in new york, i'm shepard smith, fox news. >> what a jam-packed year. i had no idea on some of those thicks. you kind of forget. >>> we'll get your new year appear weekend forecast and from tony and a check of the roads from lauren coming up. >>> sherry is on top of all the action from iowa. >> reporter: who is on first? it is hard to tell. with days to go think the lead keeps changing in the polls, who is on top, who is surging and who is falling, all coming up. my name is ashley. i was using cascade actionpacs. they just didn't have that spot free look. when i took the finish challenge, i could tell there was a difference. my dishes had a shine on them. i'm moving on to finish quantum. take the finish challenge. get up to half off. >>> perhaps some folks heading out of up to for the long holiday snow and it should be a nice one. >> yep, it will be a nice one. enjoy the temperature because next people, winter moves in. dramatic differences after highs in the 50s. we'll see by tuesday, highs in the 0s. >> we knew it was coming. >> even the low 30s. so g

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i'm jamie colby in for shepard smith.u guys, owe owe low ha. >> president obama is heading to texas after payroll tax cut and unemployment benefits only for two months. that sets up a brand new battle where lawmakers they will have this waiting for them when they get back from the holidays. >> when congress returns, i urge them to keep working without drama, without delay, to reach an agreement that extends this tax cut as well as unemployment insurance through all of 2012. >> jamie: without drama, without delay. the president says the one year extension should be a formality. ed henry live at the white house for us. ed, did the president claim credit for at least for the deal being made so far? >> jamie, he was trying to say this was all about the american people. by also noting it was -- the president himself who had demanded congress get this done before leaving town. he was taking at least a little bit of a victory lap. and he also very quickly in his remarks today framed this in a very favorable way for him heading i

and "studio b" with shepard smith starts now. >> shepard: the news begins anew on "studio b." things heated in the g.o.p. race plus donald trump and his big announcement. police on the scene after a teenage girl texted her family saying somebody kidnapped her and locked her up in a basement. now investigators say she made it up and she's facing charges. the former new jersey governor jon corzine tries to explain the mystery of a missing $1.2 billion. all of that unless breaking news changes everythingn "studio b." first. that top secret u.s. spy drone that apparently accidentally landed in iran is now the property of the iranian republic and the military figured out how to control it. the government president, mahmoud ahmadinejad, said he has zero plans to give it back. as you probably know the unmanned spy plane malfunctioned. the u.s. military didn't know what happened to it and to the horror of the pentagon and c.i.a. is showed up on television in iran. as it's pretty much intact. no way to know whether they figured out how to fly it after it landed more than 100 miles insi

from the so-called arab spring to the end of the war in iraq, shepard smith takes a look back. back. >> reporter: 2011 began like any other year, hope for a better year ahead and of course resolutions. but just days into 2011, chaos and unspeakable violence erupted at a grocery store parking lot in arizona. gun fire interrupted a political event near tucson, a gunman shot congresswoman gabrielle giffords in the head, he wounded eight others, six killed. amazingly giffords survived the assassination attempt and made a return to washington a few months later. a wave of unrest across the middle east in northern africa, citizens toppled long time leaders in tunisia and egypt but it was the dangerous moammar gadhafi who put up the biggest fight. his 40 year rein of terror came to a gruesome end when fighters killed him in his hometown in october. the arab spring as it became known stretched into summer and fall with deadly protests persisting in syria and yemen. march 11th a massive earthquake shook japan. the magnitude 8.9 quake unleashed a devastating tsunami and triggered a meltd

i will see you again here tomorrow and "studio b" with shepard smith starts right now. >> shepard: alisyn, thanks a lot. the news begins anew on "studio b." north korea's dear leader kim jong il is still dead. can no longer, well, look at things. looking at fresh tomatoes, looking at women's bras. we will talk to a man who cataloged all the looking at things from the late dictator's photo ops. 14 days from the iowa caucuses. one poll says the former house speaker newt gingrich has slipped to fourth place. the latest on the g.o.p. nomination race coming up. plus, new details on the search for a missing 20-month-old girl in maine. why cops there say they have an suv owner by the toddler's father in custody. unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." first in fox at :00 no deal. the house of representatives summarily captions by closed captioning services rejected a senate bill which they were for which would have extended those payroll tax cuts for two more months. they say they want a full year extension they know they can't get it now the house republicans are talking with sen

and then he fires me. >> neil: no one can fire shepard smith. i'm neil cavuto reporting sioux city, iowa. news on a debate that had been slated for a couple weeks after that, we're getting indications from donald trump his participation in his special event is off, donald taking himself out of the debate that would have featured only rick santorum and newt gingrich. that's off. the donald will tell us why it is off. that sets the stage for what will be the last big debate, the one that fox is doing, on thursday, the last major gathering of all these candidates, before they vote three weeks from today. can you believe that? three weeks from today. tom bevin joins us now on a day that real clear politics expert is noticing things are -- >> what do you make of the polls? >> we've got a couple of polls that came out in iowa today showing really interesting movement. ron paul is only one point behind newt gingerich. gingrich seems to have -- his support seems to have peaked. he's down slightly. romney's losing altitude and the other candidates, like

>>trace: i am here for shepard smith, this is "studio b." new problem with iran, military exercises are putting dozens of ships on a major international pat for oil tankers. the war games also moving the islamic republic's naval vessels into an area where the u.s. navy stations some of its ships. at the same time, new fears of another middle eastern nation could join the nuclear arms race. a saudi arabian prince who has served as intelligence chief and former ambassador to the united states warning that the oil rich kingdom would consider its own nukes if they what to keep up with the saudis to the east and israel to the west. >> war games in iran are closely followed by the neighbor, saudi arabia and growing concern they are going to fuel a nuclear arms race between those two countries. an influential member of the saudi royal family as you mentioned early this month, warned that the kingdom could pursue nuclear weapons to protect from long time regional rivals, and analysts fear unless halted, more than anything else it could force the sau

i'm alisyn camerota in for megyn kelly and "studio b" with shepard smith begins right now. >> shepard: news begins anew on "studio b." north korea's leader kim jong il is dead or at least that's what they tell us. he has named a successor, his son. who he is? and what about those nuclear bombs? lawmakers on chill -- capitol hill are still fighting other the paycheck. stalemate to extend the deadline tax cut. the latest blow from the house g.o.p. next. plus criminals can easily swipe your money from some of your gift cards that's the new warning from one democratic senator. it's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything on "studio b." but first from fox at 3:00 in new york the so-called dear leader from north korea who spent $700,000 per year on top shelf liquor and pursued nuclear weapons while his people starved is himself today dead. according to the north korean state run television he died on saturday morning after he had a heart attack on a train. he was, we believe, 79 years old. this anchor woman dressed in a black -- in black delivered the news on north korean state te

i'm shepard smith.report." it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. and there is breaking news now on fox news channel. the republic-led house of representatives has just passed a bill that would extend the payroll tax cut beyond its january 1st expiration date. both parties agree it's a good idea given the state of the economy and the rest. but the bill has no chance at all of passing in the u.s. senate. and it's clear why. the republics have attached a provision to the bill which would seek approval of the controversial keystone xl oil pipeline from canada to the gulf of mexico. republicans say the pipeline would create thousands of jobs. the white house has called for the keystone decision to be postponed until after the 2012 election reportedly so the experts can further study the pipeline's environmental impact. that was the request of a governor. just seconds ago we got reaction from the white house saying quote this is not a time for washington republicans to score political poi

i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report.e bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and the north korean military putting on a show of strength just, well, just after the death of the dear leader kim jong il. a senior u.s. defense official confirms north korea test-fired two ballistic missiles last night. and even though the tests were supposedly planned well in advance, officials say the north koreans could be trying to send a message to the world. jennifer griffin with the news. she is live in washington and the cube here in new york tonight. what do we know about those missiles and, well, that message? >> well, u.s. officials confirm, shep, the north fired two short range ballistic missiles similar to these russian fs 21 missiles which are fired from the back of a truck. the two missiles landed in the sea off north korea's east coast. their range just 75 miles. u.s. defense officials confirm they did not pose any threat or destabilize the peninsula. the message was, in essence, we're still here. >> shepard: how is

i'm shepard smith. fox news. >> trace: an astonishing news year.have an iphone you probably know those batteries don't last forever, right? there is big news tonight. reports that apple's developing new technology that could power your phone for weeks with no need to recharge. and that's next i took some stees in my teens. i'd never ride without one now. and since my doctor prescribed lipitor, i won't go without it for my high cholesterol and my risk of heart attack. why kid myself? diet and exercise weren't lowering my cholesterol enough. now i'm eating healthier, exercising more, taking lipitor. numbers don't lie. my cholesterol's stayed down. lipitor is fda approved to reduce the risk of heart attack and stroke in patients who have heart disease or risk factors for heart disease. it's backed by over 19 yes of research. [ femalannouncer ] lipitor is not for everyone, including people with liver problems and women who are nursing, pregnant or may become pregnant. you need simple blood tests to check for liver problems. tell your doctor if you are

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aim harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. this is the fox report.hereabouts of the missing $1.2 billion, a total mystery. that from the former new jersey governor and u.s. senator jon corzine who, today, testified about the spectacular implosion of m.f. global. the brokerage firm he chaired until last month. as you may recall he he resigned days after mf global went bankrupt. with it $1.2 billion in customer money. customers, including farmers who now reportedly cannot even buy seed and small businesses whose assets are now said to be frozen. investigators saying that money is likely gone for good. lawmakers today making it very clear they are not happy. >> you can sir tell us today that while you have been the head of this organization mf global that you always did the right thing when no one was looking? >> i understand the position that you are in, but, mr. corzine, we have got to find that money. >> are you and other executives of your company willing to stand the loss with your personal fortune. >> harris: but then when asked where that money i

and studio b and the fox report with shepard smith will be live from des moines for the caucuses next monday and tuesday and on tuesday, january 3, we'll begin our special coverage of the caucuses themselves. that coverage begins at 6:00 p.m. eastern time on the fox news channel. >>> it turns out vitamin pills are good for nothing. that, according to one of the biggest studies ever conducted on the popular supplements. researchers report people who take vitamins are just as likely to get cancer or heart disease as people who don't pop the pills. and the study suggests all vitamins really do is waste money. in fact, according to the nutrition business journal, americans spent close to $10 billion on vitamins last year. that's up 2 1/2 billion dollars from just five years before. rick leventhal is listen in new york city. what does the study mean? >> there are millions of people who take multi vitamins every day trying to stay healthy and ward off sickness and disease. according to this new study, those multi vitamins aren't helping one bit. research increase france spent more than six

i'm shepard smith. and this is "the fox report."f the hour, time for the top of the news. the white house rolling out a countdown clock ticking off the seconds into the payroll tax cut expires until the end of the year. the president says that would mean a tax hike of about $1,000 for the average family. this was earlier today coming up. they have even less time now in case you are doing the math. leaders of both parties claim they want to extend the tax break, but they cannot seem to agree, astonishingly on how to pay for it the president taking aim at republicans for ruling out a new tax on the very wealthiest. >> how you can fight tooth and nail for tax breaks for the high end and barely lift a finger for taxing going up for 160 million americans who really need the help? it doesn't make sense. >> shepard: now word of a new compromise. still includes a tax increase for the richest americans. ed henry is our main man at the white house. is he live there tonight. republicans claim this isn't a compromise because the democrats came

i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. the game continues to change for democrats in washington. with today's announcement from nebraska senator ben nelson, it's time to move on. that straight from the mouth of the 70-year-old conservative democrat. announcing he will leave office at the end of his second term next year. and he is not the only one. 14 other capitol hill democrats making the same move for a total of six in the senate, nine in the house. ultimately, it could all mean a big shift in the balance of power in congress. molly henneberg is live in washington. why is ben nelson leaving the senate? >> hi, trace, in part political analysts say because the moderate democrat likely would have faced a tough re-election fight in the very red state of nebraska. senator nelson was viewed as the deciding vote in 2009 that passed president obama's health care law. which didn't go over so well at home. >> there is no question that his vote for obama care sent him from the heights of popularity to the depths of unpopularity in

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. today an incredibly important day for the campaigns and those trying to shore up support before tuesday's first in the nation presidential contest. the latest poll from nbc news and marist showing former massachusetts governor mitt romney duking it out with texas congressman ron paul for the top spot in iowa. former pennsylvania senator rick santorum surging into third place while former house speaker newt gingrich has now faded into fifth behind texas governor rick perry. similar results in the real clear politics average of recent polls. romney and paul fighting it out for the top spot with the other contenders well behind. of course, anything can happen in iowa. and the candidates are crisscrossing the hawkeye state right now. judging by turnout in the, past, perhaps about 4% of iowa's population will participate in the caucuses. or to put it another way, we are all currently focused on what four hundredths of 1% will focus on in iowa. may not sound in the past. iowa with make or b

i don't think shepard smith is an ideologue. hink bret baier is an ideologue. >> smith: you don't think brit hume? >> williams: brit hume, i think, is a very strong conservative, but again i don't put him in the same category that i would put sean hannity, no i do not. >> smith: you don't. >> williams: i think brit hume is quite a good journalist. done the work.t say, he'' brit hume's been around washington >> smith: right. >> williams: .-nows thh players, knows the dynamic. thhre's a different kind of fox out of the roger ailes tradition, which is a lot of talk radio hosts. >> smith: right. >> williams: .who come and i.they're not.i would not3 label them as journalists. i would label brit hume as a very good journnlist. >> smith: do you consider chris matthews to be an ideologge? >> williams: yeah..3 >> smith: you do? >> williams: i do. >> smith: you put him in the >> williams: well, i think he's been around. you know his book hard baal i think is a classic but my feeling is that, so he's much more of an american politics. ideol

"studio b" with shepard smith starts right now. >>shepard: ali, thanks, today a lot of eyes are on this man, ron paul. many say they do not think he can beat president obama but could he prove to be the republican spoiler? plus, north korea has a new leader. we believe. the mysterious son of kim chong-il. but will the reported comic book fan rule the secretive regime by committee? what would it mean for all of us? are you tired of kim kardashian and that family? well, you are not alone. coming up, word of a petition to boycott the stores that sell her products. that's all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." >> but first from follow at 3:00 in new york a stubborn political stand off on capitol hill could force a tax hike for 160 million americans. congress has 11 days to make deal before the payroll tax cut expires. long term jobless benefits will run out for two million members. and doctors see huge cuts to medicare reimbursement. today, house republicans walked out as democratic leaders tried to force

i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report."ttom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and the growing diplomatic crisis with an unstable regime. britain has now yanked all of its embassy staff from iran and ordered the iranians to pull their diplomats from london. this is all because of what happened yesterday in tehran. crowds of protesters stormed the british embassy there. setting fires, detaining workers, reportedly stealing secret documents. it was a scene really reminiscent of the 1979 embassy takeover in iran that kicked off the hostage crisis. in this case, iran has publicly called the attack unacceptable. but britain's foreign secretary says the protesters must have had support from the iranian government. >> the idea that the iranian authorities could not have protected our embassy or that this itself could have taken place without some degree of are a jail-time consent is fanciful. >> shepard: still hours ago iranian state television quoted a government spokesman says the move to close the government in london w

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. >>> big name, shepard smith, our friend up in new york takes a look at some of the top news headlinesdevastating natural disasters, the demise of ruthless dictators and the reported death of the most wanted man on earth. i'm shepard smith, coming up a look back at the biggest headlines of 2011.  >>> it's marla dawson, it's hi birthday standard -- her birthday today. she is 37 today. we hope you have a great 37th birthday and beyond. you get to be fan of the day throughout the entire weekend. three days to celebrate. she says she wants to share her special day with everyone. we are right there with you, marla. have a great birthday, have a great day today. if you would like to have the honor of being our facebook fan of the day on monday, find us on facebook by searching for fox 5 morning news, become a friend and then post a comment under marla the birthday girl's photo. that will do it for this friday. happy new year. let's turn things over to tony to take us up to 8:00. >> happy new year to you. >>> right now at 9:00, saying goodbye to 2011. we are less than two days aw

>> have a agree day, everybody, "studio b" with trace here for shepard smith starts right now. >>trace: the news begins anew, on "studio b". there is word today that the united states was considering going into iran to bring back a top secret spy plane. and it comes as we learn more about what may have caused that plane to go down in the first place. details on that straight ahead. personal photographs of facebook founder zuckerberg leaking out after somebody found a security flaw. what it means for everyone who uses that site is ahead. plus a new legal battle over painkiller use in the national football league with a dodd former players suing the league. that is ahead unless breaking news changes everything. but first from fox at 3:00 with everything on the line today, former governor blagojevich finally admitted guilt and he asked for mercy but the judge was not swayed handing down one of the hard best corruption sentences in illinois state history: 14 years in federal prison. our producer inside the courtroom says the disgraced lawmaker had a frozen look of shock on his face

i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in i told mr. built will receive -- mr. bill will receive you now. >> bill: o'reilly factor is on. tonight. >> i want to thank speaker pelosi for what i regard as early christmas gift. >> bill: newt gingrich on the offensive against nancy pelosi who threatened him saying she might know things that could be hurtful to his campaign. >> he loves jesus christ i will like him better. >> he any time i have the opportunity to give the lord some praise, he is due for it. >> bill: tim tebow, jesus, and football. this is developing into a national controversy as the quarterback continues to praise the lord on the field. we'll have two opposing points of view. >> i have got this thing. and it's [bleep] golden. and i'm just not giving it up for [bleep] nothing. >> bill: say goodbye to former illinois governor robb blagojevich, is he going to prison. megyn kelly with the inside story. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. than

. >> shep: i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour.top of the news. new warnings tonight that taxpayers may have to bail out another government agency. the federal housing administration or fha, is the world's largest mortgage insurance provider. normally it doesn't take any taxpayer money at all. but with all the trouble in the housing market, the agency is very low on cash. today lawmakers in the house held a hearing to figure out just how big this problem really is. >> you need to lay out a scenario where, you know, we have got a plan that moves us back from the brink that could lead to a bailout. >> there seems to be a pattern of deppial that -- denial that things were going to get better and we're going to turn this thing around. >> shep: but so far things have not been turned around and now, well, we may have to pay the price. ed henry is live in washington. the housing secretary dropped by today for a report. ed, are you in the queue? there you are. the housing secretary dropped by. what did he say about the likelihood of a bail

. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour. for the top of the news. after nearly nine years of roadside bombs and sniper fire and suicide attacks, the end of the war in iraq is finally in sight. that's the message from president obama today as he praised our service members at a visit to fort brag in north carolina. as you know, the last u.s. combat troops are scheduled to leave iraq on december 31st, 4500 service members have died there. including more than 200 from fort brag alone. the president hailed what he called an extraordinary achievement. >> all the fighting and all the dying, the bleeding, and the building and the training and the partnering all of it has led to this moment of success. iraq is not a perfect place. it has many challenges ahead. but we're leaving behind a sovereign, stable and self-reliant iraq. >> shepard: the president went on to say that the war has, of course, been the source of great controversy. but today the arizona republic senator john mccain sharply criticized the president for the speed of

i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. with missiles and tanks. sometimes they start in a manner more subtle. and tonight there are questions about whether a covert war with iran is already underway. consider the fact last year a highly advanced computer worm target iran's nuclear centrifuges and causes them to rip themselves apart. and just days ago word that a secret u.s. stealth drone went down inside iran. jennifer griffin with the news live at the pentagon. jennifer, if you would connect the dots for us. >> well, evidence of a covert war began appearing about a year ago, trace. take, for instance, a cyber attack on the june 2000 10, a thousand centrifuges describes by the worm. a dozen mysterious explosions at the home of nuclear scientists. the head of the iran nuclear energy is wounded by a car bomb in november of 2010. a an explosion at a secret missile base november 12th of this year. head of iran's long-range missile program is killed and 17 others. two weeks later a blast at a uranium enrichment plan in isfahan

i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us into your place tonight. must watch on fox tonight, the debate is just an hour away. suffer through o'reilly. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. [shouting] >> what's wrong. >> mr. gingrich, we are here to protest your speech today. >> bill: occupy protesters are protesting the political process. they don't want free speech. they want. >> >> bill: wait a minute, did glenn beck just call newt gingrich a big government progressive? i believe he did. beck will be here. and the big republic debate begins in about an hour. we will take you out to iowa and one of the panelist, megyn kelly, will be give us a preview. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone, the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. interrupting freedom. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. as we reported, the occupy wall street radicals are not interested in the free exchange of ideas. they are totalitarians. i