life to defend our country's freedom and our country is thanking him by sending him a check for $0.04. no joke. he's sending something to the president. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> good morning, everybody. thanks so much for joining us on this veteran's day. we have a huge show for you. >> it's almost too much show. we might need -- tell hemmer and maccallum to sleep in. we may need the next hour. >> it's the 11th day of the 11th month. we have a lot going on including a live performance by our old buddies, the uso liberty bell performers. good morning. >> yes, that is heidi, natalie and melissa. please don't get out of order. >> ♪ god bless america land that i love

stand beside her and guide her through the night with the light from above from the mountains to the prairies to the ocean ♪ >> what heavenly voices. more from them throughout the show. >> voices like that we're told it's hard to get them going in the morning. not the case. >> we got them booked for three hours. sit back, relax and enjoy the show. news starts right now. >> right now, president obama is in seoul, south korea at a meeting for the summit. he honored u.s. troops for veterans day. wendell goler is live in seoul with the latest. what's happening now, wendell? >> alisyn, the president spoke to some of the 35,000 u.s. soldiers who were stationed along the demilitarized zone between north and south korea, the most heavily fortified

border in the world. he spoke about the forgotten war that ended 60 years ago in an armistice. there's never been a peace agre agreeme agreement. some of the soldiers that fought in south korea felt their sacrifices were unappreciated. the president assured them it was not. >> because the korean war ended where it began geographically, some ended up using the phrase die for a tie to describe the sacrifices made here. as we look at the thriving democracy and its grateful and hopeful citizens, one thing is clear. this was no tie. this was victory! >> the president came here looking for a free trade agreement with south korean president but it was not to be at least not yet. democrats in the senate objected to the deal reached in 2007 by president george w. bush because it didn't clear the way for u.s.

exports of cars and beef. mr. obama was said to be living with the beef restriction but not the mileage restriction that puts them to 1% of the korean market especially given the fragile state of the u.s. economy. they instructed their negotiators to go back to the table to work out a deal in a matter of weeks. the urgency especially for the u.s. side because they have pen silled in a free trade agreement with the european union and they don't want to begin losing market share to the europeans. >> looking for the rest of the headlines. this morning, vice president joe biden is honoring u.s. military veterans at arlington national cemetery and take part in the wreath laying ceremony at the tomb of the unknown soldiers and he'll speak at the memorial ampitheater. the vice president attended a similar ceremony on memorial day. the carnival splendor slowly but surely being towed back to shore right now.

this is new coast guard video of two tugboats reaching the stranded cruise ship off the coast of mexico three days after a fire disabled the ship's engines. passengers and crew have no air conditioning, no hot food, but there is an open bar. >> it is free. >> the ship's bar is offering complimentary beer and wine to make amends. ok, i'm sure that will solve the problems. >> bathrooms working first. >> splendor expected to reach shore this afternoon. the write-in ballot is looking good for incumbent senator lisa murkowski. she received 90% of the votes yesterday. her opponent is challenging ballots that have her name misspelled but a judge is allowing minor mistakes. so far, only a handful of ballots have been thrown out and 73,000 remain to be counted. elizabeth smart abduction trial taking recess for veterans day. yesterday, she wrapped up her testimony against accused kidnapper brian david mitchell.

the now 23-year-old calling the self-proclaimed prophet more of a hypocrite. she said "everything he did to me and my family is something that god would not tell somebody to do." the trial resumes is monday. that mystery missile sighting may be solved. space weather.com notes a u.s. airways 757 en route from honolulu to phoenix flew over los angeles at the time this was shot from a helicopter. here's the flight path for u.s. airways flight 808. it crossed the los angeles area at 37,000 feet and landed in phoenix a half-hour later. nasa says it agrees with the pentagon that the contrail was more likely a plane than a missile. nobody has been able to found record of a missile in the air at the time. >> flying saucer is definitely off the table? >> no, flying saucer will do. >> good to know. >> they said it was a toy last night on hannity and also, you add the general saying it was a trident missile. there you go. >> what do you think it is? e-mail us right now, friends at

foxnews.com. well, they waited until after the midterm elections before an announcement. we still don't know exactly where they're going to try those gitmo guys including khali shaikh mohammed, the guy in the handsome before and after pictures. eric holder spent a year trying to figure out where to do it. >> did he come to a conclusion sf>> excellent question. he was meeting with his canadian counterpart yesterday when he said this. >> the process is an ongoing one. we are working to make a determination about the placement of that trial and i would hope that whatever the decision is, it will be one that will be judged on the merits and that what is best for the case and for justice in that case will be the thing that will guide the decision. we have been working on it and i think we're -- we're close to a decision. >> there you have it, the definitive answer. from eric holder.

he said they're close to a decision. all this human cry from new yorkers and from the 9/11 families that made them rethink their decision when they said they're going to do it in the shadow of the world trade center, here are two of the representatives who are not interested in having it down near ground zero. >> senator schumer said flat out, it's not going to happen. and bottom line is it's a republican house and it's a much thinner majority in the senate. they're the ones that have to pay for it and write checks to new york for security and everything else. this is not going to happen. it's going to end up at gitmo where you can say back to continue because they were almost done with this trial, khali shaikh mohammed had confessed and said he wanted to die and the president came in and said we're going to do it somewhere else. >> i think you're exactly right. "wall street journal" is reporting this morning that apparently a military commission at gitmo is the direction the administration is heading right now. so stand by for that. >> meanwhile, with the justice department has apparently been focusing on, perhaps this is why

eric holder has been distracteded, the inspector general has come out with a review of different attorneys general around the country and how they were spending their travel money. one person who has come into sharp focus is new jersey governor chrissi christie. >> i'm outraged by this. th this governor has been out there talking about fiscal responsibility. stop wasting our money. you have to make hard choices. then unions will have to get in line. i find out that governor christie is the center of a federal probe into how he spent his money on hotel vouchers. did he go for the cheapest hotel possible, steve? i can't even wrap my mouth around these words. tell me the grand total in which governor christie is being accused of wasting america's money. please, give it to me straight. >> ok, i'll give it to you straight, brian. keep in mind, they looked over a number of years, over 23 trips, according to the -- >> lay it out!

>> ok. chris christie according to the department -- >> hit me between the eyes! >> calm down, brian. apparently chris christie overspent by $2, 176. that's all? that's it? >> there's a huge probe into this? this is a headline? he overspent $2,000? >> don't soft pedal it. >> varney has bigger kits over there. he does! this is a federal investigation. over $2,000 and 23 hotel stays in which he could have gotten a cheaper hotel a couple of times? >> wait a minute, this is why it's taken eric holder so long, he's going after chris christie's big holiday express? >> there's also the car service which you're trying to solve, sir. how dare -- go ahead, ask how much he wasted in car service over the time. >> i don't dare to. >> go ahead. >> how much did he spend? >> i'm italian. go ahead. >> i said it. >> ok.

>> she's italian! >> hold on to something, kids. $800. >> ahhhh! >> how are we going to make up for that? chris christie's press secretary said we addressed this issue during the campaign. here what is they said during the campaign. there are only a few rooms at each hotel that are reserved at the government rate. if you got them, you got them. if you didn't, you didn't. i wouldn't have slept in the park and then christie goes on to say, you know what? over those months, i didn't stay at many five star resorts so what's going on? here's karl rove weighing in last night on o'reilly on the whole thing that's got brian's blood pressure way up there! >> what is the attorney general of the united states picking up on a discarded and discredited political attack launched during the campaign and bringing it up now? we know they tossed out the black panther case, completely political. we have two career people inside the civil rights division decrying the new attitude from the political suite at the department of justice down

through the career saying this is the kind of cases that we're going to take and this is the kind of cases that we aren't. >> that's what it comes down to. apparently, he spent a little too much on the hotel. >> explanation is it was only rooms available. >> do you believe that? >> yeah. kind of do. >> that's incredible to me. let's talk about a big party we were not invited to yesterday and it's a celebration of success. the soon-to-be former speaker of the house nancy pelosi in washington saying gather around, kids. no cover charge for you because it's time to celebrate our success as the majority party because those days are coming to an end. >> why would the democrats be celebrating when obviously they lost so many seats in the house? nancy pelosi gives a little bit of insight and hears what she says. the election was no ringing endorsement of republicans. we do not accept their version of what this election means. it's not about rejecting what president obama has done. it didn't go fast enough to create jobs. that's what it's about.

all right. that's an interesting historical perspective. not one that the voters share but that's what she thinks it's about. >> their version. nancy pelosi could be having a party because how much longer is she going to have that private air force jet at her disposal? it appears that john boehner who will be the incoming and there it is right there. appears that john boehner has decided, you know what? the last 20 years i've flown commercial. when i'm speaker, i'm going to fly commercial and some people are going, you're already saving dough. >> first denny hastert was told to take a jet. when he lost his speakership, nancy pelosi is going to take a huge jet to san francisco. >> it didn't happen. >> 757. he's going to fly commercial and he says when he goes back to his district. but for security reasons, at some point, he might need special services because it's going to inconvenience a lot of other people on commercial. >> he's gotten permission to do it. there you go. the president's deficit commission proposing enormous cuts and some tax hikes to reign in the national deficit.

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proposals in this, right? >> in particular, very bold proposals about tax rates. the proposal is lower, all tax rates across the board. top rate goes from 35 to 23%. >> the other side of the coin is you do away with some sacred cows like the mortgage interest deduction and the deduction you get from the health care contributions you make through your health care plan at work. sacred cows. >> i mean, they say not done. democrat and republicans say we're not done. go ahead, have it. just do a preview and you need 14 people on the panel to say yes for this to go to the floor on the vote. >> yes. >> but we agree it's drastic but the mortgage reduction is not going to fly. why buy a house? >> that's just one element of a very large broad-based plan. now, everybody is going to pick and choose the sacred cows which she get that, they don't like this or don't like that. you can't deny that bottom line,

this is a very bold plan that will cut $4 trillion off accumulated deficits in 10 years. i did not expect anything as brash and as bold as this. and here it is. >> they touched the third rail of politics and people are always so reluctant to touch and that is, of course, social security and medicare. >> wait a minute, social security. they don't raise the retirement age to 68 until today's toddlers retire. way off in the distant future. i call that frankly rather timid. >> it's hard for the unborn to be outraged. they're slashing federal workers, give free salaries for a few years. >> the left hates it. president obama says no comment but i don't think he'll like it. >> right. >> stuart, we know you have a great show coming up. rabbi will be on the show. >> yes indeed, the moral ate of taxing the rich and the teachers union chief, will he give back anything in a bankrupt state? >> thank you very much. >> a cameraman forced to take an

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>> it is veterans day and they've gone from the battlefield to the board room.

every day, more war veterans are making their mark as entrepreneurs. we're talking to three accomplished business owners about how they've translated their military experience into new careers. an army veteran and owner of gog.com. the web site, joseph waily is a national guard veteran and owner of fifth avenue chocolateier. is that how you say it? and an owner of a.c. creative studio and we thank you all for joining us live on this veterans day. good morning to you. let's talk with you, mike. what did you learn in the military that you are now able to apply in a business world? >> first of all, the sense of urgency and execution. second day in afghanistan, i got to the gym and there's a big sign on the wall that said someone out to kill you worked out today. that instilled a fire in us that we -- it really changes how you view the morning when you wake up and that's a sense of urgency we want to bring to our team every day at our company to get things done.

>> joe? >> would say never to get overwhelmed by the magnitude of the problem. be willing to adapt and change on the fly and i think that helps us a lot also when we got back to figure out what was going on with my company and everything else. >> adam? >> well, i would say a massive amount of the ability to multitask especially with small businesses parlaying what we do overseas to small business. i think we kind of are able to do so many things at one time. >> sure, multitasking. >> now, michael, i understand you say that, for instance accident for the business owners who are watching right now. if you have a vet on the staff, you say trust his instincts. >> right. oftentimes, we make it through on the fly when there's a lot of things going on. and managing the task that he talked about in the heat of battle is a pretty complicated endeavor and instilling those sort of core principles, we have to execute is one of the things that a veteran usually brings to the table. >> joe, you say reach out to veterans and reach out to vet organizations.

>> reach out to vets and vet organizations. i actually took advantage when i got back with my small business, bought a large factory, 10,000 square foot factory off a lot of different veterans programs. u.s. development corp and other development loans that helped us out a lot. >> that's awesome. tell us what you do. we'll give you a little commercial right now. what's your company do? >> a.c. creative studios is a graphic and communications design group. we're located in oklahoma city but we also have partners and collaborators in new york city and we do full service graphic design. >> terrific. got a web site you want to promote? >> we do, arcreativestudio.com. >> fifth avenue chocolateier, we have a shop in the city. >> all right. and michael? >> we are gojee.com. by upload all the food you buy and give you feedback on your nutrition and spending habits.

we might conflict with chocolateiers. >> it's healthy. >> i like chocolate myself. >> that sounds really cool and something that a lot of people are planning they could use. what's it called again? >> gojee.com. >> fantastic. during the commercial, we'll go to this chocolate logo that joe made for us. we thank you all for your service. and for joining us today and let's hope that we can help some men and women out there looking for the next big thing. >> pleasure. thank you. >> thank you very much. >> thank you. all right. very nicely done. meanwhile, check this out. one veteran gets a check from the u.s. government for his service in the form of a check for $0.04. now, he's sending the president something. find out what. then our one on one with former president george bush. yesterday, we got some behind-the-scenes glimpses. yep, that's us. plus a look at the winners and losers of last night's country music awards live from nashville. first, happy birthday to leonardo dicaprio, he's 36 years

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>> the pentagon says it doesn't know who is responsible for launching a missile off the california coast on monday. they don't know. meanwhile, sasha and melia can't believe the awesome new video game they found in the white house. it's so realistic. >> what's this button do, dad? it is pretty amazing that nobody really knows. >> i mean, we're just shrugging it off. it's a toy. it's a toy? meanwhile, yesterday, the president of the united states went over to neil cavuto's studio that mike huckabee rents from the weekends. where he gets the money, we went over there to talk to the president. you'll see part one and part two of that interview. president showed up to talk to us yesterday. >> that's right. we're going to have -- we're going to air parts of what we talked about for close to 50 minutes yesterday on monday, tuesday, probably wednesday, who knows? we got enough -- >> behind-the-scenes juice, people, what are you laughing at here? what's the inside joke? >> me. the former president is a very

funny guy. and he made like nine golfing jokes in a row about how bad i am. >> he just took shots at brian left and right and then we went out into studio d and there you can see right there, by the way, our production staff did a great job. whatever the president was talking about, they put pictures in behind us just like they would do on the oprah show. it was so cool and funny subtitles. >> to mock us in the background. we will find out, too. but i couldn't -- here's what i found. i think he looks five years younger than he did because we had a chance to see him when he left office. he looks very relaxed, very confident. dare you say, he's enjoying the look back and the probing and the questions. i actually think he likes it. >> can't wait to watch it. >> i was speaking -- i was in an event last night for our church and there were a couple of people who told me, you talked to the president today. you know, we've been watching some of the interviews on fox and oprah and some other channels and can't get enough. and we can guarantee you during

-- and you know, we've already heard from other people about weapons of mass destruction, a lot of that other stuff. you will hear stuff that you have not heard him talk about before on monday and tuesday on "fox & friends", kicks off 6:00 a.m. eastern each and every weekday. >> let's talk about this. we told you a little bit about this florida army veteran who just got a payment from the federal government. i believe he gets one every month. or so. but this was a strange one. he opened the envelope and it was for $0.04. as you can see there. >> he has to void it after one year. >> he better hurry. take it down to the stop and shop. >> he has no idea why he got this for $0.04. nor does -- there's also no explanation yet from the veterans department but he makes the great point. it costs the government more to print the check, mail it out with the man hours that all that took and then he hasn't signed to cash it, it's for $0.04. it's an illustration of

government waste. >> here he is, a fellow by the name of joe andrusi down in daytona, florida. >> maybe this will help with the national debt. next time i'll send him a nickel. >> ok. so, you know what? he might send that nickel to the president to help pay down the debt. >> not even a nickel. >> good point. >> next check. >> $0.04. said they were just rounding out their books. thanks. now your headlines. you have a human smuggling ring that's busted in phoenix. nine people were arrested. accused of bringing thousands of illegals from the u.s.-mexico border to drop at houses in phoenix. to drop houses in phoenix, i should say. the alleged ringleader mark rodriguez-banks and most of his cohorts are believed to be in the country illegally. what's going on there? >> meanwhile, newly elected minnesota congresswoman michelle bachmann has dropped out of the race for house republican conference chair. tea party favorite is endorsing

texas congressman jeb hensarling who we had on the program yesterday who is expected to become the number four ranking republican in congress pretty shortly. >> rahm emanuel avoided getting scrambled by a heckler. the former white house chief of staff was out campaigning to become mayor of chicago yesterday when someone threw an egg at him. >> oh! >> the principles in there. >> thanks. someone threw an egg. >> don't worry about it. >> that's nice. didn't get hit with it. the egg just missed emanuel but hit a cameraman covering his campaign stop. the egg tosser is apparently still at large. also, emanuel just got hit with this news. rob houseman, that's a businessman who is renting emanuel's house and refusing to let him move back in until the lease is up. he now says he's seriously thinking about running against rahm emanuel for mayor. >> friends say he smokes cigars. i have no idea. i can tell you what the report is. >> sure. meanwhile, country's biggest stars gathered in nashville last

night for the 44th annual cma awards. fox news correspondent courtney friel is there and up early with all the highlights. hello there, courtney. >> good morning, guys. it was country music's biggest night and a great birthday for miranda lambert, the big winner of the night taking home four awards. she won best female vocalist of the year, best song, best album, and best video. and her fiance, blake shelton. they are so cute together. he took home best male vocalist of the year. people are calling them mr. and mrs. cma. get to more highlights for you after you take a look at some of the clips of the show in case you missed it. >> ♪ nashville had a flood and we barely made the news ♪ >> ♪ up from the gulf came a bubbling crude oil that is ♪ >> ♪ it's all about tonight good times and the music and laughing and grooving to the band

everybody's getting right ♪ >> ♪ we were poor butcher holler ♪ >> ♪ because i'm country strong like the ground that i grew up on ♪ >> revolution has truly caused a revolution in my life this year. thanks for the country music industry. so it's my baby. it's what i do. it's what i live for. thank you so much for loving it, too. >> did you happened to see gwyneth paltrow singing her song? it was the debut for her upcoming movie "country strong." she got a standing ovation, reviews are good so far. i mean, she was playing the guitar at the same time.

carrie underwood and brad paisley hosted the cma's for a third year in a row and brad took home for the first time entertainer of the year. he had a very emotional speech. some of the other big awards went to lady antebellum for best vocal group. sugarland won best vocal duo. and zac brown band got the artist -- the new artist of the year award. but i had a chance to catch up with some of the stars on the red carpet beforehand. take a look at some of the moments. >> do it up. >> well, we're probably stay out until 10:00 or something. >> i have friends and family in town and we're going to go to the bar and have a beer and pizza. that's it. too long since i had pizza getting ready for this show. i'm excited. great night. it always is. good time to see friends, people you don't get to see very often. >> every star in country music is here. and then they let one redneck in just for spite and that would be me. >> i think i did it up by getting on top of a cake because that's how i feel right now. i feel like a cake topper, like i got the cake topper.

>> carrot top, what are you doing at the country music awards? >> i'm reba, i'm getting right in. nobody is stopping me. i don't need a pass. reba is here. >> do any of these country stars ask you for racing advice? >> brad paisley just got a corvette that makes as much horsepower as my race car. i don't know if he needs my advice. we definitely talk cars a lot. >> i was able to condense 1 1/2 hours of interviews into 57 seconds for you guys so we will be posting more interviews throughout the day on fox.com. overall, a great night of the cma awards. toss it back to you guys in new york. >> great coverage, courtney. excellent job. appreciate it. meanwhile at 21 minutes before the top of the hour, more entertainment, the uso has been entertaining our troops since 1941 and the sweet sounds of the liberty belles have been putting smiles on their faces at places all around the world. to tell us about this, a guy you've seen before on our show, we're joined by uso liberty

bells that you've been seeing all morning and this is frank thorpe, the v.p. of marketing communications with the uso. welcome back. >> thanks. >> this is a big day, veterans day. armistice day. to salute those who fought in world war i, veterans day today, how important to what you do? >> it's huge. it's huge for this kunlt. it's the data we recognize those men and women who have served and two serve today and the biggest thing about this country, we can never forget that service that our men and women do every day so we can do what we're doing. >> these young ladies have been around a very short time. but the group and the premise has been around forever. >> that's right. the history of this group is tremendous. entertaining around the world, in combat zones, everywhere. they sacrifice a lot of their own time to give goodness to the troops. >> why would you be holding dunkin donuts coffee, young man? >> because coffee is a part of what we do with the troops and the way the uso does what we do on a day-to-day basis, funds

those entertainers in the uso centers around the world is through personal donations and corporate donations. what dunkin donuts has agreed to do, for every two pounds of coffee that people buy on this veterans day and for the next couple of days, dunkin donuts will donate a pound of coffee to the uso. >> wow much that's fantastic. good job. i want you to meet heidi in the middle. natalie lofton right here to my immediate left and playing wide outside left is melissa van pelt. welcome to all of you. first off to you. how important was the history of this group in joining this group? >> oh, it's huge, actually, my aunt wrote for bob hope and she was the only female writer on his head writing team but serving our military has gone generations back in my family. they've served since the american revolution and i was particul particularly interested in uso because a dear friend of mine was wounded in the iraq. so my history with him drew me to the uso with my whole heart

and so the opportunity to give my talents to serve has been a huge blessing. >> absolutely. natalie, how many places have you been? >> how many places? i have just recently been to dubai, that's the furthest we've gone. we were recently endorsed by worldwide headquarters much that's the further. all over the nation and hopefully to iraq and afghanistan. we're trying to go. we have to get the clearance. >> real quick, melissa, how well do you guys get along? that's the key! harmony on camera but what about off? >> no, we actually really do get along. we're all from a theater background so we all have like minds. we're all here doing this for a reason. we love the purpose of the uso. there's actually more of us. there's actually 12 of us all together. there are 10 ladies and two guys and we go out in different groups of three so you can see any of us at any given time. >> and frankly, with your blessing, they're going to perform in a moment. do they have your bless sing?

>> absolutely. they auditioned for this. this is tough to be one of these people. >> first thing is first. doctors using a new procedure treating a north carolina's mom body for two days and bringing them back to life. medical a team to explain. and it's the most advanced warship and it's about to be commissioned in the name of one of our bravest soldiers. live with that ship. that's next. and once again the uso liberty bells with the military salute. ladies? >> ♪ fight for the right and to build the nation's might and the army goes rolling along navy away my boys from the halls of montezuma air force off we go into the wild blue yonder this is america ♪

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>> time for a few quick headlines. person who leaked news at google was giving them a 10% raise and he or she was apparently gone within hours. google is not talking. former miss california u.s.a. is expecting a baby with her husband, raiders quarterback kyle boeller. beauty queen first made headlines when she voiced opposition to same sex marriage during the 2009 miss u.s.a. pageant. go over to the guys. >> it is veterans day. navy gets a new ship today named after a hero of the iraq war. orlando salinas is live in florida. good morning to you. >> good morning, guys. we are right now at port everglades. this massive beast that you see behind me, beautiful.

this is the uss jason dunham, massive missile destroyer, 510 feet long. close to 10,000 tons. named in honor of marine corporal jason dunham who was 222 years old when he gave his life in duty serving his country and saving several other marines. joining me right now, retired marine sergeant bill hampton. bill is all the way out of washington state so you're lucky to have the warm weather although you told me you missed the snow. if you could a little bit, bill, if you could talk to me about what you remember on that day. you have two children now. young babies. >> you're blessed to have them. >> absolutely. >> tell me what you remember about that day. sacrifice that he made four us, for me and corporal miller. only thing i can do is just keep

going forward and try and -- only thing i can do is try to keep going forward and keep trying to keep his name going. my daughters know and i always -- i always tell -- i always -- i always tell them that dunham saved my life and that -- and that they don't -- they don't even know yet how lucky they are to be here because jason dunham saved my life, saved their daddy's life and this -- never would have happened without them. >> now, in 2004, near the syrian border, you all were there. you were doing your job. you were protecting our country, being in another country. as the story goes now, corporal dunham, you all were on patrol. and an insurgent came by. there was a convoy.

something didn't look right. and dunham moves over there. and the bad guy starts to tussle with him. grabs dunham, chokes him. you all come running. dunham screams, no, no! he's got a grenade. at that point, he takes off his kevlar helmet. you know the story. do you remember anything from that point? what happened, bill? >> all i saw was my squad leader needed us. that's all, my point man, kelly miller saw at the same time. that's all we saw was that our guy needed us. and we ran in as fast as we could to come in and subdue the guy. and adrenalin is pumping, we heard -- i heard nothing. all i saw was the kevlar was off and he was covering it up. that's all i saw and that was it.

>> listen, thank you so much for what you've done. you have two babies. you have all the reason in the world to keep going on. thank you so much. look, this again is the uss jason dunham. today is veterans day. thanks to all the men and women who have served. >> thank you very much. "fox & friends" rolls on live from new york in two minutes.

>> researchers are closing in on a major cancer breakthrough. there's a new test called the liquid biopsy that can trap cancer cells in the blood and help doctors come up with a more personalized treatment plan for each patient. our medical a team joins us now with more on this. dr. david samati, fox news

health contributor and vice chair in the department of urology at mount sinai and director of comprehensive breast cancer at staten island university hospital, assistant, clinical professor at mount sinai school of medicine and fox news medical contributor. i'm impressed with both of you and your titles. all right. let's talk about this. liquid biopsy. doctor, what does this mean for cancer treatment and testing going forward? >> very exciting test. usually when you have cancer cells that come out of the organ, whether it's lung cancer, prostate or breast, they circulate in the blood. so it would be interesting to know exactly what's going on with the patient before they actually spread and go to other organs and that's exactly what this is. through nano technology, we are able to filter the blood through certain chips, computer chips. where they can detect where these cancer cells are, what type they are, whether the chemotherapy or medication is actually working. obviously, this is at the very early stage. we still have another three to five years to go before it hits the clinical floor.

there are about 25 companies that are working on this. it's extremely exciting. before it actually becomes a real spread where we catch them now with biopsies or c.a.t. scans, we can drop that cycle and give the patient the best cure. >> it sounds promising. let's move on to this incredible story. this north carolina mom named amy moore suffered something called sudden cardiac death though obviously she's young, she's only 38 years old. the way doctors treated her, the fact that she had no pulse and basically was considered dead was they froze her. doctor, explain this. >> this is actually very exciting that doctors have taken this technology that we know about and utilized it in this way. because many times, what happens when a patient has sudden cardiac death is oftentimes they will die. if they're able to resuscitate them, 90% of them will have a neurological impairment. in this situation, what they're finding out is only about 40% to 50% of the time they'll have a neurological impairment which is phenomenal.

but what they're doing is they're freezing the brain essentially, slowing down the metabolic demands of the brain and allowing it to heal and to rest while they give the blood supply back to the brain. so very exciting. >> it sure is. wow, it's such a brave new world. all right, doctors, thanks so much for joining us. >> thanks so much. >> more "fox & friends" in just two minutes. we'll be right back with more from veterans day. because they have 20% more calcium per chew than viactiv or for the delicious flavors like chocolate truffle and vanilla creme? mmm. -mmm. -mmm. [ female announcer ] hard to say really. new caltrate soft chews, we put the yum in calcium. it's like hardwiring the market right into my desktop. launch my watchlist --

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>> good morning, everyone. it's thursday, november 11, 2010. i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen this morning. the united states debt climbing to an all time high and the government's proposal to fix it could mean more pain at the pump. we'll explain. >> i can't wait! parents, listen up. if you don't pay your bills, your kids won't get lunch. it's the latest attempt by a school to crack down on irresponsible parents. but should the kids suffer? we'll debate. >> then perfect timing for this veterans day. a soldier returning home to be reunited with his kids for

veterans day. "fox & friends" starts right now. >> ♪ under the apple tree with anyone else but me anyone else but me anyone else but me no no don't sit under the apple tree with anyone else but me till i come marching home don't go ♪ >> very nice. >> she could have done another verse. >> they know the whole song and as well, you've got challenger, the bald eagle live in the studio as well. >> right, the living symbol of our country and patriotism and he has quite a life story. >> the eagle. >> he really does. you'll find out about it. today is, of course, veterans day once upon a time, it was known as armistice day because the armistice between the allies and germany was signed at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month, then it changed to

veterans day. as we hear challenger over there -- >> chimeing in with your story. >> confirming it. >> it's my phone-a-friend. >> there you go. we'll be having a salute to our veterans serving wherever you are. >> here's the news. the carnival splendor is slowly being towed to shore right now. this is new coast guard video of two tugboats reaching the stranded cruise ship off the gulf of mexico. this is three days after a fire disabled the ship's engine. passengers and crew have had no air conditioning and no hot food but there is an open bar, thankfully. the ship's bar is offering complimentary beer and wine to make amends for all this. the splendor expected to reach shore this afternoon. and the u.s. embassy is investigating the case of an american man free from pakistani custody this morning. right now, the man is out on bail after airport officials say they found 30 rounds of ammunition in his luggage. he reportedly told them he and his wife were on their way to the u.s. and he says he was a retired teacher at a missionary

school in lahore. the man cannot leave pakistan until a court rules on the case. word just in this morning that harry reid won his hometown on election day by just three votes. >> what? >> the las vegas sun reports only 197 people in his hometown of searchlight, nevada, voted for him. >> wow. >> and in san diego, it's a heart warming homecoming. this veterans day for u.s. navy sailor richard schaefer. he surprised his 5-year-old daughter after school. >> morgan! hi. >> oh, my gosh! i can only imagine. schaefer has been in afghanistan for the last 13 months. his twin sons were barely walking when they left and now they're running around. schaefer will be home with his wife and kids for the holidays. he ships off again in february. i love to see those. >> i do, too. >> all right. we have some news for you at 3 minutes after the top of the hour. talk to the average american for

the first time in the history, you see people saying i'm concerned about our national debt. if you listen to the senator from oklahoma, he says it's the number one national security interest for our homeland security here is to get our debt and our house in order. that's why so many people are looking forward to the final outcomes from the debt commission that was commissioned by this white house. and we are beginning to get some details on what they've concluded. >> right, there are the leaders, bowles on the democrat side and former senator from wyoming, alan simpson. final version is due december 1st. preview is leaked out yesterday. it's huge. >> it is gigantic. you're exactly right, brian. they would like to cut $100 billion in defense spending, raise social security retirement age to 68. probably by the year 2050. they would like to scrap the deductions on home mortgages over $500,000. if they did that, don't you think the bottom would fall out of the real estate market for

houses over $500,000. i mean, how many people out there have bought houses knowing it's a little more than i can afford but i'm going to get a mortgage deduction. >> that could really be -- that could affect a lot of people. >> ok but everybody will have some issue with some part of this. it's like basically what they say they've done and stuart varney was here to call it bold, the proposals that they've suggested here. they've tackled every single sacred cow, every program that was considered previously sacrosanct including social security and defense, many politicians are too worried about their futures to ever talk about, they went in and did the hard work. what's interesting about this commission is that apparently, the total is less than the sum of its parts because the 14 to 18 panel members who all contributed ideas on this, none will sign off on the final proposal because of all the things you're talking about. they're going to alienate

somebody. obviously you'll alienate seniors or home buyers or whatever. so even though they're on the commission itself can get their arms around it. >> unique proposal and unique co-chaired it, first name erskine and last name bowles. let's listen. >> we give people the option once we eliminate these, they can add back their expenditures if they want to as an example, if someone says, we want to add back the earned income tax credit or the child security tax credit or we want to add back the mortgage interest deduction, we say fine. how do you want to pay for it? whose taxes do you want to raise? >> yeah. they want to get rid of the debt to the tune of $4 trillion. they're talking about expanding medicare costs sharing. they're talking about slashing federal workers. their -- >> 10%. >> by 10%. and as you mentioned, eliminate all -- eliminate all earmarks. here's the key, they're going to reduce corporate taxes if they

want to make this place -- this country more amenable to people who want to grow business and hire people. >> they're going to get rid of some deductions for businesses so it's like a ying and a yang. newt gingrich was on greta's program. here he is. >> there's an incredible amount of programs that would save money. when you get politicians in the room when they close the door, they go back to the same staff reports with the same old bad ideas. i don't get it. >> keep in mind, we don't know what the first draft is going to look like. it's going to come out on december 1st. this is a starting point to get us talking. boy are we talking. >> what about this news? >> as you know, everyone is on tinder hooks wait to see what's going to happen with the bush tax cuts. are they going to be extended or not? we have a little bit of a window into what the white house is planning. >> this is huge news. >> this is huge news. david axelrod, as you know, top

advisor to president obama gave an interview to "the huffington post" late yesterday in which he said this. we don't want the tax increase to go forward for the middle class but plan -- i hope i'm saying this right. plainly what we can't do is permanently extend the high income taxes. meaning -- they are open to extending the tax cuts for a couple of years for everyone. >> so the white house has caved essentially and we're talking about all of the tax cuts across the board. but not permanently, just temporarily. and, of course, we were talking yesterday on the program how there are a number of democratic senators who say, ok, let's just extend it temporarily until we completely revamp the tax code and something else that apparently axelrod said and interesting enough, being a history student and one is who was a reporter as well, he said the administration could probably work with the tea party on things like spending and

earmarks and winding the war down in afghanistan. >> yeah. by the way, we did also at the same time say we're going to be there probably until 2014 in afghanistan. real quick, he says this is very don rumsfeldian. he said we have to deal with the world as we find it. he means politically. >> they might not like this proposal, they may not be their first proposal. you say they caved. some people would say they're pivoting, they're being receptive and listening to what everybody has been asking particularly during the election not to raise taxes. >> the reason i said cave was because the administration has made it very clear they want the middle class tax cuts to be extended. but they did not want the tax cuts for small businesses and above $250,000. right now, it sounds like they are all going to continue but temporarily. >> yeah, so you know what? john boehner wants them permanent. i don't know he's going to dig in and say this is enough of an

acquiescence, it's going to be interesting. here's a question for you. we pretty much told you -- asked you in the cold open. you know there's certain -- there's certain families for whatever reason aren't paying their tax bill. when it comes to property taxes, they go right to the school districts, as you know, when you don't pay them, your kids go and they get the services. someone has to pay the teachers. someone has to pay for the school. do you feel as though the kids should suffer if the parents aren't paying? >> yes, this is a program in passaic, new jersey, which historically, passaic is an area where most people there qualify for either free or reduced rate lunches. but apparently, now, if the kid runs up a bill of $50, there's not -- the lunch lady isn't going to allow them to have lunch. they're going to cut it up. sorry, your parents didn't deal with it. here's both sides of the big lunch debate out in passaic, new jersey. >> it's a safe responsibility to have to help out. >> of course, not a -- it's not the students' fault. they're still in school and trying to learn.

>> i'd say the parents because the parents are the people who are supposed to be paying for the lunches. so they're supposed to be the ones giving the money. >> he's got a good point. why send your kid off to skchoo to try to scam a meal. apparently 86% of the families in this particular area qualify for the free or reduced rate lunches. if you're the parent, do the responsible thing. go to the school and say ok, i qualify. don't deny my child food and they won't. it's that simple. >> ok, well, we'd like to hear what you think about this debate. you can send your comments to friends at foxnews.com. all right. you know what they say, the customer is always right. not at this train station, the transit worker who fired back when a man complained about her bad directions. >> upset about rising tuition prices. this is incredible story. they're setting fires in the streets. but could a scene like this also happen here? they've been tripled over there. a fair and balanced debate next. hits the road, the nose the angels start second guessing where they tread. ♪ cl 1-800-steemer

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>> president obama is in seoul, south korea this morning attending a dinner. for g20 leaders. overnight, the president marked veterans day by thanking u.s. troops. wendell goler is live in seoul with the details. good morning. >> alisyn, the president addressed some of the 35,000 servicemen and women staptioned along the demilitarized zone as well as the former soldiers who fought in the war here 60 years ago and he said the sacrifices of their colleagues were not in vain, that they did not die for a tie despite the fact that the war ended in an armistice without a peace treaty. the president placed a wreath at the memorial after which he noted the difference between north and south korea, the two countries, economic equals 60 years ago, now south korea, one of the wealthier nations on earth and the north koreans

can't even feed themselves. >> today, the korean peninsula provides the world's clearest contrast between a society that is open and a society that is closed. between a nation that is dynamic and growing and a government that would rather starve its people than change. it's a contrast that's so stark, you can see it from space. it's a brilliant lights of seoul give way to the utter darkness of the north. >> president obama and south korean president tried and failed to resolve differences over the free trade agreement reached in the bush administration. the two had said earlier in the year, they would try and seal the deal here but they couldn't come to terms over the main sticking points. korean auto mileage and safety standards that limit u.s. automakers to less than 1% of the korean market. there are also differences over exports of u.s. beef but given the relative strength of the

u.s. agricultural industry and the fact that g.m. and chrysler are just now emerging from bankruptcy, the auto problems seen as the real deal killer here. steve, i guess it goes back to you. >> it does indeed. all right. wendell goler live in seoul, thank you very much. meanwhile, the united kingdom, you probably saw the pictures on fox as university students took to the streets smashing windows and protesting the plan by their government to triple the cost of tuition. currently it's capped at $4800 a year. like the united states, britain needs to drastically slash its budget. with our debt approaching $14 trillion could this be a scene here? joining us is juan williams and andrea tantaors, screen right. they are both fox contributors. is this a preview of coming attractions here the united states? >> i don't have a crystal ball. if you look at france where people were in the streets rioting about raising the retirement age and you look at greece where government workers have been in the street and now london where the students have

been in the street, all western democracies, you have to think gosh, what's going on here and the u.s. especially with this morning's headline news about deficit reduction, cuts and social security entitlement, you know, possible tax cuts, tax deduction cuts, you can see some unlikely people rioting in american streets. what are people who have extended unemployment, say, hey, i see inflation rising and costs going up and i'm not getting a check. what if you see elderly people saying my medicare is getting cut in rural areas of the country. we've never seen anything like this, steve. >> andrea? >> no, i absolutely agree. the ghost of christmas future is greece and now england. i mean, we have to heed the warning signs from over there because we're down the exact same road. we're not as far down but we're going down that road creating an entirely new entitlement plan through obama care, spending and growing our government to huge levels. in greece, people are retiring

and collecting pensions at 42. it was out of control and we're still going down that road. i think the deficit commission has made some recommendations but they did not go far enough. >> sure. juan, she makes a good point. i know over in great britain, my daughter is studying over there right now, great. but it used to be -- tuition used to be free. no fees until tony blair came along in 1997 and said this free lunch has got to stop! >> it's got to stop and i'm just -- i'm really curious to hear what andrea just said is, in fact, people on both sides of the aisle realize this has got to stop. that you've got to have some fiscal responsibility in the way that we spend money as an american people and we can see what might be coming and when you look at what the deficit commission said, lots of people are screaming oh, we can't have that. can't have these cuts and can't have those cuts. we have to have cuts somewhere. someone will have to pay the piper. no more free lunch. >> get the novocain.

>> get the novocain out, we're all going to have to feel the pain. this last election, people claim it was about deficits and reduction on spending and cuts everywhere. well, we'll see what happens when the public actually has to take a hit. because steve, this affects all of us. all of us will have to start making cuts and feeling the pain. very soon. and the longer we wait, the more pain we're going to feel. >> all right. andrea and juan, thank you very much for joining us live today. e-mail us, what do you think? friends at foxnews.com. meanwhile, america fighting a third war on our border with mexico. lieutenant colonel oliver north just returned from the border in arizona and texas. his first-hand experiences coming up next. then, you know that mystery missile? apparently, the experts say they finally figured it out. >> ♪ god bless america land that i love stand beside her and guide her ♪ ♪

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>> all right. 23 minutes past the hour. here's veterans day edition of news by the numbers. first, 100%. that's how much the proceeds from the calendar will go to the new england warrior charity and that group gives scholarships to the children of fallen service members. the calendar pays tribute to the stars of world war i and ii. next, 22, the number of states where wedding boutiques will donate wedding dresses to military brides. this is part of brides across america program and last, zero. that's how much veterans pay today to eat at a number of restaurants across the country including applebee's, uno's, outback steakhouse and many more. lights go over to brian. >> ok, with the hoots and

hollers. the mexico drug violence is staggering and spilling across the border into the u.s. now, u.s. troops are getting involved but can they be effective? joining us is the host of the award winning "war stories" series on the fox newschannel. happy veterans day to you, lieutenant colonel oliver north. >> brian, i appreciate that. thank you on behalf of all the veterans around. >> absolutely. we'll talk about your book that's sensational in a second. first thing is first. he will te tell us about the military and what they're being asked to do the border. >> we have soldiers and marines and other members of the armed forces who are trying to protect the borders and now very quietly work with mexican officials to help them deal with what's rapidly becoming a very serious insurgency. what the mexicans need, of course, is better intelligence, they need better screening for those who are counter narcotics personnel both in law enforcement and now that they're using their military, what they

particularly need is the kind of expertise that we've worked so closely with the colombian government to achieve in colombia. the initiative provided about $1.5 billion to help make that happen. and unfortunately, the mexicans didn't want the same kind of close day-to-day working relationship with the u.s. military that we've achieved down in colombia. the drug enforcement administration is able to collect very, very accurate intelligence but you got to make sure that the folks are giving it to them on the other side is actually working with the counter narcotics folks and not the drug cartels. >> it makes you wonder, colonel, if you don't want to sincerely crack down, if somehow there's an involvement there at the highest levels, that would be really daunting. and make our guys look like they're spinning their wheels but i do want to talk about your book. "american heroes in special operations". colonel, you're a great author. successful author. but special ops?

by nature, they don't want the spotlight shed on them. >> no, it took a long time to negotiate the parameters by this book came out and let the american people see these real heroes. we promise we won't put faces in there that will become increasingly at risk for them or their families by putting them on tv as we do on fox news or by putting their faces in that book. and second, we promised not to divulge tactics, techniques, procedures, the kind of equipment that give americans the edge. we don't want to be telling the bad guys things they don't need to know. but it's also important that americans see the american heroes. they volunteer to serve our military and now they volunteered again to serve in special operations. >> they got to be gifted soldiers. gifted airmen, gifted marines. they got to be not to diminish anybody else but the best of the best of the best. >> that's very true and then they've gone through all that grueling screening process, additional training and then volunteer to go back out time

and time again into some of those difficult and dangerous circumstances anyone can imagine. everybody who thinks they've seen it with rambo movies, rambo is a tiker compared to these guys. >> my daughter had to interview a -- a veteran for veterans day and colonel oliver north was kind enough to give her some time and it was the hit of her fourth grade class. colonel, thanks so much! >> i appreciate the fact -- i hope she got an a in the course and by the way, my hats off to the inn keepers association which my brother is a member, beautiful bmb down there in virginia at mayhurst where they're donating all eight rooms to veterans this weekend. it's a great tribute to those who serve our country. >> right and you for your 22 years serving from the white house to vietnam. thanks so much, colonel. good luck with the book. >> thank you, brother. >> you can get it at foxandfriends.com.

straight ahead, it's taken nearly a year for the attorney general to come to the conclusion about holding the 9/11 trial in new york. kind of. >> we have been working on it and i think we're -- we're close it a decision. >> wait until you hear why he may have been distracted and the transit worker who fired back when a man complained about her bad directions. plus we're honoring all veterans today. up next, meet the symbol of america. challenger, the bald eagle.

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>> started this union of special weapons, demolition and flame thrower and i got selected. couldn't get close to those pillboxes. their job was to keep the japanese in the pillboxes from giving me an opportunity to walk up close enough so i could burn it out. two of the marines lost their lives that day protecting mine. so this medal i wear goes to those guys. >> that's awesome. medal of honor winners profiled here on fox news. today is veterans day.

and we are today saluting all the veterans who have served in military service. we should point out a lot of -- we got a bunch of them who work here. down in the control room, for seemingly 25 years. >> he was in the military. >> we salute you. screen left. come on, give a big wave! stand up. >> there he is right there. >> working special ops in our special control room. >> our drill sergeant downstairs. he was in the air force. >> thanks, don. thanks to all our veterans & meanwhile, let's get to the headlines. new video into the fox newsroom. michelle obama with the first lady of germany. she'll be thanking u.s. service members and visit wounded warriors at the regional medical center. >> ok. a major human smuggling ring is busted in phoenix, arizona, nine people arrested accused of bringing thousands of illegal immigrants across the u.s.-mexico border to drop houses in phoenix. this is the alleged ringleader.

his name is mark rodriguez-banks. at least seven of his cohorts in custody will believed to be in the country illegally. >> meanwhile, talk about getting off track. how about -- how did a harmless train ride home turn into this? >> hit me twice in the face and then threw my hand like that so the camera went -- and my phone went flying. >> stuart wilkerson said he was attacked by an agent after he claims the agent sent him on the wrong train. beatdown was captured on surveillance video and the employee has been fired. derailed! >> the mystery missile sighting may be solved. they note that u.s. airways 757 flew over los angeles at the same time this video was shot from a news helicopter. here's the flight path for the u.s. airways flight. it crossed the los angeles area at 37,000 feet. and landed in phoenix a

half-hour later. nasa says it agrees with the pentagon, that the trail of smoke was more likely from the -- a plane than a missile. nobody has been able to find any record of a missile in the air at that time. >> well, as we switch gears, attorney general eric holder raised some eyebrows months ago when he said i have a better idea with khali shaikh mohammed and his four most wanted al-qaida cohorts, instead of continuing their trials in the case of ksm at gitmo, let's not do that. let's bring them to new york city. everyone went crazy. the mayor, the senator -- chuck schumer, a democrat. congressman peter king, a republican. most of the people said you got to be kidding me. almost said the sheriff. the police chief, ray kelly. you know how much money this is going to cost? going to bring the city to its knees to bring them to a trial. by the way, the fact that he was water boarded, that might make the civilian trial very hard to prove. >> figure that was floated by the city of new york for a two year trial, it would cost $400

million. there's been a firestorm over the last year and now we understand that according to mr. holder himself, they could be close to a decision. listen to this. >> process is an ongoing one. we are working to make a determination about the placement of that trial. i would hope that whatever the decision is it will be one that's judged on its merits and what is best for the case and for justice in that case will be the thing that will guide her decision. we have been working on it and i think we're -- we're close to a decision. >> hard to know which direction they're leaning with that statement. if they are going to do it in new york, despite all of the human cry or if it's going to happen in guantanamo which many people suggested would be the best answer. >> don't assume that the president is pulling the strings with the attorney general because by many reports, the attorney general wanted his own on this. by the way, we built a $12 million legal complex at gitmo

for this trial which had started, was well on its way, but when the president took over, his justice department said i have a better idea. let's create chaos here. >> sure, and of course, during the campaign, the president of the united states now president said i'm going to close gitmo. well, according to "the wall street journal" this morning, apparently, the military commission at gitmo is the direction the administration is heading right now so back to gitmo for ksm. what's interesting is and brian brought this up, this was essentially in the beginning, december 8, 2008. this was eric holder's idea. the administration and particularly the president has taken control of the trial and is expected to reverse his attorney general. >> by the way, congress has the purse strings. i don't think they're going to be writing a check for this especially considering the new make-up of the congress. >> especially since gitmo is paid for. >> it's taken more than a year for eric holder to figure out what it do with khali shaikh mohammed or where the trial should be. we have a little bit of insight into what the justice department has been working on.

the inspector general's office at the justice department has just released a review of -- they looked at some travel by u.s. attorneys including governor chris christie before he was governor of new jersey, he was u.s. attorney so they looked at his travel vouchers back from three years, 2007 through 2009 and they found some overcharges, basically. >> spent too much money when they were traveling. >> a few times, more than a dozen, he spent more on hotels than what the federal government allots. over 23 trips, he spent $2,176 over. >> are you kidding me? this is an absolute travesty and a colossal waste of time. this is called -- this is a rising star on the republican side who is making a lot of hay in a very blue state. so let's bring him down, cut him down to size. 14 of those 15 trips was one case in particular, he came back and he said very simply, here's the statement. there's a reason why i chose that hotel. because it was the only one available.

there are only a few rooms at each hotel reserved for government rate. if you get them, you get them. if you don't, you didn't. for $2,000, they're focusing on this? >> to some, it looks like a political vendetta against a rising star. what do you think? do you think it's good they're looking into whether or not their attorneys -- >> u.s. attorney. >> u.s. attorney, thank you very much. are spending a little too much at the hyatt. real quickly, take a look at the weather coast to coast on this thursday. and do we have the map? >> just -- >> we got an eagle. >> what can i say? >> imagine the u.s., 50 states, taking place and we have 50. >> we do? are we going to put it up? here's the easiest way -- and there you get a radar that shows a little bit of snow activity in the last 24 hours. >> really. >> that looks great in denver. >> the rest of the country, if you want to know your weather go -- just look out the window.

would it kill you to look out the window? >> don't berate our viewers. >> don't put yourself out of a job. >> look out window. >> that's a look at it. in the meantime, moving on, the ball eagle has been a symbol of american freedom, independence, democracy and noise making. and in commemoration of veterans day, we are joined by challenger, the bald eagle and the president and founder of the american eagle foundation, al sissery. thank you very much. >> how are you doing? alisyn, brian? >> good to see you. how is challenger doing? challenger has been part of the biggest events in american history. >> that's right. he's been appearing in a lot of events this year, the cubs game in chicago, last couple of weeks alabama-ut game and he's got a titans-indianapolis colts game coming up and the fiesta bowl. >> should i be concerned that it looked like challenger almost took off one of your fingers. >> not really. i feed him.

he thought i had some food because i had my hand closed. >> this bird was rescued, wasn't sne>> he was rescued. he was born out of a nest as a baby in a storm. and hand raised and because of the close human contact, when he was released in the wild, he always would land near people and beg for food. he was turned to the american eagle foundation to become a great ambassador. >> on this day, people think about the country, the heritage and what it takes to keep the country, a lot of blood has been spilled. the role of the eagle during that time, we have brought the eagle back through conservation efforts, correct? >> that's right. from about 400 pairs in the lower 48 states in the early 1960's to 15,000 pairs in the lower 48 today. >> can we see his wing span? >> sure. >> that's a big bird. >> there goes my notes. >> a twister came through! yeah, here's the thing, al. here's the thing, i think he's scared of heights. >> is he? it looks like he's afraid. like he's looking down. like -- >> what is he saying?

with the eagle talk? >> it's just -- >> eagle talk. >> it's just a noise he makes since he was a baby. since he was hand raised by people, accidentally, he talks like he was a baby. >> the challenger is unique. >> flies into stadiums during the national anthem. we'll go to madison park and bless some of the veterans over here and some of the soldiers. >> there you are -- wasn't challenger at the 9/11 event when the president threw out the first pitch? >> he was at a number of 9/11 events and in fact, we're talking to some people about bringing him back next year for the parade that will honor 9/11. >> your hunch, tell me, do you think the challenger feels the crowd, feels the -- does he feel anything? >> i do think that. he really soars around and takes it in. >> we feel it. thank you very much for joining us on this veterans day. >> 25th anniversary this year and come and visit. >> thank you so much. >> coming up, john stossel holding an affirmative action

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should think about affirmative action. people favor affirmative action, number of students have done this at their colleges run affirmative action bake sales to point out, i guess this is a form of racism because thyou're giving blacks and latinos special advantage. asians have to have higher s.a.t. scores to get in. it's like doing what i was doing with my sign. >> some have said look, we have to have stuff like affirmative action and otherwise, people who have not through their lifetime been able to have the same benefits as most advantaged americans. it levels the playing field. >> fine, and originally, affirmative action meant take affirmative steps to overcome the state sponsored racism we had. jim crow, segregation, then it was needed. i think now it isn't. but at some schools, they try to do this. and it gets stopped. they bank the bake sale. >> you know what i want to hear? i want to hear what those people

have to say. let's listen. >> trying to make amends for racism. and punish the asians because they have an advantage. they have such high s.a.t. scores? >> that's not true. i had an asian in my class that was as dumb as a cardboard. >> that makes me feel bad, i'm both latino and black. >> should you not do this because it hurts people's feelings? >> not only because it hurts people's feelings but out of respect. >> it's very hurtful and demeaning. >> we discuss that on our show on political correctness. >> we'll be tube side. thank you very much. >> investigative, interrogator, agitator. >> and back saler. >> absolutely. >> straight ahead, vietnam veterans reunited after being apart for 42 years. only way it find each other, that's next. >> they had the number one song in america "baby love." let's listen.

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>> it was a night they'd never forget. the viet cong had attacked and he lay injured while bullets flew overhead. a fellow soldier helped keep him out of danger and stay with him all night tending to his wounds while continuing to fight and hold off the enemy with gunfire. henry spent 42 years searching for this hero until they were reunited this september. here with their incredible story is retired colonel henry cook and veteran jim falaga. thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. >> henry, i want to start with you. night was february 3, 1968. it was your birthday. it was also your last night in vietnam. you were supposed to return home the next day. that's when the viet cong

attacked. what happened? >> well, i was standing transient quarters, special headquarters base and going to fly out the next day and we were hit with a large ground attack that night and so i grabbed a weapon and went to the perimeter to see where i could help and exercising some poor judgment, i picked the part that was overrun later in the night, about 10:30 at night and i was blown out of an elevated fighting position and i had a case of burning ammunition across my lap and i couldn't find my right leg. i thought it was gone but it was folded up under me. and i didn't -- i had lost my weapon and the next thing i felt was somebody had the back of my shirt and started dragging me out and stood over me, firing his weapon, keeping the bad guys away and later on, a doctor came crawling up looking for casualties and told jim to stay with me.

keep giving me morphine but keep me awake and it would be back to me to pick me up as soon as they could. >> i want to bring jim in. i'm sorry to interrupt. i want to bring jim in. you thought that henry was dead. >> yes, ma'am. yes, ma'am. >> what did you do? >> well, i went back -- i wanted -- i didn't want the viet cong to have any souvenirs. i wasn't going to let him take his beret and i rolled him over because he was face down into the rice paddy, we had just gone blown off the container, the rocket blew the bottom container away and scattered everything. there was fire going on. i rolled him over to see, and i heard him moaning and i said oh, no, he's alive. now what am i going to do? he's heavy. the guy is 6 foot so i rolled him over and i didn't see a leg. i saw only one leg so i got him up as best i could and he hopped around, too, henry was pretty well aware of what was going on. he's an officer.

he definitely stayed alert. and we got back to the spot where we could defend ourselves and the medic came up and i told him, i says he lost a leg. and the medic looked down and said which one? he's got two. and i looked down and there -- i said i didn't see it before. but then it was pretty bad off the leg was. it looked like an accordion. it looked like an accordion. >> and you were able to save him while still fighting and henry, you wrote jim's name down that night because you knew that this soldier had saved you and you carried this notebook with you to the hospital where you were treated. then the hospital burned down and you lost jim's name and spent the next 42 years trying to put the pieces of the puzzle together and find him. jim, tell us what happened. >> yeah. >> at that moment this september when you saw henry. >> well, i saw henry and i was at the special operations convention which henry is a director i found out later in the organization and i was there

with a friend of mine that we were in training group and his name was tim kirk and me and tim were at the tables with our wives and i saw henry and i recognized him. if you see pictures of him as a young guy, he looks the same and i thought it was him. >> gentlemen, let me just finish the sentence because we will be cut off. you two reconnected. you embraced. you kissed and you are friends for life. >> absolutely. >> it's a wonderful story. congratulations to both of you. more coming up. aww, not the mall. well, i'll do the shopping... if you do the shipping. shipping's a hassle. i'll go to the mall. hey. hi. you know, holiday shipping's easy with priority mail flat rate boxes from the postal servic if it fits, it ships anywhere ithe country for a low flat re. yea, i know. oh, you're good. good luck! priority mail flat rate shipping starts at just $4.90 only from the postal service. a simpler way to ship. i worry about my son playing football. which is why i'm really excited. because toyot developed this software

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>> alisyn: good morning, everyone. today is thursday, november 11. i'm alisyn in nor gretchen. the president's deficit commission is proposing big changes, like hiking costs to medicare, gas taxes, delaying social security benefits until age 68. but not even all democrats are on board. >> steve: there is no party like a policy party. why the speaker thinks there is plenty of reasons for democrats to celebrate this past election. michelle malkin weighs in on the

merry men. >> brian: hopefully today she'll have an opinion. a big night in nashville for the cma awards. gwyneth paltrow making her country singing debut. she was really good in ironman. let's sing about it. we have the highlights. "fox & friends" starts now. # ♪ i'm proud to be an american where at least i know i'm free ♪ and i won't forget the ones who died and gave that right to me ♪ and i'll proudly stand up next to you ♪ and defend her still today ♪ 'cause there ain't no doubt i love this land ♪ god bless the usa ♪ god bless the usa ♪ >> steve: fan tastic. you can see we showed you earlier live pictures out of fort lauderdale and they are raising the colors on the uss

jason did you knowham, which will be commissioned this weekend. there is our own orlando salinas standing by live. >> brian: you just heard from the lib tee liberty bells. >> steve: john mccormick says, i'm globe away -- blown away with your military coverage. this is the first year i can receive fox. i've always been disappointed with the lack of support on our main stream media. kudos to you. today a fantastic program. >> alisyn: we have so much more to get to. right now, president obama is in seoul, south korea attending a dinner for g-20 leaders and mike emmanuel is live at the white house with the details. first, how are president obama and other key officials marking veterans day, mike? >> being in south korea, obviously a location where many american veterans served in a bloody conflict, in the korean conflict some 60 years ago or so.

so the president participating in a wreath laying ceremony, traditional on veterans day and made comments to troops serving there. let's take a listen. >> because the korean war ended where it began geographically, some ended up using the phrase, die for a thai, to describe the sacrifices made here. as we look around in the thriving democracy and its hopeful citizens, one thing is clear. this was no tie. this was victory. >> the first lady today is in germany visiting with troops privately there. the vice president hosting a breakfast for veterans day. we'll go to arlington national cemetery for a wreath laying there and make remarks on this veterans day. >> alisyn: obviously the president is there dealing with economic issues. what kind of progress, if any, has been made. >> big disappointment for the obama administration. they're hoping to hammer out a

free trade deal, hoping to open up korean markets to selling american beef and american made vehicles. president lee and president obama met for 40 minutes on this issue, tried to hammer out the final details. they couldn't quite get it done. the president saying that he is hopeful they'll be able to get a deal done sometime in the coming weeks, but clearly the president was hoping to come home with this deal signed, sealed and delivered and they're still at the drawing board trying to nail that down. alisyn. >> alisyn: thank you for that update from the white house. >> brian: a lot of people were upset about our economic policy and the $600 billion that is flooding in. >> steve: wait until you hear about the debt commission, what they have proposed so far. that's in two minutes. right now, some headlines. >> alisyn: good news for passengers on that carnival splendor cruise ship. the ship is about to be met by four more tug boats, eight miles off the coast of san diego. this is coast guard video of two tug boats reaching the ship off the coast of mexico yesterday.

four days ago, a fire disabled the engines and passengers and crew had no air conditioning and no hot food. there is one consolation, there is an open bar. the bar is offering a complimentary beer and wine to make amends. it's expected to reach shore in a few hours. >> brian: it helps you wash down the spam. >> alisyn: the mystery missile sighting may be solved. space weather.com notes a u.s. airways 757 enroute from honolulu to phoenix flew over at the same time this was shot. here is the flight path for the u.s. airways flight. it crossed los angeles area at 37,000 feet and landed in phoenix a half hour later. >> steve: maybe that's an eagle flying. >> alisyn: nasa says it agrees with the pentagon that the trail of vapor was more likely from a plane than a missile. no one has been able to find any record of a missile in the air at that time. the write in ballot count continues in alaska today. that's looking good for lisa

murkowski. she received many of the votes. her opponent, joe miller, is challenging ballots that have her name misspelled, but a judge is allowing minor mistakes. so far only a handful of ballots have been thrown out and about 73,000 remain to be counted. it's rahm emanuel's not so excellent adventure. the former white house chief of staff was out campaigning to become mayor of chicago yesterday when someone threw an egg at him. >> alisyn: the egg just missed him, but it did hit a camera man covering his campaign stop. the egg tosser is still at large. if you see someone running with a carton of eggs, that's him. he got hit with this news, the businessman who is renting his house and refusing to let him move back in until the lease is

up is seriously running against rahm emanuel for mayor. >> brian: i thought it was jeb bush for a second. >> steve: i don't think he smokes cigars. michelle malkin is joining us from colorado springs. good morning to you. >> good morning. >> steve: we got lots to talk about today. the debt commission formally does not reveal their plan until december 1. a number of papers, including the "wall street journal," have tipped their hand. some of the proposals, raise social security retirement age to 68, raise gas tax 15 cents, scrap deductions on home mortgages over half a million dollars. this is just a preview of coming attractions and it cuts to the bone, they say. >> yeah. well, i think setting aside all of these proposals and some of them are actually very worthy, fiscally responsible measures, this isn't about what's actually in the plan. this is all about timing, of

course. remember that obama, as you all mentioned, is at the g-20 meeting right now and countries around the world have expressed alarm about our massive spending habits. the heads of this commission do not have the votes yet. they need to scrounge up 14 out of the 18 votes. so why is this coming out now? well, it's all to make obama look better and that was the purpose of this dog and pony commission to begin with. i agreed when this whole thing was first proposed several months ago with judd greg, who called it nothing burger, and one other i think very potent reminder here of just how empty this whole thing is, how gesture politics it all is, is the fact that what's going to happen with the report if they actually get agreement on it? nothing. ther is no requirement that congress do anything about it. >> alisyn: they say they would move it to a vote if they could get agreement. but they agree with you that it

is very hard. they say to get 14 people to even agree on a time to meet every day, no less on all of these major proposals. but they say the reason they've put it out now is to begin a national dialogue. let's hear from the co-chair of the commission. >> we give people the option that once we eliminate all of the tax expenditures, they can add back various expenditures if they want to. for example, if someone says we want to add back the earned income tax credit or child care tax credit or add back the mortgage interest deductions, we say fine. how do you want to pay for it? whose taxes do you want to raise >> brian: timing is everything. >> right. it's all puppet strings theater. that's what this is about. look, i agree with some of these tough measures. i've called for the elimination of the home mortgage interest deduction for years. it's something that would get the government out of the

business of meddling in the housing market in the first place. i think we should raise the retirement age for social security. but guess what? the co-chair of this debt commission has been talking about that since he was in office ten, 12, 20 years ago. this is all fantasy land. and unless there is the will and the guts for people who are in elected office, not retired people who have been brought out from the political morgue to sign on will anything actually happen. >> steve: we're all on pins pind needles trying to figure out what they're going to do regarding the bush era tax cuts. they've got an interview with david axelrod and says the white house is ready to keep all the tax cuts temporarily, but now the white house, according to mike emmanuel, is kind of down playing axelrod's comments, pointing out he says, you can't permanently extend the high end tax cuts. so they're really for the middle class stuff, but not so much permanently for the high end. >> brian: there is some give

here. >> yeah, there is. i think president obama signaled it over the weekend in the 60 minutes interview where he dipped his toe in the water. i think it is an incredible golden opportunity for the republican party, for the leadership, the new invigorated house majority to push on this, all or nothing. i think that the tea party message from election day was that voters were fed up with this class war stuff and they understood this white house was wage ago war on the wealthy, a war on proper perrity and jobs and this is a waterloo moment for the conservatives in congress and on capitol hill to stand up for those who produce the wealth. not those who redistribute it and soak it up. >> alisyn: we have to deal with the world as we find it. the world of what it takes to get this done. that sounds as though he's open to compromise and they may be

pivoting because he's saying, this is our situation. we may not have liked extending the tax cuts for the wealthy, but this is the world as we know it. >> yeah. right. i think also as a matter of political rhetoric and reality, what the republicans need to do is redefine this whole detate and take the vocabulary back from the white house. this isn't about extending the bush tax cuts anymore. it's about stopping the obama tax increases. >> brian: that would be interesting. the president was not invited, neither were you, michelle, but the speaker of the house had a party yesterday to celebrate all their successes since taking control in 2006. nancy pelosi, there she is walking into the party she threw. here is her statement. the election was no ringing endorsement of republicans. we do not accept their version of what this election means. it's not about rejecting what the president has done. it didn't go fast enough to create jobs. that's what it's all about. your reaction? >> yeah, well, she had that frozen smile on her face as she was walking in and we don't

know, it was behind closed doors, but it might have been as much a celebration as it was a pity party. of course, we know that they had these grief counselors hold their hands after the election. i like fred thompson's reaction. he said on twitter yesterday, we don't need a party to celebrate the democrats' accomplishments. we already had that party on election day last week. >> steve: the pelosi pity party. all right michelle malkin, we thank you for joining us. >> alisyn: coming up, collection agencies reaching farther than ever before, going after families who have lost their homes. bob massi will explain how this works and how far back they're willing to dig. >> brian: military families and their families lined up outside our plaza with an incredible tribute to heros past and present.

>> alisyn: with 2.1 million foreclosed properties across the country, collection agencies have been in the business of buying upward, unpaid loans and going after homeowners. sometimes even years after they were already foreclosed on. joining us now from vegas is fox news legal analyst who specializes in real estate, bob massi. good morning, bob. >> good morning. >> alisyn: help us explain this. if your home is foreclosed upon, that means you can't pay your mortgage and the bills. that's not stopping the collection agencies. >> here is the thing, in most states, a lot of states in our country, even if you're foreclosed on, there is what's called a deficiency area. so let's say you owed 400,000 and the present value is 300 and the bank foreclosed on it, you

have poe text -- potentially a deficiency of $100,000. a lot of home had home equity loans where they had 50 or 60,000. what happens on some of these deficiencies, the lender has the right in some cases to go after that homeowner for that deficiency. so what's happening is some of these deficiencies are being sold off to collection agencies for a certain amount of cents on the dollars and then they potentially go after you several years down the line. >> alisyn: that is a pivotal point here because some of these homeowners are unaware that they had these deficiencies or even go they know about them, you can't get blood from a stone. and years later, it pops up again. >> that's why you're seeing so many bankruptcies in this country, because what's happening is a couple things. you pointed out very correctly, a lot of homeowners think, they lost their home or what we talked about, short sold their homes, and therefore, they could start over and all too often, real estate practitioners or real estate agents, no

disrespect to them, they don't explain necessarily to that homeowner, listen, even though you were foreclosed on, if in fact that's the case, or you short sold your house, that deficiency isn't necessarily released. so it's very important for our viewers to understand, whatever state you live in and every state is different, if your house is foreclosed on, find out if there is what we call a recourse against you and if so, for how long. for example, in the state of nevada, if you're foreclosed on, there is a six-month period that the lender could go after you. but if you have a second mortgage on your home, they have six years to go after you. every state is different. some state has no recourse. some do. very important you become aware of that and ask your real estate practitioner or call a lawyer to find out what kind of state do you live in. very, very important. >> alisyn: thanks so much for opening our eyes and our viewers' eyes to all of this this morning. we appreciate it. >> take care. >> alisyn: harry reid's hometown not showing much love, turns out his winning margin was in the single digits.

then military veterans and their families lined up outside our plaza with an incredible tribute to heros, both past and present.

>> brian: today we honor our american veterans they and their families make for us on a daily basis and have done in the past. this is a disabled army vet and division vice president of public relations at sears. and on my outside right, he's an american legion veteran and all these great people have served and have given back. tom, your service, when were you

in? >> i was in the 1990s. >> brian: you had an accident. correct? >> yeah. i was in a humvee rollover in the desert and had to have my spinal cord fused. >> brian: where? >> the mojave desert at a clinic in the chicagoland area. >> brian: you're doing fine now? >> yeah. this time of year, there is a lot of people that aren't doing as well and need a lot of help. >> brian: what did you do? you work at sears, how did you bring both worlds together? >> sears is a part of america, we feel we have to do something for those people defending this country. there are so many military fathers and mothers that will be deployed this season. we can help bridge that gap, make their families' holidays nicer. sears will go out and give gift cards to those families. >> brian: if you don't think the time is serving a need, you can register at sears. how many families signed up?

>> less than 24 hours, we had 23,000 families sign up. >> brian: wow. if that doesn't show there is a need, nothing does. sears basically has everything. so you send your money there and then people have signed up for what they need. i want to meet this man. thank you for your service. when were you in? >> i was in from '69 to '89. >> brian: what did you see? >> well, see a lot of activity that go on that make us appreciate the servicemen and women, what they have to go through. >> brian: are you hardened by the respect that the military has today throughout this country? >> yes, it's a lot better than it was before. but we need to do a lot more. >> brian: what are the needs? >> the needs -- people have to understand when the veterans, especially with the younger generation, when they sign up and volunteer, they basically sign a blank check to the american government and the people that we're willing to give up our lives to serve this country, to protect freedom and democracy. therefore, the citizens of the good country owe them a lot more

than than we're able to provide as of right now. >> brian: you're fighting on a daily basis to make that happen? >> yes, sir. we appreciate sears, partnering with us and helping us out. i hope that a lot more corporate america would join the band wagon and take care of our veterans when they come home. >> brian: in corporate america says the same thing, tom, i think it's time for us to reward corporate america. if you have a choice to shop, sears has given back, that's something to keep in mind. how cold are you guys? >> real cold. >> brian: as i toss inside, let's jog with me inside. let's go! >> steve: there they go, running into the green room. >> alisyn: good. that's where there is hot coffee. meanwhile, one veteran gets a check from the government for his service for just 4 cents. now he's sending something to the president. >> steve: it's not just his two cents worth. then our one on one with former president george w. bush, your first look behind the scenes at what went on as we talk to him. >> alisyn: live from nashville,

courtney friel has the winners and losers of last night's country music awards. >> steve: gwyneth paltrow's country debut. ♪ >> we've got a flood. hits the road, the nose the angels start second guessing where they tread. ♪ cl 1-800-steemer

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>> steve: fantastic. medal of honor winner, we salute

on fox. keep it here all day, you'll see a lot more. >> brian: one thing we hear about veterans, we're supposed to take care of them even after they serve and a lot of times it comes into veterans pay. especially today, that's part of the package. and even those who served in the past, especially the 73-year-old, he looks forward to his check every week. >> steve: are you talking about joe from florida? there he is right there. he's a fellow who suffers from copd, a lung disease. he's also got high blood pressure. apparently some genius in the federal government deducted the cost of his prescription drugs from his social security benefit and sent him a check for 4 cents. >> alisyn: that's the theory on what happened. though joe doesn't really know why he got this check for 4 cents. he says it makes no sent. he rightly says that the time spent doing the paperwork and the postage to send this out cost much more than the 4 cents that he got. so he has an idea on what he is

going to do with the 4 cents. he's going to send it to president obama because he thinks president obama needs it more than he does. listen. >> maybe it will help with the national debt. next time i'll send him a nickel. >> steve: so then he would help pay down the debt by a nickel. >> brian: right. little by little. i get the sarcasm. i understand, hey, guy, fix it. meanwhile, less than 24 hours, over 24 hours ago, president bush was in the next door studio and he came and we spoke to him about his book. part one and part two of the interview will be seen monday and tuesday. behind the scenes, i think the president just had a bounce in his step. he looked like a guy that did not have the weight of the world on his shoulders. >> steve: i think you're right. we've got still pictures. brian was the first one in the green room. >> alisyn: it looked like martha was coming between the two. so it looks like you guys were having a pretty spirited, lively discussion with him. can you give us a little preview of some juice?

>> steve: he's been on a number of shows already. he's been on oprah, he sat down with matt lauer on nbc. he was on hannity. he told us some stuff. remember, the book is 500 pages. he is a very funny guy, as he gives me the secret handshake right there. and you will see things on tuesday and monday as well here on "fox & friends" and there we are doing the sit down interview. you'll hear things that you have never heard from him before. we've already heard him talk about weapons of mass destruction and the war. but there are some great family details. he talks about religion and spirituality. we do this thing where we do -- okay, we'll throw out a name. the name game. tell us the first thing that comes to your mind when we say jeb bush, or tony blair, or tony snow. it's terrific. you're really -- you really want to see it. >> alisyn: let's go to your headlines. the good news for passengers on the carnival splendor.

the cruise ship about to be met by four more tug boats eight miles off the coast of san diego. these are live pictures coming in. >> steve: why aren't the lights on? >> alisyn: it's 5:35 a.m. there, san diego time. and what you can't see is the two tug boats reached the ship off the coast of mexico yesterday, four days ago, there was a fire that disabled the ship's engines and passengers and crew had no air conditioning and no hot food. but luckily there is an open bar. the ship's bar is offering complimentary beer and wine to make amends. >> brian: there is no running water! >> alisyn: that's a problem. >> steve: people are sleeping on the deck. >> alisyn: it's horrible. it's really a horrible vacation for them turned nightmare. the ship is expected to reach shore in a few hours. >> brian: attorney general eric holder making an announcement about the trial for 9-11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed. >> we are working to make a determination about the placement of that trial and i

would hope that whatever the decision is, it's one that will be judged on the merits and what is best for the case and for justice in at that case. >> brian: i think i speak for eric when i say, slow down. a year ago, holder wanted a civilian trial for ksm and four others in new york city, just blocks from the terrorist attacks. but it was strongly opposed by all parties and all officials. i think it's going back to gitmo. we got to have a decision soon. >> steve: okay. meanwhile, now the headlines. word just in this morning, harry reid, that guy right there, won his hometown on election day by guess how many votes. three. the las vegas sun reporting 197 people voted in search light, nevada, for him. the senate majority leader actually lost in his hometown in the early vote. but it's a squeaker. reid on top by three. >> brian: in san diego, it's a heart warming homecoming for a

sailor. he surprised his five-year-old daughter after school. >> morgan. hi. you miss me? >> brian: wow. he's been in afghanistan for the last 13 months. his twin sons barely walking when he left, now they're running around. he will be home with his wife and kids for holidays, then back to action in february. >> alisyn: okay. that's a wonderful thing. >> steve: now the headlines. >> alisyn: now to our show. it was the biggest night for country sweetheart miranda lambert and blake shelton, the newly engaged couple dominated the cma. >> steve: they're engaged? courtney friel is our correspondent and was there for all the highlights. good morning to you. >> good morning. and everyone is calling blake and miranda mr. and mrs. cma. i asked them about their wedding details, to which blake said, i don't plan, i just pay. but mayor randa's 27th birthday was yesterday, so she

won four awards. she was nominated for nine. she took home female vocalist and others. blake took home male vocalist and for "hillbilly bone." here are some highlights. >> ♪ nashville had a flood and we barely made the news ♪ up from the ground came a bubbling crude ♪ ♪ ♪

♪ >> revolution caused a revolution in my life this year. thanks for the country music country. it's my baby. it's what i do, it's what i live for. thank you so much for loving it, too. >> alisyn: a lot of people talking about gwyneth paltrow's debut, singing a song from her new movie "country strong." there is a poll, 67% of the voters said that she did a good job and she got a standing ovation from the audience at the cma's. carrie underwood and brad paisley hosting. brad taking home entertainer of the year for the first time. some of the other awards, lady antebellum won for best vocal group. sugarland won best vocal duo and

the zach brown band won for best new artist. and we had a chance to catch up with some of the stars on the red carpet before the show, so take a look at these. this is country music's biggest night. are you going to do it up? >> we'll probably stay out 'til 10:00 o'clock or something. >> i have friends and family in town. we're going to go to a bar and have a beer and pizza. it's been too long since i had pizza. >> i'm excited. it's a great night. good time to see friends, people you don't see often. >> i think every star in country music is here. then they let one red neck in just for spite and that would be me. >> i think i did it up by getting on top of a cake because that's how i feel right now. i feel like a cake topper, like a gothic cake topper. >> carrot top, what are you doing at the country music awards? >> i'm getting right in. no one is stopping me. like reba is here, come on. >> do any of these country stars ask you for racing advice? >> brad paisley just got a

corvette that makes about as much horsepower as my race cars. i'm not sure if he needs any advice, but we definitely talk cars a lot. >> you saw carrot top there, i was surprised to see him and surprised to find out he was a big fan of "fox & friends." he watches bill o'reilly at night and then "fox & friends." he loves the show. and i say this all the time, the country music stars are some of the nicest people in show biz. a lot of fun to be there and a great 44th annual cma awards. >> alisyn: that's great. >> brian: i want to know, thumbs up or thumbs down on gwyneth paltrow? >> to be honest, i watched from back stage and they didn't have audio. so i heard people applauding and i thought she looked great. but then i looked on youtube at the performance. the people back stage, lady antebellum, they thought she did a good job. i don't know who is going to admit if she didn't do a good job.

but that poll on people, 67% said she did a good job. >> steve: courtney friel live out in nashville. she's our name dropper today. she met all the people today. >> alisyn: coming up, all politicians agree the road to recovery starts with more jobs. how can republicans make good on their promise? virginia governor mcdonnel has some ideas. he's going to explain next. >> steve: honoring our nation's heros from all across the country, we'll go live to one celebration in branson, missouri with country music star larry gatlin. good morning. you're coming up shortly right here on "fox & friends." >> all right. everybody wave.

>> alisyn: you heard it all during the run up to the midterm elections, job, jobs, jobs. it was a winning platform for governor bob mcdonnel more than a year ago. but now he says it's time for congressional republicans to

stand and deliver and he's here to tell us how. >> brian: joining us now is virginia governor bob mcdonnel. we heard a way forward and that way forward is with this deficit commission. from what you know and from what they released, are we ready to make these tough decisions? do you like what's in this plan that's been leaked out yesterday intentionally? >> first, happy veterans day to all men and women in uniform. i think we can honor them by spending our money a little better. i would say this report, brian, is probably a good start. i don't think it goes far enough. >> brian: really? >> i think it's got a lot more to do. we've got a $14 trillion national debt, which is unsustainable and immoral. i think they're talking about cutting $4 trillion out of the debt by the year 2020. i think we need to do a lot more than that. i like the idea of discretionary spending caps and extending the retirement age and some of the other things that they talked about, but if we're going to get the debt under control, we got to start with the deficit and

reduce spending now and i hope that's what the republicans do when they come in because that's what they campaigned on and that's what we need to do. >> alisyn: governor, you do like some of these ideas that are slightly controversial. one gradually increase the retirement age benefit to 68 or 69. that doesn't happen 'til the year 2075. there is also a proposal to freeze defense department salaries and bonuses. do you like that? >> i think the whole idea of federal salaries should be looked at. personnel expenses are the biggest part of government, certainly is at the state level. you look at some of the federal salaries compared to what we pay people at the state level or local governments and they're pretty significant. pensions is another issue. i think we got to admit we've got to look at these things in order to reduce spending. everybody is going to have to take a little bit of the sacrifice to get this spending under control. >> brian: you can argue democrats didn't get the message when you and scott brown were elected a year ago. do you think they're not getting

the message get when you hear about nancy pelosi partying yesterday? >> absolutely. just some of the comments that i've heard about this, the initial mark of the commission, the two chairman releasing the advance recommendations and saying this is an assault on working people and it's unrealistic shows me that they don't get it. i came in with a budget deficit of about $4.2 billion. we cut that much spending without raising taxes. now we ended up this year with a surplus. we're second in the nation in job creation. so all i can tell you is fiscal conservative principles work. they worked in several places and i think the federal government has to get serious about cutting spending and i hope the republicans in the house do it. >> alisyn: governor mcdonnel, thank you for joining us this morning. >> thanks so much. >> brian: we got your message and happy veterans day. after the break, we're honoring our nation's heros from all across this nation with challenger, the eagles right here in our studios and country singer larry gatlin live from branson, missouri. first let's check in with bill

hemmer. i want to find out what's on his show and i'm tired of looking in the tv guide. >> i can hear you now actually. houston, we no long have is a problem. good morning. a big morning of news here. is the reveal on tax cuts, is there a decision on khalid shaikh mohammed? the battle over earmarks. senator imhoff says keep them all. all republicans say that's a bad idea. a bold move on the deficit, will any of this see the light of day? martha and me in ten minutes. busy day in america's news room. we will see you then. [ woman ] you know, as a mom,

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♪ >> steve: you're listening to the gatlin brothers on this veterans day. we not only recognize the brave men and women serving out on the battlefield today, but we pay tribute to the millions of military veterans who put their lives on the line in the years past. one celebration, the biggest of all is in branson, missouri where country music star larry gatlin is joining us live with some vets from all across the country. good morning to you, larry. >> hey, how are you doing? >> steve: fine. i was reading you got something like 175,000 vets descending on branson right now. >> we do. we could not get all 175,000 of them in the park, so we got 12 or maybe a dozen. i'm very honored to be here. branson hosts more festivities for the veterans through the year than anybody else. we're having a big veterans convention here right now. arlen is kind of the head of the local veterans association. tell us about what you got going on this week here in branson.

>> this week we've got veterans homecoming week and this is where we honor our veterans. we have five mini reunions and honor our persian gulf, our korean war, and all the others. >> god love you, the wives, thank you. wave to them, fellows. our oldest veteran in our little group today is a fellow named charles bruinholzer. you're going to be 90 years old next week? >> yes, sir. on the 20th. ♪ happy birthday to charlie. okay. that's enough. that was awful. we asked the osmonds to come sing it, but they were still in bed. where did you serve during world war ii? >> africa, italy, sicily, corsica and back to italy again. >> you couldn't really get around very much. we appreciate your service very much as we do all these gentlemen. we're here at silver dollar city

in branson called america's hometown, they honor these great men and the women who come along with them. i'm very honored to be here. we have one gentleman over here, we need to do kind of powder him down a little bit today. he's shining a little bit. where did you serve this great country? >> all over. iraq, the mediterranean, east coast, west coast, hawaii, several ships, lot of intel work. >> we really appreciate these nice folks. branson always throws the doors wide open. silver dollar city celebrating their 50th anniversary here. got flags back there that flew over the capitol. branson, silver dollar city, they opened their arms and i'm glad to be. ready? >> oh,. ♪ beautiful for spacious skies ♪ for amber waves of grain ♪ >> steve: all right. more with larry gatlin live from branson, missouri in two minutes.

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