it could be a wide variety of different things. jon: i do sense possibly embarrassing. jenna: could be embarrassing. i wasn't sure where we were going to go with mike tyson and bill clinton. there could be similarities there. we'll have to wait and see. jon: thank you for joining us. jenna: "america live" starts right now. shannon: a news conference wrapping up on capitol hill this hour, it features very familiar congressional faces and brand-new members as well all of them making a passionate plea for ease on spending. there are a half dozen different speakers. the one similar message, cut the spending. you can see now at the mike that is congresswoman michelle bachman. >> only 111 waivers have been issued. what does this mean? this is an admission of failure by the white house. they may not be admitting it,

but their actions are admitting it. why? because we see universities, and unions, and favored companies are getting waivers. what's the waiver? it's an exemption. what do they need the exemption? obamacare is a cost-driving hiker, it's a failure. we were told we had to pass obamacare, we couldn't wait, we continue even read the bill, we couldn't take the time to even debate it. because why? president obama promised us, he promised that it would drive down the cost of healthcare. >> didn't happen. >> he promised. he promised. i stood there on the floor of the chamber, many of you were outside here demonstrating against this bill. shannon: a common refrain you've heard going after healthcare and talking about how it's going to impact our economy along with a lot of other decisions within this administration.

joining us is brian sullivan. what do you make of this talk that we've got to stop everything, no spending on everything, got to shut it down, how is it going to work. >> reporter: the republicans need to get in line with this as well. we know on the house side it looks pretty good, on the senate side there are still some debates. the republican from oklahoma says we should not prevent all earmarks next year because then that would give the president almost 100% spending control if congress takes itself out of it. yes, it's a big deal, but i tell you what, the republican party has not even aligned itself on this issue. shannon: that is something that we know that the top republican in the senate mitch mcdonnell has admitted. the president says he wants to work on earmark, this the party is not even aligned hard for them to bridge across the aisle to him as well. it is calling for no more money, no more federal spending. the spending bills for 2011 have not been passed on capitol hill, they'll have to pass a

continuing resolution, something to keep the government going. how do they balance that with the seems a growing voter push back to any kind of federal spending at this point. >> reporter: they only have a couple weeks to get anything done. the democrats talking about a budget rather than a patch. do not forget about the tax issue. i know it's a lame-duck sayings but it has possibly one of the moist impact full jobs ahead of it in the last decade or more for the united states economy and that is the issue of the bush tax cuts. right now there's been a lot of talk, but if nothing gets done with regard to taxes taxes will go up for everybody, not just the rich, we are talking 2 to 3% more for everybody. lower class, middle class, upper class. this congress -- i know they are heading into the holidays, they've got this big spending issue you just talked about, the budget issue, but do not forget about the issue of taxes. this is the one thing there's been a lot of talk on, very little action on. if we don't get something done,

watch out below on the economy because taxes are going to spike for everybody. shannon: it sounded like within the last couple of weeks maybe there would be compromise from the white house, from the administration on this issue. david axelrod the senior white house adviser hinting and saying, hey we take the world as we find it, maybe to get the middle class tax cuts extended they would be willing short term to do something for everyone. how important is it that something gets done. >> reporter: it is massively important. we are talking about trillions of dollars worth of important. i know the politicians like to lump the middle class in. everybody but the upper 2 or 3%. 97% of america is quote unquote middle class. this is a multitrillion dollar issue. i'm not sure the american people who have heard most of this argument sort of pitched in terms of the wealthy understands what this means to them. president bush cut taxes for everybody, almost every sector of the economy, even the bottom group, the lowest sector

basically pays nothing on taxes up until the first i think it is $8,000. taxes will go up for everybody. that will come right out of the economy, it means less money for holidays, it means less money for consumer spending, less for travel, restaurants, cars, groceries, you name it, all at a time by the way when inflation seems to be going up. we never hear that, right. all these prices for milk and wheat and corn and cotton and clothes, even beer prices are rye -gs. we -- rising. we could be facing massive hits to our income. that is a big deal that congress needs to get resolved right away. shannon: we'll be watch to see if they do it. thank you. the federal spending issue is expected to come up on the senate floor in less than an hour. aids to senate majority leader mitch mcconnell says he's going to make remarks about 2:00 eastern. carl cameron is there with the news, stay tuned for that. this is fox news alert, we are now awaiting a news conference on the search for three people

still missing in ohio. a mother, her young son and a family friend have all vanished. you'll remember a fourth member of the group, a young 13-year-old girl has been found alive. we are told this she was tied up and gagged in the basement of a house not far from her own. one man now under arrest. steve brown has been following all the developments as they come in. what's the latest, steve. >> reporter: we are hearing that one -- the father of one of the three still missing persons, the father of 41-year-old stephanie sprang addressed the media today. when we get more details we'll get back with you on that. a lot of activity centering not far from matthew hoffman's home, a place called foundation park. this is just a short distance from hoffman's home, that is where the 13-year-old was found yesterday. the park is an old tkpwarl quarry -- guarry and it has retention ponds. there are boats searching the surface of those bodies of water. there was some good news on the

story yesterday finding sarah maynard tied and gagged in the placement of hoffman's home. his residence has been scoured by police. they had information they would find sarah there, the police had hoped the other three would be there as well. unfortunately not. sarah's brother kody, her tomorrow, stephanie, and tina herrmann are all still missing. police say he knows where the other three people are but he's not talking to investigators. added important is what the 13-year-old girl can tell police today. >> she has been interviewed somewhat but the details of what she is telling us can't be revealed for investigative purposes. >> reporter: how is that connected to the family? does he know any of them? how did he come into play? >> at this time we don't know whether he's really connected to the family, or whether he connected himself to the family. >> reporter: about an hour from

now we're expecting to hear from the sheriff to update us on this case. shannon. shannon: we know you will be on it steve, thank you very much for the update. breaking news this hour on security screenings at the airport. homeland security secretary janet napolitano now pushing back against criticism of the full body scanners at our nation's airports saying it would be irresponsible not to deplay them. this after a california man got national attention for refusing to go through one of the machines which allow security staff to pier through your clothes. there are the images. trace gallagher is live in los angeles. this keeps heating up. >> reporter: as we know, shannon these enhanced pat-downs are also becoming much more controversial because they no longer use the backs of their hands, the tsa agents, they now use the fronts of their hands including on the delicate areas. a man named john was going through san diego's lindberg airport. he went up to the security gate,

had his cellphone ready and said he would not go through the full body scanner. they gave him the option of the pat-down. listen to the tsa describe this and listen to tin tph-rbg er's response. >> we are going to be doing a groin check. i'm going to put my hand on your inner thigh and slowly go up. two times in the front and two times in the back. >> you can do that out here but if you touch my junk i'm going to have you arrested. >> reporter: what happens then is the security, head of security came over and actually escorted tinner out of lindberg airport, and then decided he should go back and go through security after all. look, passenger complaints across the country have risen dramatically since these scanners went online. they are at 68 airports now. currently being used. hundreds more will go online in the next couple of years. the unions are telling some of their pilots not to go through the scanners. flight attendants the same thing.

today homeland secretary janet napolitano responded to this, she said, and i'm quoting here, if there are adjustments we mead to make to these procedures as we move forward we have an open ear. we will listen. but it's all being done as part of our joint security effort. there is a website called opoutday.com, shannon. they are telling everybody on the day before thanksgiving the busiest day of the year to opt out of the scanners and do the pat-down. that's how bad this thing is getting. other web sites are following suit. do you think that is not going to slow things down? shannon: that is my exact thought when you said that, trace, the lines of people that will be there. i don't know how many folks are going to be willing to get on board with that. you've got to get somewhere for turkey day. we'll see. >> reporter: that's right. shannon: thank you very much. what are your chances of encountering a full body scanner the next time you fly? as of last week there were 373 of the machines at 68 u.s.

airports. more of them are going to be deployed by the end of 2010 and the tsa's proposed budget for 2011 calls for 500 additional machines bringing the total to a thousand in the u.s. by the end of next year. that passenger who refused the body scan and pat-down and set up a cellphone to see what would happen is going to join us in the next our of "america live." you heard the rally at the top of the hour, they are getting worked up about send spending in washington today. up next lou dobbs on social security funding and is there any chance it can be fixed before the problems really pileup. reusable grocery bags may be good for the planet, really bad for your health. a well respected university trying to answer, once and for all are there really psychic's among us? thousands of experiments, an eight year study and it might put an end to all the jokes about seeing the future. stay tuned. pwhrafp

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shannon: there are calls now for an investigation into this reusable shopping bags that are supposed to save the planet. there is reportedly some claim that the bags might be toting around lead paint along with your groceries that are in the bag. a florida newspaper tested several of the bags and found high levels of lead in some of them. the lead is from the paint used on the decorative designs on the outsides of the bags. now new york senator chuck schumer is calling for the fda and the epa to investigate. new calls for freeze on federal spending moments ago.

and what happens if we do not fix the social security problem. kent conrad saying the system is about to be crushed. >> it is absolutely imperative that we take this on for the country's sake, and are we going to have to make some changes to social security. certainly we are. social security is going to go cash negative in five years. it's going to go broke in 2037. medicare we've just extended the life of it by the healthcare reform package which has got even almost no attention, still it's prepared to go permanently cash negative in just ten years. shannon: let's talk about it with lou dobbs he is now with the fox news business network. great to see you today. >> reporter: great to be with you. shannon: it's not like this crisis is a surprise. we have known for a long time system is in trouble. when will we really get something done? >> reporter: i think when we stop the nonsense, like this deficit commission and its recommendations. here is an outfit, brought

together, shannon to reduce the deficit and stop silly runaway government spending. what do they do? they go to a program, social security, off budget. has nothing to do with the budget or national debt and instead the focus is on social security. and their brilliant solution is to raise the retirement age and increase those taxes to pay in to social security. shannon, it's an absolute disgrace that intelligent, well-meaning people come together like haoes public servants on thlike these peopled talk about social security. senator conrad exaggerates, if i may say the issue here. at its first deficit and that is going out almost just about 25

years, it will only amount to social security one-half of 1% of gdp. meanwhile it is accounting for about $17 trillion in unfunded liabilities, which again are not on the federal budget sheet. medicare, meanwhile, is $85 trillion in present value, contributing to unfunded liability. just about $110 trillion. what are these people thinking about? shannon: do you think the focus on social security, is it a red herring? do you think it is legitimate in some fashion. >> reporter: it's legitimate to be concerned about it but to call it a crisis is certainly misplaced alarm and emotion. where we should be focusing is on the federal government, which is hiring 3 million civilian employees. we are ignoring the fact that local government has hired 12 million employees, this while

the country, the economy has been shedding, as you well know and everyone knows millions in private sector jobs. it's upside down, misplaced concern. shannon: what do you think about the debt commission. the idea that you allow the federal workforce by attrition to shrink. if you have three people leave only replace one or two for every three that leave. do you think that is a viable solution? >> reporter: it's certainly part of the solution. we have to take control in this country of these issues and challenges. we can't simply say we are going to wait for a trading partner to act when it comes to the issue of trade imbalances. we can't say we are going to wait on attrition and nature will take its course. it is a government. by definition it means we are to govern and that means take charge and to lead, and that means do precisely as has been

recommended. begin with a 10% reduction in the number of employees in the federal government, some 3 million, remember the peace dividend from the collapse of the soviet union? we were supposed to be winnowing down the federal government and over the cast of the 10, 15 years we have accelerated it. shannon: we've seen it explode. maybe the debt commission is listening. they'll get some of your wisdom. a powerful explosion rocking a ritzi resort hotel in a popular mexican resort killing at least seven people. we'll show you what investigators now say may have caused that deadly blast. the rising cause of healthcare could have dire effect for our nation's seniors within weeks, we are not talking about months or years. just ahead the coming collision between congress, doctors and medicare patients. >> this is not a federal government issue. this is a personal issue. >> you're going to dang rupt this country, you and the democrats and you're making a

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shannon: investigators now saying a build up of swamp gas may have triggered an explosion in play a delcarmen mexico. five people died in the blast. others stunned by the destruction. >> what happened? >> at the time it happened we were at the restaurant. we heard the big bang and the big cloud and everybody ran outside. >> my husband left the room immediately and went to look and he saw that it had been a large explosion. there is a crater in the ground. shannon: ten others, including two u.s. citizens suffered minor injuries from that explosion.

a british couple now saeufrg their first full day of freedom after more than a year of captivity at the hands of somali pirates. they were abducted and reportedly freed after the payment of a heft thee ransom. greg palkot following the story live. >> reporter: it is a happy end to a long and torturous journey. the latest news that we have is paul and rachel chandler are in nairobi, ken why and could be back with their families as early as tomorrow here in england. we are also being told about their ordeal. it was a struggle. even after even during multiple beatings we are told from their pirate captors, we are told they are in good shape. to that ransom. we've been speaking to people who have been close to the negotiations that have been going on for several months now between the pirates and other intermediaries, we are told the total amount is about $800,000,

that the first lump was paid to the pirates back in june and then unusually for the pirates they reneged on the deal. a second amount, a transfer of funds happened a few days ago. that money, in both of those amounts came from family, friends, somalis, maybe indirectly from the u.k. government although the government is denying that. we are told that overall the talks were not easy, a lot of players, some uninvited players but the end of the day freedom was achieved. here is what rachel chandler had to say about freedom a short time after her release. >> i'm happy to be here to be able to see our count throw and friends and so happy to be among every day people. >> reporter: back with every day people. but some bittersweet news for the chandlers, upon their release they learned for the first time that paul's 99-year-old father, his then 99-year-old daughter had died four months prior. first information they are in

mourning. also difficult for the others being held, shannon. the latest information that we are getting is that the piracy story is by no means over, some 25 different foreign ships right this moment are being held and that includes 500 hostages despite the best efforts of the fifth fleet. , nato, the aourp kwropb union, international and a half sraoes. we are seeing 700 pirates in courts in jails in 12 different countries. in the past week a $10 million ransom was paid for the release of another ship. it boils down to the fact that as long as there is trouble on land in somalia there will be trouble on the cease. as long as piracy is relatively lucrative and safe for these guys in somalia they are going to go after it, they are going to threaten people like the chandlers and world trade. back to you. shannon: good to see the chandlers back safe, thank you. some doctors warned us more than a year ago, and now some of them are threatening to cut off

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shannon: developing in oregon this hour a new search for clues in the disappearance of ten-year-old kyron horman last seen in june. police are not saying what prompted a new search. we could get a verdict today in the first civilian trial of a former gandhi taeupbee. jurors are tkeub late -- deliberating whether ahmed khalfan ghailani bombed two embassies killing 224 people. a possibly ugly fight shaping up on capitol hill as looming cuts to medicare could have serious consequences to seniors. the cuts are set to go into effect at the end of the month and could lead doctors to dropping patients.

gentlemen, welcome to you both. >> thank you. shannon: the debt commission is talking about these issues. david coat is interesting, he's the ce oh of honeywell. he says with the baby boomers going through social security, medicare, medicaid it's going to crush the system. do we ned to be looking overall at the program and what a mess it could be long term? brad, i'll start with you. >> absolutely. look there was a report in 2006 that stated quite matter-of-fact lee that medicare was going to go bust by 2018. why in the world the democrats create a global crisis in america on healthcare instead of targeting the healthcare they are delivering now that is not working for the benefit of those intended. it's a machine dated program and it's about to go bust. what are they going to do? now they are going to give medical care to all americans in the same substandard inefficient

way as they do with the delivery of medicaid and medicare. this is what got doctors so upset and this is the crisis we need to meet immediately, dead today care and medicaid. shannon: dick, let's talk about the more pressing, recent deadline we are going to hit. doctors may lose a good chunk in what they may get in reimburse many for treating medicare patients if there isn't a fix. doctors say they may turn away 46 million elderly or disabled patients. do you think anybody has an appetite to get anything done on this in d.c. >> this program was pointed out as going bust in 2006 even as the bush white house increased medicare benefits, brad if you remember correctly. we've been on a freight train headed for disaster. i want to hear what the republican solution is to what is going to happen next month. is rand paul going to want to increase taxes, or throw old people out into the street?

what is the republican solution to this program problem? democrats are talking about tying -- eliminating the bush tax cuts to people who make over a million dollars, their taxes would go up, everybody else's would remain the same to pay for these kind of things, a billion dollars a month. where do we get that billion dollars? >> you know what your president said as a candidate, he said he would make drastic cuts to medicare in order to pay for his new health plan. $800 billion in cuts to an already existing program that is going to go bust, dick. what we've got to do is solve the problems for the healthcare we deliver now and scrap this healthcare bill which is a disaster. what we need to do is get to the heart of the problem, deliver the healthcare we promised to seniors but do it in an efficient way and there are costs that can be cut to bring down the costs and not drive doctors out of the medicare program, and also increase the amount of patient load, what does it do? it reduces the efficiency of the

healthcare they are supposed to provide. shannon: you mentioned senator elect rand paul, i asked him that question yesterday. obviously he's against taxes. he's one of the tea party guys, that's one of their tough-line issues. i asked him about that and where the other money is going to come from. he said there are cuts to be made across the board including the military, something that is not always popular. do you think there there is waste within the system that can be cut or is that just a talking point. >> i think there is tremendous waste in government. just as private employees are having salary cuts we're going to have to do that with government. the question however of today's topic is what do you do about medicare that -- 23, 24% cuts in what doctors will get paid, millions of elderly people not getting services, december 1, we have three weeks to do about it. brad, we all want to do something about long-term healthcare. here we are at the presents satisfactory miss.

i want to know what jim demint and rand paul, and the rest of the folks, the republican revolution of 2010 what they would do in the next three weeks, not three years, not slogans, what will they do. >> you are putting a gun to republicans head. dick, don't fool the people. you control the lame-duck session of congress. you're in control. there are very little republicans can do in three weeks. you know that, you guys are in control you were a sleep at the switch and you made a fatal flaw in your policies. you created a bigger problem in healthcare than the problem that existed and that's why you guys got booted out. >> there is the problem. not a single idea there. brad, what do we do in the next three weeks? what do we do? >> what do you do? you guys are in control. there is very little republicans can do. you think you're going to take our plan? do you really think obama is going to sign off to a republican plan i don't think so. shannon: gentlemen i think i'm going to have to leave it.

>> let's reach across the aisle brad, reach out, let's try to do something together. shannon: we'll see if you two can do what they can't do in washington. great to see you. fox news alert, we may hear any time now if the house ethics committee is going to move ahead with the charges against new york democrat charlie rangel. the former chairman of the powerful ways and means committee. he's facing charges of unpaid taxes on a vacation home he owns in the dominican republic. molly henneberg is following the story as it unfolds live in washington. >> reporter: congressman rangel says his legal team withdrew last month and he didn't have time to raise enough money to hire a new lawyer before his ethics trial began today, so he walked out of the proceedings this morning. the house ethics committee though decided to go on without him the democratic chairman says rangel's legal representation is up to him and he knew the trial was set to begin today. during the short lame-duck session of congress.

rangel asked the committee to push back the trial. >> i don't think it's fair that i participate in any type of proceeding if in fact what you are basically telling me is that the political calendar will not allow you enough time to allow me to get a lawyer at this crucial point in my life, 50 years of public service is on the line. >> reporter: the eight-person panel, four democrats, four republicans is determining if the charges against rangel have been proven, quote, by clear and convincing evidence. if so they'll move onto the punishment phase or the sanction phase. if not they'll continue deliberating on any disagreements. but the congresswoman made it clear that this trial is going forward. >> we are prepared to proceed today. we recognize that mr. rangel has

indicated that he does not intend to participate, and it is his right not to participate in this matter as mentioned earlier no conclusions as to the facts of this matter can be drawn by the fact that mr. rangel has decided not to participate in this hearing. >> reporter: his legal bills were nearing $2 million and may have cost another million. he wants time to start a legal defense fund to hire new lawyers. shannon. shannon: such an interesting turn of events when you and i in d.c. have been hearing for months that he wanted his day. he wanted to be there and have the trial. >> reporter: right, and he wanted a lawyer next to him and it didn't go his way and so he walked out. we'll see what happens now. shannon: we know you are on it, molly, thank you very much. psycheubgs are science fix to a lot of folks and their powers are often considered mere parlor tricks by skeptics. up next the results of an

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30-year-old matthew hoffman who lives at that house is now under arrest charged with kidnapping. now the 13-year-old girl's mother, her little brother kody seen in the picture are still missing. a family friend, a female. we are following any new developments in this case and will keep you updated. >> hi, i'm lumen simmons. would you like to know your future? now you can with the luma simmons psychic line. find out all the things you've only dreamt of knowing by picking up the phone. the first 15 seconds is free except for $2. each additional 15 seconds is a whole lot more. let's lesson in. shannon: it's easy to laugh at psychics. people have been doing it for years. a well respected university says psychic abilities are no laughing matter. new research from cornell university with very serious

findings that suggest that humans may actually have the ability to predict events before they happened. we have dr. robby ludwig who is a psychologist. what do you think of this study? >> i think it's interesting. i'm not sure it substantiates psychic ability. i think a lot of people have had that type of experience when they thought of somebody and the phone rings and it's that person, especially women. studies show that people who are more inclined to be with the humanities versus science will think and believe more in psychic ability. it's something that we intuitively believe. i don't know if there are studies that substantiate it yet. shannon: i know they went through thousands of experiments with a lot of students and others involved. where do we go from here? is the study a jumping off point to do more independent research? >> we want to do independent research and repeat the study to see if it provides us with the same information. because the more that you can repeat a study and it indicates the same findings, then of

course it seems more credible than if it doesn't, right? and that's what we don't know yet. i think it's great that we have universities that have good research behind them who are looking into this phenomenon because that's how we find out information. shannon: do you think there are some that will say without the research we need to do out there curing k-pbz should this university be spending money on the psychic hotline. >> maybe they are connected. i don't know if they should be spending it on the psychic hotline. part of our responsibility is to help us survive. it is very possible if we are able to have the ability to tell the future in some way, or certainly an intuitive ability maybe that does help us know certain things quicker and there are advantages to that. shannon: do you think this is sort of that gut feeling? you mentioned that women, maybe they are seen as more intuitive and maybe they are more emotional-feeling based know bao

stereotype. but have the gut feeling about something that is going to happen. >> it could be. it's putting together information very quickly, maybe not understanding where you're getting that information from. here is the thing, we can't always trust our gut feeling because sometimes our feelings fool us, so that's where the big question mark comes in. when can we trust our gut feeling and when should we dismiss it with a question mark. shannon: this idea of pre cognitive, knowing something, sensing it before it happens do you think ultimately we could ever find that that could be a skill that you could hone just like playing a instrument or something else. >> sure, sure. i know as a therapist i certainly work on an intuitive basis. that is part of what i do. because i'm using that skill with patients all the time i'm sure i'm better adept than somebody who is not in the business of studying people and personality. shannon: when do you think we are going to say, thinks cleo,

or whatever, there is just no way. >> there are always going to be skeptics and that is okay. there are skeptics that may have that intuitive psychic ability but they don't describe it that way, which is interesting. shannon: you hear about programs within government entities where they are trying to hone skills where people can see things ahead in warfare and other issues. i tpapblg there are other studies going on. >> it's a comforting idea, right? if we can tell the future then we can be comforted. it feeds into our need to control things. we somehow can avoid danger if we need to. i'm sure a lot more studies will continue in this area because it's kind of a nice idea when you think about it. shannon: thank you very much for hashing it out with us. he was considered legally dead for more than a decade, but now this man, he was found very much alive. police have discovered him, he's a lead suspect in a serious felony. up next how this guy managed to stay deceased, despite being arrested many, many times. and new worries about the

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shannon: this is fox news alert, we are getting word from the federal courthouse in new york that we could get a request for a mistrial any moment now in the first trial of a terror suspect from guantanamo bay. there was some sort of note from a juror to the judge just before lunch break today and sources are telling fox that defense attorneys may file a mistrial motion when court reconvenes. fox is there live, we'll bring it to you as soon as it happens. it is the kind of magic trick you don't want to see, a man

declared legally dead 16 years ago, discovered alive and now under arrest for kidnapping, possibly murdering a 12-year-old girl in las vegas. to make this even more disturbing it turns out that steven sanders has been arrested several times before all along while he was considered legally dead. trace gallagher is live in our west coast bureau to unravel this. trace, how could this happen. >> reporter: it's kraeus see, shannon. this is steven sanders, right? in 1987 he abandoned miss family. in 1994 a mississippi court declared him dead, and yes thomas steven sanders was able to go from state to state to state committing a bunch of crimes. drug charges, traffic incidents, crimes against minors. i went from georgia, to tennessee, to nevada. he met a woman named suellen roberts who had a daughter named lexi. they began traveling to the

grand canyon making their way back east and then last month lexi, 12 years old, her remains were found in the woods of louisiana by some hunters. she had apparently been shot. there is videotape, surveillance tape of steven sanders buying ammunition at a walmart, and the bullets are apparently consistent with the weapon that was used to kill lexi. sanders was arrested in gulfport, mississippi without incident. she just talked to the sheriff in tkpwul port. we asked him how in the world can somebody be dead for 16 years and go on a crime spree and go state to state to state and nobody notices the guy? the answer was, well they do have a national crime database but apparently we do not have a national death certificate base. so he went to all these different states unnoticed. and the fbi in fact, until he became a person of interest in this case, didn't even know that he was declared dead in 1994 before they started investigating him for this case.

and now, shannon, he is the prime suspect in the death of 12-year-old lexi. shannon: absolutely astonishing. trace, thank you very much. >> reporter: okay. shannon: again we are awaiting a news conference any moment now on a strange story unfolding in ohio. a young girl found bound and gagged in a basement. her family still missing, and now a man is under arrest. you're looking live where we expect to hear more shortly. we'll get a live update from the investigators. new violence along the mexican border, the battleground of america's third war. are the national guard troops serving there making a difference? fox cameras investigate, we will show you exactly what we found just ahead. you might also want to try lifting one of these. a unique sea salt added to over 40 campbell's condensed soups. helps us reduce sodium, but not flavor. so do a few lifts. campbell's.® it's amazing what soup can do.™

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unfolding -- unfolding in ohio. four people vanished last week. sarah maynard was found alive but bound and gagged in a neighbor's basement. that neighbor now under arrest. they are searching a gravel pit where he once worked. we'll bring you the latest as soon as we get it right here on "america live." another fox news alert. we are awaiting remarks from senate minority leader mitch mcconnell. congress is back and if republicans and democrats kant can't make some money deals the next couple weeks we could be looking at a government shutdown. >> there is an awful lot to be done in a small period of time, and it's not going to be easy.

we are expecting to see mitch mcconnell. we are told he will focus on earmarks, a proposed ban on the type of congressional spend that does not go through the formal appropriations process. over the course of a number of years a late-night middle of the night process emerged where lawmakers are able to slip in pet spending process and no one gets to read them and they become part of the law just before they vote and sometimes after that. that will be banned. mitch mcconnell is going to lay down the new law. but he does so as the minority. president obama has signaled his willingness through his advisor david axlerod. but there are much more pressing matters than a ban on earmarks. two very major things loom.

whether to extends the 2001-2003 bush era tax cuts. obama said they do not want to extend them and make them permanent for folks earning over a quarter million. republicans say no go. that is a major battle that needs to be resolved. in addition there is the question of keeping the government open. they don't have a budget passed because of the controversy over don't ask, don't tell gays in the military. those things undone. republicans with their new chief party strength and the wind at their backs aren't likely to let that line in the sands shift at all. >> reporter: what are the odds we wind up with another government shutdown? >> reporter: there can be a continuing resolution, what what we refer to as a cr. where they say we'll keep the

government open at current spending levels until we work out the math. republicans are not going to give any ground knowing in the house they will have the majority and let democrats jeff spend at this juncture or they will make them own it. inch mcconnell's speech there in a short while is about saying there is a new sheriff in town. we have got it in the house and we are not going to let this uncontrolled unbridled spending continue at all. shannon: thank you very much. from afghanistan today a chilling reminder of the danger facing our troops. the u.s. military releasing a taliban training and recruitment video that's very scary stuff, raising concerns for u.s. troops on the front lines. this video stands out in several ways from higher production values to its direct appeal for

money from the persian gulf and southwest asia. the taliban is looking to recruit even more fighters. new comments by afghan president hamid karzai criticizing the u.s. military mission in this country. he says the u.s. should reduce their visibility in his country. and they should reduce their nighttime raids. the u.s. not happy with the results. >> reporter: general he tray us is angry and frustrated and angry with hamid karzai's remarks. he called for an end of night raids and for u.s. troops to be less visible on the ground in afghanistan. a senior spokesman for karzai said it was a criticism of

general petraeus' strategy but there is very little way to read it other than a criticism of the strategy by general petraeus. they are trying to separate insurgents from the afghan people. it also puts an emphasis in tracking down insurgents in the middle of the night. while officials try to downplay this current crisis, it comes as a time when the general is trying to sell the success of the current strategy a u.s. and afghan officials say comments by afghan president hamid karzai undercut what general petraeus is trying to done trying to sell the success of the surge. there have been questions just how onboard hamid karzai is with the latest strategy. there is a big gap between what

u.s. official and president karzai see as the strategy going forward. shannon: any sense of the mood or the impact they are having on u.s. coalition troops? >> reporter: most troops on the ground don't hear about these comments. they are in very remote areas. but i talked to people in kabul, the staff working with the afghan government and trying to implement policy. they are fruls trailed. one commander said they have felt like they are fighting the taliban and fighting the afghan government. there is concern about the current situation and about president karzai's unwillingness to support the current strategy. shannon: this is a fox news alert. we are getting new developments

of the trial in guantanamo bay. defense attorneys are ahmed ghailani are going to ask for a mistrial because of some kinds of note from a juror to the judge. david lee miller is in the courthouse. we expect new information. we'll go to him as soon as we get. while democrats were dealing with a crushing electric day defeat, president obama was overseas work on his foreign policy. ambassador john bolton on what it means to america's international stand. he was told to take the american flag off his bicycle. today he was back on his bicycle with the flag and big friends backing him up. >> you are suppose to be free in this country. i should be able to fly the flag wherever i want to. i had it on for two months. and it wasn't a problem until

veteran's week. fold it up and cooperate with them and put it away. but after school i'll put it back on and ride home.

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shannon: you are looking at pictures high above the earth from the international space station. during the space walk they will change the position of a television camera. the spacewalkers are part of a 6-member crew onboard the space station right now. it started with handshakes and accolades. but his whirl wind trip ended with him defending america and his policies. his views somewhat rejected on the international stage as he failed some secure a trade pack with south korea. john bolton the former ambassador to the u.n.

your impressions of the trip? >> it was a bad trip fear president obama and is -- for president obama and his policies and administration. but you need to separate the president from the country as a whole. i think the message that comes through is that at weakness of the obama administration in terms of asserting american interests is mor more and more advice -- more and more visible. shannon: we heard about reaching out, changing america's image on the world stage and being less de -- less defiant and powerful. look at chinese currency manipulation, how does that work or not? >> a big part of the problem is the obama administration's own policies about it inflation of

the currency we are risking by quantitative easing by the fed. and deficit policies of the administration. in the case of south korea, it was the admin strailings' own reluck -- the administration's even reluck dance that led to the failure of the negotiations with south korea. we had a treaty that was negotiated with the bush administration. they wanted some fixes and they couldn't get them in time for the trip. just in terms of managing the presidency, that's a real failure. shannon: when he was in copenhagen for the clue hat issue, there were a lot of democrats disappointed how he performed there. is it a matter of him being more popular than he is respected? >> his image may be popular.

a president, even barack obama doesn't win international agreement just by showing up. and i think one would imagine by this point that his administration learned you have to do preparation and hard work in advance. so that's why i think there is a clear distinction went perception of america, problems we have economically versus a per sechtion an ever-weakening obama presidency. especially after the notch 2 elections. shannon: michael moore said to him, it's time to take off the pink tutu. >> i think it's part of the problem he has in acting like a president. and it's a problem many people in the legislative branch have and certainly from his career background, never having really

managed anything larger than a senate office. he is responsible for the executive bran everybody of government. he just can't say you folks figure it out. that kind of leadership within the government itself as opposed out on the campaign trail, i think he is sadly looking unfortunately. shannon: you mentioned we have to separate these two things. so long term, what do these stumbles mean for him versus for the country? >> i think obviously the two are ultimately related. i think it's his administration's poll says it that risk the future for the country. i hope the poll says it of our close allies, germany, france, britain, japan, say we need to get away from excessive spending, we need to cut back government as they are doing and have a strong american currency some buto buttress our economic

position in the world. shannon: it will be domestic or international, his next opportunity to step up to the plate and make a change? >> he goes to a nato summit meeting this thursday. that will be one sign on afghanistan in particular. i think the main course for him in the next couple months is domestic as we see whether we'll gets the bush tax cuts extends and get this excessive government spending and regulation down. that will be a test whether he can move to the center. >> thank you for your time today. >> thank you. shannon: senate minority leader michigan mcconnell walked out on the senate floor and called for a moratorium on earmarks. the pet projects lawmakers add on to spending bills. we'll have more on that sortly. there has been speculation he

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shannon: this is a fox news alert. moments ago senate minority leader mitch mcconnell walked out onto the senate floor and called for a moratorium on earmarks. here is what the senator had to say on the senate floor. >> i concluded on the issue of congressional earmarks, the leader of my party in the senate i have to lead first by example. nearly every day that the senate has been in session for the past two years i have come down to this very spot and said democrats were ignoring the wishes of the american people. when it comes to earmarks i won't be guilty of the same thing. make no mistake, i know the good that has come from the projects that i helped support throughout my state. i don't apologize for them. but there is simply no doubt that the abuse of this practice has caused americans to right as

a symbol of waste and out of control spending that every republican in washington is determined to fight. unless people like me show the american people that they are willing to follow through on small or symbolic things we risk losing them on the bigger things. shannon: senator mcconnell admitted there was a fissure whether he would call for a ban on earmarks. he said doing that gives more power to the democrats and the white house. but the house over there, the gop had a moratorium this year, they were pressuring the senate it looks like senator mcconnell is saying the senate is going to call for that moratorium as well. we heard growing public anger. today from new jersey a politician working a part time

job calls it quits. but she is making five times more than she would have if she had stayed on there doing her job. it has everything to do with timing. trace? she had that calendar lined up. >> reporter: timing is everything. that's the old saying. susan reached 25 years with the state on the very day she hit that goal she retired. which after 25 years you get the full pension and she gets full health benefits even though for the past few years she had only been working part time. 1450e goes to 15-18 meetings a year. on december 1, her pension is $5,300 a month every month plus full health benefits. the pension is based on your three highest years of salary. back in 2002 she was appointed

to the affairs commission and made $139,000 on that job. 2005 she quit that job to campaign for corzine. 2007 corzine appoints her to the deputy commissioner to the port authority, a job that pays $300,000. but that's a separate pension. so to keep her in the state system he also appoints her to the state finance board and that $12,000 a year part time job which gets her all the benefits. she is no longer working for the port authority. now she is the chief executive more a new jersey hospital association. so she is still working that job as of december 1. $5,300 a month every month in perpetuity it's good work if you can get it. shannon: if that, the system and

you know how to work the system, i don't know how we can blame her. >> reporter: just pointing the numbers out. shannon: the president's advisors are already planning his reelection bid. but some are telling him to pack it in. we'll explain why next. >> reporter: live on the u.s.-mexico bored where hundreds of armed soldiers are out in full force. what is their mission and is it enough to fight the immigration and drug war. shannon: he was being patriotic riding his bike to school with an american flag on the back. surprise he got today from the community. >> you are supposed to be free in this country. i should be able to fly the flag writer want to and they are telling me i can't. i had it on for two months and

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away from the crater no longer pose a danger. a new messaging service designed to compete with google gmail. gunmen opening fire and killing 5 people and injuring others. authorities don't know the motive for the attack. gunmen shooting up a car, killing a high-ranking prison official and his son. preventing violence like that from spilling into this country is the mission of thousands of national guards troops. the hottest spot may be in this war in arizona. are the troops making a difference? as part of a new series called america's third war.

>> reporter: they are act as extra eyes and ears for the thousands of u.s. border patrol agents patrolling this region. the authorities do not have the authority to detine a suspected illegal immigrants but they are armed for their own protection. it is dangerous out here. they are mostly watching the border fence and monitoring surveillance cameras and asifting those agents. president obama called for 1,200 troops to be deployed to the southwest states. 263 are working in texas, 51 here in arizona. 80 have been deployed to new mexico, and 280 in texas. it takes a fair amount of time to train the soldiers and airmen. this deployment is scheduled to last just about a year. shannon: do we know how much of a deterrent they are turning out to be there?

>> they have only been in place since the beginning of october. so it's too early to tell what type of impact they are having. whether apprehensions up or down or drug seals iewrs are up or down. so that is to be continued. but folks out on the front lines, they are happy to get the help. however, some in the border towns where violence is spilling over, and of course certain members of law enforcement tell us 1,200 troops may be a nice start, but they are still begging for more. >> i'm telling you as a sheriff, we are the number one pass-through county in arizona that it's not secure. the violence and concerns we have are more than a public safety matter. 520 soldiers are not going to stop it. we said we need 3,000 armed soldiers just here in arizona. >> reporter: we do have a

benchmark to work with. president bush ordered 6,000 troops to the border. in the two-year period of that mission illegal immigration arrested went down by 20% as did drugs being smuggled into the homeland. shannon: casey seeingle, thank k you very much. the death toll passing 10,000 earlier this month. deaths from the mexican drug war are up 30% from last year. up 310% from just four years ago. you can find out a whole lot more about our series on america's third war. go to foxnews.com and check out our section on original stories. two leading democratic political analyst.say the best way for

president obama to help america is to step aside. faced with a laundry list of problems including the economy, the deficit and foreign policy. one of the men behind that editorial is pat today dem and dug shown. doug, why? >> the problems we face are too great to allow partisan politics to get in the way. the president spoke of hand-to-hand combat with his enemies. governor rendell does better than anyone championing bipartisanship, the need to get together to reconcile our problems. that's why pat cadell and i said put aside politics. >> i think there is a lot to what pat and doug said. i still believe president obama

can do it and hold himself open as a potential candidate. i always believed that the best politics is good government. and here i think pat and doug are absolutely right. the nation is at a critical juncture. what we need to do is have someone who will take tough stands and determine what we need as a country and try to bring it together. one of the things doug and pat suggested was they -- the president come out and be for entitlement reform, even in the faces of what nancy pelosi said. he can do that as an incumbent president. he can say there has got to be shared pain for everyone to endure. it meets cutting the military budget for republic cans it's shared pain. i think you can lead and still be a potential candidate. but put partisanship aside for the next 18 months. shannon: if he does decide to shep down, do you think it will

empower him or impede him? >> governor rendell's comments are constructive and helpful. i can't agree more to the general prescription he offers to the president. but we are not talking about stepping down. we are talking about stepping you have and providing leadership to the country. if the president does some variation of what governor rendell suggested or what pat and i recommended in our piece, the country will be better off for it. shannon: is it possible to govern and campaign at the same time? >> if he says i'm going to try to bring everyone together, broach a compromise that will meet our challenges head on. that's good government it's more than make campaign speeches. the american people are desperately looking for someone to lead and bring the sides together. to the extent we can be brought together. there is a potential for common

ground. if the president tries this and the republicans balk, then he has made himself a stronger candidate. but i think he can run for office by governing well. the rose garden strategy, be a leader, look like you are about of all. i think what doug has done is laid out a roadmap for the president to follow without necessarily saying i'm not going to run. shannon: any chance you think this president would take your advice? >> he told diane sawyer that he would rather be a great one-term president than a mediocre two-term president. but the governor's council is exactly right. far more important than us giving him political advice is him governing in a way that puts the problems first. that's what matters to the citizens that governor rendell represents so effectively in

pennsylvania, and certainly it's what matters to pat cadell and i. shannon: does it make sense for him to walk away when he has done so many big things in the beginning of his presidency that he would want to see come to fruition? to actually stick around and see the results of the seeds that he planted? >> sure. clear live he wants to be there for the implementation. it's not going to be repealed. it may be modified or changed, bit won't be repealed it's important to follow up on what doug said. the president has a unique opportunity to bridge the difference between both sides. by saying to the democrats, look, we need entitlement reform, and we need to change social security. marco rubio ran in florida, the oldest state in the union. he said the retirement age

should be raids and he won an impressive victory. no campaign speeches, no political trips. just govern. just lead. >> one final point i would like to make. governor rendell has been mentioned as a prospective full-time chief of staff to the president. with the approach he's taken today and the leadership he offered in pennsylvania and the democratic party we would be well served with governor rendell leaving harrisburg and going to washington. shannon: governor, doug, great to see you both. coming up at the top of the hour. "studio b" with shep and smith. shep: we'll continue to cover this mystery out of the state of ohio. the young girl bound and gagged and under the control of a man we are led to believe for a

number of days and the rest of her family missing. in addition judge andrew napolitano will be here to talk about charlie rangel. shannon: he refused to go through a full-body scanner. they they ordered a full-body patdown. what he did next touched down a firestorm. it even got a response from the secretary of homeland security. >> they asked me to go through the scanner. i said i don't think so. we are spending inordinate amounts of money on technology that doesn't work. she felt lost...

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shannon: we are just getting an update for the search for a missing family in dwroaf. the daughter was found bound and gagged in a home not far from where she lived.

also mission is a female friend of the family. the sheriff giving us an update moments ago. >> we have to and we are approaching this investigation on the other prong based on evidence, based on the fact we haven't seen them. based on interviews and continue the investigation by the agencies partnering with us that there is a possibility that sarah, tina and kody are dead. so that makes it crucial if a person sees something, clothing, something out of the ordinary, there is a ton of searches and efforts being done. that type of thing. don't touch it. don't assume that it belongs there. notify the sheriff's office, whether it's a piece of clothing, a bag, it could contain evidence that we need to

further this investigation. our efforts are continuing with search efforts, and i think a lot of you had seen that this morning. and continue today with the other agencies, the ohio state highway patrol, the department of natural resources, several law enforcement agencies, and of course the primary investigating agencies, the sheriff's office, the federal bureau of investigation. and the ohio attorney general's office. that's where we are today. shannon: law enforce -- is saying they believe some of those missing could be dead. 30-year-old matthew hoffman who lived near where the girl lived was arrested. big new developments with a youngster who proudly flew the american flag on his bike until

the school told him he was going to have to remove it during the week of veterans day. now the red, white and blue is flying again and that little boy has some big company. >> i just told them okay. that way i didn't get in any more trouble. it just kind of makes me juch set i can't fly the flag in my nation. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today.

shannon: cody rode his bike to school with the old glory on his bike for weeks. but just before veterans day the district made him remove the flag with concerns about quote violence and tensions. motorcyclists escorting him on

his daily ride. then gathering to recite the pledge of allegiance. >> reporter: how are you handling this attention? >> my mom says i am handling it better than thee would when she was this old. report. >> there is so much pride in all of us as adults. i want to say thank you for everyone. this is incredible. shannon: he has so much poise. the school admitted they went too far when they asked him to take that flag off his bike. the controversy over those full-body scanners reaching a fever pitch after one air traveler refused to go through the machine, then record what happened after he was told he would have to undergo a full body patdown instead. take a listen.

shannon: welcome, i just have that feeling that statement you made will end up on bumper city, and t-shirts. i'm assuming you weren't amused. >> absolutely not. i was trying to keep the whole encounter lighthearted. shannon: we have all seen the images of the scan were. what were your worries about going through the scanner? >> i didn't want anybody look at my naked body. the pictures you put. you on the screen you had to blur they out. shannon: there have been concerns about health issues, too. for you it's more of an issue of privacy. >> the radiation is a concern.

i'm sure it's a small amount. if you don't travel frequent lit's probably not a huge deal. but tsa standing around, frequent flyers, there might be something to that. shannon: there are many still nervous when they get on a plane most 9/11. where do we draw the line, protecting people and making sure you get on that plane and you get where you are going? >> for me it was here. if people are concerned about bombs being brought on planes, the tsa has bomb-sniffing dogs and puffer machines. i don't see why those aren't in wider use shan rrt other option was a physical patdown. they can get up close and personal. the ex-inflammation we heard the tsa employee give you was very graphic and specific. your reaction to the patdown. >> i told them i would have him

arrested? shannon: he said i'm going to place one hand here and here, slowly up and down your legs. >> i thought it was too much. if i didn't think it was too much i would have let him pat me down. fan * i understand you were called back to security. what happened. >> there were a few people standing around as i tried to leave. they told me i had to go back into the screening area to finish the screening and i refused. i told them i don't have a ticket, i'm not going to be flying today, i'm trying to leave the airport. i'm not going to be screened on the condition of leaving. shannon: what will you do the next time you go to the airport? >> i'm planning on driving or taking a bus or train. i don't intend to fly until these machines are gone? shannon: do you think that will happen? >> i hope so, but i'm not

holding my breath. shannon: we heard the tsa budget includes buying hundreds of these machines, maybe a thousand. how far are you willing to carry this with your driving. >> i only travel by plane to family in the midwest. shannon: you feel like you are setting an example, you have drawn the line in the sand? do you want others to follow suit? >> i think others are already following suit. i just had the presence of mind to turn my camera on to protect myself to make sure there wasn't a he said, she said, i think that's an inspiration for people to stand up for themselves. shannon: if your statement ends up on a bumper sticker or t-shirt, let us know. a fox news alert. congressional committee deciding

the fate of congressman charlie rangel just wrapped up hearing the facts of the case. now they will decide whether rankle broke any rules. when they come to a decision they will come back in the room and make a public announcement. if he's guilty on any counts they will recommend punishment and that could be vote upon about it entire house. we'll bring you that at the moment it happens. police in ohio arrest a kidnapping suspect after finding a 13-year-old girl bound and gagged in his basement. the search goes on for three people who are still missing. fox news talks to the next door neighbors and gets shocking answers. captioning made possible by fox news network a heart attack that's caused by a clot, one that could be fatal. but plavix helps save lives. plavix, taken with other heart medicines, goes beyond what other heart medicines do alone, to provide greater protection against heart attack

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wrapped up hearing the facts of the case in the wrangle case and now they will decide if he broke rules. when they come to a decision they will come into the room and make a public announcement. if he is guilty on any counts the ethics committee will recommend punishment and that could be voted on by the entire house. we will brit it to you when it happens. today is interesting in that congressman rangel said he could not go forward because he did not have an attorney. there were proceedings then, without him and they will wait to see if he has actually violated law. we will keep you updated. thank you for watching. "studio b" with shephard smith starts right now. sheb sheb -- >>shepard: "studio b" begins, police are searching for three others after a young girl was found bound and gagged. we are live with a young girl's suspecd