about that. >> we're moving past and we're talking about the issues. >> so is three against one a fair debate? joining me now, conservative columnist and fox news contributor, andrea tantaros. we wanted this to be a debate. our democratic strategist did not unfortunately make it. was it three against one or was that a fair question to ask why she said that on the top of her ad? >> i think it was absolutely a fair question but if you watch the debate in its entirety, gretch gretchen, it really was three on one. at some point, i thought she was running against wolf blitzer for delaware senate but i think despite that, she really held her own and she just debunked this myth that she's an idiot. she's definitely not. but the contrast couldn't have been clearer. i mean, she explained her position and then on the other

side, you have coons who is just this condescending ivy league talking lad. he should stop talking until election day. he looked rude and elitist. she handled it very, very well. >> if i were the democratic strategist right now, i would probably say he could stop talking because he's ahead in the polls by 18 points. >> that's right. he's very, very far ahead. i think she needed a game changer last night. >> did she get it? >> i don't think she got it. she had a very strong performance but i don't think it's going to be enough to tip the scales. particularly because behind the scenes, and you discussed this earlier on the program, she really is at a funding deficiency. she's not getting the backing from washington. >> why? why would the republican party not support christine o'donnell? she's their candidate. >> straight answer on that is the party infrastructure gives money where they think they can win. they have so many raise. >> the race was close after the

primary. they didn't give the money then. >> she wasn't part of the establishment either. she didn't play the game. she had to deal with out of the gate criticism from her own party. i think that set her back, too. once the mainstream media saw the vulnerability, they jumped on her. i have to give her credit. she's been fighting not just against her own party, the fancy intelligencia that coons is a part of. she deserves some credit. >> maybe this is one moment in the debate that was not a shining moment for her. when she was asked about the supreme court and any decision she did not like in the last couple of years. watch this. >> i'm very sorry right off the top of my head. i know there are a lot but i'll put it up on my web site, i promise you. >> and afterwards, she did a subsequent interview with james rosen of fox newschannel and did provide some cases at that point. but do you think that was a huge problem for her during this debate? >> i don't think it was a huge problem. but i think that the media will make it a huge problem.

it's that supreme court question they always seem to throw it out there and it tripped her up. that will be seized upon. but, you know, at the end of the day, delaware is a very blue state. we knew this from the beginning. obama is 47-47 favorable, unfavorable. his numbers aren't that balanced anywhere out in the country. >> let me ask you real quickly about the female problem that christine o'donnell seems to have in that females seem to be supporting coons. why would that be? >> look, again, i think it's a very blue state. and i think they look at her, too, and i think they see she's made some mistakes out of gate and i think the women in delaware look and say, wait a minute, am i you? i'm not really you because they're liberals but they agree with health care. >> it's so weird. so many people wanted obama care. >> who were not establishment candidates. maybe when they get them, they don't like them. i have to go, unfortunately. thank you so much for being here. is canada the new land of opportunity? john stossel explains why the u.s. has fallen behind its northern neighbors and robert f. kennedy jr. taking shots at tea

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>> good morning, everyone. thursday, october 14, 2010. thanks for sharing your time today. 70 days after first being trapped, all 33 miners pulled to the surface safe and sound. when number 33 reached freedom, he was greeted by a celebration heard around the world. we'll have a live report from you from chile next. >> president obama throwing democrats under the bus so to speak. why a magazine article has members of the president's own party outraged. >> and robert f. kennedy jr. calling tea partiers stuck on stupid. and called them crackpots. this after endorsing charlie crist for senator of florida. man, he's not the democrat running right there. so does that hurt or help? tell you all about it straight ahead. hour two of "fox & friends" for thursday starting right now.

>> this is jackie mason and you're watching "fox & friends" but let's hope you don't do it too often. >> thank you very much, jackie. >> 22 hours it took, a lot -- first they were saying it was going to take 48 hours and originally they said we're not going to get those miners out of the mine in chile until christmas. >> you know what? there has been so much bad news over the last year or so in and the economy has gone haywire, a lot of polarization in politics but the whole world united behind getting those 33 chileans out of that hellhole. they did it and they did it so well and chile, chile absolutely looks fantastic today. >> what an amazing sight to see that last night as you're seeing on the screen, the last miner finally out, the foreman of the whole crew. that made 33 miners that came frup the surface. for the first time in 70 days they're waking up above ground. the man credited with saving the

men's lives went from being trapped from total darkness to freedom and all the men heroes to the country and the world. joining us to talk about what the men are facing today, let's go live to adam housley at the regional hospital nearby in chile. you've been there for several days now. i imagine that the sense of relief and all of that hasn't really set in yet after their experience for so long underground. >> no, you're right, gretchen. you know, the entire -- this entire country has been captivated by this story and it really took over the world audience as well the last couple of days and this country is so proud. the united states is not the only country over the last few years have had difficulties. chile had a massive earthquake earlier this year and the talk around here has been this is such a great ending to such a tough year for this country and a day nobody here will ever forget. in fact, that moment last night at each miner came up, those celebrations built and they built and they built and then the last miner came up 22 hours or so after this process all began. take a listen.

>> we were only several hundred yards away from where the rescues were taking place. my colleague was on a hill above. down where we were located all the families and the media from around the globe. balloons let off, sirens, it was quite a sight. it was quite a party. it was something that everyone was very, very pleased to be a part of. and it was something that will go on here in chile for some time. there's already talk of making this day, yesterday, another national holiday as they celebrate their bicentennial this year. now, the president, president pinera came down and actually spoke yesterday and as he spoke to chilean media in spanish, he walked away and started talking to us in english about the role the world has played in this. was very appreciative of the americans. said that when they had the

earthquake earlier this year, we were the first ones here to help and this time, we were the first ones to call and help with the mine disaster and it was good to hear those comments as well. and so many other countries that took part, canada and others with all different types of support over the course of the 69 days. now, as we talk about the men that were below the ground, there's also six men who volunteered to go down as rescuers. the one who was there the longest, manuel gomez, he went in as this operation began. he was the first one to get in the capsule. he was the first one to go down and last night, guys, 24 1/2 hours after the whole process began, he was the last man out of that dungeon underground. and he came up to the hug of all those other rescuers involved. guys? >> all right, adam housley reporting live from chile this morning. got to love their president. he was there -- he gave every one of those guys who came out of that hole a bear hug. i would like to think our president would be there for each and every one of them and then at the conclusion, they broke into the national anthem. and then he spoke without a

teleprompter for about five minutes and it was terrific. you know, it looks great. they look great. chile looks great. >> and america -- >> he came out and said america, thank you, thank you so much and i think that was very heart warming for americans who are watching this and we should point out the first lady was standing next to him the entire time, too, hugging -- >> crying. >> hugging all of these miners as they came out and she's also supporting one of the women who didn't show up. at the retrieval of her husband as he came up from 1/2 mile down underground, why did she decide not to show up? because marta salinas found out when her husband was underground, she had a mistress. >> yes, susan vanzuela and the wife marta went at it and had a falc physical confrontation that had to be broken up. she was willing to be there until she got word her husband said i'd like my wife and mistress to be there when i got out. at which point, my wife marta

said i will not be there when he gets out. it's clear he's healthy. >> she said it's either me or her. he's got to decide. in phone calls, she said it's clear that he is ok. and i thank god and it's a miracle. but if he wants the mistress there, that's one thing. also point out, apparently, he and his wife have been separated for a number of years. so, you know, i get this. you know, if you're down in that -- in that dungeon as adam put it a moment ago, you think about all the stuff that's gone on in your life and you want the people who are important to you over the last couple of years, i get inviting the wife. i get inviting the mistress. >> i'm not so sure that i would feel that way. but anyway, his sister said he loves them both, they are both important to him and he wants them to be friends with each other. pie in the sky? i don't know. maybe a little bit. >> yes. >> that's where i am -- >> can't be fair and balanced on this. >> no, i get where you invite everybody -- look, you all know

that i've got this going on. so i get it. anyway, there is a blockbuster report coming out in "the new york times" magazine this weekend and it's by peter baker down in washington, and among other things -- one of the headlines is that the president of the united states about two years after we passed that gigantic stimulus program says, you know what? there is no such thing as a shovel-ready project. i mean, how many times do we hear the president say we need this, we got all these shovel ready projects and now the president issation there are no shovel-ready projects and there were many other revelations as well. >> the biggest revelation is the president of the united states finding out how few americans actually pay taxes. what? how can you not know those facts and figures. we talk about it a lot on this program. i don't know how as a sitting senator, you would not know the percentage of people who pay taxes in this kunlt. >> right. i think he was talking about the number of people who were going to be in his cabinet, perhaps,

but had tax problems and were invalidated. >> we're getting an idea of what the next two years are going to be like because the president knows he made mistakes. and almost 25 staffers on the record, most of the names you know already, citing the problems from the inside and outside. in fact, some of those who have left the administration and are in the real world that we're in together, say we are shocked how bad things look from the outside about what's going on inside. also, looking at signs, studying under the institute of technology and intelligence, i'm trying to look beyond the words. is it interesting to you, gretchen carlson, he brings up he's in the middle of reading the clinton tapes which was done with this guy -- which is -- taylor branch where clinton talked really about 1994. we had to switch gears and change tactics to be successful and he does cite president obama, that his numbers are above clinton's and reagan's at this point in the administration and both change, more clinton than reagan, in their second

year. is president obama saying i know i'm going to get hammered soon. i know the rules are going to change soon. and i'm willing to change. >> well, i had two thoughts when i read that. i thought wow, i can't believe he hadn't read that book before. and the second thought was that it was a marketing thing to say on purpose that he was reading for the exact reasons you just talked about. >> cites two republicans he worked with. one is retiring and the other one, perhaps, is paul ryan and he said that's somebody i might be able to work with. paul ryan put everything down on paper if there's a medium range. he's going to work on immigration, he says, and work on education where i think there's a way to meet half way. >> coming up at 7:15 in a couple of minutes, senator tom daschle will be here for an interview. written a book called "getting it done" about health care reform and how it's all accomplished. ask him about that and this blockbuster article. >> he was almost in the cabinet. >> he did the article and he says those who thought if president obama thought the republicans were going to roll

over, they were terribly mistaken. >> we'll ask him that question. rest of your headlines, brand new audio and video released of a student gunman storming the library at the university of texas. it happened last month. that's the gunman as he walked into the main building holding an ak-47. witnesses frantically calling 911. >> i was in my car and he looked me and pointed a gun at me and i sped off. i can't believe i didn't hit anybody. >> he was walking on the south side of university, had a suit on it looked like with some kind of headgear and it was an ak-47 it looked like. >> the gunman, 19-year-old colten joshua tooley didn't hit anyone before turning the gun on himself. police searching for the remains of a 10-year-old girl reported missing over the weekend in north carolina. investigators drained a a pond d examined her father's tree trimming equipment. zahra baker's stepmom appeared in court. she's accused of writing a fake ransom note. police reclassified this case now as a homicide.

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>> he was a huge advocate for health care reform and at one point tapped by president obama to be the next secretary of

health and human services. now former senate majority leader tom daschle reveals how the massive overhaul went down and why he believes it will work. joining me now is former u.s. senate majority leader and author of "getting it done" tom daschle. good morning to you, senator. >> good morning, gretchen. >> so you believe that the american people are going to change their minds, the majority of them and agree with you that it was the right thing to get health care reform done? >> well, you know, gretchen, when you break it down and you ask about the specifics in this legislation, there's overwhelming support. people want more confidence that they're going to be able to keep their insurance. they want to believe that we can find a better way to ensure that everybody is covered and we can control costs. and so as you bak it down, i'm very encouraged by what the american people are saying about this legislation. >> did you happened to see any of the town hall meetings that started last summer where the people were so angry about health care reform? >> well, i think people have a right to be angry. the current circumstances are just deplorable. we've got about 50 million people uninsured.

the costs are going up dramatically and we're not getting what we're paying for and we're spending $8,000 for every man, woman and child in the country. we come in somewhere between 35th and 40th in overall quality. there's a lot of anger for good reason. they want to see some change. >> i was wondering this morning as i was preparing for this, whether or not there was a sense of relief in your mind that you were not the secretary of health and human services. >> well, i -- i guess the feelings were mixed. i think it's an awesome responsibility and major challenge with a lot of headaches and a lot of fulfillment. this is the first time in all of history that this actually happened. so to see it happen and to see it unfold, obviously, with all the work we still have to do is a good thing and i would have enjoying being part of it but i'm delighted it got done without my being secretary. >> and yet, you have people within your own party, just yesterday i interviewed governor phil bredesen, democrat from tennessee who has written the first account, i guess, criticizing obama's health care

reform and he calls it in his words a stunning disappointment. a democrat. >> well, you know, that's what they said about social security, gretchen, they said that about medicare. they said that about civil rights. we've said that about all the major social legislation that's passed. people have been very critical about it. but it's been a work in progress. we've built upon social security. we've built upon medicare. we've built upon civil rights. we're going to build upon health care as well. this is not the final product. this is only the beginning. >> there's a "new york times" magazine piece that's coming out today written by peter baker. it's extensive. it's about the president. it's entitled "education of a president. "you are quoted in this article, sir, and here's what you said. you said if anybody thought the republicans were just going to roll over, we were just terribly mistaken. what did you mean by that? >> i don't recall quite saying that. but what i think i meant by that or in that conversation i was talking about how we had hoped there would be more cooperation. how we hoped the republicans

wouldn't stand in the way consistently and that we'd find common ground. that's what i -- i still believe today. i think if we're going to govern as we go forward, gretchen, we really have to find ways to find that common ground and come to the middle. to find ways in which to deal with the issues collectively. >> senator, you must agree that health care reform was not a bipartisan effort and maybe it was not handled in the correct way. >> well, i still hope that it will be. and we've got a lot of -- no, it's not. we're only at the 30-yard line. we have a lot of work to do with regard to implementation. we're going to be looking at governors all over the country and senators as we -- and congressmen as we continue to build, as i said earlier, on what we've done and that has to be bipartisan. i hope we can find that common ground. >> let me ask you about a couple of different things in this article. president obama admits that shovel ready projects don't exist even though he was pushing for them in the last year and he let himself look too much like the same old tax and spend

democrat. what do you think about that? >> well, i only just got a glimpse of the article before i came on to talk with you. so i really can't comment on the specifics of the article. i happened to believe there are shovel-ready projects and they're all over country so i'm not sure i know what the context was in the article. but i'll certainly take a look at it. >> all right, senator tom daschle, your new book is called "getting it done" about getting health care reform done in this country. thanks for being our guest today. >> my pleasure, thanks for having me. >> coming up on the show, the united states one of the richest countrys in the world yet we're still falling behind. >> they're poor, why is america rich? >> that's a really good question. >> ok. >> john stossel joining us on the curvy couch. oh, my goodness. look what he's going to bring with him. carry it in. he'll explain why countries like canada are becoming the new land of opportunity. then foreigners caught cashing in on government health benefits. millions of dollars worth. how they pulled it off and how they got caught. jaguar platinum coverage is not just a warranty.

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>> time to do a little math in your news by the numbers. first $153 million. that's how much the f.b.i. says this group of suspects tried to fleece from medicare. they're said to be part of an armenian crime ring accused as posing as doctors and submitting fake claims in order to cash in. next $2 million. that's how much money democrats plan to sink into harry reid's home state of nevada in the final weeks of his senate re-election campaign. reid and republican nominee sharon angle are neck in neck in the polls. 24 inches, that's how tall or how short the world's smallest man is. he's from nepal , 18 years old and wants to drive a remote control car for his birthday. brian, steve? >> thanks, gretchen. the u.s. is struggling. unemployment 9.6% but despite the bad news, americans are still considered rich. but why?

john stossel takes a look. >> lots of people around here. on earth, there are 6 billion people and most of them are poor. which raises the question, why is america rich? most countries around -- >> i asked people in times square. why is america rich? >> i wish i could really answer that. >> lots of people had no -- >> that's a really good question. i don't know. >> i thought some people had odd answers. >> because we're greedy. >> maybe because we're smarter than everybody else. >> really? but america is falling behind and handing over the title of land of opportunity to countries like canada. why is that? with us right now, the guy in the crowd, john stossel from the fox business network. good morning. >> maybe handing it over to canada is a little strong. if you look at the economic freedom list and this is the reason the countries are rich. if you're economically free, you

get rich and we used to be up here. we have now fallen behind canada. >> these several organizations have ratings like this. it's the size of government, taxes, do you have a deed to your property that the dictator won't take. how easy is it to start a business that's big for economic freedom? as we pass more rules, as we raise taxes, we have dropped on the list but look, compared to most places, we're doing really well. $45,000 average income. $9,000 average worldwide. two billion people live on $2 e a week and people say why are people poor? the real amazing story is why are some people rich? poverty has been the norm and clearly, you want to be in an economically free country. these are the least free countries. you don't want to live in these places. >> look at this. north korea, cuba and venezuela. that's really working out over there for those three countries. so you're not talking about quality of life. you're just talking about how -- how countries can be

economically free. easier for business. >> that correlates with quality of life. if you're economically free, everybody prospers. we know what works. hong kong, singapore, they were third world poor. in 50 years, they went to roughly our levels of wealth. america was poor when we were founded. leaving people alone but having rule of law so people can't take your stuff or kill you creates prosperity. >> right, don't you think there's a psychological aspect, too, americans are taught this is the land of opportunity and that you can change that back and don't we go through cycles. is that the whole point of the special? that we're going through a cycle that could be changing? >> yes. that is a point. and you're right, the attitude. america has been a place where you can try things and you're expected to try things and even if you fail, you can try again and europe is an attitude, you try, oh, i've tried business. i failed. i better not try again. >> retire at 60. >> i'll go work for the government. that's true. >> interesting idea for a

special and you'll be able to see it tomorrow night on the fox newschannel. 10:00, mr. stossel is giving greta van susteren the night off. >> i am. but this show is on until tonight on the business channel. >> fantastic. all right. the battle for the future is going to be -- >> this friday. >> very good. >> very confusing. >> lots of air time. >> all right. >> i'm betting on us, ok? i'm taking the points. >> good idea. >> thanks, mr. stossel. meantime -- that's what he insists on me calling him. he gets to call him john. i don't know why. calling the tea party stupid and crackpots after endorsing charlie crist for senator of florida. he does it for the camera. >> this guy in the middle of a sports broadcast from his kitchen. what the heck was that he's thinking? >> who's knocking plus we'll take you back to the sights and sounds from the miracle at that mine. some of the best moments as 33

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president obama. but other than that -- >> we've been talking all about this new story, president obama talking about what he's going to be doing for the next two years. we'll be talking about that a little bit later but president leno was also talking about the miner disaster. people all around the world were glued to the tv's yesterday as all 33 miners were finally pulled to safety. there were so many incredible and touching moments. here's a look at those events as they unfolded before your eyes.

>> mission accomplished, chile. if you watched it here on the channel, it was hard not to shed a tear. it was like "extreme make-over ien edition" because every time the guys came out, all the bear hugs much it was such a happy time. >> they watched in north korea and iran, in russia they were taking all this in. >> probably that little clip where the chilean president thanked the u.s. >> the guy on the buzzer. believe me. >> and united states really did help in addition to nasa, you had u.p.s. and came to the rescue and shipped down a bunch of heavy equipment. and oakley, the sunglass company, they sent those $250 fwla glasses to each and every one of those miners because they had to have their eyes president clintoned from the light.

>> you know that will be the ad. >> yesterday was the best product placement ever. whoever came up with that idea, hats off. >> rest of the headlines for today. man thought to be shot dead by mexican pirates, case of mistaken identity. a global intelligence company says david hartley was the case of mistaken identity in a turf war between rival drug cartels. he was allegedly shot by zeta cartel enforcers because he was mistaken for a spy of a rival cartel. the report goes on to say that his body was likely destroyed as they went into damage control mode and the lower level operatives responsible for the unauthorized strike now on the zeta hit list. brian? >> ok, the terror suspect who tried to blow a plane up on christmas day in court today. it's the first time since he fired his lawyers. umar farouk abdulmutallab now representing himself at the pretrial hearing. that's always fun. he's expected to try to cop a plea that will allow him to be let out of prison at some point. the nigerian terror suspect faces life behind bars for

allegedly trying to blow up a plane through his crotch. >> good way to put it. meanwhile, the justice department now investigating whether or not the state of illinois violated the move act by missing a deadline for mailing absentee ballots to members of the military serving overseas. the federal move act requires every state to mail absentee ballots to troops and government employees who are stationed abroad 45 days before an election. the department of justice has already settled a lawsuit with new york state for missing the deadline here in the empire state. >> strong earthquake rattles oklahoma and it was all caught on camera. >> kansas state playing -- >> i wanted to hear about the kansas state game. >> we just had an earthquake! >> oh, man. we just had an earthquake. >> well, dan reed was recording his weekly sports blog when the quake hit shaking his home.

security cameras also captured the rare event. two people were hurt but not badly. the geological survey say the quake measured at 4.3. yes, you'd have that reaction if you're in oklahoma and have an earthquake. you might think of a tornado but not an earthquake there. >> i like the way where he looked towards the door. that's where i should be heading. >> you would have been able to read right through them with no reaction. >> i react well to thunder. i know that. >> listen, i think you should think about doing it from your kitchen. >> you're right. i have not utilized my kitchen properly. i have a sports blog. hey, i got to say this, i was kind of surprised that governor arnold schwarzenegger went out of his way to endorse charlie crist for senator knowing the republican favorite is marco rubio and up by double figures. >> sure and so yesterday, it was kind of extraordinary that bobby kennedy jr. should go ahead and support charlie crist as well, the independent while there's a democrat in the running.

he did it yesterday at shelby's diner in deerfield beach, florida, he can't win and then he took a shot at the frontrunner and people who are involved in the tea party. listen. >> there's no starker example of what's happening in this country and the danger that our democracy faces is the radicalism of the tea party movement and mr. rubio doesn't understand that. like the other tea parties, he has a very radical vision, a very narrow vision. a very, well, i can be as stupid as i want vision of this country and that has a little bit of appeal, you know, to people when they're angry but it is not a good long-term plan for the united states of america. >> just called marco rubio a crackpot. do you think that's a tea party movement or the tea party members are crackpots as well? >> i think a lot of them are crackpots. there's so much to dissect in this whole thing.

remember, just less than a year ago, charlie crist was a republican. i mean, imagine the horror he would have with kennedy enforcing him at that point. i mean, that just would never have happened. now he's an independent and now kennedy is saying the democrat can't win. here, i'm going to endorse charlie crist. remember the debate about a week ago, charlie crist deliberately took a huge shot at the tea party so this seems to be emblematic now of where the campaign is going and r.f.k. jr. just saying the same thing. >> just kind of crazy that he'd call him a crackpot. i mean, do you remember when r.f.k. jr. was testifying before congress and said that pig farmers were a bigger threat to national security than osama bin laden? and he's calling them a crackpot? hello? >> i'll tell you what, we'll put the question up to you. do you -- does r.f.k. -- does the endorsement from robert f. kennedy jr. make you in florida or would you -- if you lived in florida, would that make you want to vote for charlie crist? so friends at foxnews.com. >> very good. >> good question. >> meanwhile, let's take a look

at the day ahead and it is chilly through portions of the northeast because we got a cold storm a coming all the way from the -- add you can see, the mid atlantic through portions of the eastern shores of erie and ontario. much of the balance of the country is nice and dry. south florida has got some rain currently in the miami area and keys as well. current temperatures as you head out the door to school or work, 45 in kansas city. the map populates itself. tennessee valley and ohio valley in the 50's for the most part. if you're in georgia, temperatures in the 60's through the gulf coast. florida, tampa weighing in at 70. later on today, 4:00 in the afternoon in raleigh it will be 71. shower or two crossing through at that time, 64. 76 in kansas city. same for dallas and out west, it will be 98 hot degrees in phoenix, arizona. >> i wish every day was dessert day. today is actually national dessert day. >> it is. >> even though you can't really

find a creator or origin of the holiday, who cares? it's national dessert day. let's celebrate. we have decided to celebrate with all the goodies on the set. who will go for the massive cupcake in the middle? >> crazy thing about that is -- >> the cupcakes are from crumbs. thank you very much. >> hey, hey, hey! >> look at it, you're absolutely right. this thing weighs about five pounds. >> whoa! >> never eat a cupcake as big as your head. >> that's more than calories for an entire day probably. but anyway, let's learn something here. did you know that in -- for the brits, a dessert is a fresh fruit served after a sweet -- brian, i'll let you describe the french definition. the origin of dessert. >> because i took german in high school? perfect. it comes from the root dessertivia. it goes back to napolean.

it goes back to napolean. >> add a v on the end. >> after he started steam rolling throughout europe, he said give me dessert. and -- >> what does it mean? >> it means to roll over other countries. >> that's delicious! >> can you believe that? >> how did we get off course so much? >> you remember when you were a kid and you said when i grow up, i'm going to have dessert for breakfast. >> i've heard that, right? >> suzy q's all day long. when i was a kid, i didn't need coffee. >> that's true. italians -- >> happy national dessert day, people. >> coming up on the show, could the election be decided before you head to the polls? the growing trend of early voting and how it's becoming a danger for most candidates. >> plus robots are evolving. i've been over this. first, they were only intended for your living room. now, new models are making the debut on the battlefield. and now they are taking over our studio. >> right now, the -- we got one

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a professor and associate director of election lieu at ohio state university, college of law. daniel, if you combine both, absentee ballots as well as early voting ballots, 30% of the election is going to be completed before election day. >> that's right. this is a growing trend. it's really picked up in the past 10 years although it's been going on for decades. more and more states are offering the opportunity for voters to vote before election day either through the mail, through absentee ballots or at central in person voting locations. and this is changing the face of elections. it's changing campaign strategies. it's changing the way campaigns are run, when adds had to be purchased. and it's gone for the most part under the radar. >> you know, it's so interesting because this morning i read that the republicans are poised to put another $50 million to house seats they think they can win. for 30% of the public, it's whistling in the wind. >> yeah, right.

and this is, you know, a major change in campaign strategy. has occurred and has to occur in the future. because if you wait until the last minute hoping for some last minute ad blitz that's going to change the results, well, you're sadly mistaken at least in the many states where many people and some states most people have actually cast their ballots before election day. >> well, let's take a look at the states that have already done that, you know, we saw illinois, rahm emanuel there. we saw in california and over there. look at all the states, you can see this has been a major factor but this really alters strategy. for example, if you have an october surprise, it better be an early october surprise! >> yeah, right. right. and my view on this is that look, it's great for democracy if we're making it more convenient for people to vote. and actually, if we diminish the importance of last minute attack ads, that's also a good thing, too, because with these last minute attack ads, oftentimes, the victim of those attack ads doesn't have time to respond.

hey, let's get this stuff out early so that we can have a full and fair debate before election day. >> got it. you know, daniel, maybe it will end up being september will be attack season now, just to make sure and we'll have plenty of time for a touche. thanks so much for joining us this morning. >> thanks for having me. >> all right. coming up straight ahead, we change gears from the living room to people that can't vote. robots. the battlefield. they are evolving our robots and now they're ready to help our soldiers at war after vacuuming our house. we'll take a closer look when we come back. on this day in 1986 janet jackson had the number one song called "when i think of you". can i hear a little of it? vegetables have important vitamins and minerals that can really help protect you. and v8 juice gives you three of your five daily servings.

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>> all right. the answer to the pfizer question of the day, roger moore. who knew? i'll tell you who knew, jean krause from frederick, maryland. >> imagine a world where robots could deliver your mail, clean your house and even go to combat with you. this dream is turning into a reality. >> we're checking out robots shaping out the future with i robots c.e.o. colin angle. good morning to you. >> good morning. good to be here. >> we'll be talking about the three robots you bought. you went to school at m.i.t. that was your project as an undergraduate, right? >> this was my undergraduate thesis and it was the first robot that we commercialized when we started the company back in 1990. >> what is that thing good for? >> well, it's a complex robot. it walks, it climbs over difficult terrain. it was an example about how an intelligent small robot could actually have better mobility than a much larger robot. if you're trying to do

exploration on other planets or difficult terrain, why not send something small. >> what did this do? i assume you're operating it by remote control. >> no, it's completely autonomous. you turn it on. it learns about its environment. it walks. it steps up and climbs like an insect. >> so from there, you went to i -- the i robot rumba, we have one of these at our house. very effective in picking up our dog's hair and going under the couches and stuff like that. that was a practical application for your robot technology. >> right. in order to scale the business, we had to find applications where robots would appeal to more people and everybody wants their floors clean. and so we developed this robot which is a powerful vacuum cleaner on the bottom with a brush for getting all the way up to the edge and low profile to go under things and hit a button, this sucker goes off and cleans the floor. >> it works well. >> you recently announced this week you received $14 million to -- for the u.s. army, right?

what will you do for them? >> well, that contract is to put new software on to our bomb disposal and sub-v robots. >> that's what we're looking at in the video. >> this is the little guy, a little easier to carry and those robots are being used by our soldiers to go diffuse those roadside bombs, to go into the caves in afghanistan which are incredibly dangerous in front of our soldiers. >> this is so fascinating. so before they would go close, they would send in this robot? >> right. >> and so they drive it in. and the robot would be able to send back video images and it could picks things up and move things. so when the soldiers go into the building or into the cave, they'd have full understanding of what they're getting into ahead of time. >> sure, the eyes and ears ahead of time and we saw a moment ago, it looked like a local police department was using this as well. >> yes. >> where are we going from here, colin sm this was 20 years ago.

right? this is current day. where are we going in the next 10 years? >> well, probably despite having a rumba, you still have to do things around the home. >> darn! ok. >> how about a dog walker? when are you going to come up with a dog walker? >> we're looking at applications which we don't like to do in order to maintain our home and have to do often and that intersection says we should build a robot to do that. >> great to talk with you. colin angle, c.e.o. of i robot. great to see you. >> i am impressed. very nice. straight ahead on our program for this thursday, christine o'donnell was prepared to defend herself against her opponent chris coons but she didn't expect to be attacked by both moderators. michelle malkin weighs in on this on the other side of a brief time-out. >> then he tried to fix the failing schools in chicago by getting rid of 1300 of the lowest performing teachers. sounds like a pretty good idea. right? not to the unions and now the c.e.o. of schools is calling it quits in chicago. he will join us next hour. espresso tampers, filters.

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>> gretchen: top of the morning to you because it's thursday, october 14, 2010. we should be smiling today and celebrating because it was the miracle at the pipe. the world watches as 33 chilean miners are rescued from 2,000 feet below ground. doctors weighing in on future of their health. >> steve: christine o'donnell was prepared to defend herself against her opponent, but didn't expect to be attacked by the moderators. >> what would you cut in the federal budget and don't just say, waste, fraud and abuse because everybody says that. what would you cut specifically? >> that's a great question 'cause first of all -- >> steve: we're going to show you more video. we're going to report and michelle malkin will decide. >> brian: it's being called the democratic chicken dance. candidates who duck debates with their gop candidates. one bailed on a debate and sent

a dvd in his place. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> gretchen: are we doing the polka now? >> steve: the chicken dance. >> gretchen: that's too much dancing for me in a week. >> brian: you'll hurt yourself. we are still insured. >> steve: loads have insured our legs. >> gretchen: for the first time in 70 days, those 33 mine increase chile are waking up above ground and that mine empty. late last night the 33rd miner was rescued from the tomb and brought to freedom. the world celebrating all of those heros. joining us now to tell us what lays ahead for the men is adam housley in copiapo, chile. >> steve: we're having a satellite problem.

stand by. >> brian: or he's refuse to go talk to us -- refusing to talk to us again. always covering this. i don't know when he had slept. >> steve: absolutely. >> gretchen: he speaks spanish, which has been so helpful to be able to translate and interview many of the family members who don't speak english instead of we'll try to get that. >> gretchen: new audio released of a stunt gunman storming the library at the university of texas. you can see him come into the building brandishing an ak-47 and witnesses calling 911. >> i was in my car and he looked at me and pointed the gun at me and i sped off. i can't believe he didn't shoot anybody. >> he was walking on the south side of the university h a suit on with some kind of head gear and it was an ak-47 it looked like. >> gretchen: the gunman, 19-year-old colton tooly, turned the gun on himself before shooting anyone. police searching for the body of a ten-year-old girl

reported missing over the weekend in north carolina. investigators drained a pond and examined her father's tree trimming equipment. zahra baker's stepmom being held on bail after being charged with obstruction of justice for writing a fake ransom note. police reclassified this case as a homicide. army sergeant luntzford says major nidal shouted allah akbar before shooting troops last november. he's accused of killing 13 and wounding 32. luntzford's testimony comes in a preliminary hearing during which he never stopped staring at hasan, he was shot five times. carl paladino lost the endorsement of a group of orthodox rabbis. they're upset that he apologized for making antigay comments in a speech and disappointed that he bowed to what they say was public and family pressure.

>> i am removing my endorsement from him. i will not support that -- i will not restore that until such a time and like the old carl, he shows a little backbone. >> gretchen: paladino spokesperson says the rabbi and paladino agree on many things, but not everything. >> steve: let's go to colorado springs now. she joins us once a week, michelle malkin. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. >> steve: since we saw you last, the democrats have accused republicans of taking shady foreign cash and that karl rove and ed gillespie are taking shady cash from anonymous donors internationally and they're stealing the election. first of all, karl rove and ed gillespie deny that. u.s. chamber of commerce denies that as well. but when you flip it around and look at democrats, do they have a history of taking foreign cash at all?

>> well, they certainly do. and there is an amazing amount of election year cognitive disnans going on on the part of the democrat party. this is the party that immediately cries racism whenever conservatives have pointed out the shady foreign funny money that's gotten into the democratic coffers. of course, it goes back to 1996 and the clinton-gore china gate debauchle which they paid $719,000, a record sec fine that the democrats that were involved in that scandal had to pay as a result of that. they've always been lax about monitoring their foreign sources of money. it goes all the way to the obama administration. i pointed out many times and, of course, unfortunately, too many people in washington ignored the fact that our commerce secretary, gary lock, who was the governor of washington state, someone who i tracked very closely when i worked at the seattle times, collected

money from shady nuns and monks at a buddhist temple outside of seattle and this is somebody who today is now in charge of china policy. we still don't know where that money came from. and now they've all of a sudden, the democrat party and the white house have turned into these newborns who are all of a sudden concerned about out of america money. >> brian: we know john has his own fund and we have no idea who has given to that. that's why those funds are set up. i'm curious what you thought last night. by the way, they did a poll and asked people, do you care about campaign donations? 41% said no. 7% said they think it's a big issue. i think it was a swing and miss for the democrats. did you see the debate last night in delaware? >> i certainly did. watched it on c-span. >> gretchen: then you saw that christine o'donnell faced attack not only from her opponent, but some also say from the

moderators. see what you think. >> i want some specific, meaningful cuts. if you're elected a senator from delaware, what would you cut in the federal budget? and don't just say waste, fraud and abuse. >> how can voters rely upon your thoughts on how to manage the deficit if you're having such personal financial issues of your own? >> so widely seen. you begin the commercial with the word, i am not a witch. >> put it to rest. >> what were you thinking? >> to put it to rest. >> didn't you realize if you do that in a commercial, it would revive it and everybody would be talking about that? >> please let me respond to what he just said. >> we will let you respond. do you think evolution is a myth? >> local schools should make that decision. i made that remark based -- >> what do you believe? >> what i believe is irrelevant. >> why? >> because. >> if you have anything you want to address within that response or things that have been said on this topic thus far, go for it.

>> brian: a little later they asked if he needed a pillow. [ laughter ] that was pretty direct. >> yeah. it was three on one. three liberals against one conservative, which is basically the average ratio when we have to debate anyway. and it was very difficult to discern who was running for office there. wolf blitzer or chris coons. and i think that the unfairness of the entire format was apparent to any really discerning voter or viewer in delaware. i thought she more than held up on her own in that debate and in that sense, she won because she exceeded expectations. i think it's ridiculous these debates so often are controlled by leftist media organizations and then they're imbuyed with somehow the sense of fairness. the same thing happened with the whitman-brown debate where it was two on one and tom brokaw

basically being the water carrier for his old friend. of course, they go back decades, jerry brown and tom brokaw. >> steve: yeah. at one point during the debate, o'donnell kind of touched on, i'm not in support from my own party. then afterwards and kind of the post game show, our own james rosen went to a public in newark, delaware and asked her about that comment. here is her response. >> oil committee is running ads against me. the democratic party is running ads against me. the republican party on the state level. >> steve: that was really hard to hear, but what she does say is that on the democrat side, he's getting a bunch of national support. her, not so much. >> yeah. i think the point there is who is the more independent candidate? who will be less beholden to

special interests? it's obvious that christine o'donnell does not have the same long-time knee jerk partisan ties that chris coons does. yet, you had these two so-called moderators, wolf blitzer and the school marm, whoever that was, basically siding with chris coons as somehow the more independent candidate. >> gretchen: real quickly, christine o'donnell said that she hasn't had the support of her own party. >> right. >> brian: why? >> that's the point. because she doesn't come from the establishment. she was not the hand picked candidate, unlike the pet chris coons. that was her point. >> gretchen: you would just think that the political party would come to the defense of the only party they have in the race. i have to move to this. the democrat chicken dance,

endangered democrats bailed on a debate. tell me about this. >> there has been a phenomenon that i've diagnosed on my blog across the country as we head towards these midterm elections of democrats who are bailing on debates. that's right of the doing the chicken dance. and had reports from readers all across the country where they can not get their democrat candidate to sit down for a debate. russ carnahan, the most recent example of this. he's a democrat congressman from missouri and instead of showing up for one of these debates for the constituents, he actually sent a dvd to be played next to his empty chair. >> steve: i hope it was a blu ray because the imis really sharp. you also detail how the democrats on the congressional campaign committee pulled out of vulnerable districts. they've apparently seen the writing on the wall. our guy is going down, so we might as well not put push in

those six districts, as shown on the map. >> yeah. i think that probably understates their panic, of course, 'cause there are many other districts where they've cut back money, if not withdrawn completely. they've got to deal with an allocation problem and i don't think there is any question that there is going to be a lot of hemorrhaging come election day. >> brian: the president basically admit that had in this feature article that's coming out on sunday. thanks so much. we'll continue to follow your stuff. >> thank you. take care. >> gretchen: coming up, the hopeful republican majority makes a new promise and it's big. they cut spending every single week. how did that work? mike pence will explain. >> steve: then he tried to fix the failing schools in chicago by getting rid of the 1300 underperforming teachers. now the superintendent is out of a job, he joins us coming up.

>> brian: 19 days until the midterm elections. the latest fox opinion dynamic poll shows 38% believe they will vote democrat, as opposed to 44% will vote for republicans. >> steve: joining us is the third ranking republican in the house of representatives, congressman mike pens of indiana. he's no generic republican. good morning to you, sir. >> good morning all. >> steve: hey, things are looking really good for you, according to the polls. meanwhile, the president of the united states, it sounds like, in the form of this "new york times" magazine article, is helping your republican colleagues because he admits, despite what we heard in the build-up to the stimulus the president says he's discovered there is no such thing as a shovel ready project. what? >> yeah. after being told for the last year and a half that the stimulus bill was focusing resources on shovel ready

projects that would put american backs to work, now the president makes that concession. i was also struck by the fact he told the "new york times" that he had made a tactical error. i think his quote was, by allowing himself to be painted as a traditional tax and spend liberal. well, passing massive tax increases in obamacare, spending at record levels of deficits and debt, that will get you the label tax and spend liberal. it's pretty -- it's not about tactics or about positioning or messaging. what the president seems to continue to miss is it really is about the policies. the american people know their economic policies have failed. they know that we can't borrow and spend or bail our way back to a growing america. and if republicans have a good day on november 2, it's going to be because the american people want to go back to limited government, fiscal responsibility, and reform. >> brian: it's interesting, you know who agrees with you?

robert gibbs. he says we keep getting blamed because the messaging and marketing isn't good. but in reality, no one ever talks about policy. i'm thinking to myself, did he just out his entire administration? i got to ask you, the president also is on record as saying in this story that he doesn't think republicans are serious when they talk about cutting taxes and cutting spending. but john boehner is on the record now. correct? >> yeah. you better believe it. look, in our pledge to america, we laid out a plan this year where we would be willing to cut $100 billion out of spending by taking us all the way back to 2008 levels. you've seen an 84% increase in domestic discretionary spending since this administration took office. john boehner said the other day out on the road what we all are planning on if we have the privilege of leading the congress and that is every single week, republicans are going to bring legislation to the floor to cut back spending,

to get this run away deficit under control. i got to tell you, we all rejoice at the images of those 33 miners coming up out of the well. but i got to tell you, here in indiana and as i travel across the country, a lot of people feel like we're digging an awful deep hole ourselves for our children and our grandchildren and they want to see a change in the culture of spending in washington, d.c republicans are determined to do that if we have the privilege of leading the congress again. >> steve: all right. very good. it's great to always have you from indianapolis today, mike pence. thank you for joining us live. >> thank you. >> brian: coming up straight ahead, he tried to fix chicago's struggling schools by getting rid of one of the lowest performing teachers. a lot of them. now the school's ceo is looking for a new job. he joins us to explain after the break. >> steve: then washington, d.c. school chancellor also on her way out. she quit yesterday. will she take her no nonsense

approach to new jersey? she spoke about that just moments ago. you'll hear it straight ahead.

>> gretchen: chicago schools ceo wanted to fire 1300 poor performing teachers. but a judge ruled for the union and against his decision. he joins me now and will be stepping down from his post at the end of the school year. good morning to you. >> good morning, how are you? >> gretchen: doing just fine. tell me about the reform that you tried to bring to the chicago public schools in the last couple of years. >> sure. we've been trying to bring a lot of reform into the chicago public school system. i want to go on the record that of the 1300 layoffs that we had to do associated with budget, many were unfortunately very good teachers let go for budgetary reasons. but what we did is a variety of

things. we really tried to focus very much on teacher quality. all of the research and the education space, all basically concludes the same thing. if we don't get good teach increase front of our kids, then we reduce the likelihood they can succeed. so what we did just most recently is when we were forced to do layoffs for budgetary reasons, is that we said that we were going to use performance above things like seniority and tenure. when it comes to our kids, what matters is the quality of the teacher. not how long they've been there. we were successful with the federal court on that part of the lawsuit. that part of the lawsuit that says that we had the right and it was logical to lay off based on performance versus tenure and seniority. >> gretchen: yet the union officials hailed that decision as a stunning victory for them. why did they see it that way? >> you know, certainly we don't see it as a stunning victory. the part they won was about recall. meaning we strategically bargained with them to avoid having recall. so our collective bargaining doesn't have any.

the union said we needed a recall rule and the judge ruled with them. but we disagree with that decision and we've already appealed that decision. we think that what should matter most and how recall should be driven is based on performance. we need to get the best teachers in front of kids and we'll be fighting this legally. >> gretchen: right. so the thesis of your discussion and like michelle rhee, the chancellor of the dc schools who many people believe is unfortunately stepped down yesterday, is that the most important thing is having teachers who are good teachers. so why are you now going to step down? >> the rumors of my departure are overstated. mayor daley here is not seeking reelection and i'm the merylal appointee. they often pick their own team and a new team. i'm here right now. i plan to be here. there is many things we're seeing through in chicago. but certainly when a new mayor comes in, they may likely pick

their own team. >> gretchen: could it be that the reformers are being pushed out? >> well, i think it's an interesting debate. what makes me excited about the future of education in this country right now is that everyone is focused on the right thing, which is teacher quality. when you're focused on teacher quality, the things that become immediately apparent that are obstacles to that are all of the collective bargaining agreement that exist across the country. for example, in chicago, we've been trying to get a good teacher evaluation system in place for literally 30 years. without good teacher evaluation, you can't be fair to teachers in terms of knowing who the best teachers are and who is not performing for kids so we can get them out of the system. you can't get systems that differentiate. so i think the debate is moving in the right direction. >> gretchen: all right. ron, the ceo of chicago public schools. thank you for sharing your thoughts this morning. >> thanks for having me on. >> gretchen: how many americans are filing for unemployment? we'll bring you that next. president obama is admitting

miss stakes made in his first two years. is he throwing fellow democrats under the bus? we'll ask former vice presidential candidate geraldine ferraro. and a former truck driver lands behind bars.

>> brian: time for your shot of the morning. here it is. sarah palin isn't the only head turner in alaska. fred keller, and jody foster get

their share of looks when they drive into town in their pick up truck turn radio flyer wagon. they did the work themselves over 11 months as a retirement project for the strongest man world competition. the wheels are from a real radio flyer. they promise to bring it out again in the spring. >> steve: that's cool. very nicely done. all right. 29 minutes before the top of the hour. a fox news alert. the labor department releasing the weekly jobless claims right now. 462,000 new claims for unemployment benefits were filed last week. that is more than expected. 443,000 were expected. so this is 30,000 higher than that and that is not good news. if you're looking for a job, it's grim news. >> gretchen: something that is good news is what's going on down in chile. joining us to tell us what lace

ahead for the 33 men who were rescued is adam housley live at the regional house near the mine where all of the guys went. good morning, adam. >> good morning. yeah, every single miner that came out went to a field hospital, triage basically and brought here via helicopter, flown in about a couple of blocks if here and an ambulance brought them here to the location. a press conference with doctor also start here at any moment. they're checking the audio right now. we have people listening to tell you what's going on. i can give you a basic run down of what they told us so far overnight and into early this morning. all 33 men are doing very well. the worst injuries thankfully was just pneumonia and he's being treated. there have been mental health issues. a few had issues they're trying to sleep overnight. some were ancy. doctors may keep them longer than two days. one of the men that came to the hospital here, got the chance to see his son, his only child for the first time as that boy was born when he was in the mine,

2,000 feet underground. what a celebration it was here last night throughout the country. church bells rang. family members let off air horns, balloons into the air. they were hugging people from all over the country. you can hear the chant, basically saying chile, the miners of chile. they have become quite the celebrities here as the press conference begins behind me. the president has come out and spoke. he spoke highly of the american involvement here. he was appreciative of everybody that helped out and the rescuers themselves. all six who went down into the mine and waited until every single miner came out before they came out and the last one setting foot above ground at half past midnight. just a bit more than 24 hours after the operation began, everybody, including the rescuers, were out. we can come back live quick, the press conference beginning right here behind me. the president will be speaking here also. last night he made very

complimentary comments of the united states and for that matter, a number of other nations. right now the main medical professional, the main doctor of this hospital is speaking and we expect to get information for you throughout the day. until then, back to you in new york. >> steve: okay. by the way, i just got a fan letter for you from ann in florida who said, you're conversing in spanish with the people of chile was special. you provided details that helped viewers share in the anticipation, the ultimate joy in the wonderful result of this rescue. so job well done and thank you for joining us for the last couple of days. very nicely done. >> tell her thank you very much. that's my pleasure. absolutely. >> steve: you just did. >> brian: great job. straight ahead, other headlines, secretary of state hillary clinton weighing in for the first time on the american man killed while vacationing near the texas-mexican border. >> this is a terrible tragedy and obviously we are sickened by

it as we are with the spike in violence that has gone on in mexico directed primarily against innocent mexicans. >> brian: david hartley thought to be shot dead by mexican pirates may have been the victim of identity -- mistaken identity. a global intel company that studies these groups says hartley was probably shot by members of the zeta drug cartel thinking he was someone else. though why would he bring his wife with him? >> steve: in two hours, the accused christmas day bomber will be back in a detroit courtroom. umar farouk abdulmutallab is representing himself at the pretrial hearing after he fired his lawyers. the terror suspect faces life behind bars without parole, but he's expected to cop a deal in the hopes of getting something that would keep him out of prison at some point. he is accused of trying to blow up a plane bound for detroit with explosives hidden in his

underwear. genius. >> gretchen: word that michelle rhee could be asked to run new jersey's troubled school system. she has a reputation of taking on teachers union and some say she would be a perfect fit. others say she's going to move to sacramento, california where her fiance is the mayor. here is what she just said moments ago. >> i want to figure out where i can be, which one would take me closer to my fiance, but where i can have the most impact. >> gretchen: she'll announce her next move on her web site as soon as she's ready. >> brian: only a few police departments in the country do it, but when officers in georgia stop cars they approach on the passenger side. and it's a good thing they do. a truck barreling down i-85, southwest on atlanta, sideswipe add patrol car and stopped the vehicle. deputy banged his knee. the driver of the car was not hurt. the truck driver ticketed for

dui. >> steve: that's bad. >> gretchen: that truck driver is drunk, driving that big rig. >> brian: isn't that incredible. >> steve: lucky he's alive. the let's look real quickly. rain through portions of the northeast and florida at this hour. the rain, as you can see from the mid atlantic up to the north. today, a little chilly out in the middle plains. 45 right now in kansas city. temperatures for the most part in the 50s in the tennessee and ohio valley. and cleveland today will top out at only 57 degrees. new york city is going to be a little cooler than the last couple of days. 63. rain moving through. 71 in raleigh and in atlanta. texas, high temperature in the 70s or the 80s. >> gretchen: just 19 days until the midterm election, president obama has come out acknowledging many problems within his own party during his first two years. and expressed his regrets in an interview with the "new york times" magazine. with many of his fellow democrats struggling to get

reelected, did he throw them under the bus with this article? former democrat vice presidential nominee and fox news contributor geraldine ferraro has never been one to shy away from giving her opinion. let's ask her about that question. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> gretchen: i don't know if you had a chance to see this very long article. >> i did not. >> gretchen: it seems as if the president has admitted to some failures during the first two years of his administration and many people are wondering why he would do this interview so close to the midterm elections. >> well, the thing is, this is not an election about him. this is about members of congress and senators who voted on his legislation. the issue when people go to the polls with members of congress is they look at the individual who is represented them. you get all these races where people are going, but it is a very personal thing. and as much as you like to look at polls and say, gee, republicans are ahead, the democrats are ahead, when push comes to shove in the voting

booth, they're not thinking about who the majority is. they're thinking about the member of congress, whether or not that member of congress has voted in their interest and whether or not they're going to benefit. when the president said he's made mistakes, in some ways you got to admit that this is the most refreshing person in the white house. when he came in, when he was running in the campaign, he said he was going to do things. he said he was going to go for health care and go for jobs, he was going to keep unemployment under 10%. he was going to keep us from running into a depression. he did all those things. he did them all. to me, it's refreshing. politician fulfilling their campaign promises and unfortunately, it's hard to keep those promises when people are unhappy. >> steve: you were talking about how this election is about people who represent us. in fact, the president of the united states may trial have compaqed a lot of democrat representatives in the head who voted for the stimulus because the president says in this

article, there is no such thing as a shovel ready project. you've got all these democrats who said, okay, we've got to pass it because we've got all these shovel ready projects. now he's saying that was a mistake because there aren't any. >> well, if he had spoken to ed rendell of pennsylvania, he would know there are plenty of shovel ready jobs. >> steve: but the president can't figure out what they are. >> well, the thing about it is when you take a look at the state, the state is supposed to figure out, the individuals are supposed to figure them out. i could tell them about a whole bunch in new york city and i'm no longer in public office. so there are plenty of projects. we have buildings that are sitting with -- all construction has stopped. why is it stopped in large measure? because they can't get the funding for it. the government bailed out the banks. the banks are now sitting on money. i had a conversation with a

banker about three weeks ago and i said to him, why aren't you releasing money? he said, well, nobody is qualified. the changed qualifications to the most ridiculous extent. >> steve: the economy is in the tank. that's why everything changed. >> but nobody is helping to get it out. they're saying we're going to hold our money. we're not going to invest in the public. and they're not the only ones. we have to turn around and say, is this even the role of government to do? where are the american people? what are they supposed to be doing in order to help out? you're not getting that. all you're getting are complaints. so it just doesn't make sense to me. >> steve: pardon me for interrupting. i think the american people, you mentioned them, i think they're worried about whether or not their taxes are going to go up because the middle class tax cuts are going to expire at the end of the year and so are the o other ones. >> the middle class tax cuts, as i heard the president say once, i've him say it 50 times, they

want to preserve the middle class tax cuts, but they want the rich to pay. let me just point out, i heard republicans talk about this huge debt. in fact, my grandson is 16, started to talk to me about how much debt is going to be passed on to him. i said, matthew, let's talk about this seriously now. a at that tax cut comes that benefits your mother and father, costs $700 billion to the economy. that's where you're going to find a lot of debt we're going to pass on to you. you have to figure out what is more important. the top percent of people who make over $250,000, so they have to -- >> gretchen: the interesting thing is there are many democrats who also agree that we should extend the tax cuts to everyone, so they're on the republican side on that. unfortunately, we're out of time. but it's so great to see you. >> good to see you. i'm feeling great. i appreciate it.

>> brian: meanwhile, coming up, health care costs could go up under new government regulations. but you wouldn't know about it. peter johnson, jr. on the potential cover-ups and who is behind them. >> gretchen: what happened to more regulation? the president with more explaining to do, eric bolling, is here to explain. >> steve: he's got a chart.

>> gretchen: moments ago the labor department releasing the jobless claims. 462,000 people applied for unemployment benefits last week. that's the first time in three weeks the number of applications rose. eric bolling, the anchor of "follow the money" joins us now. good morning.

>> about 450 is really bad. below 450 gets a little better. but i'll do it again. we hold this up almost every week. you really need to get 350,000 initial jobless claims or less for the economy to actually be adding jobs. what we're doing is we're still seeing an economy that's at best stagnant and probably losing jobs. so anything above 350 is job loss. anything below 350 is job growth. so the trend still elevated, 462. that's still a high number. >> brian: we don't understand why the market could be over 11,000 and going up and people not feeling it, and the economy not reflecting it. >> the economy is made up of several markets, the job market, the labor market, which is not doing well, the housing market, we know is in foreclosures, record foreclosures, not doing well. the only one that's bucking the trend is the stock market. so everyone says, hey, look what's going on. 11,000. things must be great. but it's only one of three. and frankly, it's the least

important of the three. obviously the job market is the most important. that's the one that's hurting. >> brian: the little guy is not in the market anymore. correct? little people. >> gretchen: wait a minute. >> brian: the everyday people. >> the average investor is probably not in the stock market, but they're waiting for things to get better. but this gold thing -- >> steve: you've been talking about it for over a year. you've got a comparison between the price of gold and the approval of our president. >> a lot of people say, why would you do that? what does one have to do with the other? absolutely. the price of gold is going through the roof because people are fearful of complete economic disaster, failure. what do they do? they don't buy stocks. they don't buy real estate. they buy hard assets like gold. that pushes the price up. just so happens it pushes the approval rating down. >> gretchen: something else that's interesng is that wall street had a banner year. they're paying out more bonuses

than ever before and yet, most americans are saying, how could that possibly be? people still looking for jobs? we had regulation that was enforced. >> important to note that high bonuses aren't a bad thing. if companies are doing very well, pay them out. here is the problem. in 2007, 2008, when the banks were failing and we bailed them out, we saved them, we basically said, go ahead. go crazy. take all these crazy risks. pay yourselves the same amount of money when it works and if it doesn't, taxpayer will bail them out. now we created a monster. they've always paid high bonuses and always took on a lot of risk. now we're saying, we're letting the risk -- eliminating the risk part. that's a bad thing. we put more regulation on the books and didn't address too big to fail. >> brian: we're going to follow the money on the "fox business" network. is that okay? >> steve: thank you. remember when the insurer humana

was slapped for saying obamacare would cut medicare advantage plans? now two government watchdogs agree. who is trying to keep that a secret? peter johnson, jr. next with the prescription for truth. >> gretchen: let's check in with martha mccallum for what's on at the top of the hour. >> 19 days to go now until this midterm election. larry looked into his crystal ball this morning. he'll be here to tell us what he saw in there. also michelle obama is out there on the campaign trail. she's talking about the importance of prayer. we're going to talk about that. bill and i join you right here at the top of the hour.

>> brian: last year the insurer humana was muzzled by the government when it said obama care was going to cut medicare advantage plan. a year later, two government

watchdogs are nome confirming the prediction about higher costs and reduce services, but they are also slamming the government for trying to chill the debate. joining us with his prescription for truth and his spotlight, peter johnson, jr. >> good to see you. >> brian: you surprised? >> no, i'm glad we stayed on top of this. we talked about this last year. humana sent the letter out to 930,000 beneficiaries of medicare advantage saying listen, look what's going on here. you're benefits will be cut. and the health and human services and the white house came down hard on them and said, you stop that. you can't send that letter out and nobody can send a letter out. now the government accountability office, the arm of the united states congress, their audit arm said the conduct of hss the center for medicare services was unusual and really inappropriate. so they've been taken to the wood shed for trying to chill first amendment rights of humana. on top of that, it turns out

humana was absolutely right based on the chief actuary report and where he said that costs are going to increase out of pocket about $350 next year. in 2017, they're going to be about $900 more for medicare advantage beneficiaries. >> brian: tom daschle was on an hour ago. he wrote a book about how great health care is. we're still changing it. we still need your help to get it right. >> he said that it's only 30% of the way. i was frightened by that. i was disturbed by that. he said there is a lot to do. yes, the president made it clear before he was president that he was for universal health care coverage, that's for the public option. so obviously this is the first step in a very large plan to move health care, to move health insurance in this country in a dramatically different fashion.

we know that people are going to receive 27% less benefits in medicare advantage as a result. we know that instead of 14 million people being covered, there is only going to be about 7 million people being covered. humana was right. the government was wrong. and now the government, through the congress is saying, listen, white house, hss, cms, you were wrong. you shouldn't have done that. >> brian: so the worst is yet to come? >> unfortunately. >> brian: when we come back, we'll end on a high note because this is "fox & friends."

>> steve: earlier we were talk being how bobby kennedy, junior called the tea party members and also marco rubio a crack pot. we asked you to e-mail us. >> gretchen: anyone who would take him seriously is not living in the real world. he's more like his mother. he's typical of the political left, if you don't like somebody, you attack it personally. >> brian: more of those e-mails because that other guy took up all the