greg miller of the "washington post." thank you. >> thank you. >> lehrer: coming up, we focus on the election with a report on the close race for a house seat from michigan, and shields and brooks. plus, robots that act like people, sort of. but first, the other news of the day. here's hari sreenivasan in our newsroom. >> sreenivasan: president obama hit the road again, starting a last round of campaign appearances before election day. and there was a last minute development in the florida senate race. ray suarez has our report. >> suarez: the economy was again "topic a" when the president appeared at a metal works plant in beltsville, maryland. he appealed to both parties to look beyond election day. >> political season's going to be over soon. and when it does, all of us are going to have a responsibility-- democrats and republicans-- to work together wherever we can to promote jobs and growth. >> suarez: mr. obama called again for letting businesses deduct all of the costs of new equipment and other investments in a bi

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greg gutfeld weighness. >> on our panel this week, judy miller. cal thomas. jim pitcherton and "new york post" columnist kirsten powers. i'm jon scott. fox news watch is on right now. >> look bill, i'm not a bigot you know the kind of books i've written about the civil rights moment in this country. when i get on a plane if i see people in muslim garb and i think they are identifying themselves first and forever most as muslims, i get worried. i get nervous. >> fox news contributor and then analyst for national public radio. paid to express his opinion talking about his inner anxieties. that short sound bite was part of a larger discussion in which mr. william was trying convince bill o'reilly that not all people of one belief should be blamed for the actions of an extremist of that same religion. that episode of the o'reilly factor aired monday wednesday npr fired juan williams for his comments. thursday this is how some in the media reacted. >> npr, this is disgraceful. npr needs to hire juan williams back. i think most rational americans agree. >> juan wil

greg has thoughts about that. on our panel, writer, judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas, jim pinkerton, fellow new american foundation and news day columnist elliss henican. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. . >> my question to you is, why should we still support you going forward with your monetary economic policies and if the economy does not improve over the next two years, why should we vote you back in? >> just one of many questions president obama faced on thursday at that mtv town hall meeting. judy, the audience was hand picked, a lot of speculation about that in the press, but the questions were pretty tough. the president's answers though, again, seemed kind of tired, a little bit more like campaign rhetoric. has he lost young voters? and has the press paid attention. >> well, if he's lost young voters, all is lost in november because this is his base, they voted more than 2-1 to him, but i found that the press picked up on the notion he was defensive. remember we sat here last week and said, oh hand picking audienc

greg weighs in. on our panel this week, writer and fox news contributor, judy miller. syndicated columnist, cal thomas. jim pinkerton, fellow new american foundation and new york post columnist kirsten powers. i'm jon scott, fox news watch is on right now. >> i mean, look, bill, i'm not a bigot. the kind of books i've written about the civil rights in this country when i get on a plane if i see people who are in muslim garb and identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried, i get nervous. >> jon: fox news contributor and then analyst for national public radio, juan williams, a man paid to express his opinions, talking about his inner anxiety when encountering certain muslims dressed in a certain manner on airplanes. well, that short sound bite was part of a larger discussion in which mr. williams was trying to convince bill o'reilly that not all people of one belief should be blamed for the actions of an extremist of that same religion. that episode of the o'reilly factor aired on monday. on wednesday, npr fired juan williams for his comments and