fox's eric shawn investigates. >> gladys cramer has been buying cigarettes online for years now, butls burned. >> what the heck is this? and this was not-- this was 4500 plus dollars, so i called them and they told me, it was tax on cigarettes. >> like a lot of americans, gladys thought ordering smokes on the web was tax-free and she received a note from the state of pennsylvania demanding thousands of dollars in back sales taxes and the department of revenue slapped a lien on her house to get the money. >> i don't want to pay something on taxes i don't know was taxed. >> it's a widely held misconception that it really is fax-free, it's not. >> tax law professor says buying online is not an excuse to skip out on state taxes. by law the internet sites have to report the sales to state tax authority tracking down online buyers to pony up. >> people think when they buy things over the internet, it's sales tax-free. we all have an obligation to pay whatever use taxes or excise taxes would be paid if she'd bought it locally. >> the taxes can add up. the state wide 4,445.56 in back taxes a

walter cronkite was television news. >> that is the way it is. >> i am eric shawn. fox news. >> once again, a tv news legend walter cronkite has died. he was 92 years old. we will take you back to "the o'reilly factor." o'reilly factor." the african-american community believes people should pull them up by -- pull themselves up by their bootstraps. laura: she does not speak -- he does not speak that way when he is talking about health care or the economy. >> if you listen to the region laura: that is part of the panda. >> if you listen to the speech he gave in new hampshire -- laura: that seems like a long time ago now. let's start over. it is not the way he speaks if he went down to louisiana. he did not suddenly put on a southern accent. it is not just the accent i'm getting in to here. it is the sense of the guy that was supposed to be the racial peeler, and get his party seems to use race in ways that is clearly a pandering attempt to advance the left wing and -- agenda. whether it was barbara boxer belittling the report but the black chamber of commerce or othe

i'm eric shawn, fox news. >>> also in florida tonight, the countdown is on once again. nasa fueling up, hoping the sixth time is the charm for the shuttle endeavour. it's scheduled to blast off in less than an hour, 6:03 tonight. the mission has been scrubbed five times because of gas leaks and storms. all eyes are on the weather for a tight launch. gary mcgrady has more and how's it looking to the south of us? >> i'll give you a general idea and thank goodness it's not my forecast that that hinges on. that is a tough one out there. wwn'rte doou sh here and in what you're looking ouat is orlando and to the east of there, cape canaveral and there is a bit of thunderstorm a activity to the thnanor d that is 84 degrees and they reporting an overcast sky and you can see thunderstorms to thnorth. you know what? at least they're not moving in the direction where the shute th ngs oi g to be taking off and hopefully they'll be able to get this in and they have had rain and scattered oi thunderstorms in the forecast. maybe the sixth time is the charm. 87 back at home, 90 in lees

. >> eric: i'm eric shawn. 48 people were injured in that crash. they were taken to the hospital after the collision. witnesses say one of the trains just plowed right into the other one that was parked, sending passengers flying right out of their seats. nearby business said the impact shook their building. this is just the latest in a series of crashes involving public transit. laura ingle joins us now live in new york with more on the troubling string. what is going on? they've been in los angeles, boston, washington, and even long island an engineer was accused of letting a passenger drive a train. >> this has left a lot of commuters on edge. definitely, lawmakers are concerned and are look for answers as to why the type of public transportation problems just seem to keep happening. now the collision between the two san francisco municipal light rail trains left as you mentioned several dozens injured at the west portal station in the san francisco bay area. witnesses said those who were injured were left sitting on benches on the boarding plat

shepard: eric shawn, good of you. >> thank you, shep. shepard: more republican senators saying they plan to vote against judge sotomayor. they also admit she will probably be confirmed anyway. now it looks like she will. latest no votes including charles grassley of iowa. no surprise at all and the top republican on the panel jeff sessions of alabama who has made it perfectly clear that he would not vote for her. he says he is worried sotomayor has an activist mentality and could let her personal views effect her rulings. >> we need to be sure anyone who sits on the supreme court of the united states is committed to following the law as it is written and finding the facts as they exist. shepard: well, so far, south carolina's lindsey graham is the only one who sits on the committee who says they will vote for sotomayor. they've expected to vote tomorrow and the full senate next week. new tough talk in the showdown with iran. a possible consequences warning should tehran try to make atomic weapons. and we're not talking about sanctions th

eric shawn excellent packet one of the fathers of television news. >> you as once considered the most trusted man in america. certainly in the television news. >> president nixon reportedly will announce his resignation tonight to make his reassuring voice took this nation to some of the most important events of the 20th century. for 30 years americans like welter cronkite and to their house for his mother and his guests. he was born on november 4, 1916, in saint joseph missouri. later his family moved to houston. in high school the journalism by the hit. he started by reading tales of foreign correspondence. his reporting career started when he joined the school newspaper and yearbook staff. during college at the university of texas' took a part-time job with the post. that led to a full-time position. he was given his first broadcasting job at radio station k. and rw in washington. the station had no sports wire at a nearby small chopped it. so he ran there, memorized the scores and ran back to broadcast them. once the baseball season ended crachet tried to stay on but the station m

i'm i eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby.our of america's news headquarters is ahead from washington with shannon bream. >> who knew

i'm eric shawn. >> i'm jamie colby. it's what everybody is talking about. welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. great to have you with us. her abrupt resignation announcement, governor palin using her facebook page to shed new light on her next step and hinting we could learn more in the near future. molly henneberg live in washington following all of the developments. good morning. >> well, good morning, jamie. >> great to see you. certainly republicans are a bit perplexed by this. what are they saying? >> perplexed is the right word. more than a bit curious to see if her gamble works. if she does want to run for president, does this decision to resign help her? a potential g.o.p. opponent in 2012 calls the decision risky and the republican political strategist says it raise as expectations for palin and will not thwart the media's pursuit. listen to this. >> it's not clear what her strategy here is. by exiting the governor shopship two-and-a-half years to term and putting herself on national stage she may not be prepared to operate in. >>

. >> that of course was eric shawn reporting. walter cronkite is survived by

. >> i'm eric shawn, fox news. shepard: you tell them, gladys. i'm shepard smith.the fox report." it's the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. there are new questions tonight about president obama's health care plan. this time from some of america's governors. they're saying that they're worried about what they call "unfunded mandates." that's actually when the federal government tells the states to do something, like expand health coverage but makes the states pay for it. >> the states' financial condition just doesn't allow us to take on what could be tens of billions of dollars of additional cost. and this is not a partisan issue issue. democrat governors, republican governors are absolutely against health care reform ending up with unfunded mandates on the state to cost the state money. shepard: the white house has been trying to ease those concerns. there are signs that it might be working. jonathan serrie is live with the national governor's association meeting on the mississippi gulf coast in biloxi. jonathan, some of the democrats are coming a

his name is eric shawn nelson of the huffington. he will try continue to crease the population of retarded people. goes on, palm beach post, rumor has it that her son trig is really her grandson and criticism of campaigning and raising a special needs child. that was from the palm beach post september 8th. the nastiness was out there about her special needs child and her. do you condemn of that. >> well, i think this is even more a reason why that she should have said when she stepped down because she did give many reasons. i mean, she said she stepped down for national -- she wanted to study national security and energy and it was the money and, you know, they were being sued and litigation and potential scandal and all of that and here was a one chance that one person ever could say i'm stepping down because i want to spend more time with my family. and everyone would have believed it i think that she does have a special needs child. i know about this because i have a special needs child. laura: so do you condemn what that guy wro

time he did that and he's always -- his vacations had gone longer and longer and as you heard in eric shawn's report on him, he had this sailboat. the name was "assignment" and they would often come on in the evening and say "walter cronkite is oon signment" which was literally true and i think the impression was that cronkite had had enough and wanted to go. but the cbs evening news was never the same after cronkite and has never been the same since. >> he was on top of the world. still number one in the ratings in 1981 when he retired and gave the chair to dan rather, who took it for a long time. let me read a quote from katie couric -- she says "when i think of walter cronkite i think of his high journalism standards and integrity but most of all his humanity. i think he was so trusted because he exhibited a sense of purpose and compassion night after night. he was the personification of excellence." >> well, he certainly was the personification of a certainly -- certain style of journalism which a great many americans regret its passing and i'm one of them. cronkite came through as a very

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i'm eric shawn. >> this is a fox news alert. shocking news from the world of sports. former nfl quarterback, the 2003 comvp steve mcnair is dead. police found his body in a condo in nashville. he had been shot several times. nearby they found the body of a woman that mcnair had been reportedly seeing. police are not looking for other suspects. i'm shannon bream live in washington for the next two hours. we're keep an eye on big breaking stories today. police in south carolina are hunting for a serial killer targeting a small community. investigators say the death toll is five. the fifth victim was a teenage girl who died this morning. marianne silber is live in south carolina, but we start with kris guat gutierrez are m on steve mcnair's death. >> mcnair according to police was found 36 years old, sitting on a sofa, found in the downtown condo in a living room. he had been shot as you mentioned multiple times, including once in the head. 20-year-old se keshel was on the floor with a single gunshot wound to the head. authorities stopped short of calls at it murder-suic

eric shawn has been there to watch comings and goings. >> today, because the newsmen becomes again thesmaker. about 10 minutes from now, this cast on park avenue in front of the church which he and his late wife were shipped since the 1970 possible, he will be blessed by reverent tully, his pastor for 50 years. it is a traditional cotillion funeral service, eloquent and simplistic, like the man himself. many will pay tribute an honest man who was once the most trusted man in america. it will be a moving service. his son will speak, his grandson will be a pallbearer, and he will be cremated. jon: we will not take you to new jersey, where a peace conference is under way on this major corruption case involving strange things. money-laundering, trafficking in human organs. take a listen. >> to l.a., we are here to announce the take out a large- scale investigation. with public corruption, we have arrested 29 individuals, including assemblymen and mayors, underscoring more than ever the pervasive nature of public corruption in this state. on the other side, the fbi and irs have arrested and

eric. widow brandy, son tyler. blake harris, american hero. >>> thanks to our guests. but especially for you for being with us. and happy birthday to shawnlittle boy. loves to take walks on the beach there every day. and she never misses our show. happy birthday, shawn. >>> everyone, i'll see you tomorrow night, 8:00 sharp eastern. and until then, good night, friend.