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>> john: uh-huh.billion off of the deficit, but it was repeated yet again, and it's sort of like the big lie theory. >> right. so then when he was challenged on this by krugman he defended himself by going back to the analysis by the budget office and he doctored a quote saying they didn't say they would save as much in medicare as they say. and there is quote saying it's unclear how these savings will be achieved and he cuts it off with a dot, dot, dot and it goes on to say they are not sure which way it will be saved. and then he doubled down with an even more obvious lie. so i went back and reread the piece, and in that light every little error or case where the presented a lie became more and more glaring in my eyes. >> john: it's interesting i want to find as many positive things to say about governor romney as i can. but i'm really shocked at the amount of lies and easily refuted lies that have come out of his mouth. i guess it has to do with that 50.1% of the vote that he has to get. governor r

fiber one. >>. >> john: promise wrong number four. government will give everyone health insurance but for less money. [ applause ] >> john: this was the signing ceremony. and then... they gave the speaker a birthday celebration. look at the big smiles. they were thrilled that their affordable care act would give insurance to many more people for less money. >> healthcare for all. [ applause ] >> speaker pelosi wouldn't talk to us about healthcare. they told us to talk to ron pollack of family u.s.a. a group that fought for obamacare. >> doesn't this make unintended conequences or bad stuff? >> i don't think it creates bad stuff. people can get present vint vented i have care. >> john: i keep hearing about problems. >> what we've got is rising premiums. people dropped from their health plans. health insurance companies fleeing from the market. >> president told us.... >> if you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep it. >> principle financial has completely left the health insurance market. one million customers will have

>> john: no they can't.r my new book, but politicians can't do what private individuals can. over the years, politicians energy independence, world peace and end to poverty. if we gave them more money, they would solve those problems, but no they can't. their plans go bad. head start doesn't work. college tuition pays for spas. tsa is awful. there are hundreds of other examples of how government. you can read more about that on my website. if government can't, what about cutting edge science. we all liked this. but think about it. it costs billions and what did we get. pro mogs for a breakfast drink. >> john: they did bring us the c.a.t. scan but billions haven't got us much. we got a lot of delayed science. government science is clumsy. for a fraction of the cost a private group does better they promised ten million dollars anyone that can launch three men into outerspace. 25 teams competed. >> i have never been myself as creative as i have following this prize. >> spaceship one won the prize and billionair

john: and does a.m.ve this, but conflict but covering the news. >> it is journalism, but it is broadcast journalism, and you need to be both a journalist and you need to be a good broadcaster in order to deliver a compelling television. some people are in some people aren't. part of the broadcast obligation is to make it compelling visually keep people stimulated as they watch, not just about the state news and nothing but the facts because they can get that out. they can get that in print, on-line, they turned it into a television show and what to seymour, analysis, video. at the stadium more and more want to take an emotional journey. john: the queue. good luck. given that we in the media are not perfect and have bias and whether people who watch the media. one group keeps track of bias and sometimes to see to of the lesser in -- left india. of the left a group called media matters' bills itself as a research center dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation. ticker carlson of the daily column

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john: and does a.m.ve this, but conflict but covering the news. >> it is journalism, but it is broadcast journalism, and you need to be both a journalist and you need to be a good broadcaster in order to deliver a compelling television. some people are in some people aren't. part of the broadcast obligation is to make it compelling visually keep people stimulated as they watch, not just about the state news and nothing but the facts because they can get that out. they can get that in print, on-line, they turned it into a television show and what to seymour, analysis, video. at the stadium more and more want to take an emotional journey. john: the queue. good luck. given that we in the media are not perfect and have bias and whether people who watch the media. one group keeps track of bias and sometimes to see to of the lesser in -- left india. of the left a group called media matters' bills itself as a research center dedicated to correcting conservative misinformation. ticker carlson of the daily column

i'm john stossel.tching. >> good morning everyone, it's sunday, august 5th, i'm alisyn camerota and we begin with extreme weather in oklahoma where raging wildfires reduced more than five dozen homes to nothing more than ash and rubble. if that wasn't enough. making matters worse, more on the devastation there straight ahead. >> dave: plus, we are just 93 days away from the the election. two republican darlings are being pitched to mitt romney as potential vp choices, but do they have a shot? >> thank you, darling. and railroad robbery. taxpayer funded amtrak is losing nearly 4 million dollars a year on employee theft. and wait until you hear what they're taking. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. thanks so much for getting up early with us and joining us. >> thank you for joining us. >> you know what? i've decided to come to work occasionally. >> you're welcome. all right? and did you watch the olympics. >> clayton: water polo, water polo. i used to play water polo. >> dav

>> john: i am john roberts in for chris wallace . mitt romney chooses paul ryan for his running mate. >> i can tell you who will be the next vice-president of the united states. >> john: how will the mitt romney/ryan ticket be received. we'll have john mccain on "fox news sunday". can special with the republican ticket set how will democrats campaign against it we'll talk with debby wasserman schultz who is the chair of the democratic national committee. we are 86 days from the election. both sides are filling the air waves with with campaign ad. we'll ask the panel if they are going oo far on "fox news sunday". hello again from fox news in washington. governor romney and newly minted running mate paul ryan are compaining in north carolina and wisconsin today . we'll talk with our guests in a moment. first latest from james rosen in moorsville, north carolina today. >> john good to be with you. by one measure governor romney's selection of paul ryan is a success. it took in four million in the first seven hours. aides to mitt romney

john: you were on fire. you sold that. >> i get fired up the future of the state is at stake it is better use of an asset to at y s underperforming. john: now are private foreign company is more efficient? >> we distrust business, labor and government. we got rid of almost all monopolies because they overcharge and underserved. they had every incentive to put it more lanes, told -- tolls and to keep the traffic moving faster. >> people will drive another road. they had the positive incentive. john: even after words it was not popular. 60% said it is of bad idea. we are repairing bridges the only building movement infrastructure not costing taxpayers one nickel. john: use find the right to work bill? >> that means it is the workers' decision to pay dues to the and as a condition of work. >> i was forced at abc. york is forced but i would think that would be popular. >> about 70% that was fair. john: you did not push it. >> we had to see an opening. but the main point* the government should have is the creatio

>> john, i'm free. i'm free. as great and profound was the industrial revolution, that is beginning of what we have right now. people, take the "new york times". they were sitting there with those printing presses. you don't need that anymore. so those people are trying to hold on as hard as they can, but the world is up for grabs right now. i'm going to try something different. those are the ones that will succeed. >> john: i certainly would not have predicted. i look at the cover internet shot you look like the pillsbury doughboy. and they are signing up. you will do more hours of tv each day. you already have a children's show? >> we have a children's show. we have a reality show, but not the hey, you pee'd in my food. but it's something something three weeks coming called the oval. it's not just about me. i was the only one that didn't want to name the network gbtv, it's a place. >> it doesn't have to be about you. it can be government big totally vulgar or god bless tv. go back to virtue. your slogan is the

john? >> diesel costs are up. that, i guess, could increase prices for just about everything the truckers carry, huh? >> indeed it does. we spoke it a lot of truckers today. keep in mind, most of the over the long haul trucks that are here have fuel tanks that contain a minimum of about 200 gallons. so you can literally see the pain on driver's faces as they're topping off their fuel trucks. this is especially true for the independent drivers who have to absorb these losses. with the fleet driver, they know they're just passing the costs along. >> fuel goes up, the cost of what we deliver goes up because we have to recover it. then the stores charge more. and then the customer is the -- the people are the ones who lose out. >> there is a very good chance prices may go back down at the end of the summer time driving season and as the refineries switch back to wintertime blends, which are less expensive than summer blends. john? >> doug thanks. brand-new fox news polls show more americans are

he is like john galt because john galt went on strike. he took his mind off the market in protest of a corrupt world. john ellis and retired when the federal government came to him in 2008 and said you don't need to pay hughes money so we will force you to take t.a.r.p. money. we are taking over your bank and the rest of the banks so he walked out and said enough. >> host: who are some of the villains first of all in "atlas shrugged" and how do you fit them into your book? >> guest: a lot of ayn rand fans remember falsely that "atlas shrugged" was all about the ones who were people in government. regulators. politicians. that is true. but the worst villain in "atlas shrugged" with a corrupt businessman who worked hand in hand with corrupt business corrupt politicians in an unholy alliance that crashed the economy. the corrupt businessman just about brought the whole world economy down in 2008 was angela mozilla of country wide finance. this was the man who invented sub prime lending. another key villain in "atlas shrugged" was a governmen

john: good to hear all these opinions.ly, i love it that there are no enough channels so that i could say what i want to say. for 20 years at abc news lawyers and producers come through by scripps to meditate this out are told that tab. most of them were unfamiliar with free-market or hostile to the. usually i could persuade them to let me say most of what i wanted to say as long as i soften the sides. too many stories of four boards were just not aired. your libertarian ideas are tiresome. we don't want to hear that. but at fox they just let me speak. many disagree with some of my ideas, but the big difference here is that difference is respected. they believe these different ideas deserve to be heard by getting to a political argument like my fights with john kennedy or bill o'reilly about, say, drug legalization. people arguing with me understand that they have a political position, to. at cbs and abc people acted as if the most important person in the building with political views as the. of course the truth is everyon

john?nor powell reporting from kabul. >>> still ahead, why there is a huge furor in massachusetts over trying to get people to register to vote. first, you are feeling it more at the pump this week. why gas prices are going up and up. >> john: you have probably noticed because it's not too difficult to see it that you are paying more in the past few days for gasoline. brace yourself, because it's going to get worse. correspondent doug mckelway is here to tell us why. he is at a truck stop. how bad is it there? >> the triple-a called it steepest one-month climb in fuel prices since they started keeping track in 2000. for trucker anthony bagley the $3.75 for dees is income, profit and savings lost. >> killing me. it's killing my wallet. >> what is happening to you? >> the average price for gallon of regular unleaded was $3.67. up from last month $338. diesel up almost as much. >> it goes back, a lot, to the price of crude oil. that is ramping up a bit. went from $78 a barrel to $93 a barrel.

john: i would totally agree.was a kid you could not open the window in this town that's it would come in. the effect that has been even more after they already get the air and water clean, plenty plane. aikens from in the hudson river. >> the regulator always wants more. >> the problems created by government command government has always had the same solution , we now have an extremely aggressive epa. often using lawsuits to drive regulations. on top of that we have a professional bureaucratic class, the sole purpose of which seems to be set on foil new regulations every day without any regard for the cost and regardless of who is in the white house. john: one part of your video i quibble with. let's play that. >> if i wanted america to fail i would empower unaccountable bureaucracy to bully americans. -ohn: i quibble with the word unaccountable. the same complaints were made up of obamacare, unelected bureaucrats would decide who gets what. electing them would not make it better. it's still top down. at think we

john? >> john: thanks.olice in albuquerque, new mexico are investigating three officers over their conduct in a recent drug bust. the officers own lapel cameras documented it. the video shows cops using multiple stun guns on one of the suspects. watch. >> get on the ground! >> john: an hour later, cops nabbed another guy. you can see him lying down with his hands behind his back. >> ow! >> john: one of the officers steps on his head. you can see police high fiving after the arrest. police have pulled all three officers from field duty and at least one of them now faces battery charges. >>> huge waves snap a cargo ship's anchor off its chain, stranding the vessel offshore. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. chile. the governor of the town west of the capital city of santiago says when the anchor broke off, it left the ship at the mercy of a pounding storm. it wound up stuck on a sandbar few hundred yards from the beach the the chilean navy sent rescuers. nobody hurt. >>> thailand. police

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john? >> i can imagine you could cut the tension there with a meat axe right now. john, we've been working on this timetable, 17 minutes from now. we expect to touchdown. 31 minutes from now, at the earliest, we are expecting some kind of confirmation. but the time scale here is much broader than that. we are talking maybe two hours, maybe eight hours. before we hear anything from curiosity. >> well we will bring in joy, the deputy and the question was, it may be a while, even after it gets on the ground, or will it? before we will hear from them. is it going to come quickly or could this drag out? >> it could drag out, unfortunately. if everything goes as expected, we will hear right way. diabout 10:31 pacific time, we should here. >> one of the reasons why, is earth is setting. yes. >> you can't hear directly from curiosity, correct? so you are going to be signals are going to be relayed back through other orbiters. >> through odyssey, yes. >> that's other orbiting spacecraft, through ody

sadly in 2000, john mccain quit the presidential race today. >> if john mccain was going to be presidentsomething would have to give. [♪] >> hey johnny, what are you rebelling against? >> what do you got? >> from the start john mccain was a rebel. everybody assumed this son of grandson of admirals would be a star at the naval academy. he showed them. >> nobody tells me what to do. >> his career as an aviator was a stuff of legends. and he fought back against the man crashes not once, not two, not three, but four, but five of the navy's finest aircrafts. after ditching his final bird he spent five and a half years in a north vietmanese prison where he stayed sane by decorating and redecorating the rooms of ten different imaginary houses. for his heroism he was awarded a purple heart and hot wife and with inoculation against all future political attacks but mccain bristled under ethics when they brought him up against ethics charges. >> i'm to the king around here and don't forget it. >> johnny had had enough of congress. he was ready to take his place among america's maverick presidents,

john: there were not that many. move on. she also cover the convention with ron paul's success talking about freedom and opportunity. >> unless you are gay. >> at the end of the day we have the right message. john: ron paul delegates tried to nominate their candidate they pledged to represent. the republican rules said you need delegate said matures from five states nevada, maine, alaska and i will but the party changed the rules on the spot to say they need it to from eight to states. >> and changed the rules and did goalpost in the middle of the game and we caught up with him. >> dr. paul congratulations to ignite your supporters passion. they're really fighting. what did you say? >> social encouragement, think you. do your best but no particular. >> they want to keep your message alive. >> some people may brian o.r. support other candidates. they study and read economics. they change careers. i am amazed what they do. john: they have been other passionate rally with thousands of people. you politicians get anywhere near t

john: we are naive may be. hot they are professional politicians. >> we can safely say we can bring the boys home from germany. [laughter] the war is over. [applause] john: rego back to the convention was kennedy with an interview with ron paul. and then, in one blinding blink of an eye, their tree had given its last. but with their raymond james financial advisor, they had prepared for even the unthinkable. and they danced. see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. questions. when you're caring for a loved one with alzheimer's, not a day goes by that you don't have them. questions about treatment where to go for extra help, how to live better with the disease. so many questions, where do you start? alzheimers.gov. the answers start here. wouldn't it be nice if there was an easier, less-expensive option than using a traditional lawyer? well, legalzoom came up with a better way. we took the best of the old and combined it with modern technology. together you get quality services on your terms, with total

is a lot more students being educated. >> john: do you live in a fantasy land? >> per student on financial aid. >> john: today average student gets $12,000 in federal and state aid, up from $7,000 in 1987. >> good morning mr. vice president. >> at least vice president biden understands that subsidies raise prices. >> how do you feel about the idea government subsidies increasing the availability of student loans is partially responsible for rising costs? >> government subsidies have impacted the rising costs. >> john: they advertise lobster dinners and luxury pools. >> pools and spas and fancy gym and sushi for lunch. every college, why do you spend so much money on this. they say we have to compete with the college down the street. >> terrific climbing tower, 42 feet with a variety of lights on it so we can simulate different times of the day. >> so the administrator says i'll build a new rock wall. i'll show you. more than 600 colleges have rock walls. >> what is important to a leisure resort and any red blooded american student, spring break. give them they s

john this is a hugely important argument now over the economy. mitt romney cannot just go out there and say economic conditions are inadequate, which is clearly true. he has to make the sale that his plan is better. and this is an attempt, finally, to do it. he is talking about the middle class, which is always very important for republicans. he is honing it down to five key points, and it is, basically, the reagan approach, proven to have worked in the past. get these burdens off of the private sector to the extent you can. >>> mort? >> one of the first things bill clinton did as president was part of that through raising taxes and i'm totally in favor of that. however he also had an extraordinary understanding of macroeconomics. i was working for him at that time. he was a genius in terms of his understanding. >> romney? > >> no, e's talking about bill clinton. >> this president doesn't know anything about that. it is amazing. i can say that because i have had personal contact with him. the unemployment numbers have gotten worse, now 40 odd wee

right, john. it certainly looks like the ryan/romney campaign could be changing its strategy already. last week, paul ryan himself said, and campaign aides confirmed, that the initial plan was for the two men to split up, more often than not, in the few weeks leading up to the republican national convention in tampa. but now, mitt romney and paul ryan are already scheduled to reunite for a campaign stop in the manchester area of new hampshire and the campaign has left open the possibility of more stops together, later in the week. early reports are those stops could be in the midwest. new hampshire was the place where romney originally was supposed to make the announcement of the pick for vice president they'd planned to do it last friday, but that got postponed until saturday, because of a memorial service for the victims of the sikh temple shooting in ryan's home district. so why the change? ryan and romney certainly work well together. i saw them campaign as a team in the primaries, just a bit,

john? >> john: steve harrigan for us tonight in turkey. thanks.s violating the 1979 peace treaty between the country by deploying tankses in the demilitarizeed sinai desert. egypt is arming up after the murder of 16 seasonals by islamic militants this month. israel has supported the moves. but says tank deployment should have been coordinated. white house is denying a published report that secretary of state hillary clinton pushed president obama in to green lighting the mission that killed usama bin laden. we reported earlier that author richard menitor says the president canceled the raid three times before approving it. today, national security council spokesman called both allegations completely made up. wrong. trying to get the recipe for president obama's beer. that is next in grapevine. solyndra may have been a dark experience for taxpayers but there is one little ray of sunshine in the art world. [ engine idling ] [ engine revs, tires squeal ] [ male announcer ] more power. more style. more technology. less doors. the 2012 c-coupe. join me

you are asking me about john today. i'm going back to the time where you first go to bed with him. >> not graphic detail. >> i don't tell the detail of the bed hopping. you do. >> then why does the media make everything soy is lashs? >> you make it like that. you put it in your book. >> it's the way it's told. it's your spin on it. >> i am not spinning it. i read it before the break. you said it was the best sex you ever had. >> i did not say that. >> it was or wasn't it? >> walked right into that, didn't i? >> you made no secret of it? >> you think men cheat for bad sex? >> i never thought about that. some must be and be bitterly disappointed. >> perhaps. >> the book, whether you like it or not, the problem is you opened yourself up a lot in the book i think to criticism. there is no doubt about it. >> i have. >> the main criticisms come from the way you describe elizabeth. you use phrases about her. venomous, crazy, witch on wheels. >> i did not say witch on wheels. that was not about elizabeth. this was taken out of

kerry, john edwards and me. i receive a call from jim kennedy who had been with me for 17 years and was working on the gore campaign and said he heard from a reliable source and he was sorry to have to tell the story they had chosen john edwards. my whole family was in the house waiting to hear and we he pulled out a bottle of wine and said what a country, i came this far. it is amazing. i went to bed. the alarm goes off 5 of 7:00 and i hit the remote and it goes on to the local station and the woman is saying now let me repeat that very exciting store arery, the ap reports that vice president gore has chosen our own senator joe lieberman as his vice presidential running mate. so i said did you hear that? what. i say they say al chose me. i always like to say she said why? [ laughter ] >> she actually said what! >> so all hell broke -- >> sean: why didn't gore call you? wouldn't that be the normal protocol? >> to this day i don't know. are it was bed lamb. there were like 15 stat light tv trucks outside the hous

you're asking me about john today. asking about the time you first went to bed with him. which you tell in graphic detail. >> i don't tell the detail of the bed hopping, you do. >> you're naming it -- why don't the media make everything so salacious? >> because you put salacious material in your book. >> it is not salacious. >> i'm not spinning it. i just read before with a break, what you write about, this incredible night of your life, it was the best sex you ever had. >> i did not say that. >> was it or wasn't it? >> oh, my god, walked right into that. >> you have made no secret of it being the best sex in your life? >> do you really think men cheat for bad sex? >> i never really thought about it like that? >> some must be bitterly disappointed. >> perhaps. >> the book, i mean whether you like it or not, the problem is, you have opened yourself up a lot in the book, i think so criticisms, i mean there's no doubt about that. >> i have. >> and the main criticism has come from the way you describe elizabeth. and you us