i recently spoke with ed gilligan, vice chairman of american express, the company behind the strategy. i began by asking about overall spending trends the company is seeing as we enter the holidays. >> well, you know, we ended the third quarter at american express with really strong numbers on consumer spending as well as small business spending. so we feel like we have a lot of good momentum. but the next few weeks will tell the story for the year, on how the shopping season unfolds. but we feel very good about that consumer spending is still strong. >> tom: any sense of a change in seasonal spending patterns? a sense pushing out some of that third quarter spending into the fourth quarter or maybe prespending some what was you would normally see in the holiday season has been spent already? >> you know, i still think it's a little early to call the trend yet. but certainly people are very value conscious, they are spending, their dipping less into their savings, and they are borrowing less money. which is all good for their economic health. but it's still a little early to tell how t

gilligan directing it me trying to get the music together. process is over. >>> so you are good. >> i hope so. >> just kidding i am trying to make you more nervous he really has instituted his other friends and other talented people here at the school to work on every aspect of the show i want to bring in kaylin gilligan she is assistant director how do you feel about the show. >> it is going great >> i understand you are a huge elizabethan buff you made sure it was true to history. >> yes in the opening scene we had a guillotine but now we have an executioners sword they wouldn't have had that. >> you are right it didn't come until later you had the keep it more real. we have here with us emily hire she is the costume designer, and she also happens to be queen mary in the show as well so only if you were doing more to be a part of this production these are amazing costumes for the high school level. >> thank you. >> how did you begin. >> we started doing a lot of background research to make sure they were appropriate and fit with what we wer

which she did but gilligan realized she was witnessing something special here. >> she said right away the show. right away. i was so happy. best moment of my life. >> so beautiful. >> to make it happen, meridian tapped into the talent of his classmates, the drama department of briarwood is more than 200 strong! senior emily harris designed the elaborate costumes and plays a major role in the production. >> we needed to make sure we found a happy medium between the correct time period but also what the audience would relate to. >> who cares about how -- ♪ >> being the man in charge was another challenge for the fledgling play write and composer and he's handling that pretty well, too. >> you have someone right there to be mad at. it is also fun because if something doesn't work and you know, if you can't hit a certain note or some harmony is not working, you can talk to him and change it right there. >> he'll tell me right away if something is wrong. i can fix it. >> comedy and tragedy harmonized well with creative energy. a great recipe for their future. >> i knew i wanted to write mu

. >> "gilligan's island," right?>>> call this one the rich getting richer without even trying. >> lottery officials in connecticut introduced three men who won a $350 million lottery ticket. >> not bad. there's a report that those wealth managers were there to collect for an anonymous client who wanted to avoid the hassle of his name becoming public. but they said a lot of the winnings will go to charity. do some good. yes. >>> here's a christmas combination at least we've never seen before. this one from arizona. >> this one blows my mind, folks. how about santa and your favorite high-powered firearms? this the scottsdale gun club put on the event. >> after the picture-taking, you could also fire the weapon. >> not quite sure about the message that sends to the kids or the holiday. >> i don't get it, either. >>> for some of you, now, your local news coming up next. [ male announcer ] every day, thousands of people are choosing advil®. [ regis ] we love to play tennis. and with it comes some aches and pains. and one

i am here with meet the boss tv reporter anna gilligan. there is the waive. stop waiving. if fierce comentary was line dancing i would do him in a country western bar. america's future foundation chairman. and he follows justin bieber, but not on twitter. it is my side sidekick, bill schulz. and he is so funny that even el elephants forget to laugh. it is sherrod small. that was a nice one. >> it was, two black people on a show. is there a mistake? >> i would make a name tag joke. and he is a paper and a diuretic. it is our "new york times" cory son dent. good to see you, pinch. >> i am actually half black. michael d shear reports that rick perry's cringe worthy performance adds to inevitability that mitt romney will be the republican nominee. here are the three reasons perry lost the debate. his dlufer re, his body language and may i see my notes human handler? no, this is my whole foods shopping list. and it appears i am out of organic eggs. greg? >> so be it. >> be it so. >> all right. >> right all. >>> the firing of paterno has created an inferno. on wednesday night th

there was amilia es staw varies and then there was allen hale from "gilligan's island" who was dead at the time. and the professor russell johnson who you had convinced was your wife for about three years. >> where am i? >> mainstream tv. >> no one believes this. >> start that over again. no one can believe this because -- >> no one can believe this. there is no way that -- there is no way that -- everything i want to say is more disgusting. >> on that note, i think there should be consequences for people who do this. i am not even a bieber fan, but that person should go to jail. they should have a child taken away and lauren spanked. e-mail us at red eye at fox news .com. and to leave a voicemail 212-462-5050. still to come, the half time report from tv's andy levy. tonight's half time report is sponsored by leprechaun. irish folklore who passes fortunes on to those who catch them. thanks leprechaun. >>> welcome back. let's find out if we had anything wrong so far. for that we go to tv's andy levy. >> hi, greg, welcome back. >> glad to be back, andy. >> glad you are glad to be back. >

. >> veteran drama teacher marilyn gilligan has never directed anything like this.student made. >> i heard the music and saw the dialogue. there was no question in my mind we will do do this one. >> i've not gotten any sleep. >> senior greg is the play wright and composer of briarwood high school production elizabeth the musical. >> i knew i wanted to write a musical for a long time but i never had the opportunity "i don't care what the others say". >> until now with the help of the grant from wolf track, the dream has taken center stage. from the writing, the composing, the the sound track, to costume design, set construction, engineering and painting. the students have done it all on their own. >> it was overwhelming to see everyone singing and dancing to the music you had in your head and enjoying it. i really think it's one of the most incredible feelings in the world. >> more than 200 students have a hand in the show, inspired by the tales of the first queen elizabeth. dress rehearsals are in full swing, along with some nerves. as this history in the making pre

going down the stairs and there's spy richard murphy in the gilligan hat coming up and there's the moneythe backpack. not very subtle. kind of like our version. we reenacted a scene where the fbi dug up a package they buried they dug it up a, reburied it to see what would happen and two years ago one of the spies dug it up. here's our version. today the fbi released pictures of the hiding spot as well as video of the real spy digging up the package. that is really it happening. i like our version better. and you know our over the top on purpose russian spy acting was not that far off. these guys were pretty obvious. getting video confirmation from the fbi on halloween from an operation called "ghost stories" best new thing in the world

going down the stairs and there's spy murphy in the gilligan hat coming up and there's the money in thene where the fbi dug up a package they buried they dug it up a, reburied it to see what would happen and two years ago one of the spies dug it up. here's our version. today the fbi released pictures of the hiding spot as well as video of the real spy digging up the package. that is really it happening. i like our version better. and you know our over the top on purpose russian spy

. >>> and a real-life gilligan's island. the u.s. coast guard delivers. desperately needed food and supplies to seven fishermen who were stranded on a deserted pacific island. australia's navy later rescued the men. >>> the penn state child rape case has shocked the nation, especially those who played football for coach jerry sandusky. bryan scott currently plays with the buffalo bills, that's him right there, number 43 making the tackle in this highlight. scott was a three-year starter at penn state and played one season under then assistant coach sandusky, who is now facing these charges of rape. i spoke exclusively with bryan earlier this morning. >> my first reaction was, i really couldn't believe it. and i still can't believe it. this is just like a nightmare. never in a million years would i have ever thought that jerry would be capable of doing these things. these allegations are just so serious that i'm just completely floored. >> now, he coached you in 1999. tell me what he was like and did you ever get any strange vibes from him or think that hi

we do think this could be seen as a case like gilligan in which looking at the relief that the petitioneris seeking with the plaintiff is seeking leads the court to conclude that entertaining the claim would embroil the court in decisions supposed to be made by another branch and that in fact i think you can understand section 214 is precisely that an effort to try to drill the court into this dispute between the congress and the executive over whether jerusalem should be recognized as a part of israel. >> i wanted to follow-up on matt. does that mean that you are content to have this court not say whether it is the exclusive executive power or some congressional participation we could say it is none of our business. >> that isn't what you're asking us to do. spec that is correct. >> to decide the question is exclusively the presidential power. >> that is correct. >> it doesn't sound to me like abstaining because it is a political question it seems to me like deciding the case. >> we think whether the court is looking at it as a political question were looking at it as a judgment on the m

edward gilligan is the vice chairman and the sponsors of small business saturday.ay budget for shopping small tomorrow. small businesses are at the heart of the american economy. if you go back 20 years, they have created 2/3 of the jobs in the country and we think it's critical to help small businesses. last year and now again this year, we created this day that becomes a movement of shopping small. >> what kinds of deals might we see in the small businesses? >> when you think of small businesses, they compete on value. sometimes price, but many other aspects as well like being local and having unique stuff and not having to fight holiday traffic. there is a package of valley that small businesses offer. in addition when you shop small, you keep the money in the local community. i think it's up to each business to figure out how to compete. on top of it, american express is adding incentive. a merchant will give you a credit tomorrow. >> that's a good deal. there has been a movement afoot for sometime. occupy wall street picked up on it and most recently the movem

we do think that this could be seen as a case like gilligan, in looking at the relief that the petitioner is seeking, it leaves the court to conclude that entertaining the claim with the voile the court in decisions are supposed to be made by another branch. in fact, i think you can understand section 214d asks precisely that, an effort to try to draw the court into this dispute between congress and the executive over whether jerusalem should be recognized as part of israel. >> i will give you a couple of minutes, if my colleagues have questions. >> does that mean to you are content to have this court not say whether it is the exclusive executive power or congressional participation? if we want to abstain and that you fight it out -- that is not what you are asking. it is beside the question that it is exclusively the presidential power. it does not sound to me like abstaining because it is a political question. >> do you want to answer? >> we do think that whether the court looks at it as a political question or a judgment on the merits, the issue is textual commitment. a situation where

we do think this could be seen as a case like gilligan in looking at the relief that the petitioner is seeking, the plaintiff is seeking leads the court to conclude that this -- that -- that entertaining the claim would embroil the court in decisions that are supposed to be made by another branch; and that in fact, i think you can understand section [d] as precisely that, an effort to try to draw the court into this dispute between congress and the executive over whether section -- over whether jerusalem should be recognized as part of israel. chief justice roberts: i will give you a couple more minutes. if my colleagues have any questions? justice scalia: yes, i -- i wanted to follow up on that. does -- does that mean you're content to have this court not say whether it's the exclusive executive power or there's some congressional participation? i mean, if we just abstain, if we just say it's none of our business, it's none of our business; let you two guys fight it out. that's not what you are asking us to do, is it? gen. verrilli: that's correct, justice scalia. it's what we are ask