shannon bream, how much pressure was he facing? >> we learned today oregon's two democratic senators tried to reach wu, when they didn't hear back yesterday they told his chief of staff if we didn't resign by noon today they would publicly call for it. here's part of the statement: accusations against david wu are jarring and serious. while no one takes pleasure asking a league to resign we believe he can no longer be effective rep . >> shepard: but he's not resigning just yet. >> he thinks he can still be effective in the short term. here's part of what he had to say today: >> who knows when that is going to be? he could be here for a while. >> shepard: what happens with the ethics committee? >> nancy pelosi referred the case to the ethics committee. it is up to the committee to decide to launch an investigation. as long as wu keeps his position on the hill the ethics committee can continue looking into those allegations against him. >> shepard: shannon bream, thank you. >> now the deadly attacks in norway and the confessed killer

shan on this bream, shannon, how is the congressman responding to awful.nts ago on capitol hill he told our producer chad pergram quote i'm trying to take carol of the best interest of my family. he does have two outcome daughters. about the allegations he said this over the weekend, quote. this is very serious. and i have absolutely no desire to bring unwanted publicity, attention, or stress to a young woman and her family. now, in her letter to the ethics committee congressman woman pelosi wrote, this quote. recent press reports and statements attributed to our colleague representative david wu indicate that he may have engaged in inappropriate activities. shep, it's up to that committee to decide whether or not to launch an investigation. >> did he have any supporters up there behind you or is he all lone? >> he talked with several democratic members on the floor today. he was there to vote. and many democratic leaders say they are anxious to hear his explanation. including congressman james clyburn. >> david wu very well. and i hope that he will talk t

i'm shannon bream.two live in the nation's capitol starts right now. captions by closed captioning services >> shannon: sundays are often pretty sleepy here in washington not this afternoon. congressional leaders are racing to strike a deal hours from now. john boehner stepped up the pressure outline of an agreement in place before that at 4:00 p.m. eastern. mike emanuel is live at the white house latest on the dent talks or the lack therefore we should say today. the question many americans are asking right now will washington get this done, mike? >> that is a great question, shannon. i can tell you our colleague chris turner, who cover the senate says that a senior senate democratic leadership aide says the talks have hit a dead lock that speaker boehner wants to do a short-term deal. the president has said he will veto that it sounds like things have hit a brick wall for now. as you mentioned, there is great pressure because there is concern about how the financial markets in asia and also here in th

shannon bream in washington.ys is he resigning but doesn't plan on leaving right away. >> he might not have wanted to go at all. turns out oregon's two democratic senators sent wu a message. they were planning to publicly call for his resignation if he didn't offer it by noon today. but he did. here is what he said, quote. i cannot care for my family the way i wish serving in congress and fighting these very serious allegations. i therefore intend to resign upon resolution of the debt ceiling crisis. no word how long that could take. when he was pushed for specifics today, shep, he wouldn't give any. >> shepard: not surprised. does this mean that the potential ethics situation is he facing might go away. >> not as long as he is a member of congress. it is up to the ethics committee to decide whether to launch a formal investigation, so, as long as wu stays, they can keep on digging. meanwhile, the office of oregon's governor says he is already reviewing the procedures for a special election which will be held if

>> shepard: shannon bream in washington.one nation's coast guard rescued sailors from another nation off a sinking ship. top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. china. that rescue team speeding to a coal carrier off the southern coast. the chinese coast guard crew saving seven vietnamese sailors and calling for help to transfer valuables from the boat. russia, fast-spreading wildfires now raging in some eastern regions after a heat wave hit much of the country, flames ripping through forests and chars wheat crops. a similar wave of wildfires last year killed dozens of people and burned thousands of homes. new zealand, two gold fish now unofficially the hardiest survivors of the devastating earthquake in christ church last february. we're told these little guys survived 134 days trapped in their tank in the city's off limits downtown. here is their owner. >> i didn't even want to look in the direction of the fish tank, and wonderful the safety personnel with us and he said hey, the fish are alive. they are swimming

i'm shannon bream.arters live from the nation's capital starts right now. with the country days away from exhausting all authority to borrow any more money the president and congressional leaders are taking a break from negotiations. the white house insists there is still time to get something big done on a debt deal. steve centanni in washington with the latest. hi, steve. >> the clock is ticking towards the august 2 deadline but things are eerily quiet here in washington. talks behind the scenes but no budget meeting at the white house since thursday. today the president and his family went to church but has given no clue as to when the next negotiating section might be. the obama administration think there's is still time to get a deal done. the president's budget director has been hitting the sunday talk shows saying there has been "activity and progress." >> the president made clear he wants the largest deal possible. he wants to do the most we can to reduce the deficit. that would be the right thi

. >> i'm shannon bream live in washington. you have been watching the case anthony murder trial. prosecutors and attorneys in this case are getting one last chance to make a case to the jury. closing arguments are underway right now. we're on a lunch break. the defense will continue after that. casey anthony's fate will ultimately be in the hands of the jury. phil keating is live outside the courthouse in orlando with the very latest. hello, phil. >> reporter: hi. that is a strong presentation trying to raise reasonable doubt by jose baez, the lead attorney for casey anthony. he offered up a big poster board showing all of the people who testified they smelled decomposition in the drunk. buff next to that he put up ten more photos of people right around her car who never smelled anything. from the lady who ran the amscott check cashing place who first reported that the car was abandoned there and got the tow truck to come out and get it. to the cops that responded to the anthony home on the night of july 16 when there was so many police on the scene and cindy anthony was calling

bream that that is or the rebuild the dream program seems to be from the from the time i spent on the website subdivided into basically four categories strong communities we all pay our share working democracy and good jobs now why those four and could you speak to each of those. well you know the reason for that for those four is that we just we wanted to create some subdivisions to give people a sense of you know where they might be more interested some people might be more interested in the idea of a working democracy and and how we're going to get our democracy back from the these corporations and and stop the union busting so we wanted those people people with a lot of energy to be able to move in that direction in the other categories as well i think the most important thing i can say to the viewers in the time we have left go on the website yourself it's rebuild the dream dot com as a community rebuild the dream dot org is another effort to rebuild the dream dot com is i think. an incredible flowering there are so many creative ideas i mean some of the ideas that have come come

are standing by in new york to take over from here and we invite you to tune in tomorrow, shannon breamosts sunday's fox news sunday and sit down with senator john corzine. and thank you for watching the fox news channel. we report, you decide. make it great 4th of july holiday, have a wonderful weekend everybody, thanks for joining us.

trace gallagher and shannon bream had the live play-by-play. >> this guy is flying down the road. >>agonizing the officers. the wild west! let's take it to trace. we believe it is ft. worth, texas? >> it is. heading toward arlington, texas. a motorcycle gives this guy a lot more flexibility to get away. now the speeds have picked up dramatically. again this is k tv t. >> motorcycles can weave in and out of traffic. -- they can go up and done sidewalks they can do all kinds of unique things where police vehicles can't follow which is why they call in motorcycle officers to back them up. the motorcycle -- the guy is not wearing a helmet going at high rays of speed. we should note shannon as you watch this car chase -- in texas there are more restrained rules. it dent appear as though he's posing a major threat. motorcycle slowing down, two police officers pulling up behind him. now there's a motorcycle cop, kind of tit-for-tat, right? >> it seems like so often in these chases, that they do this sort of slow done, let the cops get close and bolt again -- slow down, let the cops get clos

shannon bream has details of the dispute. >> it was inappropriate and uncalled for aping just plain wrong reporter: the conversation has rafted up a few notches as dismulti-between florida representatives reached a boiling point. democratic debbie wasserman schultz and republican allen west. after west spoke out in support of the cup, cap and balance measure, wasserman schultz took to the house floor to respond. >> the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i are supportive the the plan to increase cost of beneficiaries. unbelieveable from a member from south florida. >> reporter: west fired off an e-mail to wasserman schultz and copied house membership leaders saying, "you want a perm fight, i'm happy to oblige. you the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the u.s. house of representatives. if you have something to say to me stop being a coward and say it to my face. otherwise, shut the heck up. you are not a lady. >> i believe he really should apologize. i think that it's only due. if he refuses, he should be asked to do so by the h

shannon bream takes a closer look at the status of the new regulations from washington. >> reporter: federal law is passed detailed regulations that outline how that law will be implemented are issued by the relevant agencies. that often takes time. especially when it comes to a 2,000 plus page bill like the president's new health care program or the dodd-frank bill passed last year described as the biggest overhaul to the american financial regulatory system in history. >> worst part is there is this gigantic uncertainy lingering. it took two years for regulators to issue all the rules that were included in the original regulation. dooring to experts it going to take at least five times longer to do this with the financial regulation bill. that is 10 years before all the rules are written. >> reporter: in fact, some regulations for the patriot act first passed in 2001, still aren't finished. most laws have built-in timeframes for getting regulations drafted subjected to public comment and finalized. those markers aren't always met hard to tell, a lot of these rules were going to be

trace gallagher and shannon bream had the live play-by-play. >> this guy is flying down the road. >>ntagonizing the officers. the wild west! let's take it to trace. we believe it is ft. worth, texas? >> it is. heading toward arlington, texas. a motorcycle gives this guy a lot more flexibility to get away. now the speeds have picked up dramatically. again this is k tv t. >> motorcycles can weave in and out of traffic. -- they can go up and done sidewalks they can do all kinds of unique things where police vehicles can't follow which is why they call in motorcycle officers to back them up. the motorcycle -- the guy is not wearing a helmet going at high rays of speed. we should note shannon as you watch this car chase -- in texas there are more restrained rules. it dent appear as though he's posing a major threat. motorcycle slowing down, two police officers pulling up behind him. now there's a motorcycle cop, kind of tit-for-tat, right? >> it seems like so often in these chases, that they do this sort of slow done, let the cops get close and bolt again -- slow down, let the cops get cl

shannon bream, fox news. >> bret: up next, my interview with white house press secretary jay carney. during the break, for a report on proposal in san francisco that would prohibit@@ >> the ongoing debate over the debt ceiling looks like it may go down to the proverbial wire. that means there will be plenty of questions for this man. white house secretary jay carney, welcome him to special report for the first time. >> thanks for having he moo-- me, i'm glad to be here. >> bret: the administration put out a policy on the newest bill out beauty my speaker boehner. if it's presented to the president. president's senior advisors would recommend that he veto this bill. >> right. >> bret: so will the president veto this bill if it makes it to his desk. >> a statement of administration policy is a procedural step taken in a many cases when a bill is presented in the house or the senate. and that language is language that's frequently used in terms of recommending a veto for the president, by a senior advisors. the chief of staff has said on sunday. the president would veto this bill, bret,

correspondent shannon bream has the details. >> house minority leader nancy pelosi has today referred yet another case involving allegations of sexual misconduct by a democratic representative to the house ethics committee. david wu, a seven-term congressman from oregon, is accused of a "unwanted sexual encounter" with a 2010 high school graduate. of the incident, which allegedly occurred late last fall, wu says "this is very serious, and i have absolutely no desire to bring unwanted publicity, attention or stress to a young woman and her family." in a letter to the house ethics committee today, house minority leader nancy pelosi said, "recent press reports attributed to our colleague, david wu, indicate he may have engaged in inappropriate activity." it's up to the ethics committee to decide whether or not to launch a formal investigation. the allegations are the latest in a string of troublesome incidents which date back to 1976 during his time as a student at stanford. a woman wu had dated said he sexually assaulted her. he was disciplined and in 2004 acknowledged the incident, say

correspondent shannon bream look at the republican opposition to the pick, the agency itself and howcould impact the 2012 race. >> i am happy about this. this is a moment for celebration. >> for more than a year, elizabeth warren fought to get the new consumer financial protection bureau part of the dodd-frank regulatory law up and running, but today president obama nominated former ohio attorney general richard cordray to lead the bureau as the first director. warren said she recruited cordray and stands with those calling for quick confirmation. >> we believe richard cordray is the right person. president believes he is. the record is exemp rarely. the record in ohio is impressive. he is the right person for job. >> the backlash from some g.o.p. senators was swift. not directed at cordray. instead they renew objection to the new agency itself. shelby said, "until president obama addresses our concerns by supporting reasonable structural changes we will not confirm anyone to lead it no accountability, no confirmation." republicans want a single director replaced by a full board. the

correspondent shannon bream tells us who those people are. >> you've heard the administration's warningst how many people depend on government programs and payouts. >> just remember, this is the united states of america. we write 80 million checks a month. there are millions and millions of americans that depend on those checks coming on time. >> and that's just at the treasury department. the overall number of government checks and electronic payments issued each month is actually much higher. nearly 212 million. >> they include the bills to contractors, small businesses, big businesses, that do work with the government, the people who manufacture the ammunition that we send to our troops. in afghanistan. >> and that's not all. take a look at the government checks and electronic payments that went out in the month of june. medicare claims are at the top of the list. they accounted for 100 million checks, 70 million of those to doctors, the rest to other providers, like hospitals and labs. second on the list, the category that you're hearing most about, more than 56 million social securi

shannon bream charts the back and forth between democratic debbie wasserman schultz and tea party backedl report" starts at 6:00 eastern in washington. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: good to know that bob becket likes the music choice. welcome back. right before we went to break we talked about herman cain. it's worth bringing that back up, because the 2012 election heating up and people are getting a little desperate. we talked about the sort of, you might call at it dirty trick when it comes to the bachmann piece about the migraine but herman cain now decided to play a card that other people haven't played yet. a lot of people expected it to be played. he made an issue of mitt romney's mormon faith. one thing he said, as i said, like the "seinfeld piece," not that there is anything wrong with it. he said it doesn't bother me but i know it's an issue with a lot of southerner and said the republican can't win presidential election without winning the south. an degreia, your thoughts on this? >> andrea: i think the first part of what he said is true. should he have sa

shannon bream checked it out, she's live in washington. >> reporter: hi, jon. heard various members of the administration saying that the treasury sends out roughly 80 million checks each month, but the overall number of government checks is actually a whole lot higher. in the month of june, the government sent out more than 211 million checks or electronic payments, so where do they go? well, medicare claims actually top the list. they account for 100 million of the checks that went out in june, 70 million of those go to doctors, the rest to providers like hospitals and labs. let's check out second on the list, this is the one you've probably heard the most about. more than 56 million social security payments went out in june. so what's third on the list? that comes from food stamps. they came to more than 21 million payments that went out in just one month. we talked with urban who served in the treasury department, and he pointed out something interesting. once the government cuts those checks, most of them are as good as cash. here's his take. >> once you g

in washington, shannon bream, fox news. >> want to learn more on shannon's story or any story you seee on fox? make sure to head over to our website, foxnews.com. >> kelly: well, jeff bridges lives the american dream without a doubt. a hollywood star, academy award winner to be exact. successful singer, song writer and jeff wants to use his fame, however, to champion the cause of ending hunger among america's children. he's our focus on beyond the dream. in america, millions of children wake up facing each day wondering if they'll have any food to eat. the issue becomes more critical during the summer when schools are closed, leaving hungry children without a school breakfast and lunch. >> one in four of our kids in america, if you can believe it, are facing hunger every day. and we have programs that are in place, but the folks don't know about them or aren't enrolled in them and state by state working with mayors and governors, making sure that people know about these programs and enrolling kids in them. >> kelly: academy award winning actor jeff bridges is known for the fictional c

. >> have a good 4th of july >>> i'm shannon bream in for chris wallace. as the deadline approaches, the political pressure increases. republicans and democrats are talking tough, when just a month ago in the debt ceiling negotiations. is a deal still possible? we will ask john cornyn, one of the g.o.p. senate leaders. also with the terror attack rocks afghanistan, should the u.s. rethink the drawdown plan? we get on the ground assessment from those on the ground in foreign policy, senator joe lieberman and lindsey graham. what do the fundraising numbers tell us about the presidential field. we ask the sunday panel, which candid gaits are making a move -- candidates are making a move and which are stalled. on this fourth of july weekend, actor gary sinise tells us how he wants to help the veterans and the wounded warriors. all right now on "fox news sunday." hello again, from fox news in washington. as the nation celebrates the fourth of july holiday weekend. it's getting to be crunch time in the capital in the high-stakes battle over increasing the debt c

i'm shannon bream. thanks for watching fox news. captioned by closed captioning services, inc. >> chris: i'm chris wallace. it's crunch time in the debt ceiling talks and neither side is backing down. with president obama and congressional republicans dead locked, we will get a read on where things stand from two key house members. jim jordan, chairman of the house republican study committee. and chris van hollen, the top democrat on the budget committee. it is a fair and balanced debate, only on "fox news sunday." >>> then, the gop presidential race. we'll sit down with candidate herman cain as we continue our series 2012, one on one. and for all of the talk about possible default on august 2, the real focus may be election day 2012. we'll ask our sunday group which party is gaining the upper hand with voters next year. all right now on "fox news sunday." thehello again from fox news in washington. with just 16 days to go 2348 our country reaches the debt limit and with threats from rating agencies to downgrade the nation's credit,

shannon bream is live in washington to break this all down for us. hi, shannon. >> reporter: hi, jenna. you know there's plenty of acrimony in washington these days when it comes to finding a solution to our debt crisis. shortly after congressman alan west took to the floor in the support of the cut, cap and balance measure, florida democrat debbie wasserman-schultz went to the floor to respond apparently referring to west, but not by name. >> president obama has vow today veto this bill which ends the medicare guarantee and incredulously, the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries, as do i, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries. unbelievable from a member from south florida. it slashes medicaid and critical investments essential to winning the future in favor of protecting tax breaks for big oil, millionaires and be companies who ship american jobs overshes. >> reporter: west fired back via e-mail saying, quote: >> reporter: not backing down. take a listen. >> when a conser

here is shannon bream who is live in washington. shannon. >> reporter: well you know there is plenty of acrimony in washington these days. when it comes to finding a solution to our debt crisis. shortly after congressman alan west a republican from florida took to the floor in support of the cut, cap and balance matter, florida democrat debbie wasserman schultz went to the floor to respond apparently referring to west although not by name. >> president obama has vowed to veto this bill, which ends the medicare guarantee and incredulous lee the gentleman from florida who represents thousands of medicare beneficiaries as do i is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for medicare beneficiaries, unbelievable from a member from south florida. >> reporter: republicans are taking issue with that character ryization of the bill. by the way west fired back via email after that exchange on the floor. he copied a number of republican and democratic house leaders saying quote, if you have something to say to me stop being a coward a