(laughter) until next week when we see the headline ""u.s.a. today" graphics department commits suicide." (laughter and applause) sad. sad. sad. (applause) folks, mitt romney has been dogged all week by his handling of the libya crisis. but yesterday the romney people shifted gears to change the game. >> there is a push by the romney campaign to refocus, to somehow reset. they want to really change the focus. >> stephen: well, i'm happy to say that by last night no one was focused on libya anymore. (applause) >> mitt romney is in damage control after a magazine revealed a secret video showing him making some controversial comments about americans. >> it's now raising tough new questions for his presidential campaign. >> this tape has shaken the romney campaign to say the least. >> stephen: shaken to say the least. vomiting blood to say the most. (laughter) but still no libya. (applause) okay, that's a victory. now, folks, here's what happened. way back in may mitt spoke at a $50,000 a plate fund-raiser at the boca raton home of private equity ma

is there anything the u.s.a. can do about it? we will have a special report. >> bill o'reilly, does he have the style he needs. >> you are putting me on o'reilly? he he doesn't like stuff like this. girls like us. >> he sent me here. >> o'reilly? i don't think so. >> bill: in the face of a dismal economy, new york city throws a big fashion week exposition. was it over the top? jesse watters will tell us. >> do you eat at all? what do you feed yourself with? >> nothing. >> stewart is back. it's inexplicable but he is here. you are back on the factor. >> hi, john, great to see you. >> bill: what? you want me to be a phony? >> bill: big announcement about me your humble correspondent and my pal jon stewart. we will be doing something that may effect the presidential election. >> you love me because you know we are the same people. hmmmm. >> caution, you where to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. ♪ >> hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. do most american voters really understand what's at stake in

ahh, made in the u.s.a. are there any sweeter words? >> jennifer: i suppose ending poverty as we know it would give those words a run for their money and then again the two phrases are not mutually exclusive. we're going to talk about that 1c >> there's no hope for the industry. there's no industry moving in and then no jobs at the end of the training program. because of the cutback demands on our federal budget in washington, the war in vietnam. even these training programs are being cut back. people are being cut off. they have no place to turn. so they're desperate and filled with despair. seems to me that this country is wealthy. wealthy as we are this is an intolerable condition. >> jennifer: that was senator robert f. kennedy from his historic poverty tour of 1968. sadly, those same words could be spoken today. in 1968, america was at war in vietnam, of course, today we're fighting in afghanistan. 37% of school children in 1968 received free or reduced lunches. today, 56% do. the percentage of americans living in poverty in 1968 wa

today. [ laughter ] >> jon: the folks at u.s.a. issue with colbert's criticism and at the top of thursday's lighted section they proved him wrong. should the late night comic be the top news story, they have a blue circle rea

today. [ laughter ] >> jon: the folks at u.s.a. ue with colbert's criticism and at the top of thursday's lighted section they proved him wrong. should the late night comic be the top news story, they have a blue circle ready to go. that is wrap on news watch this week. thanks to our panel.

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and there is little the u.s.a. can do about it. today the head of the house intelligence committee said that everybody in cairo knew trouble was brewing before our embassy was attacked. there was no information that there was going to be more than a demonstration that particular day. >> it was 9/11 and it was just a crazy anti-muslim video put out in america and the egyptian government knew it everybody knows the demonstrations can easily spiral out of control. the egyptian government knew that and did little to protect the embassy. if mubarak would have still been in power there would have been soldiers all around the embassy. now, if you watched the factor last night factor keith he will sin himself a muslim was asking for evidence that the egyptian government was derelict. there it is. when you have a mass demonstration in the middle east, anywhere in the middle east, in front of the american embassy, you put soldiers there. everybody knows that. in libya, the situation is different. the assassination of christopher stevens and t

but, after the fact, after the attack on the embassy, i believe the u.s.a. ould be much stronger than what president obama said from the white house. >> today we mourn four more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake. justice will be done. >> bill: but what kind of justice, mr. president. the libyan government's chaotic. no central authority there. what will you do with the egyptian government? we are giving it $1.5 billion a year. for what? so our embassy can be

today. [ laughter ] >> jon: the folks at u.s.a. h colbert's criticism and at the top of thursday's lighted section they proved him wrong. should the late night comic be the top news story, they have a blue circle ready to go.

but, after the fact, after the attack on the embassy, i believe the u.s.a. ld be much stronger than what president obama said from the white house. >> today we mourn four more americans who represent the very best of the united states of america. we will not waiver in our commitment to see that justice is done for this terrible act and make no mistake. justice will be done. >> bill: but what kind of justice, mr. president. the libyan government's chaotic. no central authority there. what will you do with the egyptian government? we are giving it $1.5 billion a year. for what? so our embassy can be attacked? they could have stopped it on february 6th, 2011, i discussed the militant situation in egypt with mr. obama. >> the muslim brotherhood grave concern to a lot of people are they a threat to the u.s.a.? >> i think that the muslim brotherhood is one faction in ejingt. they don't have majority support in egypt. but they are well-organized and there are strains of their ideology that are anti-u.s. what i want is a representative government in egypt and i have

hercules gomez scored the only goal. u.s.a. wins. next world cup qualifier october 12th. >>> the bakersfield common doors are coming down with bieb ber fever. they offered the pop star a one year contract. bieber's canadian so he's got to be good at hockey, sfliet with the looming nhl lookout, bieber on ice could be the best hockey you'll see all winter. that's your ermly look at sports all day. i'm fred rowing again. >>> jessica simpson's odd new commercial and a funny man takes on a very serious role. your early morning entertainment headlines are straight ahead. plus, one indiana man's annual tradition paying tribute to the victims of 9/11. you're watching "early today." >>> welcome back to "early today." i mentioned some of those temperatures warmer this morning. 63 degrees instead of 50 degrees. by this afternoon, check that out, 68 in minneapolis. temperatures have been quite a bit warmer earlier this week. cooldown. denver showing up with showers and thunderstorms. once you get into south florida some of the better chances. i d

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. >> the "u.s.a. today," a big blue dot now. they're good but not as accurate as i am. it's still on the back page of the main section. let's get you going with a look at the bus stop forecast on this friday morning. bus stop forecast, this weather has been great. it's endured this week but it's going to change too early next week. partly cloudy, patchy fog, 50s and 60s. we have the sunrise not until 6:49. as far as today, a mix of clouds and sunshine. mid-60s at 9:00. mid- to upper 70s though for lunch. it's been a great week to have lunch outside today. we'll keep that streak going. by 5:00, 81 after topping out 3:30, 4:00 p.m. at about 83 or so. average high is 80. fog a bit of an issue. frederick visibility a half mile. we're holding to a mile in warrenton but in the southern maryland area around leonardtown, we've come up from zero to half mile and still about a quarter mile at the tappahannock airport there down in virginia. got a little bit of fog to deal with. temperatures in the 50s in most areas this morning although when you head toward d.c., 64. but 54 laurel

mitt, the nominee was on the front page of all the papers like the "u.s.a. today". we deserve better. and of course-- and of course rupert murdoch's conservative "new york post" had him splashed across the lower right 16th edge in what many called the snooki corner. the rest of the page, of course, was dedicated to a more dynamic speaker, an empty chair. (laughter) you see-- you see, folks, the deal is that all week there have been rumors that thursday night would feature a surprise. >> inside the building a new question swirling over one person slated to speak here at the rnc on thursday night. who will it be? it is a mystery speaker. (laughter) given a high profile spot in the schedule, trace gallagher, who could it be? (laughter) >> stephen: yes-- yes, like, like fox news anchors, i believe that this means something good is coming. (laughter) yes, yes, oh, oh, oh, oh, happy anniversary, darling. (laughter) i got you a surprise. here, it's a this psatry i made for you, it's got a mystery filling. so good! now-- yes. who could, who could the mystery speaker be? was

it's manufacturing in america, made in the u.s.a. he doesn't care.has spent a good part of his life offshoring, working with companies and his hedge fund to ship jobs overseas. he doesn't care if jobs go overseas. he's helped send jobs overseas. >> woodruff: congressman ryan, how do you see this question of what governor romney says about what actually happened? >> well, he was on the wrong side. he got caught. he was in a republican primary. he's trying to appease the tea party. his life has been based on these kind of decision of not caring. and it took action by the government, and he's representing a very antigovernment wing of the party, which is an extreme wing, and when you look at the families that are there working, the tax base that's now established in ohio, it's not a coincidence. for john kasich to address the nation and not even mention the auto bailout shows how politicized this has actually become. >> ifill: one of the stories that came out of tampa last week was the constant conversation about what the president had not done. even on