i'm bret baier. multiple reports of a possible deal on the debt ceiling today had washington jumping. 12 days from the debt ceiling deadline. for all of the excitement early in the day, things at this hour are much less clear. senior white house foreign affairs wendell goler is at the white house tonight with the latest. good evening, wendell. >> good evening. the president is meeting right now with the democratic leaders of the house and

bret baier, thank you.ch bret baier this weekend filling in for chris wall loss and talking about the debt crisis with the house majority whip. also, the director of the national economic council on sunday. check the local listings for what time it runs if your area. as soon as speaker boehner's original bill failed last night, pundits said he's lost his grip on the party he is supposed to be load -- leading. i have copd. if you have it, you know how hard it can be to breathe and what that fes like copd includes chronic bronchitis and emphysema. spiriva helps control my copd symptoms... ...by keepinmy airways open... ...a full 24 hours. plus, it reduces copd flare-ups. spiriva is the only once-daily inhaled copd maintence treatment that does both. and it's eroid-free. spiriva doesot replace fast-acting inlers for sudden symptoms. tell your doctor if you have kidney problems, glaucoma, trouble urinating, or an enlarged prostate. these may worsen with spiriva. discuss all medicines you take, even eye drops. s

our good friend bret baier is here with us. we should be allowed an up and down vote. did that happen on the two bill bills the house sent over? >> bret they basically tabled those and killed those right away. republican senator mcconnell's office sending out a quote from senator reid back a few years saying in the senate it has always been the case you need 60 votes. simple majority vote would be needed to pass the reid vote. the congressional budget office has some out with a new assessment of that bill. it suggests that he is using the january baseline numbers and this is kind of, you know, in the specifics here. >> sean: washington speak. >> bret: washington speak but means $200 billion less of savings that they said was in the reid bill from the beginning and, of course, there is the controversy over the $1 trillion they say are in savings from pulling back from surge levels in afghanistan and iraq. a lot of concerns about the reid bill that they could never get 60 votes. what really will happen is a negotiation, a compromise that we will likely see tomorrow and it

our good friend bret baier is here with us. we should be allowed an up and down vote. did that happen on the two bill bills the house sent over? >> bret they basically tabled those and killed those right away. republican senator mcconnell's office sending out a quote from senator reid back a few years saying in the senate it has always been the case you need 60 votes. simple majority vote would be needed to pass the reid vote. the congressional budget office has some out with a new assessment of that bill. it suggests that he is using the january baseline numbers and this is kind of, you know, in the specifics here. >> sean: washington speak. >> bret: washington speak but means $200 billion less of savings that they said was in the reid bill from the beginning and, of course, there is the controversy over the $1 trillion they say are in savings from pulling back from surge levels in afghanistan and iraq. a lot of concerns about the reid bill that they could never get 60 votes. what really will happen is a negotiation, a compromise that we will likely see tomorrow and it

our good friend bret baier is here with us. we should be allowed an up and down vote. did that happen on the two bill bills the house sent over? >> bret they basically tabled those and killed those right away. republican senator mcconnell's office sending out a quote from senator reid back a few years saying in the senate it has always been the case you need 60 votes. simple majority vote would be needed to pass the reid vote. the congressional budget office has some out with a new assessment of that bill. it suggests that he is using the january baseline numbers and this is kind of, you know, in the specifics here. >> sean: washington speak. >> bret: washington speak but means $200 billion less of savings that they said was in the reid bill from the beginning and, of course, there is the controversy over the $1 trillion they say are in savings from pulling back from surge levels in afghanistan and iraq. a lot of concerns about the reid bill that they could never get 60 votes. what really will happen is a negotiation, a compromise that we will likely see tomorrow and it

. >> laura: let's bring in "special report" host, of course, washington editor bret baier who has been following. this bret, look, the way this thing is playing out tonight, the senate gets this for one hot potato moment and harry reid moves to table. tell us what you think. >> yeah. well, laura, what's happening right now is that the senate majority leader has asked for a vote to table this boehner bill has james has just described. but he is doing it with a 51, simple majority. usually you would need 60 votes to do that. what you are seeing now is a simple majority vote. if they get 51, and he will, because he has 53 democrats already on board to table this measure. the boehner bill will be tabled. it won't be killed. it will become the vehicle by which they put on this other compromise deal that they have been working on behind the scenes. they figure out over the next day what that's going to look like. we probably find out about it tomorrow. then it's voted on. that will need 60 votes to pass. if it passes there and we are talking probably early sunday morning, it could be really

i'm bret baier. president obama called republican and democratic leaders back to the white house today in the ongoing effort to avert what the treasury secretary says will be a government default on august 2. the attention appears to have shifted toward a bipartisan plan emerging in the senate. but house republicans aren't yet sold. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, bret. the president had tough-selling to do with democrats as well. the afl-cio announced today it opposes the gang of six plan, but you are right, the toughest job for the president is what republicans, particularly those in the house. mr. obama got started on it today. a day after saying bipartisan senate proposal might break the log jam over cutting the deficit and raising the debt ceiling, president obama met separately with leaders of both parties and the so-called gang of six briefed members of the house on the proposal. gang member ken

now, get down to bret baier in washington with a preview of the president's season. >> bret: thanks bille shot of the white house in the nation's capital. the real sheet is on president obama and congress, as the debt ceiling deadline looms a little more than a week away. good evening, i'm bret baier in washington. we are five minutes away from the address on the national debt. what the treasury secretary says is an august 2nd, deadline to avoid financial collapse. tonight there are two plans many one from harry reid and one from john boehner. neither contains tax increases. or as they are often called in washington, revenue increases. something president obama has been pushing for. tonight the president is expected to urge democrats and republicans to come to some sort of compromise that he can sign. following remarks we will get the republican response from john boehner. now thoughts about what to expect tonight. joining me, steve hayes. abby stoddard and charles krauthammer. charles? >> i think this is an attempt of the president to deal back into the game. he dominated the whole disc

bret baier thank you so much. we will see you this weekend. in fact, i'm going to tell everybody about it. catch bret on "fox news sunday" filling in for chris wallace. he will be talking about kevin mccarthy and jean sperling. don't miss it fox "fox news sun" check your local listings for that the debt limit far from over. we can see that. so what happens if there is no deal by tuesday? you know, august 2nd, that big date we have been told about? how will the feds decide which bills to pay and which bills they won't pay? we are tracking the fast-moving developments on capitol hill to see what to expect next. plus, i don't know if you are following it, but the dow has just had its worst week in a year thanks to this whole debt debacle. we will look at the fallout and how it could affect our investments, our 401(k)'s and retirement accounts. neil cavuto is up next. got his love for racing. all we know is, it started early. casey mears, driver of the number thirteen geico toyota camry. geico, saving people money on more than just car insurance.

encore preppation of glenn beck continues but first, bret baier. >> bret: coming up, we have team coveragee market as the republican candidates and lawmakers in the debt negotiation all react. friday lightning round at the top of the hour. now back to the glenn beck show. ♪ ♪ >> glenn: we're back. with kevin williamson, deputy managing editor of national review and author of "politically incorrect guide to socialism." you must have it. richard poe coauthor of "shadow party" a book i don't think i would have believed three years ago. it is melt your brain. it's unbelievable. it's truly, truly up believable. both of those are must reads. we were just talking, do we have a picture of who know who? do we have it ready yet? do tough picture? i asked for one. richard and i were talking off-air here a second ago. i said we went in the break and i said okay, let me tell you what i really think. let me tell you what i really think. i think there is somebody who is going to come in and give us illusion of the republic, because that's what you have to do. you have to have craziness, radicals in contr

but first, bret baier previews "special report." >> bret: new details on operation fast and furious and which charges about which government officials knew what when. the president's top economic advisors joins us live at the top of the hour now back to the glenn beck show. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> glenn: we're talking to the clem conservatives and asking them what life is like on college. hopefully, trying to give you a little bit of fire in the belly. for standing up for what you believe. claire? >> we're told the only thing we can control in college is our grades. that is why we're scared. only thing we have control of. increasing tuition every year. >> why does it increase every year? >> 5% this year. >> it's interesting that colleges are increasing faster than healthcare. in the last ten years, yet no up with says a word about that. yes? >> right now government is pushing a program where everybody should go to college. 50% of the graduates are going to college program that might not be the best of them. >> you don't have to go to college. you don't have to go to college. >> look, i was a dummy f

bret baier, thanks so much.f the world's leading credit agencies said uncle sam should sea polish the debt ceiling entirely. moody's say the fight over raising the cap causes more uncertainty than the debt itself. mayor case one of the few nations where lawmakers set a ceiling on the debt. we have up-to-the-minute information on our web site, foxnews.com. and remember to make fox news with you when you hit the road this summer. you can find out how to patch your smartphone into the most powerful name in news. check it all out there. therefore new unemployment numbers league wrench into so-called economic recovery. new analysis just released showing unemployment as measured by the polling company has gone up over the first couple weeks in july. it now stands at 8.9%. that's up from 8.7% just weeks ago at the end of june. but what may be more telling is the rate of under employment which combines the percentage of unemployed with those working part time. that stands at 18.3%. that's the same rate as one year ago.

. >> bret: i'm bret baier in washington. house to vote on a bill by john boehner to raise the debt and cut spending. tonight on "special report, we'll tell you why democrats have more reason to dislike this version. version. president obama wentú television again this morning to urge a bipartisan compromise. he did not talk much about dismal new numbers on the economy. we will. chief white house correspondent ed henry has that story. chief washington correspondent james rosen gives us perspective on how much it might cost you if we miss the debt ceiling deadline. plus, the soldier accused of plotting a second attack on fort hood made his first court appearance today. and it was memorable. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern here in washington. now i'll go back to new york and send it back to "the five." ♪ >> welcome back to "the five." thanks to a recent ftc ruling companies can run social media background check, meaning a comment on a blog could cost you a job. would you pass such scrutiny? look, i'm old, so i'm safe. t

. ♪ >> i'm bret baier in washington.ory today, you guessed it, the upcoming vote on house speaker john boehner's proposal to raise the federal borrowing limit and cut government spending. tonight on "special report" we will be live on capitol hill where we're learning the debate is being pushed back to buy more time, likely in search of more votes. we'll also go live to the white house where the president's spokesman compared speaker boehner to the grinch that stole christmas today. in other news today, a soldier who was awol and reportedly had weapons stashed in a motel room is under arrest tonight in texas. law enforcement officials say the 21-year-old has admitted planning to attack fort hood, the scene of a massacre in 2009. we'll tell you how the police were tipped off to his alleged plan. >>> a jam-packed "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern. the story is changing by the minute. send it back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> benny and the jets? >> elton john for you. welcome back to "the five." we've got an updat

i am bret baier. we're two weeks away from the august debt deadline according to the treasury department. while the house is expected to vote on the cut, cap and balance proposal this evening, there are bipartisan claims of progress, coming from the other chamber on capitol hill. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house tonight with an update. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. progress comes from gang of six which was down from five before a new proposal encouraged republican member's return. with time running out on deficit and debt ceiling plan, president obama made surprise appearance to hail oklahoma senator tom coburn's return to bipartisan group known as the gang of six. which has a new deal to make spending cut with increased tax revenue which mr. obama insisted on. >> we now have a bipartisan group of senators that agree with the balanced approach. and we have the american people who agree with the balanced approach. >> reporter: draft of

bret baier, chatting with the washington folks on sunday. you're hosting fox news sunday? and we recently heard from one of president obama's campaign spokespeople that maybe america is not really looking at these numbers? >> that was an amazing statement from david plouffe about america not seeing the world through the prism of the gdp or unemployment numbers, saying it's your own personal family situation. but this is a really bad number, a bad number, 9.2% and a really bad number on 18,000 jobs created. you look at the david plouffe statement and what president obama said when he was answering a tweet from house speaker john boehner that asked, where are the jobs? and he said that that question was skewed. there is a feeling among some, particularly republicans obviously -- that the administration is disconnected to the seriousness of how big the unemployment problem is. obviously you're going to hear from the president who will try to paint a picture of how he thinks the economy is on the right track a little bit later this morning. that's a big, big number this mornin

. >> i am bret baier in washington.e day that the treasury secretary says the fed runs out of borrowing power. and two plans considered to avoid a financial collapse. house speaker john boehner has a proposal and senate majority leader harry reid says boehner's plan is dead on arrival in the senate and the president is threatening a veto. we'll have an interview with jay carney and analysis by brit hume. the project guns to criminals was on the hot seat and we'll bring you the latest on the investigation into operation fast and furious. and democratic congressman david wu says he's resigning. we'll tell you what his terms are as he heads out the door. special report starts at 6 eastern, here in washington. now, send it back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> i'm still trying to defends myself i did not cuss. >> cuss. >> even nos' making me want to you now. >> 4-1. >> i love she said cuss. >> shouldn't cuss anymore. >> well, we're going to follow-up on a story we did yesterday. because we were talking about it a minute ago

." ♪ >> i'm bret baier in washington.ay from the debt ceiling deadline according to the treasury department. that's today's big story again. tonight on "special report," new movement from house republicans after a new plan from house speaker john boehner that has tea party congressmen jumping on board. harry reid says his plan is better, and some want president obama to act on his own to prevent the default. we'll explain. federal reserve officials say the u.s. economy worsened in much of the country during june and early july with high unemployment, weak home sales, and signs of a slowing in manufacturing. we'll look at the financial fallout ahead of a big announcement friday. and one of the country's most famous close its doors. we'll right foot history of the walter reed army medical center. "special report" starts at 6:00. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> all right. welcome back to "the five." now, this section is going to be on one of my favorite topics, which is the government spying on us. now, there's a

. @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ >> bret baier in washington.tory today, two plans to extend the debt ceiling, and the president scheduling an a press conference to address the issue. tonight on "special report," the details on the proposal. reed wants enough borrowing power to last until 2013. the president plans to address the nation tonight at 9:00 eastern. speaker boehner will speak after that. we'll have live coverage. the self-confessed perpetrator of friday's terror attacks in norway was in court today. we'll tell you what he had to say. police reduced the initial death toll from 93 to 76. and more news about the nfl lockout. all of that on "special report" starting at 6:00 eastern. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ >> who is that? who picks this music? >> obviously not you. welcome back to "the five." the people of norway suffered a tragedy over the weekend when it's alleged that anders bay b g breivik blew up a building and killed people.q?íjyxz he says there's two other cells. >> it's a bit strange he would be able to do this by m

insid.i'm bret baier. the stalemate shows no signs of ending. two major plans remain under consideration, but neither has much bipartisan support. tonight, though, one has more republican support it did 24 hours ago. we have team fox coverage. ed henry reports on the increasingly dire tone coming from the house, but we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill gridlock. good evening, mike. >> good evening. they're trying to round up votes from house republican freshmen. earlier in the in the day, the speaker i'd get your ass in line" and back his plan. time was running short as the day was lost in the process. speaker boehner saved his talking for behind closed doors as house republicans are arm-twisting to get the 217 votes for his plan to pass the house. the speaker pulled it back, fine-tuned it, and pushed for the bill to hit floor thursday. >> when push comes to shove, i'm confident that this bill is going to pass the house of representatives. >> part of that confidence comes from signs the tide is shifting in

i'm bret baier. multiple reports of a possible deal on the debt ceiling today had washington jumping. 12 days from the debt ceiling deadline. for all of the excitement early in the day, things at this hour are much less clear. senior white house foreign affairs wendell goler is at the white house tonight with the latest. good evening, wendell. >> good evening. the president is meeting right now with the democratic leaders of the house and senate, talking about a plan to cut the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. less than two weeks to go before the nation runs out of borrowing authority. they are still debating what they say has less than a chance of passing and even less with getting signature. with time running out on the borrowing authority, senate considered a house pass deficit cutting plan that democrats said had less than one chance in a million. >> does the half baked concoction of ideas that don't hold together, that don't add up, that would actually further threaten the economic recovery.

jon: bret baier good to talk to you. he'll have a wrap-up when he hosts special report.une in tonight, every night, 6:00pm eastern, special report. jenna: another big story today, a change of command in afghanistan. general john allen taking control over the international alliance over general david petraeus who will take charge of the cia soon. jennifer griffin is live at pentagon with more. >> reporter: the changes, the command ceremony in kabul took place with a backdrop of a slew of attacks on karzai's circle. there is a warning that the war in afghanistan is far from over. >> the job is most certainly not done. al-qaida operatives still plot and plan across the border in pakistan. the taliban still try to regain lost ground, still intimidate and still assassinate as we just saw this past week about the brutal killing of president karzai's brother. hamid karzai trying to climb into his brother's grave last week is facing almost daily challenges to his rule. his brother was assassinated by a trusted bodyguard. a former governor and loyal political adviser to karzai wa

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. @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ >>> i'm bret baier in washington.special report, new details on operation fast and furious. the a.t.f. gun running operation that put thousands of weapons in the hands of criminals heading across the u.s. -mexico border. we will show you what the acting a.t.f. director told lawmakers in just released testimony. senate majority leader harry reid promises to keep the senate in session every day until the debt ceiling crisis is resolved. the president insists progress is being made. he met privately at the white house sunday with the speaker of the house and the house majority leader. mike emanuel looks at the stalemate and what might happen leading up to the august 2 deadline there are a couple of other august dates with national significance. the iowa straw poll, august 13. and the g.o.p. debate on fox august 11. carl cameron examines how the early tests are weighing on republican hopefuls. we will also have analysis from brit hume. special starts at 6:00 eastern. now back to "the five." ♪ ♪ >> bob: wisconsin governor

i'm bret baier. this is a fox news alert. with eight days until the federal government reaches its borrowing limit, president obama will address the nation tonight at 9:00 eastern. house speaker john boehner will have a response. fox news will cover both live. there are now two competing debt extension plans, vying public acceptance and political positioning. we have fox team coverage tonight. senior political analyst before it how many wilbrithume will gi. we begin with mike emanuel on what is in the proposals. good evening, mike. >> bret, good evening. president obama and senate majority leader harry reid have backed on the idea of tax increasing about a part of a deficit reduction plan. still it is not clear if we're any closer to a deal. grueling news conferences on capitol hill as senate majority leader harry reid and speaker john boehner sell dueling plans to solve the debt crisis. with an august 2nd deadline looming larger, they're set on ripping their opponent's proposal. >> i believe the plan is full of gimmicks. >>

i'm bret baier. as lawmakers on capitol hill are questioning the f.b.i. and a.t.f.ut operation fast and furious, tonight we hear exactly what the a.t.f. director told investigators in a secret meeting. william la jeunesse is in los angeles with an update tonight. good evening, william. >> reporter: congressman darrell issa and senator grassley are not prepared to call at it coverup but they say the testimony released today from the acting a.t.f. director nelson shows the justice department is actively withholding information and prohibiting people from telling the truth. in a letter today to attorney general eric holder the lawmakers warn him to stop stonewalling saying, "it's not a fishing expedition." time for d.o.j. to get out of spin mode and in disclosure mode. nelson claims he wanted to meet with congress about fast and furious and that the d.o.j. said no. they were more interested in protecting the administration politically. "it was frustrating," nelson said. "it appears thoroughly to us the justice department is trying to figure out a way to push the inform

good evening, i'm bret baier, we're just a week away from bumping our collective heads against the federal debt ceiling according to the department. and lawmakers continue to argue how to avoid it and others warn against the dire consequences of failure and brit hume will handicap the final days of the battle and what the president is doing and not doing. we begin with mike emanuel on a busy day for lawmakers and switchboard operators. >> good evening, the white house today used a word that president obama did not use in his address to the nation. veto. this, has republicans are searching for the vote to pass speaker boehner's debt plan. >> phones have been ringing off the hook in offices on capitol hill the day after president obama encouraged americans to make their voess heard on the debt crisis. >> good afternoon, bill nelson's office. >> the morning after a broadcast war of words with the president, speaker john boehner continued selling the merits of his plan, designed to cut 3 trillion dollars in spending and more. >> it has a real process for cutting spending before the end of this

@=h >>> i'm bret baier in washington.ays until the debt ceiling deadline and president obama is meeting right now with house and senate democrats at the white house. this after a day of rumors that house speaker boehner and the president were close to a deal at $3 trillion in cuts and a promise of broad tax reform next year. the white house and the speaker's office shot those reports down. tonight on "special report," wendell goler examines the options on the table on the fast-moving story. new fox poll shows former massachusetts governor mitt romney maintaining his lead with the primary voters but there is significant move in the the pack. texas governor rick perry who has yet to announce and minnesota congresswoman michele bachmann both made significant headway. it's been a year since the dodd-frank wall street reform and consumer protection act passed. peter barnes looks at the impact of the legislation so far. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern in washington. now back to new york. and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> greg: w

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neither is investing. [ birds chirping ] >>> i'm chris wallace in for bret baier in washington.ay when a bomb ripped through building, including the prime minister's office in oslo. a man dressed as a police officer opened fire at a youth camp, run by the country's ruling party on a nearby island. a suspect has been arrested. tonight on "special report," greg palkot has the latest on the country's worst attacks since world war ii. >>> back at home, there is no debt deal public or private. according to house speaker john boehner, he and the president are not close to an agreement. wendell goler is at the white house with what is holding up a compromise. proposed law in san francisco would see excons treated as a protected class. critics say it's political correctness run amok, while opponents say getting criminals back on their feet is the best way to stop recidivism. claudia cowan has a fair and balanced look. "special report" at 6:00 eastern. now back to "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> kimberly: all right, everybody. welcome back to "the five." thank you for being with us today. the show

. >>> i'm bret baier in washington where two weeks from the deadline to raise the country debt ceilingnt obama says there has been some progress today. the president praised members of the bipartisan gang of six who say they are nearing an agreement on a plan to cut the debt by roughly $4 trillion in the coming decade. tonight on "special report," wendell goler charts the day's back and forth. plus, we'll dig in detail a new plan with a live interview with one of the members of the gang of six. mike crapo. and rupert murdock and others testifietestified in the "news e world" phone hacking scandal. news corp is the parent company of fox news. we have a live wrap of the day's proceeding and a panel discussion on this topic. of the 20 suspected gun buyers and operation fast and furious only one is behind bars. we will tell you why. special report starts at 6:00 eastern. now we head back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ >> dana: welcome back to "the five." proving that the saying when one door closes, another door opens is true. the winning charlie sheen has a new show. the title is perfect

bret baier, thank you.rap-up today's news from the hill when he hosts special report. you can tune in tonight and every week night 6:00pm. always a great debate. jenna: the hughes oversight committee is conducting a hearing into the justice department's gun running sting called fast and furious. a new congressional report says more than 120 firearms from that operation were discovered at drug cartel crime scenes in mexico without the knowledge of the mexican government. william la jeunesse is live in los angeles with more. william. >> reporter: well, jenna this morning congress tried to get to the bottom of fast and furious. what we learned today is that lying and duplicity is alive and well at alcohol, tobacco and firearms. as top officials in washington and phoenix hid this program from their colleagues in the u.s. and mexico. secondly double speak. we heard the special agent in charge in phoenix bill newell leave members of congress speechless h exasperated and angry. he would say one thing, like guns do

i'm bret baier. a fox news alert the house of representatives is in a holding pattern right now regarding speaker john boehner's bill to cut spending and extend the country's debt limit. a. ♪ was supposed to happen this hour. this breaking development happens late in the day where the already heated rhetoric warmed up a little bit more. we have fox team coverage tonight. ed henry tells us about a possible option from the white house, but we begin with chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel on what's happening at this moment. mike? >> they're buying more time to make sure the republicans have the necessary votes, 216, to passion the boehner debt plan. much of the afternoon, the speaker and his leadership team have been pulling republican members in his ceremonial office just off the house floor to make the final push to vote to pass this bill. it's been an unpredictable day on capitol hill. >> let's pass this bill and end this crisis. >> the rallying cry from speaker john boehner on the day th

after fox anchor bret baier had a dispute, the aides said he just did a stupid piece on it but he isx doesn't look so crazy for saying the channel was being treated unfairly. >>> if there's one thing i hope we can agree on it's that the cia analyst who tracked down osama bin laden is a hero who helped bring a mass murderer to justice. i bet most americans would say the media should protect his privacy so he isn't exposed to possible retaliation from islamic extremists. that's not what happened. the associated press reported earlier this month the analyst was just outside the frame of that famous photo of the president and his team honoring events in the situation room. the ap said call him john, his middle name, the story said. it described his work history and how he played on a division i basketball team in college. this week the new york observer advanced the story. the piece was cast as an examination of the ap report, the white house's use of digital media and the state of cyber sleuthing. the observer asked was it really up to a small weekly nupt to protect the life of a top te

captioned by closed captioning services, inc >> chris: i'm chris wallace in for bret baier. this is a fox news alert. there is late-breaking news on the debt talks. house speaker john boehner once again has broken off negotiations with president obama. boehner will now try to work out a deal with senate leaders to keep the country from going into default. and president obama is expected in the white house briefing room at any moment. to give his reaction. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler is live at the white house with the latest. this has all broken in the last few minutes. >> reporter: you are right, chris. a source in the speaker's office says mr. boehner felt that president obama wasn't serious about what is being called "the big deficit reduction deal." the three, to $3.5 trillion measure over ten years. officials here, i believe, would tell you that the issue is the tax revenue that the president says has to be a part of the package to keep it from being unfair to to make deficit reduction too big a burden on social security and medicare a

. >>> i'm bret baier in washington.meeting with congressional leaders that hour, as the debt ceiling negotiations continue there are just 13 days until the treasury secretary says the nation will start defaulting on the obligations. but not everyone is sold on the bipartisan senate plan from the so-called gang of six. tonight on "special report," wendell goaler looks at how the 11th hour talks are playing out. new fox polls give us the public take on negotiations. jim angle examines a health policy suggestion that would compel insurance companies to provide women with free birth control. the administration is praised the recommendation but many, including pro-lifers aren't too happy about it. we will tell you why. the verbal nives are out between two florida representatives. shannon bream charts the back and forth between democratic debbie wasserman schultz and tea party backed allen west. "special report" starts at 6:00 eastern in washington. now back to new york and "the five." ♪ ♪ ♪ >> dana: good to know that bob bec

nice to see you even though you went on with bret baier and i call you a trader. >> never personal. >e is coming up on the o'reilly factor. >> brian ross got roughed up a bit over the migraine headache situation. we will have mr. ross on this program, coming up. >> greta: at 11:00 p.m. eastern time. coming up, they say the white house isn't listening to arizona republican lawmakers doing things their way again. we will tell you what they are up to now coming up. and we first told you about congressman west's nasty feud with representative wasserman schulz the. but the story got a whole lot weirder. it may or may not include an apology. apology. wewewewewewe an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement, available only with berty mutual auto insurance, if your car is totaled, we give you the money for a ca one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? backed by the superguarantee®? find a busess only& suonline.s®. on your phone. or in the book. go to superpages®. and let the good guys save the day. so delicious. i thin

bret baier will anchor special coverage here on fox news channel. i will be on your local fox station down the dial. we have more coverage from capitol hill coming up minutes from now inside fox report. first tonight, a judge says the suspect in one of the worst mass murderers in modern history has confessed. he is pleading not guilty though claiming he was trying to prevent a muslim takeover of europe. apparently by bombing norway's government headquarters and opening fire on dozens of kids at summer camp. amateur video here of the moments right after friday's explosion in oslo where police say eight people died. then, the gunman disguised as a police officer gunned down more than 60 people according to authorities at the island camp for the ruling labor party's youth group. survivors say some kids jumped in the water trying to escape. but he fired at them, according to witnesses, as they swam await a minute according to the judge the suspect said he wanted to punish the labor party for, quote, mass imports of muslims. tonight,e're learning more ab

i'm bret baier. both sides in the debt ceiling debate took the cases to the public today. house republicans said they will hold a vote on their plan next week including a balanced budget amendment. president obama pleaded with lawmakers to set aside politics and self-interest to do what he called some tough stuff. senior white house foreign affairs correspondent wendell goler has the specifics tonight. good evening, wendell. >> reporter: good evening, bret. republicans and democrats were both afraid the president would haul them off to camp david this weekend to work on the deficit reduction deal. neither wanted that. they were under orders to meet separately to try to make progress they couldn't seem to make together. in an unprecedented third news conference of the past two weeks, president obama said he hopes for a big deal to reduce the deficit and raise the debt ceiling. he also said what is on everybody's mind. >> we are running out of time. >> reporter: on that, republicans and democrats agree. >> there is no more road left to kick the can down the road. if we don't

which bret baier will not be able to give you on fox news. i'm kidding., if there is no deal here, the constitution's 14th amendment basically guarantees america's credit worthiness when it says the validity of the public debt of the united states shall not be questioned. now many are questioning whether that does give the president the right to bypass congress and lift the debt ceiling himself. president clinton said that's what the president should do. mercedes cohen says it does. lis wiehl not so amenable to that. mercedes, you think he does have the power, why? >> there's historical precedent. lincoln did that during the civil war. extended habeas corpus for the debt not to go into default. we are dealing with the president, congress is not doing anything i have to step in the constitution, 14th amendment says specifically that there has to be credit worthiness. otherwise we will default. we will go into a recession obviously, possibly depression. back roosevelt said specifically he warned congress. if we can't make this move i have to step in during

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i'm bret baier. this is a fox news alert, saying we're almost out of time president obama today urged lawmakers to achieve a bipartisan extension of the debt limit, which the treasury secretary says will be reached tuesday. house speaker john boehner's third version of a bill to do just that awaits a vote in a matter of moments. all of this happens against the backdrop of new numbers account inning the gross domestic product numbers were much worse. we look at how those numbers may affect the president, but we begin with mike emanuel on the debt ceiling vote. >> moments ago speaker john boehner passionately rallied his republican members on the floor of the house. it's been a challenging week for the speaker as the debt plan has been delayed several times and adjusted. after the vote, in a matter of minutes, the pressure will shift to the senate, and the search for compromise. after fine-tuning his debt plan again to include a balanced budget amendment to secure enough republican votes to pass, speak