cavuto on business next! (laughter) . >> mike: it's not about winter blues, it's all about your green. one month until you decide who gets to live in the house, and washington is getting his fiscal house in order. i'm charles payne in for neil cavuto and the fiscal hill that we're over. and the co-chairman alan simpson about before the first presidential debate. >> one of the arguments is, no matter who is elected, they, the table this for six months, whether it's to reelect president obama or newly elected president romney, deal with it in the winter in a substantive way, going so far as to reform the tax code, everything you want. do you think that's what's going to happen? >> i think that could happen, regardless who is president because the markets are going to begin to rattle their chains, it will be like a dungeon, say, look. >> why haven't they rattled? >> they're waiting for this to pass. >> anything could happen. >> they look at america as some the stupidest people on earth if they're going to let go

the letter of the day is "c" for cavuto, cavuto on business, up next. ♪ >> neil: finally the presidentusing on the $16 trillion debt, one problem, he's not our president. is president. i'm neil cavuto and ahead of the final foreign policy debate, fox on top of the nut cracking a number and maybe he has our number. iran's president questioning how long americaan remain the rld's number one power, with such massive debt. so, if he is getting it and

the letter of the day is "c" for cavuto, cavuto on business, up next. ♪ >> neil: finally the presidentocusing on the $16 trillion debt, one problem, he's not our president. this president. i'm neil cavuto and ahead of the final foreign policy debate, fox on top of the nut cracking a number and maybe he has our number. iran's president questioning how long america can remain the world's number one power, with such massive debt. so, if he is getting it and reminding the world about it, what are we going to do about it? is it time to start worrying about a real financial national security threat? we have dagen mcdowell, moving a few inches away... >> no, not true. >> neil: we have ben stein. >> i'm happy to see dagen. >> neil: the next 30 minutes, our free be to you and welcome to all. ben stein, on the guy i like to call, lord faulteroy. >> he's nutty as a fruit cake but he's right, our national debt is so large it is a national security threat and the reason is, one, it makes us look stupid and impotent and as if we can't control our investing and at some point will require us to cut or

neil cavuto. dagen: the economy will be a big focus of tonight's debate. adp the payroll processing firm came out earlier this morning and reported that 162,000 private sector jobs were added last month. more than expected. to weigh in on that, and the debate, the head of u.s. interest rate strategy at ubs is joining us now from stanford connecticut. chris, on the debate, is there anything that could be said tonight that could move the treasury markets, that could send yields higher, potentially? >> good question. you know, we're focused predominantly right now on the u.s. economy and the sluggish pace of growth. we have an eye towards europe. and we're wrestling with, you know, these flows that are being driven by the fed's qe program which really, you know, puts the hammer down on the mortgage market. but the debate tonight will for a few hours change everyone's focus, and we're going to be looking at the two candidates, and we're going to try to see if anything can come out of this conversation

neil cavuto joins us for the site of the debate.lder confidence rising for the sixth straight month. the ceo of the national association of homebuilders is here with new numbers on the improving housing picture. but of course right now it is a busy day in the markets. top of the hour, stocks now every 15 minutes. we have nicole petallides on the floor of the new york stock exchange. besides the shock of vikram pandit's departure, really the overall market having a heck of a day here nicole. nicole: great day on wall street so far. the dow jones industrials up 121 points right now. certainly a stellar day with momentum to the upside. most of the dow components of the 30, 27 have been in the green. 5 of which are hitting new multiyear highs. that's some great news there. we will continue to follow citigroup very closely. traders on wall street were certainly surprised when we heard that vikram pandit was stepping down early on, and of course right away they began to wonder if the board was dissatisfied, if he was ousted, that's in fac

. >> brenda: and neil, i give him a big like and cavuto on bu . >> neil: all right. ten days and counting until you decide who is in charge of fixing our massive debt. new numbers showing how broke we are. hi, everyone, glad to have you, neil cavuto and forget about the 16 trillion bucks, it sounds like a big number, but maybe it might help you focus on $47,000, according to government data, that each american household share of the debt we owe to foreign countries. in hock, to foreign countries. and 10 grand of that to china ane. so, when you look at those numbers, is it any surprise the world has our number, to ben stein, charles payne, dagen mcdowell and adam lashinsky, dr. payne, great to have you back. >> good to be here. >> the u.s. government is flat broke, but the public isn't broke, that's the shame our average share of the debt that the government wildly throws away and spends like crazy and can't put on your, on any kind of control ofbut this is where we are, this is the inflection point, where we are, at the moment of truth where we keep running this up w

neil cavuto and lou dobbs this hour. both with their own opinions. connell: the defense secretary on the bank cyberattacks. says it is a free 9/11 moment. dagen: a penny more for a scam. this is no answer to the debt problems at the u.s. postal service. connell: i don't know the answer to that. money and politics. a lot to do on friday but we begin with nicole petallides every 15 minutes at the exchange. j. p. morgan and wells fargo in focus. nicole: i want to focus on j. p. morgan -- jpmorgan. we heard a lot from jamie dimon on a conference call and that is why we see a down arrow. a cautionary tone going forward. jpmorgan had a great quarter. both companies, wells fargo missed on the numbers but when you are looking at the two of them both have one thing in common and that is as you see recovery in housing j.p. -- jpmorgan said their mortgage lending has been higher. lower interest rates helped that a long and wells fargo is the largest home lender and talked about banking jumped as well. that is moving along but you see down arrows on both of thes

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welcome, everyone, i am here for neil cavuto and this is "your world." california is fast becoming the poeter child if high gas prices but at the current pace $5, could be in everyone's future. and now, adam is in los angeles where there is plenty of pain at the pump. so, 50 cents in a week. what is going on? >>reporter: you are right. the president was down the secret from where we are and he drove by the gas stations headed through the state. i can tell you from northern california to southern california yesterday, no matter where you look, you will find prices like this and then a car obscuring the sign but it is $4.99 for regular. others, for regular, it $5.29 and even up to $5.49. it is difficult for a lot of drivers in california. three reasons: one, supply; two, the supply is tied to demand," several of the refineries in california are off line. the refineries make the special blend of gas that california requires that you can not buy from outside state line. when you talk to drivers at good station they sure do feel the pain. take a listen. >> i

we have neil cavuto here ahead of tonight's debate. dagen: who is better equipped to deal with that guy? connell: there he is. it is official, lance armstrong stripped of all seven tour de france titles. that just came out this morning. dagen: top of the hour. stocks now and every 15 minutes. we are watching caterpillar. a disappointment. nicole: it really was a disappointment. you see it with an up arrow. when you paint the real picture, the picture is the top global economy, south news going forward. that is where caterpillar is cutting their numbers for 2012 saying 2013 is likely to be choppy and not seeing improvement until the pack of 2013. here is a look at caterpillar right now. it is up about 1%. let's take a look at the broader market averages. the dow is down 13 points. the s&p is lower in the nasdaq squeezing out a gain of just over one point. back to you. dagen: thank you. president obama and mitt romney preparing to face off in the third and final presidential debate. the key swing state proves to be a close battle this ye

neil cavuto joins us now from denver. supposed to go with you and stand next to you and hold your jacket paired what happened to my plane ticket? lou: anytime. any time. it was while the wall circuits, campaigners, reporters behind me. after the debate, both sides will talk about how their candidate will and eventually after won the debate, thousands of reporters stuck in between coming in and out. you may rethink that. it will get loud and pretty angry. we are also told that both sides plan to come out swinging tonight. we arty know a little bit. the president won a coin toss. he will have the opening remarks. mitt romney will be making the closing remarks. apparently, the president opting for that when he won the coin toss. it is better to catch an audience earlier. nevertheless, it is interesting how he tries to play this on a day that the economy is going to be front and center. we have some good numbers. we also have some distressing news about money coming in. each side will pounce on the numbers that are out there.

connell: cavuto. not ask me to watch you. [ laughter ] [ talking over each other ] connell: varney & company. this is pretty good election coverage. varney & company, lou dobbs -- thank you, neil. dagen: you will like him again. thank you, neil. the biggest money managers in the country are going to california. connell: melissa francis is there all day covering that. what is the top there now, melissa? melissa: we are in dana point. there are hundreds of millions of dollars walking around this property. we are eavesdropping in on all of it. what a better day to be listening to investors and what they are thinking about. we have jim mc colgan coming up in the next hour. he was very bullish on this market. he said if there were any pullbacks, he would see that as an opportunity to buy. we will see if he still feels that way. coming up at 1:00 p.m. eastern, we have this ceo of tb ameritrade. he has a birds eye view. you heard that retail investors are putting on the brakes. he knows because he is doing a

and one word not uttered at the debate someone on the cavuto on business gang should have all taxpayers worrying at the bottom of the hour and up next, the d.c. solutions for the record breaking gas more headlines 30 minutes away. and now back to bulls and bears only on fox. >> here is a history breaking number that's breaking our pocket books. gas prices are on track to close at a record high for the year and consumers are getting squeezed. the white house saying tapping our emergency oil reserve is on the table. but some lawmakers urging the president to shelf that idea and tobin, you agree with him, why? >> yes, i turned into tobin, i like that. and first off, the problem is not the oil issue, the problem is refinery problems, not only disasters at refineries, the switchover that happens between september and october and it's not done yet. so our problem with gasoline prices, is gasoline refining, nothing to do with oil, number one. and we need that for when times get rough and listen, we have iran and israel still in a sort of of shouting match. it's not for gasoline prices. >> gary

fox business managing editor neil cavuto live in kentucky this hour.ega watch worn by hottie daniel craig worn in the new james bond movie sold for a quarter of a million dollars. the president is here to tell us how much 007 adds to the bottom line. ashley: that looks good. tracy: you have to try one. ashley: bond, james bond. time for stocks now, as we do every 15 minutes. let's head down to nicole petallides at the nyse. >> that was very convincing, ashley. look at the dow, nasdaq and s&p. we've seen the nasdaq in the red over the last half hour or so. don't forget apple is one of the heavily weightedded companies. nasdaq down 2 1/2 points. those indices have down arrows. the dow squeezing out a gain here. we're virtually at a flat point for major averages after gains earlier in the day. i want to look at two names definitely on the move. that would be sprint and pcs. clearwire would be there as well. japanese bank, softbank, mobile carriers, softbank would be in advance talks to buy sprint and decided and we're seeing softbank buy majority stake in

connell: neil cavuto will be here at this hour as well. he is here in studio with us to talk about it all. first, let's talk about some markets. there is oil today. 92.16. ♪ logo. connell: there are our dollar bills. that could only mean one thing. dagen: we have the technology stock for your portfolio. charles: i have always resisted to say something is a screaming buy. globally it has three players. they control like 90% of the market. macro, pcs will eventually be dead. not tomorrow. particularly with innovation. this is a company that gets no real respect. it is up significantly from the 52 week low. they have been the street. they are rocking and rolling and it is not over. take a look right now. look at the earnings estimates for next year. a week ago $8.47. now it is $8.59. almost every time they will be expectations. thirty dollars here. move would be 35. longer-term, i am looking at 40 or better. connell: this is a six month chart. lou: longer-term, a series of higher lows and higher highs. trading at -- one-time sales, one-time b

and one word not uttered at the debate someone on the cavuto on business gang should have all taxpayers worrying at the bottom of the hour and up next, the d.c. solutions for the record breaking gas price, that could bring even more pain when you fill up the tank. @c@f? >> good morning, everyone, fox news alert. leon panetta weighing in on the consulate attack in libya moments ago. >> we're doing everything possible to make sure that we go after those who were involved in the attack in libya. as the president has said. our goal is to make sure that we bring those involved to justice. >> we'll bring you any news on libya that happens and meanwhile, the deadly meningitis outbreak is spreading across our country. health officials say 47 people now infected in at least seven states, tennessee, virginia, maryland, florida, north carolina, indiana and now michigan. and five people dead so far from the bacterial infection tied to steroid shots made maya specialty pharmacy in massachusetts. the product recalled. more headlines 30 minutes away. and now back to bulls and bears only on fox.

eastern posted by neil cavuto. lori: chairman bernanke was defending the kiwi three after brazil said it triggered a currency war. axel merck is our special guest. time to look at the treasury's. of big sell off. the yield is up five basis points. also with the 30 year. we will be right back. [ male announcer ] how do you trade? with sttrader streaming quotes, any way you want. fully customize it for your trading process -- from thought to trade, on every screen. and all in real time. which makes it just like having your own trading floor, right at your fingertips. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. try our easy-to-use scottrader streaming quotes. it's another reason more investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. list. >> i am robert gray. fox business brief. fired by around a strong earnings from goldman sachs, coca-cola and major companies the dow was up 113.. nfl owners unanimously approved the $1 billion sale of the cleveland browns. jimmy says he wants to bring winning f

. >> here is neil cavuto. neil: get ready for rumble in hofstra but it is close to a rematch with barack obama and mitt romney, from a forum that will be a desperate move on the part of the president to make things right from what turned so wrong about two weeks ago. this is the scene at long island hofstra university, a forum you will have 82 average americans, presumably all undecided. i don't know how they prove that. i have no idea, but they are in there they are undecided. they all submitted their questions to the even mad rate -- moderator, candy crowley who caused a dust up not long ago, saying she had the liberty to ask other questions beyond what were coming out of the questioners, after they are submitted if she wants clarification, she is free to do that causing angst. i wanted to some clarification, candy was not moving off the reservation, turns out all sides agree she could clarify but she is not supposed to re-ask or go into a new area, hopefully all egoes were assuaged and we could move on. thi

following what this election means to your money, your job, and your taxes, like who else, but neil cavuto and he's back at it next weekend. first on saturday for a special cost of freedom, your ballot, your bucks, starting at 10 a.m. eastern and then back on sunday for a special your world at 4 p.m. for neil, it's always about your wallet. so don't miss it. but first, neil and his gang will tell you why this 15 trillion dollar debt number may be bad, but a new number on how much of it you owe to china and other foreign countries may be worse. that's at the bottom of the hour. up here first, forget the political storm, it's the other perfect storm that could be hitting us all at the pump no matter where you live. le a] this is karen anjeremiah. they don't know it yet, but they' gonna fall in love, get married, have a couple of kids, [ children laughing ] move to the country, and live a long, happy life together where they almost never fight about money. [ dog barks ] because right after they get married, they'll find some retirement people who are paid on salary, not commission. they'll ge

neil cavuto will join us after the break.e right back. >> hello, everyone, i'm chairman cast with your fox business brief. the new york stock exchange and nasdaq will reopen for regular trading tomorrow after hurricane sandy forced big board and market participants closed today and yesterday. nyse making it official when charlie gasparino reported early that the exchange was expecting a normal opening on wednesday. >>> ubs plans to lay off 10,000 bankers. the 3-year overhaul should save the zurich based bank save more than $3 billion and return cash to shareholders. >>> head of apple smartphone decision will leave the company. forstall will serve as advisor to tim cook after the heavily criticized apple maps. that is the latest from fox business, giving you the power to prosper. melissa: election day is days away but the focus is on hurricane sandy. what effect will the storm has on the elections? big cheese, neil cavuto, vice president, managing editor, god at fox business. >> foregot the next line. omnipotent ruler. melissa

welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto. i will make a point here. ahead of the big debate the winner will be the guy who makes the best case if getting us out the debt it is true. there is nothing safe about the $16 trillion we owe. it cuts to the core of what as a country can do. if you are the guy who is president or the guy who wants to be president, you owe us a plan. a strategy for digging out by first explaining how choking this debt is. how it strangles our growth and removes our spending options. how it makes a mockery of investing since we have no money for investing. how it makes us a joke to the world and increasingly a ricky bet to investors. how it is a bipartisan mess. you, candidate for president, have a bipartisan solution. i'm telling you, the candidate would acknowledges the debt el fan in the room will win the night. first, by recognizing the elephant in the room and second by risking wrap of the pundits because he acknowledged the elephant in the room the same group that says there are no easy answers to fix the debt so don't get

cheryl: neil cavuto, thank you very much. he needed a nap, but here he is. u.s.ween positive data and disappointing earnings report but there is still a good reason to be positive on equities. can you say the market is still has yet to fully price in improving data and also to e3, but doesn't the market, kimberly, haven't we already had to e3? >> yeah, i agree, but i think the positive earnings are not as strong as we would like them to be. the growth in the service sector and manufacturing, and the housing numbers that came out today being positive 15%, these are all positives and i am not sure because people are so nervous about the fiscal cliff and about who is going to be in the white house, not everything is being priced in. that being said, you should be fully invested in the market and my clients are all fully invested in the u.s. market and that is why we are enjoying the positive run ups. up 15% from june 1, that is a coupling that you e3 affect. i still think there is some upward mobility in the market until the end of the year. cheryl: at the same time

the full debate coverage with the clothed neil cavuto at 8:00 p.m. eastern tonight.breaking news. oil closing down. two days loss is the third straight day of decline. ashley: coming up, multimillion dollar settlement in the high-profile between -- and amc. tracy: let's take a look at your tent and 20 year treasuries. ♪ jack, you're a little boring. boring. boring. [ jack ] after lauren broke up with me, i went to the citi private pass page and decided to be...not boring. that's how i met marilyn... giada... really good. yes! [ jack ] ...and alicia. ♪ this girl is on fire [ male announcer ] use any citi® card to get the benefits of private pass. more concerts. more events. more experiences. [ jack ] hey, who's boring now? [ male announcer ] get more access with a citi card. [ crowd cheering, mouse clicks ] ♪ >> i am sandra smith with your fox business brief. shares of bp under pressure today. there is a deal bp will get more than $17 billion in cash along with a nearly 13% stake in the company. shares of ancestry.com are climbing today after advisors announced they w

he could not tell neil cavuto if you like stock ice cream orben a lot. make a decision. [laughter] people say he had a tough job. then superimposed fact and %-the a good ceo?ance was >> he did have a tough job. that is why did not like the choice is not one he was well qualified for. he worked at morgan stanley then started his own hedge fund added generous price. these are his qualifications to run the largest bank in the world. they were not good. he did noavexrience running the large institution. his record was mixed but we're all big boys and girls. he got a lot of money when he was there. this is right to show that slowly incrementally they have been getting better with the direction it will go as opposed to to a hodgepodge. that is what they hear from the board. if that drives mike o'neill why is that bad? that is there prerogative that is not bad it is good. liz: now the stock was down and is up. sheila bair thank you for joining us. thank you for never running away from a. [laughter] he just took off. pried open the elevator door. markets are still higher. they y

>> people in beverly hills law that the two year what neil cavuto says at 6:00 eastern. thanks. let's check--who doesn't like to deal? $0.99 only. let's take up with the team. find out what everybody is watching. robert gray, dennis kneale, jeff flock in the pits of the cme. cocoa looking pretty decent today. jeff: that was one of the only things that looked decent. everything from gasoline which is good but ours was down 2%. oil off today but closed the week wind and better than we thought. corn was off after profittaking yesterday on news that was worse than we thought and gold pretty flat today. you can't talk about this without the presidential election and the debate in all that. you may agree point. >> the outcome of the election on the presidential side on its own probably less significant than the entire route, taking into account the house and the senate. whether you have a lame-duck president or lame-duck congress that wants to get something done, nevertheless it is the certainty factor after the election. >> will that help the economy either way? >> it will help inves

barreling down named sandy, but worry more about enomic news that seem to be far from dandy i'm neil cavuto. ahead of the storm, the surge in gdp ain't exactly sunshine. better than expected, weaker than it should be. when you figure government spending accounted for a good chunk, you have to wonder if things are really looking up, not when business investment skids 1.3% in the same quarte and scores of companies were making clear they are not investing much more this quarter. many are worried about next year battening down the hatches laying off thousands of workers for what could be the perfect economic storm. we're in for nasty weather. to me sis is a francis on just how nasty. what do you think? >> business spending on fixed expenses, fixed costs down 1.3%. they are not willing to buy buildings, take on higher represent, not buying computers or equipment because they don't believe the demand is coming. they are not making any bigger investment. that's what we need to lift the economy is that investment, and the fact it's declining? wow, that's really a bad sign. neil: scott, a better fu

just like neil cavuto. >>neil: welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto here from the site of the vice presidential debate. we are learning these two will go at the numbers, all the numbers, what is being reported and what is not being reported. what is being spent and what is not being aforred to be spent. expect a good deal of discussion on entitlements the vice president says paul ryan wants to destroy and paul ryan says that the obama and biden ticket want to all but ignore. it should be a feisty debate. here is senator rand paul of the fine state of kentucky, a beautiful state. we are told that they are going to get down and dirty on the data. that could be interesting. what do you think? >>guest: entitlements are consuming the budget. two-thirds of our budget is entitlements. if you are an elected official and you are unwilling to look at reforming the entitlement you should not be in office. this could be a good discussion to talk about entitlements. >>neil: just over the last four years they have green m

welcome, everyone, i am here no neil cavuto and this is "your world." the tweak that has everyone talking, jerk welch tweeting this moments after the release of the jobs report. these chicago guys will do anything. can't debate? change the numbers. the labor secretary calling the charge "ludicrous." jack welch. >>guest: i have been called worse than that by some. look, i have no idea where this number came from but you look at it and we added 600,000 jobs in the government sector in august and september which is the largest number we have had since the study has been done, 600,000 jobs. in september, household employment added 780,000 jobs. that's the highest since 1983. i have been reviewing bigs all week, some dozen businesses. no one is stronger than they were in the third quarter than in the 2nd quarter. we have been told there are needed 150,000 to 200,000 to stay even. the last two months we have gone from 83 to 81, and now we are changing the household number assumptions. i don't know what the right number is, but i will tell you these numbers do

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so, i don't know, neil cavuto will explain it. >>neil: 25 years, defy years after the crash, a preview of coming attractions? a quarter century after a big market found to be the on a house of cards wondering whether jokers in washington stacked the deck if a bigger crunch today in welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto and 25 years ago this day, it was as if the bottom of capitalism fell out. the dow lost a quarter of its value in one day. that would be like the dow tumbling 3,000 points today. a sell off so fast and so furious that even the most mighty financial firms could not escape although many of the same firms with their fancy computers and their clever "sell" againsts thought they could. in the end, they could not. there was a lot unrest in europe, and growing worries over building deficits here, back then. it does sound similar to today, but, first, as i saw it then, as a much younger and thinner reporter for pbs, assessing the crash the experts said could not happens but did. >> to the end the analysts are refusing to ment

now neil cavuto with that and more. >>neil: maybe mitt is it. don't take the republican nominee's word for it, or all his spin room surrogates pushing it, post the big debate, liberals speechless. >> president obama wanted a conversation. it takes two people to have a conversation. mitt romney came out with a chain saw. >> after practices more than any candidate he delivered. >> he did not expect romney to hold that heat and romney was able to out obama, obama. >> mitt romney wins preparation and style. >>neil: something here is going on the last 24 hours because don't look now, but this just in: do not resuscitate. the patient is fine. suddenly, out of nowhere, the mormon is stormin'. >> welcome, everyone, i ambassador neil cavuto and this is what a roaring romney sounded like. >> trickle down government is where the president will raise taxes on small business which kills jobs. i want to keep taxes down on small business so we can create jobs. this is about good jobs for the american people. >>neil: he swings, slams, scores, way too early to s

"cavuto on business". >> hi, jenna.enna: some suggest that the jobs report tomorrow could be more important than anything we see tonight. what do you think of that. >> the showing surprising strength in the private sector, adp, the folks who do paychecks and the like up a surprising one 162,000 jobs. sometimes, not all the time, jenna, as you might recall that can be a precursor to the general jobs report. we had another strong number out today, ism, manufacturing index. i don't want to get wonky or geeky. obviously you value keeping your viewers awake. suffice it to say the data collectively, the president will argue is going his way. mitt romney will argue no, it is not. these are aberrations. that in lies debate in this debate. who is right? is this economy coming back or is it not? it could be a head fake. mitt romney wants to sell the head fake notion and barack obama that the trend is his friend. jenna: can we be geeky together for a moment here neil? >> absolutely. jenna: mitt romney said something about yesterda

neal cavuto's coverage was great and you can see him do it on thursday. he will be live in the presidential debate starting on fox news and starting at 8:00 p.m. on fox business. he will be back for the if i'm two presidential debates. >> hiking up the retirement age to save your retirement fun. one said do it and the other said forget it. is that the best way to get your social security check when you do retire. we do the math and you decide. forbes on fox. see you at 1:00. >> next saturday. a must see special cause of freedom. neal will be live focusoth countdown to catastrophe . as our nation barrels to the fiscal cliff. don't miss it next saturday. >> social security strapped more than anybody thought. a new government report rerealing that the trust fund can be could go bust. mitt romney said he will fix it by raising the retirement age by younger americans. president obama said bad idea. rich, who has the idea right. >> governor romney has it right. fdr proposed sussocial security. average american lived in the 60s and now high 70s. we have the bigg

neil cavuto is remaining up next. see you tomorrow on the fox report at 7:00 eastern and on later the coverage of the big debate. good to have you this afternoon. neil cavuto is coming up. hang on. >>neil: here we are in hempstead, new york, hofstra university. i was born not too far from here. would need as presidential debate to put that in perspective? things have changed in 20-some odd years since then. it is very good do have you, a big debate, the moment that president obama is going to have to respond. as a guest told me, this may not be the venue to do that. we will explore that with john sununu in a minute. this is spin alley, the biggest spin room i have ever seen. this is bigger, bigger, i think, than denver and bigger than kentucky where you could have held a reunion in a closest. this is big. what will happen, this room will fill up and you know what they do, they come in on both sides to tell you how little they expect of their respective candidates, president obama is tired, mitt romney, it is impossibl