and fellow at the heritage foundation. ernie, what's happening? you guys just embracing the tea party across the board? you want to abolish public education now, what's happening here? >> well, that's neither what the heritage foundation says nor what the tea party movement stands for. don't mistake what one individual may say and try to say that's the beliefs of a large number of people. you ought to have some the heritage foundation education experts on to talk about the -- >> we had them on before and they didn't impress me, quite frankly. but i'm -- >> well, maybe -- >> i'm asking you, ernie. i'm asking you you can emphatically state tonight that the republican party and the heritage foundation will not eliminate public education in this country? >> well, one i'm not a spokesman from the republicans but i can tell you nat heritage foundation is not trying to eliminate public education. however, there's a lot of things that need to be done to fix it. >> nobody's arguing that. >> in public schools. >> you've gate candidate out there that the tea

question of why this war is still going on going to speak with senior defense analyst at the heritage foundation dr james carafano to ask how anybody could justify our continued occupation of this country and the farce that it makes the united states more safe they will discuss the washington think tanks and neo-cons influence so much of us foreign policy three think tanks in particular are launching a campaign to defend defense so that it isn't on the cutting chopping block so that america can continue fighting its wars but how do the troops the men and women who actually risk their lives feel about it afghanistan war veteran jake tiller barito will join me to discuss the issue and let's take a moment to talk about afghanistan's neighbor pakistan the past week has seen what seems like the souring of the relationship as pakistan closed a key supply route for nato troops after a helicopter trike helicopter strike so how do we fight this war if pakistan isn't going to be with us pakistani american writer osman i've known will share his thoughts on the region next we'll hear from voices on the grou

is lisa curtis, senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. good morning. >> good morning. >> given that you had some time to look over things and this massive volume of documents what is your reaction? >> i think it's unfortunate these documents were released. there was such a negative reaction to the release of the $70,000 documents relate to the afghanistan war back in july, that the hope was that he would refrain from releasing these iraq war documents. i think the founder of wikileaks thinks he's some kind of hero. but i think the reality is that this information is classified for good reason, he's putting in jeopardy not only our u.s. troops but those iraqis and afghans who are cooperating with us and he's encouraging people to break the law. private manning, who is the army intelligence officer who was arrested for downloading hundreds of thousands of documents related to the iraq war and may be the source for the wikileaks has been charged with over 50 years in prison. >> and he's the one who released those 77,000 documents, they belie

loren truman with the heritage foundation.ing the case about how the high rate of taxes drains the economy. earlier this year, when we all watched as the greek economy imploded, it put into mind how dangerous a huge deficit and that is. what would you say -- and the debt is paid what would you say to people who do not like taxes but then we have this huge debt facing us and taxes are bad for the economy, but so is debt. we cannot just put this all on spending. i would just like your thoughts on that. but that there is another context. that is -- >> there is another context. there is what is happening yesterday in brussels. there is this process. some folks were driven by their unions. others were just worried about losing pension payments and benefits that they thought were going to be there. french workers are opposed to going to a 62-year retirement age after having the luxury of one below 60. is not a taxeing policy problem. we're seeing structural deficits coming home to roost. on may 14 of this year, the international mon

that letter is deputy director of the heritage foundation think time james carafano the head of the russians aren't enough. to say write off as heirs of the u.s. can paint in afghanistan have stores they fight against drugs in the country. you. know news of the u.s. campaign in afghanistan shows more fighting equals less chance to destroy the narcotics business only the government capable of ruling the country based on the population supports consoled the drugs problem when americans say you can't leave the peasants without their only way of income giving a sign to the afghan authorities to keep out of the opium business because those left without cash will turn to the taliban for support but this is just an excuse. fresh unrest has broken out in kyrgyzstan after a mob stormed the headquarters of a leading political party in the capital bishkek that security is being beefed up across the country ahead of sunday's parliamentary elections but the country remains ethnic in this thread and wary of more violence as. reports. that this woman asked us not to reveal her identity she says it's still

she's with the heritage foundation. a domestic policies professional. they include such as the and paul. john racy and mike lee. were they to be successful? >> i think it's interesting the department of education is coming up at this point in the campaign. it's symbolic of one of the themes we see in this campaign. do americans want to solve problems with a distant, expensive bureaucracy. they are getting at a fundamential point? the strategies that have been talked about in the conservatives in washington. advancing parental choice in education. those are themes we're hearing here. you will see legislative of the and over sight effort. restoring state leadership in education. which parents and voters really want. they want their states to take the lead when it comes to spending, accountability in education. they want more choice this education. they want their children to attend safe and affective schools. >> if the education department was abolished, how would that be achiefed? >> federalism. let me take that. for the last decade. there's been discuss

. >> reporter: but jim phillips of the heritage foundation says america is safer today than it was at the start of the war. shortly after the september 11th attacks. >> there has not been a mayor terrorist attack inside the u.s. since then. i think it's much better that we are fighting over there because if we allowed the taliban to come back to power, there would be bombs going off over here. >> and while much has been made of the financial cost of the war in afghanistan, more than $350 billion to date, many consider the human toll even more staggering. as of tonight, the defense department says 1,215 servicemen and women have died as a result of the invasion. in addition, more than 8,500 u.s. service members have been wounded in hostile action in afghanistan. >>> bay area based yahoo is stepping it up. what the company did to compete with giants like google. >>> it's all the rage, going green. up next what california is getting over countries all over the world. >>> plus what doctors have uncovered about the relationship between morning sickness and miscarriages. >>> construction is

they some authors like matt spaulding of the heritage foundation was here. ple books, we still hold these truths i'm reading it at the moment. he's one of their co-authors on the heritage kid to the coons . he's a lot of history he was sharing with them and the application today to policy. authors. folks from the patrick henry institute. you've got a lot of think tank type folks and grass roots activists speaking to people. many of whom are still learning how can i best have an impact? how can we work together? one of things that is going to come out of this is dozens and dozens of tea party organizations who are going to make contact here in virginia for the first time. next year unlike most of the rest of the nation we have legislative races all 140 members of our general assembly are up. these tea party active s are going to -- activists are going to have an immense impact in 2011 as they have in 2010. >> greta: you have the health care -- you have brought a lawsuit challenging the nation -- national health care. yesterday in michigan a private group they

there to peter brooks from the heritage foundation. >> we need the fuel to run the trucks and helicopters and logistics are very important element of any army's operation. so if that is being held up it is a problem and if it is attacked that is another problem. >>jonathan: but right new there are plenty of stockpiles and these are not affecting the ability to fight the war. >>shepard: pakistan is blocking supply routes because, they say, they are angry about nato's and the united states drone attacks and the people are against them. >>jonathan: there has been a marked stepping up of the u.s. and nato campaign of airstrikes not just in afghanistan but across the border in pakistan. you are looking now at the aftermath of an attack by nato helicopters last week in northern pakistan. and the pakistani officials are very worried about the public perception, that they are helping the u.s. teach. that gets sentiment very high in pakistan, and that is why the pakistani government is saying, "we cannot allow this," and that is why they have a protest by blocking the supply routes into afghanista

bill: thank you for your input from the heritage foundation. thank you sir. go to foxnews.com/"america's newsroom", click on the bya box and leave a question. a lot of questions these days dealing with immigration, dealing with the economy and the finances of our country. shoot me an e-mail, hemmer, foxnews.com or follow me on twitter, bill hemmer, because you asked, bya. had great questions last week. we encourage you viewers, wherever you are, keep sending them, we appreciate it. martha: it might be the nastiest race. there are a lot of nasty races throughout but in new york we might have the nastiest race,or carl paladino and and recuomo, who is now being fired between these two gentlemen is coming up. bull bill another round? stay tuned. >>> as we head to break, check out which stories are clicking, foxnews.com, click the most read tabs, and see what's hot if you're just waking up on this monday morning. we are back in a moment onpayout "america's newsroom". bill: yet another fox news alert now, reports of a 6.4 quake near okinawa, japan, a tsunami warnin

james phillips, thank you for joining us from the heritage foundation. >>> a bombshell accusation inf a missing oregon boy. court documents say that kyron horman's father believes his estranged wife abducted him and may have caused, quote, unimaginable harm to his son. kyron was 7 when he disappeared from his school back on june 4th. so far no suspects have been named. terri horman is the last person known to see kyron before he vanished. the boy's father is urging the court not to grant any visitation rights with the couple's 2-year-old daughter. >>> the search for a missing cancer survivor continues in north carolina. zahra baker disappeared. now investigators are combing a landfill. >> about 15 to 20 investigators were out there each day sort of combing the landfill looking for clues. the search did wrap up yesterday. it appears that they may have found some nuggets, some things of what they were looking for. kind of interesting how they traced the area where they were going to set their sites on. what they did was they got with the local garbage company in the area, they tracked

earlier, i talked with a senior research fellow with the heritage foundation about the release. >> i think the founder of wikileaks, julian assange, thinks he is some kind of hero but i think the reality is that this information is classified for good reason. he is putting in jeopardy not only our u.s. troop bus those iraqis and afghans who are cooperating with us and he is encouraging people to break the law. >> wikileaks also released 77,000 secret files on the afghan war in july. >>> new this morning, there are now five confirmed cases of cholera in the capital of haiti it. so far, the outbreak is responsible for more than 200 deaths in the country's rural areas. more than 2,000 others are sick and there are growing concerns there in the capital of port-au-prince where thousands of earthquake survivors are housed, hundreds of thousands, in fact. the outbreak is the worst health crisis in the country since the january 12th quake. >>> the a least three beaches on california's central coast are closed this morning after that deadly shark attack on a bodyboarder. officials will make a

discussing this is the executive vice president of the heritage foundation. >> we may have had a firstay. and congressman arriving on a vespa. he usually rides something bigger. he came over and they had to come back to cast a vote. we're getting a new building over there. thank you so much for being here and on line, watching from your computer's and elsewhere. we are delighted to having this program on reforming broken government, with challenges to oversight. we are delighted to have one of our favorite congressman here to talk to us about this topic. he is a ranking member of the committee on oversight and government reform and this is the main investigative committee of the house, and has the authority to conduct oversight and does everything that the government does. this is a growing number of activities. as the government grows, so does the waste and fraud and abuse of taxpayer money. the larger that the government gets, the harder it is to get the government to do only what they are supposed to do. there was a report that was issued last week, talking about the constitutional

james is here with the heritage foundation and an expert on homeland security and counterterrorism. james, than that you for being here. the story is that general jones he needed to go, he's tired, two years into the administration, it's not that unusual for staffers to get tired and want to move on. there are other reports that this is about jones' views on public policy including the war in afghanistan sro*s those of donilon. >> well, i mean, this is not a new story. we are chaining the cast of characters but the script is the same. there is an obama doctrine, most observers believe general jones was never a central pivotal influential, donilon is much more influential. there is a small group that really make all the decisions, they focus on their pet issues and ignore everything else. the fact that he's no longer there, boy in terms of how we do foreign policy, national security not much is going to change. megyn: do you think it's truly irrelevant that it's basically jones wants to go? if kt mcfarland who is a fox news contributor and worked in several administrations says she t

these experts who is not here today is robert rector come to senior research fellow at the heritage foundation. one of mr. misters rectors definitive studies was on the cost of illegal immigrants to americans and legal immigrants. elected households that were headed by those government grants andound that the erage household by a post of immigrant receives 30,000, $160 per year in government benefits and not an average of corse. they pay an average of $10,573 in taxes. so the net cost to taxpayers $19,588 a year. overall, the net cost to taxpayers than overall is 89 billion a year. i think that makes a strong case that america has become now a welfare state and it's not the america that we think of 100 some years ago when people came there on their merit and had to provide their input into the economy and find a way to take care of themselves. so after that, he went on to find that amnesty would have another staggering fiscal impact. the reason was illegal immigrants became citizens to have the to sponsor there. for permanent residence is no merely numerical limitation. the experience could th

young works for the heritage foundation which is a big advocate for privatization. i believe that mr. young is for privatization. i do not think there is any question. i will not privatize social security. social security is a sacred contract between the federal government and its people cannot all of its people, not just those over 55. i signed a pledge. i invite mr. young to assign the same pledge saying that he will not privatize social security. even if you only do it for people under 55, you mess with the people of our 55 because it jeopardize is the solvency of the fund. we will read the report in december, and i am hoping that one of the suggestions that they make is to raise the capital of income that is taxed. why why it should be very wealthy not pay social security tax and not the rest of us? >> thank you. [applause] >> please refrain from applause. it is taking away from time for the answers. mr. knott. >> you can find my opinions at nobullcongress.com. the n stands for nobel out. the zero stands for overhaul -- the and stands for no bailout. the o stand

young works for the heritage foundation, which is a big advocate of privatization.ve that mr. young is for privatization of those 55 years and younger. i will not privatize social security. so security is for everyone not just those in that certain age range. he was privatized social security. you can jeopardize benefits for those that are older than the edge. you mess with the solvency of the fund. there are problems that we can fix. we will offer our report in december. i am hoping that one of the suggestions made will be why it should the very wealthy not pesos security tax and the rest of us have to? >> thanks. please refrain from applause, because it is taking away from the responses -- the time to respond. >> i have a platform. job growth, simplicity, and fairness. how does the tax reform relate to social security reform and medicare? medicare is the more pressing problem. we used to have many more workers to support future retirees. now there is a shrinking work force and it should be supporting an expanding retiree base. we need to replace the funding mechan

heritage foundation also has a great web site. of the thing people are unhappy about is that barack obama was elected on this idea that he was going to bring a consensus to washington. but what did he do? he lurched strongly to the left, and that has created this rebellion across the country. hopefully, this election result will send a strong results -- message to the president as well as to the country saying we want these problems addressed, but we do not want to strangle our economies as such. host: tonya on the democratic line. detroit, michigan. caller: a lot of these tea party candidates are just plain crazy. take a look at harry reid. he was supposed to be dead in the water. now he has new life against sharron angle and he can win the election. there are one in three americans who have not made up their mind about who they are going to vote for. in november, i think the democrats are going to take back the house and senate. guest: i think the tea party candidates are terrific generally across the country. they have stuck to

heritage foundation also has a great web site. one of the thing people are unhappy about is that barack obama was elected on this idea that he was going to bring a consensus to washington. but what did he do? he lurched strongly to the left, and that has created this rebellion across the country. hopefully, this election result will send a strong results -- message to the president as well as to the country saying we want these problems addressed, but we do not want to strangle our economies as such. host: tonya on the democratic line. detroit, michigan. caller: a lot of these tea party candidates are just plain crazy. take a look at harry reid. he was supposed to be dead in the water. now he has new life against sharron angle and he can win the election. there are one in three americans who have not made up their mind about who they are going to vote for. in november, i think the democrats are going to take back the house and senate. guest: i think the tea party candidates are terrific generally across the country. they have stuc

she is with the heritage foundation and the service director for the met ronnie for president campaign and has also worked for the bush campaign. adam conner is the washington d.c. assistant manager for policy and a will public policy at facebook where he does government our region directed the 2008 election efforts. prior to opening facebook's washington d.c. office, he worked for lilly's slaughter. professor matthew hindman is an assistant professor in the school of media and public affairs. he wrote that it was going to be a big deal despite what everybody said and turned out to be right. he has written a book called "the myth of digital democracy." it is out of princeton and won a prize from harvard. he is described as a leading techno skull and has suggested some of the utopian prophecies about the internet are inaccurate. just to kick off, let's set the stage in terms of what is social media for a campaign today? >> i think it encompasses a lot of different things with various target audiences. it is one of the ways to keep the media up to date. i have often heard people say pres

heritage foundation also has a great web site. one of the thing people are unhappy about is that barack obama was elected on this idea that he was going to bring a consensus to washington. but what did he do? he lurched strongly to the left, and that has created this rebellion across the country. hopefully, this election result will send a strong results -- message to the president as well as to the country saying we want these problems addressed, but we do not want to strangle our economies as such. host: tonya on the democratic line. detroit, michigan. caller: a lot of these tea party candidates are just plain crazy. take a look at harry reid. he was supposed to be dead in the water. now he has new life against sharron angle and he can win the election. there are one in three americans who have not made up their mind about who they are going to vote for. in november, i think the democrats are going to take back the house and senate. guest: i think the tea party candidates are terrific generally across the country. they have stuc

why rick pervaded to found a think tank in 1973 the heritage foundation was created. i know it's a great risk is that appear and criticize aei historically, balestra said it got neck to gather and influence policy on capitol hill and elsewhere in society. problems with great society social policy also contributed to the movement of the group of policy intellectuals to the right to michael harrington labeled neoconservatives. in 1966, irving kristol and daniel bell established a public interest to study social policies and to recommend reforms which quote, would improve if not reformed the welfare state, unquote. the intellectual surrounding the public interest to many policy institutes were not libertarians and no disciples of hayek or other free-market conservatives. crystalline sites consistently stated he had never read hayek. they have to rescue the welfare state to make it more efficient, which maybe he can meet face to the hopes of making general motors more profitable. but the failures of welfare state liberalism convince them that this was impossible. by the 1

these experts who is not here today is robert rector come to senior research fellow at the heritage foundation one of mr. misters rectors definitive studies was on the cost of illegal immigrants to americans and legal immigrants. elected households that were headed by those government grants and found that the average household by a post of immigrant receives 30,000, $160 per year in government benefits and not an average of course. they pay an average of $10,573 in taxes. so the net cost to taxpayers $19,588 a year. overall, the net cost to taxpayers than overall is 89 billion a year. i think that makes a strong case that america has become now a welfare state and it's not the america that we think of 100 some years ago when people came there on their merit and had to provide their input into the economy and find a way to take care of themselves. so after that, he went on to find that amnesty would have another staggering fiscal impact. the reason was illegal immigrants became citizens to have the to sponsor there. for permanent residence is no merely numerical limitation. the experience coul

daniels, former omb under bush and governor of indian give a speech last week of in front of the heritage foundation. he said we need spending cuts as we did in indiana. we may have to consider that may be coupled with a lower income rate. and maybe even some taxes on energy to get off the persian gulf energy dependence. the typical reaction was he was lying bested by many in the republican party. we are going to have to deal with this -- was lambasted by many within the republican party. we will have to deal with this as great britain is. they said we will do $3 of spending cuts for every $1 of taxes. but we will have to have some type of leadership. hopefully, the deficit commission will come from it. the question is whether over the next two years the tea party will be reasonable and willing to work together to solve problems, or will we have to wait until 2012 to have a presidential referendum? i am hopeful that we can begin dealing with these issues tomorrow. like great britain which will cut 9% of their debt relative to the gdp, brought down of the next couple of years -- they are taking the c

. >> i'm from the heritage foundation. i have a question regarding two things that were said.e first idea that the sanctions are helping iran's industry and ahmadinejad engineering is. there's a lot of indication that the oil industry -- the oil and gas industry is suffering pretty tremendously in the audio field are regressing in terms of capabilities of productions, seven to 11% a year which we knew would be pulling up nothing very shortly. do you think t biggest danger is the lack of technological impos into the country. the country is very very far behind terms of refining the downstream aspect of the oil industry. that's the question. >> look, i'm not an economist and i would select some pattern on that but it's been known for a long time that iran has had difficulty oilfields are the oldest. they've gone through significant percentage of what they had. you know, i don't know that sanctions short term are going to make a difference on the oil industry. they've actually cut down on the amount airport team. they're taking steps to try to, you know, increase their independen