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i think we can all say was very humble, intensely smarted and knew politics and spent the latter part of her years fighting for women in poor countries and women victims here in the united states. >> heather: she showed many personal moments and we look forward to hearing that. >> we do have another fox alert. tens of thousands of protestors taking to the streets of london venting their anger over spending cuts. at least 100,000 people are taking part in the main demonstration and it is mostly peaceful but reports of scattered violence. some demonstrators clashing with police, breaking window of stores of banks along the protest route. police responding with tear gas as they try to keep the piece. >> harris: joining us on the

phone and what can you tell us is going on right now. >> reporter: hello. i just left a part of london where there have been about a few hundred people inside. it's a very pop shop that occupies part of a group called u.k. on cots. they left the shop and they proceeded to arrest and basically i.d. most of the demonstrators that are inside and they are arresting journalists. >> heather: were are there so many on the streets? >> the numbers vary but we're looking at 250,000. it's not people from london, it's people from u.k. have taken buses and trains to be in london for this day. now, with regards what has been happening all day today.

there has been loads of action and great rally over in hyde park and the majority has been peaceful but scattered incidents >> heather: we see them protesting in the streets. do you think it can make a difference with the government? >> the people definitely hope it can. like in the 1980s, by highlighting what is happening in terms of healthcare and health care and police are being cut. so it makes it difficult for the police to be on the streets here. everybody thinks by voicing their anger and to show a mass of support or against the current government they could make a difference hopefully. >> heather: and it's happening in lots of other countries.

thank you. >> gregg: turning to libya and a major momentum shift on the battlefield. rebel forces have recaptured the key oil said of ajdabiya with help from international forces, these pictures show a libyan tank in the crosshairs of a warplane. pro gadhafi forces on are on the run and that down is a gateway sitting on a major highway leading to the stronghold of benghazi. government forces are not giving up the fight. steve harrigan is streaming live from tripoli. what is the latest? >> reporter: gregg, here is tripoli two minutes ago we heard a loud incoming explosion the first of the night. we're not sure if it was a cruise missile or air strike. we have not seeing any anti-aircraft fire yet. as far as the situation on the ground there has been a real momentum changer and their march

back to take tripoli. they are celebrating the town on ajdabiya. it was a ghost town for the past two weeks as each side fought over it. much of the credit goes to the coalition airstrikes that attacked the gadhafi forces disrupting supply lines. it's a pattern they hope to repeat in misruta targeting gadhafi forces. the battlefield in misrata because the government forces have moved in the center to be closer to civilians to try to protect them from those airstrikes. as far as the government response here goes, they are bitterly critical of coalition airstrikes, they say they are deliberately trying to help the rebels not just protect civilians but to unseat the government. gadhafi government has announced all officers will receive

promotions and raises in pay during the struggle. >> gregg: steve reporting live from tripoli. thanks very much. president obama is set to address the nation on u.s. actions in libya. that speech is scheduled for monday, 7:30 p.m. eastern time. watch it live right here on the fox news channel. >> heather: as we reported at the top of the show we do have new reaction coming to the death of an american pioneer led the way for women and politics, broke that glass ceiling. >> gregg: joining us -- do we have -- apparently we don't. july july with the latest. >> julie: after suffering complications of blood cancer she had battled for 12 years, geraldine ferraro was surrounded by her family when she passed away this morning at massachusetts general hospital. and president obama just moments

ago, he says he will forever be remembered as a trail blazer that broke down barriers for women. whether it was at a public school, a teacher, an assistant district attorney, member of congress or candidate for vice president. she fought to uphold the founding ideals of quality and justice and opportunity for all. she leaves behind her husband, three children and eight grandchildren. in a statement her family says geraldine ferraro was widely known as a leader, a fighter for justice and a tireless advocate with those without a voice. to us, she was a wife, mother and grandmother and aunt, a woman deeply loved by her family. her general rossist spirit waging battles big and small, public and personal will never be forgotten and will be sorrily missed. she earned a place in history as the very first woman and first

italian-american to run on a major ticket with walter mondale's vice presidential running mate on the democratic party district. in the '90s she ran twice and then in 2001 she had a form of blood cancer called multiple my loma. she was a tireless add voluntary voluntary cat raising funds to research into her disease. and failed presidential bid in 2008 and when sarah palin was chosen, she said it was wonderful to see a woman on the national ticket noting she didn't want to be the only one. she was also a much loved fox news political analyst and upon hearing of today's sad news, they spoke on her on a personal level saying, she was a warm and respected member of the fox news family and we will miss her.

>> gregg: julie banderas, thank very much. some of the biggest names testing the possible presidential run and bringing their message to what is called the conservative principles congress. carl, this was mississippi governor's first appearance. what is hail but barber saying? >> he is just about to announce his exploratory committee and he would be doing it the first couple of weeks but may have to wait. today was some of the rest of the field. he said that for conservatives, social conservatism and fiscal conservatism is intertwined and the success will hinge to get rid of president obama and deal with a lot of the economic disaster that the incumbent has left and will leave in his wake

if they can beat him. here is haley barber on the stump here in des moines? >> this administration too soon thinks that we're too stupid to take care of ourselves. that we're not up to it. we need somebody in washington to tell us what kind of health insurance policy to have, to tell us how to do everything that we do when the facts of our history show that turn loose american ingenuity and burial is spirit and there is no limit to what our -- entrepreneurial spirit, there is no telling what our grandchildren can have. >> and particularly by newt gingrich that defended his criticism. he says he has only changed his position because president obama continues to change the policy. mr. gingrich is likely to bypass an exploratory committee

entirely and declare thinks candidacy and announce it in may. newt gingrich just a little while ago. >> i'm very optimistic. i believe in 2012 we could win historic election and we could end the 80-year dominance of the left and fundamentally recenter this country back to a center right government reflecting the core values of the american people. >> reporter: iowa holds the first nation's caucuses. sometime in early january of next year, not yet scheduled. little known to many, there may be a evenian native on the ballot, michele bachmann is considering a run. today she weighed on the debate among about whether social conservatism, which should be more important. she says they are equal. >> we've been told we need truce

on social issues, i would highly disagree with that because the truth is social conservatism is fiscal conservatism. >> reporter: truce they are talking about is something suggested by governor mitch daniels... the idea that republicans should subordinate social issues to fiscal issues has not gone over well with conservatives, make up the body of the gop and that will take place next year. >> gregg: carl cameron live in iowa. thanks very much. we apologize to our viewers for some of the satellite transmission problems there. >> heather: speaking of conservatives, gregg, john boehner getting heat of some the very people who helped his party win control of the house, why

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>> gregg: u.s. navy is rushing to deliver fresh water to japan's damaged nuclear plant to replace the corrosive sea water to try to cool the overheated reashh. fear is the sea water could further compromise efforts to stabilize the reactors. all of this coming as another spike in radiation. japanese government spokesperson the efforts of plant's workers seem to be keeping from the situation getting worse but it's too soon to be optimistic. >> heather: tea party helped the

republicans win the house but house speaker john boehner is feeling the heat from some in the tea party movement. tea party nation sounder, he is accusing the speaker of a breaking a pledge to slash spending so he is pushing for a primary opponent against boehner. here is managing editor of the hill. thank you for joining us. let's get off the top, judson phillips he as bull's-eye on the speaker of the house. he says he is a compromised too much when it comes to spending. in your opinion should speaker boehner be concerned and what sort of fracture is this creating on capitol hill? >> she going to win his next reelection campaign. what he is concerned about keeping republicans united on the budget. if there is a bipartisan deal with the white house on the budget, it's not going to include a provision that was in the house spending bill that would fund the implementation of

healthcare reform. what is going happen, it's going to trigger criticism from some of the house republican freshman. iowa is holding a presidential forum. so the next couple of weeks will be very challenging for john boehner and defining moment. >> heather: i want to talk about that. some numbers i found, when republicans captured the house they promised to cut federal spending by 100 bye in the budget. 76% of tea party activists supported them at the time. fast forward to last month with house republicans and expressing a plan to cut $61 billion. tea party support fell to at the 52%. how can republicans regain their support or do you think they need it? >> they did vow to cut $100 billion in their pledge to america. initially they said they were going to cut $32 billion and $61

billion but we're cutting $100 billion if you compare to the budget request from last year which was never enacted. it's really not $100 billion, it's $61 billion. that number is probably going down when they compromise with democrats. it's going to be very difficult spot of what number do they end up with and whether the amendment to house bill and planned parenthood and climate change whether that will be included. >> heather: and phillips he said this about boehner. he said charlie sheen still makes more sense than john boehner because at least charlie sheen is winning. is anybody winning in washington and who do you think voters will ultimately blame? >> i don't think he should be asking charlie sheen for advice.

boehner has done fairly well. he cut 10 bmd a short term spending bill which had been embraced by senate. john boehner has had the upper hand but as far as going forward more republicans are starting to defect, 54 republicans defect on the last spending measure. temperature is rising in the house republican caucus, i think it's going to be challenging for boehner, especially when he is going up against a democratic senate and democratic white house. >> heather: thank you very much for joining us. >> gregg: there is an effort on the way in south carolina to ban inmates from using facebook. more and more inmates are social networking these days, but not always with good intentions. for example, one inmate used facebook to help him make a prison break. the move to de-friend the bad

guys is not sitting well. hi, elizabeth. >> this bill would make it illegal for not only inmates but people who are helping inmates if they set up a facebook page, myspace page or tweet any social networking site it would be illegal. a fine up to $500, tack on 30 days to their prison sentence and victim advocates, it gives victims protection but it gives them a voice. >> i think this is law is unnecessary because we've got laws in place that protect victims and protect family members from being threatened by inmates, by anybody. so if we actually enforce those laws that are already in place it would be more effective than creating a whole new law. >> reporter: inmates are getting on facebook through smuggled cell phones. if we enforce the laws that are already in place we don't need

this. it would be extra legislation but i want you to listen what one victim advocate told us. >> batterers, gang members live to intimidate, harass and terrorize their victims. that is what they do. facebook, anybody that is on facebook can reach out and send a message to anybody they want to. it can be a really terrorizing thing for them. >> reporter: when we spoke to the attorney, this would be taking away first amendment right for prisoners that have that right even though they are still in prison. >> heather: is the u.s.-mexican border safer than ever before? that is what homeland security chief janet napolitano says. we'll talk with the border commissioner to get his take. dramatic end to a long standoff with several hostages. accused of killing a police

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[ gnome ] it's go time. >> heather: rocking the middle east. reports of two more people killed in syria today as the government violently cracks down on protestors. in more than a week of demonstrations, reports of dozens killed. in one town, symbols of regime were toppled. >> gregg: president obama preparing to give a speech about the military operation in libya. sparking criticism. president from both sides of the political aisle. some question the goals and others wanted to know what is the end game here. what does president obama need to say? fox national security analyst, host of fox news live. great to see you. are we are going to near the pronouncement of the obama

doctrine on monday? >> absolutely. this is obama's got to two things, one, set the record straight on what he is trying to accomplish with libya but also to make clear what the obama doctrine is. the other two wars he is fighting, afghanistan and iraq are ones he has up hiartd. this one he started himself. so i think what he is going to talk about even though he may not use it in these terms, a limited war and intervention. he wants to go to war with limited means, no ground troops, limited period of time. he wants to go as part of a coalition, so it's a limited role and limited objective. we're not sure what it is yet but it certainly a little vague. this is his opportunity to tell us. is it to topple gadhafi or new government? we're not quite sure. >> gregg: in terms of whether it is different from any of his predecessors, we did get involved in a humanitarian conflict in kosovo through nato,

united nations troops sent into bosnia. there have been recent humanitarian wars, true? >> except when the united states goes to war for couple reasons, one obviously is self-defense, in the case of bush administration when they went in iraq where they claimed weapons of mass destruction. we have gone to rescue american citizens but the humanitarian intervention, balkans was the first time and we went into that thinking it was going to be easy thinking we could do it just in the air and ultimately we had to send in ground troops. but if this is a new precedent, we're going to intervene in somebody else's civil war to protect somebody else's citizens there is an awful lot of country we could go to right now. there were were more people in sudan and people that died in yemen last week than libya. it could be a slippery slope

endless intervention. i think the real criticism what is the end game. what is the objective? what are we trying to achieve? the obama doctrine is very different than reagan doctrine. >> the wineberger doctrine, you wrote that speech? >> yes, i did it was after the speech and he was concerned we were going to be concerned of a ground war. i interviewed the officers and generals and what were the lessons learned. the rules have a clearly defined mission, if the military doesn't have a defined mission, they aren't sure and have the full support of the people from congress and be up in front what you are trying to achieve. and most importantly, only do it if it's a vital interest involved and if you are prepared to win it. >> gregg: what is confusing to a

lot of americans, there is a whole purge of republicans and conservatives, no fly zone. so the president does it and, wait just a minute. is it possible that president obama is actually in sync with some of them? >> i think this the most amazing thing. the premium who wanted humanitarian intervention, the secretary of state, people in national security council are aligning with the neocons who believe in intervention. they are very different from normal traditional republicans say in the reagan administration of not getting involved in a war you couldn't win and reagan avoided those traps in the middle east. >> gregg: thanks very much. good to see you. >> heather: lately it seems like there is no end to the headlines about violence along the border

with mexico. at a meeting of borders and cities and towns, janet napolitano, she says in some respects things have never been better. >> what we have to work on together is correcting a perception, a perception that the border is worse now than it has ever been. that is wrong. the border is better than it has ever been. here is accounting commissioner of border protection. thank you very much for joining us jason. you are just heard what the secretary had to say, napolitano's assessment that the border is safer than it's ever been, better than ever. do you agree with that? >> i actually do. when you look over the last several years, there has been continuous improvement to bring security to the border. a lot of fence and additional border agents and additional technology and hardening of the ports of entry. so things are actually better.

however, there is still a lot that remains to be done. >> heather: i have to ask you about. this do you agree with napolitano. i would ask you, what would say to the families of the murdered rancher, the ambushed ice agent and targeted jet skiing couple. their reality is different than napolitano's and yours. do you think this is political rhetoric on the part of napolitano? what would you say to the families? >> certainly the families, my thoughts go out to them for their loss. that is not a way to gauge the effectiveness of the security. if you take a look at illegal aliens, they down by 36%. trade coming into united states, that improving in a place like el paso. looking at el paso, third safest city in the united states. >> heather: john cook said that it's the safest city in the

country of its size. he pointed out the border city is safe. napolitano says the department of homeland security will deploy 250 more agents, expect to have 300 more if it's approved. is that enough and what else do you think needs to be done? >> certainly the additional agents for the border is needed, additional technology and additional fence is needed. but mexico needs to do a few things, as well. the country of mexico through the criminal cartels and significant loss of life that has occurred but they need to harden their own borders. they need hasheden their borders with central american countries and they need to have an equivalent patrolling the south side of the border. they need to be hardening their border for introduction of weapons for money coming from the united states. there is a lot more that mexico can be done.

what about our agents taking weapons in mexico? >> they're certainly significant policy issue. that i know is being studied by the administration and the country of mexico. there is a lot of issues. one of the things we to consider is reciprocal aspect. and do we want to have law enforcement officials from other countries carrying weapons here in the united states, as well. significant issues that need to be carefully considered. >> heather: you mentioned what mexico is doing, is enough being done between a partnership between the u.s. and what more can be done in that respect? >> there has been a lot. i know until i retired, we were having regular meetings with our counterparts in mexico about cross border operations and intelligence sharing. that needs to continue to grow. there is certainly a lot of planning that goes on under the merit initiative. as i said a moment ago, mexico needs to take stronger stance of controlling its own borders and also provide another way of

security on their northern border with the united states and have a level of security in the equivalent of a border patrol. >> heather: thank you very much. it can be better still. >> gregg: pretty riveting television, a man wanted in a shooting death of a police officer surrendering, jamie hood the third person out the door. there you see him. he was hold up with eight hostages before the chief of police went live on television saying hood would not be harmed if he gave up. they have been searching him when he gunned down a cop. another officer recovering from gunshot wounds. >> heather: coming up, reaction pouring in from all around the country on the death of geraldine ferraro, an american political pioneer who helped pave the way for hillary clinton and sarah palin.

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born in the usa. >> gregg: geraldine ferraro losing her battle with cancer, passing away at the age of 75 at massachusetts general hospital. most of us know her as the first woman to run for vice president on a major american party ticket. here at fox she was also a respected colleague. so much more to her many friends. joining us now, peter is her former chief of staff and a long time family friend. our condolences to you. talk to us about geraldine ferraro the person you knew so well? >> i first met her in 1978 when she was a candidate for congress. right off the bat you could feel the conviction that she brought

to her work the warmth that she brought to her work and people in need, who needed opportunities. right from the beginning i knew this was special person. i was blessed with the opportunity to see her first congressional staffer to be her first congressional staffer and work in her race for vice president. what she contributed is hard to quantify because she broke very important barrier in american politics. others now have come through that barrier and are advancing a cause. she was there first and she took that as a great starting point for a lot of work she did. that was by no means the end of it. >> gregg: i remember her on the campaign trail in 384. she was plain spoken and so smart. you know, the american public took to her immediately. her crowds were larger than walter mondale's.

she overshadowed him in that campaign? >> i traveled with geri on some of other events of that campaign. i remember one particular in toledo, ohio, the ticket did not carry, but she had a crowd there that was filled with three generations of women. grand daughters, mothers, grandmothers, all coming to see this person. they call came away with an incredible feeling an important thing was happening in american politics. clearly those folks didn't vote for the ticket but she drew them into politics. she showed the possibility for so many people, particularly women in our political life. there are so many young girls today who are american politics who started with that inspiration. >> gregg: i always thought at the time there was an undue

focus on her family, it was really unfair. she told interviewers after that if she had known that being on the ticket was going to force all of this criticism on her family she would have never taken it. it was tough for her. >> yes, it was a painful experience to see her family during the campaign for the national election, 1984 and then afterwards dragged into things they didn't really deserved to be dragged in to, questions asked that would not have been asked of others. that was a difficult -- she knew the price when she went into this. i i think she learned some lessons from that, but important to note that even after going through that experience her commitment to public life was so great. in 1992 she offered herself to the senate to new york and continued her life in politics

after that. >> gregg: we showed a clip with sarah palin also a fox contractor on election night they got along famously. she paved the way for sarah palin but for the progress of women in so many arenags before she was a member of congress. she was head of special victims bureau that prosecuted sex crimes in children. she was the ambassador to the united nations human rights commission and she dedicated herself to helping women all over the world. >> she did. an interesting side light on sarah palin's race for vice president, on the day that senator mccain cane announced her being on the ticket. called her on the phone and told her he was thinking of her that day because made that announcement and put governor palin on the phone with geri.

that was the first time they ever had spoken but they did not share a lot in political views as governor palin noted on your air. they certainly shared the bond of women that were blaze ago trail. geri went on to work in the human rights field that the united nations, ambassador of human rights commission. she worked tirelessly on fighting disease that ended up claiming her life. she was a medical miracle she had 12 years to live after that diagnosis and most of her time at fox she was fighting cancer. >> gregg: we could tell she was struggling but she was so courageous. look, she was as tough as nails in her career, but what we learned here by working with here there was such a warmth of

humanity. >> geri was the real deal. she came from a strong italian-american family. she believed strongly in public service and what it meant to be a leader and that included reaching out to to people where they live. she always did that including in recent years, while she was struggling with cancer, i can't tell you in the years that we worked together at our firm over the last few years that she took so many phone calls from the families of multiple myeloma victims, come forward them, told them the opportunities for treatment and helped expand them even while she was battling it herself. that is the way she approached her public life as well. >> gregg: peter thank you so much for being with us today. >> i shouldn't go without saying that geri would want me to say that her relationship with fox

was something very important to her and particularly the way she was treated and n recent years by roger and your whole team. >> we loved her. >> we'll always remember at fox geraldine ferraro her warmth of spirit and her brilliance. geraldine ferraro passing away today at the age of 75. we'll be right back.

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>> gregg: new evidence giving fresh hope to an american student appealing a murder conviction in italy. in amandaknox's murder trial, witness giving critical evidence and bob, let me stop with you. the prosecution superstar witness is a homeless drug addict who may have been high on the heroin he claims to see amandaknox near the crime scene? >> credibility issues and as a result of that, it will be interesting. what impressed me more so the dna result. i tell you why. because as you know the experts

were apparently appointed by the court. so those experts, those two experts have no axe to grind. i think that is significant. >> gregg: what about that, murder weapon, a knife, an independent analysis of that knife by not one but two court appointed experts, they concluded the dna on that knife is so scant that, quote, it has proved to be insufficient to convict. my goodness. >> well, gregg, both you and i know it's up to a judge and jury to make that determination. dna does deteriorate over time but it was good enough to convict the first time around. i don't see why that should change. homeless man goes, i've had five perfect witnesses in 20 years. he is no angel but the facts check out. it was november 1st, it wasn't raining the next day, a forensic cops were swarming over

collecting evidence. he has issued credibility, his facts check out. >> gregg: what strikes me is they spent time saying that knox's dna was in around her. i would suspect to be all over because she lived with her? >> that is pretty interesting. i was thinking, wait a second. they lived together. wouldn't that be all over the place. i agree with you. i am wondering how much issue was made during the course of the trial. i think that is very relevant. i don't know how you guys feel about it. i have never been comfortable with the case. i had a sense this girl is being railroad had through the system. >> gregg: david, if there is no resemblance to american justice, italian justice is the justice with military music is to music.

>> the other thing you need to think about before you get involved in a crime in italy. her own words, they said they were using a cell phone the night it happened. they were at the codefendants home and using a computer forensic evidence and it didn't add up. there were no records to support that. >> kelly: bloody hand print was beneath the pillow and is always doing time. good to see you both guys. >> heather: military operation moves forward in libya, new questions about just how our military may be getting stretched. we'll take a look at it straight ahead. stay with us. [ male announcer ] to the 5:00 a. scholar.

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after a recapturing a key oil city. they got help from international forces. let's go right to steve harrigan streaming live from tripoli. steve? >> gregg, this is a major turn around fort rebels. they had been retreating for the past two weeks. now with the help of allied air strikes, they are celebrating their first victory. this in the key cross road town ofage can be i can't. they say this is just the beginning of what they say will be their advance eventually on the capital here in tripoli. their way was paved by the allied air strikes which targeted gadhafi tanks and artillery all around that town, especially disrupting any resupply of fuel and ammunition to gadhafi soldiers that were forced to retreat. it's a pattern they hope to repeat in a city much closer to tripoli, misrata, 130 miles away from the capital. there it will be a more complex battlefield because the gadhafi forces are already deeply inside the city. they control the main road there

and as they are surrounded by civilians, it's going to be much more tougher for ales to attack them from the air. as far as the government reaction here goes, in tripoli, they are deeply criticizing the allied air strikes, saying they're going way beyond anything in the u.n. security mandate, saying instead of protecting civilians, the allied are aiding the rebels openly, trying to topple a legitimate government. gadhafi also promoted his officer corp. and said he will give them raises during this battle. gregg, back to you. >> gregg: steve, thank you. >> heather: president obama will speak to the country monday night about the military mission in libya, but first he is using his weekly address to defend u.s. actions there. take a listen. >> we're succeeding in our mission. we've taken out libya's air defenses. gadhafi's forces are no longer advancing across libya. in places like benghazi, a city of 700,000, the gadhafi threatened to show no mercy, his

forces have been pushed back. >> heather: the president calling the mission in libya clear and focused, but there is some criticism about u.s. intervention. molly henneberg is live for us in washington. hi, molly. >> heather: one republican house member is questioning the president's timing in starting military operations. tell us about that. >> yes. georgia republican congressman austin scott, who leads the group of new gop freshmen lawmakers in the house, said the president had called for libyan leader moammar gadhafi to leave libya several weeks ago, but only got involved militarily, scott contends, after congress left last week for a scheduled recess. scott told the hill newspaper yesterday that the president's timing was, quote, intentional and asked, quote, why did he wait until after the day we adjourned from congress? the president unilaterally injected us into a third party's conflict. the white house has said the administration was working on and waiting for an international

coalition to come together and for the united nations to approve a resolution authorizing the use of military force in libya and that happened the same day that congress adjourned. heather. >> heather: what do we expect to hear from the president on monday night? >> today we got perhaps a preview of monday night's speech and the weekly saturday address. the president said today he will continue to make his case for u.s. involvement in lib y. today he said the u.s. military mission there is clear, focused and limited and he explained why he decided to commit u.s. forces >> i firmly believe that when innocent people are being brutalized, when someone like gadhafi threaten has blood bath that could destabilize an entire region and when an international community is prepared to come together to save many thousands of lives, then it's in our best interest to act. >> house republican speaker john boehner criticized the president for not explaining the mission to the american people. a spokesman for boehner said

this week that the president and his administration need to do, quote, much more to provide, quote, clarity to the country about this mission. heather. >> heather: thank you very much. molly henneberg reporting live from washington. thank you. >> gregg: the president now saying that u.s. military force in libya has saved countless lives, but stresses our involvement is limited. take a look at this poll. 47% of americans approve of u.s. action in libya, compare that, though, to 76% support for military action in iraq. 90% for afghanistan. and 51% for kosovo. so what must president obama do to make the case to the american people? here now is adam goaler, former pollster for governor chris christie. former communication advisor joins us for president obama. and senior vice president of vox global. cory, those poll numbers i just recited, perhaps they suggest whether it's libya or kosovo,

americans have some pretty serious reservations about u.s. forces intervene not guilty what what -- intervening in civil wars for human reasons. do you agree? >> i tell you, i am not the pollster on the panel today, but i will tell you this, the american people do have a great appreciation for how president obama is conducting foreign policy right now and i think what needs to be done at this stage of the game is for him to come forward on monday night, as we talked about already on your air, to tell the american people expressly what our objectives are in libya and -- >> gregg: do you think those american people, cory, would have been more comfortable with american action if the president had, as he did in afghanistan and iraq, consulted with congress first? >> i'll tell you this, the white house did consult with congress and they were briefed on these actions. as you know, this wasn't something that was -- >> gregg: a handful of folks in congress. that's not having a resolution in congress.

>> i'll tell you this. conversations were had between the white house and members of congress about the fact we were going to engage in this military engagement in libya. this was a very -- >> gregg: not the same thing, cory. adam, let me go to you. let me be fair here because adam, if u.s. involvement is limited in the end and if rebel forces are able to advance, retake strategic cities as they did today and if gadhafi is eventually forced from power and that's a real possibility, will president obama's approach of gathering international support be applauded as wise and prudent and good? >> not necessarily. i mean, we don't know who the rebels are. we don't know what the -- >> gregg: it's got to be a heck of a lot better than gadhafi. >> they might be, for all we know, radical islamist, gregg. we don't know who they are. >> gregg: the obama administration has been in touch with them. you heard hillary clinton say that. we know who they are.

>> cory said they reach briefed a handful of congressional members: he hasn't made his case to the american people. there is likely to be various factions who are going to get into a prolonged civil war over dominance and over oil. >> gregg: all right. cory, bob wrote his last column today for the "new york times," been doing it for 18 years. i want to quote him. here is what he said. so here we are pouring ship loads of cash into war in libya while simultaneously closing libraries, laying off teaches and police officers and generally letting the bottom fall out of the quality of life here at home. end quote. are the president's priorities misplaced? we've got nearly 14 million americans unemployed. our government is facing a shutdown because of choking debt. shouldn't we help our own people first? >> i tell you, whenever you have an issue where you have thousands of people in a nation that's under attack by their own

leader, action needs to be taken there. i think that again, we have to appreciate that the conflict in libya is not something that we entered to lightly. we were very deliberate in staging how we went into that conflict. >> gregg: more people have been massacred in the congo. the congo doesn't have oil, does it? >> i'm not going to go there, but i will tell you this. >> gregg: i went there. >> when you look at the tremendous level of unrest that's taking place in the middle east right now, things have been developing there rapidly over the past several months as we well know. and it was imperative that the united states, as part of an international coalition, go into libya to make sure that we -- >> gregg: why not yemen, bahrain and syria? >> the problem becomes, if that's the precedent, you open up a lot of nations, a lot of countries where you can make the same argument. >> gregg: adam --

>> things need to be dealt with on a case by case basis. the case needs to be made to the american people. >> gregg: adam, a lot of your fellow republicans, adam, and conservatives who were demanding the no-fly zone are now questioning the president's decision. newt gingrich said on our air that if he were president, first thing he would do is, quote, exercise a no-fly zone this evening. that was march 7. but after the president did it, he said on the today show, and this is another quote, i would not have intervened. that was on march 23. credit the gale collins to pointing that out in the "new york times." it's accurate. is he guilty of hi possible chrisy and are other republicans guilty of the same thing? >> here is the problem, whether or not gingrich is guilty of hypocrisy or not, i'll leave to others. you're either in or you're not in. the problem with president obama is that he's been tentative, aloof, he's appeared to be confused, quite frankly. he hasn't addressed the american people, despite cory's best

efforts, he hasn't addressed congress and gotten authorization. he's kind of we're in, but we're not taking the lead. >> what he is required to do -- >> wait a minute. if it's a war, he is required by law to get the authorization from congress. >> gregg: let's not get into the constitutionality -- >> if it's not a war. this is a humanitarian issue. >> you're right. it's a kinetic exercise. >> gregg: got to cut it off. the constitutional issue is another can of worms. adam, cory, good to see you both. thanks for being here. this just in, walter monday daily released a statement on the death of his former vice presidential running mate and we want to quote. he said, she was a remarkable woman and a dear human being. she was a pioneer in our country for justice, for women and more open society. she broke a lot of molds and it's a better country for what

she did. former vice vice presidential ne geraldine ferraro a passed away today from blood cancer at the age of 75. and julie banderas is here now with more of her life story. julie? >> incredible woman, a trail blazer for women in politics and all americans. geraldine ferraro was surrounded by her family when she passed away this morning at massachusetts general hospital after a 12-year battle with blood cancer. she leaves behind her husband, three children, and eight grandchildren. her family released a statement earlier and i'll read it. it's quoted: geraldine ann ferraro widely known as a tireless advocate for those without a voice. to us, she was a wife, mother, grandmother, and aunt. a woman devoted to and deeply loved by her family. her courage and generosity of spirit throughout her life, waging battles big and small, public and personal, will never be forgotten and will be sorely

missed. she earned a place in history as the first woman and first italian american to run on a major party national ticket serving as walter mondale's running mate in 1984 on the democratic party ticket. >> i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us! >> it was in 2001 when ferraro revealed they had a form of blood cancer. she then became a tireless advocate, raising awareness and funds for research into her disease. refusing to give in to cancer, she worked on hillary clinton's failed presidential bid in 2008, then when sarah palin was chosen as john mccain's running mate, she said it was wonderful to see a woman on the national ticket, noting that she didn't want to be the only one. geraldine ferraro was also a fox news political analyst and loved by all.

upon hearing today's sad news, fox news channel ceo said the following: she was a warm and respected member of the fox news family and we will miss her. gregg? >> gregg: thank you very much. fox viewers know bob beckle, who obviously worked the mondale campaign and worked very closely with geraldine ferraro. he's going to be our guest coming up. so stay tuned for that. >> heather: new developments to tell you about on the nuclear crisis in japan. new tests now showing that there is another spike in radiation. this as the u.s. navy rushes to deliver fresh water to japan's damaged plant. officials fear that the sea water that workers are currently using, they think it could compromise the reactors. now more from osaka with the latest. >> that's right. the u.s. forces here in japan are coming to the rescue of the fukushima plant. two naval barges coming in on

saturday with some 525,000 gallons of fresh water to help cool those reactors. the japanese have been using sea water, but that's very corrosive. on top of that, the u.s. air force has been using a fleet of c 130s to bring fresh bottled water to citizens at sendai because supplies have got so low that locals fear they may be drinking contaminated water. that bringing welcome relief. u.s. forces here, 3,600 servicemen based here. they feel very much caught up, they say, in terms of what's happening in terms of the fukushima plant. they feel they are there very much with japanese citizens, listen to this. >> japan obviously is our ally and this is our home and so when something happens in japan and we are able to help, we are glad to. so when the government in japan asked us if we could move the

water, we said yes, absolutely we can help you out. >> more bad news on that leaking water from the plant. highly radioactive water, officials are telling us. seeping out of reactor number 2 through a regular drain pipe into the sea. now, officials are saying they're not sure how much extra contamination there is in sea water now. but radioactive levels coming off that are very, very concerning. all the same, the government now saying that the efforts they are making at the fukushima plants are certainly not making the matter worse and they're trying to fix a great disaster. back to you. >> heather: thank you dominic. what is the future of the plant? here now, jeff, former commissioner for the u.s. nuclear regulatory commission. thank you very much for joining us. >> heather, thank you for having me. >> heather: a spokesperson for the japanese government said that we seem to be keeping the

situation from turning worse. that was his quote. that's a little ominous. is the goal that now? is there not any hope of making it better? >> well, they're going to have to continue to keep on top of getting water into the reactors and into the spent fuel pools. the movement to go from sea water, which was necessary at the time, to fresh water is the right method to take. the sea water they're putting in, as was mentioned, is corrosive. it also allows for build-up of salt. once some of that water evaporates, it increases the amount of salt that's available there. that's not good because it may cover up the fuel and make it more difficult for the water to actually cool it, which is required to keep it safe. so bringing that fresh water in, that's the right thing to do. >> heather: so we've moved from salt water to fresh water and you explained why. what if that doesn't work? is there any other option? >> there is a couple of things they're going to have to do. in order to keep the fuel cool, they are going to have to

continue to pump water through both the reactor and spent fuel pool. what we've seen lately is some indications that there is water in a turbine building of one or more of the reactors. what they're going to ultimately have to do is try to pump that out into some of the other areas of the plant where they can hold that water temporarily. eventually that water will have to be removed and decontaminated and likely will require offsite equipment to be brought on to do that. >> heather: more disturbing reports, radiation seeping from the plant since march 11. radiation has now been detected in milk, sea water, 11 kinds of vegetables, including broccoli, equal flower, turnips. is this to be expected in does this concern you at all and should we be concerned at all here in the u.s. of those products getting here? >> i think one of the things to keep in mind is radiation is one of the easiest things to detect. unlike chemicals that might appear on our food, radiation is easy to find with hand held equipment and things of that

nature. so in terms of the u.s. food supply, i think we do have the capability here to make sure that does not become a problem. in japan, they are doing the right thing in terms of testing food. milk is frequently one you want to keep away from children. the principle issue they need to be concerned about right now is iodine 129. that can get into the thyroid and particularly with people under 40, that can be more of a problem for thyroid cancer. with some of the other radio isotopes, monitoring is the way to go. >> heather: thank you very much. we appreciate your insight very much. >> thank you. >> gregg: remembering geraldine ferraro with a man who helped pick her for the vice presidential ticket and who ran the mondale-ferraro campaign, bob beckle will be joining us live, coming up.

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>> heather: today the people who knew geraldine ferraro best are remembering her as a pioneering american politician. bob beckle served as campaign manager for ferraro's vice presidential run with walter mondale. he was also on the selection committee that chose her for that ticket. thank you so much, bob, for joining us. >> my pleasure. >> heather: as we mentioned, you were on the selection committee and something i was wondering

today, who else were you considering and why did you choose geraldine ferraro? >> let me tell you the story. i don't want to get into who else we were thinking about because we had to rule people out for certain reasons. but mondale had a meeting at his house in minnesota and he had three of us in the room. his campaign chairman, me as the campaign manager and his vice presidential selection committee chair. and he said, do you guys think i'm going to beat reagan? we looked at each other and said, well, it's going to be a tough deal. probably not. and he said, well, look, i want to break the glass ceiling. i want to name a vice president who is a woman. so i want you to go out and look for a woman. we did. it was -- back then, it was not as easy as it seems like today. there were not that many women in congress. there were one or two women governors. so i went through a number of them and jerry was the one who ultimately stood out among everybody else. >> heather: why did she stand

out? also i'd like to know what about the night she accepted the nomination? what was going on behind the scenes, can you tell us about that? >> yeah, sure. we were -- first of all, the excitement when it was announced that a woman was going to be on the ticket was just powerful all over the country. we decided to bring her mother, who was aged and in her late 80s and staying at home in new york and we brought her into the convention when geri was introduced so they did cut aways to her mother watching her accept the vice presidential no, ma'am craig. -- nomination. she's very warm and very sweet. she's very much a family person. she's got a lot of kids and a lot of grandkids. i've been over there for dinner before. it seems like it's chaotic, but she seemed to control it pretty well. but it was a remarkably decent and funny, very, very funny person. and unlike most candidates i've had in my career, she actually did what she was told, which was

amazing. >> heather: that night, was it spoken, did anyone talk about the significance of that moment? >> oh, sure. sure. it was actually nerve wracking. we picked her up in a plane that was sort of a secret deal. we got one of our supporters who had a private airplane and sent him out to pick her up quietly and bring her to minnesota and we got away with it up until a few hours before the convention. we wanted to surprise the convention. but i remember when she walked off that plane and came into mondale's house, the look on her face was one of not of worry or fear or anything else. geraldine ferraro was not somebody who spooked easily. but it was one of history, you know. one thing about the mondale campaign, i managed it and i know i managed the largest loss in the history of american politics and now i'm on tv as a political expert, it's a great country. but the fact of the matter is

that there would ohm be one and that was it. she will always be remembered as the first woman. she will not be the last. there will be a woman vice president. hopefully there will be a woman president. but she broke the mold and back then, it was a very tough mold to break. and she came under a lot of criticism. >> heather: bob, before we wrap up with you, you said in an interview earlier, i heard you say that she never lost. what did you mean by that? >> she never lost -- well, this is where it gets difficult here. anybody who takes a step like that, who is the first at anything and does it with the kind of courage and commitment and dedication and love of her country and love of people around her, you know, we may have been beaten in 49 states and all the rest of it, but in the end, there was one real winner and that was geri

ferraro. she held her head high and campaigned hard right to the end. i've stayed in touch with her for years since then and she's always been a source of inspiration for me and i will miss her very, very, very much. she's a winner as far as i'm concerned. the word loss is never -- i will never associate that with her at all. >> gregg: bob, it's gregg jarrett. we knew her over the last several years here at fox news. she was a contributor and we all loved her. she was just such a wonderful person. she was -- >> she was that way. she could make everybody feel good in a room. she would walk in and everybody would be down and geri would walk in and say a couple of jokes or get into one of her italian shticks and boom, everybody was happy again. just a brief thing, i said to geri, when i went to interview her and her husband for the vice president city, i said, you're going to have to release your income tax and her husband said, no. and i said, you have to release

it. you can't run for vice president and not release it. it turns out after all this fighting for months, they finally released them and they paid more money than they were supposed to pay. that was something about an old italian family. they didn't want their private life intervened with and geri was not about to go against john's wishes on that. but in the end, she still controlled her own life, her own destiny. and she was a wonderful, wonderful vice presidential candidate. >> gregg: bob beckle, our condolences to you and thank you so much for sharing your thoughts. >> and to everybody who knew her and loved her and the millions of you out there, i can tell you that it's painful and i feel your loss. you feel mine, i'm sure. she will never, ever be forgotten. >> gregg: she will not. she has made her mark on history. bob beckle, thank you so much. geraldine ferraro, we knew her here as an incredibly intelligent person, possessed of political wisdom and charisma

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>> gregg: bottom of the hour. time for top of the news. former vice presidential nominee geraldine ferraro died today at the age of 75. it comes after more than a decade-long battle with blood cancer. >> heather: the u.s. navy is delivering a barge full of fresh water to japan's damaged nuclear plant. workers are using corrosive sea water that could add to the problems containing leaking radiation. >> gregg: organizers say some 100,000 people filled the streets of central london protesting the government's budget cuts. police say a group of demonstrators clashed with police, throwing paint bombs and other objects. >> heather: right now, former

u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, is speaking in iowa. the day devoted to a host of speakers, among them a handful of possible rincon tenders for -- rincon -- republican contenders for the white house. >> just a moment ago, ambassador bolton said when president obama took the oath of office, he wasn't prepared to be president. now nearly 3 1/2 years later, bolton said he still isn't. there has been a lot of criticism of president obama today and a big discussion amongst republicans about whether or not social issues should be more important and emphasized than economic, jobs and fiscal matters. today haley barber made his first appearance on stage some of the rest of the field and made the argument that those two issues should be intertwined and president obama's policies, whether he's prepared or not, are doing in the country. here is how he put it. >> these policies make it harder for us to create jobs and we

shouldn't ever forget that the goal here is not cutting spending for the sake of cutting spending. the goal here is to grow the economy. >> governor bar bower will have to rush back to his home state of mississippi because his state legislature is mired in a big budget crunch and he'll have to go and sort that out. his expected exploratory could come the latter part of this month. newt gingrich is very likely to announce his candidacy in the first week of may and not only forego the exploratory process. today newt made the argument that social issues are very important and should be right there at equal level as economic and jobs consideration and it was very clear that he's now quite serious and on the verge of announcing his candidacy. >> i'm very optimistic.

i believe in 2012, we could win an historic election and we could end the 80-year dominance of the left and fundamentally recenter this country back into a center right government reflecting the core values of the american people. >> here in iowa, home of the first caucus, about 30 to 40% of caucus goers are self-described evangelicals. michelle bachman, who was born in iowa and pointed out she's a 7th generation iowan, made the case that in this debate, social issues have to be considered and that a so-called truce advanced by mitch daniels of indiana who many think will not run, really can't fit in republican orthodoxy. michelle bachman. >> we've been told that we need a truce on social issues and i would highly disagree with that because the truth is, social

conservativism is fiscal conservativism. >> bachman has been increasingly lighting up the crowds in iowa in the last few weeks and months and now aggressively hiring staff. she's expected to file her exploratory sometime towards the end of april. it could go into early may. but there is very little question in the minds of caucus goers she should run for president. heather? >> heather: thank you very much. >> gregg: geraldine ferraro changed the face of american politics to be sure. she was the first woman and italian american to run on a major party's presidential ticket. she died today at the age of 75 after battling cancer for more than a decade. sean hannity joins me on the telephone. sean, thanks for talking with us. she was a frequent presence on your program. tell us about gerald dean. >> first of all, gregg, thanks for having me today. it's very sad to hear about this passing. i feel personally i lost a friend and as a country, we lost

a great courageous american. if you look at her life and background, she had an incredible, incredible life. what i loved about her is whether on the air or off the air, i mean, she was just fun and full of life. the thing that i remember most about her, she was always poking at me. she'd finish a segment with me and we were really going at it and she'd go, you don't really believe all that stuff. and she did it with a wink and a smile and also the passion of her convictions. one of the things that we also did, gregg, is we would often bet on, you know, political outcomes. for charity and i have to tell you, every single solitary time i bet her, i lost money to her charity. and so we'd often kid each other about those sort of things. for all the years she was struggling with her illness, she would never complain. i'd say, how are you doing? how are you feeling, et cetera?

oh, i'm fine. she'd let it roll off her. i remember last seeing her on election night, and i think what we saw when she was on, and i know governor palin was on today with governor palin, that is geraldine ferraro. she would debate anybody. she would stand by her convictions and she did it with a warmth and personality both on and off the air. frankly it was an inspiration. i really, really am going to miss her. >> gregg: and sean, i think those qualities came from a a very difficult childhood growing up. her parents were first generation italian immigrants and she lost her father when she was only eight years old. her mother had to support the family as a seamstress in the garment industry. she lived in low income housing. would who would have thought that she could rise to the incredible heights that she did? she was very prominent in the district attorney's office, a member of congress, first woman on a major ticket. it's really, truly an incredible

story. >> the incredible part, as you describe her background and her experience and her family and her mom and her dad, the types of struggles that are quintessentially american, it was that aspect of her life that kept her feet on the ground and kept her humble and very appreciative with a value system, gregg, i can't even begin to tell you. when we make these bets over charity and i'd lose, she'd start explaining the different charities she was involved in and i would end up donating more money because she would convince me how great it is and how worthwhile it was and we just had that relationship where we really, really, liked and respected each other a lot and we laughed a lot together. i mean, when we'd spend time, for example, before a show, we'd sit there, we would debate as passionately off the air as on the air, but it was always in good humor and always with a lot of passion, but fun and mutual

respect. i got it tell you something, she was a very humble woman. she really suffered for a lot of years and she went through a lot of difficult medical treatment and she wouldn't even give you the details of it because i think she kind of felt, i got the impression she kind of felt that she was going to be burdening other people with this. and if you look at her life, even becoming the first woman on a national ticket the way she did, it just shows an inner strength conviction, courage that i think is admirable. i think really one of the reasons that i saw instantly that governor palin and geraldine hit it off so well is because she knew what governor palin was going through and there were a number of occasions where she came out and she defended governor palin because she thought the treatment of her was unfair and it was. and for her to speak out like that, i think really kind of

captured the kind of person that she really is. >> gregg: wonderfully said. sean hannity, thank you so much. >> all right, thank you. >> gregg: on the night when she accepted the nomination, she said, i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is the land where dreams can come true for all of us. what a night, what a life. geraldine ferraro. >> heather: the united states is one week into the military mission in libya. but is there an end in sight to gadhafi's regime or could the united states be in it for the long haul like iraq and afghanistan? retired navy admiral weighs in. put the remote down and listen. [ male announcer ] this intervention brought to you by niaspan. so you cut back on the cheeseburgers and stopped using your exercise bike as a coat rack. that's it? you're done? i don't think so. you told me your doctor's worried about plaque clogging your arteries -- what did he call it... coronary artery disease.

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here now admiral joe sestak, former pennsylvania goneman. always a pleasure to speak with you. thank you for being with us. >> it's good to be with you. >> gregg: given our military campaigns in iraq and afghanistan, a lot of people are wondering, is the military overextended? are they being stretched too thin? >> our military is overextended. for example, we have not been able to defend south korea under the war plan 1527 with army divisions like we're supposed to. when i asked that during a cockial hearing -- congressional hearing, the answer i got from the leadership was, our air force and our navy will fill in. so my concern has been this overstretched. not only that, we haven't done different types of warfare that we always seem to practice on before. we're only doing -- my concern is, i don't think you can say that we know what a real political objective is.

there seems to be different interpretations of it. when you're in an alliance and there are different political objectives that one might take away from it, and particularly the united states doesn't want to lead, then you can have what's known as mission creeps and that's my concern. >> gregg: let's talk about that a little bit more. before the military campaign, the president said gadhafi must go. now he and admiral mike mullen both say that the libyan mission is not designed to remove gadhafi. indeed, on tuesday of this week, the president suggested gadhafi could stay if he, quote, changed his approach. are you confused by the strategy? >> i am confused by the talk that has come out of are we to lead? are we not to lead? do we want regime change? do we not want regime change? are we for democracy and intervening or we're not in these other places? but the statement i'm most concerned about is that the chairman said, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff last

weekend, when he stated with what's next, his answer was, circumstances will drive where this goes in the future. when you go into conflict, you want to make sure that we are driving the circumstances and not the other way around. we appear to be a bit hostage to what others might do and i don't think we can do this, particularly where you began this conversation when we're in two wars we've been for one long decade. >> i've got 30 seconds left. gadhafi slaughtered a great many people, he killed americans in terrorist bombings. why not take him out? >> we are forbidden by executive order. all that said, other countries aren't. nor are we forbidden to target his compound where there are command and control structures. >> gregg: that can be will lifted by the president, can't it? >> it can be and it has survived and i think rightly so. a number of presidents, including president reagan. >> gregg: reagan tried to take him out. but he was tipped off by the

prime minister in a telephone call. got out just in time. admiral -- >> it was with his compound. >> gregg: admiral, thanks very much. >> thank you. >> heather: new reaction from walter mondale on the passing of geraldine ferraro coming up next. [ male announcer ] this is james. the morning after the big move starts with back pain... and a choice. take advilow... and maybe up to 4 in a day. or, choose aleve and 2 pills for a day free of pain.

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>> heather: a fox news alert. we have just gotten in sound from walter mondale speaking on the death of his former running mate, geraldine ferraro. on the phone with our fox affiliate, kmsp. let's listen. >> ought me something about -- can you tell me something about miss ferraro? >> i'm very sorry to hear about her passing today. she had been a champion for not just women, but for those who believe in social justice. of course, she was my running mate in 1984, first woman, only woman -- first woman to be on a national ticket. she was a pioneer. she was part of that generation that broke the mold and broke through the glass ceiling and since her race that we didn't

win, i think it can be concede that had there are a lot more women in public life, in the congress, in the contest for higher office than ever before. i think it's because in part, geri ferraro broke the mold. >> she did break the mold. she was a dear colleague and friend here at fox news. her life was right out of a frank capra movie. it was a wonderful life and we miss her already. >> heather: it was so nice to hear stories from you, bob beckle and so many others today. >> gregg: she touched so many lives. but we're going to continue with fox news. rick folbaum, arthel neville will be on. we'll see you bk here tomorrow at 4:00 p.m. eastern. >> heather: bye.

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