alisyn? alisyn: dan, maybe you can confirm, police are saying that the parents are not suspects. are there any leads? >> reporter: that's right. we can confirm that and the police had a news conference yesterday in the afternoon several hours before the body was discovered and they cleared the parents essentially. they said they are not suspects and that they are believing that this was an abduction. now far as leads, we can say jessica's backpack was found and a water bottle found in a neighborhood on a sidewalk six miles away from her house. the cops are also looking at possible link to an abduction in cody, wyoming, several hundred miles away. that happened on monday. a 11-year-old girl was lure understood a man's suv. he asked for help from the girl and the girl's friend, to find his dog. they're also might be connection to a guy who was in the area last month trying to lure kids into his car by offering them candy. cops have a lot of different leads they're looking into. they still don't

alisyn: all right. much for that background, trace. >>> just ahead, we have breaking news on the shooting of a border agent in arizona. >>> plus, breaking details in the benghazi consulate attack investigation. there are new documents that detail security warnings from the consulate staff, apparently ignored by washington. former secretary of defense donald rumsfeld joins us straight ahead. customer erin swenson bought from us online today. so, i'm happy. sales go up... i'm happy. it went out today... i'm happy. what if she's not home? (together) she won't be happy. use ups! she can get a text alert, reroute... even reschedule her package. it's ups my choice. are you happy? i'm happy. i'm happy. i'm hi'm happy. i'm happy. i'm happy. happy. happy. happy. happy. (together) happy. i love logistics. "what do you want from a medicare plan?" i just want a company that helps me get the most out of my healthcare. i want it to be simple. one plan. one card to carry. i want lower copays... and i want my drugs cov

>> alisyn: shot out of a cannon!.er the place. >> clayton: with catapults. dangerous. >> dave: have to do that later today. meanwhile, an interesting situation out there in los angeles, you know, california dotted with sanctuary cities. mayor antonio villaraigosa, high school an interesting program he wants to provide i.d.'s that double as atm cards for people regardless of their immigration status which could open the door to illegals being in a sense-- >> he says no way, nothing to do with illegals. but of course, if you don't have to answer what your immigration status is that could open the door for that. he says it's to help the poor and elderly in the communities who don't drive, don't have access to i.d. cards and therefore can't open accounts, have to carry cash and can't borrow library books and integrate them into the community. >> alisyn: it helps the police, if they're carrying a photo i.d. with their address and if somebody reports a crime, you know the address they've reportedly given and have a way of w

alisyn: alisyn: edge of your seat time. thank you so much. keep it right here the vice presidental debate this thursday night. the one and only chance for the running mates to go to toe-to-toe. we'll have live coverage and analysis before and after. "america live" comes live from kentucky on thursday on friday. megyn kelly and bret baier will bring you the debate itself and analysis afterwards beginning at 8:55pm eastern time. set your alarms. new developments in the nation-wide meningitis outbreak. thousands may be affected, and some may not even know it yet. the race to find thousands of people who could be at risk. plus, after president obama signed the healthcare overhaul into law it's own supporters admitted they did not fully know what was in it. now businesses are finding out and one u.s. company with more than 150,000 employees is considering cutting workers' hours just to cope. >> we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. >> one agent secured ambassador stevens and shaun smi

alisyn, peter. >> alisyn: thanks, clayton.ers allegedly intried to intimidate at the polls and now navy seals will show up. >> peter: and ben brink, get out the vet. navy captain, the dead always vote democrat. >> hi, peter. >> peter: tell us what your plan is, how you're going to be bringing veterans and navy seals to ensure that over vote is counted properly and that the people who should vote are voting? >> well, first of all, the special operations people, not just seals, and they're retired and former, let's make sure everyone understands this, are part of a larger program to monitor polls, provide poll workers, which as you probably know, there are fewer of today than there were a couple of decades ago when that was still done by the greatest generation and silent generation people now getting too old to do it. but the plan for the special operators is that in areas where we've seen voter intimidation in the past, we felt that those folks would be particularly good at observing, reporting, taking videos and being invisib

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alisyn: thank you so much. let's go to jay carney os it h.s bin a atntm the intelligence community was the same as i had at that point. as time went on additional information became available. clearly we know more today than we did on the sunday after the attack. d ima besss meswa avble' cnu coting with you. the point we have made all along, initial assessmen in the immedte aftermath of the attack ieni weadd as a gnmwi ss twa t da ohat ambassador rice said, what i said and what others sai it was what we knew based on the limited facts we had available to us at that time. ambassador rice clear said sunday these werena ctntgewe laatim th wer conclusions of the intelligence community for the entireovernment. i made clear repeatedly when i have been here on the road talking about this that no one ise ierd iin whap igh at pdef un ths he directed his secretary of state the day after the attack to take the actions she did to set up the accountability review board to assess the security posture in benghazi and ehe. vea

and that's never good alisyn.y didn't enjoy those testy exchanges or when either candidate was appealing to the moderator for more time. and the reason was they felt the candidates were wasting precious time that could have been spent more productively talking to them and trying to convince them in terms of why they should vote for either one of them. they felt like it wasn't a good use of their time and they came away feeling like they still need to know more and there is only two weeks left to go before they have to vote. >> margie. >> j i mean, if anything. they thought the candidates were really talking to each other rather than talking to them. >> and that's not good. i mean, because when i hear you both saying and alex, maybe you can just expound on this. is that these are women moms who just want more more information. >> they do. that's exactly right. what we have been hearing from these moms, even since the summer is that they need more details. they want to understand how is either candidate going to mak

i'm alisyn camerota.ho is to blame for not beefing it up. >> matters of security personnel are appropriately discussed and decided upon at the state department by those responsible for it. >> is the white house playing the game blame within their own administration? we report, you decide. >> and after a heated debate between the two vice presidential candidates, there is only one question that still remains what was so. >> in spite of their opposition. >> governor huckabee knows. he is here weigh in. >> must have been like a clown off camera. didn't see, right? >> they fight for our freedom but finding work after war is not easy. that's why one fire department is making it their mission to hire only veterans. unbelievable story as "fox & friends" hour 3 starts right now. ♪ gobletion xz thages to be toolings -- good morning. everybody. thanks for tuning. in awkward thing smiling. [ laughter ] >> when he smiled i kept getting angrier. >> he knew he was going to be on a split screen. that's the thing he knew

. >> good morning, alisyn.o have you. >> i have got to tell you i'm fed up by this latest move. >> you are fed up and fired up. let's explain the back story here. this past week federal -- i'm sorry the department of justice as we said paid $165 million for this thomas prison in illinois. now, what the governor of illinois, pat quinn has said if this will bring 1100 jobs to illinois it will help with illinois' budget whoas what do you think are going on here. >> our soldiers are fighting and dying in afghanistan and they are doing that to keep the terrorists away from our shores. they are doing it, you know, under extreme conditions, under insane rules of engagement that afford all of the advantages to the terrorists on this battlefield. and they are doing that to keep the tastes away from us. president obama has has promised to gitmo and this is his way to do it. >> signed and order to clear the way for thompson prison to be bought and used for transfer of gitmo prisoners to illinois. but since then the admini

i'm alisyn camerota. we begin with an extreme weather center for you. it's called the nor'easter on steroids. a once in 100 year storm. and right now sandy, the super storm so s. heading up the east coast leaving death and destruction in her path. we have the latest from the fox weather center for you. >> and permission denied. new details about the terror attack in benghazi. the men on the ground ask for help and it was rejected. could four dead americans been saved? we talk to ambassador john bolton coming up next. >> plus, the latest g.d.p. report shows our nation's economy growing at a mere 2%. and that anemic growth could be because of government spending. where is the recovery? "fox & friends" begins now. it's ominous morning this morning as we begin to see what sandy does on the east coast. tropical storm the. >> the cold front coming from the west one monster slow moving storm so its effects can be felt for a few days. has sites set on the united states. rick reichmuth has been following sandy's path. so i get, rick, that's good news. others say

. >> alisyn: all of our twitter addresses. >> alisyn: alisyn camerota... >> dave: dave briggs, 000. >> and clayton morris, the most important one. >> dave: see ya. >> 17 days out from the big election and big news from 7 swing states, the unemployment rate, falling, and the guys pounding the campaign trail and those swing states, take a page out of the play book, these guys, find out how to get jobs swinging back in the right direction, hi, i'm brenda buttner and this is bulls and bears. here they are, the bulls and bears, we have got tobin smith, jonas max ferris, and, gary kontbalm, gary, what are those guys doing right. >> helping and letting businesses flourish. i'm in florida, a billion dollar tax cut to business over three years, great economic development agency that helps business like other states than california, which raises taxes and takes money out of the economy and puts it into the government's hands, which is huge for a state like that and florida is getting its act in gear. >> what do the candidates have to learn from these governors? neither one of them has exactly t

>> alisyn: he's royalty in a way. >> mike: and i love that show. >> clayton: and playing duck, duck goose on the show, are you going to come back to the show with na. mike jerrick everyone. >> mike: i can be talked into it. >> alisyn: thanks, mike. >> clayton: fox and friends for the after the show show. >> unemployment rate falling, but job creation still falling. one in five employers saying the outcome of the presidential election will impact their hiring plans for next year. and someone here says, this is why. >> you know the phrase you always use, obama and biden want to raise taxes by a trillion dollars, guess what? yes, we do in one regard. we want to let that trillion dollar tax cut expire so the middle class doesn't have to bear the burden of all of that money going to the super wealthy. >> so, are promises of massive tax hikes, taxing the jobs market? hi, everyone, i'm brenda buttner, this is bulls and bears, here they are, bulls and bears this week, gary b smith, tobin smith, jonas max ferris, along with julian epstein and larry, talk about future tax hikes, holding back a jobs

i'm alisyn camerota in for gretchen.nt would bring joe biden along this evening 'cause he'll laugh at anything. [ laughter ] >> ali: more zingers from romney and the president straight ahead. >> brian: i wonder how many grim aces beneath the smile. but the president's explanation with the terrorist attack in libya has no one laughing. >> if four americans get killed, it's not optimal and we're going to fix it. >> brian: jon stewart used the word optimal first. but is optimal the right word for the president to use? we report, you decide. >> steve: the last time shaquille o'neal was on the program it was not optimal for brian. [ laughter ] >> steve: shaquille o'neal is back with a new dish for kilmeade. >> ali: he treats you like you're a mosquito. >> brian: i know. >> steve: he can squash him like a bug. >> brian: and he did. the thing is, it's raining now, so i don't get my rematch, which makes me sad. >> steve: that's already a little spin. "fox & friends," hour two for a wet friday starts right now. >> ali: brian that

>>alisyn: thanks for muching what today. i am here for megyn kelly, she will be here tomorrow live from denver. "studio b" with trace, here for shepard smith starts right now. >>trace: the the news begins anew on "studio b" today. the verdict is in. after challenges to a controversial voting law in the key battleground state of pennsylvania forcing everyone to show a photo i.d. before casting a ballot. we will tell you if the law will stand. >> we are a day away from the first of three presidential debates. ahead is a look at the issues that will be front and center for president obama and governor romney. >> plus, one of the biggest u.s. airlines reports more problems involving loose seats forcing emergency landing and now the airline is responding to accusations of sabotage. that is ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" today. >> first from fox at 3:00, democrats today winning a major court decision that could have a profound affect on one of the biggest swing states in next month's presidential

i'm alisyn camerota. sounding alarms, newly released documents, reveal that slain u.s.jor concerns about security and al qaeda well before the attack in benghazi. so what did the administration know and when did they know it? >> plus the candidates gearing up for the third and final presidential debate as new polls show mitt romney gaining strength in the key battleground states. will he he be able to keep up the momentum as we head down the home stretch? the numbers next.

i'm heather in for will alisyn camerota. we're 16 days from the election and the facts from the terror attacks in libya keep getting worse for the current administration. we now know that an unmanned drone was sent to the benghazi scene within hours of the attack beginning. so here is a question a lot of folks are asking today. why was there no military help as a result? we will take a closer look. >> and while the candace gear up for the third and final presidential debate, their running mates campaign trail jab trying to sell their candidate to the independent voters. whose message is sticking? >> plus, dead or alive, no problem, you can still get some food stamps. brand new study showing how bad entitlement waste has become. "fox & friends" hour one. we haven't had an hour before this. that would have been zero. this is the first hour of "fox & friends," it starts right now. >> welcome heather. nice to see you. >> you are on top of things this morning. >> oh, yeah. it's the vat of coffee we have had this morning. you said

the i should thank alisyn camerota who was ready to sit in today.ou have a tired version of me but me for better or worse. what a difference can 90 minutes make. the romney campaign finding fresh momentum after the first presidential debate as the obama camp goes into spin mode. fox news's continued coverage what it means for the race for the white house. stay with us >> my experience as a governor is if i lay down a piece of legislation and say it is my way or the highway, i don't get a lot done. the way thomas "tip" o'neill and ronald reagan worked together, when ronald reagan ran for office he laid out principle he would foster, lowering tax rates. he said he would broaden the base. you said the same thing, you will simplify 9 tax code and broaden the base, those are my principles bringing down the

and alisyn camerota. >> gretchen: she would know something about a vice presidential debate. >> brian: the only other person to debate joe biden over the last five years. >> steve: we continue the conversation on twitter. >> gretchen: have a great weekend. >> steve: see you monday. good morning, everybody. welcome to friday because the vp nominees went to a to toe for 90 minutes man did they come ready to rumble. vice president joe biden looking to reverse his campaign's downward slide. republican nominee paul ryan trying to build on team romney's momentum. that is how it started last night. this morning we end. i'm bill hemmer. welcome to friday edition of "america's newsroom." martha is out. >> i'm jamie colby out for martha they provided points and issues on zingers and economy and debate decorum. >> mr. vice president, i know you're under a lot of duress to make up for lost ground but i think people would be better served if we don't keep interrupting each other. >> with regard to social security, we will not, we will not privatize it. if we listened to governor romney and congres

alisyn eastwood has a good idea. she's breaking out of dad's shadow with a wild new job.in us live. >> steve: first the aflac question of the day, better than in 1965, this model briefly appeared as one of the barker's beauties on the game show "the price is right." who is she, be the first to e-mail us with the correct answer , grandfather grandfather >> gretchen: 42 minutes after the top of the hour. quick headlines. new law let's hundreds of thousands of illegal immigrants get driver's licenses in california. illegals who qualify for work permits under president obama's new plan are eligible. it says it let's them get to work and school. >>> historians up in arms over a new green project at pearl harbor. the u.s. navy wants to cover an unused runway with solar panels. the museum says the site should be preserved as sacred grounds. steve? >> steve: being wrong is one thing, but covering up is another. a new report suggests the white house might be hiding specific documents showing it dropped the ball on the attack on our consulate in libya where four americans were murd

first, let's check in with another woman in what looks like a red dress, alisyn camerota along with claytonkes a back seat while her son becomes the boss of their new company. the two are sharing their family wisdom on building a small business even in these tough economic times. >> also coming up this week, we're unlocking the secrets to happiness. the author of "40 days to a joy filled life" will be here. >> then a golden give away for you. tune in to find out how you can win $100,000 worth of gold from the guys on "gold rush." >> that's right. discovery channel's most watched show. they're going to be here this weekend and boy, $100,000. >> are we eligible? >> i don't know. we'll read the sweepstakes. brian has been asking about it. that's all coming up this weekend on "fox & friends" starting at 6:00 a.m. eastern time. >> see you then. >> steve: quick headlines now. a teacher assigned to a rubber room in new york city has been streaming live video of the room where he's been banished. he says he's been pulled from the classroom for a bogus reason, so he's streaming the video live in a b