back with us now, rick leventhal and david lee miller. of time covering the war in in libya and here with some of their thoughts. rick, you are telling us last hour about the abilities that you think this, these rebel groups have. they're not just a ragtag bunch? >> reporter: they were certainly at first. they had a lot of heart, a lot of courage, a lot of determination but not a lot of training. and they started to get that training. we watched them as they learned how to handle weapons. they learned some basics of hand-to-hand combat. as they learned how to storm buildings and kick down doors and handle the weapons they would need to use in order to wage this war. these are guys who did not have body armor in most cases. they had substandard weapons. they were outgunned. but up-armoring pickup trucks and mounting weapons in the back of those trucks to try to compete with qaddafi's forces. they were getting help from that gentleman there he was in qaddafi's army for decades and switched sides, began training shop owners and computer opera

rick leventhal has that story. is he live in the new york city newsroom. rick? people would probably give up dangerous sports if they were paralyzed while competing. michael johnson has a lot of courage of the he is driven not just to win but to walk again. driving a race car request be incredibly dangerous and physically demanding. requiring lightning reflexes. ajittle, strength. and sur vital skills. -- survival scilsz. despite being paralyzed from the waist down. >> does this take you away from your struggles when you are out here racing? >> i think it does, yeah. it takes me away from everything. when i'm running races i'm as happy as can be. >> special controls to shift and pushes in on the steering wheel to brake. johnson started racing motorcycles when he was 4 years old. at 12 he held 14 national titles but then suffered horrific accident on a dirt track, breaking his back and dozens of other bones. >> i think about how it happened. i don't think about why. >> he underwent experiments stem cell surgery in 2007 and actually regained feeling from his chest

rick leventhal.en someone like that sort of makes the rest of us feel -- you never want to feel sorry for yourself for anything stupid that happens to you because these folks are so inspiring and when his mother said he never had a down day, i know another person like that and he inspires me, too, so thank you for that story, rick leventhal. >> how about this from rick perry, the presidential candidate unveiling his proposal to rescue the economy. he got criticized for saying i'll have it on friday. a is -- today is friday. we'll have the headlines. martha: even as a frontrunner, heman cain can't shake his pizza past. watch: >> and former godfather pizza ceo her man cain, surging in the polls, many polls have him ahead of mitt romney. he hasn't said who he would choose as his running mate but according to his report he'd had several meetings with papa john! bill: well done. martha: funny. or maybe the burger king! bull bill maybe pizza for lunch today. what do you think? >> martha: that sounds like a

for "teen kids news," i'm rick leventhal, fox news channel in the classroom. >> do you know which countries boarder the dead sea or which state averages more rainfall -- nevada or delaware? these are just some of the questions these students have to answer in order to make it here, the national geographic bee. >> mozambique. >> mongolia. >> portugal. >> for more than 20 years, the national geographic bee has been challenging students to learn about the world around them. >> which european capital city is located closer to an international border -- madrid or copenhagen? >> copenhagen. >> copenhagen is correct. >> john fahey, the president of national geographic, says his organization's mission is to "inspire people to care about the planet." he hopes the bee will "foster a life long passion for learning about other cultures." here's how it works. the competition starts in schools. students compete against their classmates, and the winner then advances to the statewide competition. one winner from each state gets a ticket to washington, d.c., to compete at a national level. in all, four mill

in new york, rick leventhal, fox news. >> bret: federal agents working with the u.s. border, with mexico say environmental laws keep them from patrolling large swallets of land there. they say the illegal immigrants and smugglers know where the lands are and use them with impunity. some lawmakers are trying to give agent unfettered access to the areas. environmental groups oppose the effort. still to come, why a lot of people want to get rid of a law you probably never heard of. residents of one country asked how much toleran >> bret: secretary of state hillary clinton says she found out about the operation fast and furious by the news media. she was grilled on any interaction between justice department and the state department over the failed gun trafficking operation. >> we have no record of any requests for coordination, we have no record of any notice or heads up my recollection is i learned about prit the press. that is my recollection. >> bret: fox news learned the homeland security suspect wants to question two suspects from guantanamo bay about involvement of

rick leventhal is on the story right here in our new york city newsroom, rick? >> reporter: jon, on the stand today say that stacey's schuler classes were always full even after the bell rang because she was well-liked. she would never call schuler flirtation terrible schuss they say that she used her popularty to lure five boys back to her home and provided them with beer and pot and sex on multiple occasions. she faces 16 charges of sexual battery and three of providing alcohol to minors. allegedly hatched a plan before she was caught telling a couple girls she would plead insanity to beat the rap. those girls testified off-camera during this trial. >> she was not my friend and when i opened up and accepted the truth of what happened, i became very clear to me that i did not need to defend and sugar coat what this person did. >> reporter: well her alleged victims spent the past two days testifying in graphic detail what allegedly went on inside schuller's home. describing encounters in the bathroom and bedroom and friday night sleepovers before saturday footba

rick leventhal is following this story live in the new york city newsroom. rick?ace requires a lot of strength, quick reflexes, intelligence and courage. michael johnson has all of that and then some. he's paralyzed from the waist down, but 19-year-old michael johnson is living his dream, driving and thriving in open wheel, open cockpit formula cars. >> life is too short to miss out on what outlove do. >> johnson has special hand controls to accelerate and shift, and pushes in on the steering wheel to break. he finished third overall in this year's skip barber summer series. >> he never got depressed. never poor me, poor me. he's always had a wonderful attitude about this whole thing. >> johnson started racing motorcycles when he was just 4 years old. at 12, he held 14 national titles. but then suffered a horrific accident in a race, break his back and dozens of other bones. he underwent experimental stem cell surgery in 2007, and has regained feeling from his chest to his hips. he spends nine hours a week in therapy, and says he will walk again heroins own. on hi

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[gunfire] [gunfire] megyn: rick leventhal is live with me here on the set.arco rubio talking about the number of injuries and sort of the damage that was done to the rebels over the course of this fight. those folks will now be helping run this country. what did you see with respect to these rebels there on the ground? >> first of all, his comments were very interesting, a lot of people echoed those sentimentses while i was there. they wanted more action more quickly, and they also wanted to be known as revolutionaries, not rebels. they with respect rebelling, they were trying -- they weren't rebelling, they were trying to gain freedom and were willing to die to do it. megyn: back here at home we were so far removed from the event. here we sat and debated who are these people. we were being told they're doctors, lawyers -- >> and they were. megyn: maybe they're al-qaeda, maybe they're, you know, muslim brotherhood, the devil's in the details, do we really want these folks taking control? is what was your experience? >> they were welcoming, warm, friendly, th

let's bring in rick leventhal who has extensive experience covering this story for us on the ground in libya. spent a lot of time with the rebels there. is this tape that we can play now, rick? all right, those are just some images of you on the ground rick. welcome. right off the bat, your thoughts on what's unraveling. >> it's a dramatic development, obviously, and this is what the rebels or revolutionaries have been focused on since this started. they were singularly focused on capturing or killing car daie -- cadoofie, that's what they wanted, freedom and democracy like we enjoy and they were willing to lose their lives to pursue it. martha: you made an interesting point, having been on the force necessary afghanistan and iraq, where our forces have been on the ground, trying to train local forces to empower them, to take leadership in their own country, you say this is very different. >> well, one of the biggest concerns we heard off the record from the people of the military who were training soldiers in iraq and afghanistan was their level of commitment, were they willing to fig

. >> rick leventhal, thanks very much. michael jackson's personal doctor saves lives.t's what we heard from dr. conrad murray's other patients. defense attorneys in that doctor's manslaughter trial furthering argument that he treated michael jackson in a professional manner and jackson gave himself the drugs that eventually killed him. the patient who took the stand today all defended dr. murray's record. apparently moving the doctor to tears. >> do you think dr. murray is greedy. >> do i think. >> yes. >> no. >> i have gone to a lot of doctors, i have never had one that gave me the care did he. >> dr. murray is a very caring doctor. is he a very thorough doctor. >> and he is a great guy. >> but prosecutors say even if michael jackson took the lethal medicines himself, dr. murray should have known he was prescribing a dangerous amount of drugs for the singer, including the hospital strength sedative propofol. now, we are learning the defense will call two medical experts to the stand in the coming days and could wrap up questioning by the end of this week. john edwards

rick leventhal is with us have the cops said why they think this man is going after this group. >> four victims all women all assaulted at night in their homes after the:00 when they slept. they were in plano, suburbs of dallas. all members of delta. active in alumni activities. they have surveillance video of the guy responsible. heavy black male in late 30's and 40s. weighs between 240 and 300 pounds. short hair and shaved head and distinctive swagger in his walk. >> the physical description that we were given of the perpetrator does much the description of the subject that's in the surveillance video. >> and he has apparently tried to avoid security cameras. also tried to disguise himself, too, shep. >> shepard: what advice are members of the sorority getting? >> well, it's interesting, if they live alone they are being encouraged to stay with friends and relatives. being told not to wear sorority paraphernalia. facebook and twitter. a spokesperson says we encourage members to be alert, be aware of their surroundings and call police if they see anything suspicious or feel threatened.

our own rick leventhal live from new york city on this one. rick?orter: megyn, it is remarkable and unspiring. a young man who never felt sorry for himself despite a horrific crash and a year in a hospital bed. the day he was paralyzed, he told his dad, i don't want to stop racing. when he was able, he started driving go-karts with hand controls and then moves to this formula car. last weekend was his final race of the summer series. he had some mechanical problems but still wound up finishing third overall, and he plans to turn pro next year. >> i never think about, um, like, pity me, why did it happen to me. that's, it's in the past, time to move forward. >> reporter: you're not feeling sorry for yourself. >> not at all. i think i consider myself lucky. i mean, i was -- it could have been a lot worse than what i am right now, and it's, it's coming back. >> reporter: when he says it's coming back, he's talking about the progress that he's made in physical therapy. he had experimental stem cell surgery in portugal in 2007, and since then he's actual

rick leventhal live in our new york city newsroom with nor. rick? >> gregg, we've gotten more details on the survivors who spent a full day and night in rough waters off the florida keys. all of them suffered jellyfish burns. most had hype theerm yaw. the 4-year-old girl had it the worst. according to the u.s. coast guard a group of eight people set off on pleasure cruise in the florida keys in a 22 open fishing boat. some in the group were related. a couple had just come from cuba a couple months ago. none of them spoke english. in noon saturday a storm brought heavy rain and rough seas capsizing their boat off marathon key, midway between key largo and key west. an 80-year-old woman went under the ordeal and never surfaced. her son was among the other seven who spent 20 hours treading water. at 8:00 the next morning they were spotted by a commercial fisherman. they were clinging to the capsized craft. a good samaritan picked them up. they called the coast guard for a search for the others. the other group was spotted 4 miles away. three women and

rick leventhal is live from our newsroom with more details. what happened? >> reporter: according to the u.s. coast guard, this group of # people set off on a pleasure cruise saturday morning in the florida keys -- florida keys but around noon, their boat capsized in the rough waters between key cargo and key west. an 80 year-old woman went under and never resurfaced, the rest of the group spent a long day and an entire night treading water. it wasn't until 8:00 sunday morning that three of the survivors responded by a fisherman, they were clinging to the capsized crash, he called the coast guard, that launched a search for the rest and the others were found 4 miles from the rest of the group where they drifted off, three women and a four-year-old girl, none wearing life vests, clinging to a floating cooler. the little girl was suffering from hypothermia, she and the others are recovering in a florida hospital. heather: i don't know how long a four-year-old treads water. >> the coast guard hasn't released details on the victims, survivor, no relation, nor ho

rick leventhal with more. >> reporter: it's hard to imagine hanging on for more than 20 hours, dealinge effects of hypothermia, treading water, waiting for help to arrive and finally it did, although too late for the oldest of the eight in the water. the group was in a 22-foot open fishing boat like this one setting off on a pleasure cruise saturday morning in the florida keys. some in the group were related including a couple who had just come from cuba a few months earlier. and at noon a big wave capsized the boat just off marathon key. there was an 80-year-old woman who went under during the ordeal and never resurfaced. her son was among the seven who spent that whole day and night treading water. three of the survivors were spotted clinging to the cabsized craft by a commercial fisherman. this good samaritan picked up the three, called the coast guard launching a search for the others spotted four miles away. three women and a 4-year-old girl clinging to a floating cooler. there are conflicting reports about whether some of these people were wearing life jackets, but still the coas

in lakeville, connecticut, rick leventhal, fox news. >> gregg: what an incredible life of perseverance going to stop michael from achieving his dream. >> heather: and i believe he will walk again. i think he can do it. where is lisa irwin, the little girl from missouri now missing for nearly two weeks. next, judge jeanine pirro joins us live with the latest efforts to bring her home alive. >> what is the family doing to keep the attention on baby lisa? >> i think you're seeing it. i think you're seeing strategic interviews. i think you're seeing now a reward being given out. >> that's $100,000? >> that's $100,000. some vehicles sacrifice luxury to improve fuel efficiency. but the jeep grand cherokee uses advanced technology. like the quadra-lift air suspension that lowers the vehicle at highway speeds to improve aerodynamics and deliver a more than 540 mile driving range. so you can raise your standards while lowering your fuel consumption. ♪ gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right he

rick leventhal. new questions today about president obama's new plan to fix our housing crisis.ight after the president took office he vowed to help homeowners. since then there have been four major housing plans from the white house. the president has proposed 50 billion in planned spending. just over 2 billion has actually been spent. now a quarter of homeowners are underwater, meaning they oh mo owe more on their home than the home is actually worse. leslie marshal is a sinned ka dated radio host and a fox news contributor. and lars larson is a syndicated radio host. what makes this different? it seems from what we read that the president has loosened the reigns on financing but sounds good in theory, lars but isn't that how we got into this mess? >> that was the comment i made when i first heard about it. this is a house you probably can't afford but we'll make it possible for you to get in. i have to credit the president in this plan, you say these are the people that have to be current on their payments or at least make the last six. if they are current why does the americ

rick leventhal is live in our newsroom in new york. what's going on with this? upstate new york signed lease toss allow deep drilling for natural gas under their property but have now filed or joined lawsuits against the energy companies, many say they were paid far less than they should have been, some say they're worried about the environmental impact. >> it's so quiet at night, you can almost hear the stars in the milky way. >> marine mccray has been living on this small tarm in upstate new york since 1985. >> come on! that's good. >> now she's worried her way of life may be ruined. >> i signed the lease. i was an idiot. yes. but they were counting on my not knowing. and they were right. >> reporter: a few years ago, marie and many neighbors agreed to allow energy companies to dig deep below the ground to extract natural gas and a process known as franking. >> they want to come in here and -- fracing. >> they want to come in here and rape this lan and they told us whatever story they needed to tell us to get our permission to do that. >> there's no fraud in t

rick leventhal is following that story live from our new york city newsroom. why are police thinking that this guy is going after this sorority, rick? >> reporter: it's a good question and police say they don't know why or how but they say that delta sigma theta has absolutely been singled out. our four victims were assaulted between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. sleeping in their homes of texas cities of corinth, plano oar coppell. all black females in their 60s and members the sorority. chef video. a heavy black male in late 30s or early 40s. he was between 275 and 300 pounds. five seven to 5'9" with short hair or shaved head and distinctive swagger in his walk. >> physical description that we were given of the perpetrator does match the description of the subject that's in the surveillance video. >> reporter: he has apparently tried to avoid security cameras and tried to disguise himself too. police say they have dna evidence and they're trying to catch him before he strikes again, jon. jon: i guess members of the sorority are on alert, huh? >> reporter: yes, they

guests next week include ann coulter and rick eleven -- leventhal and gavin mcguinness.e it is time to go back to paul mccurio for the post game wrap up. >> i always wanted to do this. i feel newsy. talking about a dress code, why no tie? you are hosting a show. show respect. >> it is freaky friday, bro. >> don't say bro, are you so white. you are ruining it for everybody. masa, what are you doing tomorrow night? >> i will be on twitter live tweeting the ufc fight. tweet me, masahill. >> what do you wear when you tweet ufc fights? >> i am not going to answer that. >> come on. >> only you can turn that sexual. >> look at you. >> what are you trying to do, scare her? oh yeah you probably are. >> you really should wear a tie. >> breaking news. how does one follow you on twitter? >> that's a fantastic question. >> thought of it myself. >> you are brilliant like that. it is just my name, jaime, underscore weinstein. >> why with the under score? that's a pain. >> somebody else took jaime weinstein without the underscore. >> okay. constantine i have seen you on tv dancing with

rick leventhal is on this in new york city. good morning.rsers -- protestors in oakland vowed to come back. did they and how did it go? >> reporter: the situation in oakland much more peaceful. no confrontations or arrests but a heavy police presence. on dust demonstrators faced cops and fear and protests as police cleared the plaza outside oakland city hall, police pelted with rocks, bottles and other objects, and they arrested about 100 in the crowd. they put up a barricade to keep people out, and cops described how one war veteran suffered a cracked skull in the skirmish. scott olsen, a 24-year-old marine in critical condition. not clear how he was hit and who did it. >> when protestors act, we take appropriate action, our job is to protect life and property and make sure that the citizens of oakland are safe. today we are going to continue our commitment to applicable safety and allowing the people to gather, march, and express themselves in a peaceful manner. that has been our intent from the onset, and we are committed to ensuring that

rick leventhal from our new york city newsroom, what are students saying about what her plan was?ey're saying that she was impaired and she could claim she was insane but the students also say she knew exactly what she was doing, stacy schuller was a gym teacherrer and atathletic trainer in south mason, ohio but after the bell rang she's accused of inviting students to her home for booze, drugs and sex, facing 16 charges of sexual battery and three of providing alcohol to minors, schuller allegedly hatched a plan to beat the wrap before she was ever caught. students are testifying off camera at the trial because of their ages. >> she talked about how she would just trying to plead insane, because -- >> [interruption] >> there was a problem with the sound bite there. they said she would try to plead insane because of her divorce, she had a bad divorce. schuller opted out of a jury trial so the judge will decide her fate and she faces up to five years in prison on each of the 16 sex counts if convicted, martha. martha: rick, many of these key witnesses are the students involved in a

rick leventhal in our newsroom, what are police saying about this attacker?r: apparently the suspect has gone to great lengths to conceal his identity but police say they have dna evidence and a good physical description that may lead to his capture, cops say the surveillance video may show the man is responsible for all four attack, a heavy black male in his 30s or 40s, weighing between 275 and 300 pounds, 5-foot # to 5-foot nine, short hair, a shaved head and distinctive swaller in his walk, all four victims assaulted between 9:00 p.m. and 4:00 a.m. while sleeping in their homes in the north texas cities of plaino, corinth and coppell, all black female necessary their 50s, 60s, all members of the delta pheda sigma sorority. >> we haven't gotten evidence of the fact that this group is being targeted but it's our belief they are, and we want to approach that and address our concerns to this group so that they can better protect themselves. >> what police don't know is why this guy is targeting members of this sorority or how exactly he identified the individu

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