>> dave: thanks to peter johnson, jr. for filling into clayton and welcome aboard to maria and, thanks to the official tailgating commissioner and join us for the "after the show" show. >> alisyn: we'll learn -- i want to know exactly what is tailgating and you'll define it. tailgating and you'll define it. >> i'll define it... captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> jamie: good morning, everyone, a serious sprint to the finish, shaping up as republicans and democrats are scrambling for votes ahead of the midterm elections. good morning, i'm jamie colby. >> eric: i'm eric sean and welcome to america's news headquarters. for this sunday morning. a live look, there is the prize,

just nine days to go. and on this sunday morning there are new predictions showing that the house could shift hands and the senate is too close to call. what is the latest for the elections? let's begin with julie kirtz live in washington, bring us up-to-date. >> reporter: with days to go, the president hits the road again, in these days before the midterms, and, visits to rhode island, pennsylvania and ohio and, slamming the gop, and at the university of minnesota on saturday, stumping for mark dayton, the democrat running for governor, obama continued to attack republicans, arguing, this election is a choice between tax cuts, for the middle class or tax cuts for the wealthy, something we've heard before from him, paraphrasing i didn't ty-- einstein, saying th

definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again, and expecting the same results and here's what he said about al franken. >> president barack obama: al franken talked about a car being driven into a ditch and he said there were alligators down there, he embellished it. i didn't see the alligators but it is true, the car went into the ditch, we gave the other side the keys back, and, they, i promise you, will have those special interests should itting should the gun. >> reporter: while in minnesota, out going republican governor pawlenty left a video message for him, tongue in cheek tip sheet on minnesota slang with a dig at democrats in washington. listen: >> like if you asked minnesota, do you like the federal takeover of the health care system? they might say, not so much. and when we're surprised by something, we say, yikes! as in the sentence, the federal deficit was over a trillion dollars, the last two years, and

will be next year, too. yikes! >> reporter: the governor's race is one of the few places in the country where democrats could make gains and the white house would likely take credit for that. back to you guys. >> eric: politics makes strange bedfellows and the president quoting two als, albert einstein and al franken. >> jamie: and there are new predictions out showing republicans are in a good position to take over control of the house. everyone seems to feel that way, but the senate race seems to be anybody's call. we peer into the crystal ball, larry sabato, he owns it, director of the center for politics at the university of virginia, and the crystal ball is a little clearer on congress than it is on the senate? >> yes, i think at this point most analysts, nonpartisan analysts think the house will go republican. if you could have a consensus in this quarrelsome field that is a consensus and on the senate

side, well, let's look at it this way. there are 37 senate races up this year, nearly half of them, 18, are republican. here's the fascinating thing. all 18 republican seats, it is now generally agreed, will stay republican. there really isn't one of them that might switch sides. so, the entire playing field is among the 19 democratic seats up for grabs. but, remember, republicans have to take ten of them. it is really tough to win ten new seats in one year. that is threading a whole bunch of needles. look, the republicans have got states like north dakota, they'll get that democratic seat and will get the democratic seat in arkansas and get the democratic seat in indiana. they'll probably win at least "wall street journal" two others but they are close, pennsylvania has gotten close, colorado is now tied. the republicans had been leading there. then you have the outlier races where republicans would have to

win, i think at least one. they'll have to win at least connecticut or california or washington. of the three, washington state is the most likely. but, that is the only way to get to ten. >> jamie: the crystal ball talks about governorships. and it is predicting now a net gain for republicans of 8 of those. how significant would that be? >> it's extremely significant and what people forget is, it's not just the governor ships, there is gubernatorial coattails like there are presidential coattails and at the crystal ball we estimate republicans will pick up over 500 additional state legislators. that may not sound like much since there are 7400 state legislators from the country but so many chambers are narrowly divided. when you pick up, 5, 6, 7 seats in a state you could take over a legislative chamber. my personal guess is republicans are not only going to pick up a

net 8 governorships, they'll get a dozen additional legislative chambers just in time for redistricting in 2011. when all of the house -- u.s. house districts are redrawn except in the states that only have one representative, and all the state legislative districts wanting to redraw and you know what that means, you stretch your majority over ten years until the the next census. >> jamie: with all the talk about the house and senate i wanted to ask you about the governorships and also, wanted to ask you about early voting and what kind of difference the crystal ball and specifically, you think it will make in this particular midterm election. >> you know, we are getting to the point where so many people are voting early, i don't know that it will have a tremendous impact on the final result. probably a third of americans at least will vote early or absentee. let's face it. many of us do it for convenience reasons, i've done it myself. there's a downside to that. you miss part of the campaign,

you voted early on. >> jamie: can it drive campaigns, larry? with exit polling, at some of the early votes they use different ads and spend money differently, and you say in one of tweets on your web site, which folks should check out, you are a fool if you believe publicly released polls paid for by campaigns or parties, how many of those polls are paid for by candidates? >> lots. you have to look at the sponsorship. don't look at the headline, telling you what the poll results are. look to see whether a party sponsored it, a campaign sponsored it. they are trying to spin you into believing one side or the other has momentum and you are right. one other little point, the fact that we now have an election campaign that really lasts -- the voting lasts for a full month means the campaigns have to be treating voting not as a one-day clearance sale on election day. but as a process that lasts for weeks. you have maximum spending, day after day after day. >> jamie: and spending they are.

larry, thank you. so good to see you. >> thanks so much. >> jamie: eric. >> eric: the nearly 400,000 secret documents posted on-line by wikileaks, do not paint a pretty picture in iraq. they cover 6 years of struggles there, and suggest the country could drift back into chaos. american troops leave, they are scheduled to start next year. and, they show that iran is targeting our troops with mills and bombs and training iraqi militants to kill us while the obama administration is reaching tout tehran. why didn't we know more about iran's role in iraq? john bolton, the former u.s. ambassador to the united nations and a fox news contributor. who joins us every sunday at this time. good morning, ambassador. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: first, iraq. what have we learned from the hundreds of thousands of documents about the state of that country? >> well, i think it confirms what many observers have said, for a long time. that despite is the progress against the terrorists, from the surge at the end of the bush

administration, the internal situation remains very complicated. aggravated by iranian interference politically in iraq and by the lack of reconciliation among the key ethnic and sectarian groups and what that says for americans, is that stability in iraq is still a long way away and should tell us that our position, our troop levels and our withdrawal schedule should be based on what is actually going on inside iraq, not some arbitrary timetable. circuit doesn't seem as if some would say that that is the case now, we have a deadline and timetable in place. >> the obama administration is pursuing an ideological course in iraq, it is determined to draw down to eliminate the american military presence as soon as possible. i think that is a big mistake and i think once we're past these elections in november, that is going to be a major issue for debate in the new congress, what is the right u.s.

strategy in iraq not for the benefit of the iraqis but for the benefit of america and our strategic interests there. >> eric: you talk about a new congress and predictions, republicans taking the house, how will that, do you think, impact the debate? >> i think both in the case of iraq and afghanistan, people are going to wanted to follow carefully what the strategy is, to make sure that we're not pursuing arbitrary deadlines, especially now in the case of afghanistan. and, they'll be looking at the administration's overall policy against the proliferation of nuclear weapons in particular. because, iran's role, both in iraq and afghanistan, quite apart from the ongoing nuclear program remains a grave concern. >> eric: let's talk about that role. these papers are unbelievable. they talk about iran training iraqi militants to kill us, providing chinese missiles, roadside bombs, whips and the like. why haven't we heard more about

iran's involvement and role by this administration or by the bush administration? i mean, they are in there. trying to get us. >> well, by both administrations. i think that is clear, and i think is important, to make that bipartisan point. you know, our military was saying, for years, and these documents revealed, that iran was a major player in the instability in iraq. and there was occasional news coverage of it, but not enough and both administrations really were in denial over the risks to our troops. so, i think this is something that requires closer study to understand how iran continues to interfere today in iraq, frustrating the political efforts by people who wants more of a sectarian regime, advancing iranian interests inside the country rather than allowing the iraqis to make their own arrangements. >> eric: let's look at a quote from the "new york times" article about the wikileaks, it says, quote: the leastal contest between the iranian backed mill attorneys and american forces continues.

after president obama tried to open up a dialogue with iran and reaffirmed the agreement between the united states and iraq. to withdraw troops, and has the administration told iran stop killing our troops before we talk to you more. >> no, and look, it is a fiction, the administration is pursuing, that we can reach agreement with iran, over the future of iraq, or the future of afghanistan. additional information now showing the iranians are paying off key people on president karzai's staff, and, probably others, and what is worse, they are paying more than we are. there is no commonality of interest between iran and the u.s. not when it comes to iraq, not when it comes to afghanistan, not when it comes to iran's nuclear program. there is just literally nothing to negotiate. >> eric: ambassador john bolton, always good to see you and get in sight an analysis, especially when it deals with iran, thank you, sir as always.

jamie? >> jamie: a judge made an interesting ruling that a local government in alaska must release employment records on joe miller who worked as a part-time lawyer for the fairbanks north star borough and he said his privacy would be violated if the documents are made public and the judge disagreed saying public interest out weighs the right and miller faces democrat scott mcadams and current republican senator lisa murkowski whose running as a write-in candidate and miller beat her in the primary after getting a sarah palin and tea party endorsement. in california, the race for governor is entering the record books, a watchdog group says the campaign for governor between republican meg whitman and democrat jerry brown is now the most expensive general election in state history. combined, the two campaigns have spent $188.1 million, in both the primary and general election. the candidates spending $87.5

million since july 1st. meg whitman shelling out $142 million of her own money. incredible. >> eric: now the fox news voter fraud unit, a moment ago you heard larry sabato say about 1/3 of us will vote in the early voting. you know, early voting exploded across the country and that means an increase in absentee ballots and there are growing concerns about potential absentee ballot fraud allegation across the country from texas to alabama. california, kentucky, missouri, indiana, ohio, and connecticut, there were concerns and in new york state, for our fox news investigation, found a prosecutor that has taken the unusual step of taking dna from some democrats. >> the troy, new york city council holds an unusual distinction. a special prosecutor has collected dna from the majority of its members. all democrats.

five city council men including the council president, as well as four other public officials and political operatives. >> talking about the voter fraud case and absentee ballots. >> no comments. no comment. >> reporter: who do you think about it. >> i have no comment. >> reporter: they are under investigation for what is called a massive voter fraud scheme. the faking of more than 50 absentee ballots from the working families party. during a 2009 primary election. last year, voters named on the ballots told us they never voted by absentee. the applications included voting excuses, like in two cases, bus trip to casino. jessica falsely claimed she was attending a work conference in boston. >> you did not write that or cast the ballot. >> i did not. >> did you vote. >> no. >> they have your vote at the board of election. >> they do. >> reporter: and brian's application said he was at home recovering from a medical procedure. >> did you fill out a ballot application. >> no. i didn't fill any of those. >> reporter: your vote was a fraud. >> it was. >> reporter: court documents say

councilman michael laporte ta handed a party operative 30 ballots wrapped in a newspaper and first refused to give up his dna, but it was ordered to by the judge. >> did you do anything wrong. >> no. >> reporter: did you try and steal an election. >> >> reporter: forge any ballots. >> no. >> this politics has been going on forever. >> reporter: the councilman voluntarily gave up his dna sample. >> no one tried to steal an election the... >> the voters said they didn't vote, it was phony and fake and were not real votes. >> i did nothing wrong and i don't know if anyone did and if they did they should be held accountable for it. >> reporter: the party chairman says his fellow democrats ostracized him for speaking out. >> the worst thing you can do is sign someone's name and vote for them. wars are fought over the ability to vote and have your vote count. >> eric: one committee man told

new york state police, faking absentee ballots is a normal political tactic in troy on both sides of the aisle and a special prosecutor is waiting for dna ruts, the next hour we'll have more on that, the mayor of troy will be here to discuss the scandal, and of course if you suspect voter problems or fraud, where you live we wants to know about it at fox news, e-mail us, voterfraud@foxnews.com and you can check out the report, called dna from democrats, on the election section of foxnews.com. >> jamie: a show of force thousands of ralliers show up in a small north carolina town. why? they are fighting for a flag. we'll have those details straight ahead. and a governor with better approval ratings than the president or congress, why do some say he's fighting for his political life. a sneak peek at what he told chris wallace when chris joins us next. fiber one chewy bar.

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>> eric: thousands of people marching on a north carolina town over the removal of a christian flag. protesters rallied in king, waving flags of their own and started last summer, a veteran who lives there complained about the christian flag, flying over the veterans memorial. the flag is blue and white and has a cross.

and after getting advice from the attorney the town council voted to take the flag down. >> we're concerned that our first amendment rights in this country are being trampled upon, it is time to stand and to come front and center to let the country know that we are going to take the christian flag back. >> eric: there are other marchers who actually supported the council's decision. and we're told the council may take up the issue at its meeting, next week. >> jamie: republicans hoping to seize control of the senate but need several key races to go their way in order to get it done. two candidates and a pair of the hottest senate races discussing a strategy in their fight to the finish this morning. on fox news sunday. listen: >> we expected it to be a tight race and it is a tight race but i think the energy and momentum is on our side. >> it is a very competitive race

and it is a different time, i can't explain it, nor can you, chris. >> jamie: joining me the anchor of fox news sunday. >> the super did not come up in time, that was the democratic governor of west virginia and that is one of the strangest races in the country, joe manchin, 68% approval rating as the democratic candidate, for senate. he has been endorsed by the u.s. chamber of commerce, and the national rifle association. but he's in a flat footed tie with republican business man john raese and it is about obama, people in west virginia don't like obama and worry if joe manchin goes to washington it will be another vote for the obama agenda. >> jamie: 68%? that's my big question, and how does that happen if your approval rating is that high, why would you be in a fight at all. >> chris: because obama's approval rating is 33% in west

virginia, and, people say openly and some of raese's ads, the opponent, john raese says he like joe, let's keep him in the state house in west virginia but are concerned as raese says if he goes to washington the governor will be washington joe and will support the barack obama agenda and people in west virginia hate the agenda, especially cap-and-trade, which is a coal producing state and don't like something which they think would gut the coal industry in west virginia. >> jamie: do you think that is a team, chris? >> chris: i'm sorry? >> jamie: do you think it is a theme, somebody that popular could be impacted by what is going on in washington now, and we will in fact see that across the nation? >> chris: well, look. i think the obama agenda, his severance over the last two years is going to be the key issue in this election, obviously in individual races, and there are individual issues but i think to a large degree and as is often the case, a

midterm election, two years after a president starts and especially a president who has done as much as this president has, is a referendum on his policieses and people either like his policies or don't like his policies, and, particularly when you have a president and a party, all the same, they have been given the keys to the castle, and, have had their way to a very large degree for the last two years, if you don't like what they've done, they will -- people will come out and vote and at least, right now, it looks like that is the way the election is headed. >> jamie: definitely two races everybody is watching, and pat toomey as well, great interview, chris, thanks for joining us. you don't want to miss today's fox news sunday. chris's entire interview with pat toomey, and governor joe manchin, today, on fox news sunday. it airs at 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern, here on the fox news channel, you should also check your local listings. thanks, chris. >> chris: thank you, jamie. >> eric: that's me. brand new studies and health warnings out this week for both

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>> jamie: grab your coffee, time for "sunday house call," and remember the doc said coffee is okay. dr. isadore rosenfeld is here,

the rossi distinguished professor of clinical medicine at the wild cornell medical center, just the beginning, folks, of everything the doctor has on his plate, good to see you. >> nice to be here as usual. >> jamie: we have a grab that will grab a lot of attention, testosterone and a new link between testosterone levels and premature death. doc a new study out. >> remember, last week, i said that if men who were in the middle ages, who found some memory loss, and were worried about -- might be candidates for alzheimer's ought to have their testosterone checked and if their testosterone level is normal, i suggested that you speak to your doctor, about getting a testosterone patch. it may help. i don't like to do the same subject twice in a row and there was new information about testosterone i really have to

share with you. it turns out men with a low testosterone, are at greater risk for overall death, increased, all causes than men with normal test throwns. it has to do with heart attacks and general well being and you go to the doctor for blood tests and sugar and kidney function and liver and rarely do, i can tell you from personal experience, rarely check your testosterone levels. ask your doctor to take a blood test that tells you if your testosterone is low. if it is low, discuss with your doctor taking the testosterone patch to raise the level. it appears that doing so will prolong your live, reduce the risk of heart attacks and, especially, if you already had a heart attack and especially if you have the risk factors like

diabetes, and overweight and high cholesterol. it is a very important test to take. and in my own practice now i am making it part of the routine battery of blood tests that i draw. >> jamie: great. >> eric: all right, doctor, from men's health to women's health, there's a warning out this week that has some people worried and has to do with hormone replacement therapy. used by almost one in five post-menopausal women. what is the warning and what should women do. >> you know that menopausal women, many of them have symptoms of estrogen lowering and, symptoms, and, many of those symptoms can be controlled by herbs and black cohash and, medications and a variety of things but there are some women in whom these measures don't work and they feel absolutely

miserable. in those women, doctors give those women estrogen replacement. now, estrogen replacement has been shown -- estrogen alone has been shown, if you take it for a long time to increase the risk of heart attack, and breast cancer. but, you have to take the estrogen alone for 15 years or more before that happens and that is not a real problem and what many doctors are now doing is combining estrogen and progestin. i think the trade thing is suprempro and it controls the hot flashes. the latest findings are that women who take the prempro for a long period of time are at an increased risk of having a very aggressive form of breast cancer. so, my advice is this: if you are desperate and need this to control your symptoms, you should take it. for the -- in the lowest dose

and for the shortest period of time. don't, when it helps you, don't continue taking it, stop and see how you do without it. prolonged use of these hormone supplements in women is not a good thing. >> eric: how long do you think women should take this and when do they know when they should stop. >> they should take it when their symptoms abate. they should stop and see whether they reoccur without them. because, many cases, when you take the hormones and the symptoms go away, and you withdraw them and they are okay, don't continue them automatically because you are feeling well. try to be -- do without them, the bottom line is, the lowest dose of the shortest -- for the shortest period of time. >> jamie: because what does the doc say, with every medication there is a little poison. >> and in this case there is a lot of poison. >> jamie: we have other information, first we have stuff

for men and now women and now for both of you, about low-dose aspirin, and the little baby aspirins you may be taking? doc, what do you want to us know. >> you know, when we discuss aspirin, it is usually in the setting of update preventing strokes and heart tax and if you can tolerate aspirin and have had a heart attack and stroke you should be on aspirin maintenance. most people can tolerate it and some people get gastrointestinal bleeding and cannot take it. the important new information about aspirin, is in an entirely different area. it turns out, low-dose aspirin, a baby aspirin, 81 milligrams, taken every day, reduces the risk of colon cancer by 26%, and, reduces the incidence of death from colon cancer by 50%.

so, what does that mean? that everybody ought to go out and take a baby aspirin? no. but, supposing you have had a colonoscopy, a routine one, and, the doctor has found polyps, adenomas which can become malignant, he removes them and you are told to come back in three years, to see if any new ones have formed. those people who have had polyps and had them removed, in my opinion, based on these new findings, should take a baby aspirin a day, to prevent more polyps from forming. and this is especially true not only if you have had these polyps, but, if you have -- if it runs in your family, whether parents or brother or sister, have had colon polyps, you should take the aspirin. most people tolerate a baby aspirin very well and it is a very important new finding.

>> jamie: we're tight on time because you have a lot of topics. a lot of medication have some aspirin in it, migraine medications, they might have some aspirin that is equivalent to the low dose and should you check that, first before you also take a low-dose aspirin. >> people with migraines are not on constant medication and if you are constantly taking a pill that has aspirin in it, that is fine. >> jamie: does the same thing, don't double up. >> doesn't matter where the aspirin is, as long as you get 81 milligrams a day that is apparently -- remember, colon cancer is the second most common cancer in people. >> jamie: thank you, doctor. >> eric: from aspirin to tylenol, there is important new information about children's tylenol and childhood asthma. is there really a link? dr. rosenfeld will have the specifics and details on that, when we come back, with "sunday house call," here, on the fox news channel. [ engine revs ]

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read it carefully. whoo hoo! >> eric: back with sunday house call and your host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, for years doctors noticed a higher asthma risk for children who are given children's tylenol. does that mean there is a link? dr. rosenfeld with answers. what about tylenol.

>>you know, i think there is a link. there has been a tremendous increase in the incidence of cancer -- sorry. asthma, in young children and appears to parallel the amount of tylenol they are taking and in a recent study they found that the kids with upper respiratory infections who are given tylenol, shortly afterwards, develop an asthmatic attack. and these particular researchers believe that it is the tylenol, acetaminophen causing the asthma. they also -- it appears teenagers who take tylenol apparently also have an increase in allergic responses, allergic symptoms. so, the conclusion is that tylenol causes asthma. i have to tell you some doctors including myself are not sure

about that. i think that you -- a kid develops a respiratory illness, you give him the tylenol, and you notice he or she develops asthma. i'm not sure it isn't the respiratory symptoms themselves that are leading to the asthma and not the acetaminophen but the official position based on current research is that ase acetaminophen does cause asthma, if your child has resser to symptoms -- respiratory symptoms, only use it as a last resort especially when the child is allergic and they think the acetaminophen does something to the immune system and is a possibility. don't discard the tylenol completely. but try to use something else

first. >> eric: all right. >> jamie: we will not take' chance with our kids, every week the doctor helps us sort through medical myth and fact and doctor this week we talked about -- would love to share with our viewers, about pregnant women and whether or not they should even think about drinking alcohol. or is this what it says, touch alcohol, in the prompter, do you mean rubbing alcohol. >> no, no, pregnant women don't drink rubbing alcohol. >> jamie: i thought maybe a cleaning supply, dax. >> jamie, first of all, it is okay to think about alcohol. thinking about alcohol never caused any problems. >> jamie: thank goodness. >> the question is, should they take it and i have to tell you, it is the official position of the american college of obstetrics and gynecology that pregnant women especially in the first trimester should not take any alcohol whatsoever. however, recent research has

shown that an occasional drink, less than 7 drinks a week, is apparently safe and does not have any effect on the pregnancy. drink -- a glass of wine, a bottle of beer or shot of whiskey. 7 drinks a week, apparently, is safe. now, you know, we know that the other thing about alcohol and women is another research study -- not pregnant women now, light to moderate use of alcohol is very good and healthy for women. i have a problem recommending alcohol to people. if somebody is -- enjoys wine or a drink i encourage them to continue it. if somebody has never drunk and

i do not encourage them to start drinking, because, despite all of the benefits of alcohol, i think the danger of addiction, of accidents and so on are greater than the benefits. so the bottom line is this: if you are pregnant and want a drink, once, twice, three times a week you should have it. if you like alcohol and want to have a drink -- two a day you shift and if you have not taken alcohol and hear me say it is good for you, don't start now. if you can do without it, you are better off without it. >> eric: 7 drinks, that is one drink a day. >> 7 drinks a way. >> eric: it seems like a lot, you have a question about your medication, pick up the phone, late at night, call the drug store, not the doctor?

who should you listen to, your doctor or pharmacist? we have the answer to that viewer e-mail, when we come back. and you know about the deadly shark attack in california? officials have more information about what happened, that caused -- cost the life of a college student.

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>> eric: welcome back to sunday house call, your host, dr. isadore rosenfeld, he recently told us about an atrial fibrillation drug, and there is news about the drug, coming up now. >> i just want to take a moment to tell you there are millions of people who take warfarin in the country and it is important to help with blood clots and strokes and especially people with atrial fibrillation, it can lead to struck, a clot breaks off from a portion of the heart and goes to the brain and it is used if you have an artificial heart valve and is widely, widely used and is a great drug. the problem with warfarin, as i

said a week or two ago, when you take it you have to have your blood checked every 2-3 weeks to make sure you are on the right dose and your blood is not too thin, a pain in the neck. and, also, if you are on the drug you cannot take certain other medications, for example, the nonsteroidal anti-inflammatories and other drugs. i told you that they came up with a substitute for warfarin, that is exciting and, the news today is the fda approved it. it is called pradaxa and will be available in this country very shortly. if you are on warfarin you should ask your doctor about it. what ils the advantage of pradaxa, you will not believe it if you are on warfarin, you take two pills a day, everybody takes the same two pills, you don't have to have your blood checked

and simply -- it is as effective as the warfarin in preventing clots and is an enormous break through. i want to tell you today, it is about to become available the fda approved it, if you are on warfarin check with your doctor and have him tell you when you can get it. >> eric: all right, doctor. >> jamie: good news, our next topic is one we get a lot of e-mail about and the question is great: my doctor tells me to take my thiro xchlts ine after breakfast but my pharmacist says to take it on an empty stomach, who is more knowledgeable about when to take medicines, my doctor or my pharmacist. what should you call. >> any of my patients listening, you listen to me, but for everybody else, i have the feeling that a pharmacist is apt to know more about when to take a pill. they have the pills there and

all of the instructions with them, and, they are more -- listen to your doctor, but, check it out with your pharmacist. in this particular case, the thiroxine you are asking about is a thyroid supplement we give to people with low thyroid. most people are told to take it on an empty stomach. the news is, that both your pharmacist and your doctor are wrong in this particular case. the latest thing about thyroid supplements including thiroxine is you are better off taking it at night. because the bowel function slows down during the night and the thiroxine you take spends more time being absorbed in your intestine and in your stomach and you get more from it. and most of the data that have been analyzing this have shown that taking thyroid at night is

better for you. also, you don't have to worry about like in the morning, if you take it on an empty stomach how soon you can have your breakfast, when you take it at night, doesn't matter and you don't -- you aren't eating in the middle of the night. some people who take their thyroid at night find that it overacted. they find that it is making them nervous, getting too much of it, and in that case you can take half notice morniin the morning night. >> eric: every week the doctor gives you a healthy monday tip and the one today is timely. stick around and you won't want to miss healthy monday and it is happening across the country, monday, tuesday, wednesday, thursday, friday, long lines of early voters, what does early voting mean for so many of us? long before election day. lawre, my parents want to talk to you. oh. about what? uh, they don't really think you're an exchange student. what? they think you're a businessman,

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call 1-877-580-afib, or log onto afibstroke.com. learn more about the connection between atrial fibrillation and strokes, and get advice on how to live with afib. and with this valuable information in your hand, talk to your doctor. call 1-877-580-afib today. ♪ >> eric: back now to sunday house call and your host dr. isadore rosenfeld who ever sunday gives us the healthy monday tip to start the week right. what is it today? >> this isn't a healthy monday tip. this is a healthy sunday tip, because what i'm going to tell you is for halloween which is next sunday. the reason i didn't leave it for next sunday is because you may need time to prepare your kids for the trick-and-treating. i put a list of things on

that you can read there. make sure that the costumes you make your kids fit, that they're not flammable. that you have reflective stuff on them. so it shines at night. you know, i'm not going to go through this oney one. these are things to remember. make sure when your kids go to trick-and-treat they walk on a sidewalk. make sure they don't go into any house where you don't know who is there. make sure they don't go into any house alone. the most important practical thing is in terms of what the kids get, many kids are allergic to nuts. especially to peanuts. if they're given candy, or peanuts and they take them they can have a tremendously bad effect. so, make sure that your kids do not eat anything that they get in a house and when they go trick-or-treating and make sure there are no peanuts there. make sure that anybody who is

hugging or kissing your kids who has eaten peanuts brushes their beneath beforehand. because if a kid is allergic to peanuts and somebody has eaten peanuts kisses them, they can get an abnormal reaction. this is all practical stuff. let's see. did i leave -- >> jamie: not that one, doc. who would know that? >> the other thing about chocolate. remember, chocolate can expire. the you eat expired chocolate, you can get salmonella. so candies are probably okay, but make sure you look at the expiration date on a package of chocolate before your kid eats it. now, one final thing. we're thinking about our kids, but remember if you have a pet, pets do not do well with chocolate. do not let them have any chocolate. this is true for dogs, cats, ferrets any pet. >> thank you, doc. >> eric: healthy and happy

halloween. >> jamie: see you next weekend. weekend. ♪ captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> eric: fox news is america's news headquarters. battle for the beltway and our nation's future. the voting is ongoing and just in nine days when the polls open, what will happen? good morning, everyone. i'm eric shawn. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. >> i'm jamie colby. the stakes are tremendous. control of the house. the senate. and the direction of our nation and this morning the leaders of the democrats and the republicans both parties make their predictions. our steve centanni is live in washington with that round-up. hi, steve. what did they say? >> reporter: hi, jamie. with the vote drawing closer, the two party chiefs are both predicting -- surprise, surprise -- the midterm elections will swing their way. now the president has turned into the campaigner-in-chief for democrats, at least for the time being. he just finished a big four-day swing across the country, west coast to the midwest.

hits the road again next weekend. trying to rekindal the missing enthusiasm among democrats. while the party chief tim kaine saying the democratic get out the vote effort will make the difference. he says there are strong trends based on early voting that favor democrats in the time days of the race. >> these races are very close. but from this point forward it's about turn-out and ground game. we are seeing good early voting trends. we have work to do but we think we can do it. the polling is moving. we haven't seen since labor day polls moving against us. almost all the polls have been moving for us. >> reporter: there is no lack of enthusiasm on the republican side, partly led by sarah palin and the slumping economy and voter anger. even so, the g.o.p. party chairman is predicting what he calls unprecedented wave of voter dissatisfaction. we'll sell major gains november 2, possibly giving

republicans control. >> the balance of power shifted. we're 38 seats and we need to get to 39 to get control. but i think we're more than there. >> you say the house will go to the republican. what about the senate? >> the senate is tougher, but you could see the senate as well. >> reporter: we'll see about that. steele disputing claims that the g.o.p. has refused to work with the president. he says republican ideas have been summarily rejected and the g.o.p. leaders couldment even get a meeting with the president. back to you. >> jamie: thank you, steve. great insight. america's news headquarters covering all the races for you. this is the one place to be here on foxnews.com. one of the tough battles is taking place in the sunshine state. candidates for the senate in florida are squaring off in a debate today. making their case to the voters. independent candidate charlie crist, republican marco rubio, and democrat kendrick meek.

a live report in america's news headquarters just minutes away. >> eric: jamie, we are at t-minus nine days and counting. with early voting well underway in many states, estimated one-third of voters will cast their ballots that way, even before the polls open on election day. well, today, both democrats and republicans claiming success from early voting. so which side is actually right? benefitting from early voting when it comes to the election. joining us for a fair and balance debate, democratic from texas, frost. and former assistant to the president brad blakeman. congressman frost, in a second i'll get to your hat and what it means for the election. brad, the republicans are saying they got the mojo, they got the mojo with the early voting, the republican early voting up 8-10%. do you agree with that? >> absolutely! look, we're outnumbered, eric. most jurisdictions almost twice the number of registered voters are democrats, as opposed to republicans. yet republicans have the

momentum. there is no doubt that even if the democrats are leading in the early voting, i caution my friend martin frost to remember the aesop fable the tortoise and the hare. who won the race? we have good candidates for senate and governor races. the beauty in this race is the democrats are in trouble everywhere. not one particular part of the country which makes them more vulnerable. republicans believe we can take the house. we'll concentrate on the senate and the governor races which also are very competitive and right down the wire. >> eric: martin, the tortoise and the hare, democrats in trouble all over the country. you have your hat. >> big year for upset. my alma mater won last night in stunning upset -- >> eric: that's missouri, right? >> university of missouri. >> eric: college football. >> journalism degree from missouri. >> eric: what is the parallel between what missouri has be doing out there in the

gridiron and what will happen in the election? >> well, i was about to go into that. in 1998, i was chair of the democratic congressional campaign committee, in a year everybody predicted republicans would make big gains. in fact, democrats picked up seats in '98. that led to gingrich's resignation. the election is not over until the votes are counted. let me talk about early voting. i have wouldn't read too much in the early vote because the people who tend to vote are the partisans on both sides. democrats are ahead in the early vote right now in a number of states but this will be determined on election day. it goes down to the wire. i will tell you in 1998, the reason we did well because we had a great turn-out effort. a great ground game. that's where the election will be determined. the democrats are going to hold on to the senate. it's competitive in the house. i'm not going to suggest it isn't tough. but we have a chance to hold on to the house. let's have the elections cop ducted and the votes count and then we'll declare winners. >> eric: republicans are ahead in some states.

show a graphic of two states that are interesting there, cop -- contrast. pennsylvania, 56% are republican voters and 37%. that is toomey versus sestak. nevada clark county. angelides/harry reid. 46.4% are the democrats they say and 38% republicans. so brad, are the democrats ahead in some places? what does it mean with the turn-out? >> the turn-out is key, especially for the republicans because we're outnumbered in registration. it will come down to the ability of the local organizations, the foot soldiers to turn out the vote. look, eric, the democrats shouldn't be in trouble in places like nevada, where their majority leader of the senate, the guy they claim has turned around america. he's in trouble? you mean you're also in trouble in obama's senate race? you're in trouble in places like pennsylvania? that does not fortell well for

what will happen a week from tuesday. i think the democrats are in big trouble. martin got to know they're in big trouble in the house. the house is pretty much gone. the only hope now is to kind of forestall their losses in the senate. again in places where they shouldn't even be competitive. >> eric: do you think they'll lose the senate? brad? >> i think the democrats will hold on to the senate. but watch this. lieberman may be very, very important to republicans. he's an independent. and he could be the next jefferd in the next senate. if republicans are close he could come to our side. >> eric: brad is inheriting the line republicans have said. the house is gone. the house is not gone. this is going to be very close in a number of states. when we lost the house in 1994, a lot of the races were determined by 500 or 1,000 votes. we're going to reverse that trend this time because of the effort, the turn-out effort we made. don't declare this election over. i hope the republicans are -- >> i'm not declaring it over. >> -- have it in the bag.

>> no, our resources now where your resources are spread thin in the house, we can now put our resources in to more competitive senate races and governorships which you do not have the ability to do. >> eric: all right. >> i just hope, i just hope that y'all ignore a lot of house races. go ahead. divert resources to the senate. >> no, martin, we're not ignoring them. we're relying on the candidates to carry the day. we don't have to have outside groups come in like you do. >> eric: that is the last word. thank you. congressman, see what happens on the gridiron. >> next week against nebraska. >> you'll have more of a chance there. >> eric: thank you, gentlemen. >> jamie: ouch. >> eric: whoa! early voting, you know what that means? it means more absentee ballots across the country. some people fear it could potentially lead to voter fraud. you know there are growing allegations about possible voter fraud cases across the country. ahead, our fox news voter fraud investigation look at

the absentee ballots that were allegedly faked in an election last year in one city. can you believe they have taken dna samples from some election officials as part of the investigation? we have an update coming up. >> jamie: let's talk about the war in afghanistan. brazen attack on u.n. compound again raising questions can nato and u.s. forces really ever get the country under control? "daily news" is quoting a senior official calling the task nearly impossible. bring in reserve lieutenant colon colonel, operation dark heart. good to see you, sir. good morning. >> good to see you. >> jamie: i want to ask about the assessment of afghanistan. i went and asked can our brain room, they come up with all the answers to find out how much money is being requested for afghanistan. we know there will be a drawdown before you know it. but for 2011, $119.4 billion

more in to this effort. what are we getting for the money we've spent so far? is that assessment true? >> i believe it is. effectively, you are talking about hundreds of thousands of dollars per soldier on the ground, with an enormous ratio for every taliban killed. amazing the you look purely at the number. my assessment is simply this. we have made huge strategic mistakes announcing where we were sending troops and where we should focus on. we have been focussed on kandahar. kandahar, marjah. marjah is now back. now we declared victory in kandahar. but karzai says the taliban are gone but we don't know where they went. the answer is where you pointed out in the beginning of the segment. they've gone to other places. 90% of the country is in some form controlled by taliban. the attack you are talking

about that just to occurred has been mostly peaceful for the entire war. now the taliban are targeting that area tells me like when you push a balloon, the air goes somewhere else. it doesn't go away. that's what we're seeing here. we have not been effectively applying what we understand are potential solutions to the problem. one of those i think people danced around and started talking about a bit. general petraeus said it three weeks ago now that we need to look at a peace process much akin to the northern ireland peace process as a path to resolving the insurgency. we cannot kill/capture our way out of this. the more we take care of small -- i'm not saying this in a pejorative way. pakistan remains the issue. >> jamie: when i saw the video of the attack, a u.n. compound, one of the biggest, where homicide bomber crashes right through the gate, and three men get out in burkas,

they are killed. i think to myself that's a message from the taliban. they are fighting back. yet karzai says we'll talk to the taliban. is that a strategy that is viable in any way? >> no, it's not. let me tell you why. you know, my book covers the '03 time frame when we recognized then that they attempted in 2003, the taliban, to come back on us foron force. they recognized then they couldn't win. we beat them badly. they got slaughtered in the attempt of force on force. they cannot win militarily against us. therefore, they are going to go where we are and hit the soft targets. this is a classic effort of insurgency. with that said, karzai is not the man to be implementing the peace process. he is hated by the taliban. therefore, we've got to find essentially a neutral third party who can say everybody come to the table. everybody sit down. and this idea of talking to the taliban about a role in the peace process, no.

you say here is your seat. come sit down. let's start talking. not this negotiation about starting a process is not helpful. frankly we are hurting ourselves supporting the karzai government. the rest of the world looks at us and we talk about supporting democracies. when we do things like support a clearly corrupt democracy such as the karzai government, we are only hurting our image by this charade going on. we have to take a step back. i think general petraeus understands what needs to be done. the question becomes can he find the wiggle room within the current policy that has been given to him to do what is necessary to win? >> jamie: well, you present the opposing view, obviously, to that assessment. and december is when the president should decide whether or not strategy changes. thank you so much. great to see you. good luck with the book. >> thank you. . >> a fox news weather alert.

there is a tropical storm that could threaten the oil and gas rig in the gulf of mexico. oh, no! we go to the fox weather center with the latest. miria, how serious is this? >> the latest coming out of the national hurricane center in miami is stating that this has intensified into a hurricane. sustained winds at 85 miles per hour. and further strengthening is still expected. we can see it on the satellite. still over warm water, right outside or east of the country of belize. and landfall is expected later this evening across central portions of belize. it's actually expected to be a category two hurricane by then. then as it does continue to move westward over land, it will continue to weaken as do many hurricanes once they make landfall. there is not any more water to really fuel them. once it does exit to the gulf of mexico, the good news for the u.s. is that strong wind sheer will tear the storm apart. we're not looking at a direct impact but a serious situation going on right now across

central america. meanwhile, u.s., we do a cold front pushing into the pacific northwest. scattered rain from seattle to idaho and also across northern california. across the great lakes we have a second system that is also bringing in scattered rainfall across the area. portions of the peninsula of michigan cleared out. wisconsin still getting in on some rain. as we continue to see the daytime heating later today, the front will also be firing up a threat for severe weather, extending from illinois down through southeast and portions of missouri, arkansas, and northern louisiana. once again, eastern texas. that's where we saw the storms yesterday. so, large-size hail, strong winds and isolated tornadoes will be a concern. back to you. >> eric: thank you maria. >> jamie: they did it on o.j. simpson, they do it to criminals and now they do in a voter fraud case. can you believe it? it's like "c.s.i." they are actually taking

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>> eric: now to the fox news voter fraud unit. we have been reporting this morning how early voting is exploding across the country. that means increase in absentee ballots. there are growing absentee ballot fraud allegation in several races across the country. in troy, new york, they have taken d.n.a. from five city councilmen, all democrats and four other politicians, part of an investigation in 2009 primary election. we spoke to them last year and voters tells us they never voted with absentee ballots that were fake, to throw election to democrats. some of the democratic councilmen we talk to denied doing anything wrong. >> talk to you about the voter

fraud case and absentee ballot. >> no comment. >> did you do anything wrong? >> no. >> did you try to stealen election? >> no. >> did you forge ballots? >> i did nothing wrong. i don't know if anybody did. if they did they should be held accountable for it. >> eric: what will happen? the mayor of troy new york joins us, a republican. mayor, welcome to fox news channel. what happened? >> it appears democrats in troy conspired with the working family party to enlist names to obtain absentee ballot and vote for them without knowledge of the voters. >> eric: how common is this? >> i wouldn't surprised if it happened before in troy but this time they got caught. >> eric: a democratic committee man spoke to the police and said it's a normal political tactic on both sides. that's astounding that politicians or political operatives across the country

take absentee ballots. these are the affidavits we obtained. we talked to voters who said they never filled this out and someone voted for them. >> disheartening and sickening that people would sit together, conspire to do this, figure out a way to obtain ballots in somebody else's name, fill them out and vote for them around turn them in as if they were voting. now they found out they haven't voted there is outrage in troy. rightfully so. the people should be investigated. they should be prosecuted. if found guilty. >> eric: they have ordered them to take d.n.a. from a total of nine public officials. what is so shocking to me is when talking to the voters and constituents in your city, they didn't know about it. here is a couple of the interviews we did with some of troy citizens last fall who had ballots voted in their name. here is what they told us. >> you didn't write that? >> i did not. >> you didn't cast a ballot?

>> i did not. >> did you vote? >> no. >> they have your vote. >> they do. >> did you fill this out? so your vote was a fraud. >> it was. >> this was because a republican, bob murch subjected something when he heard the ballots went out and he hired investigator to get the affidavits and followed up. how do you know if you are sitting at home this morning that someone voted for you and you wouldn't know about it? >> a good issue. bob murchin and my deputy mayor noticed the irregularity on primary day. it happened to me in one of my elections where someone i know was going to vote for me and voted absentee. we found him and asked him did you vote yet? he said no, i hadn't vote. and the vote was cast in his name. this happened several years ago. he went to vote in the polling station and the absentee

ballot was tossed. happens over and over. >> do you know the absentee ballot was for you or somebody else? >> i don't know. never got absentee ballot got the ballot from him. but one was issued in his name and had been cast. he didn't know he had cast it. >> eric: was there any criminal prosecution for that? >> no. it was several years ago and nothing came of it. >> eric: that's amazing to me. we have been all over the country in voter fraud issues. alabama, this week, a county commissioner was charged with something similar to troy, allegedly falsifying absentee ballots. 250 absentee ballots in connecticut went to a vacant lot. how widespread do you think it is? >> talk of the early voting and absentee ballots, it will get worse. i think people should have i.d. card when you vote. voting is serious and it should be done in person. if it can't be done in person, it should be done through a regulated system where someone can vote through the absentee ballot.

we need vigilance and people to speak up and continue to investigate these things. i think once this situation in troy closes and if there are charges brought, it will send a message throughout the country people shouldn't engage in this tactic. >> eric: thank you for joining us and we'll follow up on fox news what is happening in your city and across the country. thank you for coming in. if you suspect voter fraud or problems where you live, we want to know about it. there is the e-mail. voterfraud@foxnews.com. read more about what is happening in troy. check out the full investigative report under the headline dna from democrats, we'reton of it across the country here on fox news. >> jamie: thank you. president obama's campaign across the country in a number of tight races but is he fighting a race of his own? can the campaigner-in-chief restore his own campaign

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>> eric: a big political showdown in the sunshine state this morning. the three candidates fighting to fill florida's u.s. senate facing off in a televised debate. julie kirtz live in the washington bureau with the latest on this race. >> it's a fascinating three-way race with the

governor of florida running as an independent after a bruising primary fight with conservatives. republican marco rubio, the former state house speaker. rubio enjoys a double-digit lead right now. he was endorsed this morning by the "miami herald." during the three-way debate on cnn this morning which included kendrick meek, the democrat, it dissolved to a two-way shoutfest with plenty of name-calling between rubio and crist. rubio taking aim at crist for switching parties. here is part of it. >> there is an article, i didn't write it, and said on the day he switched parties he was sitting across the table from reporters and he picked up the phone and called the pollsters and they said you have better chance if you run as independent. >> you have two jobs an at university -- [ overtalking ] >> billions of dollars -- >> $165,000. people at home making $165,000 -- i don't and i'm the governor of florida! >> meek sat in the middle did

eventually get a word in, taking on crist who could peel away democrats and moderates who might other weisz vote for him november 2. here is meek. >> the reason why the governor's argument doesn't really penetrate florida voters is he has been all over the board. first, the republicans, then he became an independent, went down and nominated himself to sit here at this table. at this very point. >> well, the latest poll numbers show a senate race that looks like it's rubio's to lose. he is up 12 points in the latest real clear politics average. they did talk about the big issues this morning like tax cuts. meek accused both rubio and crist of being out of touch with middle class americans for their support for extending tax cuts for the wealthy. back to you. >> eric: all right, julie. a race the nation is watching. thanks. >> big one. >> jamie: listen to this. >> i need you to keep fighting. i need you to keep working.

and i need you to keep believing. and if you knock on some doors again, you make some phone calls again, you talk to your neighbors again. you're going to vote again. then i promise you, we won't just win this election, we won't just have governors but you and i together are going to restore the american dream for future generations. >> jamie: "you and i together, the american dream." even talk about driving a car and getting the keys. president obama firing up the crowd last night in minneapolis. using that familiar upbeat tone and reviving many of those lines that he used in his 2008 presidential bid. but with his public approval ratings, they're in an eye-popping 18 points lower than they were on inauguration day. the question is being asked: is he fighting for candidates or fighting for his own political survival? joining me now to talk about it, roll call staff writer david drucker.

do the numbers alone suggest that, or is it wrong? >> well, i think it's always a little of both. clearly if the president fails politically, his party and his agenda will fail politically. if the candidates, the democrats that he is supporting fail, it will be seen as his failure. the way to look at the last few days, the last few weeks of the election, this campaign is look at where the president has been going. he has been spending time in democratic-leaning states. that really he shouldn't have to pay attention to. compared to 2008, when he was on to offense and the republican leaning indiana, republican leaning north busy na, republican leaning spending time in democratic bastions like massachusetts, oregon. the fact he's in minnesota helping gubernatorial candidate there shows you that the president is in a sense is back on his heels. at the same time, he is doing what you would expect of any

president. he's trying to help his party. he is the leader of the democratic party. >> jamie: i'm glad you got right to that. in all the papers i read in the morning i saw the headline more than once, why president obama is traveling where he is. and really how critical it is he does. in terms of the races that he is out looking toward and the fact that he is using the same analogies as he did in his own race. for example, you can't give the republicans the key to the car because they can't drive. how effective are those? >> i don't think the president is effective where he needs to be. the effectiveness with swing voters and soft republicans, with independents, i don't think his analogy is doing any good, because he's been in charge for almost two years. and the economy has gotten worse in terms of people's perception of it. even though there are many indicators showing that things are doing a little bit better.

and people are also upset at what congress was focussed on over the past almost two years. that's a reflection on him. so, he can scream all day long, as any president would do in his position, you can't trust the other guy to take control. but it's not going to penetrate. now what it might do, what it might do and this is key ensure that republicans don't run the table completely. and basically wipe off every democrat from the map. so if he can hold a few senate seats in democratic territory, but there are in peril, then he is going to help his party remain in control of the senate. help him and his party. if he helps the party hold on to governorships in peril he will do the party a favor in the next round of redistricting when we draw congressional boundaries. i don't think you can criticize him for what he is doing but you have to look at the context geographically where he is. also ask, you know, how much

good can he do? he can do some good. i don't think he will end up doing a lot of good. >> jamie: all right. david, i appreciate it. geographically and demographically there is a lot of groups after the youth vote and hispanic vote and different sectors that could drive some of the individual races. good to have your insight. thank you. >> good to see you. >> jamie: eric? >> eric: jamie, airlines raking in the dough posting profits for the first time in years. that's the good news. but are we getting a break? like cheaper fares or better service? according to the department of transportation, complaints are up more than a third. casey stegall live at the los angeles international airport with the latest. casey, so how come the complaints spiked way up? >> reporter: well, eric, good to see you. let's face it. the face of air travel changed forever after the events of september 11. a few years later oil prices hit an all-time high, and that's when the airlines really started losing money hand over fist, recording

deficits each quarter. that is where the concept of paying to check your baggage came in and also paying for food on board, things like that. also, because many flights were empty, a lot of the airlines reduced their fleet, putting extra planes in store ran and running fewer routes. now in 2010, the capacity of flights are the highest they've been in about a decade. but because of the fuller flights, and because of the higher fares and extra fees, the number of passenger complaints with the u.s. department of transportation are up about 35%. unform unfortunately, if you're part of the flying public and plan to take a plane for the upcoming holidays, don't expect the fees to go away soon. fares for holiday travel will be high. quickly, context and perspective, the profits that delta airlines, the world's largest carrier posted $363 million in the third quarter. but keep in mind, some

companies like chevron, exxon-mobil, and apple for example are posting profits in the billions. so it's not exactly like the airlines are rolling in the dough here. but certainly the number of passengers disgruntled growing all across the world. back to you in new york. >> eric: casey stegall live with the latest for folks who take to the air. >> jamie: remember foreclosures were stalled? just briefly. at one major bank. what happened to the paperwork crisis that sparked that foreclosure freeze this past week? brenda buttner on what it all means. foreclosures are back on, folks. what you need to know, especially about home prices. next.

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what happened with all of that shoddy paperwork? brenda buttner, anchor of "bulls and bears." we just had the conversation about the paperwork and now they're back in business. people will lose their homes. what is going on? >> that was short and sweet. basically, bank of america says that no people were unjustly evicted. yes, they admit there may have been documents that were adequately taken a look at but they believe that they continue to go on with the foreclosure process. and there is no need to freeze it. although, 50 attorneys general are taking a look in every state at what is going on. but basically, foreclosures will continue unless you have a very aggressive lawyer who can, you know, keep you in your home. chances are, you are going to be kicked out at some point. >> jamie: i want to ask can you real quick. what is more value to believe the bank, paper that people aren't making payments on or the property they have to take

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>> jamie: welcome back, everybody. the n.f.l. is taking a stand, cracking down on violent helmet-to-helmet hits. like these. the move coming after a series of concussion-inducing blows, knocked players right out of the game. peter doocy is live in our new york bureau with the latest. peter, good move? >> reporter: you tell me, jamie. the n.f.l. crackdown on the helmet-to-helmet hit begins today with the kickoff of the first game an hour and 15 minutes from now. several of the players on the receiving end of the helmet-to-helmet hits last

week are going to be on the sideline today because of head and neck injuries. so to try to protect other players, the league sent out video to all 32 teams and the message was clear: illegal hits to the head of an opponent will not be tolerated. now players have been warned, suspensions are possible for people who ignore the rule, which isn't something new, but the league thought it was important to replayers it's on the books after last sunday's action. b big fines were handed out last week. harrison looks like superman and he knocked two browns players out of the game with hits not illegal but worthy of $75,000 fine. he came out this week and said he wanted to retire altogether if he didn't hit people the way he wanted but he turned up at practice wednesday. one of the players he hit had

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>> eric: wikileaks caused a lot of controversy. but the latest document dump reveals information that americans did not really know a lot about. the role of targeting our troop in iraq. has the mainstream media missed the scoop? liz trotta who every sunday brings us her commentary. what did the mainstream media miss? >> everyone is saying there is no glaring headlines but put this in context. this is an an interesting release of documents by julian assange who is becoming me megalow maniac.

he gave these documents to the outlets as he did in the first group of documents on afghanistan. in is on iraq and 400,000 of them. trying to see what is in them is a difficult job. the four main points are the extent of the private contractors in iraq. at one point they say up to 200,000, more than the number of troops we had there. and the reliance on those contractors. the number of civilian deaths, at 66,000. the guests include insurgents and the u.s. military. the abuse of the p.o.w. by iraqi military and police. most striking of all of this is the involvement of iran and the cooperation and funding

and training of this shiite militia in iraq. this one was going on, the money was being funneled there and the training, some of these iraqis were going to iran to be trained. all of this was going on, a long time after president obama had tried to reach out for de thetant with the iranians. so iran's involvement in this is quite extensive. that is backed up by the way, in this morning's "new york times." where we see devastating story that leads the paper, talking about president karzai of afghanistan. how his top advisor receives millions in cash from the iranians every other month. all a piece of the wikileaks document.

>> eric: there was a quote in the "times" that struck me about iran's alleged involvement. >> yes. i have it right here. the headline was "leaked reports detail iran aid for iraqi militias." a june 25, 2009, report about an especially bloody e.f.p. attack that wounded ten american soldiers noted that the militants used tactics being employed by trained violent, extremist members that returned from iran. the purpose of the attack the report speculated was to increase american casualties so militants could claim they had, "faulty occupiers" and force them to withdraw." that is a piece by michael gordon and andrew lehren. there is mounting evidence, and if there is a headline to be written on the papers, it's the spotlight on