bret baier has that for us. hey, bret. >> gabriel giffords statement from her office quote in the words of the congresswoman i have closely followed the debate over our debt ceiling. and have been deeply disappointed at what's going on in washington. as you look at that video. after weeks of failed debate in washington, i was pleased to see a solution to this crisis emerge. i strongly believe that crossing the aisle for the good of the american people is more important than party politics. i had to be here for this vote i could not take the chance that my absence could crash our economy. this the first vote she has crashed since she was shot and critically wounded january 8th in tucson meeting with her constituents. and obviously a moment of redemption for this otherwise irredeemable episode of american politics in tucson. this vote breakdown, shep, comes down to democrats, yes, yeas, 95. democratic nos, 95; republican yeas, 174. republican nos, 66. and, remember, that when this vote starts, members could change

>>id would get tougher questions from mosa than bret baier. i was ot sure i got questions from bret baier. >> bret: you were not happy about the number of questions and official tally had you getting 10 questions and talking for nine minutes and 12 seconds and that was 55 second said behind governor romney. do you think your performance in the debate affected the straw poll standings in the race. obviously the questions i got later in the debate helped me. a lot of people came up to me and said it was the reason they voted for me. in the first hour of debate. i had one . i got a lot at the end and most geared fosocial issues and it is pigeon holed as a cappedidate and if you had the conversation today. my record on national security is better than anybody in this case. my record on moral and cultural issues far exceed said the race and entitlement reform is no one can touch my record. >> bret: you called governor romney who will stand up for the conservative principles. a month ago in iowa. you suggested they should pick someone -- they like i

bret baier is the moderator of last evening's big event. bret, all right, so we had pawlenty going after bachmann, santorum going after ron paul and newt gingrich going after you. here's the clip, stand by. [laughter] >> speaker ding rich, as president obama was deciding what to do in libya, you were asked what you would do. you said, quote, communicate to the libyan military that gadhafi was gone and the sooner they switched sides, the more likely they were to survive. you said, quote, i would not have intervened, i think there were a lot of other ways to affect gadhafi. are you now certain about the way forward in libya? >> well, let me suggest this is a good example of a gotcha question. >> no, it's not. >> yes, it is. no, go back previous to greta van susteren two weeks earlier when i said what we should do is go in covertly, use egyptian and other allies, not use american forces -- >> but, mr. speaker, you said -- >> that's right. i said that thing specifically after the president that day announced gloriously to the world as president

and bret baier had his hands full, trying to balance that microphone! >> are the jobs going to bam wack -- come back? >> you got to worry -- bill: they were, all eight of them, making a case to the commander in chief only hours ahead of perhaps the most pivotal gop event in the ballot for the white house, counting down to the weekend's iowa strow poll, it can be in some years a crystal ball on the presidential field, now candidates, gauging reaction to the performances in last night's debate. brand new hour for "america's newsroom", a lot to get to. like herding cats last night, wasn't it! i'm bill hemmer, good morning, nice to see you. good morning. alisyn: good morning, bill. as you're saying, everybody got in a zinger at some point. i'm alisyn camarota in for martha maccallum. they're all republicans but the only thing they agreed on is the opposition to president obama's polities. bill other than that it was partisan politics on the front and center stage. here's rick santorum and ron paul's back and forth. >> you ask the israelis what keeps them up

bret baier is keeping an eye on all of this.uess the senate tally is finalized or pretty close to it now? >> reporter: that's right. the final vote, 74-26. seven democrats voted no, 19 republicans voted no. that's a big, big tally, 74-26. bernie sanders, not a surprise. kirsten gillibrand, senator harkin from iowa, senator lautenberg and ben nelson who, you mentioned, is up for re-election in nebraska. of -- so there you have the breakdown. that's a significant vote. there were some thought that it wouldn't get over 70, and it's 74-26. now it heads right to the white moving -- compromise and moving forward and probably about jobs. we should point out that the treasury secretary sent, set this as the de235u89 day. -- default day. there was a lot of back and forth about whether that, in fact, was the day and whether the treasury secretary paid bills. so we should point out that throughout all of this there was questions about that, but there were no questions that if you miss this day, something probably would have happened on the

>> sean, bret baier is right. the power put up by the republican shows 50 percent of the automatic cuts if the trigger comes from defense. it come -- it will be a big obvious point of discussion. >> we have two words going on. you know when the young marine asks am i going to get paid? the answer is yes you are going to get paid but we are going to give you the equipment to fight and win the war. we are going to give you the capability. we are not going to do your children and your generation to come to greece but we are going to get this nation out of debt. the number one obligation of this federal government was to defend the nation from threats foreign and domestic you need a robust defense department to do that. >> senator vitter what it says in the power point is total reductions would be equally split between defense and nondefense programs. i don't see that as 60 percent. but 50. >> i said 50 percent. >> i am sorry. i didn't hear you correctly. >> that's way, way more than what defense represents as a perce

am i wrong for doing that baier? i mean, because it's a no spin zone.t's what the numbers and all the polls say, is it not? >> yeah, but i mean, if you went only by the polls, you know, bill, that it would be a dramatically different situation back in 2008. we would have a president giuliani or a republican nominee giuliani or hillary clinton would have been the nominee just by the polls. people like tim pawlenty need to make their stand here tonight and by this saturday. they realistically could be -- he could be another option. herman cain says he needs to finish in the top three here in ames. there will be a process here after this saturday, i think. and definitely through the iowa caucus. >> bill: the reason i'm saying that is not to diminish newt gingrich or rick santorum or any of those people, misferrechio. it's basically to tell the audience where we are. the others haven't caught fire and not in double digits and don't have any money. they have to do something tonight. as bret said they have to do something tonight to get attention to spur it u

he also was unhappy with bret baier when he asked him a question about libya.lot of viewers, as steve was saying, responded 'cause they thought that fox moderators were asking questions that kept the candidates on their toes and took them out of their talking points mode for once. one of the questions came from bret baier about governor rick perry who is not in the room and his name seemed to hover above -- what was the sense on the moderating panel? did it seem like governor rick perry's name was hovering above the entire debate? >> i think that's somewhat overstating it, clayton. but what i would say is that, look, if you're a political reporter, you know this race is going to change this weekend. one thing is going to be the ames straw poll. i don't think you can win in ames. it's not make, but it is break. if some of these candidates who have particularly focused on iowa were to finish very poorly, they might just drop out of the race. but it will also change this weekend because rick perry is going to get in and he immediately vaults and becomes one of the

your moderator will be bret baier.e streaming live on your computer at live.foxnews.com. >> jenna: police are hunting for suspects in the worst violence great britain has seen in decades and just into our newsroom we have new video of those raids that have been happening. rick do you have some of those? >> >> reporter: we do. the prime minister david cameron promising there would be raids to try to hunt down the people responsible for that violence, the prime minister following through on that, this is video just into fox and it's understandable journalists would be invited to come along, after all, the publicity and coverage that the rioters have gotten -- here's some of the video on the ipad and you can take a look as police break down the door of one of the suspects, police saying they actually brought a number of people in today, they brought them in and charged them with violent disorderly conduct, burglary as well. you can see, again, they're going into the house, they're bringing people out, and many will see hi

. >> newt got pissy with my hair idol bret baier. >> you were asked what you would do. are you certain about libya and where it stanes now? >> let me suggest, this is a good example of a gotcha question -- >> no, it's not. >> no. >> then the angry thumb went after chris wallace. >> how do you respond to people who say that your campaign has been a mess so far? >> let me say first of all, chris, that i took seriously bret's injunction to put aside the talking points. i wish you would put aside the gotcha questions. [cheers and applause] >> greg: wow. in fairness, they were way over the line. >> oh, yeah. caller: santorum and paul chatted about polygamy. >> i think marriage should be between a single man and a single woman and that the federal government shouldn't be involved. i want less government involvement. i don't want the federal government having a marriage police. i want the states to deal with it if they have to, if they need to. sounds to me like represent paul would say that polygamous marriages would be okay. and it is not beyond reality, ron, it's exactly wh

i'm bret baier. fox news alert. a buckle your seat belt day in the stock market spurred by a major decision by the federal reserve following monday's 635-point dive. stocks rode a roller coaster, before skyrocketing to a close. the dow jones/industrials average finished ahead 430 points getk back over the 11 thank you mark. s&p 500 took back 53. the nasdaq surged 125. in economic climate, every bid is unstable as the dow today. federal reserve took a step to inject a bit of stability. chief white house correspondent ed henry is here to tell us what that was and what the fed action says about the future. good evening. >> good evening. the fed seemed to give the market certainty about interest rates but the same time, they seemed to give the president even more uncertainty about the re-election prospect. >> after a wild ride on wall street, the market finished with a surge. spurred by the federal reserve providing certainty. declaring it will keep the interest rate near zero for two years. >> the fed was telling busin

>> i get much tougher questions with bret baier than tomorrow night.le are showing up in great numbers. they come with real tough questions. they take this responsibility here in iowa very, very seriously. we've had some great discussions. not one of them have i had to cut off conversation -- cut off the questions because i had seven town meetings a day. i was on time. we stretched them as long as we could to get to the next town on time we had great dialogue and discussion that's the best preparation for the debate tomorrow night >> greta: what was the toughest question you got at a town hall meeting? >> i had one guy ask me to look him in the eye about social security and what you are going to do with the social security system? that's a tough one. nobody on the stump has been talking about social security and i have. i said we need to chain the system going forward. make sure revenues and expenditures match. right now they don't. we have to change the structure going forward in the future. otherwise, we are going to have a social secure system that

>> sean, bret baier is right. the power put up by the republican shows 50 percent of the automatic cuts if the trigger comes from defense. it come -- it will be a big obvious point of discussion. >> we have two words going on. you know when the young marine asks am i going to get paid? the answer is yes you are going to get paid but we are going to give you the equipment to fight and win the war. we are going to give you the capability. we are not going to do your children and your generation to come to greece but we are going to get this nation out of debt. the number one obligation of this federal government was to defend the nation from threats foreign and domestic you need a robust defense department to do that. >> senator vitter what it says in the power point is total reductions would be equally split between defense and nondefense programs. i don't see that as 60 percent. but 50. >> i said 50 percent. >> i am sorry. i didn't hear you correctly. >> that's way, way more than what defense represents as a perce

bret baier anchor of special report joins me now. good to see you.to see the dow go in and yet it happened thursday and rebounded and recovered all the losses the very next day, so what do you make of it? >> well first of all welcome back. it's a busy time, it's good to have you back in the chair. megyn: thank you very much. >> reporter: i tell you what, this is a major event, and there are a lot of things happening, as you've talked about on the show already. you have the situation in europe where there is concern about spain and italy. you have the european central bank buying bonds to try to shore that up. there is a global gitteriness about the world economy that goat beyond the s&p downgrade here in the u.s. obviously that factors in. this is the market's first reaction, chance to react, and you've seen a roller coaster ride, but right now we are on the downside that of roller coaster, as the president gets ready to speak. and the thing is, is that right now this administration is not in a position where it has many arrows in the quiver as far a

you save. >>> i'm bret baier in washington. the big story here today, wall street. jones/industrials average was off more than 500 points. more than 10% slide. tonight on "special report," rich edson will look at the numbers and tell us what may have triggered the selloff. we have analysis of the international markets from liz claman in new york. the market malaise is not the gift president obama would have wished for on his 50th birthday. we tell you how he celebrated his b-day and what the administration is saying now about the economy. there is more turmoil in the jon huntsman campaign. we have specifics. and what campaign insiders are saying about it. we'll show you the latest from syria where the debt toll from the bloody government shutdown and crackdown reportedly eclipsed 100 in the grapevine, we tell you what city is planning a heterosexual pride parade at 6:00. for "special report." now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: you got to love the country music shoutout. i spent week in wyoming. i loved it. now i came back and unbelievably a former v

throughout the day and we're monitoring everything and keep you updated and including later on, bret baier in taking over at 5 p.m. eastern, a special installment of special report, live from ames. he's followed by huckabee, they are live, also, the governor at 8 p.m. eastern and then hannity, sean hannity, he is also in ames, that's live at 9 p.m. and keep it here on fox news channel for all the excitement in ames, iowa. kelly. >> kelly: certainly a lot going on and pakistan, kidnapping of an american in that country is raising new concerns about islamabad's ability to end radicalism there. at least eight gunmen stormed past security this morning and ab subjected warren weinstein from his home in the eastern city. and the u.s. pledges billions to help pakistan grapple with islamic militants and prevent incidents like these from occurring. is that all of that aid actually making a difference? a former state kept senior advisor and principal joins us now to shed light on what possibly is unfolding in pakistan and christian, as we know, first of all, it's good to have you. as we know, the si

we needed those answers and bret baier thought that gingrich won the debate. but here's a pin head.y ron of anding -- michelle bachmann who said i define is submissiveness with respect. she was classy. >> i tell you why. she didn't. >> tell me why. >> biblical view of submissive to the husband and would you act that way as president of united states. >> she chutely did. allenn. >> i respect my husband and he respects me. >> her interpretation of submissism. >> he told her to go to law school. she did it because she was submissive to her husband. is that how she would govern. >> i have to tell you, i think it is wonderful that fox hosted the debate, but this was an inside wall debate. they didn't ask the questions that american people wanted to know the answers to. it is about the beltway reporters. >> i agree with that. a lott of the feed back that i got this country is falling apart especially after the week we h. it was not on the debt and economy and there was infighting. no real clearr winner and cudios to gingrich but he fought with the moderator. you saw the little fight betwe

. >> they are running for the president of the united states they can't talk to bret baier about what their vision is or how to deal with the economy? >> yes, this is rigidity in the political system and starts with the president of the united states. the republicans had ideas to try to make the stimulus better. in a meeting in the white house, president obama dismissed eric candor by saying i won. had a democratic congress by overwhelming margin for two years and got everything he wanted. what have the republicans done this year? the republicans have insisted the president set up a political battle. he had the votes in november and december of last year to get his "clean debt ceiling." instead he said he wanted the republicans to quote have ownership in the deficit. he waited until there was a republican house and then tried to jam them insisting on a clean debt ceiling. the republicans said we want to have deficit reduction before we vote for an increase in the debt ceiling. they got. the president applaudd that bill and signed it. the republicans passed a budget. the democrats in t

bret baier. >>> that's going to wrap up today's news from washington.an tune in to "special report" tonight and every single night, 6:00 p.m. eastern and as he mentioned, he'll have coverage of that big debate on thursday. jenna: well, it is all about iowa. republican candidates in the 2012 race, offering strong reaction to the s&p downgrade. former massachusetts governor mitt romney and former pennsylvania senator rick santorum both taking direct aim at the white house. >> the failure of the president to reig night this economy and to get people back to work is one of the reasons we're seeing such high levels of decifit and why the debt continues to grow at an alarming rate. we need to put more americans back to work. and i'm afraid the president is just out of his depth when it comes to understanding how the private economy works. >> yes, we didn't cut enough, but the question is, they didn't think there was the leadership in place in america to get us to a financially responsible decision. that -- that would have proved them wrong and we would be in

. >> thank you, bret baier from washington. back to capitol hill we'll talk to a couple of tea party republicans, and congressman tom graves of georgia. both voted against the boehner bell and they join me now from capitol hill. i'm going to call you tim and tom, and i know both of you, rather than being more formal and call you congressman, let me start, tim, with you, you have not voted for even the boehner bill. you said you do not see yourself coming to grips with one of these proposals that are out there. tell me why not. >> well, i don't think it does enough. we have a very deep problem and it's not the problem that we don't borrow enough, but it's that we spent too much. with the outside credit rating agencies indicating we could suffer a down grade unless we make enough cuts and make them soon, i'm very concerned about the direction we're headed. we could have a possible downgrade easier, if the plans finally passes. >> tom, on your side. is it a fact that you have committed that you would not vote for anything that loo

i'm bret baier. welcome to our second hour of the special special report.inutes to an hour, although that could shift. let's bring in carl cameron. hello again. >> everything can shift when you're talking iowa straw poll politics. we've been in a frenzy of speculation trying to figure out what indicators are who will win. the first thing they watch is which campaign brought people here with the most buses? and the early unofficial count is that ron paul had more bus loads this morning delivered here. having said that, michelle bachman's tent was elbow to elbow at 9:30, 10:00 o'clock this morning and as chris wallace said earlier, she bought up a lot of tickets to give to supporters. then there is tim pawlenty, a short while ago over in his tent, it was a huge crowd. well over 1,000 people there. his own aides say our barbecue was good. but they also believe that so was pawlenty's organization in advance of this. it's only a matter of time now that they count this thing up and what we're hearing from behind the

bret baier is your host. terrific panel, chris wallace and byron york.king this, what do you think? what topic do you want to hear the most about later tonight? foxnews.com/"america's newsroom." that's our show page. your options are the debt, jobs, health care, taxes or other. right now more than 50% say debt. about 34% say jobs, and we've had, what, 2400 votes, 2500 votes now in about an hour's time. alisyn: interesting stuff, so get your votes in. >>> meanwhile, thousands of new yorkers stopping and staring up at the sky in midtown manhattan. a big league rescue in the big apple 70 stories up. bill: whoa. also a hunt for usama bin laden now set to be a movie. under fire from a prominent member of congress, he says it compromises national security. in a moment, the response from the film maker. >> we do not discuss classified information, and i would hope that as we face a continued threat from terrorism, the house committee on homeland security would have more important topics to discuss than a movie. ♪ and so the conversation turned ♪ ♪ until the sun

eastern, right here on fox, bret baier is the moderator, and fox news has the best political coverage, fair and balanced, before and 56 -- and after the debate. and for more political coverage, go to fox news cott comb -- foxnews.com/politics. >>> an alert for you now, awaiting remarks from president obama object the -- on the new jobs numbers, right now the president's motorcade is about to arrive in holland, michigan, he's touring a factory there and is expected to talk about job creation. michigan is, of course, in desperate need of jobs, that state struggling with an unemployment rate at 10 1/2%, one of eight states with a double digit jobless rate. the president will be speaking in a short time and we will take you there live when we hear it. >>> brand new developments in the botched government gun tracking program in mexico, known as operation fast and furious. and it centers on brian ter yerk the border patrol agent, murdered by one of mexico's most notorious drug cartel, a gun at the scene traced to operation fast and furious and now terry's family recently testifying at a hea

our bret baier, a special report from iowa and mike huckabee has a special edition all from ames here on the fox news channel. >> kelly: the beef sundae. in the meantime we're keeping a close eye on the iowa state fair and ron paul is about to step to the mic, and we'll bring it to you live when that happens and dozens injured after a st. louis bound tour bus flips over and crashes. we have the very latest on that, plus, an american living in pakistan kid happened from his islam wad home. who could be behind it? we will speak to a former state department advisor to find out more. at exxon and mobil, we engineer smart gasoline that works at the molecular level to help your engine run more smoothly by helping remove deposits and cleaning up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, you can rest assured we help your engine run more smoothly while leaving behind cleaner emissions. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. exxon and mobil. for febreze fabric refresher. they agreed. [ experimenter 1 ] relax, take some nice deep breaths. [ experimenter 2 ] what do

. >> bret: this is bret baier. weak global economy fears in market around the world from a variety of issues sparked this. stocks on wall street took a major nose dive today. the dow jones/industrials industrial average was down by more than 500 points in the final half hour of trading. the dow closed off 513 points for the day. the s&p 500 plunged 60. nasdaq 137. liz claman has analysis. ed henry tells us the white house is getting ready for disappointing numbers on friday. we begin with fox news network correspondent rich edson on a tough day in the market. >> good evening. widespread losses in the market. investors rush to sell their stocks. analyst fail to agree on a single cull pit. ongoing economic concerns that recently collided to lead the dow jones/industrials average down 4-1/3%. the largest drop since 2008. down 10 of the last 11 trading days, 10.5% drop in the period. the lowest close since early december. investors see athemmic job and economic growth and european december crisis that won't quit. that

minute to answer each question governor are you ready ready all right the first question from bret baier what specific things would you do was president to increase growth calm the markets create jobs that could pass through a divided congress. well whether or not it passes through a divided congress or not i am promising to submit a balanced budget to congress i do believe that we need to have a balanced budget and i would throw out the existing tax system in this country and replace it with the fair tax and for those watching fair tax dodge or get on line take a look at it this is a proposal that's been around a long time but it would really reboot the american economy no more corporate tax no more business the business tax no more income tax no more no more i.r.s. putting an end to all federal tax replacing it with one federal consumption tax as the name implies it's fair it would for those making more money they would pay more money and it would promote savings all right next we like to give you a chance to contrast your record as governor that out of mitt romney you know there's a c

jon: bret baier thank you. we'll look forward to the special report this evening. have a wrap-up of all of today's news from washington. congressman mike rogers is tonight, and every week night 6pm eastern right here on fox news channel. jenna: the president says jobs are his top priority but his approval rating on the economy is sinking to record lows. now republican presidential candidates are focus using on getting americans back to work as they hit the campaign trail. shannon bream is live in washington with the latest. >> reporter: as a country awaits the president's september speech in which he will layout his jobs plan the gop candidates are already rolling out theirs for potential voters to consider. former massachusetts governor and presumptive frontrunner mitt romney says president obama has focused on what he calls an antijobs, antigrowth agenda. his plan is to cut spending, repeal obamacare and waist full programs. the man who is getting a whole lot of attention because of his record on jobs, texas governor rick perry says he's the one with the right fo

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. @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ >>> i'm bret baier in washington. north of here on wall street. crazy day. up down and a huge surge at the end. the dow jones/industrials average finished ahead 430 points getting back over the 11 howe mark. the -- over the 11,000 mark. tonight on "special report," we tell you what the federal reserve did that kick started the furious finish on the stockton. president obama and senior government officials were present when the bodies of the american troops killed in afghanistan over the weekend returned home to the u.s. we have that story. new concerns over what the president's healthcare law will cost. new report states that the price tag may be $50 billion more per year. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern in washington. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> in london, violent riots continue. people are attacked at ron dom in streets. prime minister david cameron recalled parliament in middle of august to address the unrest and 16,000 police have been dispatched to the streets. that's more police than they

joining us now, bret baier, the hardest working man in the news business. he's on 24/7. as we await the president's remarks, what do you expect his tone will be today? >> reporter: well, shannon, i'm sure it'll be one of relief, also one that suggests this was a big compromise and one that says this should be behind the american people and that they should focus, the government should focus on jobs, something senate majority leader harry reid talked about on the floor, and he's just arrived at the ohio clock, i'm told. let's listen in. >> nothing that we could agree to was short term, it was really a disaster for america. this agreement cuts the deficit by a trillion dollars >> we've come together on a bipartisan basis. i did not vote for this with a great deal of enthusiasm because the down payment on the deficit included in this bill comes primarily from working families and those who are struggling in america. if we are going to have true deficit reduction and address this debt, we have to put everything on the table and bring everyone to the table for shared sacrific

not sure if bret baier drinks java in the morning. we need it. but you're up bright and early.ou got it. >> brian: just between us, i'm wondering, what does bret baier start his day with? is it a cup of coffee? five hour energy? is it starbucks? >> it is, in fact, a cup of starbucks coffee on my way into the office. i'm not endorsing. it's just on the way. >> gretchen: all right. we're helping the economy. right, when we go to purchase our coffee, we're helping the economy and trust me on this day, it needs a little help. bret, you're familiar with the fact that the dow jones closed 419 points down. what do you expect today? >> it's tough, neil cavuto has a better crystal ball than i do. looking at the asian markets overnight, early this morning, they dropped precipitously. dow futures are down. you have real concerns about the possibility of a double dip recession. the president says there is not going to be one. some experts say it's still 50/50, but you look at europe and all the things that are happening there and they really are on the verge of that recession cliff. you lo

bret baier is anchor of "special report."the president would be answering questions on this right now but he is not. the president is heading off to martha's vineyard. how does that play out politically? >> reporter: not well for the white house in no matter who looks at this, whether ideology is on the right other left other middle. the numbers are poor. the dow on this rollercoaster ride does not help that. when you look at gallup polls that have just come out, one of them is very interesting. are you satisfied with the way the country is going? it's down to 11%. that's the lowest level since december of 2008. when you break that out into democrats it's 19% satisfied. republicans 9%. independents, 8%. it's the independent number that the white house is looking at because they see that, the independents as the way toward reelection. right now none of the numbers are lining up their way. megyn: it doesn't mean they don't like president obama. it means they don't like what they see in warn. it says america's satisfaction with

. >>> i'm bret baier in washington.artial shutdown of the federal aviation administration. it began several days ago but the issue is picking up steam here now. tonight on "special report," we'll tell you what caused this. what could fix it. what republicans and democrats are saying about each other. actually yelling about each other in one case. president obama had lunch with advisors but he has money trouble with the economy ahead as he mounts his re-election fight. we look at his challenges both here, at home and overseas. this was the scene today in the egyptian courtroom. that is former president hosni mubarak in the defendant's cage. he and several others are charged with complexity of the killing of antigovernment protesters earlier in year in tonight's grapevine, why one big city mayor had it up to here with illegal parking and what he is doing about it. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern in washington. back new york and five "the five." ♪ ♪ >> eric: what is that? >> bob: i'm stretching. >> kimberly: that's

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i'm bret baier. fox news alert. nervous investors spent the weekend stewing over late friday downgrade of the nation credit rating ran for the exit today from the opening bell to the closing one. the dow jones/industrials average finished down 635 points to fall below 11,000. the s&p lost 80. the nasdaq plummeted 175. we have fox team coverage tonight. liz claman puts the selloff in perspective. ed henry reports on what the president is saying at the white house. we begin with the fox business network correspondent rich edison on how the stock slide is playing here and around the globe. good evening. >> good evening. the markets continue the freefall, after the economic recovery and the european debt problems. for the first time, the debt traded without the top natch triple-a for one of the big three rating firms. the wall street investors are again rushing to sell the stocks. >> there is a realization among global strategist that the slowdown is coming. >> the investment top rating agency standard & poor's downgrad

. >> we heard from bret baier that governor perry is going there.attempt to bring it to you right away. >> we'll welcome him to waterloo it is a great city and it was where i was born and we will stay thank you. >> mike: with him coming, he chose to be in south carolina and make his announcement and i heard a lot of people out here not happy about that and they felt like he was attempting to take away some of the attention. that is historically given to the iowa straw poll. i want you to speak and don't give me hard comment about governor perry but that from a tactical standpoint. you think he took anything from your victory here by making his announcement halfway over the country. >> i think the people see what the victory was today and they appreciate it and the results. what we are going to see going forward is that iowa is extremely important. the straw poll is very important . the caucuses are important and we don't take it for granted. just because we won today. that said we will work harder to work the votes of people here and work for the vo

you can catch the debate tomorrow night at 9:00 eastern and bret baier and chris wallace will be on handg you the action again, tomorrow at 9:00 eat en, -- 9:00 eastern and a stripper and her two brothers now in custody. now, what about legally? what can be done with the folks who hightailed it halfway across the country? guess who is the most hated person in america? hello? hi, we're looking to save some money on our car insurance. great! at progressive, you can compartes side by side, so you get the same coverage, often for less. wow! that is huge! [ disco playing ] and this is to remind you that you could save hundreds! yeah, that'll certainly stick with me. we'll ta it. go, big money! i mean, go. it's your break, honey. same coverage, more savings. now, that's progressive. call or click today. >>shepard: this is "studio b" at the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. the hunt for armed and dangerous dougherty gang ended with a crash in colorado. as we reported the trio rolled the get away car today in colorado during a high-speed chase. the siblings accused of shooting 20

night i was on greta's show and said boy get tougher questions from a town meeting than from bret baier i would not get any questions. an hour and 15 minutes throughout the show i had two questions. so yeah. i was a little frustrated. and you know what? national media not going decide this race. people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 counties and 51 cities in2v two weeks. we've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in penn

." >>> i'm chris wallace in washington filling in for bret baier.e today is the economy with a new unemployment report on a wild ride of the stock market. tonight on "special report" we have the numbers from both. team coverage on the july jobs report that saw a larger than expected number of jobs created. slight dip in unemployment rate. a close to what was a wild week on wall street we'll tell you how the market did after thursday's selloff of 500 points. another potential blockbuster story in the wake of the probe to operation fast and furious. william la jeunesse will be live from los angeles. remember that rent is too damn high guy from new york governor's race? now jimmy mcmillan is saying something else about the rent and it may surprise you. that's tonight on grapevine. "special report" starts at 6:00 p.m. eastern. now back to "the five" in new york city. ♪ ♪ >> andrea: thanks to the producers for putting together all the songs that are all about ladies! i know bob is thrilled and so is greg, but it's ladies night at "the five." welcome back

night i was on greta's show and said boy get tougher questions from a town meeting than from bret baier i would not get any questions. an hour and 15 minutes throughout the show i had two questions. so yeah. i was a little frustrated. and you know what? national media not going decide this race. people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 counties and 51 cities in2v two weeks. we've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in penn

night i was on greta's show and said boy get tougher questions from a town meeting than from bret baieruestions. an hour and 15 minutes throughout the show i had two questions. so yeah. i was a little frustrated. and you know what? national media not going decide this race. people of iowa are going to decide this race. i have been to 68 counties and 51 cities in2v two weeks. we've had town meetings and i've met well over a thousand people. here tomorrow, and not tomorrow, saturday, i think they're going to see results of that. they like a candidate is going to talk to them personally. >> you gave us statistics i didn't know about manufacturing. used to be 21%. now, it's 9%? >> yes. nine. >> sean: and jobs are going overseas? >> overseas. i'm the only one talking about thchl people say we have to grow the economy. i don't want to grow wall street. wall street is fine. it's grai. but i want to grow in, you know, in council and places here in iowa they can have processing jobs and manufacturing jobs. because that is the job. when i was growing up, a steel town in pennsylvania. those were j

♪ ♪ >>> i'm bret baier in washington.e since standard & poor's downgraded the credit rating for the country. dow lost 635 points to fall below 11,000, one of the top six worst days on the dow ever. the s&p 500 fell 80. nasdaq plummeted 175. tonight on "special report" we have team coverage and we will go inside the numbers with context and perspective. tell us what they mean and where they will be headed. president obama tried to calm investors with an early afternoon address and did not. we will analyze how they are trying to deflect blame. we set the stage for a big week in politics if iowa. carl cameron shows us what is ahead or the debate in iowa. and look to outreach in faith community. now we send it back to new york and "the five." >> kimberly: we heard about the tragic loss of 30 american troops in afghanistan. a stark reminder to all of us that the war that we fight against terror is alive. that resonateed with everybody over the weekend. the tragic loss and families. what is important is the pentagon spokesman s

bret baier anchors "special report," and he joins us now.o not have to be a political news junkie to be excited about this race now. >> reporter: definitely, rick. i mean, this is the heat of it, and a lot of focus on the gop race. rick perry has definitely shaken things up in iowa, and i think you're going to see a lot of things develop in coming weeks. our next debate is september 22nd in orlando, florida, and from now until then should be an interesting ride. rick: i saw that former president clinton called rick perry a good looking rascal, that those were his -- that's his description for the texas governor. but for folks outside of the state who may have needed an introduction, they certainly have gotten a texas-sized intro to rick perry. he's not one to shy away from a fight. >> reporter: no. and sometimes he raises some eyebrows. i mean, this comment about fed chairman ben bernanke and that if he prints money during this time, it would be treasonous, and we would treat him, quote, pretty ugly down in texas, well, that has not only rai

bret baier has all the details, after this break.en i have. >> not really, bret. >> just keep it going. sweetie i think you need a little extra fiber in your diet. carol. fiber makes me sad. oh common. and how can you talk to me about fiber while you are eating a candy bar? you enjoy that. i am. [ male announcer ] fiber beyond recognition. fiber one. you know that comes with a private island. really? no. it comes with a hat. you see, airline credit cards promise flights for 25,00miles, but... [ man ] there's never any seats for ,000 miles. frustrating, isn't it? but that won't happen with the capital one venture card. you can book any airline anytime. hey, i just said that. after all, isn't traveling hard enough? ow. [ male announcer ] to get the flights you want, sign up for a venture card at capitalone.com. what's in your wallet? uh, it's okay. i've played a pilot before. >>> one week after the iowa straw poll and one week after texas governor rick perry jumped into the president race, some of the other gop contenders tried their b

bret baier. alisyn: which party drove the debt debate the most?here is no denying the tea party had a major impact on this debate and the showdown and many of the tea party backed lawmakers did not ultimately support the proposal, iowa republican steve king is a member of the house tea party caucus, and is one of them. good morning, mr. king. >> good morning. alisyn: how much credit does the tea party take for what is ultimately in this bill? >> you know, i listened to the dialogue all across the airwaves over the last couple of days, and i think they are getting it about right. there is a strong, strong tread from the tea party, that goes up through this constitutional conservatives here in congress and, i saw the numbers of republicans that would vote no on the boehner bill, shrink down to 22, in the vote last friday but they grew again in scores, that voted against it last night, so, i think that says that there is a strong message there, and it doesn't mean they will not break from the hard tea party line but there is a solid core here in the

bret baier on the next big idea. alisyn: there are brand new attack ads out, slamming each other over the financial crisis. frank luntz on what the american voters think about the mud slinging politics. bill: watching the markets closely and everything else that is moving with regard to the economy, live look at the big board, we are bouncing america, slightly, 227 on the up side which makes up about 33% of the drop from monday. when a miserable monday it was. president obama taking heat and especially from republicans on the trail, likely to be a common theme thursday night during our fox news debate in iowa. first up michelle bachman. >> when the ratings downgrade came out last week where was president obama? did he rush to the microphone to give confidence to the american people? he got in the helicopter, he took off for the weekend. we didn't hear from the president. as a matter of fact, it was about 24 hours before we even heard a statement. bill: that was bachman. now breath breath, ann of special report. morni