back to you guys. >> julie kirtz in washington, thanks so much. we'll check back with you. here are your other headlines this morning. >> a senior white house administration official was telling "the washington post" that the accused terrorist attack, may remind behind bars undefinitely and likely not be tried until 2012. >> and "the washington post" says the obama administration has concluded it cannot go ahead with the initial plans to hold the trial in new york city because of fierce opposition from many law make e. >> they can't legally be held until a location is agreed upon. >> a british couple held by somali pirates are finally free. channed letters were captured while yachting in the indian ocean and thank goodness they're agree. and approving legalized medical marijuana with diseases and they say it will increase crime, lead to many more driving while impaired and eventually lead to legalization pot for everyone. and winter is hitting early and with a vengeance in parts of the midwest. blinding snowstorms are blamed for more than 400 car crashes in minnesota and in

>> shannon: julie kirtz, thank you very much. can catch chris wallace's full interview with david axelrod on today's fox news sunday. exclusive interview with the south carolina senator and tea party supporters jim demint. it's right after our show. on fox news channel. >>> joe miller seems to be losing steam in the battle with fellow republican lisa murkowski in the state of the senate race. miller visited a voting center in juneau where he said he was counting on military ballots to push him ahead of murkowski. he said he won't go forward with a lawsuit and appears close to conceding the race. so far, alaska said 98,000 write-in ballots with murkowski with undefeated lead with 90% of the write-in vote. >>> arizona voters narrowly approved a measure to legalize medical marijuana and it will allow patients with the theize like cancer, h.i.v./aids, hepatitis "c" and other or chronic or debilitating diseases to have guidelines to buy 2-1/2 ounces of marijuana ever two weeks. they can grow marijuana plants. that decision makes arizo

julie kirtz with that story and more. he taliban has vowed to force the u.s. led coalition to abeen abeen a doe afghanistan before 2014. they say they won't allow nato to establish a secure afghan government by that. according to scientists, north korea has built a new highly sophisticated facility to enrich uranium. he says he was stunned by size and sophistication of the plant when toured it last month. in utah authorities are the tracking the footsteps of a man accused of critically shooting and wounding a ranger. authorities have recovered a back pack, knife and bloody t-shirt. >>> it looks like lindsay lohan won't be playing 1970s porn star linda lovelace in a new movie. some say she quit to focus on rehab. others say she was fired. the role has been passed to watchmen star mellon ackerman. did i pronounce that right? >> shannon: sounds right to me. whatever helps lindsay get better we are all for that. the holiday season is upon us. is the weather going to cooperate? rick reichmuth has all the latest. hi, rick. >> a

julie kirtz has more from washington. >> with time running out on the bush era tax cuts, this is thee duck congress and the president will tackle, mr. obama meets with republican and democratic leaders this week to start the process. the top white house advisor, david axlerod refusing to reveal the president's hand. >> i'm not going to negotiate with you on this program. >> on fox news sunday, walking back from earlier comments that the president was ready to give in, axlerod insisting the white house hasn't changed its position against a permanent extension of cuts for upper income taxpayers, but refused to rule out a temporary one. >> i've heard many different verifications discussed over the last week publicly, i've heard a variety of ideas surface publicly by various members of congress and others, and we're looking forward to getting together with the leaders of both parties in congress. >> if they let them expire the bottom tax rate will jump from 20 to 15%. top rates 39 in6% from 35%. a key party backer jim demint sounding ready to deal on the two or three-year extension of cu

julie kirtz joins us from washington with more on the troubling story, julie. >> hi, guys, the reporthat north korea secretly built a new nuclear facility bought a quick reaction from the obama administration. careful now to independently confirm, the senior official clapd if true it's a provocative act of defiance. we have long suspected north korea of having this kind of capability and regularly raised it with them directly and with our partners in this effort. according to an american scientist who visited the secret atomic complex earlier this month, north korea has 2000 recently completed sent funerals and the first report from a former director of the los alam los alamos facility. he said it was stunning and the uranium enrichment facility could be to convert bomb fuel. they're sending a special envoy on north korea to south korea, and japan. and telling it's wrong to alert u.s. intelligence agencies has somehow missed the boat. the u.s. has been aware of the enrichment activity for years, but did not know about a new plant back in april of 2009. that's when the last american an

in washington, julie kirtz, fox news. >>> the white house chief-of- staff officially launched his campaigncome the next mayor of chicago. rahm emanuel spent six years in congress and was also an advisor too president clinton. he discussed the city's fiscal problems. remanual is a front-runner in the mayor's race. democrats have held the post since 1931. >> the islamic kingdom of saudi arabia defriended facebook. they say the social-networking site was temporarily blocked for the nation's 27 million people. they say the action was taken because facebook, "had crossed a line and offended the kingdom's conservative moral values." access to facebook was restored just a few hours later. pakistan and bangladesh took similar actions against facebook earlier this year. >>> here at home a wind advisory is in effect for the bay area. powerful winds up to 60 miles per hour are expected across mount diabla. the national weather service is urging people to be caringful using outdoor bar-b-qs and other ignitions. >>> the winds started to crank up, especially up above 2000- feet. that wind advisory towar

julie kirtz is in our d.c.tle followed the president on his asia trip, telling reporters he is willing to compromise with newly empowered republicans, but how much, and when, he is not saying. in japan the president seemed to avoid a kabuki theater performance and jumped back into political kabuki in washington over the bush era tax rates. and the president said it would be an irresponsible mistake to extend the high income tax breaks permanently but here's where the political dance comes in, he says there's a whole host of ways to compromise on tax. >> president barack obama: i continue to believe extending permanently the upper income tax cuts would be a mistake. and we cannot afford it. and, my hope is that somewhere in between there we can find some sort of solution. but, i'm not going to negotiate here in seoul. >> reporter: the president sits down with republican and democratic leaders next week to hammer out a deal. republicans want a tax break for everyone and the pressure is onto avoid a jam, if no act

julie kirtz live in washington with more details, julie.ey, kelly, yeah, the question of whether the president will agree to compromise and extend all of those bush era tax cuts has followed him to asia. today in japan, the president seemed to enjoy a theater purchases as he is prepares to jump into political kabuki. the president says it would be an irresponsible mistake to extend the high income tax rates permanently. here is where the political dance comes in. on wednesday david axlerod made headlines, telling "the washington post," obama was ready to give in. not so fast says the president. >> that is the wrong interpretation, because i haven't had a conversation with republican democratic leaders. here is the right interpretation. i want to make sure that taxes don't go up for middle class families starting on january 1st. that's my number one priority. for those families and for our economy. . >> reporter: well, the president sits down with republican and democratic leaders next week to try to hammer out a deal and republicans want a

julie kirtz with that story from washington. >> reporter: in a report posted on line, hecker, the former district court of the lab writes "north korea has 2,000 recently completed centrifuges in an industrial-scaled facility sued sutable for making bombs." dr. hecker describes his first glimpse of the vast and secretive plant as stunning and says, "north korean officials told him that the centrifuged were installed and running." satellite palm beaches show evidence of construction in the area over the last fur years. the chairman of the joints chief of staff refusing to detail what the u.s. really knows. >> i would say this is something that we have been concerned about for significant periods of time and also, penetration of the north koreans in terms of intelligence capabilities is very difficult." the fact that north korea showed a visiting scientist the urainum appears to be a calculated move by the government and a challenge for the obama administration. >> i don't think anybody in the obama administration should be surprised at this and i think if they are, it indicates they have n

abuse julie kirtz gave me a preview.else has new roles on capitol hill. >> it's a new congress, but very familiar faces, at least in those top spots. as expected, john boehner, republican, will be the new speaker of the house. outgoing democratic speaker nancy pelosi was elected as minority leader, holding on to her power after a pretty strong rebellion against her. there will be some new faces, though. republicans tapped two incoming tea party friendly freshmen for high profile jobs. that's kristi noem of south dakota and tim scott of south carolina. they'll serve in newly created leadership positions, essentially freshmen class reps to the gop leadership. >> i think it's good news for the freshmen class. we'll have an opportunity to have more seats at the leadership table, give us a larger voice and hopefully that means one third of the conference will have a greater influence on the direction of this country and on this conference. >> more seats at the table on the republican side and house democrats created a new pos

julie kirtz has more on the story from washington. >> reporter: time is running out on the bush era taxer one issue, the lame conduct congress and the president will tackle. mr. obama meets with republican and democratic leaders, this week, to start the process. top white house advisor david axelrod refusing to reveal the president's hand. >> i will not negotiate with you on this program. >> reporter: on fox news sunday, walking back from earlier comments the president was ready to give in, axelrod insisting the white house has not changed its position against a permanent extension of cuts for upper income taxpayers. but, he refused to rule out a temporary one. >> i've heard many different variations discussed over the last week, publicly. i've heard a variety of ideas surfaced publicly, by various members of congress and others, and, we're looking forward to getting together, with the leaders of both parties in congress. >> reporter: if they don't hammer out a deal, and, do let the tax cuts expire, the bottom tax rate will jump from 10 to 15%, and the top rate, jumped to 39. 6% from 35

harris. >> julie kirtz, thank you very much. >> three american hikers accused of spying in iran are now bauer and josh fattal have been imprisoned in tehran for more than a year. his fiancee, shar sarah shourd s expected to be summoned back to tehran to stand trial and they were res kufd after hiking across an unmarked border in northern iran and she denies that they were spying. >> is the lame duck session of congress living up to its name, from the bush tax cuts, to a crucial extension of jobless benefits for millions of americans, the legislative agenda is about as stuffed as the thanksgiving turkey. with little progress to show. how much do lawmakers really expect to accomplish en a week? joining me for a fair and balanced debate, tom price, republican congress manage from georgia, the ranking member on the health employment labor and pension subcommittee and democratic congressman from maryland, who served on the house select committee on intelligence. gentlemen, i want to talk money first. 4 million americans are going to see their unemployment checks stopped about nine days from

thank you for the preview, julie kirtz.shing his nuclear pact in the final hours of the ten-day trip to asia which has now been completed. during the trip, he sat down with dmitry medvedev and president obama saying to get the senate to ratify the new nuclear start treaty is a top priority in this administration. the star treaty which has been pending in the senate for months would reduce limit on strategic warheads to 1550 for each country. right now, the limit is 2200 warheads. the president has returned to the united states from that trip. >> jamie: there are some new reports that iran is planning to flex military muscle once again state run television in tehran is saying the government there will hold nationwide air defense war games this tuesday. and during the drill, iran is also expected to unveil a new radar system that reportedly can detect a missile from 18 miles away. the path to run air defense drills have been tied to the country's attempt to run strike against the nuclear program. we'll watch that one. >> eric

here is julie kirtz reporting. >> the halls of congress looked like a dump because they pretty much are. before the new congress can get to work, the old congress needs to move out. this generates a lot of trash every two years. so-called office resupply locations, a fancy name for piles of old binders and papers appear in the hallways on the hill. it's all free for the taking if you still have a job in congress, or if you're just starting out here. we caught up with retiring congressman patrick kennedy, who is not only packing up his office, but packing up a chapter in american politics that dates back to 1946. that's when john f. kennedy won a house seat in massachusetts. each year since then, at least one member of the kennedy family has been in the white house or congress. >> i had months to pack the stuff up, prioritize it, label it and get it ready. in fact, i've already had a moving truck already move most of it out and that was prior to the election 'cause i already knew i was leaving. >> of course, a lot of members not choose to go move out but getting deseated in the sweep. a

julie kirtz has more from washington. >> the team is led by an american scientist who toured the secretarlier this month. in a report posted online, the head of the former los alamos nuclear lab says north korea has recently completed centrifuges in a facility suitable of making bombs and describes the first glimpse as stunning. officials told him cent centrifuges were running. and refused to detail how much the u.s. knows. >> i would say that this is something we've been concerned about for significant period of time. now, and also, penetration of the north koreans in terms of intelligence capabilities is very, very difficult. >> the fact that north korea showed a visiting american scientist the new enriched uranium appears to be a calculated move and now a new challenge for the obama administration. >> i don't think anybody in the obama administration should be surprised at this. if they are, i think it indicates they've never understood how serious the north korean threat is. >> a senior u.s. official tells fox if the report is true, it's a provocative act of defiance by the north ko

. >> julie kirtz is live in washington with more. is, julie. >> yeah, the president in japan telling a group of ceo's earlier today one big lesson of the world economic crisis sha the world can't depend entirely on american consumers to drive economic growth, but as you mentioned he heads home with american taxpayers, as the focus of an upcoming showdown with congress, remember, on wednesday, david axlerod one of his top advisors made headlines essentially telling the huffington post, obama was ready to give in. not so says the president. >> the wrong interpretation because i haven't had a conversation with republican democratic leaders. here is the right interpretation. i want to make sure that taxes don't go up for middle class families starting on january 1st. that's my number one priority. for those families and for our economy. >> republicans want the tax cuts extended for everyone. so, it's a pushback from the president as he gets ready to fly back to washington and face the newly empowered g.o.p. and the stakes are big outside

julie kirtz joining us from washington. julie, can they all get along?> yeah, maybe they could play quidditch or something, warmed up. some of these folks have never been to washington, nearly 100 house freshmen, most of them republicans are descending on d.c. today for a six-day crash course how things really work here in congress. the new members orientation is where lawmakers learn to be lawmakers or at least learn where their new offices are located and how to hire staff and get things done. new republicans and democrats are actually staying at the same hotel here in washington for their orientation meetings. they'll get checked into their rooms and get their official congressional blackberries, and newly elected members are part of the big republican sweep in the mid terms and the real lesson of navigating complicated political channels already playing out even before they're sworn in and competing receptions planned in d.c. with tea party activists pushing freshmen members to attend theirs to show where they stand on taxing and spending. and a memo

and julie kirtz. all right. it's a heated topic. >> that's right.nsportation security administration faces more questions about this from lawmakers today about the use of the full body patdowns and those advanced body scans at airports. john pistole told a senate committee on tuesday he understands the concerns but the tsa is trying to keep potentially explosive liquids, gels and powders that could be hidden on a terrorist's body off of airplanes and that's the bottom line. >> want to be sensitive to people's concerns about privacy, about their personal being and things. while ensuring that everybody on every flight has been properly screened. >> but a virginia man is organizing a national opt out day for next wednesday, the big travel day before thanksgiving. he's urging air travelers to opt out of the detailed full body scans in favor of patdowns. >> i don't think the government has the right to look under the clothes of anyone that it wants without reasonable cause. >> and going beyond privacy, several consumer groups are now pushing tsa for more

. >> julie kirtz joining us from washington. is the white house taking any action here? >> not so far, but there is more anxiety about the reported vast new secret facility in north korea and expansion of the nuclear arsenal. also, we have some quick reaction from the obama administration on this. the senior administration official tells fox, the revelation, if true, is a provocative act of defiance by north korea. we have long suspected north korea of having this kind of ability, the official tells fox and we have regularly raised it with them directly and with our partners in this. according to an american scientist who returned from north korea earlier this month, the communist nation has 2000 recurrently completed centrifuges and the firsthand report comes from the former director of the los alamos nuclear facility. an expert on this. he did not initially mention this surprising discovery of uranium enrichment, but informed the white house a few days ago and the new york times that his first glimpse of north korea's secret plant was stunning and he believed that it c

julie kirtz now tax cut battle followed president obama on the asian trip, he said he's willing to compromise republican, but how much and when, he's not saying. in japan, the president seemed to enjoy a theater performance as he prepares to jump back into some political kabooky in washington over those bush era tax rates. the president said it would be an irresponsible mistake to extend the highest of tax rates permanently, but here is where the political dance comes in. he has, quote, there is a whole host of ways to compromise on taxes. >> i continue to believe that extending permanently the upper income tax cuts would be a mistake and we can't afford it and my hope is that somewhere in between there we can find some sort of solution. but i'm not going to negotiate here in seoul. >> the president is down with republican and democratic leaders next week to try to hammer out a deal. republicans want a tax break for everyone. so the pressure is on to avoid a jam if there is no action by the end of the year during the lame duck session, the current tax rates expire across the board. remember o

julie kirtz is here in washington with much more to all of this, what can you tell us about this messe duck congress has work to do, but it doesn't look like if you sneak around the halls of capitol hill this weekend. honestly, it looks like the leftovers from a garage sale have been dumped outside off the shores. these are the offices of office holders who were defeated in the mid terms or folks who decided to leave on their own and retire and either way, some of the mess is recycled and some shredded and the rest, well, hill staffers have the mundane job of coating everything worth keeping in bubble wrap and sending it back home. now, we caught up with retiring congressman patrick kennedy who is not only packing up his office, but packing up a chapter in american politics that dates back to 1946. that's when john f. kennedy won a house seat in massachusetts, each year since then, at least one member of the kennedy family had been in the white house or congress. patrick kennedy is taking a snuf near with him. john f. kennedy's old desk. >> he transferred that desk to my dad because i

julie kirtz in washington has more. siegfried he canner is the los alamos scientist who's involved in the, what does it mean, dealing with north korea. >> reporter: the chairman of the joint chiefs says he's concerned about the report of the new highly sophisticated uranium enrichment plant inside north korea and the news increased anxiety in washington with the state department special envoy set to arrive in south korea today. the first stop on a trip that includes talks with japan and china about north korea's nuclear ambitions and the new news, admiral mike mullen this morning on the sunday shows saying the report validates a longstanding concern he has with north korea and its dictator, according to an american scientist you mentioned who visited the new complex earlier this month, north korea has several thousand recently completed centrifuges, siegfried hecker, the former director of the los alamos facility, tells "the new york times" his first glimpse of the vast and secret plant was simply stunning. he says nort

. >> julie kirtz, thank you for that update.ked as the feds appear days away from a massive insider trading bust and the bust will blow the lid off pervasive insider trading that helped financial workers reap millions. everyone from bankers to hedge fund managers, consultants, could be charged in the three-year investigation. "dancing with the stars" taking a serious turn when an envelope containing a mysterious white powder made its way to the show's l.a. studio. after an evaluation and an investigation, it turned out it was tal come powder and meanwhile, bristol palin criticized for her dancing on the show went on the record last night with her partner and they talked about the show's so-called voting conspiracy. >> and originally get behind the people they support and love the most and you never know how it's going to map out and at the end of the day you can't be upset with a couple and judges, it's just, it's down to the american vote. >> i don't pay much attention to what is thrown around there. i'm more focused on doing w

julie kirtz is live in d.c. with the latest. what are we expecting? >> hi, alisyn.ears ago. 50,000 people mobilized for the g20 summit. he's in seoul to talk to the leaders of the world's top economies. his message, jobs, income and spending are the big contributions the u.s. can make to global recovery. one controversial topic at the summit is the fed's decision to pump $600 billion into the u.s. economy. now, obama arrived in south korea a little early. air force one leaving indonesia ahead of schedule because of volcanic ash in the air. at the university of indonesia last night, obama delivered a speech again reaching out to the muslim world. here's the president. >> just as individuals are not defined solely by their faith, indonesia is defined by more than its muslim population. but we also know that relations between the united states and muslim communities have frayed over many years. as president, i've made it a priority to begin to repair these relations. >> we're all god's followers, he told the crowd there in seoul. obama meets with the presidents of sout