there it is. pick it up, how to make your thanksgiving extra-special. >> alisyn: deep fried macaroni and cheese balls! >> and injection of marinade. >> clayton: and we'll make fried oreos. in the "after the show" show. there it is, "fox & friends." >> clayton: and this is a "fox news alert." time this hour is running out for the congressional deficit reduction super committee. lawmakers technically have until wednesday to find $1.2 trillion in budget savings over the next ten years. you're looking at a live picture of capitol hill, they are at work and officials are saying that a finished product needs to go to congressional budget score keepers, when they score and figure out what it costs, and has to happen by tonight to give them enough time to crunch those numbers. good morning to you, great to have you here, i'm james colby, eric, good morning. >> eric: good morning, i'm eric sean and welcome to america's news headquarters for this

sunday morning. and fight the looming deadline, the republican and democratic factions of the committee had no group meetings planned this weekend, which is raising concerns that an agreement may not be reached. what would that mean for wall street, our government and for us? peter doocy has the latest. peter, looks like the super committee will not get a deal done, at the moment. what does that mean? >> reporter: well, eric, reality is overtaking hope and that is the way the co-chair, the republican congressman, jim hensarling said this morning and we heard from members of both parties, both houses of congress and there was a lot of talk, the clock is would you to strike midnight and we're in the fourth quarter and republicans and democrats did not make it sound like a deal will be made and $1.2 trillion in automatic cuts, are sounding a lot more likely and, hensarling said he hopes they'll be able to rework the law so automatic cuts go easier on the pentagon. >> i hope it will be changed and the secretary of defense, leon panetta said, cuts of that

magnitude, would hollow out our national defense and i would hope members of congress and the presidents of the united states would listen to him carefully. but, i want people to know, that i am going to be committed to ensuring that the american people get the deficit reduction they were promised. >> reporter: across the aisle, democratic congressman becerra is singing a slightly different tune. >> we've got to move forward. they give us $1.2 trillion in savings and there is a smarter way to do it than with triggers and you start shaving away the responsibility to make the cuts in savings, guess what? you are in a worse hole a year from now than today. you have to have discipline. and i believe the super committee was set up to try to avoid the harsh results of automatic triggers. >> reporter: again as of now we don't know of any plans to get everybody on the super committee in the same room, any time, before the deadline. eric? >> eric: and talk about the deadline, they'll vote, what, by

wednesday? when is the actual deadline to try to get it all done? >> reporter: if they want the cbo to score it they have to figure out the numbers by tonight and submit them to the cbo so the super committee can announce the deal tomorrow night so it can be posted 48 hours before the end of wednesday, the real drop-dead deadline. >> eric: super committee. not looking so super. jamie? >> jamie: it would take a super miracle, maybe. meanwhile is there any way the super committee can come together before the deadline? the predictions are, absolutely not. but what will happen if they don't? joining me now, washington times columnist, charlie hurt, who has been following it from the start. is the big topic of the day. what do you think, what is going on behind closed doors, right now? >> i think, you know, the bottom line is, that you know, republicans refuse to accept the premise that you have to raise more money, raise taxes, in order to deal with the deficit

and the democrats are adamant that we not make the severe cuts without raising taxes. and, it is just two intractable sides and they will never agree on some big number, i think the very best thing that we might hope for, out of the committee is that they come up with some sort of fig leaf, small amount of cuts they an agree on, but, literally, it will not be 1/10 the size of the $15 trillion deficit we saw get posted last week. >> jamie: let's put that up. i want to show the folks the number, what it looks like on the board. $15 trillion, where we are now and we're only talking about the actual cuts that we're striving for with the super committee? are so small, it is not even 1% of the gdp and they cannot get it done and hanging over their head, if the deadline comes and there is no agreement, charlie, automatic cuts, which even leon panetta says the defense department will be so

vulnerable, our troops and our national security. you think they'll let that happen? >> well, jamie, the whole thing, this is a perfect example of what we get in washington. remember when all of this began, back when -- during the deficit -- raising the dataset ceiling debate was raging in the town and everybody was -- you know, all eyes were on the -- on congress and what they -- came up with the whole super committee to sort of defuse attention and get people looking the other way and then, along comes, you know, thanksgiving, right on the eve of this was, as people are sort of wandering out of town and people -- focused on other things, we find out, actually, the super committee is not going to work. i will bet you, jamie, between now and you heard jim hensarling, on fox news this morning, i guarantee you from this point on, they'll start talking about how those automatic triggers are not going to take place. >> jamie: really?

what is this mechanism for that? look at the super committee members, hand-picked. folks with lots of experience on capitol hill, some of them especially with budgets, these folks were the ones to get it done, bipartisan and it is not getting done and what does it say about congress, overall and how could those triggers not come into play? >> i think it says that congress -- whatever, 8% approval rating, is well deserved, for one thing and it is simple for them to undo -- there is no problem for them to go back into the legislation, and start taking it apart, and finding ways to either eliminate a lot of the automatic triggers, or, scrapping the whole thing, it is -- there is nothing that prevents them from doing that. and, quite frankly, you know, i would bet that that is what we wound up seeing and i think a large part of them kind of hopes that what happens is, that the economy starts to somehow start getting better, and, as the economy gets better, more revenues come in and, we'll wind

up with a $11 trillion debt... >> jamie: if i remember, charlie, your prediction was it wouldn't work from the beginning and at this point what options do we have and put me in the mind of the voters. because, you track politics, and, public opinion. and mentioned the 8% approval rating of congress. what will happen to those who are up for re-election if they don't get it done? how important is it to a voter? >> well, i think this is all pretty kind of tough stuff, you know, unless people running against the incumbents make a very good argument and encapsulate all of this that is going on, in a way that makes voters do -- you know, enrages voters, on sort of a local level. the tea party candidates did a good job of that in the last election. i see that sort of waning, that level of attention to these issues waning a little bit. i could be wrong and maybe it

will surge over the next 12 or 13 months. but... >> jamie: there is time, you are right. >> but, it is a tough challenge. >> jamie: i have to leave it there. but i see a less robust thanksgiving dinner for a lot of folks who are still out of work, who have, you know, put -- left money in the economy, and just with like to see it taken care of. we'll watch it all week and see what they decide, thanks, charlie hurt. have a good holiday. >> you, too. >> eric: more violence in the middle east to tell you about this sunday morning, new rounds of protest gripping egypt and now resulting in at least two deaths. thousands of demonstrators storming back into cairo's tahrir square. engaging in a second day of violent clashes with police. calling for an immediate end to february they said they would turn over power to an elected government sometime in 2013. protesters say that that is simply too late. and they demand a swift handover

by early next year. meanwhile, over in libya, revolutionary fighters, who captured the son of former dictator, muammar qaddafi, saying they will not hand him over to the international criminal court for prosecution. for possible crimes against humanly and instead vow they'll hold him until libya's transitional government establishes a new court system in libya so he may be tried inside their country. the former libyan heir was reportedly caught yesterday in a convoy, trying to escape en route to niger and is held in a rebel strong hold town, a few hours outside of tripoli. >> eric: a "fox news alert" for you now, iran and the bomb, we're learning some new details about reports that the white house could unveil a new round of sanctions against iran, as early as tomorrow. that move aimed at getting tehran to try and abandon its nuclear efforts. this, after the report from the united nations nuclear watchdog agency. claims that there is evidence

that tehran is pursuing nuclear weapons. iran has denied it, but, can these new sanctions from the obama administration potentially stop iran from building a nuclear bomb? joining us now, as he does every sunday, about this time is fox news contributor, the former united states ambassador to the united nations, john bolton. ambassador, welcome. >> good morning, glad to be here. >> eric: they'll have new sanctions, potentially, unveiled tomorrow morning from the administration. do you think that will be enough? >> no, i'm very skeptical that the so-called new sanctions are going to amount to very much more than an incremental change to what already exists. and, you know, the basic problem is, that countries like russia, china, venezuela, turkey, to an extent, have been more than happy to evade unilateral u.s. or eu sanctions in the past and the russians and the chinese made it very clear they are not going to accept new security council sanctions, so i think that this is a step by the obama

administration that will have no impact on the nuclear program, and very little impact on iran as a whole. >> eric: why would that be when the iaea had this tough report and friday, two days ago, passed a resolution basically condemning eastern? >> that is probably resolution 63 of the series of the iaea condemning iran and the report, by the director general important in showing the extent, scope, progress of iran's nuclear weapons program but, ultimately, what came out of the iaea reflects russian and china knees unwillingness to see the u.n. take a tougher role, and i think that would be reflected in the security council as well. >> eric: talk about a tougher role. what can they do? talk about restricting gasoline, they have to import 40% of their gasoline, why don't they do that and that would basically choke them? >> that would be a great idea if you could get universal adherence to that kind of sanction but that is where countries like china that want

access to iran's oil and natural gas reserves, are fully prepared to ship in refined petroleum products, venezuela. same way. so, this shows, i think, why the lack of unanimity and the security council ultimately dooms sanctions to failure why the race we're in -- an it is a race -- iran is a lot closer to achieving nuclear weapons capability than we are to stop it. >> eric: that is a chilling statement. on friday, speaker boehner and nancy pelosi, both of them agreeing together, calling on the administration to clamp down on the central bank of iran. why don't they have restrictions that would prevent iran from dealing with the global financial system? >> well, that is a great idea. it would have been a great idea 8 or 10 years ago. the fact is iran is already evading a lot of of 0 sanctions we have tried to impose unilaterally in the u.s., and, the odds are, as i say, the russians and the chinese are

just flatly going to reject any efforts to constrain transaction with the iranian central bank. so objectively speaking, this may sound like a harsh judgment, but, the more we talk about sanctions, the closer iran gets to that nuclear weapons capability. the sanctions are not working and they are not going to work. not to say they might not put pressure on the regime itself, but, in terms of stopping the nuclear weapons program, they are in effect. >> eric: sanctions not working, as you say, there seems to be a secret war now going on between iran and our allies. let me give you and show you a full screen quote from a u.n. diplomat i talked with last week. it is pretty stung, he says there is under the radar screen a war going on, countries in the front lines are the u.s., britain, france, israel and many others, this is something people have to appreciate because this is a real huge threat to all of us. you know, there were iranian

scientist, assassinated. you have the alleged plot to assassinate the saudi arabian ambassador here in the u.s., tell us about the secret war and potentially, could that stop iran from getting a nuclear bomb? >> well, there are a lot of participants in the secret war, not the least of withich is sau arabia, leading uneasily, but leading states, that don't like iran and the war is really being fought, in syria, between sunni arabs on the one hand and, the assad dictatorship on the other and that is why syria is different from other countries in the arab spring and, you have seen the conflict in bahrain and that is why the question of iran getting a nuclear weapon is so important. not just for the united states an israel, but, for our arab friends in the region as well. so this is, i think, why this constant talk about sanctions really is avoiding the main issue. remember, a few weeks ago, when

president obama announced that very assassination plot by iran against the saudi ambassador, he said toth we'll get tough sanctions in the security council and the box score is no run, no hits, no errors and nothing happened and is about the same thing that will happen in the council because of the iaea report, as long as you think sanctions are the only way to stop iran, you can count on the outcome being iran will get nuclear weapons. >> eric: a dire and chilling prediction. u.s. ambassador john bolton, who always is with us on sunday, especially today, ambassador, happy birthday. >> thank you very much. >> eric: absolutely. >> jamie: happy birthday, sir! >> happy birthday to you, too. >> jamie: and took time for us. love it. meanwhile the story fox is following very closely, fallout in the penn state child sex abuse scandal. today there are questions arising over former assistant coach jerry sandusky's involvement in youth sleepover camps. that were actually organized on

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>> eric: a "fox news alert," live pictures right now, in the evening, tahrir square, the birthplace of where the uprising toppled hosni mubarak, police and the army moving in with tear gas an rubber bullets on this second day of violence in that square, that stands for freedom, for the egyptian people. they are trying to clear that of the protesters, who had set up tents, all protesting the military rule, leading up to the election in egypt, in 8 days from now. and they want the elections to move up further, from 2013, to potentially by next year. the army, not taking any of this, they have been moving in,

violence, again, two people have been killed, more violence in tahrir square, we'll stay on the story through the morning, as it develops. >> jamie: the deadline could not be creeping any closer, on capitol hill for a debt reduction deal. much needed. members of the congressional super committee have to agree on a plan by the end of today, in order to meet wednesday's deadline, and lawmakers from both sides sitting down for an exclusive interview on fox news sunday, to discuss where things stand, right now. >> some of the democrats are willing to put some aspect of health care on the table. but, at best it would just kick the can down the road and, frankly, part of the challenge we have, i think it was on your show last week, where congressman jim clyburn said the democrats hadn't coalesced around a position, and so it is hard for to us negotiate with them when they are still negotiating with themselves. >> i believe there is a better deal than letting automatic cuts decide for out. chris, that is why i don't think

that we should call the game over deep into the fourth quarter. we still have an opportunity to go somewhere. both sides, i think, have honestly tried to put what they believe would be a good solution on the table. >> jamie: knownijoining me the of fox news sunday. chris wallace. >> good morning, jamie. >> jamie: they may not want the automatic cuts but that is the way it was set up. can't disagree with it now, can you? >> let me get first to the point of what will happen and it really looks like there will be a total failure. it would be a miracle if they even got a partial deal, but the full 1.2 trillion, remember they have to submit this to the congressional budget office for analysis by midnight tomorrow, so their deadline really isn't three days, it is a little over 24 hours and doesn't look like it will happen. what was interesting is you were getting different ways of kind of dealing with damage control,

what appears to be a failure and the republicans blamed it on the democrats and democrats said we are still here and ready to talk. as far as the trigger is concerned, that is 1.2 trillion, i think that is going to go through, the possibility is out there, though, because half of it, $6 her billion, would be automatic cuts from the pentagon and even obama's defense secretary, leon panetta says that that would be a disaster, and would weaken our national security. i think you will see a big effort next year, assuming that this all goes down, and that the triggers are implemented, to reconfigure the triggers so it isn't a full 600 billion out of the pentagon and remember, none of these cuts take foekt until january of 2013. so, these things could all be changed but i agree with you. i mean, you want to see some cuts in the deficit, and, maybe not exactly the cut laid out there. >> jamie: you might get the automatic trigger and these cuts, but, what happens then?

how do they get spending under control and raise revenue, and actually see both sides of the aisle agree on something? do you get a sense from talking to both sides? >> no. i mean, because the super committee had super powers. if they had proposed something, it would have gone to congress and they would not have allowed any amendments, it would have been a straight up-or-down vote, and, the filibuster rule would have gone out in the senate and, it would have been a simple majority. 51 votes. this was the best opportunity, the deficit reduction, whether you favor entitlement cuts or spending, tax increases or whatever, this was the best chance serious deficit reduction will have at least, through the 2012 election, and it looks like they swung and missed. >> jamie: real quick, before we leave, you think we'll hear from president if the day passes and they don't have an agreement? >> i think the president wants to stay as far away from this as possible. he, i think, feels very burned by what happened on the debt

ceiling reduction and has stayed literally a half a world away and i think will say this is a congressional committee, if they fail it is congress's fault. >> jamie: interesting, thanks, we won't miss the interview. it is an exclusive, with congressman hensarling, and becerra, later today, it airs 2:00 and 6:00 p.m. eastern here on the fox news channel. >> eric: a lot more on the super committee coming up in the next hour, but, first, a new link between birth control and prostate cancer. the new study says a common contraceptive may be putting some men in danger. the doctors will be here, coming up, next. for "sunday house call." mine was earned over the south pacific in 1943.

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>> eric: coffee time with. dr. marc siegel, author of "the inner pulse" unlocking the secret code of sickness and health. and, also, dr. david samati, chief of robotic at the mt. sinai medical center. >> jamie: good morning to you. >> eric: great to see you. >> jamie: will you make us healthy today. >> we're ready for you. >> eric: a new study, on diabetes that came out this weekend and, is predicting at least 1 in 10 adults could have diabetes, by the year 2030, and, dr. siegel, you have a practical diabetes epidemic. >> it is over 500 million people and will be mainly in developing countries but also here in developed countries, we eat too much and we are sedentary and we eat high carbohydrate diets and i want to tell people you have to look at the labels, you know?

we're always saying. eat less carbs and fats and people don't realize what is stuck in these foods. you have to watch the label if you want to go down on carbohydrates and you have to exercise and as we said, last week, what kind of exercise? also get off your duff and get out and exercise. >> diabetes, as a physician you cannot think of as one disease, it is a monster, we're losing the battleground, it is affecting every system in our body, affecting our eyes, hearts, kidneys, servings, limbs, and so you really -- we have an uphill battle and it is $170 billion we are spending on diabetes, 1.9 million people diagnosed in america with diabetes this year alone, how will you really reform health care, et cetera, and i think what mark said correctly, we need to -- marc said it correctly, we need to watch what we eat and it is, doctors like

him who help us live long, not just with diet, but medication, they are living longer... >> eric: diet and exercise, can you prevent diabetes, cut out cake and sweets and doughnuts and stuff? >> it is part of it. but, look, thank for the compliment, diabetes, the pancreas is an engine and makes a lot of insulin, but, the fatter you get the more insulin you need, and there is insulin resistance which we have discussed, no matter how much you make it doesn't work and exercise and diet helps but everybody is different and we are all about that, the idea that it is doctor and patient, 101, you have to figure out who is prone to this and who has a family history of this and what to do about it. >> jamie: genetics play a role. >> big role. >> jamie: and you are keeping us young, eric is really 102. it works, doc! we read about the study, there are new concerns birth control pills could be linked to prostate cancer and you may say

how, one is for women and one for men and, was published in a journal, and, they said women using birth control pills, men have a higher incidence of prostate cancer. >> look, it is an observational study and doesn't prove contraceptives cause prostate cancer and the message, don't stop your pills, continue to take your pills and, what they found was, that, women that take these kinds of pills, secrete estrogen in the urine, a far-fetched theory and it gets into our soil and our water system and comes back, and, men that take that water, perhaps, there is more estrogens. >> jamie: for drinking, or -- showering. >> drinking or showering even. >> jamie: really? >> look, how much estrogen is in our water system is up for debate. what we learn from this is not that there is too much estrogen in our water system, what i

learned from this, as the expert in prostate cancer, not just genetic and race plays a big role but perhaps environmental is also another factor and we need to look into it and we talk -- before we came, a lot of the farmers that were exposed to pesticides with estrogens may have more susceptibility to prostate cancer. >> i have a slightly different take. here's what i would tell my patients. why are you taking the pills? think about it, you may have a stroke from the birth control pill? why are you using it? the study remind to us look at why we're using the pills in the first place. okay, it is is probably a tiny amount of estrogen, david tell me whether actually hormones have been linked to prostate cancer in any way we need to worry about. >> a lot of data on estrogen and prostate cancer is controversial and more research needs to be done in the field, and i don't want anyone to panic and, if you are listening to this, this is not -- just observational study, continue to take your pills and you will be fine. >> jamie: and get checked for --

what age. >> the age of 40, a baseline and family history, every year with the psa. >> eric: do the psa, every year. >> every year and again we talk about, not the value but the velocity of the test. >> observe the trends, refer to dr. samadi. >> eric: men, watch the psa, she's inspiring and unbelievably amazing, gabrielle giffords, the congresswoman shot at point blank, said this week she want to get better and her recovery, just so ash stounding as it is, has placed new importance on brain rehabilitation. doctors, what are expectations for this and it may not -- not just if you have a traumatic brain injury from being shot but a car accident in any type of situation like this, when you suffer something as serious as she did. >> here on "sunday house call" we get under the story and when it first came out i talked about it as a medical miracle and i said the bullet entered the

brain high enough up, so that it missed the vital areas of the brain and the speech centers were preserve. but, months later, having gone through all of the rehab i have a different lesson, which is, sounds like she really understands what is going on really well but speech is coming back to her slowly. real medical miracles in the real world are step-by-step by painful step. she's a courageous inspiration to us but still has a long way to go. >> eric: but she's making progress. how much impact does the family support in an injury like that have to do? because the story of she and her husband, which is -- they even wrote a book about it can be inspiring to other people but plenty of people who are injured don't have that kind of love and support. >> i'm glad you brought that up. that is exactly right. mark kelly, her husband and all the nursing staff and care givers who really stood by her and helped her to get to this point, get a lot of credit for this and i think it is important and the fact she sang "the sun will come out tomorrow" and

spoke to her constituent saying i am getting better and i am feeling stronger. this is tremendous. her long term memory and short-term memory is coming back and, i deal with cancer all the time and this is an inspirational story to a lot of people out there. if you really want it, you will succeed, every day we get up healthy, is a great day, continues to battle, continue to fight. god bless you and i'm very happy for your recovery. >> there is no question that david is right. courage plays a big role. i wrote in the inner pulse, patient by patient, those that are strongest and have the most faith, spiritual and physical, are the ones that survive. >> jamie: you recount stories of true miracles. >> she's an example. she was at the right medical center, top trauma center, the golden hour, the first hour, got in, had an incredible operation and everything went exactly right. and the medic on the scene had just had a high school course, somehow knew what to do. >> jamie: unbelievable story and as you said the bullet went in and came out the right place an spared a lot of further damage

that could have been done. thanks for updating us on her. also, parents, always want to do the best for their kids and a lot of parents pursuing controversial alternatives to vaccinating their kids. is that approach, though, putting little lives at stake? we'll take a look. >> eric: ready for this? can your ends wear, that's right, your underwear, help you burn calories? hope so. >> jamie: fabulous. >> eric: we'll find out, they'll tell us and fill us in. >> jamie: i'm sticking around. >> eric: on the undies. >> we'll tell all! little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one.

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this is like new ways to get it over with and are joining facebook groups to hold chicken pox parties. dr. samadi, that sounds crazy, is it safe, a good idea. >> it is a horrible idea and is crazy, exactly like you said. look, there is -- before vaccination, th100 to 150 kids were dying from chicken pox and now we have safe vaccination and it doesn't hurt anyone and is recommended, so to send the lollipops, you don't know what you are getting. >> jamie: you find them noon? >> on-line, and you may get strep throat or meningitis and, staph, and i would not recommend it and, besides you don't get it or really, you get it through respiratory droplets and it is a really crazy idea. >> facebook itself is a virus, spreading via facebook and, chicken pox, it can cause

meningitis, encephalitis an pneumonia and people should be much more afraid of chicken pox than the vaccine against it. it is all happening because people are afraid of vaccines and the fear mongers out there. i'm pro vaccine and think it works. >> let me ask you, i heard from parents if they don't do it early on, later on, they may get shingles and it would be much more devastating. what is the fact about that. >> actually, the chicken pox, can spread to people who are immunocompromised. problematic and the truth is if you get chicken pox you are more prone to get shingles than the vaccine and you are more likely to get shingles from the party, than if they gave you the vaccine. you can get shingles from the vaccine. >> jamie: there is a vaccine out for shingles. >> there you go. >> eric: no lollipops, sounds nuts and have you heard of the trend on-line, underwear they claim can help you burn calories? well, a japanese creator says

the product is made from a special coating, that adds resistance when you walk. dr. siegel. it sounds nuts, too. does it work? >> you need the medical a-team psychiatrist for this one. >> jamie: bring in dr. ablow. >> first of all, i had the same problem with sneakers. the underwear put a lot of stress on your hips, on your muscles, i don't believe they actually help you lose weight. that has never been proven and they say, a liter of beer you lose a week and is bad for your muscles and what does it do to your equipment, david? >> i can tell you, it... >> jamie: i'm sorry, did you just say equipment? >> he knows i'm a urologist. >> jamie: are men wearing these? >> he actually volunteered to wear it... >> i'm sorry. >> listen, i actually like it. it is a simple thing and i think the price of it is -- only $32 and if it makes you lose one or two pounds... >> jamie: how? >> what it does, basically, it makes you work harder.

it is a resin-coated underwear or panty. and it makes you sweat more and work harder and if you walk 90 minutes a day with this, supposedly you use 200 calories, listen -- >> but i have a serious question, what about fertility? >> if they are too tight, you have a good point. >> jamie: a new study is out on people who have electronic heart devices, and, sex, plus the obama administration is pushing to have pizza declared a vegetable. we'll ask our doctors what they think about that. ♪ i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe

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>> jamie: head to toe, health information today with doctors siegel and samadi with "sunday house call," this is an interesting topic, if you have an implantable electronic heart device you have to be careful during sex. sexual excitement it turns out can turn to anxiety for those

patients, and, sometimes what happens, doctor, the defibrillator can jump start? >> it is like having a battery in your chest, it watches the rhythm of the heart and during the sexual function, if there is a shock, it actually zaps and, is painful in the chest and, when i head this, the thing that came to mind, will you have a great sex life or a healthy heart and a urologist, that is an easy choice and what i would tell you -- >> choice... >> off the tv, i'll tell you... what i will tell you is they see their doctors and can adjust this. you can go for shock planning and doing exercises you can make it in sync, so, you can have great heart and great sex life. >> it is all about the fear of it. it will go off during sex and once it goes off during sex you are afraid 0 have sex and the partner feels a tingling, not a shock and the way to deal with it. get on a treadmill and have a stress test which zooms your

heart it up, similar to having sex and you have the test and figure out how to set it so it doesn't happen. >> jamie: get it checked. >> by a cardiologist. >> jamie: and enjoy without worry. >> make sure it is in sync. >> eric: did you hear, kid don't eat vegetables, and if you hear about what washington did, you won't have trouble with that. they classified pizza as a vegetable in the public school cafeterias, tomato sauce is a vegetable, pizza a vegetable? i remember when ketchup was classified as a vegetable. >> i have a couple things to say, my ten-year-old daughter insists on me telling you, tomatoes are fruits, not vegetables. so, pizza shouldn't be a vegetable, the question is if it is a fruit and i'm torn on this whole thing, as a physician, i hate pizza, because it is loaded with carbohydrates and part of reason we have the obesity ep dem, we talked about the beginning of the show but as an anti-big government type of guy, talks about it all the time i

don't think the federal government should be regulating what gets tossed down to the schools in terms of what they can have in the cafeterias, that is a tremendous cost at a time of a bad economy and that is what is happening and the republicans are saying, wait, we don't want pizza. regulated. to this extent. it will cause -- >> jamie: whether or not it is classified as a vegetable, don't you think that that is not the best choice? can't we upgrade our school lunches? to me it is a huge issue. >> cutting french fries from the school system is a better choice, but i take a listen angle with this. you know, as a prostate surgeon i'm a big fan of tomatoes, i think lycopene plays a big role, not that the kids need to worry about prostates but tomatoes are good for them. do our kids need any more pizza than they are having and the answer is absolutely not. when they come home and say, i have a lot of vegetables and fruits and have pies of pizza we don't need that. it is the car hika carbohydrate- >> you need to do a study, is

there enough lycopene in a pizza to help your prostate. >> that is true but do we need the government to be involved in telling us how much food or what food we need? and i think we need to be self-disciplined. so nobody -- that comes from the family and the parents teaching them to have a balanced diet. what i take from this. >> jamie: eric and i are big believers in family dinner. >> green beans, spinach. >> don't serve pizza at the family dinner. >> i have pizza once in a while. >> we'll have a slice right after the show. >> a few days before thanksgiving, talk about carb-loading, can't wait! something to be really thankful for, a healthy way to avoid overstuffing yourself, on all of the stuffing. >> eric: and the super committee, well are supposed to get a deal. what if they fail, the predictions the super committee may not be so super and will not come up with a deal. what does it mean for us? our economy, our wallets and our future? ♪

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>> jamie: before we go, your healthy monday tip. this one is for thanksgiving. if you're like me ask inviting me over, i'm going to eat everything. the docs say maybe not. don't be too hard on us. what should we do this holiday week? >> i love holidays.

that's when the families get together spending time with everyone. but look, i agree with you. you don't have to be harsh. turkey is great. people have talked in the past about tryptofan, it puts you to sleep. i think cranberries is fantastic. of a lot of anti-oxidants that are good for you. go really slow. sometimes we eat too fast. taking your time and letting things go down the right pipe will help tremendously. >> i think in addition to cranberries, i like the idea of sweet potatoes instead of potatoes. i like the idea of appetizer with fruit and yogurt. like the idea of a football game or some kind of activity before you get to the family table. i think that's a great idea. i think people also should eat very slowly. so that the hunger centers of the brain get a chance to turn off. >> jamie: what about drinking? >> alcohol definitely if you're going to be a driver, you really want to watch it there and

that's something that really gets away from you. i think, basically, it's a very, very good time to get together and avoid being depressed and happy cheer. i want to wish a happy thanks giving to everybody out there and especially best wishes to dr. rosenfeld and his family. >> how about a glass of red wine? red wine and all the red -- >> jamie: love that. >> is that ok? can i have a glass of red wine? >> you can. >> jamie: thanks, docs. see you next weekend. >> eric: absolutely. >> jamie: fox news alert. a dangerous scenario unfolding at this hour in egypt. there are very violent exchanges between protesters and police on the streets of cairo. here we go again! this is brand new video coming into fox. police seen firing tear gas and rubber bullets as the protesters are hurling rocks in anger. there are national elections days away there and that follows the ouster of authoritarian leader hosni mubarak. the crowds are demanding that

the military leaders announce a date that they'll hand over power once that new government is elected and fox is following all the developments out of egypt for you. new details as we look at these live pictures as we get them. >> eric: does the political system really work anymore? that's the question right now facing washington as predictions say the congressional super committee mandated to try and address our growing deficit crisis will fail. you know, they need to find $1.2 trillion in savings but if the special 12-member bipartisan panel cannot reach a deal and if all falls through, deep spending cuts will be spread across the board and time is running out. good morning, everyone, on this sunday morning, i'm eric shawn. >> jamie: and i'm jamie colby. this is a brand new hour of

america's headquarters. glad to have you here. there's word that a deadline may be coming a lot sooner than expected. molly hennenberg tracking all of that for us live in washington. molly, is the actual deadline tonight? >> hi, jamie. that's really the first deadline in order to have a vote on wednesday, that's in compliance with the law. lawmakers would have to get the agreed upon deal to the congressional budget office or cbo by midnight tonight so the number crunchers can do the math and estimate the deal on the deficit and the cbo would get it back to the super committee by late monday and those lawmakers would have the required 48 hours, that's required by law, to go over it before they vote on wednesday. jamie? >> jamie: what about the mood of the super committee members. now they've come out and talk on some of these sunday morning shows, do you get the mood that they're going to compromise or given up on coming up with a

deal today? >> they haven't given up. working on some last minute compromise, if possible. as the republican co-chair of the super committee said, reality is starting to overtake hope. >> talks have taken place over the weekend, they'll continue to take place. but the reality is we need to come to an agreement, we have to get it drafted and it has to be estimated by the congressional budget office by the end of monday. >> i think we're deep into the fourth quarter but there's still time on the clock. i don't think any of us wants to let the time run out without trying everything possible to get there. >> if the super committee fails, then the law says a set of automatic spending cuts goes into effect in 2013, about $1 trillion in cuts and almost half of that is to the defense budget. jamie? >> jamie: molly hennenberg live from d.c. thanks. >> eric: if the super committee does fail to reach a deal, a series of automatic cuts will take effect. let's take a look at the numbers. those cuts, $984 billion. they include $454 billion in

defense spending. you know that's been a controversial move and domestic spending cuts will be included. $294 billion of those and nonmandatory spending. and for spending for medicare, that would also be slashed to the tune of $123 billion. and these cuts would go into effect in 2013 and they will last until 2021. with no deal in sight, the super committee not looking so super. so if it does all fail as is now being predicted, what does that mean for our political system and the ability of washington and the politicians to honestly face and solve our nation's most pressing challenges? let's bring in our political panel, didi benke is a republican political analyst and jim green is the president of the public media center. let me start with you. this is unbelievable. this is such a mess. we send the people to washington to try to solve our country's

challenges and they can't even agree with less than 1% of our whole budget deficit. what message does this send? >> you're exactly right and it's really sad that we're coming up on thanksgiving when americans are not going to be able to fill their gas tanks, they're not going to be able to buy turkeys for their family and we have people in d.c. failing miserably and this isn't an r or d thing, it's more of an -- a people thing. they can't even cut like, what, more than a trillion dollars and we're at $15 trillion in debt. it's really sad. they need to go on a failure furlough and take their own furlough. if you're not getting the work done, you shouldn't get paid. >> eric: do you see a breakthrough? what can that be if there is one? >> let's hope so. right now, it doesn't sound optimistic and that's really sad. what have they been doing? this is the one task this they needed to get done and it's not happening. it is outrageous. it's not right and the american people are going to speak up next november. >> eric: the predictions are not

optimistic and it really is troubling. >> dee dee is spot on. i don't know exactly where super came from in their name because they are not behaving in that way at all. and they should face those consequences. on one hand, i look at the 2012 elections as an opportunity for a number of new candidates to come in and hopefully take out many of these incumbents who are polling extremely low because of exactly what the super committee has not been able to do. it's like a kid who waits for the last minute to cram for the test and you don't do as well, not only are they waiting for the last minute to cram for the test, they're not going to take the test. they're not going to rise to the challenge and they had enough time to do this and it really comes down to the bush tax cuts which is a pretty sad state of affairs when you look at the overwhelming majority of americans who think that those tax cuts should go away. and really, that's what has

contributed to this problem we're in right now but republicans are refusing to compromise, refusing to understand that we cannot continue to extend these types of tax breaks for the top 1% and the wealthiest of americans. >> eric: dee dee, she puts it right there on the bush tax cuts and blame the republicans. >> it's always blaming bush. that doesn't work anymore and it's not the republicans' problem. it's really not the democrats' problem. it's the american problem. and in november, obama is going to lose. a lot of the incumbents are going to lose and they should, you know, talk about obstruction, being an obstructionist, there's been some of that on the republican side but it's more barack obama. i mean, cut, cap and balance, let's not even look at it. we always get to the crisis situation where the government is going to shut down. here we are again, under the leadership of barack obama or a lack of leadership, you know, we've got to have a change in washington. it's a mess right now and americans are suffering and it's not right. >> eric: dee dee, look, a lot of americans blame congress. >> they should! >> eric: let's look at the figures. >> eric, i'm with you!

i'm with you. >> eric: and this is actually stunning. a gallup poll, ready for this, believe it or not? more people support polygamy, they say it's -- 11% say polygamy is acceptable. that's more than the congressional approval rating and ready for this one? the gallup poll shows 30% of americans approve of pornography. so three times as many americans approve of porno than they do of congress. now, let's take a look at the members of the super committee. they got a bunch of brainiacs, half went to harvard, yale or stanford, half are lawyers and seven of these people, seven are multimillionaires, you think if they went to the best top schools, they could solve this. what do we do? >> one of the things i wish would have happened is half of them would have been women and i think that has absolutely played into the complete frustration with congress. we need more women. >> i'm with you. there should be more women. >> if there were more women on the super committee, this

wouldn't be as this stage right now. it is about time. that's why i'm like where's the silver lining in all of this? the silver lining could be the 2012 election when women say enough is enough. we're going to take over this house and we're going to take over the senate and potentially in a couple of elections take over the white house as well. >> eric: dee dee, last word. >> we need a clean sweep and would like to see more women. democrats won't be able to get out of this blame congress, re-elect barack obama because it's his fault, too. i'm with you, i think you should run for congress. go for it. >> you join me, dee dee, and we'll say bye-bye to the bush tax cuts. >> this is not bush's fault. it's washington's. >> eric: thanks so much for joining us this morning and the clock is ticking. deadline is coming. doesn't look like anything is going to happen. jamie? >> jamie: there are no of new -- new warnings if that at the fail to reach a deal, we could face another credit deadline. what does that mean for you? let's bring in brenda buttner.

say it ain't so. is that what could happen? >> it's possible. s&p found cited politically difficult conditions in washington last summer to downgrade for the first time in history, america's debt. so it's very possible that this might be the second time that they choose to do it. >> jamie: so say they do, there's no question that the u.s. markets are very responsive to what has happened overseas with all the uncertainty. what could our potential downgrade do to, let's say, european or asian markets? >> yeah, you'll remember that stocks sank like a rock when this happened. basically, what happens is when a downgrade happens, we have a huge debt. and people have to come in and buy that debt. they have to -- they have to pay for that debt. but they want a bigger payoff when it's riskier because right

now, s&p is saying it's riskier to borrow that debt. if they downgrade it. so they're going to want more of a payoff. they're going to want a higher interest rate. that means higher borrowing costs so that could mean, you know, stocks again fall. but you also will remember that stocks came back quite a bit after this and it wasn't quite such a huge event in the markets that we thought that it would be. >> jamie: there's so much attention this time on this super committee as eric was discussing, hand picked, with incredible qualifications to just come up with this one deal on this one issue and if they don't do it, and we get a downgrade as a result, will it not affect all of our pocketbooks? what are the prospects? >> well, it could because if borrowing costs go up, it's kind

of like your credit -- if your credit rating goes down, you have to pay more. but you'll also remember that interest rates hit historic lows after this first downgrade of america's debt. and that's because the federal reserve can basically do what it wants. it can print more money. it can buy up more of the debt. and ben ber na -- bernanke, the head of the fed says he's devoted to getting the economy back on track. there's no saying the all that this could be the huge event. expectations was super committee were not that great in the first place and this kind of downgrade was expected if they didn't come up with it. it's kind of been cooked into the books for quite a while. >> jamie: we're keeping an eye on washington and they are at work and it won't be until the end of the day until we know if they get it to the cbo to be scored. thank you, brenda, so much.

>> thank you. >> jamie: eric? >> eric: jamie, coming up with one of the busiest holiday times for travel ever in every year but mother nature could make it kind of tricky to get where you're going this thanksgiving. there's a large storm bearing down on the east coast. uh-oh! chief meteorologist rick reichmuth is in the fox extreme weather center. is it going to be a white thanksgiving this year? >> it will be a white thanks giving for some. for most, it will be a wet couple much days before. we're not talking about a snow-tober or any of those names, we're talking about kind of a wet, rainy, cold storm. so here's what we have going on right now. this frontal boundary that you see stretched across parts of that ohio river valley, it's not moving anywhere over the next couple of days. this right here, it's out across parts of california, that rotation. that's going to be the weather maker that's going to have big impacts for us for the next few days. today, it's across california. by tomorrow, it starts to stretch in across parts of the south eventually, well, today, starting we're going to have the threat of severe weather here. places like dallas and up

towards little rock but that area will be under the threat for tuesday and wednesday. let's look at tuesday and wednesday, the big travel areas. tuesday at around noon, you see where you see this green, that's all rain. it's not snow. we could be seeing some delays in the airports, anywhere from texas likely back through the ohio valley, maybe detroit, up towards cleveland. some strong, maybe some severe weather with this. rain starts to move in towards the northeast by tuesday night. and then you take a look at this for wednesday. all of the east coast dealing here with this storm. so we're going to be looking at some delays at least in the morning. this is wednesday morning. places around the northeast down towards atlanta, the busiest airport in the world. d.c. as well so all that area by wednesday afternoon, i think this is gone and we'll start to see a little bit of snow across interior sections because it will be colder behind this. but any kind of pile-up that you see from the storms, people are going to be wednesday night trying to get through. but i'll tell you, it's going to be a storm but we're not going to be talking about a blizzard. it's want -- not a storm that

will have huge, huge impacts for us. nonetheless, it will cause some delays. expect the airports to see a little bit backlogged for tuesday and wednesday. >> eric: as long as it's cleared out by thursday. >> by thursday. almost everybody looking at a really nice thursday. >> eric: there's the good news and not another halloween snow storm. >> jamie: all you black friday shoppers out there, we have tips that will help you find the best deals and let you know you could start shopping a little early. that's just ahead in our consumer segment. plus a touching look at some candidates for the republican presidential nomination. some getting very emotional at a thanksgiving forum that was held. they were talking about their families and their lives. we're going to a a unique view and look at those candidates next. >> eric: quiet and some compelling moments last night. you'll want to see that. and there's some angry reaction as you can see on one college campus. allegations of police brutality there. some students and teachers say they now must do.

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>> jamie: they want you to come in, those retailers. they are counting on holiday shoppers this season but some stores are planning to started their famed black friday sales

on thanksgiving day. hoping to jump-start the registers and in today's take charge consumers protection segment, i wanted to get you the best deals for your money and talk about how to find the right return policy, too. joining me now, andrea warock, consumer savings expert. glad to have you on this topic, andrea and basically, i put together some bullet points based on things that you have written and the first one is you got to have a strategy here. >> you have to have a strategy. retailers are promoting those black friday deals earlier than ever. they want to get you to buy and take advantage of all these deals that are available. but you still could overspend. make a plan on the stores that you plan to shop at based on the best discounts available. retailers are already promoting their deals on line now so you could start tracking those deals, follow the stores on facebook and twitter to get instant updates on what deals will be available and also on thanksgiving day, stores will be open and promoting those black friday deals.

do your research. create a list based on those discounts. >> jamie: you say bring a friend who will make sure you will stick to the list and you talk about what you can do with your smart phone this year. >> right. prep your smart phone. there are various apps that help you save money and get you better deals. coupon sherp's mobile app provides you coupons on the phone. and some stores are promising to match prices of competition. you want to use that app when you're about to buy something. you could be missing out on buying it for cheaper next door. >> jamie: my son showed me. you put your smart phone up to the bar code on an item that you want to buy and it tells you prices at other stores in the neighborhood and a retail shopkeeper will match the price. that's so great. really helping people. >> yes and sears and home depot will match the competition and give you an additional 10% off. so be on top of that. >> jamie: we're going to make money this holiday season. then you say also the receipts. >> you want to check the receipts. >> jamie: people don't read them. >> exactly. then you get stuck, the recipient a gift that you gave

is not able to return or exchange the product. there are things you want to look at. retailers will sometimes extend the return policy period through january and february. others will charge a restocking fee. some may only accept store exchanges or store credit. some on-line retailers won't allow you to ex change or return at brick and mortar stores. you want to be able to keep good records of all your purchases. >> jamie: i heard they're putting some items on the shelves this year that have shorter warranties that you would expect. what are the questions to ask about warranties? >> warranties, retail clerks love to sell extend warranties. they want to get you to think you need it to protect the product, you're spending so much you're investigating. they make actually -- they make a lot of money on the extended warranties and they don't necessarily really cover your -- they don't really protect you the way you think.

they allocate those warranty services to third party service providers and you don't know what kind of quality service those providers will be providing and in fact, if you use a credit card, oftentimes your credit card will offer you an extended warranty protection so call ahead and find out if your credit card will do that for you. >> jamie: got to leave it there. you can take charge, folks and your credit card may also offer double and triple points at certain stores and that price protection. so check it out. call the credit card company ahead of time. will you be my buddy when i go do shopping to make sure i stick to my list? >> of course. e-mail me. call me. i'll help you out. >> jamie: great to see you again. if you want more of these take charge consumer protection segments on a number of issues, go to foxnews.com, click on the america's news headquarters page and look for the link. you'll see it, it says "take charge." and we want to help you take charge maybe save some money. meanwhile, it was emotional without a doubt. open. it was real. and it happened at a republican

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but there were some unexpected emotional moments that were so compelling and touching that they took many by surprise. peter doocy is live in washington with the very latest. hi, peter. >> hi, eric. yeah, so paul, bachmann, santorum, perry, cain and gingrich all sat together at the table last night in iowa. the best of the night came when they talked about their kids, their family and health instead of specific policy proposals. more than one shed a tear. >> i decided the best thing i could do was treat her differently. than not love her. like i did. because it wouldn't hurt as much. if i lost her. >> you look at that, look at that and say to yourself, all right, do i want some

bureaucracy deciding that on a percentage basis, this is not worth the investment or do i want a country that cares about every life, that is what next year is all about. >> so the candidates, you can see, were very quick to get personal about their religious beliefs because they're making a play for iowa's very religious base. a des moines register poll not too long ago said 37% of likely g.o.p. caucus goers in iowa are born again christians and you notice not sitting on the stage with all them, frontrunner, governor mitt romney, former governor mitt romney. he is in new hampshire. he's giving new hampshire a lot of attention. he has not forgotten about iowa. he intends to do very well in iowa. eric? >> eric: rick santorum was tearing up about his family and herman cain also. that was pretty unexpected. >> it was unexpected. as you hear, it got a very positive reaction to everybody who was in attendance there in

iowa. >> eric: all right, thanks so much. jamie? >> jamie: well, what will, eric, the supreme court do? we will know this term. they are going to hear the challenge to the national health care law. and the impact of a future ruling by the nation's top court stretching from employers to lawmakers to every household across america. how exactly will you feel it? joining us now, one of the state attorneys general who filed the original case opposing the president's plan, florida's attorney general pam bondy is back. how are you? >> i'm doing great. good morning. >> jamie: good morning. thanks so much for being with us. i know this was good news that the court was willing to take up the question of constitutionality this year. will their hearing and review of the case be comprehensive enough to decide yes or no, we'll have this health care plan or not? >> yes, it will. and as you know, there are 28 of these lawsuits pending

throughout the country. but our lawsuit led by florida and 25 other states and the national federation of independent business, we have the most comprehensive opinion right now in the country. and we firmly believe that's why the u.s. supreme court chose to take our case. and they have given an unprecedented amount of time for oral arguments in front of the court. >> jamie: that's interesting. we know the court has a lot on its plate right now. this is a big case but not the only one they have to hear. who will argue the case on both sides? do you know? >> well, sure, on our side, paul clement and he is one of the premiere supreme court litigants in the country. he's argued well over 50 times in front of the u.s. supreme court and i believe we have the best of the best arguing for us. and we're very blessed as states to have paul clement arguing for

us. the department of justice, of course, will argue the other side and it gets a little more complicated on two of the areas, the severability issue. the court has appointed the supreme court, they have appointed a lawyer to come in and argue that, a well respected d.c. lawyer. >> jamie: some will file briefs and other opinions for the court, friends of the court will come in and express their view. is -- there's so much discussion about this. and so much passion on both sides of the argument about this health care overhaul. how much of that is absorbed by the court? obviously, they're neutral but there are appointees on there from the administration. >> well, you know, jamie, we have to look at it like they are the highest court in the land. and you and i are lawyers. and we have to know, we have to believe that they will do what's right. they will follow the law. and they're going to -- this

mandate is unconstitutional. and we have an opinion right now that's the best in the country that says it is. and we believe that the u.s. supreme court will follow the law and do what's right. and that's why they're there. that's why they're on the united states supreme court because if the federal government can do this to us, they can do anything. >> jamie: the administration wanted an opinion as badly as you and the others attorney generals did to settle this once and for all. if you're sitting at home and you're addressing folks, i know, obviously what your position is on the legislation and the law and what you want to see happen but how would you explain it to people how important this is to their future? you explained it in terms of government regulation. is there more? >> it's so much more than that because it's so much bigger than health care. i mean, it affects -- looking at it from a health care perspective, it affects every taxpayer, it affects every business. it affects every citizen.

but it's our rights, it's our constitutional rights. and if the government, the government can tell us that simply by being alive, we -- they can force us to purchase a product, then they can force us to do anything in the world, they really can. they can tell us what to eat. they can tell us where to go. and this has gone so far astray from our constitution and that's why it is of such great national importance and we believe the u.s. supreme court agrees with that because like you said, they took the case so fast. >> jamie: they did. and you said a lot of extra time. >> extra amount of time. and typically your supreme court argument is an hour and here, they gave us 5 1/2 hours to hear this case and they're going to hear it this term. >> jamie: my apologies speaking of time, i'm out of it. attorney general pam bondi from florida, always great to have you on. very good update on this and we will know this term what the

supreme court has to say. take care. have a good thanksgiving. >> you, too. thank you. >> eric: police in washington state are now releasing some new photos that have generated dozens of tips into the disappearance of a toddler. those photos are also painting, they say, a different picture of the toddler's mother. laura ingle following this live from the new york newsroom with the latest reports. what's it about? >> hi, eric, investigators continue to be frustrated with the mother of this missing boy. her original story about the day her 2-year-old son vanished has begun to fall apart and she has refused a lie detector test or further interviews about this case. now, we have some new photos into our newsroom we want to show you. these are of a 2-year-old sky looking more like he would today. they have just been released by the police in hopes that the more recent shots will spur more tips. now, these pictures, his mother julia gave to police to circulate to help find her

missing child showed a younger boy and a more glamorous looking blond mother. it's strikingly different from a surveillance video taken recently showing a woman with darker hair, this is the mom wearing a gray sweatshirt and looking a bit dishevelled. police tell us these photos are more accurate of how she looked the day of the disappearance. nearly 1,200 tips have poured in since november 6th, the day she told police she left sky alone in her car on the side of the road after she says her vehicle ran out of gas. she says she took her 4-year-old daughter with her in search of fuel and when they returned, her son was gone. police later discovered the car had plenty of gas and wonder why she hasn't cooperated. >> i have to resist the temptation to put a label on julia in regard to a person of interest or a suspect or anything else. but i can tell you that my statement stands about her story falling apart. >> and the search continues this weekend.

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>> eric: some new details are emerging in the assassination of president john f. kennedy. a team of historians have collected and remastered some of the home movies that were filmed on that terrible day. the footage, they say, unearthing some new evidence about the president's assassin

lee harvey oswald. the leader of that team is joining us right now. welcome. this is absolutely fascinating. good to see you this morning. >> thanks for having me, eric. >> eric: first of all, what did you find? >> we're trying to break this stranglehold that the film has exerted on our imagination of what happened. a film can inform but it can also hide what happened and what we think is that the assassination commenced before he started his camera. >> eric: what do you mean by that? >> well, he turned on his camera and he waited, film was precious in those days, he waited until he was absolutely sure the president was visible in the car. by that time, the limousine was already 70 feet into deeley plaza and we believe the first shot had already been fired. >> eric: you've remastered some of these videos, i mean, the film. this is before video. >> this is home movies. >> eric: and made them into h.d. and you saw some spectacular stuff like a figure in the

window that could be oswald and you found it wasn't six seconds between the three shots that they believe or has been reported all these years but, what, 11 seconds. there was a longer time for oswald. >> that's right. that's right. if the first shot happened before he started filming, that means oswald, a marine sharpshooter had all the time in the world. >> eric: so do you think, what you have found basically supports oswald as a lone gunman? >> absolutely. i mean, he was -- i mean, if this concept makes any sense, he did it before but he did it even more now. >> eric: how about the grassy knoll and a potential second gunman? were you able to analyze the movies to see if anybody was crotched in the grassy knoll. >> yes, one of the movies taken right after the assassination says there was no there there, there never was. people ran up there because it was the area approximate to

where he was mortally wounded. there's no evidence of a shot from the grassy knoll. >> eric: a lot of people will take issue with you with this. many people believe either it was it could be the c.i.a., could have been the mafia, could have been extremists and they're going to say it was a planned, you know, assassination by some group and as oswald said, he was a patsy. >> there are two generations of americans that have been born since the assassination and we're trying to reach people maybe who have more open minds because conspiracy theorists, is like a religion, you won't persuade those people. >> eric: i have to say if you get to deeley plaza, it's like a living memorial. people point, they look up at the window. they look around and it's actually when you're there in person after seeing it on television is smaller than you think. >> that's what everybody says. in the mind's eye, it's a huge expanse but when you go there, you realize what a small area it actually is. from 460 feet from end to end.

>> eric: all right, max holland, thank you. sounds like a fascinating program and analysis of really one of the most tragic episodes of our country's history. thanks for joining us this morning. >> thank you, eric. >> eric: and the program is called "the lost bullet" it premieres tonight at 9:00 p.m. eastern tonight on the national geographic channel. interesting stuff. >> jamie: it is. if you're getting ready to travel for thanksgiving, you may need to pack some extra cash. latest on some sky-high fees that the airlines plan on charging you. ♪ our machines help identify early stages of cancer, and it's something that we're extremely proud of. you see someone who is saved because of this technology,

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>> jamie: as thanksgiving approaches, so do the busiest air travel days of the year and along with them hefty luggage fees. they're becoming more and more common as airlines profits from them soar. you're going to pay them. casey siegel live at los angeles international airport. hi. all right, what are we looking at? >> jamie, oh, boy, it's pretty expensive. listen to this. last year, travelers spent

$3.4 billion and that is just on checked baggage fees alone. it's five times higher than what we were paying just three years ago. all of that according to the u.s. bureau of transportation statistics and travel experts telling us that this charge is really how the struggling airlines are boosting their bottom line and they're not going away any time soon. that $3.4 billion figure is actually last year's number and it's predicted to be a whole lot higher in 2011. >> i don't blame them for want to go do that. they're trying to make a profit. their baggage fees and their cancellation fees in the last quarter that was just reported by the department of transportation racked up $1 1/2 billion in fees. and that doesn't count all the other fees like get on the plane early fees. or pillows and blankets fees. >> we reached out to the air transport association, a trade group that represents all of the

major carriers and a spokesperson actually declined to speak with us on camera about all of those fees. but they did supply us with a report that outlines the reasoning behind them. it shows with the rising price of fuel and other factors, air fare alone is now not enough to keep them out of the red. the organization also points out that the general operating cost of an airline has more than doubled between 2000 and 2010 and during that time period, the industry was reporting a loss of some $60 billion so jamie, get used to them. they say that they -- that these fees are here to stay. bad news. >> jamie: thanks, casey. >> eric: you know, the republican presidential debates almost seem like a continuing television series. are they valuable? or overkill? sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet.

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>> eric: the republican debates. have you been watching? you know, they are ratings gangbusters but some think there's been too many and we're not even half way through them. are they informing america or way too much? liz trotter is an author, journalist and fox news contributor who joins us with her commentary now as she does every sunday at this time. good morning, liz. >> good morning, eric. >> eric: after last night, you're waiting for the next one. but, you know, some people are saying, you know, they're going on and on and on and on and on. >> well, before i get into the details, let me treed you a

quote from "usa today," november 8th, 2011. to an extent, unusual and presidential nominating contests, the early g.o.p. debates have defined the campaign. introduced candidates to a national audience, and exposed their strengths and weaknesses. now, i want to tell you, i really go along with that completely. i think what we've seen in the 13 debates so far, 13 more to go, i think we've seen a real process of winnowing out. it doesn't mean they're not taking part. some are, some aren't. usually it's their own decision but it certainly is a winnowing out in the public's mind. a chance to get beyond the plastic smiles, the talking points and yes, are they waiting for a goof? do we all watch this waiting for a goof? let's be honest, yes, we do. we wait for that telling moment when we see whether -- what tests a man's metal, what he's

really made of. does he have a sense of humor? and by golly, i think these debates have really offered that. we've seen some exciting stuff and the television ratings have bore that out. they're good. >> eric: so we have in total 26, i guess, before we get to the general election and then there will be even more. >> that's right. >> eric: so are we on to something? that we haven't seen before with this -- you think this will stick? >> yeah, it's interesting, "the new york times" this week had an interesting piece and i believe you read it, too, about is the party brand, the g.o.p. party brand being sullied by the behavior of the candidates at the debate? well, you know, that's an interesting point. but rather than sullied, i think it would be strengthened. i'm getting a little tired of all those liberal democrats out there who pretend to be journalists and are writing one snarky piece after another about each candidate. there's certainly snuff

snarkiness to go around to the left but, you know, this is what we have and this is what we've put forward for the republican party. and we ought to keep listening to them and if they don't perform up to expectations, then, you know, on to the next guy. >> eric: after last night, there was some emotional compelling, teary moments. that actually seemed really real and that didn't break through the -- through what sometimes we -- the spin that we sometimes have. >> true, i don't think there was anything more real so far than boots for rick perry. you've got to admit, the man has a sense of humor going on "saturday night live" or thelerman show, whatever it was. it was a truly human moment where, you know, you didn't have to hit the snooze bar in order to stay awake and pay attention to these guys but it's those kinds of moments. it's finding out whether anybody knows anything about libya.