was he in the cia. in who knows. i wasn't given access to that kind of classified information. >> greg: that means he was. got a question for mr. mike, e-mail us. remember to write meet your baker on the subject header, ask about spying repor or the . if you don't put that in the subject matter i probably won't even read it because i'm realpy stupid. if you have a comment on the show, e-mail us as redeye@foxnews.com. to leave a direct voice mail call my line. tonight's halftime report is sponsored by my cousin big steve. he is not the best dressed guy in town and some might say he let himself go a little bit. when it comes down to it, he just gets the job done, thanks, big steve. they said it would never last. but it's been two months, and you're still going strong. glade lasting impressions. two fragrances alternate to keep things... fresh and exciting day after day. - and not just for 30 days. - ( inhales deeply, sighs ) but for 60. it's the longest-lasting plugins ever. get freshness that won't fade away for 60 da

and mike baker, former cia operative. if fierce commentary were a cantaloupe i would slice him in half and scoop out his tender flesh every morning. our "new york times" correspondent, good to see you again, pinch. >> greg, a certain cia operative rolled me up into a ball and used me to kill a greenroom caterer because he didn't put skill man skim milks latte. it rhymes with smike, smabek. >> propaganda emerged about an al-qaeda terrorist bragging about his suicide attack. the bomb he is showing to the cameraman, show it. maybe he already showed it. was smuggled inside his body. the terrorist was able to safety pass through several metal detectors under the guise of a turncoat there to reveal al-qaeda's secrets. the cell phone device went off but it those he targeted escaped serious harm. the chilling new attack raises the question are airport security lines about to get worse via random body cavity searches on the lookout for explosives? god, i hope so. i mean not. meanwhile, a panda. they're beautiful. i just needed tha

that helped the cia paramilitary group.he associated press it's ridiculous and also denies accusations of having connections with the drug trade there. the cia is not commenting on this story. >>> take a look at the scene in columbus, ohio. people are waiting for h1n1 vaccinations. look at that, that's thousands of people. parents and kids who have been waiting lining up outside of the ohio historical society, six hours before they started to give out the vaccine. the line was so long health care workers and security officials had to stop people from joining in before the clinic began. in spite of the current shortage of h1n1 vaccine, thousands of high-risk convicts in texas may be getting the vaccination as as soon as next week ahead of the general public. a spokesperson for the texas department of criminal justice says 45,000 convicts have been targeted to get the vaccine. so far 40,000 correctional officers and medical personnel who work with the prisoners, the texas prison system is asking for 158,000 doses to inoculate

the ap reports that the cia a limited domestic agencies, including the fbi, which started to keep by over zazi denver a month ago. that is how they knew he drew a metal car -- drove a rental car to new york. but he left new york, and the fbi raided three apartments, arrested him in denver, and charged him with lying to investigators. jonathan is live. the top prosecutor spoke out today about this, describing this as one of the most serious terrorist plots since 9/11. >> those were the precise words of eric holder. they are certain that zazi intended to deny -- that make a device inside the united states. this plot was serious, and had not been disrupted, it could have resulted in the loss of american lives. in separate comments yesterday in denver, the attorney general said that this could have taken scores of lives. shepard: there is said to be a rift between the ft and why and nypd in all of it. >> he was praising the cooperation to be -- to the cia and fbi. remarks he made today at the national counter- terrorism center said this cooperation and the way these agencies have worked

new details show cia efforts to track al qaeda played a central role in breaking up the alleged plot.rosecutors say that zazi receive training in pakistan, where a cia intercepted detected his presence in 2008. investigators say that zazi was planning to strike targets in new york city on 9/11 with homemade bombs. jane: on capitol hill, the congressional budget office is crunching the numbers on the health care bill from the senate finance committee, a key to this whole process. the committee was supposed to vote today. carl cameron is on the hill today to talk about it. >> there was a predicted vote today by the chairman of the committee, max baucus of montana, who chaired the committee through eight months of very, very difficult compromise efforts to get the bill, well until thursday or friday morning. no vote today, and no analysis from the nonpartisan congressional budget office. they are continuing to try and find the sweet spot based on an specific and not fully detailed legislative language. as a consequence of the plain english that is used, the congressional budget office ca

former vice president dick cheney told a special prosecutor he did not know who leaked the identity of a cia agent to the press. newly released fbi documents showed that cheney replied to many questions with i do not recall. it became known as plame-gate when valeri plame's identity was leaked to her husband. cheney's chief of staff, scooter libby, was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> a powerful lawmaker is taking a pushing for a so-called public option. harry reid took his pitch to the internet. as dana bash reports, this may not be just about health care, but also about reid's political survival. >> reporter: a call to action. posted on youtubl. >> make sure you contact your representatives here in washington and push hard. we want a health care bill that has a public option. >> reporter: a blast of e-mails all week pushing the public option and sending a no-so-subtle reminder it's harry reid who put it in the health care bill. senator reid's leadership was on full display said one e-mail, he took a courageous stand in fighting for and including the public option. why the s

. >>> alex, there was a pretty big ruling today related to the cia leak case. remember that one? those of us who covered it will never forget, the bush administration blew the cover of cia officer valerie blame following her husband's criticism of the recommendation for war. "scooter" libby was convicted of charges of perjury and obstruction of justice. libby told the fbi that it was cheney who ordered him to reveal plame's identity to reporter bus he couldn't recall the conversations. why are we telling you this now? cheney's version of events have been a source of intrigue. what did he say to prosecutors during his interview? today a federal judge ruled the fbi and the prosecutors must reveal some some of their notes from cheney's interview. some can be withheld for national security reasons and the justice department is planning to appeal and possible cheney may appeal as well, so any actual release of the interview may still be years away but there is still so much intrigue in the cia leak case about what dick chain nay's role was, his conversations with "scooter" libby that

the scandal became known as plame gate when cia agent valerie plame's identity was released by robert novak. cheney's chief of staff, scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in the case. >>> two lawsuits have been filed following that sweat lodge tragedy in arizona. the family of one of three people who died filed a wrongful death suit and a woman who was badly hurt is also suing. both suits accuse motivational speaker and retreat leader james michael ray of negligence and fraud. the lodge co-owner says there is nothing wrong with this facility itself. an attorney for ray has not commented on the suit. >>> hi, folks, i'm reynolds wolf for hln. we're going to see those scattered showers stick around for the better part of the day for the northeast and the upper northeast. when you get into oregon and back into washington look for scattered showers. and then back out into the great lakes, could see some scattered snow showers in the u.p. of my michigan and into parts of lower michigan and even into wisconsin. your temperatures for today, depends on where you happen to be. 56 i

. >> we have $150,000 in ciaings, and we have $850,000 in retirement. >> yeah.e 57 years of age. and you want to spending 1% of your retirement essentially on a facelift? >> well, i've actually already saved the money for that set aside. you know, if it's inappropriate to do that, i need you to tell me. >> here's the thing, i want you to go to your high school reunion. i want you to look beautiful. i want you to feel beautiful. guess what, you have been really beautiful when it comes to your money. go on, girlfriend. you can afford it. webdy, what do you want to buy? >> i want to buy a life coach. >> a life coach? >> a life coach. >> you want to buy a person for $300? oh, you want life coaching. >> i want life coaching for $300 a month. >> how many months are you going to do this for? >> well, for whatever it takes, but i think about three months. >> so you are looking at approximately $1,000 here, girlfriend, to spend with somebody who will life coach you on what you should do with your life. >> exactly. i was laid off for about a month and a half. >> yep. >> a

attorney general holder is all over the cia. may he should be over a corrupt political group who influences elections instead. what say you, mr. holder? when cynicism running deep when it comes to our political system we need to know how much money flowed into acorn and where all the money went. louisiana authorities are do some good work a subpoena issued yesterday demands information about the alleged embezzlement. and we believe there is more to come on this front. here at the factor, we didn't think the feds would get involved until critical mass had been reached and now it has. that's it for the top story. are we overdoing the deal. tammy bruce and radio talk show host leslie marshal. all right, leslie, am i overdoing it here? >> just a bit. i wouldn't say you are overdoing it when it comes to digging out and weed out corruption with any kind of organization like acorn. the overdoing it is that it is just acorn. we need to look at organizations that help people register to vote, et cetera, on the left, on the right, and in

this is the same guy who went after valerie plame, outed a cia agent. he's talking about vindictiveness from the left? give me a break. come on, ann? >> i'm not following the parallels at all. >> i am. it's called vindictive. >> george bush was -- >> they come hard at you and cut your legs off. >> george bush was interviewed on cnn by larry king. he was interviewed by brian williams. he was interviewed on all of these stations. he never stood up and said don't listen to dan rather the way the president of the united states tells congressional republicans don't listen to talk radio and fox news. dan rather -- >> didn't he get dan rather fired from cbs? >> no, dan rather got himself fired by running lying, slanderous, mocked up national guard documents and treating it as news against a sitting president in a time of war. >> isn't there a lawsuit about that? >> yet, you never saw george bush saying don't listen to dan rather. but, obama gets his feelings hurt. said there. at first -- >> of course you did. >> at first what he was trying to two. why is the w

they are present in what the cia said two years ago is a safe haven.rom there they can plan quietly against us if they're not disturbed over in pakistan. i will accept what the general wants to do if the goal is to eradicate that save haven in pakistan by supporting pakistan and doing it from the base. that base is afghanistan. second, there is a very well- defined as a strategy. not with the date that a certain for withdrawal, but with benchmarks of success and failure to ofhow this treasure we're pouring in is getting as results we can see. to leave behind a probability, not a certainty, that al qaeda will not move once they are eradicated back to afghanistan as we ready deploy. put myself five years from now. if we left al qaeda in and sit given to play against us, what would we say if they did strike us again 9/11-dial? with the proper exit strategy, not trying to do nation- building, but leaving certain conditions to support troop increase slightly. host: let's go to phone calls. again, from the reading of papers this morning, there is emphasis fr

it also brings back memories right of a 9/11 of the cia and fbi not cooperating.re was talk the n.y.p.d. and fbi not being cooperative. but robert mueller said that's not true and he's dismissing all that. >> coming up, we'll look back at the devastating tsunami five years ago. tsunami five >> we return to our top story that, tsunami that hit the samoan island. a u.s. coast guard plane carrying emergency aid supplies is on the way. >> they expect to find tens of thousands of people who need help and new zealand's government is sending tents, stretchers and a temporary morgue to samoa. this week's disaster brings back memories of a much longer tsunami that hit a wide region of south asia. >> we have coverage from december 27th, 2004. >> reporter: these are the remains seen from the air. along the southern and eastern coasts of this island, destruction is everywhere. and at ground level it looks no better. this is something a british tourist and a mother never thought she'd say. this is her own macabre vacation video. water seen from a hotel balcony just when the ts

with me is the former cia director and a spy museum board member. welcome back to 9 news now. >> good to be here. >> reporter: much is made in the international and international media of the united states being at the table with iran after three decades. how significant is this when we see iran still putting long- range and short-to-medium range missiles in the air and refusing to allow people to come in and see what their program is all about? >> the persians invented chess and they are playing it well. they have actually talked no one -- in one way or another to every administration since ' 79 including the carter administration and their objective has largely been delay or distraction in order for them to keep working on their nuclear weapons program and they are, unfortunately succeeding. i think the chance that any limitation on their program will come out of these negotiations is about a close to zero as human affairs get. >> reporter: there are some who say the united states, even though we have heard about these behind the scenes talks with

now, happily, some combination of the fbi, cia, other national security agency work and so forth wasble to turn these up and needs to get stopped. but where there's smoke tere's fire and there are probably a numberof others out there getting planned. we need to be pretty vigorous in trying to penetrate these with agents, spies, informants and intercept their communications and do the things we need to in order to keep them from eating something like 9/11. >> another big threat is cyber strikes and the new exhibit deals with this. very clever title, weapons of mass disruption. tell us about this new exhibit. >> well, that's the good news. if they're just mass disruption, then we have some of the problems we have now with cyber spies for other governments or nongovernment organizations or just hackers stealing information, stealing money from the financial system, creating mischief, creating problems, committing crimes. but it could be worse than that. for example, a cyber attack on the electricity grid could leave a large number of americans out of electricity for very substantial per

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investigators were trying to find out who leaked cia agent's valerie plame's identify toy journalisty was revealed after her husband criticized the bush administration in the run-up to the invasion to iraq. scooter libby was eventually convicted of perjury in that case. >>> the list of candidates to become the next governor of california is down by one. san francisco mayor gavin newsom dropped out of the race for the democratic gubernatorial nomination. in a statement his campaign cited his young family and responsibilities at city hall as his reasons for leaving the race. newsom trailed jerry brown in fund-raising even though brown hasn't officially announced his candidacy. >>> a marine who recently returned from afghanistan says he was a bit overwhelmed by the reception he got from a third grade class in arizona. sergeant andrew valor was stationed in afghanistan when he was adopted by the class and started getting packages and letters from the students. he was invited to the school to meet with the students and he expected a small gathering, but the class had other ideas putting o

the cia reports that they learned about najibullah zazi from contacts after he spoke to the al qaeda member. we now have a better idea of just how big his plot was. he was an immigrant living in denver last month, he was charged with conspiracy to use weapons of mass destruction. we are told that he may have been planning to attack the new york city train system. this is said to be surveillance video of najibullah zazi. on top of that, he had several accomplices. the day the president said that the case is proved that the intelligence community is making progress. he dropped a bombshell after he admitted, on air, after an alleged extortion attempt, to having sex with women in his staff. david letterman said that the person that he hurt the most was his wife. this was the first episode he tapes since last week's admission. he made people laugh, doing so deftly, but not before saying he was sorry. >> my wife, regina, has been horribly hurt by my behavior. when something happens like that and you heard a person, it is your responsibility and you try to fix it. shepard: a cbs news produc

cia prisons across the globe. so, yes, in 11 days he committed -- >> donna went even further than the president. >> he was humbled and surprised. i was shocked and surprised. >> i love donna brazile. >> he did, i think, take out some of the sting whatever embarrassment by coming right on friday by saying i didn't deserve it. >> right. there wasn't a debate in this country whether he deserved it or not. he came out and said he did not. look, i think republicans have to resist the irresistible temptation to be too snarky with this. often an outside event, white house staffers over 100 weeks, often that outside event that you never saw it that undermines a president. in this case, the ads that the mccain campaign ran, heal the waters in the air, this is an affirmation of that caricature. i don't know if they'll be able to get beyond the image of obama, the one style over on substance. >> they clearly seemed aware of that which drove the president's statement on friday. it leads to the question of what kind of impact

the interview focused on w leaked the name an operative athe cia. both the bush and obam administrations gued against releing the notes. instead, the jud ruled today the vestigation is over, so most of the material mt be made public. there was noord on a possible appeal. the ll of civilians killed in iraq was the lowest st month sincthe u.s. invasion six years ago. the iraqi health ministr reported today 1 iraqis were kill in september. th was down by two-thirds from august when nearly00 people were kled. roadsi bombings and shootings still occur in iraq, b the u.s. military saidttacks have fallen by % in the last two years. >> lehrer: and still to me on the newsho tonight: the iran tas; and a new discovery of old bones. that follows the lest on the challeed afghan elections. margaretarner has the story. >> warner: exactly s weeks have psed since afghanistan's presidenti election and the outcome is still unresolved. last month, afghanistan's independt election commission report preliminary results showinincumbent president mid karzai had won 54.6% o

jack rice joining us tonight, radio talk show host and former cia officer. and a.b.d, and former congressman on the republican side, now a distinguished fellow at the heritage foundation. a.b., the president is spending time on health care. but it is about jobs according to the people. what is his time frame for having to turn that number around, in your opinion? >> i think he has to get health care off the table as soon as humanly possible. he has some tough races he's looking at in virginia, and new jersey and virginia, the democrat is behind. republicans could win that race. it would demoral eisnize it would demoral eisniz nervous house democrats. >> earnest, what should the president do? >> he needs to give up the idea that you create more jobs with taxes and more government spending on health care. or that you create more jobs with government spending on so-called stimulus or create more jobs with energy taxes. no. let businesses have the incentives that we supplied when the republicans had the majority, that businesses have the certainty that know -- >> the mon

including vice president biden, secretary of state hillary clinton, defense secretary robert gates, cia director panetta and chief of staff rahm emanuel. the most important questions they have to answer is how many troops can we send there, how long are they willing to stay there and what can they get done? republican senator saxby chambliss of georgia and democratic senator bob casey of pennsylvania will be here to give their answers to those big questions. >>> republicans want revenge. they're demanding democratic congressman alan grayson of florida apologize to house minority leader john boehner for making these remarks on tuesday night. >> if you get sick, america, the republican health care plan is this. die quickly. that's right. the republicans want you to die quickly if you get sick. >> wow. republicans are trying to frame congressman grayson as the democratic counterpart to republican joe wilson who, as you remember, said to the president in joint session, "you lie." was grayson any more out of line than several republicans who have said democrats want to implement death panels

the interview focused on who leaked the name of an operative at the cia. both the bush and obama administrations argued against releasing the notes. instead, the judge ruled today the investigation is over, so most of the material must be made public. there was no word on a possible appeal. the toll of civilians killed in iraq was the lowest last month since the u.s. invasion six years ago. the iraqi health ministry reported today 125 iraqis were killed in september. that was down by two-thirds from august when nearly 400 people were killed. roadside bombings and shootings still occur in iraq, but the u.s. military said attacks have fallen by 85% in the last two years. >> lehrer: and still to come on the newshour tonight: the iran talks; and a new discovery of old bones. that follows the latest on the challenged afghan elections. margaret warner has the story. >> warner: exactly six weeks have passed since afghanistan's presidential election and the outcome is still unresolved. last month, afghanistan's independent election commission reported preliminary

the brothers of afghanistan's president is denying he has been on the cia payroll.e new york times" said yesterday the agency's been paying ahmed ali karzai for about eight years. it's said he helped them operate a paramilitary group used in raids against insurgents. he told the associated press, that is ridiculous. he also denies accusations of having connections with the drug trade there. the cia will not comment on this right now. >>> a family in indiana is trying to sell their house on facebook. it's a big change of pace but after three years on the market they're willing to try anything no doubt. >> i think that social networking is really revamping a lot of the things we do. we had about 200 and it looks like 264 fans of selling our house so all of our friends are trying to help us out. >> that's pretty funny. a local real estate broker says the facebook listing is a good idea, but he also said sellers also need to list their homes with an agent because they have the resources to help sell the property. ♪ take a look ♪ ♪ take a look at the kids on the street ♪

>> cia directors now on record saying that there would like to launch attacks inside this country.significant because americans of similar dissent are traveling in the u.s. to train with a terror group. one american has already blown himself up as a suicide bomber in somalia. right now, the fbi is and instigating a second case involving a seattle man. trace: an israeli soldier held captive three years by hamas, but now, brand new tape that he is alive. >> hamas calls it a victory for the resistance. israel calls a airily. the deal that freed palestinian prisoners and provedhamas produce a bit -- the deal that freed palestinian prisoners. he reaches out to his family and plays for prime minister benjamin netanyahu to win his release. israel got the state in exchange for freeing palestinian prisoners from israeli jails. the whole exchange is seen as good faith gesture. hamas is demanding a total of 1000 prisoners be released, 450 of them are named specifically, including at least 125 palestinians who have participated in attacks that killed or wounded israelis. prime minister netanya

the cia is the biggest drug dealer in the world.phony war on terror -- if you were a real journalist, you study the real reason that we went in there at the beginning which was the bs has been told to was about 9/11. when you look into it and you scratch the surface, you know we were lied to. guest: not much i can say to that. host: louisville, ky. caller: please don't cut me off. i have a question about cspan. host: we have about five minutes left. please go ahead caller: mr. woods, thank you for your insight. people are looking at this issue in the united states. we have wasted eight years and i appreciate your insight and your words. it is much more complicated than ever body -- and everybody wants a political answer. i would encourage people to read more instead of listening to these talking heads. thank you for your hard work. i would encourage every viewer to read the current article of "the new yorker"magazine . if there was a wonderful in that article that i have not finished yet about how surgically this president is lookin

she helped the cia gather information but refused payment for it. the 76-year-old fled the island in 1964. she now lives in miami. gas prices are way up. the average price is up to $2.66 for regular unleaded. the first significant spike since summer. and it's not because we're driving more. it's because oil prices -- crude oil, that is -- have shot up. >>> americans are spending less and differently. here's clark howard talking about how the economy has changed our money habits. >> you and i really are changing our attitudes about money. a new consumer report survey finds a complete shift in how the average american is handling dough. we're spending less on every kind of personal indulgence out there. this is really good. because it will level of personal debt that the tape call american has been carrying has been outrageous. roughly double what it's been in the modern era. but americans step by step are dialing back on the total amount of debt they have. we're really in early innings getting there. i think this is a long-term play people being more

sh this is the same guy that outed a cia agent. he's talking about vindictiveness from the left? a break? come on, ann? >> i'm not following the parallels at all. >> vindictive. >> george bush was -- >> they come hard at you and cut your legs off. >> george bush was interviewed on cnn by larry king. he was interviewed by brian williams, he was interviewed on all of these stations. he never stood up and said don't listen to dan rather the way the president of the united states tells congressional republicans don't listen to talk radio and fox news. >> didn't he get dan rather fired from cbs? >> he got himself fired by running lying slanderous mocked up national guard documents on the news against the president in a time of war. instead, you never heard george bush say don't listen to dan rather then obama gets his feelings hurt. i tended to agree with what rove said there. at first -- >> of course you did. >> why is it the white house doing this? you have helen thomas and all of the liberals saying, wow, this is stupid, there's -- people are wondering why the white house is doing

sh this is the same guy that outed a cia agent. he's talking about vindictiveness from the left?me a break? come on, ann? >> i'm not following the parallels at all. >> vindictive. >> george bush was -- >> they come hard at you and cut your legs off. >> george bush was interviewed on cnn by larry king. he was interviewed by brian williams, he was interviewed on all of these stations. he never stood up and said don't listen to dan rather the way the president of the united states tells congressional republicans don't listen to talk radio and fox news. >> didn't he get dan rather fired from cbs? >> he got himself fired by running lying slanderous mocked up national guard documents on the news against the president in a time of war. instead, you never heard george bush say don't listen to dan rather then obama gets his feelings hurt. i tended to agree with what rove said there. at first -- >> of course you did. >> why is it the white house doing this? you have helen thomas and all of the liberals saying, wow, this is stupid, there's -- people are wondering why the white house is doin

. >>> the cia reportedly had an inside track to get the castro brothers. book said the agency had a mole as close as you could get to the cuban leaders. >>> take two. let me try it again. want to know if you're walking into an h1n1 hotbed? there's an app for that. an iphone application has realtime updates. here's a youtube video on how it works. it includes video, animation and text about how to avoid the virus, plus it shows you ways to protect your home and work from the outbreaks. >> that was my fault for talking to you off camera earlier anyway. >> oh, that's all right. >>> an nfl player is now charged with assault for allegedly punching a friend of lebron james. >> start a little bit of a feud. >> what gives? >> it's got lebron james very upset and apparently it's got cleveland prosecutors upset. this is the incident that more or less got braillen edwards traded to the jets. now cleveland city prosecutors have charged the former browns receiver with misdemeanor assault. that carries a maximum sentence of six months in jail. now, edwards allegedly att