so colbert gets whacked. no, no comment on that. that is it for us tonight. please check out the fox news factor web site. if you missed the talking points memo, you have got to see to tonight. different from bill o'reilly cot come. spout out about the factor on o'reilly at foxnews.com. word of the day do not be a pettifogger for writing to the factor. i'm bill o'reilly. please remember the spin stops right here because we are definitely looking out for you. >> gregg: hello. welcome to america's election headquarters, i'm gregg jarrett. >> julie: and i'll julie banderas. from campaigner in chief, bill clinton trying to bring back the magic on intense push in the midwest making stops in michigan

and minnesota. >> federal investigators in a drug bust. what was being made in a suspected drug lab which forced evacuations of hundreds. >> julie: one of the nation's top military leaders charming go the man behind wikileaks putting lives in danger but how can they prosecute julian assange and stop him from doing it again. >> gregg: we begin with the battle for political power. it is heating up in homestretch to the midterm elections. the is house and the senate and the direction of our nation. the leaders of democratic and republican national committees both making predictions who will control the house of representatives when all is said and done. steve has more live in washington. >> reporter: the two party leaders seem to be looking into different crystal balls. one is democratic losses will be kept to a minimum while the

other predicts republicans will do very well. sarah palin was on the campaign trail in florida yesterday. she is one of many trying to keep the momentum going for republicans. political fortunes go to the opposition party in midterm elections but this time michael steele sees even more excitement and predicts the takeover of the house, possibly even the senate. >> what i've seen is a consistent ground swell of excitement and energy towards this election. i think you're going to see a wave, an unprecedented wave on election day that is going to surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: the enthusiasm gap among democrats, president obama just back from a four day swing, a campaign swing from the nevada to the midwest and he goes back out next weekend hoping to fire up his base for a showdown that will decide whether he keeps the democratic congress for the next two years or not. democratic party chief tim kaine

saying earlier voting shows encouraging trends. >> almost all the polls have been moving for us. but what democrats tend to specialize is the ground game, the turnout, more people turnout the better we do and we're seeing strong trends at presidential rallies. >> do you think if the house remains democratic, nancy pelosi will remain speaker? >> i do. >> reporter: there has been a slight move toward democrats in the polls but whether that prevents a republican takeover of the house is anyone's guess at this point. >> julie: now to the battle on the floor, senate candidates in a nationally televised debate. trying to make up some ground on the republican marco rubio. julie has the story. >> the fireworks in the debate, republican turned independent,

charlie crist pushed marco rubio to disclose his financial records and he pushed back calling creativity a heckler. >> people want to focus on these issues because they are wrong on the other issues. this country has a 13.5 trillion dollar debt. >> he doesn't believe in transparency. i created it the first time in our history -- that is the way it is. >> welcome to the n.f.l. >> meeks sitting in the middle did get a word mostly taking on critic who has -- creativity taking him on. >> the reason that he he's been able to penetrate voters. first republican and then he became an independent and went down an nominated himself to sit at this very point. now he wants to pick up

democratic ideas to talk about roe v. wade he doesn't have an opportunity to say that when he is pro-life. >> reporter: the polls show a senate race that it looks like rubio's to loose and he just won the endorsement of the miami herald. they have published tough stories about him but the endorsement praises the 39-year-old republican leadership skills calling him something that could grow in a consensus speaker in washington. >> gregg: if the republicans do take control of the house the gop may well be gearing up for several investigations. now, the plan being talked about is use subpoena power to force the obama administration to testify and provide documents on a variety of issues. for example, the health care overall and stimulus spending a

the court challenge to immigration law. but with so many deep concerns about jobs and economy, is there an appetite for such matters. let's bring in republican congressman, peter king, ranking member of the homeland security committee and democratic congressman from georgia, a member of blue dog coalition. congressman king, let me start with you. if your party takes control of the house would you be in favor of launching an investigation and if show, what would you be inclined to investigate? >> i they had there should be oversight. if any committee chairman feels things have done wrongly, investigation should be conducted. i don't think we have to go that far yet. the committee will be looking at owe site and reform and will move in a judicious way. up to now, obama administration

has not given all the information we need but nobody wants a witch hunt. but on the other hand, if it were held the threat of a subpoena will be enough, but again, i expect to be chairman of homeland security committee and lucky enough to be in the majority. i don't expect to be finding corruption or anything like that. >> gregg: would you like a better can go how taxpayer money has been spent on stimulus? >> the investigation should go forward and absolutely we should have that. >> gregg: if the house does flip how do you feel about stepped up use of subpoena power for investigations of obama administration policies and programs? >> well i suspect that will happen when the house turned democrat, democrats did issue

subpoenas and investigate different things. you remember, gregg, the attorney general the u.s. attorneys that were fired, controversy surrounding that. obviously the administration was not prepared to have somebody investigate it from its own party whether the firings were done for political reasons. once democrats took control that is one of the things they issued subpoenas for and super per sued. >> gregg: wiretapping, water boarding and so forth. i'm naming a handful here. >> basically i agree with pete. we are responsible for oversight. the congress does do that. the administration should cooperated to the extent they don't cooperate we should insist if we think it's serious and the public needs to know about. >> gregg: congressman king, some of your republican colleagues have made it clear they are going to try to either repeal some of the president's

legislative achievements including health care and the financial r or de-fund those programs. are you in fair of either? >> yes, i am. i believe we've made a commitment to repeal health care and whatever the best way to do that is, whether it's defunding or absolute repeal which would be difficult because the president can veto it. we can do it step by step. we made a commitment. obviously if we came into a majority, we should do to repeal it. that will be up to them but we have to follow through. >> gregg: how would feel about defunding health care? >> a lot of things need to be changing it. i opposed the bill and spoke against it pretty regularly. i have written something about it, pete. a published in the national review. we do need real health care

reform, not what we got. health care is killing the country, we have hyperinflation. there is an easy road forward that people should take. we need to do this for the sake of the country. whether republicans or democrats, we need to move toward real health care reform. >> gregg: let me ask you about financial regulation, new rules there, couple trillion sitting on the sidelines, because banks and investors don't know what their obligations are. would you be in favor of defunding or changing those sections? >> obviously, certainty where regulations is concerned, it's important thing for business. that is true in the financial world. there is some uncertainty right now just because the new law requires that an awful lot of regulations be acontinued. during the process of being proposed and adopted. most of what was done in the new law was important, had to be done in order to make sure we didn't have a repeat of the financial crisis that we have

right now. uncertainty where regulations is concerned, that is a real problem. we need to get credit flowing again, and whatever it takes to do we ought to be doing it. >> gregg: do you agree? >> i agree and the tone of both sides should have as we go forward. there is a lot that has to be done and lot we have to repeal. information the administration has to provide. financial regulations, i am concerned that the bill the way was drawn was vague and leaving too much power to unregulated regulators. >> gregg: gentlemen, thank you very much. good to see you both. >> julie: a wife of the american jet skier reportedly killed by a mexican drug cartel. tiffany heartily speaking about her long and difficult dive back

to denver. leaving without her husband was the hardest part of all. mexican authorities have suspended the search for david's body because of drug violence in the area. >> gregg: human remains have been found in a park in illinois where investigators were searching for a missing college student. tony keller a north illinois university student has been missing since october 14th and up a will be performed to determine whether the remains are hers. >> they are actively pursuing lead in the case and seeking information about any suspicious activity or persons in the park on or about the time during keller's disappearance. they are pursuing various leads. we've kept them very busy to this point. it's very much an active investigation. >> gregg: 18-year-old had vanished after going into the park to get ideas for her art

projects. >> julie: two students are under arrest after police find a drug lab set up inside a dorm. >> reporter: how could it happen? a drug lab being operated at one of america's most prestigious universities? no one seemed to know bit going on right there on the ninth floor. >> no, there were no rumors. only information i ever heard was the ninth floor of harbin was known for being a floor with a lot of activity, a lot of fun. >> we're told the lab was the real thing. hot plates to heat the chemicals and a small ventilation system. at first they thought it was a meth lab but tests revealed was to make a drug known as dmt. >> it wasn't a meth lab but nonetheless it was very dangerous situation. >> joey pearson a freshman says it's hard to imagine this type of thing could happen on campus.

he can't believe it's fellow classmates would endanger others? >> it strikes me stressful for people that are living around them. >> the hall was closed off to students for most of the day. they issued a memo later apologizing for the inconvenience and they stead students living close to the lab should not have experienced any health risks. meanwhile, we wanted to know how common it is to find a drug lab in operation in such a populated area. officials say it's rare in an urban environment. >> i am not aware that occurred in the last year in d.c. but in metro regions we've had a few. >> julie: in addition to the two students arrested a third man police describe as visitor was taken into custody, both local and federal agents are now investigating the matter. >> gregg: new batch of military secrets posted online for everybody to see, including

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>> gregg: welcome back. quick look at the headlines, full steam ahead for bill clinton as he stumped for democrats all around michigan today. mr. clinton campaigning for gubernatorial hopeful detroit.

john dingle and also in battle creek before heading off to minnesota. >> hurricane richard is traveling up the central america. barreling toward belize and southeastern mexico. death toll in haiti from cholera outbreak, workers fear the disease could spread to homeless camps where hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims now live. more than 3,000 people in all infected. >> julie: nation's top military officer blasting wikileaks for releasing 400,000 secret documents. admiral mike mullen is accusing the website of giving, quote, val uib information to enemies of the u.s. wikileaks follower julian assange brushing off criticism that the documents will endanger

the lives of soldiers or allies in iraq. what can we do to stop a whistleblower that is not even an american and on the run? here now is pete hoekstra the ranking member of the permanent select committee on intelligence. thank you soap for talking to us. when are we going to see this man prosecuted or can we considering he is a foreign blown whistleblower who is all over the globe and we can't get our hands on him? >> number one, i wouldn't the credit of being a whistleblower. he put out in public 400,000 documents. what we need to be focused herein in the united states, we need to be focused on the individuals most likely within the pentagon who leaked this information in the first place. that is where we have to be focused. that is the person that we have to prosecute. that is where we start.

>> julie: what does it say about the vulnerability of our nation's intelligence databases and the ability of the pentagon and intelligence community to protect the information it contains if someone, apparently was able to access so much classified information and copy it and transmit it. get into assange's hands without being caught? >> it says a lot about the security of our data and our cyber infrastructure and none of it is good. it does say an individual or small group of individuals can get a hold of that much information and they can access it, download and transfer it out without ever being identified. as the huge problem. this is one of the other things that we ought to be looking at. if this is what one of the people inside the pentagon may be able to do, how protected is cyber infrastructure and people from the outside who may be trying to attack into it. it's a huge problem and one that both the military and congress

should take a look at, how vulnerable are we. >> julie: if our vulnerability and you have the impact and other officials trying to down-play the damages. yesterday i spoke to a general and julian assange is an enemy of the state. what is the pentagon going to declare him as an enemy of the state and prosecute him? >> i hope they do it quickly. i think they need to look at their internal systems first, that is where we start. >> julie: britain pm's calling for an investigation of allegations of abuse, claims that were apparently rules of war that were broken in iraq. what is the u.s.'s response to that? >> i think clearly if there is information in these documents that the rules of war, there is evidence of crimes within this

information, sure we need to follow it up. the other thing where does parliament get involved and congress. taking a look at systemic issues here. is our cyber network safe? was there a systemic misinformation coming out of the military to american public or to the american government about what was going on in iraq? i don't think we've seen that. you know, that may be couple of areas where congress or parliament might want to take about the look. >> julie: what the trust factor in united states, why would intelligence agencies over the overseas when it seems that had america can't keep a secret? >> it's an item about peel are questioning whether the united states can keep a secret. whether we can develop the sources to develop information to keep us safe on in the

future. we have given information to the u.k. or have in the last number of years that, there is questions in the united states about whether we should share information with the brits knowing it may end up in the public because of court orders. there is whole range of information with so much information readily available. how that information is going to be made available in the course and how we are both, all of us who are involved in intelligence how we're all going to keep that information secret. then we deal with the other issue, overclassification. our government overclassifies physician, a lot of this could have been made public and may be should have been made public. >> julie: a lot of the information wasn't a surprise so it didn't seem like any reason to classify in information, it makes you wonder if you can trust our government. if they are not being forth right with us. why do we have to find out this

information from julian assange and why are we finding out about this the same time as our enemies? >> a lot of this is not a surprise. is eight surprise that the military was writing about iran involvement military activity in iraq. is eight surprise shea on sunni violence, no, we who knew that. is eight surprise that there was violence by iraqi on iraqi? that stuff was known. but the problem it goes into detail that is not helpful and give us more insight than we already have. >> julie: and the war was controversial enough and the fact this is coming out, this information apparently accusing american troops of being responsible for more iraqi civilian deaths than originally report. we don't have any facts to back that up. nonetheless, that has been from the very beginning of the iraq war a major bone of contention? >> that is exactly right.

it now goes back and opens up old wounds. if there is information about criminal activity, follow it up. if there is a systemic problems, follow it up but let's not create controversy where there isn't any. there is enough problems in iraq without going back over that ground. >> julie: congressman, thank you so much for talking to us. >> gregg: football fans may cringe when they see the hits on the field. players suffering concussions and in some cases paralysis and now the n.f.l. ising down. what they are doing to protect the players, next. [ j. weissman ] it was 1975.

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>> julie: it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of news. michael steele now saying the gop has tried to work with president obama but any ideas they put on the table were rejected by democrats. >> gregg: pakistan's foreign minister taking the pressure to the fight to the taliban, saying the pakistani military will deal with taliban sanctuary along the border in its own time line. >> julie: protests and strike over pension reform in france creating a fuel shortage. around a quarter of the gas stations around the french capital remain closed.

>> gregg: battle for the u.s. senate could boil down to few key states. the republicans need to flip ten of them to gain the majority. >> julie: and the latest rasmussen reports show six are leaning gop or going over to them outright with another five races are tossups. scott rasmussen. the kentucky race following a very heated and contentious debate in kentucky. kentucky now moving from solid gop to leaning gop and losing a little ground in kentucky? >> that is right. rand paul is enjoying tough commercials but he his lead is down to 5 points. opponent is very unpopular. 60% disapprove and 64% wants to repeal the health care law. so rand paul still will stay

afloat despite recent troubles. moved pennsylvania into toss-up status, pat toomey is getting closer as well. >> gregg: breaking news from scott. we would be here all day to go through all race. look, you've created a congressional generic ballot. tell us about that? >> first, i would be happy to spend all day talking with you. >> gregg: i know you would. >> but, you vote for republican or democrat and they have a nine-point edge, and it's the exact same margin as we saw at the very beginning of 2010 just before scott brown stunned the nation with his victory in mass mass. big change took place during 2009 when president obama took office, the democrats had a 7-point lead on the generic ballot so it's a 16-point swing.

>> julie: one thing that all americans have in common it's being very opinionated, especially with the election coming around. regarding votes on candidates that voted for the stimulus, they voted for health care and the auto bailout. how will those candidates fare if they, indeed, voted for those issues, americans have big issues with? >> look. 50% to 53% if somebody voted for those things, they should not be re-elected. it's the reason you are not hearing a lot of congressional incumbents touting their votes or touting their support of those laws. overall, just a very difficult environment for democrats because they have been in control and people don't like the results of their handy work. >> gregg: south carolina, gubernatorial race, how is it shaping it up? >> nick haley is ahead by nine points, but she suffered from allegations recently but appears

to be good shape. >> julie: different story in florida, this gubernatorial race moving from toss-up to leaning gop? >> scott is enjoying a little bit of a lead but the newcomer candidate, still susceptible and got baggage. right now the race is what we not at the becoming of year. we thought bill mccullum was going to be in which would be a lot nor adventuresome. >> julie: it's happened again a helmet to helmet collision. it happened today in atlanta. falcon's safety meets head to head with bengals running back. it forced him to leave the game in the first quarter.

this comes at a time when the n.f.l. is cracking down on violent helmet to helmet hits. there have been a series of concussion inducing blow that has knocked players out of games even harsher punishments could be coming. peter has all the details. >> reporter: an n.f.l. spokesman confirmed to us in an e-mail every head coach received a list of his players who have multiple unnecessary refuseness since 2008 and spokesman this will provide an opportunity to coast those players to abide by the rules. players that don't abide by the n.f.l. rules, especially with regard to helmet to helmet hits are subject to large fines and even suspensions. this list was handed down after the n.f.l. made all 32 teams watch a four-minute video that

used game film which ones will lead to trouble. after last week's brutal slate of games that left several players with injuries, we were wondering how they would adjust their game plans. as mentioned between the contest between since national at this and atlanta. a safety went helmet to helmet against frederick benson. but most. athletes that take to the gridiron want the n.f.l. to butt out and let them play the way they want. someone said, give me a helmet and i'm going to use it. they should consider renaming the n.f.l. the national flag football lead. there is james harrison that was fined $75,000 with helmet hits. he said he wanted to retired but

he changed his mind. he he did not get ejected and had a game winning interception against miami. >> julie: thank you so much. >> gregg: an update on deadly shark attack we told you about yesterday. authorities are closing several beaches to keep the public safe. the attack happened friday off of surf beach north of los angeles. he was body aboard weigh a friend and suddenly a shark pulled him under the water and he resurfaced with his leg nearly severed. this is what is left of his board. they say it was likely the work of a great white shark. three beaches closed at least through rest of today. officials will decide when they will reopen tomorrow. >> julie: severe weather system spelling big trouble in central texas. strong winds and heavy rains tearing through dallas.

storm ripping apart a big mess behind. frightening moments for several families. >> we heard a big bang, video games came off and we heard a big bang. our fences were flying and everything. >> my son was playing and i threw him to my wife and got him out as fast as we could. me and my best friend were out in the hallway watching it. >> wind gusts clocking at 60 miles an hour. flash flood warnings were issued and a tornado watch in some parts of the state is in effect. >> gregg: who doesn't love a good building demolition. here you go! >> did you want to say something >> julie: opa! >> gregg: you get your spanish and greek mixed up. >> gregg: controlled build

demolition to make a new public square all part of a program to improve the center. blondes united, hoping to make the world a better place. gregg likes blondes so i can say that. the international society of blondes holding a convention. >> gregg: wow, look at them all. >> julie: about a thousand ladies descending on the capital city. motto, intelligence will save the world. master plan wearing pink t-shirts and holding a beauty contest. >> gregg: i should have been there in bulgaria. >> a holiday tradition at the detroit zoo. animals gorging themselves on treat filled gourds as part of the smashing pumpkin event. others guarding them from other animals. it ended up pretty big hit of

most the zoo occupants and visitors. >> julie: that is so cute. did you carve the pumpkin. >> gregg: we haven't carved them. >> julie: i'm going to pick them this week and find a big one and put addison in it. >> gregg: baby addison in the picture. >> julie: danger danger on the track, a train smashes through. you can see the collision as you can see no crossing safety for the car. what about the driver. we'll have details. >> gregg: holiday shopping, retailers are hiring seasonal workers. could the temporary jobs become permanent ones? we'll have those stories straight ahead. ness ws be boots. until one day, my daughter showed me a designer handbag. and like that, we had a new side to our business.

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>> gregg: police in central iowa rushing to action, pulling a man from his car moments before a freight train slams into the

vehicle. here it is. >> gregg: that was a close call. police dash cam capturing the images. the driver of the car that got stuck while trying to cross the railroad intersection. they are investigating and the driver could soon be facing charges. >> julie: this could be the most wonderful time of the year if you are looking for a job. we could see some real hiring this holiday season but not just in the retail industry as we do every year. according to a report in the wall street journal, listen to this, companies are pumping up their temporary hiring right now with the intent of possibly turning many of those jobs into well-paying permanent johns. that is a welcome sign with unemployment near 10%. let's bring in joe, ceo of

capital llc and former managing chief investment officer. thank you so much for talking to us. this is a very positive sign. with this "wall street journal" report is actually true and hiring to permanent jobs this holiday season is going to extend to mid and upper level management positions, what should you do if you are sitting on the unemployment line right now? >> if you get the opportunity to get the jobsy probably will in time turn into good, solid longer term jobs. right now, up until this point in the business cycle, companies have been reluctant to hire a lot of full time workers. since the end of the recession, the number of people employed has gone down and full time jobs or part time jobs are up by 350 and temp jobs are up to close by 400,000.

so companies are hiring people but preferring this track of going for part time people for a number of reasons right now. >> julie: what would you say is the reason for employers becoming more confident saying essentially, if you get a part time job now, it could turn into a full-time job but maybe an upper management type job? it seems like the grass is going to be greener after the new year. >> there are a highly qualified people that lost their job, 10% of the unemployed. you have a lot of college trained and highly qualified people in those numbers. and companies are getting ready to take advantage of that and bring those people on stream. >> julie: what are you one of the million, 15 million unemployed and you are looking for a full-time job in you are given an opportunity of part-time job, what should you do. >> i would take it. the full-time job, it's going to take a while before companies to

feel confident to do that. part of the problem they are worried about the double-dip in the economy. part of it is tax hikes that are coming on january 1st. part of it is the paperwork and regulations that you have to face when you bring people on board. a lot of that can be changed and maybe changed in the next few months in washington. i think the climate will change enforcement you grab one of those temporary jobs now, it's a pretty good chance within a year or so it will turn into something more permanent. >> julie: what about lower taxes if taxes were to be lowered or bush tax cuts would be extended how would that hire permanent workers? >> very positively. if they do some things with the new health care bill, that will help a lot. >> julie: joe, thanks very much. >> gregg: the bacterial infection, mrsa.

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>> all of this over trash, italians are mad about their garbage. the trash hasn't been collected for weeks. people are getting fed up. the italian government is putting the opening of a new dump on hold for environmental reasons, prime minister is

vowing to bring the situation under control. >> gregg: something else that stings, they are wondering if the problem is heading their way a deadly bacteria. it's resistant to the most powerful antibiotics and it's making rounds in chicago hospitals and also here in new york. should the rest of the country be concerned about a super bug epidemic? let's get a prognosis, assistant professor of surgery at new york's mt. sinai hospital. this thing is called the cpc bacterium and its resistant to powerful antihistamine? >> in fact there is only one antibiotic it may be susceptible to but that causes kidney failure.

so it's bad no matter which way you look at it. >> gregg: it kills 40% of the people that get it? >> the problem with the bacteria it's affecting elderly people that have kron i am illnesses and they are in a nursing home. in addition to that they are catheters inside their venous system because of the chronic illnesses and gives them a source, to latch on to and create more of an infection. it becomes a real problem when transmitted from patient to patient. when patients don't wash their hands and when they get taken into the hospitals for additional care they may need at that point it will get transmitted to the hospital system. it can become a very big problem for nursing home patients and patients in the hospital and especially patients in the

intensive care units. >> gregg: what do we do about it? is there anything we can do about it? >> we have to get excellent infection control and there are statesman dates for hospitals for infection control. especially for patients with ingrown catheters, patients in the intensive care units. it's very important that heath care workers wash their hands or wear gloves. when the patient is infected, there is not much to do but insystem sis when a health care worker they wash their hands. >> gregg: because it's attacking people of the elderly, they are weak and frail and so forth, if a healthy younger person, a strong are person got infected with cpc super bug, what would happen to them? >> they probably would be better than somebody that is elderly

and has a chronic illness, but we can't count on that. anybody that gets infected with a bacteria that we can't treat with an antibiotic, that can lead to septic shock and death. but certainly a young person that may get infected whether an iv they may have, those people will probably do better than are already compromised. >> gregg: another thing for us to worry about it. >> julie: the return of travelers giving a boost to the airlines. are they giving passengers a break? answers and details coming up.

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you, the home stretch is in sight for hundreds of candidates across the country, nine days to go and counting. until election day 2010. and you've come to the right place for all the top election news including how the three-way senate race in florida took center stage today. >> gregg: called him the comeback kid, how effective is former president bill clinton on the campaign trail? poll numbers coming up. >> julie: and sky-high profits for the airlines, why -- and while they find ways to nickel and dime us, complaints reaching new heights, a report from lax. >> gregg: the struggle for control on capitol hill is playing out on the sunday talk shows today. the leaders of both the republican and democratic national committees making their respective predictions, election day will be going their way. and, who is going to win control of congress, steve centanni is live with more on that. are democrats finding any reason to be optimistic, these last

days? >> reporter: they are and point to a polling based on early voting in some states and other polls inching upward for democrats, and predict republicans will not take control of the house. as you know, the president has been on the campaign trail, finishing a four day swing across the country, trying to rekindle the missing enthusiasm among democratic voters and the party chairman, ken cane saying today a democratic get out the vote effort will make all this difference and says there are strong trends that favor democrats in the final days of the race. >> these races are close but from this point forward, it's all about turnout and ground game and we are seeing good early voting trends and we have work to do but we think we can do it. the polling is moving, we have not seen since labor day polls moving against us. they have been moving towards

us. >> reporter: tim kaine on the sunday talk shows. >> gregg: do republicans think they can win the house and senate. >> reporter: they are being cautious about the senate, it's an uphill climb but, there is no lack even enthusiasm on the republican side, inspired by the tea party movement an sarah palin and voter anger and the slumping economy, the g.o.p. party chairman predicts what he calls an unprecedented waive of republican turnout to lead to major gains in congress come november 2nd. >> i believe in the house the balance of power will shift as i like to say with 38 seats and we need to get to 39 to get control but we are more than there. >> the house will go to the republicans. what about the senate. >> the senate is tougher but we'll be there, if the wave continues the way it is going. >> reporter: fit continues, they are optimistic an steele going after claims the sgop refused to

work with president obama and he says it is the opposite, all republican ideas were summarily rejected. gregg. >> gregg: steve centanni, thanks. >> julie: in these final days before the election candidates are adopting the strategy of keeping a low profile and not wanting to risk wrong moves this late in the game and some noticed house republican leader john boehner dropped off the radar. have you noticed? is it waning campaign strategy? let's ask matt schlapp, program director under george bush and dick harpootlian of the south carolina democratic party. matt, only nine days to go and leading candidates are adopting the strategy of stay down and stay quiet. john boehner being one of the many accused of doing that, is that a good strategy to take into the 11th hour. >> and i don't believe that is his strategy. he has done 25 events across the country for republican

candidates and gave a major address at intern legion and the american enterprise statute and sat down for national interviews with the "wall street journal," "washington post," "the new york times" and others but i think he wants to let the individual candidates across the country of which there are more than 100 in competitive races, is letting them take the lead, and try and do what they can to win the races. >> julie: dick, you disagree and believe john boehner has been laying low and what reason would he have to do so? >> i think, you see him laying low and mitch mcconnell laying low. if the voters understand and vote the republicans into the house and senate, that is your majority leader in the senate, and your speaker of the house uys who have been in washington longer than methuselah will bring about change and that is what they are afraid people will focus on and you'll look at them and state is more of the change, you talk about change and boehner and mcconnell may turn the keys of

the congress over to abramoff, like last time. >> julie: is it a strategy that works for democrats and republicans since voters are so angry with the current policy makers and want to see change and whomever is in office now has something to worry about. >> i think that is true for incumbents, there is no hiding place in 2010 with voters who want to send a message and i tell the chairman who is opposing me here today, talk about mcconnell and boehner all you want but the voters want to send a message to the man in the oval office, president obama, it is he who looms large over the election. >> julie: high profile instances have actually involved tea party favorites running for the senate, including rand paul in kentucky and joe miller in alaska and sharron angle in nevada. does the political inexperience make it wiser for them to lay low? >> you forgot to mention or don't --

>> yes, in delaware, as well. >> i think to some extent it makes sense, in south carolina, nikki haley, every time she does a debate is caught in a lie and you'll see less and less of her before the election and rand paul, good golly, misspeaks himself every other day and i believe sharron angle in nevada appeared in front of hispanic kids and said you look more asian than his park and those gaffes have to hurt and they probably ought to shut up and go somewhere for the next week. >> julie: matt, also several republican candidates declined invitations or pulled out of debates, and the florida debate for governor and senate races were cancelled this month after organizers couldn't get commitments from the republican contenders or governor charlie crist who is running for the senate as an independent, why not debate? isn't what that votes want to

see. >> it is dangerous for any candidate this close to election day to duck and cover and i don't think that is a republican strategy. i think most of the candidates you have mentioned are senate candidates, who you are describing so-called tea party candidates an most of the action is on the house side of the lerge and most candidates are visible and active and doing everything they can with lower name i.d. and doing everything they can to get their name out there and show voters what they want to do and republicans who are running across the country have a simple message, one that the -- resonates with voters and is not wise to hide the message, because it is popular. >> julie: and drafts have been evasive, and, one candidate said he would not hold town hall meetings in august, for fear of nuts wielding cameras and it is said harry reid is dodging when it comes to answering questions and for a while he and angle were neck and neck. what could sabotage these

campaigns from this point on. >> the danger of debates and tea party candidates especially is nobody watches the base any more, it's not like the old days, where 50 million people watch the debate. it is really what comes out of that, the spin on youtube, the one clip, the one misstep, and, that is the danger of doing a debate and you are not very smart or you are sky in terms of where you are on the issues, like o'donnell and angle and rand paul, then you run the risk of saying something stupid and that is what people see over and over and over again on the nightly news or youtube or the web. >> julie: matt. >> let me tell you, rand paul and sharron angle, both candidates have been mentioned here, helped themselves tremendous in debates and look at what sharron angle did to harry reid in nevada and told him to man up and pretty much took him apart in that debate and had a lot of expectations and way overcame them and got a

great spin out of the debate and candidates, especially republicans, have nothing to fear, with telling the voters what they want to do if they come to washington, and what they want to do is incredibly popular. >> julie: with harry reid told by a woman to man up is about as degrading as it gets, and, i guess, did harry reid do a good job at defending himself? he has to defend his turf, and has a woman trouncing all over him, dick. >> i don't think he did a very effective job and he's a nice guy and wanted to be a gentleman and she didn't want to be a lady and that is the problem here, where you have somebody like her, linda mcmahaon in connecticut want to punch it out but that is not what the public wants, if sharron angle or the man in connecticut wins is to call the other guy a name or say man up and it is out of the

sarah palin play book which didn't work, in '08, and, won't work again, i don't believe. >> julie: thank you, gentlemen. >> thanks. >> gregg: a 3-way battle, marco rubio, kendrick meek and charlie crist squaring off at a nationally televised debated and duking it out over tax cuts to immigration reform and personal financial records. julie kirtz that's highlights from washington. >> reporter: fireworks notice three-way florida senate debate, republican turned independent governor charlie crist pushed republican marco rubio to disclose his financial records involving a g.o.p. credit card and he pushed back, calling crist a heckler. >> people want to focus on issues because they are wrong hope to important issues, the country has a $13.5 trillion debt. >> he doesn't want to release them because he doesn't believe in transparency, i created open government in the government's office the first time --

>> i never had a heckler on stage, i always had them... >> the way it is. >> what a -- >> welcome to the nfl. >> kendrick meek sitting in the middle got a word in during the live debate, mostly taking on crist, who has tried to win over democratic voters, since leaving the g.o.p. >> the reason why the governor's argument doesn't really penetrate florida voters is he has been all over the board, first a republican and then became an independent, went down and nominated himself to sit here at this table, at this point. now he wants to pick up democratic ideas to talk about roe vs. wade and doesn't have an opportunity to say that, when he is pro-life. >> reporter: the polls show a senate race that looks like it is rubio's to lose, up 12 points in the latest real clear politics average and he just won the endorsement of the miami herald and the paper published tough stories about him during the race but the endorsement

praises the 39-year-old republican's leadership skills, calling him someone who can grow into a consensus-seeker in the senate. gregg. >> gregg: thanks. >> julie: and the brass knuckles coming out between the candidate for the pennsylvania senate race, pat toomey appearing on fox news sunday objecting to democratic opponent joe sestak's attempts to link him to republican christine o'donnell in neighboring delaware. listen: >> there are those that are running with congressman toomey, o'donnell next-door for example that want to do away with the 14th amendment. that actually thinks there can be a big established religion. >> honestly, has christine o'donnell who advertises on a pennsylvania tv station, because it covers northern delaware, do you think she has hurt you? >> i don't think people fall for that. i mean, you know, this is silly. joe sestak is so worried about

his own record he's trying to run against someone i never met and don't agree with. >> julie: catch the rest of pat time's remarks and hear chris's interview with joe manchin at 6:00 p.m. eastern time. >> julie: you don't have to be in front of your television, for information on campaign 2010, go to foxnews.com/politics and you can find the latest on the races up for grabs. >> julie: another vital indicator of how our economy is due out this week, the housing numbers, the weakest number of our economy and analysts expect a small rise in the sale of existing and new homes. but, consumers are so worried about unemployment and the ongoing foreclosure mess and with midterm elections, a little more than a week away, now, you can bet democrats and republicans are anxiously awaiting the numbers. brenda buttner, senior business correspondent and anchor of and

bears joins us now. >> what is your prediction with the housing market and what does it say about new homes on the market. >> it is a slight rise. and new homes are a very small portion actually of the housing market. existing homes are the real, real indicator. and we expect a recall rise there and are coming off of the month that was the second worst month in a decade. and i don't think there is much to look forward to here. this is not traditionally the big selling time? -- sales time for houses and we have the hole foreclosure mess. i mean, you know, one week bank of america says they are not going to be -- they'll freeze their foreclosures and the next week they are on again, off again, so, it is hard to know what inventories are out there and, if you don't know what inventory is out there, how do you buy or sell. >> julie: how will the housing numbers be impacted by the foreclosure mess. >> that is hard to say as well.

there is not much inventory coming on because bank of america only had the freeze for about two weeks. so there are foreclosures people are looking at and buying and that is a positive for the housing market but we have a ways to go. i predicted the housing prices still will continue to fall and you said the magic word... unemployment. income, unemployment are the main drivers of whether or not you can buy a house. and we're not seeing much improvement there, so everybody will be waiting for the last unemployment report before the election. and... >> julie: the "wall street journal" hayes report out, saying part-time jobs more likely will become full-time jobs and higher paid jobs and that this time, this holiday season where a lot of temp work goes out and the jobs disappear,

may be better and the unemployment rate stands to decrease. how would that affect the job numbers. >> that would be positive but we are still near double digits and aren't seeing improvements in wages and when you have one person doing the work of three people, yeah, maybe we might, you know, get a few new hires and that would bring down the amount of work they have to do. but i don't see huge gains in unemployment and i don't think the administration, admittedly, doesn't either, it will take time. >> julie: with the housing market remaining extremely weak and consumer confidence apparently, the indexes also not so high, what happens after the holidays for example? and these temp jobs are essentially handed out to some of the 15 million that don't have jobs, at this point? does consumer confidence go up as unemployment comes down? >> yes. absolutely. one of the main -- >> in the near future --

>> here's what we saw and we saw consumer confidence go down, actually contracting. if it is below 50 it is contracting. it was expanding for a while, so, consumers are not excited about this economy, they are not going to be until they start getting jobs and they have changed their habits. they are not out spending a lot, they are trying to cut their debt and things that basically the government could learn from. >> julie: brenda buttner, thank you so much. >> thank you. >> julie: gregg. >> gregg: new reports out of afghanistan, the president hamid karzai's top aide there, might be funneling iranian cash into the afghan government. the reports point a finger of blame at karzai's chief of staff, and most trusted confidant and it is said he accepted a large bag of cash, and the money is reportedly part of a steady stream of iranian cash intended to buy the aide's loyalty, and to promote iran's

interests in the presidential palace in afghanistan. officials claim iran is also trying to poison afghan relations with washington, the off-the-books cash could total in the millions and is reportedly being distributed among afghan lawmakers, tribal elders, maybe even the taliban. >> julie: at least a dozen young people are dead after a shooting massacre at a house party miles from the u.s. border in mexico. it happened in ciudad, a city plagued by drug related violence in juarez and three cars drove up to a house party friday night and began shooting, 18 others were wounded including women and children and police say the suspect fled and re-- suspects fled and remain on the loose. >> gregg: former president bill clinton is hitting the campaign trail and is hitting it pretty hard. >> none of these races would look like they do if tomorrow's america, the america that showed up in 2008, would just show up in 2010.

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>> julie: headlines we're following on fox, west virginia governor joe manchin keeping his distance from president obama and tells chris wallace that president obama's name is not on the ballot in the state, and that he disagrees with the president cap-and-trade. aide workers in haiti say they

are worried they cholera outbreak is spreading toward earthquake victims faster than they can move to stop it in the capitol, and, protesters in italy crashing with riot police throwing rocks and firecrackers an burning cars and the clash sparked by anger at the poor conditions of a local garbage dump and plans to open a new one. >> gregg: former president bill clinton is launching a final dawn-to-dusk campaign sprint now, stumping for key democrats in races and leveraging his credibility as the only recent president to balance a federal deficit. budget. how is he playing with potential voters, joining me to talk about it, "new york post" columnist and fox news contributor, michael goodwin. mike, good to see you. "the l.a. times" had a great line, life looks better in the

rearview mirror and bill clinton proves it. i got a chuckle over that. what does it say about president obama and his policies, if an impeachment ex-president is more popular stumping for candidates. >> as you have been reporting, lots of places in the country, the president is not welcome by his own party and west virginia a prime example and other where the candidates see obama as an albatros around their neck rather than a help and don't run on their record in supporting him and he doesn't really talk much about his record, when he does go out. he only goes out, pretty much in safe seats these race, democratic states or districts, and even there doesn't talk a lot about health care, doesn't talk about stimulus, and, really is an attack on republicans only. bill clinton has a little more credibility in other parts of the country and is for example going to some of the upper midwest states, michigan, minnesota and, nevada although

harry reid was there, too, and bill clinton is more popular in the swing districts and that is where he's trying to make a difference, places that will be close votes and he can appeal more to blue-collar workers who defected from democrats. >> gregg: there is stuff up for grabs, colorado, pennsylvania, washington, nevada, ohio, some closer than other aothers. a "gallup poll" found 53% of democrats said bill clinton's personal endorsement would carry weight, as opposed to 40%, and critical independents 21% said they would be likely to vote for a candidate backed by bill clinton, compared to 12% backed by president obama. as the two numbers together, it is a mere 33%, which suggests does is not, a lot of independents will be going the other way, g.o.p. >> right, we have to, you know, bill clinton, obama, other endorsements, endorsements are always a tricky thing in any election, whether a local race

or national, and endorsements carry some weight but i think are probably overstated. at the end of the day the democrats have had all the power in washington and everybody knows that and, it is really a referendum on the last two years and don't think clinton can talk about this difference between the party's platforms and things but the record is the record and the fact democrats keep trying to change the conversation, away from the record, and to make it like an attack on the local republican candidate, or on george bush or you name it. so i think that is their game plan, to try and change the conversation away from the record, that is why i think independents, people who have been following this, have made up they're minds and are not likely to be swayed by a name endorsement. >> gregg: the record does show that president clinton is the only modern president who balanced the budget, and i also checked the stats, the cbo, he raised income taxes, and raised medicare taxes, and social security taxes, and raised

transportation fuel taxes, and raise understand the corporate tax rate. so at a time when americans feel overtaxed, don't you know, during a recession and bad economic times they feel that way, are these voters perhaps suffering a short-term memory lapse of the clinton years. >> and don't forget president clinton had a terrible first two years in office, it was only after republicans took congress in a massive overhaul compared to this year, 1994, he began to move to the center, and tried to do a massive take over of health care and it failed and the public turned against him quickly which is why republicans were able to take congress in 1994 and set the stage for balanced budget. he didn't balance the budget all by himself. he had a real republican congress to work with and had a public that made it clear that's what it was. that i think is what we are facing now, a similar situation, to the 1992-1993 term obama had and the record i think that has

been implanted in people's minds now that is the referendum in the campaign. >> gregg: the "washington post" had a story on friday that has bill clinton confiding in his old friend, terry mcauliffe, that democrats are lacking a k e coherent message and allowing themselves to become human pinatas. does he have a point? >> sure but this democrats running the campaigns are not stupid. they've poll-tested the public and know the public doesn't like the democratic record and is easy for bill clinton to say look at all the things the democrats did but that's note problem. the people who like what the democrats did are going to vote for the democrats. there may be enthusiasm which there is but the problem is getting people who don't like the record to vote for obama again and, in effect to give him another democratic congress, that i think is where the difficult sledding gets in, but that's it. bill clinton can make a difference this some districts,

maybe senate races, a handful and primarily blue-collar congressional districts where it will be a close vote, that have gone democrat in the past could make a difference there. >> gregg: maybe the solution is send out michelle obama, the more popular of the obamas. >> send out the daughters. >> gregg: michael goodwin, thanks. >> julie: are you tired of nickel and diming by the airlines? the next story may make your blood boil. casey steegel is at lax with more. >> reporter: all of the nickel an diming allows the airlines to profit for the first time since 2011. since 2007, we should say, posted a profit and what it could mean for members of the flying public, up next in a live report from lax, here on america's news headquarters. ♪

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>> gregg: welcome back, bottom of the hour, both party chairman are seeing things going their way, election day michael steele saying his party will win control of the house and tim kaine, predicting his party will keep its majority. >> julie: hurricane richard is roaring towards southern mexico and the storm coming ashore forcing hundreds of people to evacuate as it approaches. >> gregg: violence en northern mexico, killing three bystanders, the shootout involving gunmen, police and soldiers, taking the lives of a 14-year-old boy and two women.

>> julie: airlines are raking in big bucks and profits soaring for the first time in years and as they beef up their bottom line, are passengers getting better service or cheaper fares? not exactly, even if profits take off so are the complaints, up more than a third according to the department of transportation. casey steegel is live, at the los angeles airport, to tell us more, los angeles international airport, i should say. casey? >> reporter: julie, good to see you. remember the days when flying as a treat? you didn't have to pay to check your bags, sometimes the booze was free, and, you got a hot meal, well, sorry to tell you those days are long gone and the analysts say they are likely never to return. the airline industry as we know started hemorrhaging money after the events of 9/11 and fuel prices hit an all-time high a few years later and major carriers were forced to starts charging extra fees to record a profit. in turn, passenger satisfaction is way down and the number of

complaints in fact to the u.s. department of transportation, are up, roughly 35%. >> frankly i think the profits all came from energying nickel and dime fees to us, $2 for the -- charging us nickel and dime fees, $2 for beer on the plan and $25 to bring a bag on the plane and check it. >> i don't think it is a good idea to have the baggage fees. i figure when the fuel prices went up, that is when they started the baggage fees and i think that the fuel has come down and most airlines should have dropped the baggage fees. >> reporter: however, the airlines are finally making money again, this past week the three major domestic carriers reporting strong earnings. the first time in fact they've been out of the red since 2007 and, travel experts say those statistics about unhappy passengers, could actually be deceptive. listen: >> one of the things which led

to an increase in complaints is that department of transportation to their credit has now put together a very good on-line system for filing a complaint. so it makes it easier than the old days when you had to write a letter or call the 800 number. >> reporter: context and perspective for you. delta airlines, the world's largest carrier now, recorded a $363 million profit in the third quarter. but, listen to this: apple, for example, reported a $15 billion profit. for its third quarter and it is all relative. and the airlines, though they are recording a profit, are not exactly rolling in the monday. julie. >> julie: casey steegel, thank you so much. >> gregg: a court battle, a big one, looming over the foreclosure mess nationwide. untangling all of the paperwork leading to the moratorium on foreclosures is not going to be an easy one, perhaps. homeowners benefitted from a risky legal gamble that let them

stay in their homes without paying down their mortgages and who is really to blame? maybe a few lawyers, let's bring in a couple of them, not the ones responsible, of course our legal panel, lis weihl, fox news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor and paul cowan, former prosecutor and professor of media law at seton hall university. paul, let me start with you, maybe some of the paperwork is flawed and maybe they didn't cross all the s as ts and dot ae is, you lose your property, that you don't follow the contract. >> the people who brought the financial crisis in america, the banks did this. used to be you got a note when you bought a house for the mortgage and banks decided we'll sell the note to other people, and -- >> bundle it up. >> and god knows who owns the note and where the title it.

>> gregg: what difference does it make. the borrower defaulted. >> remember when you closed on your house and they made you sign 6,000 documents and why did they make you sign the documents. >> gregg: and my 6,000 documents are identical to your 6,000 documents, it is all boilerplate, standard stuff. >> shouldn't the banks look at what they are before they bundle them up. >> gregg: they are all the same. >> and sign affidavits saying we've read them when oftentimes they haven't. >> gregg: wait. i look at my last one, it is 65 pages. when a refinanced, they are the same contracts, you don't have to read all 65 pages for every loan. >> yes, you do. >> gregg: no, don't. >> sign an affidavit saying you have read them before passing them off to the judge. >> gregg: i read one the same for all 10,000 of them. >> that is not what they say. they sign-off on each wouldn't.

>> gregg: this is how pathetic my life is. i pulled out the contract -- >> can i say how old the book is, 1977, folks. >> gregg: contract law has not changed. page 410. put it up on the screen, here's the points here. this is basic contract law. if the breach of a contract is not material, i.e.' minor default, the contract is not cancelled. substantial performance has been rendered, technical or unimportant omissions or defects don't invalidate the contract. >> wait. that book is contracts, right? there was another course in law school called property. and in property there's a book that says the transfer of property requires a written contracts and will be enforceable and is valid -- >> gregg: a technical flaw does not invalidate it. >> technical flaw. >> but, fraud would. either in a mortgage or foreclosure, that fraud is involved and the feds are investigating and why all 50

attorneys general are investigating the foreclosures here, i mean, you think dowel 50 attorneys general have nothing better to do. >> gregg: i think there are a bunch of lawyers behind -- why do they always think the lawyers are the villains behind this. >> they are. >> gregg: thank you. >> lawyer-to-lawyer-to-lawyer. >> gregg: trumping up the technical flaw. >> you are right. buy a house, get a mortgage and you have to pay the money back and if somebody screws up the paperwork, you still have to pay the money back and the lawyers are coming up with a may to stall, class-action lawsuits. >> let's go back now to -- i don't have a hard book in front of me. >> gregg: i'll loan you mine. >> contracts, somewhere here it says class action lawyers only get paid on contingency and they will not take a case unless they think they can win, in other words if they bring the class action... >> gregg: they put nothing into it and settle and make a lot of money. >> at least they get attorneys

fees if they can prove wrongdoing occurred. >> that's the point. >> the court awards fees and you have a big suit and a bunch of lawyers dan get attorneys fees and you know what will happenso the mortgage they'll lose their house and it will be delayed. >> you made my point, the judge has to see there was wrongdoing done, not ineptitude -- >> there was wrongdoing, the banks hire somebody to say they looked at 10,000 documents and they were legitimate and they weren't. there was wrongdoing. >> gregg: maybe bad lawyers contributed to this thing. >> really! >> gregg: but the damage is untold. one in four houses on the market is' foreclosed house and they are off the mark. that is causing damage. >> and people trying to buy foreclosed houses are being told you can't, because it has not been foreclosed on, that is bringing down our market more. >> gregg: what about investors of mortgage backed securities, paul? now according to the "wall street journal," $2.7 trillion

will be in jeopardy for those investors. >> which means gregg we have a major crisis here. all 50 states are looking at this, 23 states are stopping foreclosures completely. judges have to sign-off. >> right. >> somebody has to come in and we need a universal rule on this saying okay. there was a major error here but the system will -- >> more than ineptitude and fraud and mail or wire fraud and perjury in some cases we'll find and the lawyers, of course -- >> you still have to pay back the loan and if you don't you will lose your house and that is it and why gregg's book is right though it's the wrong book. >> contracts from 1977, folks, that is what gregg has. >> gregg: the property book, says pretty much that. thanks, guys. >> good to see you. >> julie: crack down on the classrooms of iran, the islamic regime saying topics because they are based on western ideals and we'll tell you what subjects

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>> julie: here's a quick look at the headlines now, full steam ahead for former president bill clinton. as he stumps for democrats all around michigan today. the former president campaigning for gubernatorial hopeful virg bernero in detroit and john dingell in ann arbor and mcschauer in battle creek before heading to minnesota and hurricane richard traveling up the central american coastline and gaining steam. the category 1 storm barrelling towards belize and southeastern mexico. the death toll from a choleraout break in haiti rising to more

than 250. aid workers fear the disease could spread through homeless camps in the capital where hundreds of thousands of earthquake victims now live, more than 3,000 people are effe affected. >> gregg: iran's religious leaders have restriction on western schools of thought and the latest in response to recent concerns by iran's premium ruler ayatollah ali khomeni and, including law, philosophy, psychology, women's studies and human rights and the fundamentalist subjects are based on western ideals and therefore incompatible with islamic teachings. >> julie: an anti-government rally in moscow, activists gathered in pushtin square, calling for the resignation of putin, they blame him and his government for economic problems and lack of political freedom in

russia, the dissension comes at a time when the nation is at odds, which of the top two men in power can serve his country the best. amy kill lellogg has more. >> reporter: some call it this country run by med vvedev and putin and, a group of moscow journalism students dedicated a calendar to him, miss march says, you put out the forest fires but i am still burning. many say, medvedev is coming into his own. veteran russian journalist vladimir posner says, putin enjoys the support of the security services, the government backs medvedev. >> he's a more intelligent and modern man than putin and is well-read and has a great sense

of humor. >> reporter: some believe they are two sides of the same coin, but pundits say when it comes to relations with the u.s., up they are quite different. while putin is said to look more to the east, medvedev is said to want a real partnership with america. he hosted california governor arnold schwarzenegger recently. to discuss a role for california entrepreneurs in russia's planned silicon valley and he has vowed to crack down on corruption to help facilitate foreign investment but, so far, has not. >> the country is totally corrupt. there's a great russian saying about the fact that a fish rots from the head. >> reporter: repressionist dissents is an important scene in russia and, a second group of students made a calendar on that theme. opposition rallies are regularly put down with strong arm tactics and russian leaders justify that in the name of stabilizing the country. >> the logic being that we had

democracy and nearly collapsed. so now we will freeze the country and shall see what the country is ready for democracy. >> reporter: in a break from the recent past the new team is seen as more tough but, also, more straight-laced. whether putin or medvedev who will steer russian policy in the next decade remains a secret. holed up in the corridors of the kremlin and how different they are, remains to be scene. amy kellogg, fox news. >> gregg: that most famous ghoulish night is almost at hand when ghosts and goblins walk the night. >> julie: before you send your kiddies night us out for trick and treat delight, we have safety tips. ♪ [ male announcer ] 100 potato chips or 100 pringles.

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>> gregg: it is almost that time of year again, the ghosts and goblins on all hallow's eve and there is plenty for spooky ones to be on the lookout for, from traffic to overly friendly strangers. >> julie: and maybe the halloween costumes, what can parents do to keep the monsters and begun is, in my case, add son is here, with me, safe this halloween, matt berman, is here, from the missing child search and prevention service. thanks for coming in and, before our munchkins or gremlins or super men or klclio pat tras, y need to arm yourself with what,

before you leave the house. >> absolutely. important all costumes fit well and these children have greats costumes. footwear, flat footwear so kids don't trip. they can run around and have fun, so the children have great, flat footwear and have your kids carry a flashlight so they can see where they are going and cars can see them, too, a couple of other things to consider, if you have got kids under 12, go with your children to the house. if you have older kids, have them go as a group and make sure that they only go to houses where the lights are on, and children should never, ever go inside of houses. >> gregg: and beware of strangers that want to suddenly join the group. >> absolutely. it is important to realize it is nighttime when kids are out and visibilitibility is tough and p should snap a picture of their children before they go out so they have something handy in

case the little one gets lost, in the night and will be able to have the picture and show it to authorities. >> julie: while you are trick-or-treating there are safety tips as well? >> absolutely. when you trick-or-treat, stay on the porch, don't go inside. number 2:and most important, wait to eat the candy but have your parents inspect it first, and you should -- >> gregg: if it is unopened, don't eat it. >> any tampering, wait until you get home. >> gregg: erin, you are cleopatra and this is your brother, shamus, and can you speak with the teeth. and, you are dracula and what is your name. >> cassidy. >> julie: what are you? >> um ... >> julie: super girl. >> gregg: super girl? and we have super baby over here, right?

all right, great costumes, everybody. >> julie: and that is all important, as you said, earlier, the costumes fit properly and as i'm holding addison her hat is falling in her face and a lot of people like to go out with infants? is there something i should keep in mind if she wants to go out for her first halloween. >> it is great, keep an eye on them and they are comfortable in the stroller and, eating healthy too, like carrots! >> julie: she loves her vegetables. >> don't go in dark alleyways and unlit areas of people's lawn and if a car pulls up and they say, i have a bunch of candy. >> tell kids run from the car. and, if they get separated for any reason, and scared. to look for a mom, who has kids and ask the mom for help and if you have little ones, write down their names, drasz and, cell phone number and pin it to the inside of the costume.

>> gregg: and snap a photograph of your kids in costume. >> keep it in costume for halloween and in general, keep photos of your kids for safety. >> gregg: great stuff, thanks for being here and thanks to everybody here, including addie, for being in costume, great costumes, everybody. >> julie: thank you very much. she's ready to go! >> gregg: that's going to do it for us, fox news sunday with chris wallace is coming up next. >> julie: i'll be back in one hour on the fox report. hope to see you then, trick-or-treat, everyone! s tay photo in just one day. and my smile wasn't white enough. i had to call her. as a professional photographer, i know how important a white smile is. and i trust the crest 3d white collection. [ female announcer ] introducing crest 3d white. use these together for a whiter smile in one day, with dramatic results after full kit. okay, smile! [ camera shutter clicking ] brilliant! [ female announcer ] learn how these crest 3d white products can give you a whiter smile in one day at 3dwhite.com.

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