regarding this size. it's 15,000, and i wonder if you discussed with prime minister to reduce the number of diplomats. thank you. [speaking in native tongue] >> translator: definitely, we have raised the issue of iraqi need for weapons to provide area protection and naval and ground protection. we have a lot of weapons, american weapons, and it requires training. and we received promises for cooperation from his excellency, the president, for some weapons that iraq is asking for, especially those related to its protection of its air space. and we hope that the congress will approve another group of f-16 because our air force was destroyed completely during the

wars that iraq entered into, and this is not all. we also need technical equipment related to the security field. and these are issues that are being discussed by the concerned people in both countries, between the ministries of defense and interior with counterparts in the united states, and we received promises and facilitations. we agreed on how to make this relationship in the security field because both of us need each other and need cooperation especially in chasing al-qaeda which we started and was not defeated anywhere except in iraq, and we hope to cooperate with all those who feel the dangers of this organization to cooperate with us as well. >> our goal is a sovereign iraq that can protect its borders, protect its air space, protect its people.

and our security cooperation with other countries, i think, is a model for our security cooperation with iraq. we don't want to create big footprints inside of iraq, and that's, i think, demonstrated by what will happen at the end of this month which is we're getting our troops out. but we will have a very active, you know, relationship military-to-military that will hopefully enhance iraqi capabilities and will insure that we've got a strong partner in the region that is going to be effective. with respect to the embassy, the actual size of our embassy with respect the diplomats is going to be comparable to other cups that we think -- other countries that we think are important around the world. there are still some special

security needs inside of iraq that make the overall number larger. and we understand some questions have been raised inside of iraq about that. look, we're only a few years removed from an active war inside of iraq. i think it's fair to say that there are still some groups, although they are greatly weakened, that might be tempted to target u.s. diplomats or civilians who are working to, you know, improve the performance of the power sector inside of iraq or are working to help train agricultural specialists inside of iraq. and as president of the united states, i want to make sure that anybody who's out in iraq trying to help the iraqi people is protected. now, as this transition proceeds, it may turn out that

the security needs for our diplomats and for our civilians gradually reduces itself partly because iraq continues to make additional progress. but i think the iraqi people can understand that as president of the united states if i'm putting civilians in the field in order to help the iraqi people build their economy and improve their productivity, i want to make sure that they come home. because they are not soldiers. so that makes the numbers larger than they otherwise would be, but the overall mission that they're carrying out is comparable to the missions that are taking place in other countries that are big, that are important and that are friends of ours. okay? thank you very much, everybody.

megyn: and that is history in the making, folks. president obama praising the end of the iraq war as we approach a december 31st deadline for the remaining american troops to withdraw from that country. at its height there were 170,000 american troops in iraq. now it is town to 6,000 -- down to 6,000, about to go to zero. as he stands next to the prime minister of iraq, nouri al-maliki, and speaks about the end of that conflict saying we will never waver in our defense of our allies and that as we prepare to leave iraq altogether, other nations must not interfere with that nation's sovereignty. an obvious reference to iran. joining me now, fox news military analyst major general bob scales. general scales, thank you very much for being here. by the way, welcome to our viewers, i'm megyn kelly. [laughter] major general, i want to the talk to you about that because it was a clear reference to iran which has been watching this

conflict and awaiting the te parture of american -- departure of american troops according to most analysts with baited breath. but what is realistic? what do we actually expect to happen in iraq once those remaining 6,000 troops are gone? >> i've talked to several military senior leaders in iraq and in the pentagon over the last couple of days, and they all tell me, quite frankly, nobody knows. we've created a power vacuum by american forces pulling out of iraq. i don't know of anyone who could tell you that iraq is capable right now of defending its borders against anyone, much less iran. the iranians clearly from their internal discourse are intent on establishing a relationship with the shiite portion of iraq in the southern part of the cities, and every general officer i talk to active and retired who knows iraq will look at you and say the future is uncertain, megyn. megyn: what have we gotten out of this conflict? >> well, boy, what a great question. first of all, let me say as the

president said it's a very poignant moment for me as a former soldier to think back on the sacrifices of, what, 4400 killed in action, 30,000 or so who have been wounded, over a trillion dollars of our treasure. i think two things. number one is the worst dictator in the middle east is gone and, number two, there is the probability of having a good, strong american presence in what is truly the heartland of the arab world, iraq. iraq is sort of like the germany, if you will, of the arab world. and if we play this right and we don't get too precipitous in our withdrawal and we maintain good military relationships with iraq, this may turn out to be in our best interests, to do what we've done. megyn: general scales, i have to ask you about this issue of the spy drone that's in iran right now, and the president saying that we've asked for it back. we'll wait to hear what they have to say. this is, obviously, not the position we want to be in, but how bad is this? >> it's bad, megyn, it's bad.

i've talked to many folks who have tried to sort of downplay this loss publicly. this is our most sophisticated stealth drone, it's the most sophisticated piece of technology in the american arsenal right now. the iranians may not be able to exploit it fully with their lack of sort of a strong technological base, but you can sure bet the russians and the chinese can exploit it, and i don't know of anyone who hasn't said this is a, this is a monumental failure that could come back and effect us sometime in the future. megyn: major general bob scales, thank you so much, sir. >> thank you, megyn. megyn: breaking news this afternoon on a big story developing in washington. word came in a couple hours ago that the united states supreme court will rule on the constitutionality of arizona's controversial immigration law. the justices agreeing to hear an appeal on that law. the obama administration first challenged it by arguing that it is the job of the federal government, not the states, to regulate immigration.

similar laws in alabama, south carolina and utah, to name a few, also face administration lawsuits. so what will happen if court winds up siding with the states? coming up, the attorney general of arizona who got this whole thing started. he's the man behind this law. he joins us for his first television interview since the news broke, how he thinks this may reshape the national debate now, and what will arizona do if it loses this case? plus, another alert coming in the right now, this time a coordinated effort by protesters to shut down the ports critical to american jobs, american products and american consumers. from san diego to vancouver, canada, thousands of occupy demonstrators trying to block some of the nation's busiest docks with the idea that it will cut into corporate profits. but, in fact, port officials say this will only cost workers their jobs and their wages and raise the price of goods for millions of americans. dan springer live in portland,

oregon, with the very latest. dan? >> reporter: yeah, megyn, the occupiers had a lofty goal to shut down all 19 ports stretching from california up to anchorage, alaska. it hasn't quite turned out that way, but it has had an impact on a handful of ports including two right here in my region, in fact, the one here in portland has been closed down. occupiers showed up at about 7:00 this morning before the first shift was to begin, and they blocked the entrance to the main terminal, a chain-link fence was already in place. at 2:00 police stopped a car of protesters doing reconnaissance just outside the port, three men were inside the car in riot gear with a loaded gun and a sword. all three were arrested, trucks were turned away, longshore workers were sent home. 12,000 jobs directly tied to the port of portland alone. >> we're going to see lost wages, lost shifts, lost hours, delays as a result of the gate closure due to directly the propest operations, and that's

impacting the people that they're claiming to represent, the 99%. >> reporter: operations have also been minimally affected by long beach, handling about a quarter of the country's port traffic. -- [inaudible] marine shipping company owned in part by goldman sachs. the number of protesters is nowhere near what we saw november 2nd when some 30,000 people shut that port down. that protest had support from the longshore union, but when they went to court to get paid for the day, they were denied by a judge, so today's action is opposed by the union. >> the occupy movement as a whole has goals that we agree with, you know, it's important to push back on the attack on american workers. we don't think this is the right way to do it, and we'd rather be working today. >> reporter: so had this west coast port shutdown happened in full, it would have been about a $700 million economic impact and costing wages of $9 million. nowhere near that impact. the one in los angeles is over,

another one in san diego is over as well, and we still have a couple of protests here in portland and long view. megyn? megyn: dan springer, thank you. president obama now defending his record on the economy as the bad numbers pile up. >> i didn't overpromise, and i didn't underestimate how tough this was going to be. i always believed that this was a long-term project. megyn: is he right? lou dobbs joins us next with his take. and a u.s. soldier held hostage for more than two years by the taliban manages to escape only to be captured again 72 hours later. what this means for the effort to find this young man and bring him home safely. and a custody battle going well beyond ugly. wait until you hear what this grandma allegedly did when her son-in-law showed up on her front door. the dramatic moments all caught on tape. you're not going to believe this. >> what are you, crazy?

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megyn: well, with less than 11 months now until the american people vote, the president's approval rating on the economy has hit a new low in the latest poll. president obama last night spent a large pawrt of his -- part of his "60 minutes" interview defending suggestions that he overpromised and underdelivered. >> i didn't overpromise, and i didn't underestimate how tough this was going to be. i always believed that this was a long-term project, that reversing a culture here in washington dominated by special interests was going to take more than a year, it was going to take more than two years, it was going to take more than one

term. probably takes more than one president. megyn: lou dobbs is host of "lou dobbs tonight" on the fox business network and a syndicated radio host as well. thank you for being here. does the president make a fair point? can't just do it in a year, can't just do it in a term? >> can't, didn't and won't looking at the past performance. i was struck by, as he had talked with steve croft, this is a president who was down. he was sagging as he talked to steve croft, he seems defeated in tone. megyn: we've seen that before from him at some of his news conferences. >> we have. but this was an opportunity for him to speak to the people and to speak directly through "60 minutes," and he chose to be dour, he chose to be down and, frankly, disappointing. this president has much more or to worry about even though i think steve croft always does a good job with an interview, but he's got a lot more to worry

about than overpromising and underdelivering. this is a president who right now, it seems, is being charged from all quarters, even within his own party, of not governing, not animating public policy discussions and not energizing public policy to actually solve major problems like unemployment. megyn: what's interesting to me is he sort of went with a, it's going to take time for things to turn around -- >> right. megyn: and it's not the first time we've heard that, but as opposed to, look, i'm trying, but this ridiculous congress blocks everything, and it's hard to get things done through this ridiculous congress which is something else that he has also said. i mean, what are the american people going to believe, that his policies are starting to work? we've seen the unemployment rate go down, you know? he's chipping away at it a bit and we just need to give him another term to make it go down even further or nothing's going to get done until they return this to a fully-controlled democratic body? >> i think the larger view is

based on the polls that we all watch. right now this president has a lower approval rating than jimmy carter at the same stage of his career which was the lowest of any modern president, and also jimmy carter's considered to be one of the worst presidents of the last 100 years, if not the worst. so there is no good news for the president in any of these polls, and it's why i would suggest to the president and his political advisers, come on. brighten things up a bit. because by the tone this president's taking, he's talking down markets, he's talking down an economy that is showing, indeed, strength. megyn: uh-huh. >> not enough strength at this point, i would say, to get unemployment down to 7%. no modern president has been reelected with an unemployment rate above 7.2%. the last president to do so was -- megyn: but these are extraordinary times. >> absolutely, they're extraordinary times. megyn: and we've heard what president obama says on that. >> but we're ordinary people, megyn.

we have a president telling us it takes time to fix this economy. it takes time to fix special interests in washington. it takes time to win the war in afghanistan. excuse me, to conclude the war in afghanistan. we have heard more excuses from our principle leaders in this country whether they be generals leading our military, our outstanding men and women in uniform and instead going to the american people and saying i need more time, we just need another ten years. this is a time for action, it's a time for results, it is a time for strong, positive leadership. the president had a wonderful opportunity there and simply let it escape his hands. megyn: lou dobbs, thank you, sir. >> thank you. megyn: more on this coming up in about one hour right here on the president's "60 minutes" interview which was very interesting. coming up, brand new bragging coming out of iran. tehran claiming it is in the final stages of decoding some top secret data from that drowned super high-tech drone.

in three minutes, are they likely to respond to our requests to give it back. and mitt romney and newt gingrich going head to head in new hampshire today, what does it mean that romney is slipping in that state? former senior adviser to president george w. bush, karl rove, is here live with a reality check on that. plus, lowe's pulling its ad from a reality show about american muslims. now the company's facing a sea of criticism, but are the attacks justified? >> when you watch it, it's about people, americans, who happen to be muslim. there's nothing bad about that show, and it really taints what it means to be american.

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megyn: iran now saying it is close to decoding the main top secret data from that u.s. drone captured inside of its borders. how much they've been able to retrieve is unclear, but military officials say that's not the biggest concern right now. they have to figure out how this happened to begin with. catherine herridge joins us live from washington with more details. >> thank you, megyn, and good afternoon. a short time ago, the president was questioned on cia drone and its status. >> with respect to the drone inside of iran, i'm not going to comment on intelligence matters that are classified. um, as has already been indicated, we have asked for it back. we'll see how the iranians respond. >> reporter: well, fox news has learned intelligence officials are investigating a handful of scenarios to explain the lost drone. one is that the drone went into

a default setting for an automatic landing pattern. fox news was told the forensics are ongoing, but the present question is what triggered that. when u.s. officials said a soft landing was in line with a system failure, two intelligence sources who work the cyber issue also tell fox the other scenarios include a navigational mall function or some kind of hacking or jamming situation. u.s. officials today, megyn, say there is no evidence that the drone was jammed, but the key thing here is that these drones are supposed to do one of three things when they lose contact, one is to hover until they reestablish contact and continue their mission. second, if they can't reestablish contact in a certain time period, to head back to base. and if those two are not available or fail, then they're supposed to destruct by flying into the ground, and that did not happen in this case. megyn: wow. catherine herridge, thank you so much. >> reporter: you're welcome. megyn: well, mitt romney trading barbs with his rivals over money. how's this affecting romney's

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megyn: well, a father uses his old, handy iphone to record what he expects had been an argument with his ex-mother-in-law when he goes over to pick up his 3-year-old son. instead, it actually captures the moment he is shot all in connection with a custody battle. all right, trace, trace gallagher live in l.a. she's ex or about to be ex and they have very conflicting stories on what went down. >> reporter: right. middle of a very ugly divorce, and every wednesday he gets custody of his 3-year-old son.

this time he decides to videotape it, right? well, the mother-in-law comes out carrying the grandson's pillow and his bag and a gun, and here's what happens next. >> oh! i can't believe you did that! i can't believe you did that! what, are you crazy? [bleep] >> get off me. >> i can't believe you [bleep] shot me. >> get off me! get off me! >> you shot me! i can't believe this. >> [bleep] >> oh, my god! >> reporter: you hear all that? well, the son-in-law actually rest wrestles the gun away from the mother-in-law, he was shot twice once in the shoulder, once in the ribs. both of them called 911 telling different versions of their story. play it.

>> he shot at you or shot you, ma'am? >> i'm hurt. i'm not shot, but he said i shot him. he's pulling away! >> 911. >> what is the address of your emergency? >> she [bleep] shot me. i took the gun away from her, i have it. >> where are you shot. >> >> on my shoulder and my side. >> reporter: yeah, the son-in-law is now hospitalized. he's going to be okay. mom is in jail. the cops didn't buy her version of the story. she is now charged with first-degree attempted murder for shooting the son-in-law twice with a .22 caliber weapon. megyn? megyn: it's unbelievable. >> reporter: i know. megyn: her lawyer will go in there and say the tape didn't show what happened, but it does not look good for her, and it goes to show you how, you know, these 911 calls just because

they say one thing, you can't leap to conclusions, you know? you might think granny versus son-in-law, she sounded scared on her 911 call, but, boy, oh, boy, the tape doesn't look good for her. >> reporter: he was on the phone for five minutes, she was on the phone for five minutes saying the son-in-law has a restraining order, the whole thing was very, very ugly, and be that's why she tried to paint a different picture of the story -- megyn: before i let you go, do we know why she shot him according to him? >> reporter: because she says that he is illegal, which we have not confirmed, that he's trying to take their grandson away from them and move him to new york city, they're in the carolinas, and that's why she said he's not taking my grand son away from me. megyn: okay, well, that's another -- that's, like what was the line at the end of the people's court with wapner? don't take the law into your own

hands, you take them to court. thanks, trace. >> reporter: okay. megyn: off to the campaign trail we go where mitt romney and newt gingrich are going head to head in new hampshire today. newt is on the rise, but romney still has the lead. this while michele bachmann and rick perry work to get their campaigns back on track. karl rove, you are the former senior adviser and deputy chief of staff to president george w. bush, and the news day by day gets worse for romney. can he still win this? >> sure, he can. let's put this in context. this is newt's advantage in the four early states; up by 13 in iowa, romney ahead by 12 in new hampshire, newt ahead by 19 today in south carolina, and then there are two polls in florida, one showing newt up by 15, one by 15. there's plenty of time left, nearly three weeks in iowa, but you've got to do this methodically.

in iowa you've got to make certain you get, romney immediate to get his people out, ron paul's going to get his people out, and the object is, if newt wins, make it by as small a margin as possible. then go on to new hampshire. spend a lot of time in new hampshire between now and its election date because new hampshire never does what iowa does. there's been in an open race for the presidency, nobody has won iowa and then turned around and won new hampshire. so new hampshire, you know, build that margin as best as you can, and that does have an effect on south carolina. you know, in 2000 bush won iowa, had no effect on new hampshire, was way up in south carolina then lost new hampshire by 19 points, and three days later was down in new hampshire -- in south carolina by six. so a bump in new hampshire will have an effect on south carolina. and then you go to florida. these last two, romney's advantage is that he's got money. he's got a bunch in his campaign account. newt is, frankly, running on fumes. and so romney's got to turn this

into a very focused message that he puts on it's in mailboxes and on the phone, and he spends a lot of time contrasting himself with newt in south carolina and florida, particularly florida where it's going to be very difficult for somebody without a big wallet to compete with somebody who does. megyn: newt does well in the debates, that's been the key ingredient behind his success and the surge in the polls, but is money coming in to newt gingrich's coffers? once herman cain picked up momentum, he did start to pick up a good deal of dough. >> well, you know what? i saw in this "wall street journal" this morning the gingrich campaign was saying, well, we went to naples, florida, and raised $25,000. well, there was an event in texas for romney in which he raised a million, lexington or louisville, kentucky, he raised $400,000. and newt has a deficit to begin with. he's got to rely upon earned media and debates in order to

offset whatever advantages mitt romney and to a lesser extent rick perry and ron paul have. both of them are running television ads in iowa, and ron paul's been running two tough back-to-back ads attacking gingrich. so he's going to have to rely on the media, but at the end of the day, resources do matter in campaigns like this. particularly, look, we've got four contests in january, then at the beginning of february we have the nevada caucuses, and we have a couple of other caucuses and one beauty contest, missouri, where newt just made a decision not to even file despite the fact that his explanation was there are no delegates at stake. well, there are no delegates at sake in iowa -- stake in iowa either. but then we get to and michigan at the end of february, and then we get into a bunch of contests in the march, and if you have a wallet, it allows you to compete in a way that you can't if you don't have money. megyn: karl rove, thank you,

sir. i apologize for cutting it short, we've got to go to arlington national cemetery right now where president obama and the iraqi prime minister, nouri al-maliki, are attending a wreath-laying ceremony honoring the troops who have been killed in the iraq. let's listen. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪

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iraq, 4,486 as of december 5th. and the total wounded, over 33,000 of americans in connection with that conflict. just an incredible, incredible sight to see the two of them laying a wreath in honor and in memory of those who gave their lives so we could have a different iraq. which we absolutely do. there are questions about whether that's a good thing or bad thing. colonel oliver north is with me now, a fox news military analyst, and i put the question to you, colonel, are we better off now? is iraq better off now as a result of that sacrifice? >> yes, short answer, because the military which was once virulently opposed to us is now very pro-american. it's the strongest institution of the country. now, that may not reside well with those who want more of a democratic process, but in fact, it's the best educated segment of the society, they're very

pro-american, they know the force of american arms and to a remarkable extent they're very well trained by u.s. military personnel, all of whom will be out, literally, in the matter of the next several days. and the future is somewhat uncertain politically, but i have no doubt that, ultimately, this can be a very important bastion for the united states, a friend in a neighborhood where we need friends. megyn: unlike, you know, so many of us, you actually know the soldiers and those who have boots on the ground in iraq, and you know a lot of these families who have lost loved ones, who gave their lives in connection with this war. do they believe it's worth it? >> well, you know, unfortunately many of them have not been told the sacrifice that they made, their young loved ones made has made a difference, and it has. in a part of the world where we really do need to have friends. now, is it the complete difference that we would like to have like a ve day or a vj day? no. but it's certainly far better

than the outcome of the first war i went to, a place called vietnam, where we now see we've got friends in that part of the world where we've got an adversary like we've got in iran. and one of the reasons we're doing this 100th episode of war stories this coming weekend is not just to celebrate ourselves and what we've done in ten years of documentary television, but to recognize the extraordinary sacrifice that's been made by these young americans. over 1,500,000 actually saw combat on the ground in iraq and our cameras were there for an awful lot of that. megyn: unbelievable. they were, and i know that the series has been really powerful and compelling. and one of the stories that you've been talking about right here on this program, you joined us to call attention to it, has had a disturbing update. we're talking about beau berg

calf. ollie came on the program not long ago and talked about him. he's the only known u.s. soldier being held prisoner by the taliban. last week he managed to escape, he made a break for freedom. he achieved freedom, but after three grueling days on the run, he was recaptured by the taliban. he's believed to be back in captivity. there's some good news and some bad news in this story. tell us. >> well, first of all, the good news is we have proof of life, and that's very important to his family and organizations like the national league of families of the missing and p.o.w.s which put out those bracelets. i mean, it's important that you have that proof of life. megyn: he's alive, and he hasn't gone native. >> no, it doesn't appear -- megyn: because there was speculation -- >> yes, put out by the taliban. megyn: right, right. >> i think it's important that, one, the american people know in this holiday time to be praying for a safe return and soon. number two, we know that he's in the hands of the haqqani network

which is, perhaps, the most vicious of all of the taliban affiliates. and they know that we know, and the u.s. military -- megyn: is that helpful to bowe's cause? >> it is, because the united states doesn't pay for ransom. i've been there, done that with american hostages. but the united states does pay for information leading to the safe release of americans who are being held under these kinds of circumstances. megyn: but the captors aren't going to benefit, but those who turn them in might. >> indeed. and that's what we can hope and pray for. megyn: to you feel like -- do you feel like he is in less danger now that the national spotlight is again on his case or more danger? >> well, certainly, those who are holding him know that he's valuable. he's much more valuable alive than he is dead, that's the case with almost all american hostages. there are certainly exceptions given radical islam and their willingness to literally remove the heads of americans in the hands of some of them. but the leadership of the haqqani network and the taliban

affiliates out there know that he is a valuable commodity, much more so alive than dead. megyn: why the shift? because we have seen them kill so many of our soldiers. why would they keep this particular soldier as a hostage? >> well, you know, you may recall what happened on august 6th when a ch-47 helicopter gets shot down and everybody aboard gets killed. within 48 hours those who did that were dead, and the bad guys know that we have that kind of a capability as well. and so some of the lessons learned for the bad guys is don't do that kind of thing anymore. and if there's ever an opportunity for rapprochement, it's not going to include people who behead americans. megyn: what should we be doing, just calling attention to this case? >> certainly, what we've just done right here is important, what we did a few weeks ago when i told everybody about the bracelets that had been issued by the national league of families, and pray for this young guy. he clearly intends to get home,

and we would like to see him come home. megyn: yeah. they said he jumped out of a window, reports were that he lulled them into believing that he had sort of converted and started to believe what they were saying and then escaped out a window and ran and was looking for some sort of safe harbor but could not find it in that region and was found hiding under some leaves in a ditch. all our best to him and his family. this is nothing anybody should have to deal with at any point, never mind so close to christmas. colonel oliver north, thank you so much, sir. >> megyn, always a pleasure. megyn: well, the race for the next republican presidential nominee is still anybody's game. you heard karl rove saying it moments ago, but are some new rules this year making this unlike anything we have seen in almost 40 years? we'll show you. plus, see why lowe's home improvement chain is facing a possible boycott over a decision to pull its ads from a television show about american muslims. and players at a college

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megyn: a decision by retail giant lowe's home improvement to pull ads from a reality show about american muslims is sparking controversy and even calls for a boycott today. the company made the decision following protests from an evangelical group which called the show prop began propaganda. >> being in deer born has allowed us to practice our faith without losing our sense of american patriotism. >> after 9/11 the environment was a bit more hostile --

megyn: trace gallagher live with this one. trace? >> reporter: that conservative group is called florida family association. i want the put their claim up on the screen, what they're saying is, and i'm quoting here: the program is propaganda that riskily hides the islamic agenda's clear and present danger to american liberties and traditional values. after that complaint, lowe's, the home improvement store, pulled advertising from the show. now a state senator from california, a democrat, is considering organizing a boycott against the show because he is furious. listen. >> what lowe's did is profoundly ignorant. islam is a peaceful religion practiced by over 1.5 billion people, including many americans and employees of lowe's, and for them to not understand that is a shocking level of just stupidity and ignorance. >> reporter: so lou has now called on lowe's to apologize and begin advertising again on the show. well, lowe's did kind of issue

an apology, and i'm quoting here, the statement says: individuals and groups have strong political and societal view on this topic, and this program became a lightning rod for many of those views. as a result, we did pull our advertising on this program, we believe it is best to respectfully defer to communities, individuals and groups to discuss and consider such issue of importance, but there is no word whether lowe's will actually begin advertising on the program once again. so the boycott may be in effect very soon, megyn. megyn: trace gallagher, thank you, sir. we've got big news breaking at the u.s. supreme court today where the justices have agreed the take up the case of arizona's tough immigration law. coming up next, the attorney general of arizona joins us on what this means -- all right, it's not next be, but it's in, like, 12 minutes -- on what this means for the immigration fight nationwide. plus, alec baldwin was booted from be an american airlines flight, but is he

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megyn: fox news alert. the united states supreme court has decided to step into the middle of a fight between the department of just disbought brand-new hour of "america live," i'm megyn kelly. today the supreme court agreed to hear an appeal of arizona's controversial crackdown on illegal immigrants. this after an appeals court, the 9th circuit court of appeal blocked several key provisions of that law. this will be a ruling that will have a major impact not just on arizona, but several other states who are also passing or

have passed immigration laws trying to control the problem of i will hill immigration within their own borders. but those laws being challenged by the department of justice. shannon bream is live in washington. though it's not a surprise, it does have some huge stakes. >> reporter: arizona is one of four states currently being sued by the obama administration because they decided to pass their own immigration laws. they said the feds didn't get the job done so they will do it for them. the justices will have to decide if arizona went too far when it passed sb1070. >> the immigration has said the states should not be regulating in this area. any regulation is an intrusion on the federal some of earn's prerogative to regulate

immigration. >> reporter: opponents feel confident the justices will strike it down. >> they have gone above and beyond what the federal governments allows and are putting in danger some fund amount at rights of both immigrants and citizens. due process rights against lengthy indefinite detention, the right to be free from discrimination based on your ethnic heritage or presumed ethnic heritage. the states are act in a way that the constitution does not contemplates. >> reporter: justice elena kagan will likely sit out the argument. she served as solicitor general. portions of the law could be blocked for good. we are guesstimating the court will heart challenge in april of next year with a decision in

slate june. that means this administration will be facing two big rulings at one. one over the healthcare law. both decisions could come in the middle of the battle for the 2012 white house. megyn: tom horn has been at center of this immigration firestorm. he' the attorney general of arizona. he's our guest live in less than 10 minutes on "america live." back now to the campaign trail where newt gingrich and mitt romney are clear front runners in the race for the gop presidential nomination. the rules, however, are very

different this year. and that could have a big impact on the outcome of this race. there are 2,282 delegates up for grabs. to win it a candidate needs 1,142. but only 115 delegates will be decided at the end of the first four contests. all this talk about iowa, new hampshire, south carolina. and florida. only 115 will be award. and you need 2,28 to to win the election. if no candidate wins the majority we could have a brokered convention taking place. what does that mean? larry sabato is the director of the center for politics at the university of virginia. what is a brokered convention? >> a convention where no candidate has won a majority of the delegates in advance and therefore contrary to awful our modern conventions the exception

of 1976 on the republican side, we have no nominee designate before the convention meets. so it would be a real convention while the delegates would vote for their pledged candidate for the first ballot, as of the second ballot they could go wherever they wanted. potentially they could draft a candidate who wasn't on the ballot. fan * how could that happen? newt wins a bunch, romney wins a bunch. ron paul wins enough to drag away from the top two. obviously anybody else could win some as well. but those are the frontrunners according to the polls. how do we wind up where no one has 1,142. >> the probability is it isn't going happen. but there are two what else it could happen. the first is for the candidates currently in the field to collect a substantial number of delegates so no one has a majority by the time of the

convention. all they have to do is stay in. many of the primaries and caucuses have proportion at representation. they will collect delegates because they are on the ballot and they will get a certain number of votes. the second way is really interesting. this wore we have what we are calling the february freeze. there is nothing much happening in february because the february contest remember were moved into january when florida moved up to january 31. well, february is going to be a boiling pot of speculation and moves by independent candidates and also by potential republican candidates. you might have someone else jumping in if, say, newt and mitt have beaten each other up during the four contests in january. megyn: you are talking about a third party candidate who is not in right now, like who? >> i think for the republicans, they would go back to the big

stars who said no. chris christie -- say if mitt romney. megyn: that again? >> chris christie endorsed romney. we'll go over this many times between thousand and the convention. you might as well get used to it. megyn: he says how many times do i have to tell you people? >> all he has to do is wake up one morning and decide to do it. human beings have been known to change their means it. megyn: let many get back on reality. i know it's possible. you said yourself it's highly improbable. realistically if you are looking at this. you have newt the front runner of so many polls. you have mitt who is usually a solid second. what happens if we get through the month of january and maybe you got a newt gingrich win in iowa. a romney win in new hampshire and a newt win in south carolina and florida. who knows. this is speculation. how, then, could somebody like

romney or ron paul or rick perry have a resurgence after that? >> because they have february to regenerate their candidacies. that's what i was trying to suggest. there is nothing much happening in february. so it's good for raising money, for building organization. for coming up with new extra gems. and i i think there is a possibility of someone else coming in. and remember a majority of the delegates will be selected in march and april and may. and also early june. so you can come in sometime in february and still compete, still file to compete for a majority of the delegates. megyn: it' not too late as a practical matter for somebody to do that. chris christie already endorsed mitt romney. mitt, it's chris. this is awkward. but let's move on from that. the conventional wisdom is if

you win those early contest states, iowa, new hampshire, south carolina, you do well in those. you have the wind behind your back and you have inoffability in the d you have inevitablity in the minds of the american people is that true now? >> i don't think so. february is going to serve as a circuit breaker. this is a very unusual situation that happened by accident. all the momentum from the january contest is going to dissipate relatively quickly and you will have a contest starting anew on super tuesday early in march. megyn: wow. wow. this is getting interesting, larry, thank you. larry sabato, everybody. the gop presidential candidates are now gearing up for the fox news channel debate this thursday in iowa. and you can get in on the action, too. head over to

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megyn: the supreme court atbreeg rule on arizona's controversial

crackdown on illegal immigrants after the circuit court blocked several of its key pro vision. now a supreme court ruling could have a major impact on not just arizona, but several other states with laws also being challenged by the doj. tom, you are the man who started this whole mess. what are you saying now that you have burdens nine justices of the u.s. supreme court. how serious is this? >> we are only burdening 8 because one is recusing herself. this is very important. the 9th circuit ruled 2-1 against us invalidating parts of our law. there is little understood parts to be overruled. the two-judge majority said arizona was trespassing on federal majority of foreign

nations. we passed a law that foreign countries disagree with. they say because foreign countries disagree with us that impinges and foreign relations. we do a lot of things foreign nations disagree with, like capital punishment. if we reach a point where the federal government can quash a state law because foreign nations disagree with them the sovereignty of the whole country will be reduced. megyn: this probably did not come as a total surprise to you that this is one of the government's arguments. we saw them stand by as friend of the court briefs were submitted by countries like mexico where we several other countries weighing in on your dispute between arizona and the federal government saying justices this law is bad. we don't like the arizona law it will lead to discrimination against our citizens and our federal government is citing that as evidence. >> that's correct.

mexico and a number of other foreign countries intervened. they were allowed to file briefs. they argued our law should be inval dated and the 9th circuit listened to them. i think it's important that the united states supreme court overthat. megyn: you must feel somewhat goodner take up this case because you lost at the 9th circuit coast appeals, now, you want to see that reversed. if they had not taken your case you would be unhappy. but it could wind up 4-4. the 4 conservatives. then kennedy and justice kay began -- justice kagan is gone but she probably would have ruled against you. >> it's usually 4-4 and justice

kennedy is the deciding vote. ed the fact that justice kagan doesn't participate probably isn't that important. our senate bill 1070 says if a policeman correctly stops or arrests someone and has reasonable suspicion that person is here illegally he must call i.c.e. the 9th circuit said we are imposing on the federal government's decision how to allocate their resources because they would have to answer the phone calls. the dissent points out it doesn't require a lot of resources to answer the phones and there is a statute that requires i.c.e. to respond to tall inquiries regarding the legal status of people in this country. so the 9th circuit decision is contradicted by a federal statute. megyn: arizona says the feds aren't enforcing the border. so arizona it was left with very

little choice but to pass a law and try to crack down within its own borders. if the ruling stands, what will happen? how will you be able to police illegal immigration within your bored officers if they win on the argument they control it all, what happens next? >> the u.s. supreme court is reviewing four provisions in senate bill 1070 that were ruled illegal by the 9th circuit. but there are a lot of provisions that have taken effect and are in effect now. the prohibition against sanctuary cities. which i think is important. it made me upset that cities expect people to respect their laws but they don't respect federal law. a provision saying people can't seek work in a way that disrupts traffic. we have a provision that prohibits racial profiling, something often overlooked by our critics. it's illegal to import somebody into the country illegal or into arizona illegally.

there are a number of provisions in senate bill 1070 that are in effect. but it's important the supreme court overrule the 9th circuit and individual case senate bill 1070. megyn: all the best to you, sir. coming up, bad boy actor alec baldwin keeping up his attack on american airlines saturday night after being kicked off of a flight last week for reportedly league tantrum. but does he have a right to try to take down the rep tapings of an airline and what right does the airline have? forget sportsmanship. spit was nowhere to be found during this bench clearing brawl. the ugly details and the new fallout next.

megyn: apologies after a buzzer beatdown at a xavier basketball game. a 20-point blowout about it end of the 4th quarter with xavier on top. all of a sudden a cincinnati player those a right hook. members of the bearcats appearing moments ago on a live news conference apologizing for their behavior. look at this. and to another brawl of sorts. mitt romney has a sizable lead in new hampshire but newt gingrich is hoping to change that. both candidates hoping for one

more surge heading into the primary. campaign carl cameron live in manchester. hey, carl. >> i can get you a bench clearing brawl. it may not include candidates. there are plenty of people who will participate. newt gingrich concede that organizationally he is trailing mitt romney. mitt romney conceded that newt gingrich is the front runner by in mitt romney's word at least for now. know gingrich has sworn to be relentlessly positive in this campaign he has begun to do some tweaking to newt gingrich as well as others. and when we talked about his lead in the polls and how i might win new hampshire he said he has some catching up to do when it comes to struck around. >> he has the money, the internal structure. i don't have the kind of money

he has. >> reporter: what about organizational? >> he's clearly ahead of us in all the thing that establishment brings it you. >> reporter: that's the key thing. all the things that the establishment brings you. gingrich makes the argument that he can catch up and will win this nomination if it's about substance and if he can match the test with endurance. by that he, talking about whether he can stomach the criticism and piling on his rivals have given him. he recognizes that's a potential problem because he has in the past had a history of being short tempered. when i asked him about that, he broke up laughing an said, well, you know, in my earlier days i was more inclined to rapid response. now as a 68-year-old grandfather he's a little bit more thoughtful and a little bit more disciplined. those were his words. megyn: carl cameron, thank you,

sir. a 14-year-old boy held hostage for months in the philippines escapes his cap towards and survives wandering alone in the jungle. plus his first words to his father when they were reunited. and president obama comparing himself to a captain navigating through uncharted waters. a fair and balanced dough bait after this break. hey, the new guy is loaded with protein!

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megyn: major developments in the philippines are an american teen anger is free after five months in captivity after outsmarting members of a suspected al qaeda group and a dooring barefoot escape through a dense judge. trace gallagher, this is unbelievable. >> reporter: 14-year-old kevin lunsmann was kidnap in july awrong his mother and cousin. the al qaeda linked group wanted ransom. the family of virginia paid it but the group only released the mother. cousin escaped leaving kevin alone for months. then last week he said to them can i take a bath in a nearby stream. they said yes. he got to the stream, made a run

for it, and for two days he walked barefoot along the river until he came upon this village. at first he was afraid the villagers would turn him in. about it turns out they helped him. they gave him food, medicine and called the authorities. >> i on know he is a hero and i'm so proud of my son. nobody in the world has any idea how i feel. i'm just so happy. >> reporter: the first thing he told his father when he talked to him on the phone was, quote, dad, i did on my own, they didn't release me. pretty happy kid. he's still in the philippines. he will be fine, and he's also going to be home by christmas. this is going to be a big, big christmas for the lunsmann the family. megyn: that's incredible. i did it all by myself. thanks, trace.

president obama weighing in on the troubles economy and dusting off some nautical metaphors. >> sometimes when i'm talking to my team i describe us as -- we are -- i'm the captain and they are the crew on a ship going through really bad storms. and no matter how well we are steering the ship, if the boat is rocking back and forth and people are getting sick, they are being buffeted by the winds and the rain, at a certain point if you ask them, are you enjoying the ride right now, folks are going to say no. and are they going to say do you think the captain is doing a good job? people will say a good captain would have had us in smooth waters and sunny skies at this

point. and i don't control the weather. what i can control are the policies we are putting in place to make a difference in people's lives. megyn: is the captain making you feel safer than you did three years ago? joining me now ed roll rinse a former campaign manager for mitt romney. and deck harpootlian. ed, is the captain making you feel good? rue * no. the bottom line he is right about picking the path and the path today is not a good path. he wants to raise the fees on all those on the boat and i think at this point the american public is dissatisfied with the direction of the country and the policies. megyn: earlier we talked about whether the president overpromised and underdelivered.

he denies that. he said he can't control the weather, but he didn't overpromise and underdeliver. watch the tape. 2008. >> because if we are willing to work for it, and fight for it, and believe in it, then i am absolutely certain that generations from now we'll be able to look back and tell our children that this was the moment when we began to provide care for the sick, and jobs for the jobless, this was the moment when the rise of the oceans began to slow and our planet began to heal. megyn: all right. we are just having a little fun there. he did make some promises about the ocean, dick. >> i want to congratulate on a heck of a story in the "new york times" yesterday. i learned more about you yesterday than i have ever

known. you are an inspiration to all of us. megyn: you are very sweet. you are going to go out and get yourself a pair of skinny jeans now, aren't you. >> moving right along. i think i was at that speech. and i can tell you i'm still inspired and understand this president inherited a mess that has taken much longer than anybody anticipated would have taken to straighten out. it was a mess with the housing industry and the collapse of the economy. but for barack obama, if we continued to follow the policies of george busch or mccain we would have got into the second great depression. it's easy to point fingers and want a mutiny. but you done turn the ship over to the two cabin boys newt and mitt. you want someone with their hand on the tiller who has gotten

ourselves through rough seas. it's no time to abandon ship. mitt and newt, it ain't women and children first to them as who goes overboard first. to follow the metaphor. megyn: does the president have a wide strategy in trying to distance himself in what we are seeing happen economically? i'm trying to right the ship. but i inherited this mess. i can't control the ocean. i'm just trying to get us through. he's trying to divorce his policies and what he has done. >> i think there is a forgetfulness that's going on. for the first two years of this administration he had total control of the congress. they set a path, they set a direction and spent enormous sums of money. lots of promises this would bail out the economy. he now has to live with that and

unfortunately we have to live with it. the only answer now is i have to raise additional taxes on maul businesses and wealthy americans and we get into class warfare. i see the purpose of the speech last night. this president needs to inspire us and move the ball forward and he's not doing that. megyn: you are a republican so you can dismiss it. but the question is, is that working? this fairness argument, this middle class argument and this sound can the drum that he is the captain trying to right the ship, he's not the one who created the rocky waters to begin with. >> democrats will be supportive of this president. they are proud of him. it's a difference of philosophy. but i think the bottom line is independence and like-minded people like me aren't going to buy this. i think's a great speech maker. he beat john mccain and awasn't anywhere near as good a

candidate. but at end of the day whether it's mitt or newt we'll put a serious challenge up against this president to try and beats him. >> we just saw a poll this weekend. this is the canary in the coal mine. south carolina obama would beat mitt or newt right now in south carolina. that speaks volumes about where the republicans alternative solutions. we are not trying to raise taxes on small business. when you have got people that make over a million doll farce wrote off $22 billion in bad gambling losses over the last three years, this country understands the rich are getting richer and the middle class is going down the drain because of the policies of the republican congress. this is a captain on a ship that can't get half the ship to row. that would be the republican congress. they won't put an oa in the water. they are going home, it won't work and they don't have a positive solution.

>> we only had the house for one year. the critical thing here, i'm not mitt romney and i won't offer a substantial bet but i'll offer a nice dinner we'll hold south carolina. >> not the way you are going. megyn: you take the bet, dick? i want to play the tape. >> i'll bet you a dinner at lizard stick in columbia. megyn: before new hampshire comes the iowa caucuses and this thursday the gop presidential candidates will be in sioux city, iowa for the big fox news debate. i'll be on the and of questioners. you can read up on the candidates on the debate page at foxnews.com/debate. you can even write in some drafted questions. we are fine tuning and coming up with a few more.

at 9:00 p.m. you can watch unfold live right here on the fox news channel. set your dvrs, thursday, 9:00 p.m. eastern time. the mercury is dropping but some folks could be left out in the cold because of a federal program that is running out of dough. plus we have all had our fair share of airline travel troubles. but only alec baldwin has a national stage to sound off about it. did he cross a legal line with a comical apology to himself on "kelly's court"? ♪ i'm sorry, so sorry, please accept my apology ♪

megyn: live from new york, it's a saturday night smackdown.

alec baldwin, kicked off an american airline flight last week. accused of unleashing his infamous temper on a flight attendant who wanted him to stop playing a game on his phone. alec battering the airline for days on his twitter account. by upped the ante on "saturday night live." >> it was very important for me to come here tonight and on behalf of everyone at american airlines issue an apology to alec baldwin. mr. bald wins an american treasure and i'm ashamed of the way he was treated. what harm would it do to let him keep playing his game. not any game. but a word game for smart people. megyn: with me to discuss the consequences. lis weihl and arthur aidala. let me start with you, arthur. what if anything can american

airlines do to stop this? they claim they are in the right, they had an unruly passenger. all he did was kick him off base violated the rules and wouldn't be treated like anybody else, now they are getting publicly pillaried on twitter and on "saturday night live" where he suggests there is no danger if you use your phone on an airline in the way he was doing. >> i'm so happy i'm on this "kelly's court" with lis weihl and not mark eiglarsh. i think lis will ends up on the winning side of this. legally they -- american airlines could do more from a public relations standpoint than a legal standpoint. unless a few months go by and they can show that because of alec baldwin's statement, they have a considerable dropoff in revenue, and they can attribute it to that.

people are calling and cancelling their flights, saying the way you treated alec baldwin. he said the ride was like a greyhound bus. which was supposedly a negative influence. meg are's allowed to have his opinion. >> what happens if greyhound notices a dropoff in revenue. >> you are stretching here, aidala. megyn: alec is in a bit of trouble. american airlines has asked the personnel have asked the airline to remove 30 rock as inflight entertainment. they requested alec baldwin put on an intern no-fly list and they ask he be fined by the faa. can he, should he fight that? >> absolutely. the faa is not going to do anything. if you want to be on an airplane

or airline so rattled by this kind of turbulence they can't take it. i don't want to fly on that kind of airline. megyn: i don't want to put my pilot in the position of having to take its. use it' "saturday night live." the other point is that if they thought what he was doing sow was so serious there is a federal interference with flight. he could have been arrested. they didn't do any of that. megyn: so now i think we all agree that they can't sue him. american cannot sue him for defamation for what he's doing. but there is a question about whether he should be fined the for that behavior. should he be fined? they are saying what happened onboard that aircraft, arthur, it ain't pretty. >> i know 9/11 is 10 gleerts rearview mirror but it's still

in our world. when you have passengers getting unruly with the staff of a plane to the point where the cockpit personnel behind those big doors can hear doors being slammed over something as petty as a little digital game -- megyn: he was using his phone in one way, shape or form. >> the flight had not taken off yet. they were on the tarmac. megyn: but the rule was you can't use your phone. apparently the flight attendant went over to him and was very nice and said you have to put that away an was acting like a baby and wouldn't do it and wounds up going into the lavatory slamming the door shut with his phone. >> what he did was ridiculous, he overreacted. exactly. if the american airlines thought it was so he tbree -- was so

egregious they should are reported it right then and there. >> lis, you are always on this channel. you are a tough lady in terms of throwing the book at people. is it because his name is alec baldwin. >> no. no, because i have some sense. some common sense. megyn: i know how to cut lis off at the knee. this is how. remember this. sound bites. >> you are a thoughtless little pig. i'm just telling you, lis. the man has a little bit of an anger control problem. that was to his daughter. can you manage what he said to the flight attendants. >> it wasn't reported and it wasn't charged. megyn: american said he was ex really rude to our crew calling them inappropriate names and using offensive language. >> then the faa can fine him

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megyn: new federal budget laws possibly leaving thousands of mayor chance the cold. a new federal government providing heating fuel subjects does for needy families is at risk. >> reporter: these cuts are coming at a time when need is increasing. over the last year 8.9 million

people got some sort of federal energy assistance in the upcoming year that is projected to increase to 9.4 million. dolores lost her job last year. with the fridge it's of a new england winter looming she is one of tens of thousands locally receiving aid to keep the heat on. >> it allowed me to take that $170 and use it elsewhere. maybe buy food or pay a different billing. >> reporter: many will be left in the cold due to drastic cuts in federal aid. the obama administration's 2012 budget cut the low-income assistance program from $1.7 billion to just $2.6 billion. community activists say the elderly, disabled and poor families with children will suffer. >> last year we were fund at $14

billion, this year we are just un$6 million. it's a 0 per cut at a time when our clients are the neediest they have ever been. >> reporter: legislation towards are urging their fellow law makers to restore funding to the low income energy assistance program. many of these agencies say they need to know how much money they will get so they can get it to the right people and keep them warm this winter. megyn: new developments in a custody battle that ended with a grandmother shooting her son-in-law or so he claims. >> what, are you crazy? you shot me. i can't believe you shot me. >> get off me. get off me. >> you shot me.

>>megyn: the reunion of a teenage daughter and a soldier. the sergeant interrupt add soccer game in georgia to surprise his daughter who had no clue he was coming with, with the army national guard and was in iraq