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greta van susteren. >> she is extremely adventurous. she loves life. she is very caring but also very street smart. she is not going to disappear. this isn't her character. that's not even a question. >> the missing woman's house and brother are in turkey right now to look for her. >> more money or more help will soon be on the way for super storm sandy victims. the senate narrowly passing the $50.5 billion relief measure by a vote of 62 to 36. president obama says he whethil sign it into law as soon as it passes. it adds billions of dollars to our debt and for project he cans unrelated to sandy. >> four people in connection with the nightclub fire that left 240 people dead. there were no fire alarms no extinguishers no sprinklers and only one way out of the club. a pyrotechnic show sparked the whole thing. the club's business license expired last year and it was in the process of renovation. >>> can a good fight's sleep improve your memory? scientists in california study adults in their 20s and 70s and found the younger group was better at remembering

. >> plenty to debate on our powerhouse roundtable with george will, robert reich, greta van susteren from fox news, gwen ifill of pbs and abc's chief correspondent jonathan karl. >>> hello again. happy new year. even before president obama's autopen signed this week's deal into law, it was clear that any cease-fire in washington's battles over taxes and spending would be painfully brief. three new deadlines loom. by the end of february, the treasury will lose the power to borrow more to pay america's bills. across-the-board spending cuts to every federal program taken on march 1st and the government will run out of all congressional funding by the end of march. three more coming fast and with that let me turn to the man who negotiated last week's compromise with the white house, senate republican leader mitch mcconnell. thank you for joining us, senator. >> good morning, george. >> i know you think the deal you negotiated is imperfect and you want to fix it as we approach the debt limit. you say no increase in the debt limit without major cuts in spending. the president says he won't

greta van susteren traveled to haiti in the aftermath of the quack.he has been very involved with the relief efforts there tomorrow night you will leisure about the work being done to rebuild the country. still very much affected by the disaster as you just saw. on the record special rebuilding haiti with greta van susteren airs tomorrow night at 10:00 p.m. eastern right here on fox news channel. and for a preview, be sure to watch fox report right here tomorrow night. greta will be our guest. a man stabbed multiple times and police say the alleged attacker did it because he thought he saw the victim flashing a gang sign. wait until you hear what caused the confusion and nearly cost the man his life. and in a world of people looking for instant gratification, there is new way for people to keep in touch with their faith. how your phone can help you say a prayer. ♪ the moment i wake up ♪ before i put on my makeup ♪ i say a little prayer for you ♪ aig? we said we were going to turn it around, and we did. woman: we're helping joplin, missouri, come back

they have everything here. ♪ ♪ >> arthel: it is on the record special with greta van susteren, airing:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. the name of school is greta home no coincidence, its contribution from greta van susteren. >> gregg: good to know. the west coast is seeing temperatures well above average this weekend and people are washington state taking full advantage, trucking in snow for a massive snowball fight. in fact the largest in the world. 6,000 people showing up yesterday and they set a new guiness world record. maria molina is live. >> i wish we had a little snow in new york city. we've been enjoying temperatures well above average and not feeling like winter. we saw temperatures across the northeast in the 40s and 50s for some of us. that warm weather is going to be coming to an end very shortly. we have a strong cold front off to the west bringing heavy rain in portions of ohio valley down to mississippi and down to louisiana producing flooding out here with as much as five inches or more of rain being recorded in some areas. very heavy with some of

fox so-called news the network own by billionaire rupert murdoch last week murdoch employee greta van susteren and the weekly standard stephen hayes the magazine that got its start thanks to a generous grant from billionaire rupert murdoch feigned outrage over the campaign devoting six minutes of television to trashing the idea take a look. i usually try to be respectful of people have different views but there's no way to be respectful of that i mean it is a completely idiotic argument that has no basis in economic theory it doesn't make any sense on its face that we have four hundred twenty five billionaires in the united states with an average net worth of about four billion dollars each if you confiscated all of their wealth all of it in its entirety it would basically take care of the us deficit for one year we didn't do nothing to solve our long term fiscal pride i think to begin with the no billionaires campaign was never about and isn't about reducing the deficit we don't have a debt crisis in america we have a demand crisis which is why we also have an unemployment crisis that you cou

. >>> last night on greta his wife christine went on record with greta van susteren and she sees thehotos are of him as a hostage and why the government is saying iran may be behind this. take a listen. >> i believe he is still alive. i believe that he is spending every waking hour making sure he is well enough to come home to us. >> when you look at these pictures do you have any idea when they may have been taken? are they dated in any way? >> we have not been able to find a date on these. i do think that they were taken earlier in the video only because i have been told that doctors have looked at the video and said that he could not possibly have grown hair like he has in this picture the way -- in the short amount of time between the pictures and the video. >> we don't show the hostage video here we are just using the skill pictures. when you look at the pictures do you have any doubt whatsoever that's your husband? >> no. not at all. that is my husband. >> it was suggested by security ry of state clinton at least a year ago he was being held in some place in south asia. there i

here's what he told greta van susteren last night. >> i hope i wasn't rough on her but i think we need to make it clear there are many unanswered questions months after the tragic loss of four brave americans. we still don't know what shape the talking points that ambassador rice used. we don't know when the president was briefed. we still don't know why the survivors who were thrown to germany were not asked the next day whether it was a spontaneous demonstration or not. we still don't know why the president continued for at least two weeks afterwards to say that he didn't know whether it was a terrorist attack or not. of course the exchange that he had with mitt romney and their debate where he said he called it a terrorist attack when he hadn't. there are so many questions that remain unanswered. why were so many warnings ignored by the state department. >> we will be able to get into that further later this morning on fox and friends. senator mccain will join them at 8:30 eastern. >> people definitely feeling the chill. look at this fountain. this is in bryant park in new york city

last night one of the students in the class went on the record with greta van susteren to describe what happened. listen to this. >> well, he was teaching about symbols and he gave us examples such as a cross symbolizes christianity and then he took the flag and he said that it was just a symbol of america it was a piece of cloth with colors on it and through it on the ground and stomped on it. >> what was the reaction of the students in the classroom? watching or any one say anything to him? >> yeah, we were all very shocked. he even made a comment afterwards. he said at least we reacted better than his other class. he had a girl scream in his other class. >> no surprise there. the man who was sitting just next to the young lady that was her father. he said that when he heard what happened he immediately sent an e-mail to the school district. he heard back from the school superintendent that said he was unaware of the situation supposedly. as we are learning the teacher has been punished. the spokesman for the lexington richland school district mark bounds is also talking this morning.

outgoing secretary of state hillary clinton will be greta van susteren's guest tonight.ics include iran, afghanistan a benghazi. >> with respect do we go back, let me explain why we are there. this was the heart of the libyan revolution. we knew there were dangerous people in and around benghazi. we also knew that there were a lot of loose weapons and part of what we were doing there was trying to get leads on recovering those loose weapons. and we knew that there were smuggling routes that could go to egypt, sinai and threaten israel. there were important reasons why we were there, not just the state department but other government agencies. whether or when we go back will depend on the security situation. what kind of, you know, security support diplomats would have. >> bret: on the record with greta begins at 10:00 p.m. eastern. the only remaining republican on the president's cabinet is leighing. transportation secretary ray lahood says he will department as soon as a successor is named. another republican, former senator chuck hagel is nominated for defense secretar

greta van susteren is standing by live on the record. greta, take it away. >> greta: tonight, the absolute unthinkable. a pastor accused of murdering not one wife, but two. an extramarital affair and a suicide, also, at the center of this very shocking case. we're going to bring you the bizarre and tawdry twists and turns in just a few seconds and there's much more ahead including a shocking rape case ripping apart a small town and outraging the nation. >> >> no one has received immunity and no one has been promised anything. i'm not going to try it in the media or the social media or respond to rumors, the case will be tried in front of a judge, who will look the at all the evidence. and who will present that on the 13th day of february. >> we want justice. we want justice! >> the case is still under investigation. it will be under investigation till the trial starts. >> let's just have a good trial, a fair trial. >> if the kids are guilty, they are going to get what they have to get. >> and (bleep), and-- >> law enforcement's only a pie

just the other day, former house speaker and former gop candidate, newt gingrich told fox's greta van susteren that congress should act to block any executive order. the correct approach by congress is to cut off money and say no money shall be spent to do this. since his presidential run, speaker gingrich has launched a new website, gingrichproductions.com. i spoke to him just a few moments ago. mr. speaker, as you know, the white house is looking seriously at new gun control measures. they have talked about using executive orders, not to create new gun control laws, but to strengthen things like databases the fbi uses for background checks or getting states to share more information from criminal and mental health databases or even prosecuting felons who try to buy guns illegally or people who lie on background checks. would you support any of those moves? >> you have to look at each one one by one. a number of them, for example, the mental health issues, for example, i strongly favor, looking at those actions. if they're within the law and it's an appropriate executive order, i think the pr

greta van susteren went back to haiti on friday three years after the devastating earthquake there.pondent has been to haiti so many times that a new school and orphanage has been named after her, the greta home and academy dedicated by the reverend franklin graham. >> it's life changing for these children to have the opportunity to come to a school like this that has computers, that has just good quality teachers and get a good education. >> stand up, please. good morning, sir. >> good morning, sir. >> van susteren and her husband have bought computers for the 80 children in the home. that's an effort that goes beyond journalism and what many of us in this business do which is cover disaster and then move on. the washington redskins rookie quarterback robert griff fin iii injured his knee last week sparking a huge beltway controversy over the wl the team's coach should have played him.

another former baseball great surrounded by controversy joined greta van susteren last night saying as give eup. >> who knows down the road. you never gave up. i never gave up as a player and never give up as someone who wants to go to the hall of fame because it is the ultimate goal for a baseball player. >>brian: that was pete rose saying i'll never give up going in. he didn't have a steroid problem. he had a gambling problem. bonds and so is a can appear -- sosa can appear on the blot for 14 years. u.s. olympian superstar missy franklin suiting up, 17, wanted to turn pro. she took to the pool. i have to overcome you screaming and she had to overcome the high schoolkids. easily took over the races. the question is how franklin was feeling before the meet. >> i was so nervous about the meet. i was intensely shaking in the locker room and all my teammates were like what is wrong with you? >> some critics said franklin shouldn't be allowed to swim against high schoolkids. >>steve: big fish is big business and these guys are looking for blue fin tuna. >> that's what i'm talkin' about. >>

don't forget to catch a special edition of "on the record" with greta van susteren called" rebuildingd it looks at the recovery effort there. that's sunday at 10:00 p.m. eastern only here on the fox news channel. >> gregg: vice president joe biden saying there is no silver bullet to deal with gun violence in the u.s. the white house thinking about a broad set of new policies in the wake of the deadly school massacre in connecticut. here is the vice president. >> there is no silver bullet. there is no, as one of my friends said, no seatbelt that you can put on to assure that we will not be in this circumstance again. >> gregg: i don't know if he intended to use the phrase, silver bullet, or not. what will be the political end game? that's the question. let's bring in our political panel. jeanine, director of outreach, an author. and john is founder of left action. good to see you both. there's a flurry of activity not only on capitol hill burks the white house and media. many of them liberal, demanding for change. they seem obsessed with this subject and given newtown, i suppose it's u

greta van susteren traveled many times to the island nation. he looks back on our time there and shows us how the reis sillent people of haiti are recovering. greta's on on the record special starts at 10:00 eastern tonight. you will not want to miss it. >> shannon: a florida land owner are will get his day at the u.s. supreme court this week in a bat that will spanned nearly two decades. when asked for a permit to develop his land the government entity with jurisdiction said sure as long as you give us a portion of that land and agree to pay thousands of dollars to develop a tract of the land that the government owns miles a i way not even related. is this a government shakedown or completely legal. joining us, coy coons, jr. and his attorney who will argue the case this week. welcome both. >> thank you for having us. >> shannon: this case actually was started by your father. he has since passed away and you now are continuing this fight. whewhy was it so important to p fighting almost 20 years into this? >> my father always said the only way y

one of those students, with her father, describing what happened last night with greta van susteren "cord.". >> well, he was teaching us about symbols. he gave us examples such as a cross, symbolizes christianity. and then he took the flag and he said that it was just a symbol of america and it was just a piece of cloth with colors on it. and then he threw it on the ground and somepped on it. >> what was the reaction, maggie, of the students in the classroom? just watching it? anyone say anything to him? >> yeah, we were all very shocked. he made a comment afterwards. he made a comement that he reacted better than other class. he had a girl scream in the other class. >> first person responded was superintendent. he was not aware of this first he heard of this. he would immediately investigate this. and he also added that he too was a veteran, and that, he did not agree with what may have happened. the very next morning, on friday morning, i received an e-mail from him stating that on the initial investigation, that he has been suspended the teacher, or placed him on administrative lea

speaking with greta van susteren last night one of the actresses says the fault lies not with the starsi think we need to be responsible for that as americans in general. if we don't buy the tickets for these violent movies, if we don't buy these videogames for our children, they won't make them. it is really as simple as that. so we kind of all have an obligation as americans and i certainly think hollywood has an obligation. >> reporter: hollywood is bracing for these proposals as well. it is prepared to go along with certain noncompulsory steps like taking new studies of problem. jon? jon: studies, okay. james rosen, thank you. jenna: right now house democrats are announcing a new plan to eliminate the debt ceiling, claiming the gop is exploiting the issue for political gain. doug mckelway is live in washington with more on the democratic plan and the road ahead. hi, doug. >> reporter: hi, jenna. this democratic plan in a nutshell would basically do away with the statute that calls for the debt ceiling in the first place, allowing spending in effect to go up and up and up without the

bill: i heard you in another interview last night with greta van susteren. the hair on his face was not real, which could help you put a timeline together. could you explain that? >> i did not believe that the hair is not real. it is real, that is my husband, that is his hair, that is his beard, however, i believe that the photos are from before the video, because it looks like in the video he has lost a lot of hair. bill: i see. thank you for that clarification. and now try for this one, how do the iranians benefit from holding your husband? what do they get from this? >> i have no idea. what i know is that in april of 2007, through their state sanctioned media, press tv, they published an article that said that bob was in their custody and he would be released shortly, and that did not happen. bill: so any of these reports that suggest he might be in pakistan or possibly afghanistan, you dismiss those, right? >> i do. but at the same time i believe that the iranians are in charge, and if they had moved him there, that's a possibility. bill: well our though

i know you're as broken up about losing sarah palin from the greta van susteren show. >> it is definitely been an interesting month. january '09, glenn beck's show debuted. the week of obama's inauguration. >> john: january '09 was the week that o'reilly and hannity were given four-year deals by fox. >> that's right. they were re-upping january of 2010. sarah palin came aboard fox with a reportedly million dollar a year contract to be a pundit. now here we are in january of '13, obama's re-elected easily, celebrating sort of basking in the glow of his second inauguration. and the same week, sarah palin and fox break up after reportedly fox offered her next to nothing to stay and she decided to leave. 2010, it looked like beck and palin and fox with the tea party, they really were going to sort of change the face of american politics. >> john: they did. >> they did temporarily. >> john: they marginalized the whole brand. >> fast forward three years. beck is gone. obama wins easily and now palin's gone. the whole thing sort of imploded as it had to because it was so reckless and it was so s

our colleague greta van susteren walked around the bureau asking if you want to say anything for gretaain that. >> the second amendment was not written to protect the rights of hunters because the people who wrote it already assumed everybody had the right to hunt because that's the way a lot of them gathered food for their families and for their businesses. but they had just finished fighting a revolution against a tyrant, king george iii and the mightiest army and navy known to the world at the time, that of great britain. the only way they were able to do that was because they had the arms and armaments with which to fight the tyrants. to make sure the government here would not do the same thing the british had done to the colonists, they made certain britain would not interfere with the right to protect ourselves, another one of those checks and balances. before somebody in the idea got a crazy idea they had to think twice. that is the purpose behind the second amendment. when you're a politician saying it's for hunting, that's code for i don't believe in the second amendment. >>gr

she was interviewed last night by our own greta van susteren and the question about egypt and the muslimnship came up. >> you have to, i think, take a step back and look at the fact that the people now in power in these countries have never been in government, never had a chance to really learn how to run agencies or to make decisions. so we don't certainly don't or in any way approve of what a lot of these leaders are doing or failing to do. but we also know how important it is that we try to avoid even more extreme elements, which are active across the region. i've been around long snuff it's not what somebody says. it's what they do. and some of what he's done, we have approved of and supported. and some of what he's done, like abrogating a lot of power to himself personally, reinstating emergency law provisions that had been a hallmark of the mubarak regime are troubling. and we have a balancing act to do, as do the egyptian people as to how this is going to turn out. >> steve: so there you've got hillary clinton whose last day will be on friday, say that the muslim brotherhood just

former representative alan west was on greta van susteren last night.his is his observation on the mess. >> it is a circular firing squad. i think that's what you're talking about. in that case nobody wins, especially the american people don't win who are looking for leaders who can sit down and analyze the situation and come up with solutions. einstein said the definition of insanity is to continue to do the exact same thing and look for different results. what really concerns me is how the federal reserve is going to try to step in and stimulate the economy to the tune right now of about $85 billion that they're printing to try to buy up our own debt and our treasury bonds so they can stimulate the economy that way. >>brian: i have a personal story that could help clarify this. when i first got my car, i used to stare at engines and said i don't get it. i brought it to my mechanic on a regular basis and always had problems with it. my brother said why do you keep taking it to the same mechanic, you have problems. i said i like the guy. i was low infor

last night with greta van sus traivan susteren he talked about serrie as secretary of indicate. >> reporter and i don't agree on a lot of issues but we have a relationship which was forged years ago, and so i have confidence that he will carry out the president's agenda and serve the president. >> reporter: mccain said he would not have selected john kerry to be secretary of state because they obviously have a very different philosophy. he does expect that kerry will be effective in carrying out obama's philosophy. martha: when they make these nominees they know they have some that will be easy, some are more heavy lifting. where does this one fall. >> reporter: john kerry is the least controversial of the ones coming up right now. 50% of independents would and most of the democrats would. if you were senator would you vote to confirm john kerry as secretary of state. 54% yes, 32% no. he is a zoned guy. they think he will handle the questioning reasonably well. we'll watch and see if there are any fireworks. bill: he went to his first senate hearing in his 20s. bret baier with me now. what