hi, leyland. >> hi, ainsley. christmas from bet them, the weather here, awful, cold, rainy and could not keep people inside. behind me at church of the nativity thousands are going through to be inside the grotto where the bible says jesus was born and see it with their own eyes and we have a lot of people here yesterday for christmas eve. and a calm in bethlehem is unlike any other. >> with a drum corps in the lead and bagpipers marching along, thousands of palestinian boy scouts took the ancient road into bethlehem to mark the beginning of christmas. with night fall, it's become a very cold rain and nothing to dampen the christmas kaurls and street vendors out here a lot of them selling tea, and great palestinian sweet corn, a delicacy and needed to keep you going through midnight. and in a muslim country, it's fantastic. and everyone is friendly, warm. >> and entrance into midnight mass is tightly controlled and you have to have a ticket and you only get those in a lottery so there's a lot of tourists who are

guys. >> clayton: thanks, ainsley.atters a source of fact checking for media everythings in. and since then the girl scouts decided to drop the reference in the reprinting claiming it has nothing to do with our report. the decision to make changes to the juron ahandbook, prior to any media coverage on this matter. >> mike: our next guest says it's the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the girl scouts and liberal bias. sidney, welcome to the program. former girl scout and co-editor of speak now, girl scout. how old are you now, kidney? >> i'm 16. >> mike: and you joined when you were eight? >> i joined when i was seven and then i quit last year. >> mike: and why did you quit? >> i quit because i learned that even though girl scouts promises to be neutral, they're really not. as you can see through the women and materials that they promote. they have much more of a left ward leaning. >> mike: we mentioned the media matters issue that you certainly recognize at your young age, but also, there seems to be a link between

ainsley? >> ainsley: thank you.rs between iraq and afghanistan and he was never shot. >> kelly: that's right. but here at home, during a deal gone bad, he was shot three times, only surviving by plugging his bullet wounds with his own fingers. fortunately, there was a witness who called 911. >> kelly: wow. here to tell his story is lieutenant colonel carl and his fiance, tanya. we thank you both for joining us today. and colonel, this was an amazing, incredible story of heroism, courage under fire, but here on the streets of america. what went wrong and how did you do something about it? >> well, it was a business transaction basically from craigslist, which i'm realizing is quite dangerous, and it was for my fiance. i told her she couldn't do it, that i would take care of this. these gentlemen were expecting her to show up, didn't know i was coming. and when i showed up, they were a little surprised and i thought it was a nice meeting, we were conducting business, and as i showed them a gold necklace, once guy pick

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and ainsley earnhardt with a story of homecoming of a true american hero. that and much more straight ahead. is a and that's pretty cool. ♪ >> sean: welcome back. the holidays are a time when we realize how important family, friends and community are to our lives. one man who knows more than anyone else this year is army sergeant joel tivara. our own ainsley earnhardt traveled to florida to get this amazing, amazing story. >> the early morning of march 12, 2008. started out than any other in southern iraq. two days away from returning home to the states, sergeant joel tavera volunteered to join other soldiers in pulling last-minute guard duty. >> about 300-meters in front of me was a vehicle that started tavara and the other army soldier were riding in when it was hit by a rocket. the vehicle exploded, spun around and by the time i got up there, tavare was next to the vehicle. >> captain lombardo pulled joel away from the wreckage. >> he was engulfed in flames from the explosion. he was making noises so i knew he was alive. >> reporter: but just barely. >>

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ainsley? >> thank you, clayton. after failing to get the 10,000 signatures required to make it on that virginia primary ballot, is it time now for rick perry to call it quits? our washington insiders are here now for a fair and balanced debate. former campaign manager for governor michael dukakis is susan and supporter of governor rick perry's presidential campaign is matt keland. thanks so much for being with us, guys. i'll start with you, does rick perry need to get out of the race? >> absolutely not. it's preposterous to think that. if you look back to where bill clinton was at this point, a lot of people probably thought that but he worked hard and never gave up and ended up being elected twice as the president of the united states. look, the virginia ballot thing, if it disqualified everybody, only paul and romney would be left in the race. the state will be looked at very closely. you may see them put somebody back on the ballot. >> let me show you the latest polls. american research gro

if lawmakers can't agree on a federal budget, they are still working to avoid t as ainsley earhart shows us, money to fund the federal government runs out tomorrow night at midnight. >> we worked very hard. we are close to an agreement on every single issue and i just hope that we can work this out and get our bill passed. >> reporter: while they have different views, both democrats and republicans are working to avoid a partial government shutdown actually temporary bill keeping agencies open expires on saturday. >> we all ought to able to work together to bring this thing for a proper conclusion. >> if we have a reasonable agreement with the republicans on funding the government, we should seize that opportunity and do it and not hold opportunity. >> reporter: congressional leaders are struggling to clear three year-end bills. woo one would extend payroll tax cuts and social security for the unemployed. another ass a $1 trillion spending measure and the third a defense bill. some suggest that harry reid is holding up the progress. >> the american people want us to come here and do our

. ♪ >> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.gh-ranking japanese official saying his country, the u.s. and south korea considering high-level talks now on the situation in north korea. the death of dictator kim jong il raising many concerns. no date is set for those talks. jaopinion's chief cabinet secretary saying they would be held as soon as possible and his government is exchanging information with china on the north korean issue. a blizzard hitting parts of the great plains, blamed for at least two deaths. roads turning to ice and zero visibility making travel in four states very dangerous. the heavy snow and high winds closing highways. two deaths happening when a van flipped over in colorado. forecasters expecting 8 to 16 inches of snow before that storm ends sometime on tuesday. i'm ainsley earhardt. we now return to "on the record" with gret a. for the latest headlines, go to foxnews.com. o . >> greta: big win for newt gingrich. he won the nationwide tea party straw poll. 31% of the votes, back bachmann came in 28%. romn

i'm ainsley earnhardt.a: rush limbaugh always has something brewing and tonight he tells us about the brewing business. tea. another topic, the entrepreneurship. tea. a new program with it. we talk about this before. this tea. >> my wife and i kathryn, when the tea party created it, you know, you need to have your own tea. i do radio. i do it very well. we talked about it. and she said well, you know, all the time, talking about how tough is it for small business under obama. why don't we do it and find out? so it became a multipurpose venture. obviously, we hope it makes a profit. obviously, we are hoping it becomes successful business. but it has been eye-opening experience to put a food product on the market. you go through modality and lawyers and people to hire. it's profound education for us. this is the best -- this is blueberry flavor. if i uncapped the cap and you smelled it you'd think it was blueberry muffin batter. it is just, it is delicious. we did something funny. we ran a contest. sweeps sta

in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. >>> now to the latest on the penn state scandal.ity administrators will be in court on friday for their pretrial hearings on charges of court perjury and failure to report under the child protective services laws. yesterday, sandusky's attorney called the jury report deeply flawed and suggested people call quote 1-# hundred reality. turns out that number is for a gay sex phone service. -- he suggested people call, quote, 1-800-reality. >>> as we go to break. we want to give you a holiday grating from membersen our -- greeting from members of our military. >> my name is sarah lowry. i'm from st. mary's county, maryland currently deployed to guam. i would like to say hi to my mama and daddy back home. happy holidays. i miss you guys. see you soon. ♪ [ female announcer ] this time of year you have a lot of festive meals. and safeway helps make every holiday meal a special occasion. so you can make all of your gatherings, just as merry as can be. get a boneless beef loin ny strip roast for just $5.99 a pound. plus save on gift card mult

i'm ainsley earhardt. "on the record" with greta. .com. [ yelling ] [bleep] >> greta: you are looking at new video of occupy protest turning violent in seattle, washington. you can see police using pepper spray on protesters. they used the flash bang grenades to disburse them. they were blocking the entrance to port of seattle. protest is part of a national effort to disrupt the west coast port traffic. police arrested 100 people who stopped traffic near the port. stay tuned to fox news channel for the latest on the developing story. and what do you think about this idea? the honor system at the border between the united states and mexico. a new border crossing but no u.s. agentsm people are simply to scan their documents and enter the united states through a national park. new federal proposal would create unmanned border entry. the closest custom officer to the entry point is 100 miles away. what do you think of this idea? nathan thornberg from "time" magazine joins us by skype. tell me more about how th

i'm ainsley earhardt, back to "on the record" with gret a. for watching. >> former speaker of the house, newt is launching a revolt against the judicial branch, saying that judges who made radical rulings should be removed by congress. he is causing alarm evens within his own party. what would that do to the government's balance of power? a former judge is here. she has written a book called patriot acts, what americans must do to save the republic. i should add that we both were colleagues at cnn and we just missed each other here at fox news. nice to see you. >> great to see you, greta. >> greta: tell me, what do you think about speaker gingrich's -- some are calling it an assault on the judiciary? >> we shouldn't even be having a conversation, we should condemn this sort of conversation. this country's based on the rule of law as a founding principle. when he is attacking the third branch of government, this is more than an ideological debate, he is attacking the foundations of of the constitutional republic. >> greta: one of the interesti

i'm ainsley earhardt. now back to "on the record" with greta.dline, go to foxnews.com. thanks for watching. g. >> did jon corzine lie? former mf global worker said former new jersey governor jon corzine and others led them. a polite way to say lie and lure them into put being their savings into a company stock, a company in deep trouble. now two are suing the executives. jason joins us. good evening, sir. >> good evening to you. >> you represent two employees, at least right now, and you expect to expand it to more employees. what is their claim? >> right. we are going to try to represent a class of 3,000 employees of mf global in the united states and abroad, and the claim is that jon corzine and the board of directors breached their fiduciary duties to these employees. they encouraged them to put their retirement savings, and most of their pay, in company stock. he misled them about the financial condition of the company, blew up the company with a $6 billion risky bet on european sovereign debt, now our retirement savings, is up in smoke. >>

ainsley earhart has more. >> reporter: the so-called morning after pill can prevent pregnancy for taken soon enough after unprotected sex. if you can prove you're over 17, can it without a prescription. the food and drug administration was ready to let it be sold on drugstore shelves to just anyone. health and human services secretary kathleen sebelius overruled the agency. she says she is concerned very young girls couldn't properly understand how to use it without guidance from an adult. new york presbyterian hospital's dr. kathleen london says the evidence there is to allow the drug to be sold to everyone. >> the world health organization says it is safe. american acandidate miff pediatric -- academy of pediatrics, they're all aware of it. mark siegel says this drug needs to be monitored by a medical professional. >> i'm very nervous about young women under the age of 17 going to a pharmacy, taking this and having no doctor in the loop. and if there is a side effect, bleeding, blood clots, et cetera, i won't know about it. >> reporter: in 2006, the fda allowed the pill to be sold wit

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in new york, ainsley earhart, fox news. >>> the national transportation safety board wants drivers to put down the cell phones and other electronic gadgets when behind the wheel. it is recommending that states ban drivers from using such devices except in emergencies. the new push is only a recommendation from the ntsb t would -- it would be up to state lawmakers and the city council to ban cell phones altogether. >>> california representative darryl issa has sent a letter to the interior secretary pushing for the national park service to enforce the no camping rule at mcpherson square. >>> in sports, yagr returned to the verizon center for the first time in four years but this time as a flyer. this one was all philadelphia. they blasted the caps 5-1. they are now 3-4 under coach dale hunter. >>> plenty ahead, weather and traffic and all your top stories. fox 5 morning news at 4:30 starts now. >>> good wednesday morning to you, december 14, 2011. just a couple of days away from christmas. i can hardly wait. taking a look there from our tower cam and the national cathedral in the dista

i'm ainsley earhardt.ave been rescued following a collapse at the lucky friday mine in mullan, idaho. no word yet on their conditions or if anyone else is trapped under the rock at this point. the luck i friday mine is in idaho, 500 miles north of boise. this is the same mine where a man was killed during an accident in november. and another man was killed during a collapse in april. i believe we do not -- we thought we had a reporter on the scene. >> we are being told there is a press conference going on, so the local reporter for our fox affiliate is listening it that. if we learn more, we will bring that to you. six miners have been rescued following a mine collapse at the lucky friday mine in mullan, idaho. rescue teams are still on the scene. for now, we will return to "on the record" with greta. thanks for watching. back to greta. >> greta: rush limbaugh always has something brewing and tonight he tells us about the brewing business. tea. another topic, the entrepreneurship. tea. a new program with i

i'm ainsley earhardt. to greta. >> greta: donald trump different his debate burr could he turn the presidential election upside-down. it shows that trump is a big spoiler potential. if he decides to run as an independent it puts it to the test against mitt romney and donald trump, he scored the highest. what would a trump run mean. editor rick cline joins us. we know what happened in 1992 when we had a ross perot as a spoiler. if donald trump would take 19%, romney 31 if he were the other candidate. undecided is 19%? >> anyone that gets in the field will play the spoiler. all the pieces are in place for a third party candidacy to take off. you have different parties, you have people hating institutions across the board. the only evidence that they can do something if it takes away from one candidate or the other. you likely to see if trump gets in you you are playing the spoiler like ross perot. >> perot had 19% and senator bush, trump is at 19. if huntsman decides to run as an independent, he is 11%. paul

>> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.tary threatening to disrupt the world's most vital transport waterway. the iranian navy is preparing for war games in the persian gulf. one government official reveals the maneuvers are aimed at practicing how to seal off the strait. the pentagon says it has no informs on the exercise, but word sent oil price up $3 a barrel on tuesday. the national transportation safety board is calling for a ban on texting, emailing or using a cell phone while driving. the agency can't impose such restrictions, but is urging all states to do so, including hands-free devices. it's illegal to text while driving in 35 states and the district of columbia and nine states and d.c. ban using hand-held cell phones. back to "on the record" with greta. for your headlines, check out our web site. n half of them called big spenders and must be stopped. balance amendment comes up and put a straight jacket on the addiction to spending. we spoke with senator half a short time ago. >> nice to see i, greta. >> last au

city workers are draining that tank but it will take a day and a half to get it empty i'm angerly ainsleyta: and orin half of them called big spenders and must be stopped. balance amendment comes up and put a straight jacket on the addiction to spending. we spoke with senator half a short time ago. >> nice to see i, greta. >> last august everyone agreed in the house and senate, and a balanced vote tomorrow. tomorrow you're going to get junior vote. >> we'll have two votes, hatch and lee, four other republicans, all 47 republicans for the first time have signed on to the amendment. it's a tough amendment. then we're going to what the democrats, its joke. >> greta: why? >> what they are doing they are putting something they can say they voted for a balanced budget amendment. it doesn't balance it at all. there is no mechanism to balance it. >> greta: do the democrats have any appetite for a balanced budget? >> they don't have an appetite. they can't subsist without spending your money. that is the way they keep themselves in power. they claim and take your money and taxpayer's money and the

. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt. u.s.ary sources confirming a high-tech air force surveillance drone is now in iranian hands. the unmanned drone, similar to this one, went missing along afghanistan's western border last thursday. there is no evidence that it was shot down. concerns are the drone could provide the iranians with stealth technology. the centinal rq 170 drone flew support in the may raid in pakistan, which took out osama bin laden. the postal service announcing it is going to slow things down in the spring to avoid bankruptcy. first-class mail could take two to three days to be delivered. 350 processing centers will be closed and 28,000 jobs will be eliminated. the major cutbacks in service are expected to save $3 billion. congress will be asked for permission to end saturday delivery. >> description of the justice's department of fast and furious. governor grassley said you always have somebody covering up for somebody else. they finally admit they provided congress with inaccurate information about gun runn

. >> from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt. 8 u.s.officer, charged in the suicide death of one of their comrades. the army announcing the charges on wednesday, saying that private daniel chen was the victim of illegal hazing. the 19-year-old's family said fellow soldiers teased him about his chinese name, dragged him across the floor and pelted him with stones. pentagon officials say hazing is not tolerated. the federal government issuing new guidelines for federal pilots, demanding that they get a minimum of 10 hours between shifts and have the opportunity to sleep 8 hours between the rest period. this is three years after a regional airliner went down near buffalo. an ntsb investigation found the pilots were probably fatigued. the new rules must be richelemented within the next two years. back to "on the record." thanks for watching fox. >> former speaker of the house, newt is launching a revolt against the judicial branch, saying that judges who made radical rulings should be removed by congress. he is causing alarm evens within hi

from america's news headquarters, i'm ainsley earhardt.andy babbit resigning after his arrest on drunk driving charges. according to police, the former airline captain and aviation safety expert was driving on the wrong side of the wrood when he was stopped on saturday. he was charged after failing a field sobriety test n. a statement, he said he didn't want anything to cast a shadow on the work being done by the faa. the reverend billy graham was released from the hospital after recovering from numoaniasm the 93-year-old evangelist spent six days in the hospital. he responded well to antibiotics and physical they therapy. he said he is grateful for the thoughts and prayers around the world. he was treated for the same infection back in may. for all of your headlines, go to foxnews.com. thanks f watching. sentencing. now back to greta. >> once again, here's donald trump. >> were you always disappoint the with president obama or when he was first expected did you have a different expectation? well, when he got elected i felt one thing for s

ainsley earhardt is with us on this story.an't make it up. >> especially -- when you meet him and see him in the story, you are going to understand why. joel is a phenomenal man he is a soldier. we are so proud of him. as you sit around the holiday table. this is a man we need to be for. thank you for his service. this guy has gone through so much. hit by these rockets and attacked in iraq just a few days before he was supposed come back to measure. there is organizations building homes for heros. they have said their thanks to joel in a true hero's homecoming. >> from the door of the hospital joel and his parents met by a caravan of police officers. fire trucks. military vehicles and veterans bagpipers escort him through the new neighborhood more than a thousand members of a community are waiting. >> there is no finer example of courage and commitment and selfless service and dedication. >> asking gated community and i would like to have a therapy pool in the backyard. >> from the first scoop of dirt to the last coat of paint

. >> ainsley: rick will be live from the big ball in times square on "fox & friends" as well. so you'll have to watch this weekend. have a great day. >> clayton: happy new year. gregg: it is crunch time in iowa. republican presidential candidates in the hawkeye state are on a big campaign blitz today. it is their last chance to win over the hearts and minds of iowa voters just ahead of the nation's first test this election season. take a look at this. the latest poll though 20 3% of unsided voters leaning toward mitt romney. i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer in "america's newsroom". >> i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum gregg: mitt romney is hitting the campaign trail with new jersey governor chris christie. if romney downplayed his chances before he is not doing that today. >> sure i want to win iowa. everybody wants to win iowa. i want to make sure your vote backing me makes me the nominee. gregg:. steven mace hayes, joins us live. fox news contributor. with "the weekly standard.". is this strong organization here in iowa because he has remnants from the 2008 ca

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