spent 20 years working on the fishing industry. none of the fishing industry areas will be in the district that i would be running in. i can't walk away from the fishing industry, i can't walk away from the people i've become personally close to, say i'm sorry, i good to worry about the pikestone valley, i don't have time to do you. megyn: there you have it, barney frank, congressman in the united states house of representatives for three decades announcing his retirement today suddenly and we are getting new reaction on his decision to retire after 16 terms in the house. welcome, i'm megyn kelly. you heard the congressman giving some of his reasons for retirement but there are new questions already on what his retirement means. mr. frank now joining a growing line of democrats who have decided to leave office in recent months. so what does this mean for the balance of power?

congress? rich lowry is the editor of national review and fox news contributor. rich, he is now, according to our capitol hill producer, the 17th democrat to announce his retirement, versus just a handful of republicans on the other side. what is the significance of those numbers? and of this announcement today by one of the longest serving democrats in the house? >> i know, i think it's a sign that barney frank sees the writing on the wall and realizes he's very unlikely to wield meaningful power again. i mean, when you've been in the majority, used to being chairman, it's really hard to be out of power, an he's probably going to be out of power for a while now, and then then also, he was talking very frankly in his news dproans about how redistricting factored into his decision and he was saying he was just sort of uncomfortable representing new people. i don't quite buy that. i just think it's going to mean more work to win reelection. if you're someone like barney frank for who 25

years is basically unopposed in that district and last time around, 2010, have a stiff challenge, frank won comfortably in the end but having to work every two years to win reelection when you've been so safe, so long, is not a happy prospect when you're a long time serving member like barney frank. megyn: it's interesting to hear him suggest he doesn't want to represent new people or that's how not interesting to him when you look at some of the exchanges he had with his old people, his existing constituents, like this famous -- infamous, i guess, it's up to the viewer to decide, one of his exchanges in august 2009. remember this? >> when you ask me that question i'm going to revert to my ethnic heritage and answer your question with a question: on what planet do you spend most of your time? >> i'm trying to have a conversation with you would be like trying to argue with a dining room table. i have no interest in doing it! >> [applause]

megyn: that was in the leadup to the health care law that ultimately passed, of course. and i think if memory serves that woman wound up running for congress, too, she became so inspired by that exchange. in any event, he's been quite a figure in american politics, rich. are we to believe there's anything more behind this other than he's done? >> i think he's done. and he's not going to have meaningful power again in the near future. megyn: do you think he believes that the democrats will not be winning back the house in the next election? >> i believe that has to be part of his calculation. and we saw from that clip, megyn, look, he's very smart, even his fiercest critics acknowledge that, he's very sharp turfed and witty, but he's also very arrogant, very ideological and very partisan and of course partisans, he'll be remembered for for being the first voluntary, open -- openly gay member of

congress and also remembered in my mind for being one of the main defenders of freddy and fannie when they basically bought all of washington, fended off any meaningful regulation and helped destroy the u.s. housing market and caused this recession we're still suffering from. megyn: he wound up having -- and i will use the term, infamous exchange with o'reilly on that subject and denied that, but that did become one of the things he became known for, that along with dodd-frank, that stands for chris dodd and barney frank, that bill to crack down on wall street and that you hear so much about on the presidential trail right now, with the -- that the republicans rail on dodd-frank and say that's how it's stifling business and the economy and others saying it was high time we saw some reform in the financial services industry. rich, i'll give you the last word. >> he's not really fessed up to his role in the fanny and freddy mess and he never will, but now there's that -- now i'll use the word, infamous phrase, where he said we got to roll the dice, take more risks in the

subprime and low quality mortgages and that was just an utter disaster for this country. megyn: riff of rich lowry, thank you very much. >> thank you very much. megyn: folks, you can see the rest of the conference streaming live on foxnews.com/politics. another fox news alert now. we are learning that the supreme court is being asked to step in on a controversial case that could affect the balance of power in washington. it has to do with how congressional districts are being set up in texas, and there is a long history in this case, and it actually involves the u.s. supreme court. steve dreen, live in washington -- centanni, live from washington. >> you saw how redistricting involved barney frank was decision not to run again. there are redrawing of the congressional districts across the country and this one dispute in texas could go all the way to the u.s. supreme court. now, the issue is a map for

new districts drawn up by the texas legislature back in may. it was challenged by minority groups that claim the legislature's plan would diminish minority voting power and a 3-judge panel in texas apparently agreed and drew up an entirely new map on its own. members of the republican-dominated legislature deny the map would limit authority and the state attorney general greg abbott is asking the supreme court to throw out that map and go back to the one passed by lawmakers. in his request for a stay abbott says the map is a judicial creation with no regard to the lines drawn through the political process, as circuit judge jerry smith aptly described, it is a union away plan that imposes an extreme redistricting scheme for the texas house of representatives. now, there's no word on whether the u.s. supreme court will hear the case but abbott claims there's little time to waste with the presidential election less than one year away. he writes in his appeal, failure to stay implementation of an unlawful map will

irreparably harm the people of texas, if an election is permitted to go forward based on an unlawfully redistricting plan. this court-ordered map will remain in place as the legal battles are fought. abbott's appeal to the u.s. supreme court was filed just today, megyn. megyn: i sat there for four plus hours while the u.s. supreme court heard another case involving texas redistricting. one has got to think these judges are about done with considering redistricting cases. thank you, steve. >> you bet. megyn: at the capitol, leading senators are now in a showdown at the white house over detaining terror suspects. a live look at the senate floor here, where they're debating requiring any suspected terrorist be held fully in military custody. with the white house threatening a veto, claiming it limits the white house's ability to prosecute the war on terror. senators john mccain and carl leferin firing back with this op-ed statement in the "washington post" that reads in part, quote, this year's bill includes pay

raises for our troops, funding for equipment to protect them from roadside bombs and medical care and other benefits for them and their families. it would be extremely unfortunate if descrements -- disagreements over the detainee provisions prevented us from passing this bill and fulfilling those duties. the senate expected to take a full vote on this bill later today. we'll keep you updated. egyptians today are casting votes in their very first election since the ouster of long time leader hosni mubarek. greg palkot, streaming live to us from cairo. >> reporter: megyn, polls are set to close in less than an hour, those hours extended by two hours of heavy demand, big turn yowvment we're told there is going to be 60 percent, way up from the last parliamentary election where it was 10-15 percent. that was backed up to us on the ground when we went to one polling station earlier today. take a look at what we saw. >> we're in the daha

neighborhood of cairo, where there is a massive turnout for the first free election since the fall of egyptian president hosni mubarek. it is a lengthy process, there are many ballots, it's con clamped, there are many parties, candidates. it's controversial. some say this vote shouldn't happen at all and it is potentially dangerous. there is a massive turnout of soldiers, of police. they call it maximum security. but the folks here seem to be defying all the odds, they seem to want to give democracy a chance. they're voting here at this school. >> we went to a few other polling stations, we saw some confusion, we heard about some irregularities, there have been reports of some violence, but experts we talked to tonight say they're observing the elections and it's looking good. we're also told that muslim brotherhood, the promised party, had the big vote in getting the vote out. they could get as much as 40 percent in the popularmentry election. now, as for the military

leader, tantawi, a big demand of the protestors that have been staging violence in the last week is that he and his military council should step down. we ran into them today, we had an exclusive exchange with him, we confronted him with that. he sounded pretty secure. take a listen: >> some people say the military council should step down. what do you think about? >> we are going to stay. we are not going to leave, even today. >> when will you leave? is this something that -- >> i announced yesterday. >> reporter: the comment 245 he's -- the comment that he's referring to is yesterday he said he would step down next july, that is when this election process is over and he says the military will take a back seat. we will see about that. there is another day of voting tomorrow. we'll get results from this parliamentary election, this round at least, on wednesday, and behind me, megyn, tahrir square has been the scene this year of a lot of violence, some of

which we've witnessed. tonight, it's pretty qui he felt maybe some of those folks have been out voting. megyn: they've been through a lot there. you personally as well. thank you very much. here in america, we worry about the dollar. in europe, they are worried about the euro. big time. and guess what? it affects us, too, right here. our president is discussing it right now, in the white house. lou dobbs is next on why you need to pay attention to this. and can a psychic help solve the case of missing missouri baby lisa irwin? it's come to that. we've got new details on the vision that has sparked a new search for this beautiful little baby. and take a look at this. love the music! yes, it's a guy with a jet engine on his back, flying with fighter jets! more on what will absolutely be the most amazing video

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megyn: breaking news out of detroit today. general motors announcing it will now offer free loaner cars to all chevy volt owners who might be concerned about their cars catching on fire. the move comes in the middle of a government investigation into the type of batteries used to power the electric car. gm says it's trying reassure customers that its cars are safe, after one of them caught on fire during the crash test, six months ago. well, we are following a developing story at the white house now where there's a major meeting underway on europe's debt crisis, the american economy, and analysts say

the 2012 election as well. president obama, sit down with the leaders of the european union to discuss the region's debt crisis. it's not really the country's leaders, it's these financial guys who know what's happening with the euro and in the european union, and as we await that meeting, it happens in less than half an hour, there are new questions about how this crisis over there poses a possible threat right here in america. and how it could affect the president's bid for reelection. lou dobbs, here with the fox business network, host at 7:00 p.m. -- is '"lou dobbs tonight". >> it is! megyn: wasn't that the name of the old show, too? >> it was. megyn: that's what gets me confused. >> some things are just not worth changing. >> i like that, and you're one of them. so the president is meeting with the folks from the european union who are basically going to explain to him what's happening with the euro and it's a mess. i mean, even for folks who don't follow the european currency and how that affects us, they need to pay attention to this. why?

what's happening? >> well, what's happening right now is that italy is the focus, the newest, latest focus of concern, because it's going to need somewhere around a trillion dollars in support to get through the next year and a half under the leadership of its new president, mario monte. megyn: they're going to knock on the door of the e.u. saying we're part of the e.u., help us out. >> that's right. and what they're doing first though is laying the ground work for the international monetary fund. we provide the largest share of the money to the imf as a guarantor for that trillion dollars. megyn: so america has -- >> we're in this now, up to our ears in it, as if we didn't have enough demands on our capital. and the europeans have to decide, basically, whether or not they're going to have a democratically elected union and move forward, because right now, what many people don't understand is there's a technocrat who? charge, who's been installed

to lead the italian government. there isn't a single elected official in the italian government right now. and angela merkel, chancellor of germany, and sarkozy, the president of france, he and merkel are basically trying to drive through without the approval of the entire european union a much tighter, more consolidated european union that can issue eurobonds. megyn: how does that affect stuff? >> how does it effect us? about one third of our trade is with the europeans. megyn: -- megyn: so if th euroo euro collapses or there's a big blowup over there, because england, they don't want any part of it, they didn't cause the problem in italy, they don't want to fix the problem in italy, they are worried about the collapse of the euro and we don't want to see that happen but we also don't want the imf to bail out. >> that's right, because we are so overextended in the bailouts of our own and the

europeans have got to make decisions. they should be democratic decisions. you know, this president is fond of saying he can't wait. right now, you have angela merkel and nicolas sarkozy saying we can't wait to the entire european union and the 17 nations that make up the eurozone, the currencies, the euronations. it is -- this is a fragile, pivotal moment in european history, and it has to be watched very carefully. megyn: could the euro collapse? >> indeed it could. indeed it could. megyn: what would that do to the economy here? >> there are those that suggest that, for example, going back to the issue of trade between our two countries, the atlantic market, that is europe and the united states, comprise about half of the world economy. but we're talking about at the margin, what would be affected, that is, exports and imports between the two. so we can -- this can be easily overstated. but it's a very serious issue, and we're going to have to deal with it. but what is interesting to

watch is this president, who has said that he wants to be above the discussions here on debt, a president who has not put forward proposals on how to reduce a budget decifit in this country since he's been president, is now talking to the euro leaders, the head of the european council, the european commission, the political leaders, who basically don't have the standing to solve their own problems, let alone work together with this president to solve the problems that exist. megyn: i don't know if -- obviously president obama -- obviously it's going to have a negative effect on the united states economy, clearly it works to his actual beand political benefit to get that solved. >> but his administration, and the treasury secretary, timothy geithner, has said of the europeans, they don't have the political will to solve it. but he could be looking straight at his own country. that is, you, me, our fellow citizens, saying we haven't manifested the political will to solve our fiscal crisis, either. so this is an interesting moment in history between

europe and the united states. megyn: certainly is. well, we're going see the european council president. >> right. megyn: and the european commission president. >> right. megyn: they're meeting with president obama, there are remarks out of that meeting in less than 20 minutes and we'll see what sort of announcement they have on what if any role the united states is going to have in clean up -- cleaning up this mess. >> thank you. megyn: catch lou dbs on "lou dobbs tonight", airing at 7:00 p.m. eastern time. a vision by a psychic has touched off a new search for baby lisa irwin. the new twist in that case, five minutes away. plus, ugly new questions in the shocking child sex abuse scandal rocking syracuse university now. we'll look at who could pay a price for this latest round of allegations and let you hear for yourself the moment one of bernie fine -- the coach showed ear, when

one of the accusers confronted fine's wife about the alleged attack.

megyn: a new twist today in the shocking and still emerging sexual abuse case against syracuse university men's basketball assistant coach bernie fine. the 66-year-old, fired now by his alma mater after another alleged victim comes forward, this on top of reports that his wife watched as her husband allegedly molested boys in their home and apparently seduced one of those boys herself years later. rick leventhal is following all of this live from our new york city newsroom. >> bernie fine has denied the allegations against him but syracuse university wasn't will to go wait for an arrest or verdict, ending fine's streak of the most

consecutive seasons by an assistant coach in division one hoops at 36 years. the school chancellor, fired fine, hours after espn's "outside the lines" released a taped phone call between fine's wife and one of his accusers, former syracuse ball boy bobby davis during which he basically says she knew the abuse was going on. >> >> reporter: in a statement, syracuse head coach jim boeheim says the allegations are disurk and deeply troubling, i'm personally very shocked because i've never witnessed any of the activities that have been alleged. i believe the university took the appropriate steps tonight. meanwhile 23-year-old zach tomaselli is the third accuser to come forward saying the penn state scandal led him to reveal that fine molested him. he also accused his own

father of abuse. tomaselli's father says the boy is lying but the boy has given details and dates to the media. >> beginning a shower, and there was a mirror that was kind of by the bathroom and he was sitting on the bed, and he was looking at me, get out of the shower, through the mirror that reflected into the bathroom. >> reporter: the u.s. attorney, not local authorities, have taken a lead in this investigation. the u.s. secret service actually helped search fine's home and we've learned fine has been removed from the syracuse university website. megyn: rick, thank you. we're going to have a full debate in kelly's court, because this case is obviously very disturbing but there are questions on both sides. we'll take a closer look about an hour from now. in the meantime the search for missing baby lisa irwin takes a strange and perhaps supernatural turn. we'll show you how a psychic just sparked a new search for this beautiful little girl. and new and bizarre theory in the case of

dominique strauss kahn, remember this guy, we'll show you evidence that suggests he may have been the victim of a setup by his political rivals in france. >> and president obama pushing americans to support a tax break that the gop says will add $175 billion to the decifit. both parties sort of switching sides on the tax debate here, and that fallout to your paycheck is next. >> i think it's very hard for republicans to vote against this, given their past history of defending the tax cuts for the wealthiest among us. >> i think it's destructive to extend it and raise some other tax the same dollar amount. as a matter of fact, in a more destructive economic policy.

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megyn: well, new developments in the search for baby lisa irwin in missouri, with very little progress in finding her, family and volunteers are now turning their hopes to a psychic. trace gallagher reporting now from our west coast newsroom. a psychic or so she claims, snrais >> reporter: that's right, megyn. not only has the psychic come up with an interesting development, but they have contacted police and are willing to follow up on her lead. the psyching is from waxtahachie texas, she's never been to kansas but she says on the night that baby lisa disappeared she out this -- had this out of body experience and witnessed the whole thing. she said that the mom, bradley, drank too much,

lisa would not stop crying so the mother gave her a bath to soothe her, the mom passed out, the baby drowned, andsy said, he believe that deborah woakd and discovered lisa, laid her on the floor beside her bed, the psychic then thoughts that bradley made calls to get help. remember the two men seen that night? they helped her hide lisa's body in a hole that carried water. she wrote all these details down on her blog and a search group from galveston, texas follows her blog and they agreed to follow the lead. they went up and began searching the area that she had mapped out for them. listen here: >> she feels that the baby was dumped, and she gave different areas where she feels the baby might be. >> reporter: now, they did find an abandoned well in that area, and kansas city police told us they are plan

to go search that well. but it's private property, so they have to get the permission of the land other than before they can start with that search. we should also mention the psychic is getting a lot of flack, a lot of people saying on her blog that she's less than sane, that she's doing nothing but slowing down this entire investigation, megyn and just looking for attention but the cops are willing to follow it up. we asked them why. they said why not? so they're going to look in that well, because they have very few other leads. they still want to talk to the parents. parents still won't talk. megyn: almost two months since that baby was reported missing. trace, thank you. >> okay. megyn: well, there is a new tax hike shaping up on capitol hill with the potential to show up in future campaign ads. the white house and leading democrats are putting new pressure on republicans this week to back the extension of payroll tax cuts. leading senate democrat dick durbin, to say a no vote by

the gop will hurt millions of working americans and on the other side, senator jon kyl became one of the highest profile republicans to come out against the extension. take a listen: >> i can't believe that. at a time when working families in this country are struggling paycheck to paycheck, that the republican position is they'll raise the payroll tax on working families? i think that that just defies logic. >> the problem here is that the payroll tax doesn't go into general revenue. it supports social security. and you can't keep extending the payroll tax holiday and have a secure social security. megyn: brad blakeman is former deputy assistant to president george w. bush and dick harputlan is south carolina democratic party compare. it's sort of a flip, right, of the usual positions you see where the republicans are pushing for tax breaks and the democrats who maybe don't necessarily want the tax breaks and so on. anyway the democrats want

this tax break, brad and republicans are hedging, saying we like tax breaks, maybe not that tax break and we're not sure and democrats saying we can't lose on this, because if we lose on this, you're going to hear about it in the campaign from now until november. is there a real risk to the republicans there? >> no, i don't think so, because all tax cuts are not created equally. as jon kyl pointed out correctly, this doesn't go into the general fund, this is robbing peter to pay paul, it's hurting the social security system, it's creating more debt, and the democrats, what they want, megyn, quite frankly, is to create welfare, and they've done it with the unemployment insurance benefits, it's a campaign tactic, they don't want to cut off supporters but all good things come to an end. instead of creating americans dependent upon the government, let's create jobs so they can contribute, and that's the difference between the payroll tax and extending unemployment, and a comprehensive plan to fix the economy. and that includes cutting -- rather, cutting taxes,

cutting our spending, reducing the decifit. that's what will gin up the economy. megyn: dick, as the south carolina democratic party chair, what do you hope happens on this vote that thewant to force this week? >> well, i hope that the republicans extend the obama tax cuts, and extend this thousand dollars per average working family while the republicans continue to want to extend the tax cuts for multi millionaires. they don't want to help the average american. and here's the problem. the problem is unlike the republican, we want this to succeed. the republicans are constantly finding a way to thwart barack obama's effort to put this country's economic -- put it back on its feet economically. this will put a thousand -- keep a thousand dollars in the pockets of average americans who will then spend it on things that will generate jobs. this idea that a multi millionaire is going to, if he saves a thousand dollars or $2000, is going to do anything other than buy pate

and cham champagne with it -- >> pa tevment! brad, there was a payroll tax holiday put in place last year and republicans have come out and say where is the evidence that that created jobs? or helped the economy? >> there is no evidence, other than, again, we rob peter to pay paul, we create more debt for social security which is already in big trouble, and by the way, my friend just misspoke. it's now the obama tax cuts? i thought it of the bush tax cuts that obama had. don't you remember that, dismik it of the bush tax cuts, wasn't it? >> the payroll tax cuts is the obama tax cuts. >> i'm talking about what obama did. didn't he reup the bush tax cuts? >> he reuped the bush tax cuts. let me say something about that. he did that because the country at the time needed it. this idea that these tax cuts ought to go on forever -- >> but we don't need it anymore? >> no, no, what we're talking -- look. it's not all or nothing. and what every american has

to be called upon, for some sack fierks if we're going to get out of the mess we're in. it's not rich against poor, it's not middle class against rich. >> it is. >> brad -- the problem i have with all of this is it's this or that. what we need to do is compromise. i suggest barack obama is ready to compromise. i think that john boehner offered to talk about this and compromise. the problem is, we both have, on both sides of the aisle, people who are extreme and will not negotiate and won't talk. i ask that john boehner and mitch mcconnell come together with the the and come up with a comprehensive tax plan. >> it takes two to tango. this president doesn't lead. this president goes off into -- >> otherwise we're -- otherwise we're going down this terrible road. megyn: there's a piece in the "wall street journal," if this social security payroll tax is extended in the way that the president and the democrats want, it will cost the government $111.7 billion. $111.7 billion. now, that's a big number,

brad. >> it is. megyn: is that something that the republicans can get behind, if for no other reason than to save themselves politically? because you can hear, you know, dick and other democrats are going to come out and say they protected the rich, you know, at every turn, but when it came to giving the middle class tax break, they said no, that's where we have to draw the line and tighten our belts. >> it's time to create opportunity, not dependency, it's time to give the american people the tough love they need across the board, rich, poor, middle class, everybody needs to sacrifice in a bad economy. but it's got to be cutting taxes, cutting spending, reducing the decifit. it can't be one and forget about the others, and the fact of the matter is, the president had a perfect opportunity to show leadership on the decifit, he refused to do it, he went off to the apec summit, went globe trotting, instead of being where he needed to be, and democrats all over washington have told me, they don't understand why this president refused to take the bull by the horns and lead and create some kind of record upon which he

can be reelected. megyn: so our viewers know, the democrats would like to pay for this by raising taxes on the rich or millionaire surtax, that kind of thing. that's been a nonstarter with republicans, so it does create a log jam now. on this issue. we'll see, as they force a vote later this week. gentlemen, always pleasure -- always a pleasure. >> thank you. >> thank you. megyn: we are awaiting remarks from the white house on this european debt crisis. they're meeting at it -- meeting about it at this very moment and the potential fallout in america. will we get some christmas coal in our stocking? >> and part of the revealing tapes in the child sex scandal allegations involving syracuse assistant coach bernie fine. just ahead, see who else may take a fall in this investigation. and police in florida, raiding a home in search of missing mom michelle parker. she's the one who went missing on the same day her case appeared on the

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megyn: well, new developments today in a missing persons case that's getting national attention. police in florida, raiding a home, hoping for new clues in the search for missing mom michelle parker, the mother of three, disappearing on november 17th, just hours after her case against her ex-fiance over an engage mentoring appeared on the tv show "the peoples court", the home targeted by police belongs to her ex-fiance's father. pat brosnan is ceo of brosnan risk consultants. so police are saying the

ex-fiance with whom she has sort of a troubled history is not a suspect but we understand they went to his home and conducted some sort of raid, then went to his father's home and conducted a raid where they were yanking people out, slapping cuffs on them. no one was arrested or anything, but restraining them at dark of night, throwing them out on the lawn, the whole family, very upset and disrupted. do you believe that the ex-fiance is not a suspect and why go to his house? >> not for a second do i believe that dale is not involved and secondly, dale, senior, the search warrant. a judge had to respond to that petition and that's a very invasive search warrant, there was tear gas, leg irons, there was a no knock provision. there is evidence that supports their pleef there may be perhaps forensic evidence left by the sop who stays at the father's frequently in the father's residence. megyn: so when they tell us, the son is not a suspect, the ex-fiance, dale, jr.,

you can't put any stock in that? >> none whatsoever. the facts imply the opposite. megyn: you say this case is not passing your -- >> it's the same coincidence. >> megyn: tellous. >> either michelle is the unluckiest mom in southern florida or a tragic victim of spouseual battery and domestic abuse. those are the facts. you know the timeline, at 3:00 -- at 3:15. >> mig there was video surveillance of him driving to his home to drop off the twins sphwhroo precisely, the biological twins of dale, a violent former ex-marine, convicted of spousal battery, precisely the crime that's alleged here and number two -- >> megyn: possibly here. >> possibly, being investigated. but in 2009, the petition of the court saying she was under violent acts by this convicted felon. what do we have, she drops off the children at 3:15, an hour later, there's a decoy

text not supported by independent corroboration that puts her in another part of london which gps wise i don't think it's possible to traverse that. megyn: so the boyfriend is saying where are you, her phone texted back waterford but we're being told it was never tracked to water fd, that was a decoy text, and in an hour and 15 minutes, something bad happened to her, if that wasn't her. >> you have to be practical and look at it through an objective lens. the exact dame day -- exact same day, 24 hours from the court appearance, given by an economic concern which the judge ruled you both have to buck up $2500, what do you have, the m and ms, means and motivation, you have a convicted ex-felon, the last person that she saw. megyn: the other thing is if that really was not her on her iphone but somebody who had done something to her, you got to ask yourselves, why somebody would respond to a text on her phone as

opposed to somebody who knew her and knew her family. i'm not saying it was him. >> agreed. megyn: however, pat, details for her, she had this mobile tanning business and the details for those had been placed all over the hummer, her hummer was found all over town and the decals had been removed. does that suggest to you that maybe it was a carjacker and he took off the decals, is that possible? >> that's a nebulous type of activity. you can make a case on either side that, it was by somebody who could identify the car, absent the registration, or what you suggest, that a carjacker, but again, what is the possibility of someone who's in a dispute, 18 hours earlier, with a violent ex, in a very short time later, victimized, kidnapped, not a peep from them and a carjack something what's the probability? >> megyn: you heard that voice mail. that was left for her dad the day before all this happened. >> yes. megyn: some are suggesting maybe she was despondent, maybe upset over the peoples

court episode, whatever, but does that voice mail play in, does it show her frame of mind? >> i think it is and relevant to the opposite. it looks like she was upbeat, looking forward to having lunch with her father, there were no indicators that showed she was de respondent and troubled if you look at that tape. she was looking forward to having lunch with her dad. megyn: the family continues to search for answers. so far, not forthcoming. pat, thank you. >> you're welcome. megyn: republican presidential candidate mitt romney taking new heat about his stance on immigration. is he charting a risky course to the nomination and guilty of a flipflop? live debate coming up. up next, we'll show you the guy who strapped a jet engine on his back and went out for top gun action with a couple of fighter jets. can you believe? the coolest, craziest video we've seen in a while, three minutes away. look at him! >> ♪ >> ♪ rocket man. >> ♪ >> ♪ are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement

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megyn: well, what would the wright brothers think of this! look at this! if you're not in front of your tv, come on over and look at this! a self-proclaimed jet man who literally strapped a jet and engines to his back, made his body into a wing and went out for a cruise with fighter jets. trace gallagher, explain this one. >> reporter: before he became the jet man he was actually a fighter pilot with the swiss air force so decided he strap on his jetpack and launches himself out that helicopter and there he goes! and then after a while, he kick it is into gear and joins the formation. now he's actually flying with two swiss fighter jets

over the swiss alps. this is very cool. that jetpack, it's about 6 1/2 feet wide, it's got four engines on it. they enable him to streak across the sky going about 125 miles per hour. clearly the jets are kind of slowing up so he can stay in uni son, but that is awesome stuff and when he runs out of gas which he does quickly, he pops his parachute and sails down to the ground. this time it was jets, last time he flew over the english channel. but remember in may, megyn, he was going to fly live over "america live" but canceled and rescheduled and canceled, then he finally did the flight, but the media wasn't allowed there, so they gave us this videotape of him flying over the grand canyon. he is a daredevil, 51 years old, the first guy, by the way, to do this and still the only guy who successfully fly like a jet around the globe. mig wow! >> great pictures, cool stuff. megyn: it's very nice when they have that beautiful music playing, with the jet.

in reality, the soundtrack for most of us would go something like this. aaaaaah! >> exactly. >> megyn: help! >> >> reporter: orioo exactly right. mig not quite the same. doesn't have the same flare when you have that screaming! sounds of death! or fear thereof. trace, thank you. >> reporter: we're going to get you a ride megyn on this thing. one day you are going to be with the jetman. megyn: i want that about as much as i want a hot poker in the eye. thank you t.j.! >> all this stands between u.s. consumers and a billion barrels of oil is a bridge across this river in alaska. so why won't washington let this bridge be built? we'll show you. >> first penn state, now syracuse university, basketball coach bernie fine, fired, following allegations of sexual abuse from three young men. but in three minutes, see why this scandal is unlikely to stop there. and newt gingrich picks up a key endorsement in new

hampshire. what will it mean for the rest of the field? when we come back.

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sneeze, europe gets a cold. now when europe sneezes the u.s. catches a cold. the president has been saying there are head winds in the u.s. economy because of the debt crisis. the president urged european leaders to go big and come up with a broad solution to deal with this. that did not happen. now we have seen the problem get worse and worse. the white house continues to maintain this is a european problem and it will take a european solution to deal with it. but they are pressing european officials to get moving. take a listen. >> we continue to believe this is a european issue. europe has the resource and capacity to deal with it and they need to act decisively and con cluesively to resolve this problem.

>> reporter: the challenge for the u.s. is as we saw play out for bought parties with the failure of the super committee, the u.s. has serious debt problems of its own right now. megyn: let's compare what they got going on to what's happening near the united states. looking at unemployment we are at%. but look at these numbers from europe. 22.6% unemployment in spain. greece 17.9%. ireland and greece both in the double digits. france is almost there. these are from the international monetary fund numbers. the zone *'s combined debt is $11 trillion. >> the put together than that's an incredible 2 trillion in

global debt. a fox news alert. antiamerican protests gripping pakistan fueled by the deadly nato air strikes that killed two dozen pakistani soldiers over the weekend. the u.s. calling it a tragedy conor powell is streaming live from afghanistan. donor? >> reporter: the anti-american protests continued today. and pakistan's leaders are taking a much more confrontational tone in reference to america saying the u.s.-pakistani relationship will have to be reevaluated in leave it this most recent incidents. 24 pakistani soldiers were killed over the weekend by nato air strikes. it's causing a great deal of tension in an already tense trip

between the u.s. and pakistan. afghan officials claim the afghan a u.s. soldiers were first attacked by pakistani military positions and they say that is why the u.s. and nato air strikes were called in. the pakistan political leaders reject that claim and say pakistan did not fire first. they were innocent soldiers on the front lines and this was an inprovoked incident where nato attacked pakistan. but this entire understand different is calling into question the relationship between the u.s. and pakistan which suffered severe blows first in may with a raid that killed usama bin laden. there are questions about whether the pakistan military is hechg the inure general i here in pakistan fan afghanistan and u.s. commanders want more done to limit pakistan's ability

to help the insurgency. but there is a lot of confusion as to what led to this nato attack on pakistan's military positions along the border. nato and the commanders here are investigating but i could take weeks before we know what happened here, megyn. megyn: audio recordings made nearly 10 years ago, apparently one of the last straws for syracuse university in a child sexual abuse scandal. long-time assistant basketball coach bernie fine is fired after a third allegation of child molestation emerges as a taped the phone conversation between an earlier alleged victim and bernie fine's wife comes to life indicating his wife allegedly knew about sexual abuse, even witnessed it once and admitted there may be more victims out there. that tape we are also told was given to police and espn nearly

a decade ago. megyn: mike, thank you for being here. now we have two then boys, now grown men who came out -- who claim that this assistant coach had sexual limo lefted them. people came out and said they are not credible, this is a shakedown. including the coach. now this third alleged victim comes out and says he did it to me, too. that plus this audiotape were enough for syracuse university to fire this coach. >> it was the proverbial nail in the coffin. as far as his employment goes with syracuse. he was fired, and now the law

enforcement procedure has to take its court. but it's damaging evidence against fine. megyn: obviously when you have multiple people coming out making these allegations you have to may more attention. it's not one lone accuser. it's three guys now saying think guy did this to them. it's not an allegation most men want to make or even admit. but now are there credibility problems with the first two victims? i thought it was interesting having gone to syracuse university that fine was so quick to say it's a shakedown. now he's dialing that way back. >> he dialed it back and he put out a press release saying he was sorry for his comments. he came out in support of bernie fine. he was the assistant coach and friend for 30 years.

now boenheim has dialed that back. megyn: the guy we hear on there talking about why was i targeted? why was i so interesting to him? the wife was saying there was something about huh. this us the same woman who had an affair with this boy when he turned 18. so the whole thing is very unfortunate. but do we have anything other than this audiotape to support his story? >> no one's hand are clean. bernie fine's wife slept with his accuser. this new third accusation coming out from a person in pittsburgh. his father has come out and said these allegation are false. thatter never sent his son to be with fine during a sleep away * game. he never had any knowledge of

him being in a hotel room. each person has some dirt behind him. megyn: the third person to come put. not only is the father denying his own claim. but that accuser is himself facing charges of child sex abuse. >> with a 14-year-old. megyn: is a question about whether he's credible. when you hear it on audiotape it's very persuasive when you hear the alleged victim talking to bernie fine's wife and she seems to be acknowledging something. but in a court of law you would have to lay a foundation and the topic us what they are representing it to be. has any of that been done? >> by law enforcement source we are not sure. espn said they verified it that it was her voice. megyn: not whether the conversation had been switched around. i'm not saying it has, but

that's what you would make sure of before you admitted it in a court of law. >> the feds are now involved because of this latest allegation, transporting a minor tack state lines. so not you feds are involved. if the feds can't get to the bottom of it, there will be a due diligence process. megyn: bernie fine is fired. what about syracuse university? it says it never had this tape? >> they said they did not have this tape. espn had this tape in their possession as early as 2003. >> what do they say is the reason for not doing something with it? did they go to police? did they do something other than his into the and play it? >> they say they had it by that the initial accuser bobby davis played it for some of the law enforcement officers and they couldn't do anything with it. in terms of verification and moving forward with the story,

that's why espn didn't bring this to life until now. you said espn did play it for law enforcement authorities? >> bobby davis played it for law enforcement authorities according to him when he made those claims. but at that time there swear statute of limitations considerations. that's why charges never came about when he made those claims. megyn: normally it tolls once you become an adult. but i it varies state to state. in half an hour we'll have an in-depth discussion on this. espn released three sound biets from that taped interview that one of the alleged victims made to the wife of this coach. we'll plate other two and have a discussion about whether this coach should be charged. and if he should be, what about the wife if she was aware of

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megyn: the largest newspaper in the first state to hold a primary officially endorsing newt gingrich for the gop presidential nomination. new hampshire's union leader. larry sabato is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia it's a big endorsement, but do it change the election? does it change the way people are going to vote? i'll put that question to you. >> it helps, megyn. i'll tell you what the key thing

is. it isn't just that newt gingrich got endorsed. it's that the "iewn on leader" -- "the union leader" goes after the candidate they haven't endorsed. some newspapers use a scalpel to attack candidates. the "union leader" uses a chainsaw. you don't want to be in their line of fire and mitt romney will be. megyn: here are a couple samples. they write, we don't have to agree with them on every issue. we would rather back someone with whom we would sometimes disagree wrath i are than someone who tells us what he thinks we want to hear. we look for conservatives grounded in their core beliefs and best equipped for the job. that sounds like they are talking about mr. romney, does it not? >> i think you have got it exactly right. to their credit, the "union

leader" doesn't just look for likely winners. it does seem to pick the candidate they like the best, they agree with the most, even if it's a long shot. who remembers pete dupai in 1988 who was the governor of delaware endorsed by the "union leader." john ashburg in '72, steve forbes in 2000. they were long shots. but the "union leader" got them to 10% or above. they can make an impact. the focus is not just on the candidate they endorse, it's design to wound the candidate they most dislike. megyn: they are kind of mean the way you it. let me ask you what this does more mitt romney. he's killing gingrich in many of these polls when you match them

up head-to-head. real clear politics has 36 pore romney and 18 for gingrich. but does this create a psychological thing for people on the fence for romney versus gingrich that romney is not inevitable, that this could be another man's race? >> i think it does have that impact among some voters. no one expects gingrich to win new hampshire. i would say if romney doesn't win by a substantial margin in new hampshire his candidacy is severely wound. i guess you could say the "union leader" has been mean over the years but politics is not a game of tiddly-winks.

megyn: we saw a bit of that this weekend from newt gingrich this weekend. he has been challenging obama to a series of lincoln-douglas debates. then he said president obama can use his teleprompter if he wants to debating newt gingrich. is that the type of thing that makes republican voters love them, but could alienate independents? >> what they say to me is newt gingrich would be the perfect foe for obama in the debates. but there is no question those would be great debates. you would break all record audiencerd for those debates if they happen. but the other side of newt gingrich is of course he has a

negative impact on many swing independents. we have seen this in virtually every poll for years. not just for ones in the current campaign going back to the 1990s. he was one of the best allies president bill clinton had. megyn: on issues like immigration you have gingrich moving more to the center and romney moving more to the right. larry, thank you. >> thanks, megyn brand-new. megyn: he was the head of the world bank. a contender for president of france and one of the highest profile rape suspects in u.s. history. allegations dominique strauss-kahn may have been set up by political rivals. why won't washington let the bridge go up in alaska. ♪ like a bridge over troubled

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megyn: fox news alert first reports coming in from that white house meeting on the european economic crisis. reuters saying america stand ready to help europe in any way possible. don't yet know if that means we take a part in any sort of a bailout or anything like that. we are waiting to get the details. but the president is stressing how high the stakes are for the united states. this is a big deal for us, folks and we expect to get taped play out of those remarks very shortly. you will see them right here.

alaska's national petroleum reserve is sitting on an estimated 100 billion oil -- billion barrels of oil. the feds won't let anybody build a bridge to get there. >> reporter: this might sounds like the debate over drilling in and war. but there is a difference. here we are talking about the national petroleum reserve. 23 million acres set aside for the sole purpose of oil production by president haring in 1923. there has been no drilling there because it's a difficult place to get to. the coalville river which is frozen most of the year, conoco phillips wants to build a bridge over the river but the army corps of engineers blocked the

bridge saying it could be harmful to the ecosystem. the closest stroijt proposed bridge is a population 400. it took us four flights and 8 hours to get there from seattle. the next closest human, 200 miles away. there they want the construction and soil jobs. an activist who is fighting the bridge over bird habitat has never even been to the area. >> we are here. we are proving that we can make it this far and where we can move forward with the oil industry. >> reporter: the petroleum reserve is near prudow bay.

the pipeline which was built in 1970 crosses 800 rivers. could it ever get built today? megyn: dan stringer, thank you. megyn: we are getting word the meeting has wrapped up between president obama and the people who run the eurozone. and what if anything the use the can or should do about it and what if any impact lit have on the united states, depending on what outcome the europeans choose. the word on the wires is president obama says the

eurozone crisis is a huge issue for the u.s. economy. that's not a huge newsmaker. we knew that. the president of the united states acknowledging it is something. but that's our president saying it is a huge issue for the u.s. economy and apparently at this summit the folks from the eu have said the slow global growth is not just due to the eu and other economies have to act as well. we are getting tape of that meeting. we want to play this for you. this is the president and the head of the european council and the european commission who met with president obama today. listen here. >> we have had several occasions to meet over the last year. but this is the first formal u.s.-eu summit we have had since the lisbon summit last year.

of course, much has changed over the last year. we have seen the incredible transformation that has taken place throughout mother africa and the middle east. what hasn't changed, though, is the fundamental bonds that exist between the european countries and the united states. our common values, our common belief in the rule of law, democracy, freedom, and a free market system. all those things bind us together as do the extraordinary economic and commercial relationships we have and the people relationships that we have. so this is an extraordinarily important relationship. these aren't always the most dramatic meetings because we agree on so much, sometim it's hard to make news. as the world's two largest economies and as each other's most important trading partners we spent a lot of time focusing

on how we could continue to grow our economies and create good jobs on both sides of the atlantic. a large part of that conversation obviously revolves around the eurozone crisis. and they have been actively engaged with the heads of government and heads of state in europe to try to resolve this crisis. i communicated to them that the united states stand ready to do our part, to help them resolve this issue. this is of huge importance to our own economy. if europe is contracting or europe is having difficulties, then it's much more guyer to us to create good jobs at home because we send oh many of our products and services to europe. it's such an important trading partner for us. we'll continue to work in a constructive way to try to resolve this issue in the near future. i appreciate the leadership of

both these gentlemen in trying to address this in a forth rite way. with regard to security cooperation. we agreed to make sure that we continue to place pressure on the iranian regime to stand down when it comes to the development of nuclear weapons, emphasizing we continue to hope for a diplomatic resolution that allows them to use peaceful nuclear energy in a way that consistent with our international obligations. we have a shared stake in continued progress in afghanistan where the eu serves as a leading donor and next week's bond conference will be an opportunity to make sure our azwrains sustainable. megyn: we'll be streaming the receipt of those remarks on foxnews.com. the headline out of that is the president saying the u.s. stand ready to help europe in the

eurozone crisis. they have a shared currency, the euro in countries much worse off than the others. the president saying this will have a huge impact on our economy, depending on what happens with the euro and speaking about our cooperation with these nations when it comes to iran. the rest of that streaming live on foxnews.com, if you care. pick that up. there are new developments in the gop race for the white house. with mitt romney seeming to flip-flop on the issue of immigration. change is stand. the campaign says he hasn't. this is what his critics say. they say he's twitched from his position on immigration from the last time he ran for president and now.

you take a listen to the candidate in 2011 compared to just 2011. >> those people who come here illegally and are in this country. the 12 million or so who are here illegally should be able to sign up for permanent residency or citizenship. amnesty is a magnet. if you can become a permanent resident of the united states by coming here illegally you will do so. megyn: marianne marsh is a democratic strategy and ed roll rinse is the former campaign manager and a fox knew contributor. let me start with you as a republican. and used to be advising michele bachmann noise race. has romney flip flopped on this issue? >> he has. he's trying to be conservative.

this time he came in pretty much in line with the conservative ideology of the party. particularly iowa. iowans are anti-illegal immigration and to a certain extent he's trying to stay there in case he wants to play there. megyn: how can the romney campaign say there has been no change. >> there has been a change and the tape is always there. it goes with a series of things and this is part of why a lot of conservatives don't trust him because there have been a lot of alterations to his positions over the years and that caused lack of support for him. megyn: we just got done a segment with larry sabato that talked about the key endorsement of the "union leader" newspaper in new hampshire of gingrich. their editorial page director said romney doesn't want to

offend anybody or everybody. he wants to be liked. imagine what that would be like as president. somebody who plays it safe. is that the problem for mitt romney? he says what people want to hear, then this political opponents just have a heyday * with it? >> that's right. ed touched on it. larry sabato touched on it. mitt ram any has a trust problem. the "union leader" has been watching mitt romney like i have. they know he has been on the other side of every issue. iowa is far more important than the romney campaign has let on. they have taken a page from the kerry playbook. you read the poll numbers. they sound impressive. but when you dive into them. 16% or more of the voters in those polls say we can change our mind.

he went into new hampshire because without new hampshire there is no nomination. that's the situation romney is in. that was before the "union leader" endorsement of newt gingrich. megyn: how does this happen that mitt romney -- it's one thing if you have said something in the past that kind of agrees with the guy you are about to attack. but he came out back in '0 and said those in the u.s. illegally now are not going to be rounded up and box cared out. gingrich comes out at the last debate and says it's not vealistic to think we are going to ship 11 million people out of the country. romney says that's amnesty, that's a magnet and goes after gingrich on it. isn't there some discussion inside the romney camp if this comes up you better be careful because you said this and you don't want to do a 180 in front of the american people.

>> there should have been. he has done a lot of 180s. and he got burned so badly last time. i think no one expected him to talk about immigration this time. this was not going to be a big overwhelming issue. the economy and jobs would be the overwhelming issue. newt came out with a thoughtful position but not a good policy position. bachmann has attacked him and romney sees gingrich as a serious opponent and feels he has to take him on by being more to the right on this issue. megyn: is this going to help the democrats? you have romney moving further to the right on immigration. the one thing even though iowans may be anti-illegal i am graiption. the his andic population does not want to see talk of round up

illegals and shimg them away. if you have candidates forced to go first right on that. is this music to the ears of barack obama? >> it is. it's a key constituency for president obama. he's not going to change his position on this. mitt romney changed his position every day on this. other thing iowans and others will remember. we have newt romney saying i can't hire illegal immigrants, i'm running for offers. not because it was wrong. but because he was running for office. megyn: then the direct flip flopping and more importantly is the substance of it. michele bachmann, she said i want a fence. she said i want a double fence. i see your fence and raise you double fence. that makes play in iowa.

but the question is whether it will play in the hispanic voters who will be critical in this election. president obama won them by 7%? don't the republicans have to win those votes? >> you start in iowa and you have to talk to the iowans. they are participating in the caucus build the fence, secure the borders, enforce the present laws until there is a majority in the congress to change it. so anybody who wants to spend the rest of his campaign talking about immigration should get hammered by everybody. megyn: that's what we have seen and it continues to come up. you would think that position would have been ironed out by now. apparently not so much. marianne, ed, thank you both so much. the long-time assistant basketball coach of syracuse university fired after allegations of sexual abuse from

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megyn: alleged proof that several people ignored allegation of child sex abuse at one of the nation's premiere college basketball association. one make an audio recording of a conversation he had with bernie fine's wife lori back in 2002. in it the wife admits that she knew allegedly about a sexual relationship between bobby davis and her husband, even going so far as to say there may be other

victims. the tape was allegedly given to police and espn nearly 10 years ago. megyn: former prosecutor and defense attorney arthur aidala and mark eiglarsh. let many start with whether bernie fine should be criminally charged. he has been fired. this guy, the feds are looking into this. but arthur, allegedly one of his alleged victims went to the cops in 2002 with that audiotape

saying i taped his wife and she talked about the alleged abuse of me. and he said the syracuse police officer said the statute of limitation has run. espn said he had gone to the authorities we we didn't. do the cops have it right? can charges be brought against bernie fine? >> i defend people every single day right now and the evidence is much lighter and this. you have a tape-recording of the wife -- if you look at it in an isolated way, it may not prove anything. but when you add to it the testimony of the victim, of course it is a prosecutable case against the husband. i don't think it is a criminally prosecutable case against the wife. but at the time that was brought to the authorities, absolutely he could have been arrested based on the evidence of the victim himself. megyn: i don't know what the

statute of limb taightss is in new york state. this guy, this kid bobby davis was living in the fine's basement for a period of:00 years. he claims he was abused from the age of 13. then he said stop it. i ask you, mark, under that scenario, now he's in his 30s, could he come out and say i want to prosecute a case, i want to be the complainant in a case against bernie fine? >> he can say whatever he wants to say. as abhorrent as the alleged conduct, five years is the statute of limitation. those have run. against the wife, as abhorrent and reprehensible as her actions, i see no crime they can

bring. there is no mandatory reporting requirement of child abuse or sexual abuse unless you are a healthcare professional or teach were a professional obligation. megyn: he allegedly lived in the basement and is saying the wife witnesses at least one of the incidents. when you listened to her on the tape she seemed to acknowledge he has in her view a propensity for little boys. here is just one sound bite number one with the wife on that. listen. megyn: if they sue the fines, bernie and his wife lori, that tape suggests she had knowledge. >> here is what i would argue.

but in the state of new york, the on -- any time someone has a duty to look after a younger person, they have an obligation to report any kind of sexual abuse. a fireman, a hospital worker, a teacher. my argument would be this kid is living in her basement. she is de facto this guardian during the time when he's a minor. she now has an obligation to report this. even though there are a lot of laws about not testifying against your husband. those have to do with the criminal law. megyn: you are true criminal lawyers. a lot of civil lawyers come on, but you are actual criminal lawyers. if you are defending bernie fine. he gets charged. you have got some points that you can raise. there are questions about whether the first two accusers tried to shake this guy down for money. then the third guy who is

accusing him is facing charges of himself being a child molester and his far it is saying he's a liar. he's making the whole thing up. >> fortunately or unfortunately. unfortunately because i'm a citizen who cares about victims, there always is unless there is a busload of nuns or a confession, there is always something that could be dug into, there is always reasonable doubt that can be created. usually it's one-on-one. megyn: we are seeing that in the penn state case. still no charges were brought. >> the prosecutor's argument is one person made it up, maybe be two people made it up? maybe not. is coach fine the most unlucky man in the world to have all three people select him to be the victim of this?

megyn: guys thank you very much. coming up, a high stakes case against dominique strauss-kahn, was it a case of dirty politics? are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. and who ordered the yummy cereal? yummy. [ woman ] lower cholesterol. [ man 2 ] yummy.

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over over strauss-kahn and a conspiracy theory. >>trace: he was considered a top contender to sarkozy for the presidential raise in 2012 and now a report details the allegations that he may have been set up. the report says that strauss-kahn was actually the conservative party of french got ahold of his private e-mails and

the report says he was informed of this from "a friend," who worked for sarkozy's conservative party and the blackberry used to send the e-mails disappeared and was disabled at the hotel. that is where he was forcing a hotel maid to have sex. the charges were dropped but the report says a big red flag in her story is she failed to tell the prosecution that before her alleged encounter with stress counsel she twice went into another suite also occupied so before the alleged encounter she went into the suite and after the encounter she also went into the suite and, now, this group which does not represent strauss-kahn wanted parliament and the police in france to look into the alleges.

the friend conservative party says they are imploding and are fantasy and if they think there is something nefarious going on they should file a lawsuit. so the conspiracy theory is heating up. >>megyn: bargain hunters at their computers for cyber monday the biggest online shopping kay of the year. on the heels of a black buster black friday and what it means for the shopping season and our economy.

>>megyn: we had a segment on romney and whether he flipped flopped on illegal immigration. and bret baier is interviewing him right new and that will interview tomorrow at 6:00 eastern time and you can