in seoul, south carolina, greg palkot, fox news. >> chris: china official news agency says 19 criminals were executed today. that country supreme court approved the death sentence for suspects convicted of murder or robbery. china executes more people of any other country, 4,000 a year. >>> the girl scout got lesson in media bias. and is nancy pelosi on her way >> chris: now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine. the girl scouts say they will no longer recommend the liberal website media matters as a source for fact checking perspective media bias. thaw devoted it to news and urban legend. media matters for america gets the world out about media misinformation. industry blog media ice says media matters has a far less bias and is transparent and indisputable. >>> the daughter of house minority leader nancy pelosi says her mom wants to quit congress. she tells the big government website she would retire right now if the donors she has didn't want heifer to stay so badly. they know she wants to leave, though and think she is destined for wilderness. she has very few days left.

. >> fox news correspondent greg palkot streaming live from the iraq kuwait border as the last of the american troops cross over into kuwait after nine long years of war. i'm marianne rafferty. now, we join a repeat of thursday night's republican presidential debate already in progress. a 90% conservative voting record for 30 years. balanced you the budget for four straight years. paid off $405 billion in debt. pretty conservative. the first welfare reform entitlement of your lifetime. two out of three people went back to work or went back to school. pretty conservative. first tax cut in 16 years. largest capital gains cut in american history. pretty conservative. i think on the conservative thing, sort of laughable to suggest that somebody who campaigned with ronald reagan and with jack kemp and has had a 30 year record of conservativism is somehow not a conservative. bret and what about the concerns from iowa governor? >> i think people have to watch my career and decide. i spent 16 years working to create the first republican majority in 40 years. i spent years helping create the f

in baghdad, greg palkot, fox news. >> the u.s.eral government is hosting muslim leaders here in washington this week for a conference on religious tolerance. many muslims are angry in how they are portrayed in the u.s. but other critics say it's appeasement to hardliners. the administration says it's promoting education and understanding. iran says it's almost done retrieving data from an american surveillance drone that went down in that country. there are conflicting views about how much they will gain from it. tonight, catherine herridge tells us how iranians may have gotten ahold of the drone in the first place. >> in washington, administration officials set a realistic tone as they urge iran to return the drone. >> we have asked for it back and we'll see how they comply. >> we don't expect them to comply. >> over the weekend they dragged about the drone's value. >> this is not only intelligence victory for us but intelligence defeat for our enemies. >> the u.s. officials seem to dismiss the claim as bravado. it's not guarante

greg palkot, live in cairo, greg. >> reporter: hey, megyn, it's rare you get a chance to say somethinge that, but we had that chance today. we managed to survive back in february thanks to a lot of people, both in the states and in egypt. in egypt one of those was usef gaze galiese, when all hell was breaking loose in tahrir square he sheltered us in his apartment at great risk to his own life. x had a little bit of a break today waiting for voting results, so we went over to his apartment and for the first time since february i had a chance to meet and to talk with this man. take a look. how are you? we wanted very much to say thank you for saving our lives. you have to understand, guys, we are inside here with our very good friend. these doors are closed, and outside they are lighting molotov cocktails. we were huddled basically over here, our whole team. this was sort of the safest place until the molotov cocktails started to come through those windows. people were coming up causing problems at the other end of the hallway. our good host told us to hide. so we went down here into th

in seoul, south carolina, greg palkot, fox news. >> chris: china official news agency says 19 criminalse executed today. that country supreme court approved the death sentence for suspects convicted of murder or robbery. china executes more people of any other country, 4,000 a year. >>> the girl scout got lesson in media bias. and is nancy pelosi on her way out of congress? the grapevine is next. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth! @ ♪ sing polly wolly doodle all the day ♪ ♪ hah @ when we resolve to stop snacking and slacking. resolve to start reading and running. ♪ this year, resolve to help someone else, too. resolve to give to the american red cross. because the red cross provides hope, help and compassion, not on

in seoul, south korea, greg palkot, fox news. >> shannon: the u.s.rning iran that any disruption of the middle east oil exports will not be tolerated. this comes after the islamic republican threatened to close the vital strait of hormuz. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has that story from the pentagon. good evening. >> reporter: good evening. first, iran's vice president. today, head of iran navy for the second day in a row. iran threatened to close the strait of hormuz. which is just 34 miles wide. pronouncement coming while iran navy conducting ten days of naval exercises near the vital waterway through which 20% of the world oil passes every day. the drill will include maneuvers to practice closure of the strait, according to an article published in iran translated by middle east media research institute. how to close the strait of hormuz. author details which iranian submarines can lay underwater mines and how the iranian knaveshy will use antiship missiles and fleet of fast attack crafts. the sea craft are capable of blocking t

geraldo, the war is over for the united states. >> heather: and greg palkot is streaming live for us from camp virginia, kuwait. >> reporter: we were that the border for those of us who have been following this war for year after bloody year. it was an amazing scene. it was an historic scene. as you just heard we were there were geraldo rivera and here is a little bit more of what we said a little bit after what you just heard a.crucial moment in that historic evening. take a listen. >> that is the last truck, the last troop, the last vehicle. the war is over essentially for the united states in iraq. there they are. hurrah as the u.s. army says. the world's media around here. there they are. >> there they are, indeed. last convoy consisted of 500 troops, 110 vehicles. they made their way five hour drive a camp that is deep in southern iraq and right to the end, militants in the region were going after blood. they said they wanted to kill americans but it was high security and no one was killed. no one was hurt. it went without incident. then, this convoy traveled further south, abou

back to you. >> trace: greg palkot, thank you. the lawyer for a man accuse of shooting a soldier welcome home party says the suspect is the one being attacked. investigators have reportedly charged reuben ray jerarda for allegedly shooting the afghan war veteran. he was at his welcome home party when witnesses say his brother got into a fight with jerarda. when witnesses intervened witnesses say he was shot twice. the suspect's lawyer insists that is not the whole story. >> my client sustained extensive amount of injuries prior to the alleged shooting has some facial, as well as some injuries to his ribs and his back where he had been kicked, punched by numerous people at the party. >> i don't know why he thinks he is the victim when my brother is in the hospital. when my brother can't move. >> sullivan is now in critical condition. his relatives say that he is paralyzed. well, iranian officials say they are putting an american on trial. they accused him of being a spy and if they find him guilty, it could cost him his life. detai

>> harris: greg palkot, thank you very much. monitors are in syria keeping watch.gunfire] activists inside syria say forces regime troops firing live ammunition and tear gas against the citizens protesting against the government. we cannot confirm this for ourselves and syria bans foreign journalists from entering the country. we are relying on am mur video like what you are watching. monitors with the arab league arrived on monday supposedly to observe the situation. from reports inside syria, it seems their arrival has reenjerry jizzed the protesters with thousands of them now taking the streets. the united nations says more than 5,000 people have died in syria's uprising since it began in march. the feds say a controversial new law could let violent criminals who are in our country illegally go right out of jail. now, some lawmakers in congress want to crack down. a live report on fox report from illinois. plus, it's catching unlike, well, wildfire. the numbers are in. so what do you think was one of the hottest holiday gifts? [ male announcer ] if you're giving

greg palkot is streaming live with the latest on this. ning, greg. >> reporter: just about a few hundred miles from where we are right now, an amazing scene, as you noted, kim jong-il longtime dictator of north korea lying in state under a glass-topped coffin. people coming in looking at him in the same mausoleum where his matter is on display as well. also visiting today the son of this man, kim jong un. he was flanked to the left and right biofigureses, by officials. a succession means certain. it was only a year ago what she werwhen we were here and right in the middle of the two of them. all of this trouble considering the nuclear plants, long range missiles, and the starvation in that country. in south korea it's another story, people looking, wondering, watching. they were out on the streets of seoul today and this is what we heard and saw. the folks of south korea got word around noon on monday of kim jong-il's death. this is the first day the newspaper gave it front-page traoept. they wer treatment. they were talking about what it

greg palkot streaming live from baghdad with more. , greg. >> reporter: gregg, it is just about the end of the road for the u.s. military in iraq. for those of us who covered this long conflict and i know that includes you, gregg, but of course for the iraqis this is momentous occasion. the military is telling us we're down to 6,000 or less u.s. troops in country and. that goes down every day. that is down from a high of 170,000 at its peak in 2007. many are heading out through kuwait. they have to be out by the end of the year according to an agreement with iraq. they should be home for christmas but what kind of country are they leaving behind? what kind of effect has the u.s. had here. that is what we're trying to find out the last couple days. this is brief glimpse what we found out. u.s. army tanks stood guard nearby. they will all be going in the next several days. in their place, traffic and a lot of people and there are still problems. glass walls protecting this market in the center of baghdad a couple weeks ago were taken dow

greg palkot streaming live out of seoul. what do we know, greg?at north korea is claiming so far five million people out of a population of 24 million have come out to mourn the late dictator, kim jong-il. we have no way of verifying that. we can tell you from our experience on the ground these people can get the folks out and in the center of pyongyang today we have seen tens of thousands of people. this has control on the power centers tightens up. troops being sent in the north back to their barracks. the city is being locked down and military officers made to pledge allegiance to the heir apparent the young kim jong-un. bill. bill: greg, the scene at the dmz has been at a standoff now since 195. has that changed at all or what is the scene there today? >> reporter: there were more angry words there today. that is the border between north and south korea. we had defectors from north korea and also human rights activists gathering there, doing something frankly makes all sides nervous. look what we saw. just a few days of at death of kim jong-il

. >> bret: greg palkot early in cairo. thank you. the secretary of state hillary clinton met with burma opposition leader today. clinton shared a private dinner. they will have a more personal meeting friday. >> still ahead, the unemployment crisis in europe. keeping lawmakers in the country from getting richer on inside information. >> bret: republican senator john cornyn says he asked the justice department while it sealed the records of the investigation in the murder of a boarder patrol agent. brian terry was killed last december. the fatal shot was said to have been fired by a gun sold in the failed gun tracking operation fast and furious. federal agents discovered a 600-yard tunnel under the u.s. mexico border used to transport marijuana from tijuana to san diego. they say the it had a hydraulic lift, electric rail car and wooden staircase. they seized 32-tons of marijuana. the span sors of one bill using insiders to play the stock market said interest in her proposal exploded since the "60 minutes" piece last month. chief wash

greg palkot live in cairo.ll be back in 30 seconds with more news, including historic summons for a former senator. >> bret: former democratic senator and governor jon corzine subpoenaed by to congressional committees probing the collapse of mf global. corzine resigned as ceo shortly after the company filed for bankruptcy protection. insiders say it's extremely rare for a former member of congress to be summoned to testify about a matter under federal investigation. late today we learned that all of the firm's seven remaining directors are resigned. german chancellor merkel is pushing for tougher rules against government overspending in the face of the continent debt crisis. british prime minister david cameron met with french president sarkozy today. cameron said his country will help the euro zone. even though his country does not use the euro. after the break, is the administration playing politics with a potential jobs creator? when is a military reservist on duty? life and death question coming >> bret: ch

gregg: greg palkot live in soul, south korea. greg, thanks. uma: new international reaction to iran's latest threat to choke off the world's supply of oil. iran responding to possible new economic sanctions from washington saying tehran will retaliate by shutting down the strait of hormuz, a critical shipping lane for nearly 20% of the world's crude oil supplies. kt mcfarland is a fox news military analyst. she joins us now. thanks for joining us. >> pleasure, uma. uma: the white house has been saying through some administration officials there is a plan in place should there be a crisis where this kind of scenario would unfold where iran would try to block the strait of hormuz but offering few details about this. how confident are you that the white house can handle such a situation and the impact it is going to have on the world market? >> well, there are a couple of things to consider. right now the president is about to sign into legislation legislation that the congress forced on him to basically say, we're going to have a blockade of ira

senior correspondent greg palkot is live for us from seoul, south korea. greg? >> reporter: hey, jenna. north korea is claiming that some five million people out of a total population of 24 million have publicly mourned their late dictator kim jong-il. now we have no way of verifying that but we can tell you from our time on the ground when that government wants to get people out it gets people out. there were tens of thousands of people out in the central square in pyongyang. this as the control of the centers of power tightens up. soldiers were ordered back into the barracks. cities were clamped down and military officers were made to pledge allegiance to the heir apparent, the young kim jong-un. meanwhile we're up at the border between north and south korea along the famous demille at that rised zone, the dmz. there today we found north korean defectors and human rights activity -- activists frankly gets both sides of the border a little bit nervous. take a look what we saw. just a few days of a the death of kim jong-il, a few hundred yards from the dmz, acti

>>trace: thank you, greg palkot. an airliner with 100 people on board speeding down a runway and two tires blow. we will show you what happened next coming up. >>trace: authorities in tennessee say a fire at a mine has injured at least two mineers and trapped three others underground. now, fire captain says that the fire broke out in an area of the mine 800' deep but it is unclear how the fire started. responders took two miners to the hospital to be treated. the captain said he believes rescuers will be able to reach the trapped miners soon. the good news is they have been in contact with the trapped miners. they seem to be fine. the objective is to get to them. we will have updates on the breaking news in "studio b." >> a scary ride for passengers on a southwest airlines flight last night after two plane tires blew during take off. a spokesman said the pilot aborted the flight immediately. here is how some of the 130 passengers on board described it. >> halfway down the runway and we heard a loud "pop," and the pla

greg palkot is streaming live from seoul, korea. what's the answer greg?e're getting is the claim that now 5 million people out of 24 million in the country have participated in public mournings of the late north korean dictator kim jong-il. we can't verify those numbers but in fact we have been there on the ground a couple of times and can verify that if this government wants to get people out, they do. and we saw that today in video coming from pyongyang, the capitol of north korea, where we saw tens of thousands of people there. also, we know that the government in north korea is tightening its grip on the centers of power, soldiers are being ordered back to their barracks, there are clampdowns in various cities in north korea and we're told that the officers in the military are being made to pledge allegiance to kim jong-un, the young heir apparent in that country. meanwhile, to that border now between north and south korea and the dmz, the de militarized zone, we were there today. there was apre test on the southern side by activists, north korean def

greg palkot streams live out of baghdad. what do the critics of maliki say, greg?er: hey, bill. as the u.s. troop pullout continues and accomplishments and sacrifices they are leaving behind, we have some questions too included about as you note, prime minister maliki. some people say he is gaining too much power. that is he excluding groups. that that could lead to trouble. that he is cozying up too closely with iran. we heard all of that and more from believe it or not, his number two, deputy prime minister. here is little bit what i had to say to me about the style of prime minister maliki. >> maliki is looking for a dictatorship government. >> reporter: dictatorship government? >> which is led by one party and one man. >> reporter: those are strong words? >> yes it is. >> reporter: now granted mutlak has a political axe to grind. he is a sign my muslim -- sign think muslim and -- sunni muslim and maliki is shia. bill: what is the latest on the american troop with drawl? how is that going? what have you seen? >>. >> reporter: the latest we are hearing bill, from

according to our own greg palkot folks are protesting the so-called "great successor," just a few daze after his death a few hundred yards of the dmz activists staging a protester filling up the balloons with helium showing kim chong-il and two other fallen leaders from this year on the other side, his successor and the two brothers, urging people to rise up against succession and the hope is the balloons will rise up and blow into north korea and find their mark. >>shepard: there are growing reports that kim chong-il will most likely rule by committee along with his aunt, his uncle, and the leaders of the military. our chief correspondent jonathan hunt is here. a big chance, really to go from one dictator to rule by committee? >>jonathan: completely different. something they have never experienced before. but it is likely to happen according to all the experts. the son will be the nominal leader but with real power will be his uncle, a man we have been telling you about all week, the man who is married to kim chong-il's sister. those two are likely to exercise a huge amount of power.

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you can get more on the situation on korean peninsula by watching greg palkot's report on our home pagefoxnews.com/specialreport. up next, mixed bag for the >> bret: stocks were up today. the dow gained 62. the s&p 500 added 10. the nasdaq closed 21 ahead. elsewhere, the news was mix of good and bad. fox business network senior washington correspondent peter barnes is here with more on that. peter, we'll take the good news first. how about that? >> yeah, bret, the economy got a nice stocking stuffer today. the labor department reported that initial claims for unemployment insurance fell unexpectedly by 4,000 last week to 364,000. this is the lowest level since 2008. and a post-recession low. but economic growth is still halting. for the second time, the government revised down the estimate of economic growth for the third quarter. this time to an annual rate of just 1.8%. but, today's labor numbers suggest it could get better. >> we need a few months of more robust job creation. it looks to me like with the jobless claims numbers december could be a 200,000 plus jobs month. the first