ifa longoria, tony parker, splitsville, she filed this morning. jenna: jon scott, with the tabloid news of the day! got it covered! thanks, everybody, "america live" starts right now. >> we start with a fox news alert, reports of a political brawl leaking out from a closed door meeting at the capitol, any minute we can learn whether or not nanc we pelosi will lead house democrats in the new congress when they become the minority. welcome to "america live", i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly,. we're getting word from within the room, this is an effort by modern democrats to delay the election. moments ago we learned that that move did not succeed.

so the vote is going to happen. pelosi could be voted minority leader any time now but our capitol hill producers are hearing from a few democrats who are unhappy with the pelosi option, that includes those like allan boyd who lost his seat on election day. >> she is the face that defeated us in this last election. i don't know how we go into these districts like the one i represented, in january, recruit good, moderate democratic candidates if you have the same leadership team, exact same leadership team, headed by the same person that you had in place when they lost that majority shannon: of course, we are following all the developments ethey break on capitol hill and will bring them to you as soon as we get updates. this is a fox news alert. we are watching the federal courthouse in lower manhattan and the man known

around the world as the merchant of death is expected to make an appearance, this is an expected arms dealer from russia, big time arms dealer, accused of selling guns, explosives, even missiles to the folks who like to kill americans. he has touched off an international showdown with russia, moscow now vowing to do whatever it takes to get this eye free. eric shawn is live at the courthouse with something that sounds like it's straight out of a hollywood movie. >> that it is. in fact, they say that -- [inaudible] >> shannon: we have technical differents. in the meantime -- let's see if we have a correction. are you there? >> i can hear you. it sounds like an action movie. in fact there was one, they say, made starring nicholas cage, dea agents criss-crossing the globe, searching for a suspected

arms dealer, the most notorious one and they say that is victor boot, 43 years old, a former soviet military officer who is considered the most notorious global arms merchant on earth. he was brought in last night after he was extradited from thailand, he was nabbed there in 2008 during a dea sting in bangkok, involving what he thought were members of the colombian narco terrorist group. he is conspiring to -- >> [inaudible] >> shannon: a little more trouble there with eric. we'll get back to him. he's reporting from the federal courthouse with what's happening with victor boot. a little more background, he's a former soviet military officer. there are reports he even served with former russian president vladimir putin i right nowsy at the summer of this tug-of-war between the u.s. and russia, u.s. attorney general eric holder called bout a quote source

of concern around the world. askerric was trying to tell us, his alleged list of weapons may make his own army, he could be a 1-arm army. it could cause serious relations between our relationship, us and russia, two of the word's superpowers. -- world's superpowers. shan breaking news on capitol hill there, are senators grilling the chief of medicare and medicaid, those programs, as he was appoint to that position, you remember that republicans in particular wanted to question him. they waited months to talk to this man. his decisions will affect everything from huge chunks of the economy to the type of health care that older americans receive. president obama bypassed senate approval and recess appointed dr. donald berwick so this position. check out this exchange dr. berwick and senator orrin hatch of utah. >> you've cut a lot of

people out of medicare advantage. especially in rural america. >> there's normal turnover, senator. >> that's not normal. normally, you can count on me supporting it, all administration officials, if i can, i think the president ought to have the people he wants around him. i hope when we send you questions in writing that this administration will permit you to answer our questions, because this is a dog gone important committee shannon: james rosen is live in washington covering this sometimes contentious hearing this morning. good morning, james. >> reporter: good afternoon to you shannon. medicare administrator donald berwick, facing republican fire on two counts today, both as a front line defender of the health care reforms that president obama signed into law and recess appointee, installed into office without senate confirmation accordingly. and as you just saw in the line of questioning pursued by senator hatch, gop members used this hearing to argue health care reform has in fact driven up costs and slashed benefits for many

consumers, particularly the elderly reliant on medicare. democratic seb force led the questions to the witness and they were designed if republicans -- it would help the country as whole if republicans made good on repealing the law. >> i can't imagine this -- on so many counts it means seniors would not get the 50 percent discount on drugs in the doughnut hole, we would ask them to return rebate checks, we tell them to look for the donor hole not closing, when we tell them they're not going to improve access to preventive services like coloscopy and mammography. >> there was more to that answer. when retiring senator jim bunning asked berwick why he accepted a recess appointment the harvard professor and enthusiastic of the british model said

the president asked me to serve. berwick will face tougher oversight from the house next year when that chamber will be controlled by republicans. shannon: thank you james. a former producer for hit show survivor is starring in his own reality show. bruce beresford-redman is due in a los angeles courtroom today. he is expected to fight extradition to mexico, where he's accused of killing his wife monica. her body was found in a septic tank at a luxury hotel in cancun seven months ago. family members say the couple had actually gone there to try to save their troubled marriage. a high profile hollywood publicist, shot five times in the chest t happened while ronni chasten was driving through beverly hills of all places. check this out, the light post she crashed her mercedes into after being shot. the 64-year-old spent the night at the premiere for the movie burlesque. >> reporter: the police in

beverly hills were baffled by this because there does not appear to be a motive, but not a random crime. ronni chasten was a publicist, famous for promoting directors and produce e. she got heavily involved in their campaign to the academy awards so she goes to the premiere of "burlesque" starring cher and cristina aguilera, then to the w hotel, she leaves the after party somewhere after midnight, driving from hollywood to a home in westwood, she's going through beverly hills when all of the sudden neighbors hear gun shots, pow, pow, they run out, the mercedes, crashes into a light pole, but they don't see any other cars around. they rush to the car, ronni chasten is bleeding profusely, she had been shot a number of times. the coroner said she was shot five times. the cops say it might have been someone on foot, because the neighbors didn't see a car, but the truth is, they really don't know. listen:

>> we don't have crimes like this in the city of beverly hills so it is a surprise to us, we don't have a motive, a suspect, that's why it's imperative for anybody out there to give us a call, we could certainly use the public's hope. >> the theories are bandying about that she might have been the victim of road rage but that doesn't seem high on the meter, the other is that maybe someone followed ronni chasten home, which is why the cops have been scouring her apartment, pulling out computer files, we're regular files, at her office. they are also in the process, shannon, of checking out surveillance cameras that might have been in that area that can kind of paint better picture of what happened right before she crashed into that light pole, but right now you've got a high profile publicist, shot dead in beverly hills, and they have almost no clues as to what exactly happened shannon. shannon: quite a mystery. thank you very much, trace.

>> reporter: okay. shannon: big drama shaping up on capitol hill right now, will house democrats keep nancy pelosi as their leader or get rid of the woman democrats called the face of our defeat. monica crowley on what the decision means to the rest of the country. he may be one of russia was most valuable assets, now he's in u.s. hands, why this international arms dealer could set back years of diplomatic progress. >> just how bad a mexico's drug violence? wait until you hear what thousands in one border town have decided to do, even more shocking, how close this place is to the u.s.

shan a dramatic example of just how out of control mexico's drug war is, get this, people over the u.s. border have cleared out,

we're talking about leaving their homes behind, way of life, everything, even the police force have left. the town of 6500 is right across the border from south texas. now, we understand that only about 500 residents stuck around, they're fending for themselves, as two during cartels battle it out for control of this area, that is former u.s. drug czar that says it is time for americans to make a military commitment in mexico. is that a good idea? we're going to explore that proposal coming up in just a bit. this is a fox news alert, the decision could come any second now. house democrats meeting to elect a new leader and it looks like that may be soon to be former speaker nancy pelosi but there is at least one man trying to stand in her cay, congressman heath shuler, stepped town the microphone to talk about his challenge to pelosi: >> i would hope to have a more moderate person lead the democratic party so it would give us the opportunity to go and recruit more moderate

candidates who can win in these tossup seats and in doing so, we could win back the house, but it makes it more difficult now if she's going to be at the top of the ticket, so to speak. it makes it difficult, you know. enough people say why wasn't it this way in 2006, well, not as many people knew who she was at the time. shannon: radio talk show host and fox contributor monica crowley joins us. he makes points there, he says it's about what it is going to mean for 2012, and probably admits he's probably not going to beat her. so how much symbolism is this? >> i suspect there's a lot of drama happening behind closed doors right now. in fact yesterday the democratic caucus got together and apparently behind closed doors, it was a very lengthy and contentious argument and back and forth where a lot of these democratic members got right up in nancy pelosi's face and expressed their reservations about

having her continue to be the face of the democratic party. if she does, in fact, pull out this victory today, this is a huge gift to the republicans who are probably waking up today saying what did we do to deserve this particular action. nancy pelosi is a very effective manager in that she has been very effective in hurting -- herding her calves to get the liberal agenda through. the problem is yes, she's succeeded in doing that but the vast majority of american people have rejected that agenda, so it's generally good for any party to have faces representing that party, that the american people respect and like and admire, look up to. it's also generally very good for a political party to have an agenda that the american people agree with and support. and in the case of the democrats, president obama's poll numbers have come down recently, nancy pelosi might probably remain the face of the democrats in the house, harry reid remains the face of the democrats in the senate. this is generally not a good

political move for them going forward. shannon: do you think they're missing something here? because you talk about the message of the mid terms and what it was about the agenda, the polices, speaker pelosi was at the top of getting these things done, of getting health care done, cap and trade at least through the house, those kinds of things, but there's this feeling from her, top democratic leadership, that the election wasn't about us, not a message about us or our agenda. did they not get it, are we missing something? >> i think actually there's a difference between president obama and nancy pelosi on this score. i actually don't think the president is in denial. i think he does get the message the voters sent. he just rejects it. and in nancy pelosi's case, it does seem that she is so tied to her ideology that she refuses to see that the voters might not have agreed with her and what her party has put through, whereas obama is completely, i think, commit to his ideology, and he does understand that the voters reject it but he's going to press forward. nancy pelosi essentially

doesn't quite understand that connection that she and her party have been rejected, so she's holding on to the drapes, she's saying that they're going to have to carry her out of the leadership role, feet first, and she is fighting for it. i think a lot of the more responsible democrats like heath shuler, the only one really challenging her, they understand that the dynamics have really changed here, they understand that the majority of americans don't agree with what they've done over the last 2-4 years, as they've controlled the congress and that changes need to be made. she doesn't agree and think that's going to be to the detriment of the democratic party. shannon: do you think she is surprised about what happened in that meeting, which we understand got contentious, the fact that a guy like heath shuler is publicly taking her on, do you think she's surprised that she's facing these challenges? >> i think she's a little jarred by it. look, she came out of the baltimore machine, her

father is a baltimore machine politician, so she's tough as nails but not used to having her authority challenged. having her authority by folks who have been foot soldiers for a long time, i think that was probably shocking to her, but don't underestimate her, she's a real fiert and might pull this off today. shannon: she does get a lot done, whether you agree with the content. you mentioned this off the top, good for the do -- gop if she stays in charge, how bad for the democrats? >> pretty bad. in 2008 she ran on a platform of change and what they were talking, two sorts of change: one, away from george w. bush, dick cheney and that administration which was going to happen anyway, bush was term limited out, but also they meant change in how we would govern, change in the agenda and we certainly got that and that's what voters are rejecting now, so not only have voters rejected the democratic agenda but now they're seeing for the next two years, the democrats

will be led by obama, biden, pelosi, reid, not exactly real change, but nancy pelosi will not be denied. shannon: probably not today. we'rewe're going to keep an eye on it. monday contracrowley, thank you very much. we'll keep an eye on those votes and that meeting if it comes in. searchers are looking for a woman, a son and familiarry -- family friend that have been gone for about a week now. we're ahead with the new clues in the strange disappearance. viktor bout goes by seven different names but the dea says he has one mission: sell weapons, explosives, even missiles to anyone with cash, including people who want to kill us: americans. up ahead, see why the story involves much more than that. and a panel says long time democrat charlie rangel is guilty of a whole bunch of ethics violations. but what about the punishment? >> they knew that my counsel had withdrawn.

it would appear to me that i should have the opportunity to have counsel, then talk with 40 witnesses. don't you agree in any process, i should be able to talk to the 40 witnesses, or call the 40 witnesses, or hear what they've had to say? i would think so.

shannon: new information now from ohio in the search for a mother, her son and family friend, search teams focusing their efforts near the home of the only suspect charged in this case, matthew hoffman. they are zeroing in on a 1 mile raid us around that home searching a park and a lake. they arrested the suspect after a fourth member of a group, a 13-year-old girl,

was tied nup his basement but they fear she may be the only survivor. >> i think everybody just wants to keep the mood uplifted. we don't know. we can't say either way. we haven't heard anything. and we just got to keep praying, keep our heads up. >> we have to be very realistic that everything evidence wise and that the time period, no one has heard or seen from them. the likelihood, is, of course, is that they are gone. shan no one has seen or heard from tin why herman or her son or friend since last wednesday. hoffman is charged kidnapping the 13-year-old girl. his past includes arson. we'll update that story as soon as we get details. deliberations resuming in the first trial of a gitmo detainee, ahmed ghailani helped bomb two embassies in africa, they presented weeks of evidence but a verdict has been anything but swift. david lee miller at the federal courthouse in manhattan, what's happening

with the story, david? >> reporter: shannon, the jury spent the better part of the morning deliberating, this after the judge gave them new instructions. late yesterday in the afternoon the judge received a note from the jury asking for clarification of specifically how much knowledge the defendant would have to have in order to find him guilty of one of the five conspiracy charges that he faces. there was a hearing that took place this morning with the prosecution, as well as the defense, and essentially, the judge told the jury the new instructions, the shorthand of it is that the defendant had to have knowledge of the objectives -- of the conspiracy relating to the charge that the defendant faces. so the jury has been deliberating the better part of the morning, they are now out to lunch and will resume their deliberations in about half an hour's time. the bottom line here, shannon, this is very significant, is that the jury is back in business, they are taking their jobs very seriously, this after there was concern only 48 hours ago this jury could be

deadlocked, the deliberations are going to resume in a few minutes. shannon: thank you for updating us, david lee miller on the scene. brand new measures sparking complaints as americans prepare for the busy travel season. the head of the tsa has a new message for everyone. we'll bring it to you in three minutes. and this man could be one of the most important people in america when it comes to health care, from how much it costs, to how much coverage you will or will not have. what happened when he got some tough questions today from congress? >> i and the members of this committee take the importance of this committee and our constitutional role as the united states senate very seriously. you are nominated to earn -- 213 days ago and appointed 134 days ago, and yet, this is our first chance to get you before this committee to testify and answer questions, the phrase better now than never comes to mind.

shannon: secretary of state clinton now pressing the senate to ratify a uclear arms reduction treaty between yawsh and the u.s. clint -- clint yog saying that postponing the vote would undermine national security, that treaty in trouble after the lead republican on the issue said he could not back a vote before the new year. the fda, warning alcoholic energy drink companies can be seized, adding caffeine to beverages is a, quote, unsafe food

additive. >> jury deliberations begin in the chandra levy case. in the past couple of days new procedures for airport security have become one of the touchiest issues in the country. particularly the introduction of full body scanners, the devices allow technicians to check passengers for bombs and other devices by looking straight through their clothes. the head of the tsa now defending their use and the use of patdowns for folks who refuse to pass through the machines. molly henneberg is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: hi shannon. some passengers are furious about the way they're being touched during the patdown, they say they're just too invasive but the tsa is defending its procedures, john fissell told the tsa that the threats are ever real and airport security has to change with them or ahead of it. he says he and homeland security secretary janet

napolitano went through a patdown before putting a procedure in place in airports and here's what he said about that patdown: >> it is thorough. i understand that. but the impression beyond the fact it was thorough. >> the whole purpose -- >> it make you uncomfortable? >> yes. >> so it was more invasive than what i was used to. >> reporter: still, pistole says the screenings are based on the latest intelligence and he does not intend to change the policy. one republican senator countered that there needs to be a better balance between security and privacy >> i'm frankly bothered by the legal of these patdowns. i've seen them firsthand in airports in florida, i wouldn't want my wife to be touched in the way that these folks are being touched, i wouldn't want to be touched that way. >> reporter: children under age 12 are exempt from the patdowns and adults can request to go through them in a private screening area.

shannon: a little chatter that pistol -- pistole has got to be one of the greatest names of heading up security at the federal level! >> that's right. that's right. shannon: thanks for bringing us the latest, molly. the thanksgiving travel season begins this weekend, just as the controversy over those full body scanners and patdowns at the airports continues to grow. so which, if any, of the procedures are you most opposed to as a means of increasing airport security? we want to hear from you. so tell us. go to foxnews.com. you can weigh in on this and you can also see how others are voting. new reports from washington that a bureau that could raise costs for every american is dead. joe manchin of west virginia says he has got a guarantee the cap and trade bill is no longer on the agenda for the next congress. manchin says he got a personal commitment from senate majority leader harry reid during a meeting between the two men. manchin, from coal state west virginia replaced late

senator robert byrd. >> there is new fallout over the controrsial nominee to oversee two of the government's biggest safety nets, the chief of medicare and medicaid programs, testifying before the senate finance committee today and it got intense when republicans finally got a chance to challenge dr. don add berwick: >> you review 60 percent of the spending in this country, and i want to know what's going on, and i want to know -- i want answers to my questions. so i just hope that you'll answer our questions when we write -- send them in writing to you and take the courtesy to show them to you because we clearly don't have time in this hearing and we certainly haven't had time since you were recess appointed to maybe get down to some of these questions that are very important. shannon: he mentioned recessed appointment. let's talk about it with neil boortz and dan gerstein, welcome to you, both of you gentlemen. we heard the mention of

recess appointment, we know republicans have apparently not gotten over it yet it sounds like from this hearing. >> i think two things. one is the politics of health care are very, very volatile and touchy, so anything in that arena, particularly heading an agency as big as medicare and medicaid oversight is a big deal but i also think it touches on there has just been a breakdown in civility, comity, and you know, normal process in washington, that both sides behave like children. we had it when republicans were in control and now we have it with democrats in control, and the appointment process and these secret holes where the minority party holds up appointments and hold the president's appointees hostage for their own pet issues is undermining the effectiveness of our governance, and one of the things that would help the democrats in the senate would be to confront this and have a debate about the use of secret holes to block nominations. shannon: this guy is now serving in this position. at some point he has to be confirmed if he's going to stay in this proceedings but

the gop has worries about him, this is a guy who says he likes the u.k. health system, basically socialized system, and heading up medicare and medicaid and says the decision is not whether we ration but ration with our eyes open, so are the concerns legit? >> i think that it's clear why barack obama was so anxious to have this man in office without any senate hearings. he didn't say he liked socialized medicine. he was he was romantic about socialized medicine. he loves it. and while the democrats keep saying what are you talking about rationing, their own guy is saying hey, of course we're going to ration, we just have to figure out how we're going to ration, and in all of this dialogue, in all of this argument, we never get any consideration or attention paid to possible private sector options for improving the delivery of health care services in this country.

shannon: and we understand that may be something that comes up as house republicans and the senate starts -- continue this conversation about repealing health care. you mentioned, dan, a lot of people are still smarting about it on both sides of the aisle but the fact is it came nup the hearing and dr. berwick said he can't think of anything worse than the idea of repealing health care. he's certainly going to be one to fight it. >> i think that -- i'll be the first to say that the democrats completely botched the policy, the politics, and the process of the health care bill, stated up front, however, there's real danger for the republicans in going after and making repeal an obsession of this congress. that's because despite all the rhetoric, the overheatedness of this debate, the country is split on the obama health care bill and there's a lot in there that they like, and if they find out about it they're going to like it even more and what will happen is republicans may repeal the bloody shirt, it gives the president the opportunity to remind americans and tell them about all the good things in that bill that they would

lose if they get the repeal. that's why i think republicans ultimately will not go after repeal and will have to talk about repairing the bill, which makes for a much more reasonable debate. shannon: so far the polling doesn't seem to be catching up yet with this idea that the more they learn about it the more they're going to like it, a lot of this hasn't kicked in yet but this buy -- guy, berwick, has a lot of power in this position and because of the regulatory framework is the out he can make a lot of decision that is are going to impact health care possibly for everyone. neil, how worried should folks be? >> i think they should be -- when the government takes over, and they are, this largest segment of our economy, i think that the people need to be very worried. this is the same government that gave us $25 hammers, $75 hammers, and social security. but we need to get back to the basics of this argument, at some point. unless you believe you have a constitutional right to a

portion of some other individual's life, unless you believe that, you cannot make the argument that you have a right to health care. it is a consumer product, and it needs to be dealt with as much as possible in the private sector. shannon: the law has been passed, but the debate is far from over. dan, neil, thank you both. >> thank you shannon. >> thank you. shannon: we are watching the power struggle on capitol hill, will house speaker nancy pelosi retain her leadership role in the democratic caucus but will a revolt knock her from the top post? we are expecting a decision from the democrats at any moment. do you remember actor nicholas cage in this role from the movie "lord of war"? it wasn't just a piece of hollywood fiction, it's based on viktor bout, an articles dealer from russia who is facing terrorism charges in a federal court in new york city. up next, why moscow is vowing to get this guy back, no matter what.

shannon: powerful winds pounding parts of the northeast and the gusts caused a huge mess. check out trenton, new jersey, 55-mile an hour winds knocked down seven small planes and knocked out power to tens of thousands of people, the storms tore through jersey and philly. lots of folks woke up in the dark this morning. >> i supply every army but the salvation army. >> part one, two or three. >> i've only seen parts one. >> by the mid '80s my weapons were represented in eight of the world's top ten war zones. >> you get rich by giving the poorest of people on the

planet the means to continue killing each other. >> say what you like about warlords and dictators, they always pay their bills on time. shannon: that was a clip from the movie helicopter lord of the war" and we're told that movie was based on the life of this guy. viktor bout, known as the merchant of death. right now he's in court in new york city, the feds say that bout would sell his poweringful arsenal of weapons to anyone with cash and he liked to target americans. k.t. mcfarland is analyst and former deputy secretary of defense for president reagan. so nice to have an expert on this. who's this guy? >> he's a really bad guy, okay? he is someone who is a former soviet military officer, when the soviet union collapsed in the 1990s, he either bought or sold or got his hands on aircraft, weapons and he sold them, in bosnia, africa, all over the world to anybody who paid the highest price. he is bad news. it's great that he's off the

screen, you know, but the problem with it all is who does he know and what is he going to talk about, because his connections with the russian military and the russian intelligence services are pretty thick. shannon: we know that in relation with putin of some kind. >> some kind of shannon: moscow is vowing to get this guy back no matter what it takes. how worried are they what he may tell snus. >> that's the thing, bout's father in law is a former kb agent, he is supposedly former military but maybe was intelligence as well. he clearly has connections. the question is going to be if he plea bargains, remember, he's facing life in prison, what's he going to talk about, is he going to name names and if so, who, is he going to name names of russian officials, is he going to implicate russia in these various arms sales to everybody from the taliban to liberia, to countries in africa, some countries in central asia. now, i don't know, but who does this cause problems

with? the united states. we're trying to reset relations with russia. shannon: this can't be happening, but they have veiled threats, we're working on you with narcotics and in other places. >> a lot of it is dependent on russia's supply. we want russians to stop selling weapons to iran, they want them to stop selling and cooperating with iran on their nuclear program. how do we on the one hand say we want favors from you but on the other hand, watch out. we may in the legal process name names you won't like to hear. shannon: how much of this situation going to throw into this tense relationship at this point? >> it could be pretty significant. it's difficult for them to cooperate if we're on the one hand naming names that includes senior people. it could not come at a worse time. shannon: what do we do, though, what do we do diplomatically? there's every intention of trying this guy for selling billions of dollars of weapons all over the planet, especially at interests aimed at the u.s., we can't just say you can have him

back. what do we do? >> it presents a real conundrum and unfort forty, the timing could not have been worse because here we are trying to pressure russia. i don't know. they apparently have a very good case against him, they're likely to get a conviction, life imprisonment, that's going to give him a lot of incentive to talk, on the other hand f. mr. bout is released, what are the russians going to do? they don't necessarily want this guy selling his memoirs and talking about whatever relationship they had. i think it does put a wrench in it. what should dough with -- what should we do? maybe we've got somewhere in gitmo for him! here's the problem, with the civilian trial, ce name names. >> there's got to be so much sensitive data. >> sure, that's how they built the case and building that case in civilian trial is how are we going to make the case with what we're doing. how do we find out about what he's doing, are there intelligence operatives that we have who might in addition to that be targeted

by the russians. it really throws a lot of problems in a sensitive relationship at a bad time. shannon: quickly, how far does russia ratchet up this dialogue about we'll do anything to get him back? somebody is playing a game of chicken. who flinch? >> he's in lower manhattan. what is he going to do? if he has a sudden heart attack, that's pretty bad. the russians may make a lot of noise, but otherwise, there's little they can do. shannon: very complicated. k.t. thank you very much. a high stakes meeting at the white house. president obama was supposed to meet with republican leaders to talk about the bush-era tax cuts tomorrow, but now we're hearing the meeting was abruptly canceled. we'll talk about what's really going on behind the scenes here. plus one major u.s. city on the verge of making plastic bags completely illegal. and this is an idea that could spread quickly, right after the break, what it means for shoppers everywhere.

shannon: this is a fox news alert, we got word that viktor bout has pleaded not guilty in a new york courtroom, he is charged with conspiracy to kill u.s. nationals, conspiracy to acquire and use an antiaircraft missile and conspiracy to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization, among other things. as we learn more we'll bring it to you as it comes in from that federal courtroom in new york. los angeles county

approving a preliminary ban on plastic bags at supermarkets, convenience stores, pharmacies, and also requiring them to charge so cents -- 10 cents for use of a paper bag. how are you going to get your groceries home, trace? >> reporter: that's a good question. this affects about 1 million people in unin incorporated parts of los angeles. this would not affect the actual city of l.a. the ban goes into effect july 1st of next year and for all stores it would go into effect on january 2012. the headline here is many see this as a model for the rest of the state, maybe even for the rest of the country. the government numbers say that l.a. county uses 6 billion of these plastic bags a year, that's 1600 bags, per family. the supporters of the ban say they're clogging drains, they're polluting the oceans. one council member who voted for the ban says these are urban tumple we'ds, the ban would push people away from

plastic, as well as paper, by charging you 10 cents a bag for paper. they want you to use the reusable bag. problem is, some of these reusable bags have been found to have lead in them, so they're kind of dangerous as well. now, those who are against this say it would be a disadvantage for mom and pop businesses, because it wouldn't give them access to these mass discounts they get for the reusable bags, they also say this is nanny state regulation, that is just pushing businesses out of california. the grocers association in california says they don't want a patchwork of laws. if the state is going to pass a ban, let the state pass a ban, not just different counties across the state. environmentalists clearly, shannon, say this is a big win. the question we have is what happens to the dog poop picker uppers, what do you do? you don't have a plastic bag, how do you grab it? shannon: in d.c., we have to pay 5 cents per bag and they have to ask it at the check register and i got to be

honest, people say the -- give ut evil eye when you say yes to the plastic bags, but my poop has to be picked up! so i am recycling in a way. thank you trace. >> you bet. shannon: any moment, we find out whether a vote is held to keep nancy p/e pell. and a new warning from a former u.s. drug czar, america has to do something soon or else. [ male announcer ] the next big thing from lus is not a car.

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much more to come on this developing story. we are awaiting a vote on who will be leading the house democrats in the next congress. i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly. there are several leaders that announced they do not have the support to postpone a decision. they wanted to put off these elections into december temperature outgoing speaker nancy pelosi has gotten an earful from angry defeated democrats. >> napolitano's season has passed and she needs to face the defeat that the democrats took two weeks ago at the polls. >> the country is divide on this. whatever the reason, nancy pelosi was the face of the 60-plus members. at some point in time if you have the interest of the country and the party ahead of your own. then you know. shannon: a growing course of

vocal democrats say she should not be in the lead when they become the minority party. the question is, does she stay on? >> reporter: attempts to postpone the vote today and push it off until thanksgiving was an expression of the overall heartburn these democrats have and their desire to find different candidates to vote on. in this particular case nancy pelosi is probably going to be named the top democrat when the actual votes are counted. having said that, 68 democrats, one-third of the democratic caucus did vote for the postponement to try to find other candidates. pelosi will face a challenge from keith schuller who campaigned saying pelosi was a drag on democrats and promised to run against her, and heel. even pete schuller said nancy pelosi is a pretty good vote

counter and he doesn't have a chance of winning. there are challenges and a lot of criticism, it's not the kinds of thing that will spill out into the halls. once pelosi wraps this up, you will begin to see her clamp down. she'll begin to exert her force. there has been a lot of play behind the scenes as she assembled this team and a lot of complaints. the congressional black caucus wasn't sure the dean of the cbc's james clyburn was going to be substantial enough and there was concern that they didn't want to have them be considered director of black people. a whole host of criticism how this is put together speaking to the democrats' concerns that the lessons of 2010 have not been fully learned by their leaders. shannon: i wonder what happens to keith schuller after today? he knows what he's getting into. >> reporter: sure. part of this is catharsis is

part of the recovery process. it was only two weeks ago they got clobbered in the mid-term elections and they expect to be months if not years going through the growing pains that come from that setback. republicans started losing at the polls in 2006 and many think this last election was the first time they got back on track after four years of toughness. shannon: thank you very much, carl. he mentioned they got clobbered a couple weeks ago. but yet another victory celebration for house democrats. nancy pelosi is going to host a party tonight, a few hours after democrats fill their party leadership post. this is build as a get together to welcome reelected democratic leaders. she hosted a similar party last week it was a jam-packed day on capitol hill. democrats and republicans are set to elect their leaders for the next congress.

we have this all laid out on language that's easy to understand at foxnews.com/aehq. our politician blowing and congressional calendar. a much-hyped meeting between president obama and house leaders will not take place tomorrow. they were supposed to sit down with the president to discuss extending the bush tax cuts among other things. but baron and mcconnell say it will have to wait until after thanksgiving because of what they are calling scheduling conflicts. richard socarides, was there something else behind the move? that's just ahead. overseas germany stepping up security amid new fears of terrorist attacks. police and out across the country's airports today.

amy? >> reporter: i just spoke with an official in saudi arain yams interior ministry to see if the tip had come from them. he said he didn't know anything about it. it tends to stay very low profile in these matters. for now, shannon, what is going on in germany remains an unsettling mystery. this country's interior minister saying people should be concerned but not hysterical. this after there was evidence of a plot for several terror attacks in germany around the end of the month. security in train stations has been beefed up. disconcerting bit is there is no information about where these alleged attacks have been planned for nor their nature. interior nature says the country should must not allow terror threats to impinge on their freedom.

the tip about the german threat comes after a study intelligence tip led to the printer cartridge bombs put on cargo flights. and this comes towards the end of an autumn full of terror alerts and terrorists. the eiffel tower had to be evacuated earlier this fall twice. the bomb scares turned out to be false alarms. osama bin laden personally delivered threats to france via aught ohio tapes. i spoke to a colleague of mine that said germany is on the radar screen because it has a troop presence in afghanistan and because there are several islamic radicals in jails in germany right now. finally the only thing that governments have been warning people over the autumn to do is to avoid large crowds where there are lots of foreign tourists. shannon: thank you very much.

this fox news alert. in central ohio we are awaiting a news conference about the search for her mother, her son and a friend one week after they vanished. and days after the 13-year-old daughter was found bound and gagged in the basement of a home. the young girl is naysing a -- the suspect is facing a judge and showing little emotion. >> reporter: we know the sheriff will be showing photos of clothing believed to be worn by the missing three on the day they were last seen. as the search continues for clues we have seen small groups of volunteers joining police in several areas around this scene looking for the victims, looking for any sign of them. they are on small boats, they are on foot, in wooded areas near the suspect's home, and near the college where the missing mother's truck was last

seen. the suspect was in court yesterday being held on $1 million bond wearing what the sheriff calleddal suicide gown apparently because he made comments to jailers ef might be a danger to himself. the missing three, tina herrmann, who is 32, and her 11-year-old on and stephanie sprang. we obtained a copy of a police report filed by an ex-girlfriend of hoffman two weeks before this took place. she says a couple weeks before that that he choked her, held her down for one to two minutes on the floor before she was able to get out of his home. shannon? shannon: thank you very much. add speaker john boehner to the list of lawmakers challenging

the constitutionality of the new healthcare law. republican aides speculating boehner could use the first bill in the next session of congress to try to start repealing healthcare. a new debt commission report promising even more savings over the next decade. the newest plan would slash $6 trillion in red ink by 2020. but it will require some pain for us taxpayers. word of a national sales tax. jim age is followin -- jim anglt all. >> reporter: we'll be spending a trillion dollars a year on interest in less than a decade. the cochairs or former republican senator pete difficuldemimiche.>> we don't ka

crisis would occur. but we think it might be quite soon. therefore, reining in the debt is an imperative. >> reporter: a 6.5% sales tax dedicated to deficit reduction. a one-year tax holiday for social security. and emflowers which they estimate will create several million jobs and significant changes in medicare to make all seniors pay more if medical costs grow faster than the economy which they always do. replace deductions for mortgage interest and charitable contributions with a 16% tax credit. they will cut individual income tax rates to 22%.

they would also reduce the corporate right from 35% to 27%. there are dozens of proposals. but the senator says that's what it will take. >> we have to solve problems in ways that will work. >> reporter: this is the second bipartisan group to differ with nancy pelosi. shannon: we'll see if there is any meeting in the middle. thank you. we are getting ugly new reports of drug violence spilling over our southern bored and we are getting a dramatic new warning from the former u.s. drug czar. it might sounds like a jackpot for students coast to coast. but critics suggest one

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shannon: a dangerous high-speed chase in florida ended in a violent crash. it started this morning when police witnessed a robbery in miami. the suspect jumped into his ford expedition and sped off. police surround the vehicle, they had their guns drawn, but the driver got away. the suspects did not get away from the next one. crashing into the rear end of a tanker truck. failure not an option at one virginia high school. their teachers are giving is

for incomplete instead of fs. the idea is to give struggling students more time to improve their scores. >> reporter: last year the principal said at end of the year they gave out 2,000 fs to a large group of students failing more than one class. west potomac has put fs on hold in favor of is which is incomplete. there were reports that they got rid of fs all together. on their web site they are saying the school may assign an incomplete for a quarter grade. if students do not satisfactorily complete the course requirements about it end of the next square they will be assigned an "f." they are putting the fs on

hold. the teachers are saying the possibility of failing is a motivator. now the kids are under the impression they can do it whenever they want to and it's not that big of a deal. another teacher adding kids need to know if they don't turn in an assignment or blow off the test there will be consequences. we are trying to prepare people for the world of adult. what they are saying is under the new guidelines if one student crams until 2:00 in the morning and gets a gets an "a,"y get an "a." but if one student blows off the test they can take it at a later date and still get an "a." we should point out that half of the tenth graders at west potomac high school got is. incompleted in their english classes. shannon: half of them in the tenth grade?

>> reporter: half of the tenth grade english students got is, incompletes for the quarter. they can make it up later. shannon: it's been a while since i was in school, but things have changed. haven't they, trace? a key summit at the white house is cancelled. republicans and the white house will not meet tomorrow. richard socarides is here on the ugly reason he thinks is behind this change. we may come to know this little girl as baby vanessa, the dramatic rescue caught live on camera. we are going to show you how one student taught his college professor a life lesson in losing it. >> i want to know why 220 other people in this room don't find the need to do that.

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shannon: a 3-year-old girl fell into an abandoned well in argentina plunging 80 feet to the bottom of this well. her mother conviction her to crawl inside of it. then after hours of amazing work -- you can understand the excitement and cheering. rescue workers bringing little vanessa to the surface. an plans wisked her away to a local hospital and she was apparently unharmed. >> i called mitch mcdonnell,

john boehner, harry reid and nancy pelosi to invite them to a meeting here at the white house in the first week of the lame duck on november 18. this is going to be a meeting in which i want us to talk substantively about how we can move the american people's agenda forward. shannon: delaying a much-anticipated summit at the white house. house speaker decembe speak spee john boehner and mitch mcconnell said they didn't fit it in until after thanksgiving. richard? what's your guess about what's going on here? some people say the meeting was never set in stone. it makes it look like the president is not able to snap his fingers and maybe everybody come running. >> there is a lot going on and it isn't good.

we haven't even gotten to the substance yet, we are just talking about scheduling and we can't bring them together for a date for the meeting. they were sped to stay for dish. president obama says he invited them. but the republicans are saying he picked a day, he didn't ask us. he didn't ask us if we were available. now they are saying there is too much going on. it's very tricky for both of these -- for both sides of this team because this an opening here for obama who can come in and say i tried to bring these guys in. very quickly these perceptions will form about what this new working relationship, this new people having to work in partners in government will feel like. are people going to be able to move forward? some people say it's a bad sign for president obama. that he tried to get people to come in. but i think there is an opening for him. you saw some of the democrats

this morning saying, we are trying to be bipartisan and meet with these guys. they won't show up. but the president made a fatal error in scheduling this and put png it off his calendar as well as asking him. in washington the most important thing is to show respect. especially the new guys coming in. you want to take these guys and grab them both sides and say act like grownups here. shannon: let's get to the table. you mentioned the idea of respect. there was a brouhaha where the president showed up in baltimore are house republicans were meting. many of them felt like he was lecturing them. and they feel sort of this distrust about what he's really going to do if they get together. >> normally the president invites you, you never say no. but they were so worried that they would come off and not have

all their ducks in a row that they would be upstaged that they were -- they would wrather risk the backlash of cancelling and showing you have and looking bad. there is a big risk here. obama has to make these guys comfortable with him. this is two sides. if boehner says i can sit down and meet with obama but we are not comfortable,. shannon: democrats decided to re-elect nancy pelosi. she'll lead the minority when they take over in january. >> it's not a shock. she is a great vote counter. but it's like the democrats now have this problem that she is going to be the face of the democrats. they will have to do something different in order to be

successful. but i'll bet that she knows that. shannon: do you think she has gotten the message. there are skeptics who say she continues to say the election wasn't about her. >> i'll bet she has a plan. they know they have to do something differently. and the environment around them has changed dramatically. we'll see. the story is unfolding. people are absorbing this. it will be a very interesting time between now and christmas when they finally adjourn after the lame duck. shannon: do you think her demeanor or public speeches will change at all moving forward knowing that november 2 was a tough day for them? >> i wish she would show a little more warmth. when i see her she seems brittle. i wish she would show her warm side. i know she has a warm side. shannon: with the grandkids. >> and i'm sure she is getting good communications advice. but she needs to warm you have.

my just would be chill out a little bit. shannon: let me get back to the white house meeting. i wanted to ask about the issue of trying to get by and andship and get everybody to the white house. the push tax cuts, we heard mixed messages, we thought the president was hinting it was temporary, they would go for all the tax cuts extends. we hear today that senator max baucus may be considering something that would allow everything to be extended even for top earners maybe temporarily. do you think they have to settle that issue before they can come to the table? >> i think the entire situation is fluid. even within the caucuses they don't know what to do, where to put the emphasis. even among the democrats and the republicans, there is a lot of

uncertainty. i think they are absorbing this election and we don't know where this is going to end up. there is so much on the table in the lame duck. we have the stark treaty. there is enough for taken entire year that they are trying to cram into two or three weeks. i think progress on these issues for the american people should be paramount. it has to be about jobs and the economy. but they don't know yet either side which direction to go in. shannon: richard socarides, great to see you. we are waiting to here from nancy pelosi for now and getting word that she'll be the minority leader. democrats elected her to that position. we'll keep watching. if we see her come out and remark on her new election we'll take you there. we'll see if she has softened up perry charred's advice. breaking developments in the last frontier trying to track a

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shannon: we just got off the phone with teams working on a massive search for an f-15 fighter jet. >> reporter: this is a single pilot airplane. the pilot is missing. the pentagon reportedly saying they believe the plane may have crashed in the alaska wilderness. i took off about 7:40 last night west coast time. the plane has been missing for the better part of 15 1/2 to 16 hours. this an f-22 raptor which is a stealth airplane. it's designed not to be detexted by radar. it lost contact with the air

traffic controller. weather does not appear to be a factor in this. this is one of the military's top aircraft. it can fly 1 1/2 times the speed of sound without the afterburners. the top speed is classified. this plane is the sphift generation stealth fighter. they are looking at that wilderness in alaska. i have flown over it. it's crash. remember the crash of alaska senator ted stevens that killed him and 7 others. that where where they are looking. we have any more information from the pentagon or search crews we'll bring that to you. but a raptor fight sister jet and a pilot missing. -- fighter jet and pilot missing. shannon: general barry mccaffrey

says mexico is in serious trouble and the violence cannot be minimized. >> these people are operating 50 or more members in armored vehicles confronting mexican army or law enforcement. there is a struggle for the rule of laugh going on. its outcome is not foregone. it's going to get worse in the coming year or two rather than get better. shannon: we have a fair and balanced debate on what can be done. matt, is the u.s. military heading to the border more than the national guard we have now or more of a military presence necessary? we'll start with maria.

maria let me ask you about the military? should the u.s. military be beefed you have along the borderer? how far do we go? >> we need to keep in find what general mccalf are you said, mexico and the u.s. are focused on this. it is something that this administration is taking seriously. you had secretary napolitano and secretary clinton down there. the presidents have met on this. this is something this administration is focused on. i don't think we can take a unilateral approach. this has to be something done in conjunction with mexico who is also incredibly focused on this and concerned as well as they should be. shannon: are we doing enough, matt? >> i don't think we are. the governors on the border asked for national guard and have gotten smaller amounts than they need. we are fighting what constitutes a small army down there. we are talking about 30,000 machine guns and 30,000 hand

grenades in the hands of drug cartels. we have serious danger for american citizens along the border. shannon: how do you respond to those who say it's more about the immigration issue and it's being overhyped? >> i don't think it's being overhyped. but you can't confuse the two issues. i know governor brewer has been one to confuse the two issues and want to go push for draconian immigration laws by pointing to the border violence when one has nothing to do with the other. sb1070 has nothing in there in terms of what we need to combat the border violence which is real. and you mentioned it earlier. we do have 1,400 national guard down there and we are continuing to have those kinds of talks with mexico as well as with the border governors to see what else needs and should be done in

order to deal with this. shannon: maria says immigration and the violence down there are not connected. are they connected? >> i think it's off why it's connected in many ways and it many also obvious the governors ask for quite a lot more troops than they have gone the. administration needs to get serious about protecting the borderer from illegals and violence coming into the united states. shannon: what more could they be doing? >> i think what they are going to do is focus on the issue and i can't stress this enough. the immigration issue has nothing to do with the border violence that's down there. we could seal the bored and you would still see that kind of violence going on. we need to focus the efforts on the drug cartels. on the criminals, on the terrorists, not on the hard working everyday immigrants who have been here for many, many years trying to make a living. we need to find a way for comprehensive immigration reform to happen and find the way for

tough aggressive measures to deal with the violence coming from the cartels in mexico, not the har working immigrants. shannon: how do we separate the two. the president is pushing for the passage of the dream act. they want to see immigration reform. can they get it? >> they have some control the border which they seem to have an unwillingness to do. the key difference is if they controlled the border the violence would be on the other side of the border and we wouldn't have u.s. citizens kidnapped off the streets and shot to death on the streets of texas and arizona. shannon: for more on america's third war on the border check out a special news section on this important issue. foxnews.com. our third war. coming up at top of the hour, "studio b" with shepard smith.

shep: don't touch my junk hit the third day. the transportation security administration's main guy will be in here to talk about don't touch your junk. he says he felt uncomfortable when he was being patted down. the outgoing florida governor charlie crist, he's doing a pardon. what happened in florida? governor crist, what happened? the top of the hour on "studio b." shannon: this is a fox news alert. republicans just announced that john boehner is their candidate as speaker of the house in january. the house republican conference formally elected him just moments ago. that honor comes on his 61st birthday. we have identified the unidentified flying object. what that fuzzy blue light was. you will find out after the

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with multiple years of deficits. shannon: a deficit reduction panel issuing a bombshell. one of the painful recommendations, a national sales tax. is that best way to get the job done? steven moore joins us. your reaction to the proposal. >> that the way to get the job done. i don't think the american people will be happy with the idea that would be on top of the state sales taxes which you already pay. i was calculating the numbers this afternoon. if you live in florida, california, new york or new jersey. your total sales tax will be 15%. i don't think that will go over too well with people having a hard times making ends meet. shannon: what about the idea of

floating a payroll tax for a year. >> it's a disincentive to hire workers. if you tax something you get less of it. the payroll tax does reduce the number of jobs that are created. i would like to see the payroll tax reduced. if you are going to lower the payroll tax and increase the sales tax, i don't think most american consumers will feel better off. this would make them much worse off. the payroll tax is permanent and the sales tax they are talking about is permanent and the deduction would be temporary. so what does this mean we'll do? all the debt commission reductions we heard nothing was official until december 1. they all involve some amount of pain. when you are this far in the hole, it seems unavoidable.

the end of the bush administration and the obama administration has spent $2 trillion in except of the normal budget process. so i'm a big believer, stop what you are doing, stop the stimulus spending. there is $100 billion of that that hasn't been spent yet. i think the commission did couple with interesting ideas. i like the idea of over the long term phasing in the higher retirement age so people who aren't even born yet can't retire at an early retirement age. 69 seems reasonable to me. i like the idea of cutting healthcare costs which are obliterating the budget. so there are some good ideas. but republicans who have taken over the house of representatives. they will have to bite the built and make tough spending cuts starting right now. there is no reason to wait. shannon: we'll all have to take some medicine, i think. applications for mortgages dropping last week to their

lowest level in four months. this comes as borrowing costs on 30-year mort gauges surged to a record low. the fed began purchasing $60 some billion in u.s. treasuries. a blue light in the skies near our nation's capitol sparking tons of attention the first timity was spotted. then it came back again. now we know wait is. >> it's a ufo. [ rattling ] [ gasps ] [ rattling ] [ laughing ] [ announcer ] close enough just isn't good enough. - if your car is in an accident, - [ laughing continu ] make sure it's repaired with the right replacement parts. take the scary out of life with travelers. call or click now for an agent or quote.

shannon: we are expecting a news conference any minute out of ohio, it's for the search for that missing mother and her friend and her son. that's days after her 13-year-old daughter was found bound and gagged in the basement

of a home. blue lights in the sky near washington, d.c. the man who shot the ufo video posted it on the internet to try to figure out what we were all seeing. now we have an answer. >> reporter: this unidentified flying object was back flying over lehighway in centerville, virginia monday night. this time our cameras caught it all. it looked like a lot what brian first spotted 10 days ago seen on the right side of the screen. >> it's the same color that i saw. >> reporter: since the first sighting brian says he has been overwhelmed. >> i got messages from all over the world. i got phone calls from tv shows. >> reporter: after our first report fox 5 got emails, too, from across the country, but one stood out.

it said i have information on the blue ufo lights. >> from a distance in the blue lights it's hard to tell what it is. we followed up and agreed to meet the pilot of the ufo in a dark field in centerville plea blocks from the original sighting. >> this is a glider. gliersd are nice for night flying because it's slow and it's stable. >> reporter: the ufo appears to be this remote controlled glider plane. it flies up to 400 feet high. he flies it as a hobby with a local flying club. he was fly can it from this field two weeks ago. >> it's a fuzzy blue light so i can understand how it could be

thought to be a ufo. >> reporter: the glider is decorated with blue l.e.d. lights. >> i have had people who followed the lights and they come see me in the field. i show them wait really is. >> reporter: he receives it all makes sense. >> for him to have been flying that night and the way it looks from the distance, i mean, it's almost -- i would rather do that and what i thought it is. shannon: mystery solved. it's a fox news alert. we are getting word that lisa murkowski, the current senator from alaska has won reelection as a write-in candidate. she has been in a long drawnout

battle with joe miller. she decided to run as a write-in candidate. it sounds like it paid off for her. she has been in d.c. talking about the fact that she is the senator and will remain so. know miller has lost his bid in that race. for sex in the classroom. many teachers don't get. one ivy league professor is taking an unusual approach for keeping order. captioning made possible by fox news network [ male announcer ] at&t introduces a new windows phone.

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