here for a quick roundup, is fox news's one and only bill hemmer. thanks for joining us. >> nice to see you, melissa. melissa: all day long i've been in the elevator in the buildings, tell me, off the record, what will happen, who will win, what do you think. >> no one will tell you? melissa: every last one is lying to me and really no one nose. >> i think that, when you go out on the trail and talk to both campaigns as we have quite often over the past six months you will hear for the most part operatives on both sides hedging their own bets. melissa: really. >> because even they don't know. they tell you what, we think we met our number on door knocks. we did better in telephone calls than we did four years ago. al those signs indicate we're doing really well in our ground operation. but we won't go so far as to say our guy will win. with the exceion, house speaker john boehner was on a bus tour back in ohio in his home state. he said unequivocally that mitt romney is winner of the 18 electoral votes in ohio. we'll go aheadand play this for you. m

bill: and i am bill hemmer. pelosi and her move coming after democrats failed to win the house majority. peter is live from washington. did she she explained why she wants to stay? reporter: our sources inside the caucus room where she made her announcement, congresswoman nancy pelosi was standing with a handful of democratic elected members of congress. they say a picture is worth a million words come welcome in this picture is worth millions of aspirations of the american people. this makes our caucus is stored for the first time in legislative history. she also told the group that the message is clear from the american people that they must work together to get things done. that is what these folks are here to do, just like all of you. now, the democrats hold their leadership elections on november 29. congresswoman pelosi will be the overwhelming favorite to win the title of democratic leader. congressman hoyer was thought to be impossible successor if she was to step down. they worked together in the late 60

hemmer at foxnews.com. twitter at bill hemmer. bya, because you asked.he pointed out there are so many issues to tackle how do you get it done in 35 days? martha: look to europe and japan where they raised taxes. doesn't seem to be helping them. chris van hollen is coming up and what he thinks about all that as we try to avoid the fiscal cliff just days away. republican republicans are willing to talk tax reform but will democrats budge on issue of entitlements. we'll talk to chris van hollen. is that snow on the capitol dome? bill: i think you're right. martha: a little bit of snow, or a funky monitor. this fisherman was stranded at sea. how a small piece of plastic helped to save his life. bill: so the fisherman survives a harrowing ordeal at sea with help of one simple piece of plastic. rescuers pulling the man from the water off-key biscayne in florida after he spent seven hours clinging to the top of a cooler. this after a large wave capsized the boat he was in. he was boating at the time, fishing on sunday night. >> this gentleman, when he came on

it's bill hemmer's birthday. he is 54.rthday and i forgot to untie him this morning and he's probably getting hungry. the last time i did this, he ate through the leather straps and ended up in the hospital. bill, i will be home soon, try to stay alive. >> eric: little known bill hemmer fact. on his birthday, he will not answer the phone unless you're singing happy birthday. >> kimberly: that is why i e-mailed him. he is not 54. >> greg: he is. he has had so many surgeries you wouldn't recognize him. >> kimberly: i'm not even going to go there, actually. i'm going to go to -- >> oh! [ laughter ] >> kimberly: well, the best hairdo. sadly, we are demanding a recount because for some reason "people" magazine dropped the bolling ball. they chose channing tatem as the sex unanimous man alive. >> eric: hanging chad. >> kimberly: exactly. a charming individual despite the fact that -- you said nice face. bob didn't know who he was. he's married to jenna and he is a good actor. >> greg: every one of his movies grosss over -- >> bo

i'm bill hemmer and welcome to our special presentation. the fact that the mayan calendar will held december 21 but don't believe the hype. we're certain the world will not end that day. doomsday has been predicted by religions and cultures countless time. on this program we investigate our fascination with doomsday. why today has been pinned on the maya. adam housley explores and lauren green investigates the good and evil and second coming of christ is imminent. amy kellogg what they share with the neolithic builders of stonehenge. but first, we travel to southern mexico and jewel of the mayan period. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> most of maya books, there were thousands of them that contacted were burned by spanish fires mostly because they were sacrilegious. there are four or five fragments that exist. they covered history and mathematics. >> for the last several decades, intense focus has been put on the mysterious mayan culture that flourished between the second through ninth century. some say they were prophets of doom. >> this was salvaged by accident a

. >> speaking of the state of ohio want to get over to the billboard with my colleague bill hemmer for a look at ohio and the other key battle ground states at that will decide this election. how about that? >> how you doing? good evening to you and bret here. back on the billboard we are, better and improved every year we go through this and steve brown was just there in franklin county, columbus,ohio and spent the last two weekends in ohio trying to get a sense of what's happening on the ground. what i want to show viewers tonight was back in 2008, red is republican, blue is democrat on the map. and here in ohio, the president was a winner, okay? you look at the counties here and you try and get a comparison, between 2008 and 2004, watch what happens on the maps, subtle movements between 2008 and 2004. all right, what changed? very hard to pick up here, but watch down here in the southwestern part of the state. that's 2008, this is 2004. and that's hamilton county went from red to blue. all right, this is a county that george bush won by 6 points, watch what happened in 2008 in the s

hello i'm bill hemmer. welcome to our special presentation. is a fact that the myan calendar will end december 21st of 2012. don't believe the hype. we are certain the world is not going to end that day. doomsday has been predicted by religions and cultures countless times. when natural disasters strike many feel the end must be close. on this program, we investigate our fascination with doomsday. why today has been pinned on the maya, a mystery adam housley explores at the battlefield of armageddon lauren greene investigates battle between good and evil and the belief that the second coming of christ is imminent. first the mysterious maya, we travel to the rain forest of southern mexico and the jewel of the maya classic period. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> most of the maya books, there were thousands at the time of contact between the spanish and maya were burned by spanish mostly because they were sacrilegious. there are five fragments that i know of that exist to this day. they cover medicine, history, genealogy, an strom me, math. >> for the last se

good morn i'm bill hemmer. martha: good morning, bill hemmer. i'm martha maccallum. a big piece of unfinished business, helping to push the dow below the 13,000 mark. a ugly day yesterday. washington failing to deal with the monster tax hike issue coming down the pipeline. mapped door budget cuts kick in in 54 days. house speaker john boehner says it is time for the president to lead. here he is is talking about that. >> mr. president, this is your moment. we're ready to be lead, not as democrats or republicans but americans. we want you to lead, not as a liberal or conservative but as president of the united states of america. we want you to succeed. bill: stuart varney, anchor of "varney & company", fox business network. the issues on the table are the same issues as monday. we want you to succeed by the way. what did you hear or what are you hearing based on the statements out of the washington now? >> three statements to listen to very carefully. speaker boehner, senate majority leader harry reid, and the big union boss, richard trumka. if you add them all togeth

want to go to bill hemmer. what can you tell us? different states quickly and point out what is developing on the map. let's start with virginia. coal country is being dominated, red is republican, blue democrat, is dominated now by mitt romney here. but with the polling lines, the hours being extended, we don't have a good grasp what is happening in fairfax county. and really as a gauge for the state we need to see what happens here across the river there from washington d.c. let me come over to pennsylvania. this will start to get a little more attention, too. i want to draw your attention southwest of pittsburgh. this is washington county. these are reagan democrats. they vote on energy, they vote on coal. too early to call right now based on the results we get right now but this is a county that serves as a bellwether to figure out what is the pulse right now in the western part of the state there in pennsylvania. pop on over to ohio. why is this too close to call? the southwestern part of the state, we mentioned this throughout

i'm martha maccallum. >> i'm bill hemmer.ope you had a great holiday, everybody, and you as well with your family. more republicans say they will consider closing certain loopholes in order to raise revenues if democrats compromise on some of the big issues. have a listen. >> to do this i want entitlement reforms. republicans always put revenue on the table, democrats always promise to cut spending. we never cut spending. i'm looking for more revenue for entitlement reform before the end of the year. martha: how do you get that rev few? that is the big question here folks. doug mcelway joins me live from the white house with more on this. it sounds like the white house report is just not warning abouo putting tremendous pressure really on congressional republicans, is that true? true. it's putting tremendous pressure on congressional republicans. the report in fact in some ways preemptively blames congressional inaction not white house inaction as to any tax hikes that would affect americans if we do indeed fall off the fisca

the email is hemmer@fox news.com. tweeter, 40 words or less, have you to brief it brief. martha: house republicans coming to the mike stones and telling the president that entitlements have to be on the table for any kind of deal to happen. that is just moments ago. we'll play for you what john boehner had to say about that. we'll talk to a key democrat about why the party doesn't want to deal on that front, all that. bill: you've got to wonder if it's not a part of the deal how does it pass the house. also republicans now countering the controversial d.r.e.a.m. act for young illegal immigrants. they have a plan of their own and one of the bill's cosponsors is live here to explain that moments away. martha: yes, she is. [ malannouncer ] it'that time of year again. time for cii price rewind. because your daughter really wants that pink castle thing. and you really don't want to pay more than you have to. only citi price rewind automatically searches for the lowest price. and it finds one, you get refunded the differenc

. >> greg: the germiest place is bill hemmer's hot tub. we need germs. we're so firmphobic.d to germs. people protect their kids from dirt and stuff. big mistake. as father of no kids i'm an expert at this. airplanes are germany. no one is checking their bags anymore. no one wants to pay the fees. so people bring in chickens and pigs. >> dana: we're discussing food. >> bob: why are you freaked out about my mrsa then? >> greg: you talk about your mrsa so much it was freaking me up. >> dana: what surprised me about this. something i never thought about is the tv remote. i'll never forget it. >> kimberly: you're right. i forgot about that. >> bob: i never thought of that before. >> eric: airplane tray tables, blankets. point something else not on the list. salad bar. the salad bar. people who go and they like sneeze and coughing in the salad bar. you come along behind them. >> bob: you know why remote controls are so gross? if you go to a hotel -- >> kimberly: bob, bob, bob. >> dana: you hate to apologize on the thanksgiving day special. >> bob: i was going to say, you know, de

bill: i'm bill hemmer.th us at home tk a today as we chew through the numbers and find out where we go next as a country together. we heard a similar message in both of the election night speeches late last night. governor romney called on washington to put the partisan bickering aside and the president says in chicago he is willing to do just that. >> we are greater than the sum of our individual ambitions, and remain more than a collection of red states and blue states. >> we looked at democrats and republicans in government and at all levels to put the people before the politics. i believe in america, i believe in the people of america. [cheers and applause] martha: that was the theme of mitt romney's campaign. fox team coverage starts right now. john roberts with the future for mitt romney. we start with wendell goler live from chicago. both sides promising bipartisanship. is that a pre at? >> we'll see, martha. quite frankly the changes are modest the president returning for four more years with a slig

bill: i'm bill hemmer. so far no evidence of that claim by president morsi.ecretary clinton left a meeting with president obama. her first stop will be a meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu. martha: steven hayes, good morning to you, what do you expect to khreup hillary clinton's visit? >> i think it's an important visit. right now israel needs the united states to be a strong advocate and ally. if you look forward and look at the landscape that is facing israel, particularly over the next year, both in the short term fighting with hamas and then in the long term when you look at potential unrest in syria, in iran, in the region generally, i think this. during this fight the united states needs to signal that we are going to be with israel and going to be a strong ally from the outset and throughout whatever difficulties may arise. martha: anyone who has watched the situation knows there has about in the past been tensions between benjamin netanyahu and president obama. is that perhaps why hillary is the one to go or is it too early for presidentia

megyn: hemmer and i've been co-hosting fox news's coverage, five, almost six years now?rained down confetti. people's confetti wishes that they rain down upon you. and, we get to write our own wishes and they distribute those. hemmer's is always like world peace, or, you know, some nice blessing for us the country and then after, after i have already told him that mine is, i need to lose five pounds he reveals his. i mean i don't learn. like, i have to think of something big and benevolent this year and nothing about my waistline because he is a really good person. >> reporter: but when you're freezing up there for those new year's eve things, an extra five pounds is not all bad. megyn: thanks, trace. just, you know, send out the wishes. don't send out social security numbers and rap sheets. >>> in a special piece of cyber monday irony there was a plan being pushed by china, russia and iran that would give the united nations control over the internet. we'll see what this week's u.n. vote could mean for your usage of the net here in america. >>> and a victim of superstorm

. >> i am bell hemmer. this is "fox files." >>> december 28th, 2011, sub zero temperatures and a winter snow gripped north korea as the world's most secretive and oppressive company laid to rest its supreme leader kim jong-il. the world got a rare glimpse inside this sealed off nation. hysterical throngs of north koreans lined the 25 mile route of the funeral procession a ritual of bizarre mourning it is unclear if it was genuine or motivated fear? >> people probably understand what would happen if they didn't show sufficient grief. >> much of it was forced. the state wanted them to behave this way. >> and the state was working over time in the days after kim jong-il's death. they were insuring that north koreans did not deviate from official ideology. >> north korea is the single most closed and repressive society arguably in human history. >> every thought and action is monitored. will there's a fear of the blackmer said that will show up at your home one day and take you off. >> you say there are tens of

it's bill hemmer's capable. >> andrea: bob, you are notorious, people might not know for decorating the lights. >> bob: 185,000. >> andrea: you wait for the day after christmas. >> bob: i wait for day after thanksgiving. it tooks me two weeks. this year i have to do the show i'll do it in three days. with the help of hard workers. we're going to get them up in time. the problem is my neighbors can't stand it because people stop in front of the house. you see it from the space shuttle. >> eric: santa's little helpers. >> dana: glad the space shuttle has been grounded. >> bob: hardworking men and young ladies, too. i want to make the point. >> andrea: some stores are opening at 8:00 p.m. on thanksgiving day that cuts in to family time. >> dana: i don't like it. some of the employees are complaining. i guess some employees probably like it because they get holiday pay, they might need the money and want to work. >> greg: you are a part-time help of at macy's. >> dana: secret. and i do all my shopping online anyway, because the crowds make me crazy. the christmas music, the lights don't bot

gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer who is on assignment right now.r cia director david petraeus will testify at a closed-door intel committee hearing tomorrow on the terrorist attack. this as we learn the identity of the fbi agent who got the ball rolling on the investigation into the threatening e-mails sent to a friend of petraeus that ultimately cost him his job. martha: national security correspondent general fir griffin joins us live from the pentagon. jennifer, where does this investigation into general john allen stand at this point? >> reporter: as you mentionedded david petraeus will be on the hill tomorrow morning at 7:30 in front of the house intel tell committee. he will not speak of the affair with paula broadwell but talk about benghazi. john allen investigation remains in the hands of the dod inspector general. that investigation is still going on. the president expressed confidence in his top general yesterday at that press conference and the pentagon will not specifically characterize the 20,000 pages of e-mails between general allen

bill: i'm bill hemmer. we are driving ourselves crazy with this stuff. martha: we can't help it. president trying to win over as many last minute voters, as they possibly can. in my world this is a tie, martha, the president with 47.9, governor romney with 47.4. moments ago governor romney making his closing argument by promising in florida now to deliver on one of the president's own pledges from 2008. >> that's why i'm running for president. i know how to change the course the nation is on. i know how to get us to a balanced budget and how to build jobs and make rising take home pay happen again. accomplishing real change is not something i just talk b it is something i havabout, it is something i will do as president of the unitette states. martha: how do they still have their voices hanging on there. chief correspondent ed henry traveling with the president. what us the mood this morning with 24 hours to go inside of president obama's team? >> well they are tense but excited as well. they think they will have a big victory tomorrow. this is the president's last full day of ca

i'm bill hemmer. live in "america's newsroom.". martha: good morning, bill. bill: we'll find the silver lining in this, aren't we? martha: we are. bill: that is our quest. martha: i'm martha maccallum. here are the basics when they put forth through tim geithner yesterday from the president. 1.6 trillion in new taxes. that is the opening part of the deal. 50 billion in new stimulus spending. we already had a lot of backlash in stimulus in previous packages. this is interesting element here. new executive power to raise the debt limit. that is what caused so many of these discussions because they bump up against the debt limit and not be able to go back this. there is executive power plea to be able to do that without going back to confess. republicans are saying where is the balance? where is the spending cut side of the equation. the president said he wanted it to be a balanced deal. watch. melissa: so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap, it needs leadership. it is time for the president, congressional democrats,

i'm bill hemmer. welcome to "america's newsroom". martha: good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. lawmakers are hoping petraeus will set the record straight what the administration knew and when they knew it. many people are already skeptical about that. take a look. >> what is clear, this administration, including the including thencluding administration itself. read that lied, to the american people in the aftermath of that tragedy. now president obama has the gall to float the name as possible of secretary of state the name of the person who is the actual vehicle used to misinform the american people during this crisis. bill: now we move to today. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live on the hill. good morning there. what do we expect to get from general petraeus today behind closed doors now, catherine. >> reporter: thank you, bill. the former cia director arrived here on capitol hill an hour and 20 minutes ago and a source close to the general told fox news the expectation he will tell the house intelligence and senate intelligence committees he too believe

. >> i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. that information may contradict information that general petraeus gave to congress just days later. martha: doug luzader joins us live with this report from washington. good morning, doug. >> reporter: good morning, guys. at a very basic level this is the store of an affair between general david petraeus and his biographer paula broad well. it gets complicated. there may be national security implication including into the broad investigation into the consulate in benghazi on september 11th. there is no question she would have had prime access to one. key players. she made a couple of public appearances to talk about that. that was at the university of denver, her alma mater last month where she spoke about the benghazi attack. this was came as ci a-team were asking for help but were denied. here is what she said. >> i don't know if a lot of you heard this but the cia annex had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoner and they think the attack on the consulate was an effort to

gregg: and i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. workers protesting what they call unfair working conditions and demanding better benefits and pay. james rosen is live at the protest in landover hills, maryland. james? >> reporter: gregg and patti ann, good morning. this black friday confrontation here at wal-mart unfolded with a lot of sound and fury, a lot of evident passion, a bit of tension, but thankfully, no violence and it should be said no discernible disruption to commerce. the reverend dr. edwin l. jones, a pastor with the living baptist church in washington, d.c., led a crowd of roughly 400 boisterous protesters. they had been bussed in from the d.c. area and suburbs, they included members of groups like jobs for justice. they marched around the perimeter of this shopping complex in suburban maryland. walmart, weapon told, brought in -- we were told, brought in security forces of its own. four to five store managers then emerged from the store and met the reverend and his flock in the parking lot. there was a respectful e

a quick programming note for you now, countdown to doomsday hosted by bill hemmer, the maya civilization's dan ends on this year's winter solstice, december 31st, and there are predictions that the end of the world is imminent. and that's 10 p.m. eastern and 1 a.m. eastern, and super storm sandy are offering opportunities for people out of work and looking to earn a paycheck. a positive side of the story. plus, casey anthony, remember her? she's back in the news. she was acquitted of killing her tot daughter caylee, during a trial. and now a stunning admission by investigators about a crucial mistake they made during the investigation. what a night, huh? but, um, can the test drive be over now? head back to the dealership? [ male announcer ] it's practically yours. but we stilneed your signature. volkswagen sign then drive is back. and it's never been easier to get a passat. that's the power of german engineering. get $0 down, $0 due at signing, $0 deposit, and $0 first month's payment on any new volkswagen. visit vwdealer.com today. [ male announcer ] the way it moves. the way it cleans.

i'm bill hemmer. five days until america votes. welcome to "america's newsroom.". martha: what a combination of things. good morning everybody, i'm martha maccallum. no power and gasoline is becoming a big issue in the manhattan area. people are starting to lose their patience. here is picture of the george washington bridge this morning. incoming bridge, tunnels, cars are lined up for miles. there are restrictions. you have to have three people in order to get into some ways into the city. everybody worried about running out of gas. how much gas have you left in your car right now. the few gas stations that have gas have lines that are hours long, even middle of the night. bill: they certainly do. in hoboken new jersey, now this is a town where thousands of people are still trapped. a quarter of the town flooded with several feet of water. the national guard is there rescuing folks with no power, water or heat. hoboken is a city of 50,000. it is right across the hudson river just west of new york city. one of the most densely populated towns in the country. sandy'

i'm bill hemmer. welcome here. morning, martha. martha: good morning bill. what a week. it is friday. welcome everybody, i'm martha maccallum. this jobs report today could be the freshest things people have in their mind in terms of a economic number when they head to the polls in a few days. this short shows it has been a very slow, sluggish recovery. the government reports real unemployment, this is the number we want to focus on, 14.6%. we say that for a good reason. that includes people that are underemployed, even people only worked one day, get counted in the underemployed, part time emed employed. some just have given up. bill: stuart varney, anchor fox business network. good morning to you. start with the more significant number you find there. what is that, stuart? >> that is the real unemployment rate. that gives the true picture of the employment situation in america today. the that real unemployment rate is 14.6%. that is a dismal picture of the employment picture in america today. you go on from there and you find that 63.8% of the adult population is in wor