in anchorage, dan springer, fox news. bret: well, the head of the republican party seems to be dismissing any thought of a presidential run for palin in the short term. republican national committee chairman michael steele says he would love to see palin become more engaged in national politics but he doesn't see her running right away. >> from my standpoint, again, not knowing anything, not having talked to the governor, i would take 2012 off the table. bret: palin, however, has not taken herself out of the running for 2012. there are indications she will have plenty of options, as dan springer talked about. let's bring in carl cameron. what about michael steele's comment there? what is the reaction here in washington? >> hi, bret. n.c. says that essentially what the chairman was saying is discussion of her viability or lack of viability in 2012 ought to be off the table because her decision was based on her local political situation in alaska and it's up to sarah palin to determine her own future. steele went on to say

dan springer with the news tonight live in fairbanks, alaska, dan. walk us through, first of all, what is expected to happen in the next hour? >> well, right now we know that sarah palin is up on the stage and she is just minutes away from taking the microphone and giving her final speech as governor of the state of the alaska. i'm sure it will be aimed mostly at the alaskaens who supported her and take a look, some 5,000 people at the park in fairbanks. many showing up with cameras to get a picture of palin, humps stood in a long line where the governor was serving up hotdogs, really got the all-star treatment and she leads office today with lots of questions about her future. will she or won't she run for president in 2012. her decision to step down 18 months early has her favorable rating at an all-time low nationally, 40%. a high last fall up nearly 60 percent, but supporters encouraging her to run are undeterred. >> i have found at that her support has gained momentum. you look at sarah, you look at the committee. people are not going away, peop

dan springer live in anchorage. thanks.has been more than eight months since the november election, and tuesday al franken will be sworn in as a u.s. senator. chief political correspondent carl cameron reports it ends one long journey and begins another. >> they were still sprucing up this new office as mr. franken made the rounds on capitol hill. >> i'm very excited to get to work. glad to be here. >> he readily admits his career as a comic can and should give some voters pause. the senate democratic majority leader used a joke going around minnesota to welcome the newest u.s. senator. >> when weem find out he is a smart guy who is serious about the issues and a hard worker, they will be pleasantly surprised. >> when franken is officially sworn in tuesday, he will be the democratic majority's 60th vote in a filibuster proof majority including joe lieberman and bernie sanders. it is the first 60-vote advantage for either party since jimmy carter's presidency. >> a lot has been made of this number 60. the number i'm focused

we are back with the panel about sarah palin who, will sit down for an interview with our own dan springer later tonight and we will air it here on the fox news channel tomorrow morning. fred. >> i'm glad dan springer is getting this interview for fox, but what she needs to do is fewer interviews, probably no intersues and a lot more planning. i don't think she has planned anything. i talked to the lieutenant governor yesterday and she said she has been complaining how terrible the governorship had become, all these ethics cases brought against her, an ethics piece of legislation she championed earlier when she was governor and all these requests for records and it was dominating the office of governor, getting attacked by the media. she was having a terrible life. you get out of that, you resign. that doesn't mean you have a strategy for running for office, for running for the president or that you have some plan that you're going to care i out now that makes sense, because if she were really thinking about running, and she may later, but if that were her chief goal, to run for the white

fox's dan springer is live in fairbanks at that site, where the picnic will take place. dan, good to see you. what else is going on today, on what will be her final day in office? >> reporter: hey, good morning, eric, that is right, in eight hours, governor sarah palin bums private citizen sarah palin. and -- becomes private citizen sarah palin and they are setting up the stage behind me and noon local time will be at pioneer park, fairbanks, alaska and do the tradition all this governors before her have done, serving food to the people that come to the park and 2:15 will board the boat behind me and have a private reception with v.i.p.s and family members, and, that -- at 3:00 will walk down the plank to the stage, and at 3:00 local time will give her final speech as governor and will hand over the reins of power to sean parnell, her lieutenant governor. >> eric: and the big question is what will she do? we know that she signed a big book contract and will give speeches around the country. you know, a lot of people speculating she'll try a run for the white house on her

dan springer is following this one tonight from alaska. >> reporter: sarah palin entered the national political arena with a bang and steps down as governor of alaska with a rousing sendoff. she has some choice words for the media asking the press to respect the profession and those that cover it. >> democracy depends on you and that is why -- that's why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. >> reporter: but palin's political future is unclear. she returned from the campaign trail in november to face ethics probe, legal bills and sinking popularity numbers. little is known what she will do with her political future, even by fellow party republican members. >> i think part of the reason she's stepping down is she wants to get out of the public limelight with all the attention paid to her every move and get back to a seminormal life. >> reporter: she stepped down from her post 17 months early. at the time she said she had no plans of making a run for the white house. political pundits say she'll energize the repu

dan springer takes us on a tour of the king of pop's former home.the gates are being thrown open at the neverland ranch said that jackson's inspiration for the landscaping for the grounds was disneyland. you can see that in all the flower beds and all the wonderful waterfalls that he installed at all times. but he also uses place for work. in fact we are told he used a natural birds nest in the middle of this oak tree to write the entire lyrics for the album dangerous. we are not in michael jackson's first floor bedroom. you can see there is a fireplace. this is where the bed was right here. it has two separate bathroom lines. one over hear, full closet and bathroom. as you come over hear you can see what it looked out on as he was in his bedroom, the beautiful grounds, the springs the pond, and then another bathroom weighing over hear. this looks like this was definitely the one that was michael's. it has elaborate fixtures. look at the time. look at the spot on the top. absolutely beautiful with a swan had. and then another closet on the side, aga

shepard: dan springer live for us in fair banks. dan, thanks very much. remember that plane that crashed in buffalo, new york and killed a bunch of people months ago? it was a deadly one. reportedly now, the co-pilot, told the pilot she may have been too sick to fly. this is new today from the transcripts of the cockpit recorder on colgan air flight 3407 much the plane crashed in february, plunged into a home just outside buffalo, new york killed all 49 people on board as well as one person down on the ground. investigators say they blame a series of pilot errors. just got transcripts from the cockpit recordings and the young co-pilot rebecca shaw tells the pilot sick, sick enough that she should not have come to work that day. she commuted overnight from seattle to new jersey where the flight originated. the co-pilot also complained about her pay saying she made less than $16,000 the year before and that colgan refused to give her 200ness back pay. a lot of transit trouble on the ground as well. you have seen the images in recent weeks, train operators,

dan springer, fox news.ret: republican senator jim bunning of kentucky says he will not seek re-election, blaming the move on an inability to raise sufficient campaign funds. republican leaders have discouraged him from running again and bunning has openly feuded with mitch mcconnell. you have probably heard the saying that read something -- that read something fundamental and probably told at one time not to sign something you haven't read, good advice, so you would expect your nation's leaders to read the laws they sign that will govern the entire country, right? if so, james rosen reports, you haven't read the fine print. >> behold the behemoth, h.r.3200 entitled america's affordable health choices act of 2009, one version of the democratic healthcare reform package presently weighing in at more than 1,000 pages. nothing in the constitution requires lawmakers to read these beasts before voting on them but a conservative advocacy group, let freedom ring" wants all members of the house and senate to sign a

lieutenant governor today, there will be a ceremony at 7:00 p.m., eastern, and, next hour fox's dan springer will join eric and me live for -- from fairbanks alaska for a preview and the governor will speak there before her swearing-in of her successor and you want to see that, coming up the next hour. >> eric: "fox news alert." he's the fiery conservative pro-american president of france and this morning nicholas sarkozy is in the hospital, apparently he was playing sports, at the weekend retreat, near versailles and he remains in the hospital and have no more details, and not considered serious or life-threatening but something obviously happened and he is an avid runner and came to new york a couple of weeks ago with his wife, karla bruinsy and went running -- karla bruinsy and went jogging in central park and is a firebrand for france and has been taken ill, nothing serious but remains at this moment, in the hospital and we'll bring you an update on president sarkozy's condition and what could have be fallen him on sunday morning as we get it hear at fox news and the senior republican on

dan springer takes us inside the quarters at neverland ranch. >> the inspiration for the landscaping for the grounds was disney land. you see that in the flower bed and the wonderful water falls he installed in the ponds. he used it for work. we're told he used a natural birds nest in the middle of this oak tree to write the lyrics for the album "dangerous." we're now in michael jackson's first floor bedroom. it has a fireplace. this is where the bed was right here. it has two separate bathroom wings. one here, full closet bathroom. come over here and see what he was looking out on in the bedroom. the beautiful grounds, the springs, the pond. another wing here. this looks like it was michael jackson's. look at the tub, the spout on the tub. beautiful with a swan head. then another closet on this side. fully cedared closet. with cabinets up here and space for storage. then we come to what we believe is the secret closet everyone talks about where michael jackson kept his prize possessions. again, lined in cedar. as you can see, three dead bolt locks to keep it secure. >> that was dan

dan springer, fox news. trace: iphone apparently has a patch for a major security flaw. this yesterday on "studio b." it allows hackers to get inside çthe device and crash it using text messages. we are told the patch will be available as early as tomorrow. people using the android system are also vulnerable. google has already sent out a patch. he has already taken home more goals than king midas, but now, michael phelps, another victory without so much as getting his feet wet. a governing body says it will band aged polyurethanes suits by the end of the year. -- it will ban space-aged polyurethane seat. phelps does not use one, and he and his coach have argued for the ban -- polyurethane suits. he lost his race to a german swimmer, who was, as you can see, wearing a polyurethanes suit -- polyurethane suit. and michael steele was a challenge. plus, some people drop off their babies at daycare. sfx: coin drop, can shaking hear that? that's the sound of people saving. saving money, saving time, and saving for the future. regions makes it simple - starting with lifegreen

she spoke with fox news's dan springer. >> the announcement was tough because i love alaska so much.hat i love whom i am serving. it was tough, but at the same time, i know that this was the right decision for me to make for the people of alaska that i love. we are not going to be able to reach our destiny and contributed to the united states, and we cannot do our part of training in the national governor overgrowth until the destructions seas, and the distractions are these frivolous, expensive, wasteful ethics violations, lawsuits, so politics of personal prescription that began august 29, at the day that i was tapped -- 29, the day that i was tapped to run as vp. nothing was going to change. it does not cause the adversaries one dime to play this thing, and it costs caused millions and millions of dollars, the public in alaska and me personally. >> the attacks on you and your family, how difficult was that? >> you know what we were getting in for, and it politician expects constructive criticism, which is most helpful. -- and a politician expects constructive criticism. but those

dan springer had the chance to talk to the governor and ask what she plans on doing next. >> i do not know what the future holds. i want to work right now for people who are going to work in office or out of office for the right things, those principles that built up america, those who are inspired by the values of america and will not deride or apologize for the values we hold as americans. i'm going to work for those people 79 sean: joining me is sandra smith and dana perino. welcome back. good to see you. first, general impression. her announcement and what it means. >> i think her announcement, people did decide whether it was personal or she has political ambitions. but when you make an announcement that you're going to get off the stage the best thing you can do is get off the stage. i recommend she stop interviews and save it for her book sean: no, no, she has to do an interview with me! >> after she does the interview with you. >> she says she's in legal fees up to her ears, $500,000 worth. trying to protect ter -- derhir name and her family and then we find her on her fishing

dan springer has the latest now live from anchorage. dan, what is the latest? >> yeah, hey, judge. well, the governor was back at being governor today. she signed a bill into law. we know that's not going to last forever. just a few more weeks and she is out of office. the big question is what next? will she make a run for the white house, if not in 2012, sometime after that? yesterday she was very coy about that, giving us no indication which way she is leaning. we do know she wants to be a player, but it is not going to be one that she is following the republican party lead. skied her who she is going to get advice from, and she says she is getting people from the republican party who are offering advice but basically is saying thanks but no thanks. she wants to take control of the message again. that is what yesterday was about, getting back out in front. she took us to bellingham, alaska, a small fishing town where her husband grew up catching sockeye. she was digging in wearing waders and prying salmon from nets. it was a sight to see, and a reminder of that original story abo

it is with thousands of folks in fairbanks and that is where we find our own dan springer live in fairbankshere, sarah palin is serving up hot dogs an salmon burgers? >> reporter: she's doing what she does every year and every governor before here has done, come to the fairbanks fair grounds here, and she serves up hot dogs, and cake and pie and all of that stuff but, this time her line is about 200 deep, and about 6 rows deep and people with cameras, trying to get an autograph and here he's treated like a rock star and her popularity dipped since last fall when she was introduced by john mccain as his running mate when her approval rating was up around 60%, and now it is 40%, nationally and here in alaska, she is tell enjoying wild popularity, in fact here at the -- in the park in fairbanks, i would say, almost everybody i talked to her here wants to see more of her and want her to do something on the national scene, beyond what she has done so far. >> gregg: dan you are a terrific reporter and i'm sure you have been able to convince the out going governor to tell you, what you -- she plan

dan springer was there for palin's farewell speech. >> reporter: sarah palin entered the national political arena with a think about and steps down as governor of alaska way rousing sendoff. and she has some choice words for the media asking the press for respect the profession and those it covers. >> democracy depends on you and that is why our troops are willing to die for you. so how about, in honor of the american soldier, you quit making things up. >> reporter: but pal written's political future is unclear. she returned from the campaign trail to face ethics probes, and sinking popularity numbers. little is known about what she will do. >> i think she want to get out of public limelight with all the attention being paid to her every move and get back it a seminormal life. >> reporter: governor palin announced on july #rd she would step down from her post 17 those early. at the time, she said she had no plans on mechanicking a run at the white house. political pundits say she will energize the republican party. >> if that is what she is thinking, that she will run the office of the pres

dan springer with the news. he is live in fairbanks. how are things?well, letç me tell you, she. as far as our fox news poll, the numbers were only slightly better but just republicans, so not good poll numbers for her as she ate leaves office and çbecomes a private citizen. -- as she leaves office and becomes a private citizen. she again reiterated that the reason for stepping down 18 months early was really about alaskans. she did not want to become a lame duck who was also a big distraction in the state. at times yesterday, it seemed that she was back on the campaign trail, citing accomplishments, but she saved her best punches for her critics. >> our troops are willing to die for you, so how about in honor of the american soldiers you quit making things up. and one other thing for the media, our new governor has a very nice family, too, so leave his kids alone. by the way, hollywood needs to know. we eat, therefore, we hunt. >> there it was, sarah palin just kind of saying her mind, and that is what she says she will do from here on out, exercise

>> -- dan springer, how is business? >> sales are improving.n we spoke to you in may, you said sales were down. as the owners here, you were not seeing as much foot traffic. how have things changed? >> sales have increased dramatically. there is more people coming into the store, buying their regular cup of coffee. >> the trend is due in yourself, the individual-sized coffee, tested out and see if they like the flavor. >> this is a single serving cup. you can get a sample of our coffee. >> how has your marketing changed? people buy these machines in the stores, you have all kinds of other products that you sell. in-store sales are not increase and all that much, so how are you marketing now to people who are counting their pennies more and are not willing to spend $4 on a grid of coffee? >> not every drink is $4. we have drugs that are only about $2 as well. people like the idea of having a cup of coffee in the morning and being able to use these single cup servings at their home or office in the afternoon. >> you are also running a promotion o

dan springer, what do we know? >> governor sarah palin's announcement that she was resigning stunned even her close friends in alaska. nobody seems exactly sure what her next move will be. her attorney says, "all options are on the table, including a possible run for the white house." he said he was in the loop. he said the main reason was the attacks, including the ethics complaint that ran her legal bills to $500,000. a friend says sarah palin will soon be on the speaker circuit and raising money for republican candidates. on fox news sunday, karl rove told chris wallace that is a tough way to run for the presidency, if that is her goal. >> she cannot simply count on going around and campaign for republican candidates in 2010. she has to demonstrate leadership. >> i spoke with several high- ranking republicans in alaska and they were not complementary. one described her as a trade raccoon, which means she is scared of everything. another called her a quitter. even one who called himself a big sarah palin supporte

dan springer is in seattle for us. what is the answer to that?kind of scary when you break it all down. with information comes power and money. google is getting more powerful in richer by the end of the day. most people realize that one day to a search on the website, those search words are kept by google. the contract your whereabouts on the web. the store that information for up to a year-and-a-half. let's talk about gmail. i talk to a guy who a scary thing happened to him. he actually went on his account and was doing an e-mail to a guy in london and while he was doing that, he mentioned macedonia. the next day, he logged onto his account and there was an advertisement advertising cheap flights to macedonia. google actually screens gmail for content and will give advertising based on what they say. we know about google maps. they can actually track you as you drive around town. they can triangulate your position based on cell phone telltower technology. they can actually allow users to zoom in. people have been shown inside their own home on

gregg: dan springer is live in fairbanks, alaska. he was there yesterday. any indication where she is today and what she is doing on her first day as a private citizen? >> i have got to hand it to her. they are guarding her whereabouts and her future plans like it is a national secret. they are giving no indication of where she is going to go, what she is going to do. they are being very mysterious about this. they are not going to go back to alaska and fade away from public life. she does want to be relevant out there. we know that she had a speech yesterday that was very feisty. she went after the media. she went after animal rights advocates. she did not name obama, but she went after big government. at times, it looked like a stump speech. she was taking off her list of accomplishments even though she abandoned -- >> we slowed a the rate of government growth. with lawmakers, we saved billions for the future. >> she also projected $28 million in federal stimulus money -- gregg: i think we have a frozen slabs -- satellite communication there. by the way,

megyn: dan springer is streaming live from anchorage, alaska. he is one of the few reporters the got to sit down with a candidate. she took you on a boat, i understand. what did she say to you? >> you have not lived until you have gone commercial fishing with sarah palin. there she was with her rubber boots and her gloves, knee deep in salmon in the day. it was amazing. we will have those figures later on today. she was rolling up her sleeves and getting in there. basically she wanted to get control of the message. she announced on july 4 that she was stepping down 18 months before her term was up. she is taking a lot of criticism for that move. republican strategists said that this is the wrong move if she has aspirations for higher office. basically she wanted to clarify why she did it. basically what she said is that the people that were after her, bloggers and critics, they made it impossible for her to get her agenda done. she said she wants a different type of america from the path we are going down right now and then to do that, she needs

dan springer joins us from seattle. >> coffee can be a good barometer of the economy as a whole, becauseis one of the discretionary items. we're joined by tom o'keefe, founder and chairman of kelly's. we talked to you and you said sales were down in may. we know they heard at the end of 2008. what has happened since then? >> they have bounced back, a harbinger that the economy is getting better and people are getting acclimated to the fact that they have to buy their coffee. >> i know your steam has gone after showing value, advertising summer drinks for $1.59. talk about the trends. >> you have to give good value. we're giving high-quality gourmet coffee, as well, so if you give them good value, they come back. they appreciate it. >> what about the one serving cup? >> it is one more way the customers get a way to try our coffee, so we promote that two stores, but they are trying be full range. our food and hardware sales are up as well. the worst in which sector might be over? retail will start to recover, the dow up over 9000, yes, that is a great deal. it is getting better but the wor

dan springer is live in fairbanks, alaska. the soon to be former governor is serving hot dogs today, is she? >> hot dogs and salmon burgers, of course, in fairbanks, alaska, right, jennifer? the final stop of the goodbye civilian tour and it is here in fairbanks where she had her inauguration ball two and a half years ago. we are expecting about five thousand people to show up to say goodbye to her, pose for pictures and get her autograph and at 3:00 local time she will be on the stage giving a final speech. 20 minutes we are expecting to thank the people of alaska for supporting her over the years and then after that the lieutenant governor is sworn in and she officially steps down as governor of the state and moves on to the next chapter of her life, whatever that may be. >> that is the question, has she given any indication about her future plans? >> well, she has been teasing us and indicateing that she is not going go away quietly. she does a lot of tweeting on the twitter page and has been saying that she is not going aw

dan springer talks to palin about her decision and her future. >> reporter: alaska gore sarah -- governorn took a handful of reporters where she and her family were netting sock eye salmon. but just before leaving shore, she told fox news she could not rule out angling for the white house. >> i don't know what the future holds. i want to work right now for people who are going to work in office or out of office for the right things, both principals that built up america, those who are inspired by the values of america and will not deride or apologize the values that we hold as americans. i'm going to work for those people. >> reporter: the former republican presidential nominee was eager to talk about his stunning decision to step down but doesn't consider herself a quitter. >> i am willing to step aside and not allow distraction any more to this administration's good positive agenda. i will step aside and i'm willing to do that because i love alaska. >> reporter: she explained of a media double standard that made a target of her children. she blasted bloggers who filed 18 ethics complain

this week, our own dan springer got a look inside and outside at neverland ranch. >> jackson's inspiration the grounds was disneyland. you can see that in all the flower beds and the wonderful waterfalls he installed in the ponds and used this place for work. we're told he used a natural bird's nest in the middle of this oak tree write the entire lyrics from the album dangerous and we're now in michael jackson's first floor bedroom, you can see it had the fireplace, where the bed was right here, and it's got two separate bathroom wings, one over here, full closet, bathroom, as as you come here see what he's looking out on, the beautiful grounds, the spring, the ponds. and another bedroom wing here and this looks like this is the one that was michaels, elaborate bathroom fixtures, look at the tub, the spout here on the tub, beautiful with a swan head and then another closet on this side, again, fully cedar closet, with cabinets up here, lots of space for storage and then we come to what we believe to be that secret closet that everyone talks about where michael jackson kept all of his prize