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here is chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> we have long known that barack obama is a self-madeson of a white mother from kansas and dark skin kenyan father he met only once. restless figure with roots from honolulu to new york, indonesia to illinois. >> my story is part of a largeer american story. >> he told that story most fully in his 1995 memoir "dreams from my father." the literary debut that med with wide critical acclaim and huge sales. at the time, author obama admitted to changing people's names and compressing characters and younolog chronol. henry ferris was the editor. >> i was struck by how talented the writer was. >> now historian david marion pain stakenly traced the life of the first black president. barack obama, the story presents by some counts more than three dozen material discrepancies in the president's rendering of his own life. case and point. dreams relate how the president's paternal grandfather was deteened and tortured by british colonialists in a prison outside nairobi. after interviews and research he deems the tale unlikely. >> some of what he di

chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest live from the state department. james?reporter: bret, good evening. syrian government deployed helicopters and artillery against the rebel opposition. british base human rights group reported 250 casualties. 60% of them civilians. making this is the highest single day death toll in history of the 16-month uprising. from state run television, the first images of syrian president bashar assad since rebel forces assassinated three of his top aids. the occasion was the swearing in of the new defense minister. assad never spoke and u.s. officials still said they don't know where he is. capital city of damascus wilted under a fifth day of battle with assad's grip on power badly shaken. the main fear of u.s. policy makers is the prospect of syria suffering a complete breakdown of authority. however, current and former obama administration officials told fox news that american and allied intelligence agencies do have a pretty good fix on where most of the regime's chemical and biological weapons are. a fact on the ground that bett

james rosen, fox news. >>> changing gears to sports now.'s basketball team hosting brazil in the olympic exhibition game at the verizon center. early o brazil looked like the dream team. the wizards gave brazil and eight-point lead in the second but the americans would rally behind lebron james with 30 points. usa would win. >>> the pressure was on the first couple during team usa's win at the verizon center. president obama and the first lady were featured on the kiss cam but didn't give in at least initially. the crowd booed but they gave in to their shyness and when the kiss cam swung back that you are way in the forty quarter, they gave each other a little smoochy smooch. much to the delight of his daughter. look how malia made him do it, come on daddy, do it. >> poor guy. >> i know. >> i noticed something else. the president gets tickets and i don't think tony went to the game. >> really? >> we'll have to ask him. >> he was pleading for tickets yesterday. >> i wonder would he would have done if he got on the kiss cam. >> we'll have to

james rosen tonight. thanks.he justice department has not prosecuted any countrywide official involved in the now defunked vip loan program that benefited lawmakers and government officials. new report sheds light on why those sweetheart deals were made. chief congressional correspondent mike emanuel has that story. he's live for us tonight. >> good evening. three-year investigation done by the house oversight committee shows countrywide financial gave out discounted loans to advance the business and lobbying goals. the report says documents and testimony obtained by the committee to show v.i.p. loan program was a tool used by countrywide to build good will with lawmakers and other individuals positioned to benefit the company. among the v.i.p. customers mentioned in the report, senator kent conrad chairman of the budget committee and former senator chris dodd who headed the banking committee vote democrat. house members, pete sessions and galigally and tom campbell. and former hud secretary cisneros and jackson,

>> bret: james rosen live at the state department tonight. we will head back for breaking details.thank you. >> israel is promising a strong response to today's terrorist bombing of a bus, carrying israeli tourists in bulgaria. world affairs contributor dominic di-natale tell us israeli lead error pointing the finger at iran. >> the billowing smoke blackened the sky. the explosion consumed the bus. besides the seven dead, local media say an 11-year-old child and two pregnant women were among more than 30 injured. thaw left the terminal. the bombing believed moments before they boarded. concealed amongst their packages. >> it's clearly an attack. initiated by hezbollah, hamas, jihad or any other group. under the terrible auspices of iran or other radical muslim groups. >> israel prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it was part of the global iranian terror onslaught that he swore israel would react firmly. the bombing coincided with the anniversary of 1994 suicide attack by hezbollah in argentina. it comes amid revenge threat by iran for israel suspected killing of the nuclear scie

>> shepard: james rosen live in washington. james, thank you.e hearing a dramatic newly released 911 call from the day former commerce secretary john brysen crashed his car not once but three times in a matter of minutes. remember that? the man on the line says he is following a drunk driver who hit his car twice then left the scene. we now know that driver was the u.s. commerce secretary john brysen. investigators say the secretary was not under the influence but had apparently suffered some sort of seizure. the web site tmz got the recording. now we have it. listen. >> we have a drunk driver that just hit us and fled. >> where at? >> he hit us twice. we are actually pursuing him right now. >> oh, my god. i hope he doesn't get on the freeway. >> he just hit someone. >> he just hit a honda. >> lexus 50. >> don't move. stay down. stay down. we have hill. is he drunk. >> don't move. he just hit another car, ma'am. >> well, prosecutors opted not to charge secretary brysen with anything because doctors agreed he was confused because of that seizure.

james rosen with the news, he's live at the state department. he united states know where these chemical weapons are? >> shep, good evening. this has been a long standing area of focus for both the american and the israeli intelligence communities. the regime is believed to have close it 50 chemical and biological weapons facility, as well as tons of chemical weapons materials stored throughout the country. but current and former obama administration officials told fox news, wej8o=j7ímr' pretty good fix on where most of them are. >> i think we've got to look very seriously at finding ways either to destroy those weapons in place or neutralize them or do something so if the regime falls, the chemical weapons in particular don't get into the hands of terrorists like al-qaeda or aren't used by regime generals as their passport out of the country. this is very serious throughout the region. >> these are not far fetched scenarios. two years ago, president assad is believed to have transferred rockets and scud missiles to hezbollah in lebanon. >> shep:

>> jon: james rosen in washington. thank you, james.our wallet the next time you are in canada because apparently some of the cash there, tends to melt. canada recently introduced 50 and $100 bills made from a new material officials call them quote the most durable bank notes ever issued. but some news agencies in canada report that the cash actually starts to warp when it gets hot. and the bills can actually melt together if somebody leaves them in a car on a hot day. canada's national bank reportedly has begun reimbursing folks for the messed up money. a spokeswoman says it tends to melt only, quote, under certain extraordinary conditions. seven minutes of terror. that's what nasa scientists are predicting when the new mars recovery lands -- rover lands next month. internet sensation with a short video all that happens to happen to set down the rover on the red planet. a heat shield a giant parachute and bunch of rockets all expected to help take the rover from 13,000 miles per hour landing in just a few minutes. engineers say there i

first let's get to james rosen live in washington. on the offense. what prompted the shift pray tell? >> it's no mystery, shep, for weeks now conservative opinion leaders have been demanding that the presumptive g.o.p. nominee toughen up and start throwing punches. to that end his campaign released a web-only video today that accuses the president of paying off i had his bundlers, donors and supporters with stimulus funds and government contracts and jobs. however, the government did not yield to conservatives who now agree with the white house that romney should release more of his tax returns. >> if why wanted to talk about transparency, the real issue is why has this president used his presidential power and executive privilege to keep the information about the fast and furious program from being explained to the american people? this is not some personal matter. romney says his plan to release two years of tax returns goes beyond what the law requires. >> so many conservative commentators says you have got to do. this you wonder h

megyn: chief washington correspondent james rosen reporting there. we thank him for that report. for a fair and balanced debate, christopher hahn, former aide to senator chuck schumer, and chris plante, radio show host of the chris plante show. it appears, let me start with you on this, chris hahn, the obama camp beliefs the attacks on bain are working. when james risen reached out to them about the fact check.org report that dismisses the obama's, obama campaign's claims as not factual, they pushed back and said, fact check.org got this one wrong. chris hahn, right or wrong, the obama camp thinks it is onto something. >> hey, listen if it works keep doing it. that is the way politics is. bottom line a very complicated explanation the romney campaign has to come up with to explain what happened at bain of the at the end of the day they opened up call centers outside of the united states. and packaging plants outside of the united states. there are plenty of americans who would have loved to have those jobs. i know every time americans pick up the phone and get a call center opera

chief correspondent james rosen is live. reporter: good afternoon. president touched on account of his own life story is, as you say, receiving fresh scrutiny. mr. obama has written about a white girlfriend he had in new york in the early 1980s. that woman recently identified as genevieve cook says that mr. obama grossly exaggerated some of the details of their experiences together. the president himself recently knowledged in an oval office interview that he took an incident with a different girlfriend in chicago, one that heightened his sense of estrangement from white people at the time, and made it seem like that happen with genevieve cook. these are some of the discrepancies that people can find in "dreams from my father", the best-selling memoir that mr. obama published in 2005. and also, barack obama the story. which is by trent eight. it was his mother and daughter who left barack obama senior, a physically volatile bigamist, not the other way around. in the introduction, mr. obama admitted his impression of character. some suggested that ste

chief washington correspondent james rosen is looking into this and joins me live from our d.c. h james. >> reporter: to you, mart that. this is a simplest terms a tale of two books. it's a window into the kind of security knee you face when you become president of the united states. the blog is abuzz in three dozen discrepancieses in the live of barack obama as he related it in "dreams from my father" and the research findings of. prize winning editor david martinez. case in point he relates how the president's paternal grandfather was detained and tortured by british colonialists outside of nairobi. maninetz deems this unlikely. they called regina a fellow student at occidental college who helped the young barack obama embrace his african roots, the author says it's about pheurb i will obama that he didn't meet for eight years. they pointed out that mr. obama in the introduction to dreams openly admitted using composites and other forms of literary license but they also offered other reasons for the discrepancies that others have found. >> i think that there is a difference bet

first up, chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> everything important to my life i learned ieart cannot obscure how dire the financial crisis is. >> i can't pay money i don't have. >> the mayor, doherty, democrat, and the democrat controlled city council cannot agree how best to make up the $16.8 million in red ink the city faces leaving doherty to slash paycheck for the city 400 public employees to minimum wage level of $7.25 an hour. >> my members are suffering here. every day that goes

in washington, james rosenment fox news. >> harris: and paying off for a texas man spent decades searchingts car. he says he spotted his 1967 austin healy on ebay looked like the one taken from his home in 1970. he called police and the car was tracked to a dealership in los angeles. he's right. it was his car, he says he bought it for $3,000, you know what it's worth today? >> 23 and probably priceless at 23,000 for him because he loves it. he helped us track down the world's most wanted man. a pakistani doctor, and now a cruel prison sentence in pakistan. how much power should the government have when taking land away from americans. they call it eminent domain. is it taking liberties? we report, you decide. [ female announcer ] you can make macaroni & cheese without freshly-made pasta. you could also cut corners by making it without 100% real cheddar cheese. but then...it wouldn't be stouffer's mac & cheese. just one of over 70 satisfying recipes for one from stouffer's. st $14.99. start with soup, salad ancheddar bay biscuits then choose one of 7 entrees plus dessert! four perfect cour

james rosen with the news like for us in washington, dc. james?e newly released documents from the new york fed suggest that america's central bankers had early idea of the lending scandal surrounding the libor rate, the average, rate banks charge each other. barclay's has had a settlement and top officers have resigned over misappropriate behavior over the rates. and other banks are under investigation, and back in april of 2008, when geithner, our treasury secretary, was the new york fed president, investigators there interviewed critical witnesses "the barclay's employees explained that they were underreporting the rate to avoid the stigma associated with being an outliar with respect to the libor submission relative to other banks," and the employee stated that "in his opinion other participating banks were also underreporting their libor submission." and then in 15 weeks geithner we e-mailed the bba "work with the bank to establish and publish best practices for calculating and reporting rates and, also, that bba require a reporting bank' int

first up, chief washington correspondent james rosen. >> everything important to my life i learned irned in scranton. >> his hometown of scranton, pennsylvania, dear to president's heart cannot obscure how dire the financial crisis is. >> i can't pay money i don't have. >> the mayor, doherty, democrat, and the democrat controlled city council cannot agree how best to make up the $16.8 million in red ink the city faces leaving doherty to slash paycheck for the city 400 public employees to minimum wage level of $7.25 an hour. >> my members are suffering here. every day that goes by is another question mark for them in how they will meet the financial obligation to pay the mortgage. >> scranton public sector union sued the mayor for full pay and won. but doherty told fox news martha maccallum the city council passed a budget without funding it. now many see the city, sixth largeest in pennsylvania, once a powerhouse of coal and manufacturing activity hurdling toward bankruptcy. >> we have been burdened with the legacy cost. the banks said we want to know how you will pay us back. >> the

james rosen at the state department. keep us updated, thanks.xt story also follows along the line of security concerns as well. new information on congressional hearings into facial recognition technology. lawmakers are grilling facebook executives noting that the social media giant has the world's largest private collection of facial images. congress wants to know what they plan to do with it. national correspondent steve centanni is live in washington with more. >> reporter: hi, jenna. facial recognition soft wear being used by the fbi, by private businesses and by facebook is drawing the scrutiny of lawmakers who belief it ought to be regulated to protect our privacy on facebook. the technology was used to identify various faces in photos you upload, then the web site asks you whether you want to tag the people in the pictures. facebook's reworking it, but it's just one example of a technology that's becoming more common but is currently unregulated. the chairman of a senate subcommittee, al franken, says it raises serious questions about pri

follow me on twitter @james rosen at fnc, and i'll tell you more about this professor. jenna: james, thank you. jon: new concerns from the state department now about sensitive technology shipped to iran and north korea. where'd it come from? the united nations agency which instituted sanctions to keep that kind of equipment out of the hands of the rogue regimes. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge joins us live from the state department in washington. can you explain this one, catherine? >> reporter: well, jon, thank you and good afternoon. these documents first obtained by foxnews.com are now at the center of an international investigation into whether a u.n. body violated sanctions by shipping equipment to iran and north korea, and new revelations surfaced at the house judiciary committee last week. >> it's an outrage. really, it's an outrage that wipo would be transferring material violating the sanctions that we have to north korea and iran. and this stuff, i mean, it's basically funded by u.s. inventers. >> i have to tell you that the leadership tha

chief washington correspondent james rosen has the latest live from the state department. james? helicopters and artillery against the rebel opposition. british base human rights group reported 250 casualties. 60% of them civilians. making this is the highest single day death toll in history of the 16-month uprising. from state run television, the first images of syrian president bashar assad since rebel forces assassinated three of his top aids. the occasion was the swearing in of the new defense minister. assad never spoke and u.s. officials still said they don't know where he is. capital city of damascus wilted under a fifth day of battle with assad's grip on power badly shaken. the main fear of u.s. policy makers is the prospect of syria suffering a complete breakdown of authority. however, current and former obama administration officials told fox news that american and allied intelligence agencies do have a pretty good fix on where most of the regime's chemical and biological weapons are. a fact on the ground that better positions the assad as they try to shape the -- posit

jon: wow, james rosen an expert on nixon and history and all kinds of things. >> reporter: you're kind overseas now the deadly violence in syria maybe taking a turn for the worst. we know you've heard that a lot. listen to these reports today. president assad may be preparing to use a nation's stockpile of chemical weapons on his own people. just reports right now. one top defector says that may have already happened. leland vittert is live with more on this. a few mixed reports here. is there any proof so far, any proof out there that assad r-r hahas used these weapons? >> reporter: none coming from this defector so far although he says essentially i think that president assad has used chemical weapons on his own people in the town of homs he says he's sure president assad will use them in the future. this is a defector. keep in mind, a defector making these kinds of statements gives himself a very large soapbox. the former ambassador gave an interview and his credibility was called into question. the one thing not in question is that the violence is increasing especially in the syria

but tonight we learn from james rosen there is more than that to worry about. >> ballistic missile testscted at unknown location by the iran revolutionary guard last week coincided with report that leon panetta sent to congress june 29. first obtained by bloomberg the report sees islamic regime on the march in all conventional, unconventional and nuclear categories. secretary panetta cited iran steady growth in the missile and rocket, and the range of the accuracy of the system. >> this administration has been clear and strong on the issue of iran. the military and nuclear capabilities, developing widespread international consensus, to bring pressure to bear on the iranian. >> armed with missiles to reach israel and eastern europe, iran is building more and may be able to test fly intercontinental ballistic missile capable of striking america by 2015. the u.s. own naval buildup in the persian gulf includes deployment of the warship ponce from which the helicopters an special ops forces can be launched to action. german made undersea drones. >> a lot of oil traffic goes through there. the

tonight, chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us the opposite appears to be true. >> after months of research, the "wall street journal" dramatically revised the estimate for how much organized labor spent on political activity in the last seven years. the journal now places the figure not at $1.1 billion, the number usually cited based on filing with the federal election commission but a 4.4 billion. a figure reached after examination of additional documents known as lm2s that the unions have been required to file since 2005 with the department of labor. >> we have always known, but now the "wall street journal" story documented more. that really the power of unions has been in their ability to mobilize their members. either to get them not to vote, to volunteer in campaigns. i think it's a controversy within the labor movement. how much emphasis they should be placing on politics and how much emphasis they should be placing on the workplace issues and on membership issues more generally. >> indeed, after their stinging defeat in wisconsin's recall election, the rank and f

. >> bret: james rosen at the state department. we'll follow the developing story. thank you. s caught on camera. the man believed to be responsible for suicide bombing killing israeli tourist in pullgaryia is seen moments before the blast. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has details of another develo developing investigation tonight with worldwide implications. >> airport security camera video shows suspected bomber pacing back and forth in the airport before the attack. he is dressed like a tourist. he was carrying a fake michigan driver's license. it survived nearly intact and bulgarians shared it with the american authorities. >> we will assist them with the investigation of the attack. >> the suspect's name on the i.d. was jacques philipe martin. his address was casino and hotel in baton rouge, louisiana, indicating it's a probable fake. hezbollah yesterday posted on the website a graphic description of how iran's revolutionary guards would close the strait of hormuz by targeting u.s. aircraft carriers. >> the united states and the internationa

but tonight, chief washington correspondent james rosen tells us the governor is vowing to start playingense. >> i think what people accuse you of a crime, you have every reason to go after it pretty hard. i'm going to continue going after him. >> speaking of growing clom more from within the party he toughen up and start throwing punchs on the come pain trail, mitt romney released a web video accusing obama of crass cronyism, rewarding donors with stimulus funds and government contract and jobs. >> this a tough time for people of america. if you are a campaign contributor to obama your business may get millions of dollars in cash from the got. i thin -- cash from the governm. it's wrong and stinks to high heaven. >> they cited two ill-fated loans worth $5 million that the state of massachusetts gave when romney was governor to companies made by donors to romney gubernatorial campaign. >> release tax returns tomorrow. it's crazy. >> despite friendly fire like this. romney held fast to his plan to release two years worth of tax returns. instead channeled mr. obama to release -- instead ch

chief washington correspondent james rosen is live at the u.s.court in washington with a look at that. >> reporter: good afternoon. one of the top elections officials from the state of texas was the trial's first witness this morning where he spoke of some 50,000 dead people and convicted felons remaining on the voter roles. attorney general eric holder the named defendant in this case of texas v holder has used his authority to block texas from enact being the voting measure its legislature passed some 14 months ago and which requires all registered voters also to possess a valid state-issued photo id or to obtain one for free. doj attorney elizabeth west fall argued this morning that the texas legislature was quote motivated at least in part by an unlawful discriminatory purpose against minorities. speaking to a latino group yesterday the attorney general eluded to this showdown with texas. >> in each of the jurisdictions we have proposed changes that show to have no discriminal nare repurpose or affect we'll follow the law and approve the chan

james rosen tonight. thanks so much.ew york congressman charles rangel's primary win over state senator espiot is in jeopardy. but the court fight is on hold for now. espiot believes there is a problem with transparency, something that rangel's champ denies. esaillat's attorney wants to show how unofficial returns with more than 40 showed no ballots cast. it's narrowed to 2% with 2,000 still to be counted. if it shrinks to one half of 1%, there will be a recount that could take weeks. rangel is going for his 2 2:0 2d term after facing house censure for ethics violation. >>> the epa administrator who bragged he would crucify energy creators has a new gig. we'll tell you what it is. wait phenomenal you hear what the white house chief calligrapher makes for the fancy writing. the grapevine is next. sometimes life can be well, a little uncomfortable. but when it's hard or hurts to go to the bathroom, there's dulcolax stool softener. dulcolax stool softener doesn't make you go, it just makes it easier to go. dulcolax stool so

james rosen tells us it's a man who is a key player in the obama administration. >> tim geithner was of the financial and they got -- [ inaudible ] the average interest rate that banks in london charge other banks seeking loans. barclay the large bank paid out $450 million in legal settlement and top officers resigned on disclosure some were misrething data. >> you have a manipulation in prices. this affects every decision made, loan, derivative that people can come back and say hey, i suffered a loss because the rate was artificially set. it was wrong and i deserve compensation. >> in april of 2008, investigators interviewed key witnesses. the bark lay employee explained that barker was underreporting to avoid the stigma associated in being outlier with respect libor submissions. the new york fed added -- in his opinion other participating banks were also underreporting their sug mission. >> it could have a impact on banking industry. as you said earlier what the class action suit might look like. bank stock, and profits could take a big hit. >> seven weeks after the barclay employe

officials from the white house as you heard in james rosen's report to the pentagon continue to mouth plat tudes about the need for unity. listen to defense secretary panetta. >> this is a situation that is rapidly spinning out of control, and for that reason, it's extremely important that the international community working with other countries that have concerns in that area have to bring maximum pressure on assad to do what's right, to step down, and to allow for a peaceful transition. >> reporter: of course, a peaceful transition seems highly unlikely at this point. those words seem irrelevant given the speed with which events are now unfolding in syria itself, shep. >> jonathan, how are people preparing in case that regime does collapse? >> reporter: well, that's the truth of the matter now, that while the diplomatic talks continue here, what everybody is really talking about behind closed doors is what happens next. there are all manner of rumors circulating here among diplomats at the un and around the world about the whereabouts of president assad, whether he may, in fact, hav

in washington, james rosen, fox news. >>> if you are signing an sec document with your own signature you are the president, ceo, chairman of the board and 100% owner of a company, in what world are you living in that you are not in charge? >> this president will say or do anything to keep the highest office in the land even if it means demeaning the highest office in the land. >> fresh reaction from president obama about the increasingly personal attacks on the campaign trail. he is refusing to apologize for attacks the romney campaign calls out right lies. governors and surrogates from both sides took the heated argument to the sunday shows today. i'm john roberts. we begin hour number two of america's news headquarters with steve in washington. it is getting ugly out there. >> that's right. and the president is standing firm in his criticism of mitt romney over bain capital. on a virginia television station obama was asked if he would apologize. the president said, no, we will not apologize. mr. romney claims he is mr. fix it for the economy because of his business experience. so i

our chief washington correspondent james rosen joins us from washington with the details on the next eps potentially to this story. james? >> reporter: jenna, good afternoon. this is it still breaking. documents released minutes ago by the federal reserve bank of new york indicate that employees of barclays bank in england notified regulators over four years ago that the willful misreporting of data was quote, prevalent. in the banking industry when it came to the london interbank offered rate, or libor, as jenna just explained is the average interest rate in london set to charge to other banks look to borrow money. a number of british and american banks are under investigation by regulators after barclays, a large british bank, paid a $450 million settlement and several top officers resigned amid disclosures that the bank misreported data in order to fix the libor rate. the focus of these investigations go all the way back to 2007 and 2008 at which time treasury secretary tim geithner was president of the new york federal reserve. and it was on june 1st, of 2008 that geithner e-maile