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harris smith, the offensive line didn't do him any favors tonight. 2-7 ten yards and a fumble.rk won a trophy at alabama, now he's running for new orleans. 17-3, new orleans second quarter, collin, smith can't get it done, maybe this kid will. 9-19, 117 yards, two interceptions ran for 48 yards, harbaugh not so hot. we'll underline exhibition game, not what 49er fans were hoping for. giants and marlins, san francisco at the close of business will be two games under. excuse me, two games below arizona in the standing. sandoval takes them to a 1-0 lead. 14th home run, matt cain, was not very good in the open frame. it is not 2-1 and the scoring stops. all the runs in the first inning, cody ross, giants with a chance, they've got a runner aboard. if this guy doesn't make z5ÑÑth catch, this guy's name is dwayne wise, and the game is over. 2-1 marlins. marlins snapped a seven game losing streak. arizona wins, giants now two games back. national league wept, a's and rangers, okay take a peak at c.j. wilson, he's a guy who got beat- up a little bit on the mound, and first let's hear h

harry smith from our english broadcaster reports. >> reporter: the picture is now emerging from the city suggesting one of the biggest and most brutal crackdowns in the regime's recent history. according to eyewitnesses, the army had been preparing for this moment for several day,s surrounding the town an waiting only the eve of the holy month of ram made "today" to suppress the opposition pfs it is here that the current president's father sent in troops to crush an uprising. eyewitnesses say tanks fired shells at demonstrators and army snipers from nearby roofs. other r0r9s say some troops have defected. these pictures allegedly showing them standing on their tanks, jubilant demonstrators shouting the army and the people are one. the reaction from the international community has been swift and the language strong. president obama and foreign secretary william hague both said they were appalled by events. the president condemned syrians for using torture, corruption and terror. one human rights group says syrian forces have also stormed a suburb in the west of damascus and if the claims

we have a report narrated by harry smith of independent television news. >> reporter: despite four days of military operations by syrian forces, these pictures suggest that the people of hama are as rebellious as ever. reports which accompanied these postings on the internet say people have been shot dead during demonstrations in hama and other cities, including the capital, damascus. in these pictures apparently showing the attack on hama, gunfire can clearly be heard. bullets striking the buildings can clearly be seen, but there's no way of telling where the gunfire is coming from. more pictures are emerging of tanks on the streets of hama, firing into the heart of the city. smoke can be seen billowing from streets nearby. a massive march at a funeral in a suburb of damascus. what they're chanting is: "the people want to topple the regime." >> reporter: the u.s. announced expanded sanctions against syria today. the treasury department froze the u.s. assets of a family friend of syrian president bashar al-assad and banned americans from doing business with his companies. nato officials

and best work, but this advantage to work on this project for many years, phil o'brien, chris harris, derek smith, the asset manager, mike rizzo -- did i forget anybody? you guys are just awesome. we love working with you. i suppose a big part of you is so often because you have a great leader. i would like to invite fred blackwell up to the podium. >> usually, i thank the staff, and the mayor has already done that. but this is a project that is so overwhelming that i am still not at a loss for words. [laughter] you know, if there is a project that better exemplifies what redevelopment should and can do, i would like to see it. if there is a set of partners that would be better to work with, i would like to see them. and if there's a more a corporate woman building in a project like this to be named after, and i would like to meet her. in terms of the redevelopment agency's role in this, agency funds were used to acquire the site, to provide the financing for the affordable housing. grant funds were used for the clinic. in terms of the use of tax increment and agency funds, again, i think this is

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. we begin with another gut twisting day for your 401(k). just a day after stocks posted their biggest drop in years it was whiplash on wall street. the markets swinging wildly as investors first reacted to a better than expected jobs report. the labor department reporting american companies added 117,000 jobs last month. you can see here that's better than the previous two months but still below the hiring levels we saw earlier this year, in february, march, and april when investors were still optimistic that the recovery was on track. the additional jobs did help lower the unemployment rate from 9.2% to 9.1%, but, again, that's well above the levels we saw above the great recession. after falling nearly 2 straight weeks, stocks soared at today's opening bell. the dow up at one point 170 points. and by noon it had plummeted down 240, then back up, then down, and finally settling, settling in positive territory. the dow jones closing up just 61, the nasdaq off by 24. the s&p 500 was jus

i'm harris faulkner in for shepard smith. continuing coverage of hurricane irene in special format beginning tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> juan: o'reilly factor is on, tonight. >> i believe we have to evacuate this weekend. ♪ rock you like a hurricane. >> juan: hurricane irene has her vicious eye on the entire atlantic seaboard and you don't want to be in its way as the storm begins its assault the factor will give you the most comprehensive coverage anywhere. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. >> juan: president obama cutting his vacation in martha's vineyard short heading back to d.c. and warning the folks about imminent danger. we'll have a list of dos and don'ts as tens of millions of americans prepare for the worst. i balance the budget every year. had you your turn. had you your turn, madam. let me have mine. i'm sorry, it's my turn. >> things are getting a little tense on the campaign trail for governor mitt romney. is he stil

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. the weekend is just getting started. shep is back on monday. see you same time tomorrow for fox report weekend. the factor now. >> juan: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. the stock market has been taking a beating. 14 million americans out of work. president obama is playing the blame game on the economy. >> we have weathered the air arab oil and gas prices. japanese earthquake. economic uncertainty in europe. >> juan: should he be taking responsibility. >> you are blaming these things all around the world and not taking responsibility for the jobs crisis. >> the media has got to begin to not give equal time to an absolutely absurd notion. >> juan: fair and balanced under fire. senator john kerry wants the media to stop covering the tea party. can you say censorship? >> i am running for president of the united states. >> roseanne, just what the world has been waiting for. can't wait to hear her economic policy. >> i was raised a socialist. >> juan: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins r

harry is following in his brother william's path to the golden state. they are urging california blondes to be on alert. >> nick smithve in the newsroom with more on what is driving the market. >> up down, up down. wall street is losing ground on the economy and the debt problem. the dow lost 100 points at the outset. now a live look at the big board from the new york stock exchange shows the dow is down. 92 points there. asian market fell in overnight trading. south korea market closed lower, plunging 6%. trading is down in europe where the markets remain open for another two-and-a-half hours. this follows a 419-point plunge in the dow yesterday. even in the market bounces back today, analysts say these market downturns are all taking the toll on consumer confidence. the economic dark cloud have silver lining. mortgage rate hit lowest level in 40 years and the oil prices continue to drop and that could mean lower prices at the pump. terry mcsweeney is live in oakland at the fruitvale station. with our other top story. good morning. >> good morning. gold is at $1867 an ounce, enough to have the crooks going after gol

you are looking at him right now and harry bent financial news writer and author of "the great crash ahead" strategies for a world turned upside down. san trau smithupdate from the fox business newsroom. >> investors blocking to gold right now. we are seeing big buying. gold is now hitting an all-time high just a less than $4 $4 awa from hitting $1,700 an ounce. $44 that's nearly a 3 percent gain there. quick look at the stocks index futures still down significantly about 1 and a half percent losses across the board there. we are looking at dow futures 181 points. >> i want to to go harry dent now. you are a well-known bear. you don't have a positive view of what's coming next. tell me harry what do you see coming in the market tomorrow morning and what are you going to tell your clients? >> the baby boom d generation peaked in the long-term spending cycle. that is why stimulus programs are not working. people are aging saving more kids are getting out of school. they don't have money to spend. they are not going to spend it on housing. that is a different scenario. the stimulus will keep failing and we are going to keep seeing the markets be disa

smith teaches international relations at yale. thank you both for joining us, cynthia and shawn. the interesting question. the president has three options. put up a big harry truman-type plan. big and democratic. lots of jobs, lots of spending, borrowing, but do it the democratic way. put people to work. dare the republicans to vote against it. number two, compromise a little of this, a little of that or roll over and give them what they want, more business tax cuts. the options. where should he go? >> b and c are about the same, chris. compromising with republicans is rolling over. that's virtually what happened in the debt ceiling debate. there were absolutely no tax increases, because the republicans wouldn't give in at all, and the president did. he absolutely needs to be harry trouping. >> give him something that you have to choke on. >> you have got to -- even if he proposes small things, they're not going to vote for it. they're going to say no. why not be big, be bold, be imaginative and hang it around the republicans' necks. >> my big question. why wouldn't the president tell us what he would do if he didn't have opposition? let him know what he s

smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. the super committee has its first three members. senate majority leader harryd making his picks for the panel. it will be in charge of finding for spending cuts as part of the deal to raise the nation's debt limit. ed henry live on the north lawn. president obama said that committee should also tackle tax reform. who are the first members? >> you are right. we're reading the tea leaves now the first three members patty murray a senator from washington state. max balk cuss from montana and john kerry, of course from massachusetts. interesting because republicans are jumping on the fact that patty murray heads the democratic senatorial campaign committee the one focused on getting democrats reelected is that a good idea when you are focused on policy supposedly not politics. john kerry, of course, a former presidential candidate. i think if you look at matt baucus is he known as a centrist. someone who has reached across the aisle to republicans on issues like taxes. and "u.s.a. today" gallup has a new poll out today saying six in ten americans want this super co