community. beyond the dream: how far have we come? i'm kelly wright. >> gregg: hello. i'm jig jig and welcome to america's news headquarters. >> arthel: i'm arthel neville. topping the news, new word from the white house on the president meeting with his natural security team reportedly considering all option in response to reports of the deadly chemical attack in syria. we'll get a live report from washington. >> gregg: and brand-new allegations of abuse coming out of the nsa scandal. this time involving workers spying on love interests. really? didn't we used to call that stalking? we've got details. >> we are today standing in the midst of that eternal flame. if we could all but catch a flicker from that ferocious plan

of freedom, we could each light a small candle with courage and in our own voice cry out, this little light of mine. i'm gonna let it shine! >> arthel: and remembering a dream. events this weekend recalling the reverend dr. martin luther king, junior's leading the famous march on washington 50 summers ago that changed america forever. we begin with this fox news alert. the west is on fire with little sign of help from mother nature. about 200 square miles burning along the edge of california's yosemite national park. san francisco in a state of emergency with power and water supplies threatened. more than 2500 firefighters are battling the blaze, but they're not even close to bringing the so-called rim fire under control. several homes are destroyed and thousands more threatened. mixed relief in idaho as storms drop rainwater on a fire near

sun valley. but lightning sparked new blazes. let's go to dominic dinatale. in northern california, a city is threatened and it's threatening san francisco. give us the details, dominic. >> certainly. yeah. the weather here is getting hot this afternoon and that's going to keep the fire going. they're saying this could jump out of its containment area partly due to bad weather. the big worry is what might happen in san francisco. part of the yosemite park caught fire near one of the major dams that provides 85% of the water supply to san francisco. on top of that, some of the power lines coming out of this area that also feed the city have been affected by the fire. the governor, jerry brown, saying it might disrupt both power and water supplies. they're already taking power from elsewhere on the grid because some of the power had to be taken off line. we're not sure how far it could

go. tomorrow expecting bad weather if the winds pick up and that could send the fire in any direction. right now we've got an extra 2,000 firefighters that have been brought in today alone to fry prevent damages to property here. obviously to the utility life lines to the city of san francisco. >> arthel: and it could send the wind in so many directions. it's one of the fastest moving fires so far this season. so far, how much acreage are we talking about that's been scorched? >> we're looking at 125,000 acres. what's happened is that number hasn't really changed for the past 15, 20 hours or so. but what has happened, there were spots, interior islands they call them, inside the area that hadn't been burned. that's what the fire has been doing. we're hearing from the firefighters they're having to actively tackle those areas, as well as try and defend the homes here. take a listen. this is what one of the fire officials described the fight that they're facing at the moment. take a listen. >> right now we're look at

shifting winds this evening, which are not going to be in our favor. that's why we moved equipment here and other areas. tonight will be a difficult fight for us. we prepped the area, putting contingency lines and have firefighters at the ready. but tonight is definitely going to be a battle. >> i got to say, we were talking early, and there was a look of sincere concern on his face. protect. we'll see how they do. updates later in the afternoon. >> arthel: not a good situation right now. let's hope for the best. thank you very much for that live report there. >> gregg: aren't the big problem -- a big problem is the weather is not cooperating with the fires. we're talk being low humidity and gusty winds, high temperatures, all making for extreme weather conditions. let's get the latest from our meteorologist, janis dean. what do you see? >> i wish i had better news. a lot of this area is mountsenous terrain. the firefighters are having a

hard time get not guilty there because of the mountains. they didn't receive the snow pack they typically receive in the wintertime. so that has led to more dry brush and the fire has really exploded within the last 24 hours. so taking a look at the forecast, temperatures, a little bit cool, but as dominic mentioned, winds gusting from 15 to 20 to 25 miles per hour. when you have a fire this size, it's erratic. it can create its own winds. sunday not much difference here. lot of sunshine, very dry conditions and only 5% containment. we do have a tropical storm offshore in the pacific. we were hoping we would get some of the moisture to move into this region. however, it is skipping the san francisco and yosemite area. you can see the moisture filtering in to the southwest. really not getting into the area that we really needed. so ivo is the tropical storm offshore. all of that moisture is being pumped in, but for southern california and the southwest,

and there is yosemite, it doesn't look like we'll get any help from mother nature in this region. because the moisture is coming into the southwest and areas that can't deal with so much rain in a short period of time, we're going to be dealing with flooding in this area. so flash flood watches and warnings are posted. another quick dangerous situation is we are dealing with extreme heat across the upper midwest. look at these temperatures right now. 89 in minneapolis. 96 in north platte. you factor in the humidity, what it feels like. it feels liked 5 in minneapolis. 98 in sioux falls. we could set some records here. heat advisories for all of the states here, where the heat index will feel from 95 to 105 for the next several days. around the minneapolis area, that's where we have excessive heat warning. you can see the temperatures here as we head into monday, tuesday. still very warm. really dangerous. people are urged to stay indoors. especially check on the elderly and your pets and keep an eye on

the little ones as well. we'll keep you posted. back to you. >> gregg: all right. thanks very much. >> you bet. >> arthel: weather not a factor in dc where crowds are gathering to commemorate reverend martin luther king, junior's "i have a dream" speech. that speech was the highlight of the 1963 march on washington for jobs and freedom. the crowds retracing that march ahead of the events 50th anniversary. elizabeth prann has more now from the lincoln memorial. >> thousands are descending on the national mall this weekend to remember the original march on washington where a quarter of a million gathered to protest racial inequality and unemployment. so many of the folks here were part of the original march. they packed bus, cars and trains to get here. almost five decades ago. much of the celebrations today center around the late martin luther king, junior's iconic speech. it was highlighted in almost every aspect of the event. >> you celebrate the joy of our progress, the freedom from barbarism and the right to vote.

we celebrate the joy of our political progress. >> while many of the speakers had huge progress, they still say more can be done. >> we american because every economic indicator shows gaping white-black disparities. we march for freedom from white supremacy. still we have work to do. none of it is easy. >> events are scheduled throughout the week. and the president planned a speech here for wednesday. arthel, back to you. >> arthel: elizabeth prann, thank you very much. >> gregg: fox news alert. we are now hearing from the white house as the president wraps up a meeting with top national security advisors on the escalating crisis in syria. u.s. warships in position now off of syria as the president reportedly considers a potential response to a suspected chemical weapons attack against civilians. molly henneberg is live in washington. we understand the president talked to another world leader

today. who was it? >> hi, gregg. we're just getting this word in that the president had some sort of call with u.k. prime minister, david cameron, to talk about the continued violence in syria. this is just breaking now, that the two men talked about -- they expressed their grave concern, the white house says, about the reported use of chemical weapons by the syrian regime. the two men, president obama and prime minister cameron, said they would continue to consult closely about this incident, as well as, quote, possible responses by the international community. as far as the u.s.'s own response, the navy has sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea, according to defense officials. chuck hagel says the pentagon has a responsibility to prepare for whatever the president decides to do. he told reporters yesterday, quote, we are always having to prepare as we give the president options, prepare our assets and where they are and the capability of those assets to carry out contingencies we give

the president. as to the time line, i didn't subject myself to any kind of time line other than this will be dealt with. i suspect some decisions within a short amount of time. the president met with his national security team today in and a white house official says the president and his team will act, quote, very deliberately once they get the facts about what happened in syria this week. gregg? >> gregg: you know, facts are a tricky thing because you have to verify what occurred. so how is the white house going to get those facts? >> that's difficult, as you were just alluding to, in a country like syria. the white house says today in a release we just got that the u.s. intelligence community is working to, quote, ascertain what happened. there is also a united nations investigative team on the ground in syria trying to determine if chemical weapons were used. the president's team wants to hear from them. today the u.n.'s disarm a amount chief arrived to press syrian president assad's government to allow that investigative team to go to the site of the reported

chemical attack. here is u.n. secretary general moon. >> any use of chemical weapons by anybody under any circumstances would violate international law. such a crime against humanity should result in serious consequence for them. >> president obama said reports about a chemical attack are, quote, very troublesome. gregg? >> gregg: yeah. the video seems to speak volumes. molly, thanks very much. fox news national security analyst k.t. mcfarland will be here to give us her take on the possibility of the u.s. military strike in syria in just a bit. >> arthel: new reports about woeful misconduct by the national security agency, some of the nsa employees reportedly spied on their love interests. officials at the agency saying

it wasn't frequent and most of the incidents were self-reported. just last week the nsa admitted it had violated privacy rules. thousands of times each year. feel better? >> gregg: i don't know what that means. >> arthel: i don't know what to make of that. >> gregg: i won't comment. new details on the death of an australian baseball player in oklahoma. horrible story as investigators try to find out why he was targeted by three teen-agers. >> arthel: another horrific attack carried out by teens as well. how a world war ii veteran lost his life. that's coming up next. >> what is this world coming to anyway? raising a bunch of idiots! i mean, how would they like somebody to do that to them when they get 88 years old? dad. how did you get here?

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welcome back. >> arthel: the white house releasing details on the president's meeting with his national security team to discuss reports of a possible chemical weapons attack in syria. the u.s. navy has warships in the region in case they are needed. last year the president said a confirmed chemical weapons attack would be a, quote, red line provoking a u.s. response. but are we at a point where the u.s. should intervene militarily? joining us now is fox news national security analyst, k.t. mcfarland, served as deputy assistant secretary of defense during the reagan administration. so k.t. knows a thing or two. good to see you. >> good to see you. >> arthel: let's start with this, is this the right strategy? will it get assad's attention? also, i think you believe that you get into position, but don't move just yet. >> yeah. you want to be there in case you're needed, but i don't think just by sending warships into the region, president assad will decide, i'm not going to use any more chemical weapons against my

people, if he's been using them. i think what we need to do is to first have a couple of sort of perquisites. first, do no harm. we don't want to send boots on the ground in the middle east. we've seen how that worked out in the last two wars we've fought and it's not clear if we did send boots on the ground that it would be successful. the other thing is people have said, let's just arm the rebels. the rebels are predominantly al-qaeda. so we don't want to give them weapons that they might ultimately turn around and use against us. so first do no harm. i think the second thing that molly henneberg has reported, the president talked to the prime minister of great britain. the brits and the french, have they been way out in front of us, as have the israelis. they have all said if chemical weapons are use, we should respond with force. so whatever we do, we don't want to do it alone. we want to do it as part of a coalition. >> arthel: continue. >> i think the other thing to remember, though, is that

whatever we do, whether it's a missile strike or whether it's bombing or whether it's covert operations or sabotage, we want to make sure that we've got a high likelihood of success. also proof that they've actually used them. the videos which are horrible to watch, as an american, you look at that and say, we've got to do something about this. other countries don't necessarily feel that way. >> arthel: why don't they feel that way? can we believe the video? the video is horrible. i got to tell you. we're showing it right now. i can never watch the monitor when the video is on. so what more do we need to see in terms of drawing us and whoever else needs to walk in lock step with the u.s. into action? >> i think there are u.n. inspector there is for the first time in a long time. there are chemicals weapons inspectors. they know what to look for. they will be looking for that. presumably there are groups we are working with on the ground. things like hair samples or tissue sample, blood samples, we will be able to tell from that whether chemical weapons have

been used. the whole point of this is you got to be effective. i don't think the united states belongs in the middle of syria's civil war. however, if there are chemical weapons being used, particularly chemical weapons which would fall into the hands of people who would use them against us, then we may have an interest in destroying or capturing those chemical weapons. >> arthel: how do you do that? >> that's presumely what they're meeting at the white house situation room about right now. for example, you could have missile strikes. they would keep u.s. ships not over the syrian air space, but in the mediterranean, fire missiles and destroy those chemical weapons. presumably we know where they are. the israelis, for example, have said, if they see those chemical weapons moving across the border from syria into lebanon where they might be used against israel, israel reserves the right to attack those. i assume if israel says that, they know where they are. someone has to know where they are and potentially we could

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>> gregg: life and death set for the stage for ground breaking medical treatment and research. she was a poor black woman suffering from cervical cancer way back in 1951. doctors removed her cells without her permission. never asked her. those cells have become among the most useful in science, but her family never had a say in any of it until now. dr. mark siegle has the story. >> cells from the late henrietta

are among the most widely used in labs world wide. bought and sold by the billions. they have led to cancer cures and treatments for everything from polio to parkinson's. now scientists sequenced her genome, the first cell to be mapped which will lead to many more cures. what does it feel like to have grandma's famous cells in your body? >> i feel like a super hero, like you got the healing cell. >> without her consent, scientists in baltimore beared her cells and used them after she died from cervical cancer in 1951; we got to maintain some kind of control over the information 'cause we don't know what damage it did. >> the family is thrilled with the scientific progress, but remain concerned that the grim history of experimentation on african-americans and the poor not be forgotten. this is the humble home of henrietta lax, where she lived a

difficult life, where she raised her children. never knowing that one day her cancerous cells would change the entire scientific world and save so many lives. dr. francis collins, director of the national institutes of health and former head of the human genome project, helped broker a deal between the nih and lax family. they will not be paid, but will have some control of the cells. >> individuals should have the opportunity to decide how their own biological specimens are going to be used and what privacy protections they need. that's one principle. the other is that science advances for public benefit most quickly if data is accessible and you don't put up unnecessary barrier. >> some people feel like their soul is in these cells and their family's dna is in these cells and it's a personal thing and it gets to the questions of where does life begin and ends? the question is essentially we need to tell people that.

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>> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> arthel: i'm arthel neville. topping the news, calls for action as more details of a reported chemical attack in syria come out. president obama meets with his national security team to decide what the u.s. should do next. >> gregg: raging wildfires out west gaining strength now. the fire growing so large, so hot, it's created its own weather pattern. we're going to go live to the burn zone. >> arthel: "consumer reports" here to tell you the best wines to enjoy before we run out of summer days and nights with friends and family. >> gregg: thousands descending on the national mall this weekend to remember the march on washington where a quarter

million gathered to protest racial inequality and unemployment 50 years ago. doug mckelway live from the national mall. doug, you were on march route today. describe the tone there. >> gregg, if the reverend dr. martin luther king was here today and given his ideal of nonviolent civil disobedience, he would have been very, very proud of what he saw today. no official crowd estimates kept, but my guess would be there are tens of thousands here, probably well over 100,000, perhaps even as many as the 250,000 that gathered here in 1963. it had almost a family air about it. i saw a lot of families here, grandfathers here with their sons who were here with their grandsons, here to apart the lessons of history and press for change for the future. perhaps none of them was more impresssive than one 94-year-old man here. his name was william allison

andrews. he was carrying the very same sign that he carried 50 years ago imparting wisdom to the younger folks around him. and a very, very feisty way. listen up. >> it's what you people think, all of you. what are you gonna do about it? answer me! what are you gonna do about it? >> he drew a crowd around him here. evidence that a lot of people here pay very close to say what their elders were having to say and having great respect for their elders in the battles that they fought in trying to overcome the segregation and the jim crow laws of their era. i asked a young dad holding his baby what this march meant to him. listen up. >> really like thinking about my dad, he was two at the time. my mom was just being born. and just knowing that 50 years ago that they were just kids like my kids themselves. and just to be part of this is just a monumental thing.

>> generational continuity and a great appreciation for the legacy of events in great abundance here today. >> gregg: you know, i was a kid at the time and i watched it on an old black and white tv in our living room and i remember it so well. black and white photos today compared to what's been going on, what are the differences? >> one thing i noticed look at those old television images, and especially at some of the black and white stillages from that era, you notice how people were dressed on that hot august day. most of the men, i'm not speak of the speakers, but the people in the crowd. the men were dressed in coat and ties. the women very, very elegantly dressed. that's a statement to me, that they were seeking the dignity that was deprived them through some of these laws. the other thing i noticed today is the erie similarity of the messages that they were preaching.

that gentleman we just talked to, 94-year-old andrew allison said -- i didn't use the sound bite. i didn't want to use it, but he said, this is still a racist country. that's controversial. that is very much the subject of the debate. there are people who say that what followed after that 1963 march, especially lyndon johnson's great society did more to propel the cycle of dependentence in african-american homes, which is worse today than it was back then, in fact, it spread beyond the black inner city culture to the culture at large, across all the western states. not just united states, but western culture, european culture as well. food for thought, greg. >> gregg: doug, as always, thank you so much. appreciate it. >> arthel: news alert now. we're hearing from the white house as the president wraps up a meeting with his top national security advisors on the escalating crisis in syria. u.s. warships are in position as

president obama reportedly considers a potential response to a suspected chemical weapons attack against civilians. bringing in molly henneberg now live in washington. so molly, the white house says that the president intends to act, quote, very deliberately when it comes to syria. do we know at this point what this means? >> the white house says the u.s. intelligence community is working to, quote, ascertain what happened in syria and president obama also is waiting to hear from a united nations team on the ground in syria investigating reports that chemical weapons were used earlier this week before he makes a decision about how the u.s. will respond. in the meantime, defense secretary chuck hagel traveling in asia told reporters yesterday, quote, the defense department has a responsibility to provide the president with options for all contingencies and that requires positioning our forces, positioning our assets to be able to carry out different options. whatever options the president might choose. part of that positioning,

according to the officials, means the navy has sent a fourth warship armed with ballistic missiles into the eastern mediterranean sea. >> arthel: so molly, does this mean that military action is more likely? >> one former ambassador said he wouldn't be surprised if president obama eventually orders some type of military action, but does not think it will be the first response. >> secretary hagel has indicated he's moving assets into the region to give the president option. we saw exactly the same pattern six months ago and nothing happened. i think the most likely response from the lawyer who is in the white house will be to talk about indicting the assad regime and the international criminal court. that's their legalistic response to many things. i think that will have zero effect. >> the united nations disarmament chief arrived in syria today to press the syrian government to allow that u.n. investigative team to go to the

site of the reported chemical attack. arthel? >> arthel: molly henneberg, thank you very much for that report. >> gregg: again, this week's attack is not the first report of chemical weapons used in syria. you recall back on march 19, syrian state media accused rebels of killing 31 people with rockets containing chemical materials. the rebels blamed the attack on the army. less than a week later, an activist network said two people died in an attack involving chemical weapons. april 13, at least three people killed, internet videos of the victims appearing to show symptoms consistent with exposure to nerve gas. a few weeks later, eyewitnesses said canisters containing poisonous gas dropped from a helicopter. eight people injured. one died. >> arthel: we're hearing from former vice president dick cheney as he's weighing in on some of the major scandals now plaguing washington. he says some cases like the

irs's targeting of conservative groups are more flagrant than others. >> i plead with people, don't conflate with the irs. those are totally different problems, totally different issues. i believe there is ample evidence that the irs has indeed abused its power, that the power and authority of the irs has been used and misused to go after the opponents of the administration. no question in my mind. and it's in my mind, it ought to be -- we ought to investigate it, subpoena whoever we have to subpoena, bring them to trial and make certain that we build in the kind of safeguards that can't be used again. but it would be a terrible mistake if, because the irs has been abused by barak obama and his people, we would therefore turn and say well, we're going to get rid of the nsa program because it might be abused by

this president. but there aren't any really good examples out there of how the nsa program has been abused. >> arthel: mr. cheney made these remarks while headlining the steam boat institute freedom conference last night in colorado. >> gregg: fox news alert now, hundreds of square miles in flames out west. only getting worse. it's called the rim fire crossing into america's jewel. yosemite national park, so big, it's even threatening san francisco's electricity. meanwhile, idaho got a little relief from the rain, but lightning sparking new blazes. dominic diany fallin the northern -- dinatale. how is it threatening san francisco? >> quite extraordinary that it is, but what's happened is the wildfire moved into yosemite park and there it's threatening the water supply to san francisco because that's where the city gets about 85% of its

water from. as the fire traveled through the area, it threatens the pipelines. it's not just the water supply, it's also the power supply, gregg. you've got power lines that goes through there. the city is saying -- or rather the governor is saying, look, we've taken some of those lines offline and what we're going to do is take power from elsewhere on the grid to power the city in case we do lose the supply. this is covering a massive area. yet 150 miles away. total acreage we lost so far is 125,000-acres, turning out to be the 16th biggest fire california ever had and moment by moment, hour by hour, the acreage increases. that's going to turn out to be one of the biggest fires we've ever had. one of the biggest problems has been the weather. that's what is firefighters are struggling with. the winds keep picking up. >> gregg: it's incredibly fast fire. how much has it consumed just today?

>> we've actually had the same acreage. but what the problem has been is that you have these interior islands that haven't been and fire crews have been trying to put those out. so you have the same acreage for the time being, though. the winds are going to change, you and know what? once they get faster than 10, it spreads quickly. what's that will happen in the next 12 hours or so. the winds could reach on the top of the ridges more than 40 miles per hour. that is a big risk and firefighters are saying it's definitely going to be a battle. take a listen. >> right now we're looking at a fire front, about six, seven miles wide just on this division of the fire. we're looking at fires along that line, not only againing the homes, but fighting the fire as it comes. really mother nature at its worst coming toward these firefighters. >> mother nature at its worst, which is why they bought an additional 2,000 firefighters today alone. a total of 4500 professionals battling the flames. they've got to protect the town

where we are. they think it will come extraordinarily close. at one point, 2 1/2 miles away. the wind will shift and send it back in this direction and they are doing all they can to make sure no houses or property is lost and people stay safe. back to you. >> gregg: dominic, take care. thanks. >> arthel: gregg, police in spokane, washington arresting a suspect in the death of a world war ii veteran. investigators say the 16-year-old is one of two teens who killed 88-year-old delbert belton. surveillance video shows the suspects beating mr. beltton death in a parking lot. the teen is now being held on charges of first-degree murder and robbery. the other suspect is still on the loose. many outraged by this horrific attack. >> he didn't deserve this. it's so senseless. and unnecessary.

not for 50 bucks. >> we're not going to tolerate that type of behavior from 16-year-olds or anyone else in this community. >> arthel: hundreds of people holding a candiesle light vigil in honor of mr. belton. he was shot in the leg during a battle in okinawa. >> gregg: update on a very disturbing story we told you about. folks in the oklahoma town where a 22-year-old christopher lane was fatally gunned down while jogging. they're holding a vigil in his memory. police say one of the teenage suspects told them they killed lane out of boredom. some have suggested his race was a factor. prosecutors said friday the evidence does not support that theory. oklahoma governor marry fallon and d.a. jason hicks are chris wall ace's guests tomorrow. check your local listings. >> arthel: fox news alert. good news on a story we have been following very closely.

the parents of ten-year-old sarah american began saying she is officially off oxygen and breathing on her own. she is the cyst cystic fibrosis patient. her parents had to go to court to fight to get her an adult lung transplant. the day her parents posting on facebook that they are, quote, enjoying the sunshine outside with sarah. >> gregg: good story. all right. hundreds of dolphins suddenly washing up on the shores in the east coast. what caused this mysterious system of death? is there a threat to humans here? coming up. >> arthel: plus, house speaker john boehner launching a fresh attack on president obama's health care law. the details coming up next. >> these are tough times and this health care law may make them tougher still. that's why we should always remember on whose shoulders we stand and never forget as

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>> arthel: police say three people are dead and two are injured after a gunman went on a shooting spree in north florida. authorities say the suspected shooter opened fire at a trucking company before targeting people at random, then the ailed gunman killed himself. thousands in turkey holding a rally against violence in egypt. human rights groups say more than 1,000 people were killed last week alone. washington national zoo welcoming a new baby panda. zoo keepers say they're waiting for the mama panda to give them a chance to check the one-day old cub's condition. >> gregg: so nice. >> gregg: wish washington would play nice like that, wouldn't you? the obama administration is launching a new promotional contest in hopes of drumming up support for obamacare.

house speaker john boehner, though, using the chance to submit a spoof of his own, the poster references, quote, harmful mandate says 7 million people will lose their coverage. this as a serious battle over funding for obamacare grows in washington. joining us to talk about it, chuck roacha, former senior advisor to dick gephardt for president, fellow at the center for national policy, blake joins us. brad, resorting to contests and prizes, i mean, is it kind of a sign of desperation for a program that may be unraveling? i mean, what's he going to do next, give away stock in solyndra? >> listen, gregg, you can't make this up. government throwing more good money after bad, only the government can come up with a plan to spend $40 million to get $30,000 away. if you have to convince people that this is the greatest thing

in their health care decision, something is wrong with obamacare three years after the fact. the american people by a strong majority now believe regardless of party, that they don't trust the cost of obamacare or the care of obamacare. don't take my word for it. the president has already given a pass to big business. they don't have to comply for a year. unions are against this now after they spent over $100 million to implement it. it doesn't work. it will never work. >> gregg: waiver, caveats, delays, they go on. chuck, speaker boehner's spoof here says 7 million will lose their coverage. it's actually happening. 60,000 people in california are getting their cancellation notices. in other states, we're talking about tens of thousands getting canceled. see you later. many spouses, ups, for example, are going to get kicked off their coverage. so much for the president's promise you'll get to keep your

coverage. >> well, there were 44 million people that needed health care. we passed a law through both houses of government. we had a president sign it and we had a supreme court who upheld it. it's the law of the land. it's a big arduous program. i'll remind everybody we had these same arguments over social security years ago. it's not going to be all perfect. it's not going to have every bell and whistle, but it's a path in the right direction. >> gregg: chuck, you're right in a way, except for when you consider what the president promised. take a listen. >> we do have a long-term problem that has to do with our health care programs, medicare and medicaid. the good news is that in part because the affordable care act, obamacare, costs had actually gone down -- the health care inflation has gone down to the slowest rate that we've seen in a long time. >> gregg: chuck, did you notice he stumbled? here is why: the head did she

in florida, state official statements, 35% increase. ohio, 41. indiana, 71. the list goes on and on. should the president promise something he can't deliver? >> yeah. but like i said, it's a large program and it's going to help a lot of americans. i could speak just from myself. my son is 22 years old. if not for the affordable health care act, he wouldn't have insurance right now. my mother has preexistingens. when you ask the american public about parts of it, they're very supportive. >> gregg: brad, here is the thing, chuck's son cannot do anything. i mean, he can pay 95 bucks in a penalty and then he can wait until he gets hit by a truck and god forbid that ever happens and we hope it never does, or gets sick, and then the next day he signs up and he's totally covered. i mean, it's a scam. >> it is a scam. the people are getting scammed the most are the young people.

the young people now are being forced to support a plan they can't afford and they don't need. 30% unemployment amongst youth 18 to 30. the fact is, the best way to help the youth of america is give them a job. don't give them something they can't use and then make them pay a penalty for it. as you correctly pointed out, it's better for them to pay the penalty than get -- less -- >> gregg: chuck, you mentioned your son who is young. so here is what happens to young people. look at the screen here. under obamacare, age 25, california males, san francisco, 62% more. portland, oregon, 72% more. in missouri, 89% more. indiana, 91% more. nevada, 101% more. chuck, i mean, your son is just going to get screwed. >> well, what would happen in

the old system is that he would go to the doctor. he'd go to the hospital. he would have the insurance. they would have to treat him 'cause he was at the hospital. his father, who has insurance would go there because he didn't pay. they put his deal on to my bill and i end up paying anyway. if we have more people in the pool and we spread the risk, it will cost the taxpayers less money. >> gregg: you know, here is the other thing. municipalities, brad, and cities, as well as ups and other companies, they're now laying off workers. they're putting full time workers into part-time jobs to beat the obamacare minimum. doesn't that stunt economic growth? >> there is no question about it. again, look at what the unions have said. afl-cio said you're going to destroy the 40-hour workweek. nome is it going to destroy full-time employment because as you point out, those businesses are going to cut hours, make people part-time employees, but the quality of the care they've been bargaining for in share insurance policies is going to

evaporate. so the unions who supported this president the most made obamacare the reality it is today are the ones now seeking a carve out from it or a repeal of it. >> gregg: all right. >> the fact of the matter is, it cannot work. >> gregg: thank you both very much. thank you. >> arthel: mystery happening. a growing number of dolphins found dead in the mid-atlantic region this summer. more than 250 dolphins deaths have been reported last month. brian live in our new york city news room with details. what's happening? >> hi. it's really not just the how. it's the why that has the scientists really just shaken up. more than 250 bottlenosed dolphins have been found dead, washing along the shore along the eastern seaboard. now scientists believe it's actually a virus that's causing it. it's already the largest dolphin dieoff since 1987 when more than 740 animals died and scientists expect the number of deaths to

rise. scenes like this are becoming an all too familiar sight. shocking beach goers down to virginia. >> normally they just swim up and down close to the shore. but all of a sudden, we just started seeing them on the beach all up and down the beach. they're dying on the beaches like that. something is very wrong. something is very wrong. i hope they find out soon. >> in july and august, 253 dead dolphins washed along the coast. 64 in new jersey. and 25 in new york. scientists performing autopsies on the dead dolphins believe a virus may be to blame. it's similar to the measles in humans. take a listen. >> dolphins are very cohesive groups of animals. they're very social with each other within their groups that they travel in. and so a lot of diseases probably pass between each other through that close contact.

>> scientists say if you see an animal on the beach, remain at a safe distance away. there are no cases of the virus transmit to go humans, but marine mammals carry a lot of different diseases. so be careful. >> arthel: you just hate to see the dolphins dying like that. >> a sad scene. >> arthel: it is. brian, thank you very much. >> gregg: after weeks of bloody protests, unrest appears to be waning now in egypt. the government there is now trying to take steps to return life to normal. >> arthel: then we switch gears. summer is nearly over, but there is still time to relax outdoors with a nice glass of vino. >> gregg: oh, really? >> arthel: really. >> gregg: really? >> arthel: uh-huh. "consumer reports" offers their best buy wine. that's straight ahead. stick around okay, listen up! i'm re-workin' the menu.

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part of the hour, time for top of the news. president obama reportedly thinking about military option for responding to the suspected use of chemical weapons by syria. >> arthel: with unrest in egypt beginning to ease up, the government saying it will shorten the evening curfew by two hours except on fridays. >> gregg: in our nation's capitol, tens of thousands marching from the lincoln memorial to the mlk memorial in the washington monument. that march held to commemorate the 50th anniversary of reverend martin luther king's i have a dream speech. chances are you know somebody who is looking for a

job these days. more than 4 million people out of work for six months or more. what's the impact on the american economy and how do we get these folks back on the payroll? kyle harrington joins us, founder and managing partner of harrington capital management. look, kyle, unemployment still incredibly high. the official numbers are artificial because they're worse. so many people have just given up. they're not even counted. >> you're correct, gregg. first of all, let me start with it's disheartening, this marketplace of the 11.8 million americans that are unemployed, 4.3 million of those are what's defined as long-term unemployed, which is calculated with six months or more of not having a job. so that's 36% of the people are long-term unemployed. that's one. two, you are correct, gregg,

that the calculation -- if calculated properly, and we do do this. there are people that calculate the unemployment rate with what's called a u 6 statistic, which includes those that are part-time employed and as well those that have given up looking for a job. they have fallen off the unemployment role, so they're no longer able to collect, yet they still don't have a job. when you put all of that and include all of that in the calculation, you will find that the unemployment rate is more close to 14 or 15% in the united states. so disheartening i think is the right word. >> gregg: all right. 35% approve of the president's handling of the economy. 62% disapprove. he has lost, kyle, seven points in just the last several months. two months really. look at this, a fox poll finds

that 71% think his recent economic speeches are just more of the same old thing, devoid of any new ideas. fair point? >> very fair point. i think the narrative has become blase, gregg. now we're talking about a five-year time frame which you can build some momentum over that time. if you look at the unemployment rate, which we've discussed and i've discussed on fox historically, we still seem to see a very languishing month to month job market with a lot of part-time jobs, or a lot of jobs that are $20 an hour or less. so our gdp growth remains very sluggish and in an effort to get this economy going, i think that there needs to be things done that seem to be not being done by the overall administration. so i think that those -- the poll numbers are starting to indicate the boredom.

>> gregg: kyle, i looked it up. our brain room gave me the evidence. 21 new or higher taxes since president obama took office. economic growth, abysmal. below 2%. should be 5 or 6% now in a recovery, shouldn't it? >> oh, absolutely. you know, one of the things that is near and dear to my heart is as an entrepreneur, employing someone, i take very seriously. and it's pleasurable to do that. but you have to have the right laws and regulations and compliance in place and not be overly invasive in the entrepreneur's life with higher health care costs and higher bureaucracy. otherwise what happens is the money goes under the mattress and you kind of go deer in the headlights and don't hire new people or don't take the risk with your own capital to bring in new help to grow business. gdp growth remains sluggish. the employment marketplace is what it is. i think the numbers are starting to show the boredom associated

with the narrative that barak obama and his administration are talking about. >> gregg: not working. july, 58% of the jobs created, low wage industries. that speaks volumes. kyle harrington, good to see you. thanks so much. >> thank you for the time. >> arthel: all righty. check this one out, gregg. pay close attention. fox files takes you inside the octagon with the women warriors of the ufc. look at this clip. i'm up close and personal with rowdy rhonda rousey. if you know ufc, you know she's a superstar. one of the fastest growing sports. check it out. >> go and try as many judo players as they want to train for me, but they won't find anything like them. >> plus files sat town with one of the most dominating women fighters and current 135-pound weight champions, rowdy rhonda rousey. she holds a record of 7-0 with

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she's definitely an ultimate singer for sure. >> gregg: she sure is. >> arthel: we have to move on and talk about this, convicted fort hood shooter nidal hasan may become the first active duty soldier to be executed in more than 50 years. but some say the death penalty is exactly what the convicted killer wants. susan estridge is a professor of law and political science at usc and a fox news contributor and susan, always good to see you. >> good to see you, art. i didn't know you had such fancy connections. >> arthel: susan, you know what? i told you we should have a drink and i've got so many great stories for you. >> i can't wait. >> arthel: we'll do it. let's talk about this hasan things. it's been a fiasco from the beginning. you know the death penalty is rare in the military. is the death penalty the right sentence? >> well, i guess there is five soldiers right now on death row in leavenworth. the military system is very similar to the civil system.

whether it's the right sentence or not is up to that jury. those jurors will come back. they'll hear additional evidence. they'll hear from the families who have a right to punishment for a horrible tragedy. >> arthel: it's a horrible travis see. but that's what this guy wants. he wants to become a martyr. look at me. i died for the cause. i killed a bunch of people and i did it all for the cause. so it looks like the military panel is in a conundrum, wandering what factors you think

they should consider most. >> that's the irony, because probably the one major mitigating factor, we call them, aggravating and mitigating, you weigh them, but the biggest mitigating factor here is that the guy is clearly got serious mental health issues. but do i think that they should spare his life because he's out there saying i want to die? no. i don't. the last thing we want to do is have a new rule that says that people who go out there and say i want to die automatically are exempt from the death penalty. imagine that set of incentives. >> arthel: imagine that having them dictate what happens. >> yeah, yeah. why should he have the right -- the troubling part as a lawyer looking at it is he's been assigned stand-by counsel. he said he wanted to represent himself. he's got a constitutional right

to represent himself. i can tell you anybody watching here, don't ever represent yourself. it is a really bad idea. it's very -- hard enough to be objective, to be on your feet, to be on top of things. the penalty stage, a good lawyer, there is a lot of actions they would make. the lawyers are in this awkward position where the guy doesn't really want them there. the judge -- >> arthel: he didn't want to be there either. >> they don't want to be there 'cause they feel like they're in some sense tools being used by him in this effort to commit suicide, as it were. but we're doing our best. what i would say about this military system, as i've seen it both in this case and in the wikileaks case, is that the military is doing a fine job, really fine job in attempting to provide justice in highly emotional, highly publicized cases. i have no reason to think that

when that jury comes back on monday, the 13 military members of that jury, you're going to hear the evidence. they're going to make a decision and that is the decision that will stand, i think. >> arthel: yeah. it's a sickening story. i want to switch gears. i want to end on a nice note with you, susan because i want you to stick around for this next segment. we're going to be talking about nice wines for the summer. it sounds good to you? you and i, we're having a dirty martini, don't forget. >> we might have the real thing. >> arthel: that's right. susan estridge, always my pleasure. >> gregg: a dirty mar teeny, art? >> arthel: yeah. >> gregg: a lovely bouquet. summer is winding down, many enjoy a nice glass of vino. it's comfortable weather. but so many of them on the market, how do we know which ones are the good ones and the bad ones? art knows. [ laughter ] she's so good on this. >> arthel: really. >> gregg: but we have "consumer

reports" here as well in addition to art.

>> so how can we find tasty wine for less than ten bucks? >> consumer reports several

options here. the magazine association editor, thank you for being with us. >> thank you for having me. >> we are excited about this. everybody likes, i like a nice glass of wine and fairly good priced wine and you brought good ones starting from whole food. >> in our tests we came out with options below $10. this is throw.65 from whole foods and sen dollars and a refreshing mix of frout flavors and balanced by wood and butter notes and goes noisily with a light hordeerv e. >> you are familiar with this? >> she knows. this is from california. and in new york it is throw but the chuck.

>> exactly. trader joe's. and the cheapest on the list and consumer reports best buy and boat out a $34 bottle of wine. clean and citrus fruit and butter and wood notes and you can drink it on its own. >> is it? >> for folks who love red what do we have here? >> we tested sweet red woin and real wine may not love them. but if you like the sweetness, it is yellow tail sweet red brew and cost six and has intense red and black fruit and black pepper to give it complexity. and that goes great with baby back ribs or sweet saws dessert. >> you love my baby, back, baby backs. >> and you know what, it is really good to so, these are good wines and inexpensive.

and why are they getting it so right with the inexpensive wines. >> they are pretty consistent now and if you can't find the vintage or year we tested it isoc to buy one newer. did i get it right? thank you so much for being with us. >> and cheers. >> keep your hands off of this. >> this guy has been trying to throw me under a bus. >> you want to get the hands on this stuff. it is six seconds. harris faulkner up next with the fox report. purina dog chow. help keep him strong. dog chow strong.

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