i'm gregg jarrett. now back to fox news watch. we'll see you at the top of the hour on american election headquarters. >>> wait there is still time. i say wait for what? >> wait until when? those international community that refuse to put red lines before iran don't have a moral right to place a red light before islam. >> jon: israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu striking back against the white house and those unwilling to issue an ultimatum to iran. once again, judy miller. monica crowley. jim pinkerton, contributing editor of the american conservative magazine. kirsten powers and richard grenell that served as press spokesman to the last four ambassadors to the u.n. rick to you first, that netanyahu story would have been the big story of the week had the embassy attacks had not occurred. what do you think about what coverage the media gave his point? >> i think it was a direct assault at president obama. you can't blame the israelis for being frustrated. here, you know the white house was scrambling before all of this mess

i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm header childers. u.s. na to have coalition say insurgents surged the embassy last night. how did the militants get past all that security to begin with. conner is live in kabul with the latest. >> reporter: this is one of more serious breaches we've seen in afghanistan. it's not clear how they got in the outer rim of security into the camp leatherneck area. they say at least 17 taliban fighters breached the outer perimeter of security. once they were inside they launched a massive attack on the camp. this is a camp where there are more than 10,000 u.s. marines and british troops including prince harry is also stationed there. the attack lasted for some period of time. it started after 10:00 p.m. last night. taliban hit the base with small arms, to grenades to rocket launchers. two u.s. marines were killed and several others were injured and buildings were seriously damaged in the attack. it was a brazen attack. taliban don't have night vision capability to launch an attack in the middle of the night says a

i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. a new debate rages in washington. what did white house officials know and when did they know it. demand for answers into the shifting accounts coming not just from republicans but lawmakers from both sides of the aisle. attack in benghazi that left four americans dead, including chris stevens, ambassador to libya. molly henneberg is live in washington. >> molly: the white house and state department are defending ambassador susan rice. a spokesman for barack obama says she has done extraordinary work for the american people. also democratic senator john kerry called rice, quote a remarkable public servant and state department put out a statement defending rice's comments to those sunday shows. the statement said, quote, at every turn, ambassador rice said she was providing the best information and best assessment that the administration had at the time. based on what was provided to ambassador rice and other senator senior intelligence committee but they knew one day of the assault that it was a coordinated terror atta

i'm bill hemmer in -- gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. >> i'm heather chilledder gregg: this latest report after the president's acceptance speech at the democratic national convention last night. here to talk about it, stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company" on the fox business note work. white house will claim, look, the total unemployment number came down a little bit. what say you? >> i say this is a flat-out bad report on the state of the economy. america simply is not at work. for every every job created last month, four people dropped out of the workforce. we have lower proportion of people actually working, who are actually working in the last 32 years. 368,000. that's the number to watch. 368,000 people just quit. no longer even looking for work. they are not part of the workforce. that is the reason why the unemployment rate went down. but you've got to balance that, i mean the politicians will no doubt spin the lower unemployment rate but you must balance that fence a much smaller workforce. large numbers of people giving up hope in despair and only 96,000 jobs create

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett.in themes of last night and the entire weak in charlotte may this been the president's ability to put americans back to work this morning's job report may be undermining his case for a second term, maybe not. here thousand with their take on last night and the road ahead policy director for mitt romney for president, ron e. chin. thank you for being with us. >> good morning, gregg, thanks. gregg: while it's true that 368,000 dropped out and just gave up, the overall number of the unemployed went from 8.3 to 8.1%. the president will surely seize upon that to say, look, my policies are beginning to work, we've got to see this thing through. your reaction? >> let's make no mistake, gregg, this is a disappointing report. we've had several months of disappointing reports now. there is no way to spin this report and what it means for the american people. gregg: sure, the unemployment rate dropped, that's how they are going to spin it. >> well, unfortunately as you noted, for every net new jo

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. president obama is looking for support in the state of iowa. congressman paul ryan is doing a joint rally in jacksonville, florida. after stopping in ohio, governor romney is looking to hold on to the spotlight following the republican party convention in tampa. in cincinnati he slammed president obama for not keeping his promise to fix a broken economy. >> one of the promises he made he was going to create more jobs and to to date, 23 million people are out of work or stopped looking for work. let me tell you if you have a coach that is zero and 23 million, you say it's time to get a new coach. >> gregg: steve is live in jacksonville, florida. >> reporter: so it will be romney and ryan giving special attention to the jacksonville area, much like they did to the cincinnati area a week ago to share joint appeal there. earlier today as you pointed out romney was in the cincinnati area laying out the case and in the middle of the remarks or toward the end he was talking about the different things including one about unity. >> this is time for us t

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer who is on assignment.akistan calling them peaceful demonstrations. what we are seeing is far from peaceful, angry crowds, using rocks as weapons, chanting anti-american are slogans, police opening fire. martha: i'm joined on the phone by rebecca conway this morning a reporter with grn. rebecca, describe the scene for us. >> reporter: at the moment in the capitol of islamabad it's relatively peaceful. earlier today we saw demonstrators on the street numbering around 10,000, as you said hurling rocks on the police, having teargas fired back on them approaching the diplomatic on california where the u.s. embassy and other foreign missions are based. it's the scene of five-star hotels used by tourists, and government institutions. we've seen very violent thins happening in the country. martha: who is proceed b protecting the embassies there? what side does the pakistani military appear to be on. >> reporter: necessity have a very visible presence, the army and the pakistani police near the enclave where the u.

. >> gregg: welcome, i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: several protestors are dead and dozens of others are wounded as they force the group to flee benghazi headquarters. militia commanders deny responsibility for the attack that killed america's ambassador christopher stevens along with three others. greg palkot is streaming live from tripoli with the very latest. >> reporter: just a while ago we spoke with an aide to the libyan president and they are gratified what is happening in benghazi. they want to bring order. now, they are trying to rein in the public's anger. according to one of our contacts on the ground as many as ten people have been killed, maybe 70 people injured. that is when a peaceful rally in benghazi turned violent. that is when various militia compounds were hit. targeted group, you folks have mentioned. a group suspected of having a strong tie to the killing of stevens and three other americans. after the protestors ransacked that compound. that militia overnight they went on target at least one other militia with closer formalized ties to thet. that is when much o

welcome, i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. breaking development coming from the american center for law and justice. pastor sentenced to death by iran simply for being a christian. he was in prison for three years and waiting execution for refusing to renounce his faith. his ordeal drawing international attention and condemnation. leland vitter has more. >> reporter: for a while. he was just thought to be hours away from being executed for refusing to renounce his christian faith and also refusing to say that he would take back his muslim faith. now, we are told that he has been released and with his family. this all began back in 2009 when he was arrested for converting from being a muslim to being a christian. in iran that is something that carries the death penalty. in 2010 he was convicted and sentenced to death and in iran, executions can happen very quickly, just with a few hours notice. at that point he became a cause celeb. he was focus of a big twitter campaign and also the united states congress weighed in asking for

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with gregg jarrett and heather childers at the top of the hour. i'm arthel nevil.ll see you around. >>> now, the biggest local government bankruptcy of all. $4 billion. it took some doing. greed, income p incompetentencd ol >> bank run to the tune of 4 billion. >> what words would you use to describe the financial situation in jefferson county? >> hopeless. at this junk fuhr. >> hopeless? >> hopeless. >> jimmy stevens is jefferson county's district three commissioner. he was elected after the crisis began. >> how did it stop to go after the rails? >> they attempted to build a cadillac when a chevrolet would have worked as well. >> this is not a tale about cars but sewers and the sort of mess that seens to the surface when local politicians with big ideas get mixed up with wall street bankers looking for big fees. a financial sinkhole in a swamp of corruption. it begins back in 1996. jefferson's sewer system was leaking raw sewage into rivers and streams and the county signed a federal consent decree to fix the problem. the costs huge, estimated at between $250 mill

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for john -- jon scott. we're looking at brand new poll numbers that the fight for president obama and mitt romney remains close days away from the first presidential debate. "wall street journal" marist poll showing the president has a seven point edge in new hampshire and smaller two point lead in north carolina and nevada. that is within the poll's margin of error. meantime new "fox news" polling showing governor romney is losing some ground to president obama among likely voters nationwide. the president, now leading, compared to how things stood before the conventions, when governor romney held a slight edge. joining me now to talk about it with his take, stephen hayes, columnist for "the weekly standard." so since the convention, steven, you know the president has increased his overall lead by five points, yet huge numbers of likely voters, want to show you this, 73%, think that many policies need to change. how is it possible, i mean that's a big number, 73%. how is it possible that an incumbent leads

what i am hearing from gregg jarrett, shepard smith this is your favorite word. >>shepard: my least favorite place to be. but it is not a bad word. who was sent there? we used it with people like our favorite guy, blago. >>megyn: didn't you get in trouble with the law? going too fast? >>shepard: south alabama, right. 12 miles per hour over the speed limit. i am surprised i am not in jail. the news begins anew, the white house now is calling the assault on the four at embassy an "act of terrorism." american workers are taking home the smallest paycheck in decades. perts say this could hurt what has been a slow economic recovery. the prosecution is on the case of a colorado movie massacre. today, they gave up their fight for what they say was a key piece of evidence. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b." first from fox at 3:00 in new york city, the white house today said the consulate attack in libya is self evident that it was a terrorist attack according to the white house press secretary carney who spoke to reporters aboa

if al qaeda, and i stress if, if, if, based on kathryn and gregg jarrett, that al qaeda was tied to thiserror attack on u.s. soil, the consulate in benghazi, that is u.s. soil, four americans tragically murdered just weeks before the election. this is a serious issue. to bring it back to what you said, are they nervous? you bet. a trump card the president has in the debates when they talk about national security, took out osama bin laden as you said. he wants to say, case closed. that's it. now, it turned out maybe there is more. that was a big victory. it does not mean the end of the war. >>neil: when mitt romney obviously got his oats to say i will still talk about the middle east and note hold back like i did a couple weeks ago, what are they more to the point saying? >>reporter: they are concerned that if this continues to churn over the next few weeks people will talk about trouble with the economy, and wonder if we are on the wrong traffic with national security. but mitt romney jumped in and the white house also believes in private and will say it publicly, mitt romney fumbled at

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping news. congress goes back in session tomorrow after a five-week break but will they manage to get anything done before election day? we'll take a look at what is on their plate. >> gregg: a brutal day in violence in iraq, 80 people killed in attacks over the last 24 hours alone. we'll get the latest. >> heather: pink slips are about to be given out to hundreds of u.s. sailors. now uncle sam wants to give them the boot. all the details straight ahead. >> gregg: we began with the presidential candidates making the final big push to november and with the race so very close, governor mitt romney and president obama are picking up the pace now and taking no votes for granted. take a look at latest daily tracking poll from real clear politics. it shows president obama leading romney 47.8 to 46.2% well within the margin of error. governor romney taking to the airwaves and he was talking about the tax cuts and week job numbers. >> my tax policy is designed to find a way to encourage mo

gregg jarrett and heather childers is going to take it from here. thanks for watching fox news, where we report and you decide. >> gregg: i'm degrees generator. glag glad you are with us. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. go to the news, democrats start arriving for their big convention in charlotte. and fox news is there. we'll have a live report from there and we'll find out what both presidential campaigns are doing today. >> gregg: as the drew peterson case reaches the final stages our legal panel is here to weigh in on explosive testimony from a defense witness that might have been hand picked by the prosecutors. >> heather: one of the most controversial and influential religious leaders has died. we'll take a look back at his of reverend moon. >> gregg: a mandatory evacuation is lifted in louisiana but emergency officials say the threat of flooding from hurricane isaac is not over yet. their concern about a lock along the pearl river. if it does, that could send even more floodwaters rushing into dozens of neighborh

bill: gregg jarrett rolling our way. gregg: 39 days until the election. mitt romney speaking live.nd state polling from the "wall street journal" and brand-new fox news polls, we'll tell you about that. plus the dramatic developments in libya. we will be speaking with lindsey graham the u.s. senator, why the white house message has been muddled so far and take a look at the political fallout from all of that. have you heard about the next generation of melody sizes? you'll not believe some of these. they desolve inside of you, kind of coolish kind of creepy, we'll talk about it. bill, back to you. bill: kind of convenient. thank you, see you in 15 minutes. there is grand new video that shows a terrifying scene in the middle of the night. look at this. a driver losing control, crashing into a home in staten island, new york, injuring a 40-year-old woman and her five-year-old daughter. they were sleeping inside the home. both hospitalized, said to be in stable condition. police say the 22-year-old driver was drunk. no charges immediately filed there. across from lady liberty here. ma

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. glad you are with us. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news, hundreds of anti-american protestors break through a barricade at u.s. consulate in pakistan. who is behind all these uprising answers from a top ambassador. >> and afghan police officer turning his gun on nato troops in southern afghanistan and fox news has now confirmed the four service members killed in the ambush were all americans. >> heather: plus turmoil in the middle east prompting a hard line over israel in possibility of a nuclear iran. we 6 live reaction from the streets of jerusalem. >> gregg: we began with brand-new details on the investigation into an attack on the u.s. consulate in benghazi that claimed the lives of four americans including the ambassador to libya, chris stevens. interim president is tuesday's raid was pre-meade at a time act of violence. now that is claim that the u.s. ambassador to the united nations disputes. take a listen. >> best information and best assessment we have

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping the news we have brand-new details about the investigation into the deadly u.s. consulate attack. we have reports from tripoli and washington. >> gregg: plus why one school system ban add time honored event between fathers and daughters. our legal panel weighs in on the controversial decision. >> heather: and hundreds of firefighters are battling massive wildfires in washington state. we will tell you if the weather will work for them or against them. >> gregg: but we begin with the race for the white house. governor mitt romney is on his way to colorado after doing some time, fund-raising in southern california. now, the first step in what his advisors are calling, quote, an intense battleground state schedule. tonight he will have the space to himself in the state that will help decide who wins the presidential contest. chief political correspondent carl cameron on the phone fro

. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. glas glad you are with us. welcome to a brand-new hour. >> heather: i'm heather childers. topping nuitsd, slow and confused, inconsistent some of the heavy criticism coming down on the white house today over handling of the benghazi consulate attack investigation. we'll have a live report. >> gregg: and first monday in october is tomorrow and the u.s. supreme court is set to deal with red hot controversial cases on the docket. we'll get you details. >> heather: and some amazing american warriors have just crossed the finish line after marathon bike ride for the families of fallen service members. we have covered this from the very beginning. we'll take you live to ground zero. >> gregg: we begin with the countdown to a possibly pivotal al moment to the white house. in three days, romney and president obama will be squaring off in their first debate. today both candidates stepping off the campaign trail to try to get ready. a big shift in the polls may hinge in the out come. latest real clear politics average, r

. >> steve: first, let's check in with gregg jarrett for a preview of what happens on the channel ten was in the president's speech and what was not. also did you happen to hear the president rip in to supply side economics? well, the father of supply side economics will be joining us. economist art laugh was the president wrong when he claimed it just doesn't work? all of that and the new job numbers top of the hour [ woman ] ring. ring. progresso. your soups are so awesomely delicious my husband and i can't stop eating 'em! what's...that... on your head? can curlers! tomato basil, potato with bacon... we've got a lot of empty cans. [ male announcer ] progresso. you gotta taste this soup. tomato basil, potato with bacon... >> gretchen: hello, everyone. we're live in charlotte, north carolina, home of the democratic national convention. >> steve: i secured passage throughout the nascar grounds via this device. remember we heard years ago that this was going to change everything? >> brian: so you want me to tour around on this? let me see if i can do this. put my foot in the middle. th