and jamie. >> jamie: why not? >> the bottom line is this, if you don't extend the bush tax cuts it will hurt our economy. it will hurt small business owners which make -- they are the backbone of our country. make up over 50% of the businesses and people are going to start laying off more people. we need those tax cuts. what we need to do is expand the tax cuts for everyone and then simplify the tax code, decrease capital gains and eliminate the death tax. we need to stop the spending in washington, d.c. and give the american people more money to put inner that pockets because they know what to do with it. big brother government isn't it. >> jamie: we have a track record with even the current tax system of small business owners and those who hire employees not hiring waiting to see what healthcare will cost. that is approaching at the end of the year, so close to the election. do you think both sides will stay where they are are standing right now? can they come together as you suggest? and what about the people w

jamie: wow! it is a bombshell report out this morning on the fort hood shooting and the man charged with mass murderer at that military base. the review claiming the fbi was too concerned about political correctness to fully investigate the questionable relationships of an american muslim in our military. republican congressman michael mccaul says e-mails by army major nidal hasan show signs he was an islamist extremist and was told it was not investigated because of sensitivity issues. hasan is charged with killing 13 people and wounding 32 in the november 2009 rampage at fort hood. currently he is being tried in a military court. bill: americans now weighing in on the tax cut debate dominating washington and the campaign trail and the markets as well. new for example polling shows this, 72% of you say it's a bad idea to raise rates on anyone during a an economic downturn. back in 2010 president obama agreed to a two-year extension of the bush-era tax rates. he proposes allowing rates to go up f

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. topping the news, there are more victims of the colorado movie massacre that were laid to rest today and we are getting chilling new details as well about the man that is suspected of gunning them down, including information on his life before the devastating rampage. >> ricky: also governor mitt romney looking to beef up his foreign policy credentials, meeting with leaders from one of our most crucial allies in the world. but will it help him with voters here at home? >> jamie: and as the economy falter, is big government making matters better or worse for american businesses? we're going to have an eye opening look just ahead. >> ricky: let's start with governor romney's highly anticipated arrival today in israel. we're taking a look now at brand-new video of mitt and ann romney gotting off the plane in tel aviv, the presumtive republican nominee will sit down tomorrow with his long-time friend, benjamin, netanyahu. the visit coming after an announcement by president obama that some

i'm eric shawn. >> jamie: and i'm jamie colby. shannon bream up next.day. >> the sand is running out of the hourglass and we want to make clear to the syrian regime that they need to be willing to end the violence and start the serious business of a political transition. >> shannon: secretary of state hillary clinton giving syria a wake-up call warning that time is running out for a failing peace plan while the syrian military makes a show of force asking other nations to stay away. going green or going broke? critics want it to head back to part saying the $26 a gallon biofuel is a waste of precious taxpayer dollars. proponents say it's vital to the military future. states rights vs. civil rights as texas gets ready to argue its voter i.d. law is legal and the justice department is overstepping its bounds. all that and jack's snack packs. meet a little guy on a very big mission to give the troops a little taste of home. i'm shannon bream. "america's news headquarters" live from the nation's capital starts right now. >> shannon: syria is staging a big s

jamie? >> jamie: police say james holmes planned this attack with quotas, we heard from the witness, calculation and deliberation, for months, box after box delivered to his home and at work from a series of internet orders and for more insight into how investigators will piece together the crime, let's bring in mark harold, a former police officer and attorney, good morning to you, sir. >> how are you? >> jamie: saddened, to be honest and i wonder how many people like this alleged shooter may be out there, right now. in your estimation, as an investigator, how long do you think he was preparing for this? >> i'll figure it out based on the receipts and there is a long history of internet searches and, like was said, a lot was delivered to his house and they'll be able to trace it back and some of what he had are not easy items and some too easy to get but the bottom line, they'll have a long history of what he had delivered and why what he had delivered and when he ordered it, they'll be abl

. >> jamie: we thought it was hot here, eric but they are suffering around the country, i'm jamie colbyit is great to have you here, welcome to america's news headquarters them. red cross is mounting a major relief effort in places like west virginia is one of the states hit hardest by severe summer storms that knocked out electricity to millions and many are still in the dark without air-conditioning. emergency officials are saying some are widely taking advantage of cooling centers. >> people come here, and, have been without power for a week, completely out of electricity, ice, water, and, food is swollen in the ridge administrator aefr need the ice and water. >> alisyn: temperatureses are supposed to ease up a bit but will we have a release from what we have seen in days, i'll tell you who knows, rick reichmuth is live in the fox news weather center. it is warm here. how about the rest of the country. >> rick: new york fared a little bit -- but go maybe 100 miles to the south, and the temperatures are warmer, and it is much more humid. look at the temperatures, right now, certainly

hi, john, good morning. >> jamie, good morning to you. >> jamie: great to have you here today.teresting to get both of them together. what do they see that's number one issue for americans coming out to vote in november? >> they were together but separate at the same time, and weren't actually on together, it was one after the other and, clearly, jobs, jamie is the number one issue and the number 2, 3, 4 and 5 issue and, whether or not the election turns specifically on the economy, is yet to be seen but it is one of the top questions, no answer and when debbie wasserman schultz said she was happy with the 20 months of job creation, she is partly right, and the loss were a little more than 8 million and, they've created 4 million and that is 50% of the way to going towards 2007 and you look at the numbers for the last three months you are actually losing because jobs created in the private sector are not enough to even tread water which is 125,000 jobs every month, like put your must be in the bank because you don't want to lose money in the stock market but because your dollar

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jamie. >> jamie: as peter mentioned in egypt, secretary clinton is meeting with the head of the egyptian army, attempting to end a stand off between military and civilian leaders. the u.s. is urging egypt's army to cooperate with the newly elected islamic leaders and the obama administration offering financial assistance to rebuild egypt's economy in return for a smooth return to civilian rules. eric. >> jamie: the british format defending its plans for the london olympics. have you heard about this? is the international security contractor g4s failed to deliver more than 10,000 guards for the 17 day event and the top official in britain, in charge of the olympics, he says the government did act quickly to address the gaping problem. and have brought in an extra 3500 british troops who will fill in for the security gap. ♪ >> jamie: new fallout from the obama campaign's attempt to turn up the heat on governor mitt romney. a barrage of attacks including an ad accusing his former firm, bain capital of shipping american jobs overseas. a charge that many independent observers have called misl

jamie. >> kelly: a lot of people are suffering out there. if you know someone you might want to check on them. and here is what you need to know about the heat. the body normally cools itself by sweating, under some conditions even that isn't enough. and those at greatest risk are children, people 65 years of age and older and those who are overweight or certain medications and the best way to keep cool, you want to drink, i'm not being debby downer, cold nonalcoholic residents and find a swimming pool, cool shower or bath. >> that's good advice. and deadly storms are churning up the water in tennessee. and blowing the docks out of the water near the dam and dozens of boats scattered along the shoreline, the same line of storms left at least two people dead, and several others injured in the great smoky mountains national park. well, president obama is searching for level political ground right now after yesterday's once again weak weak jobs report. g.o.p. blasted the economic policies and t

so -- >> jamie: why not?at is because they know it is not an issue they want to be talking about. for the very reasons that you mentioned. republicans are far more happy to talk about the repeal efforts, because, yes, this law is mostly unpopular, as you showed the poll, the country is very divided and the more republicans are getting galvanized behind the issue of repeal the better it is for them, because they are -- their voters are fired up and democrats aren't all that fired up, on the issue. at this time. >> jamie: fascinating, all i can say is everybody is talking about it. on botherin, thanks for coming in this morning. >> thank you. >> eric: there is emotional reaction to the justice department's decision to block the prosecution of their boss. they will not pursue criminal charges against attorney general eric holder. for withholding documents from the investigation into fast and furious. we will have the family of border patrol agent brian terry, who was killed by mexican drug smugglers, possibly ar

. >> jamie: absolutely. thanks, rick. eric? >> eric: dry weather is leaving oklahoma in an official drought. the situation now is threatening the livelihood of farmers in the southeastern part of the state. many of them say they are struggling to keep their animals alive. >> it means that i have had to sell part of our capital assets to stay in business. and i don't like to do that. but it's either that or watch the animals die. it hurts everybody in this area with less beef. beef prices are going to be higher. >> it turns out this is the driest oklahoma has been since the state began keeping records in 1921. and the government says now 58% of the country is in a drought condition. that's the most in 12 years. >> jamie: well, eric we've been telling everybody about the severe heat. it's left a lot of people in assistance of many kind. we'll spoke to someone from the american red cross to talk about what you can do on the ground and how you can help at home. stick around for that. >> eric: the clock is tickin

jamie?jamie: i think that is the most shocking one yet. >> eric: sure is. >> jamie: in the meantime supreme court justice scalia is sitting down with fox news sunday's chris wallace. the shooting tragedy in colorado, and the aftermath, will be a hot topic of conversation, you will hear what justice scalia says about our current gun control laws and whether he thinks the court could uphold new limits on the kinds of guns you can buy. >> eric: and the doctors will be here for "sunday house call" as always, asking this question: should children get their cholesterol tested? could there be more potential harm than good? and now, there is a sunday house call chat going on now at twitter. search hashtag fox house call to get in on the conversation the doctors are in, stick around with them throughout the show, could they tweet? this fiber one 90 calorie brownie has all the deliciousness you desire. the brownie of your dreams is now deliciously real. mine was earned off vietnam in 1968. over the so

give jamie my love. >> jamie: thank you. it's a big expense for parents. when have you to send your child to college and if you have more than one. what is the best way to pay without you or your child drowning in debt, coming up in the take charge consumer protection segment. >> eric: and the voter fraud unit has an investigation that will shock you. money from cocaine to marijuana operations going to buy votes. it's unbelievable. but folks in one part of the country tolds that you selling votes is just a way of life. >> you have people hounding you wanting to buy your vote... people with a machine. what ? customers didn't like it. so why do banks do it ? hello ? hello ?! if youbank doesn't let you talk to a real perso24/7, you need an ally. hello ? ally bank. no nonsense. just people sense. >> eric: there is a big fire down south. more than 100 firefighters battling a massive fire in a plastics recycling plant t. happened in northwest georgia. thick, black smoke could be seen for miles, burning chemicals forced authorities to evacuate homes and businesse

. >> jamie: that is too many kids, dr. samadi, right? overweight and not in shape and potential for cholesterol. are there any manufacturers, for a child. >> there are hyperlipidemia and cholesterol, those children need to be screened but i want to take a little different side, because i'm a big advocate for screening whether it was the mammogram for breast cancer or prostate cancer and i think knowing what the cholesterol is, as young as the kids at the age of 9, is important. but, i want you to also know that medicine should not be a knee-jerk reaction meaning that high cholesterol should not mean statins and have those muscle pains and that is not the way to think about it. what happened was the preventive task force in '07 came back and said, look, we are not finding sufficient data to recommend universal cholesterol check for everybody. the new study came out in pediatrics that says we want universal screening and this is a big debate, that is more academic and we will not resolve it on this channel, but the point is that universal

. >> jamie: keeping us healthy, too and dr. david samadi, the vice chairman of the department of urology, chief of robotics at the mt. sinai medical center. great to see you. let's get healthy. the first topic is important for so many folks. a startling reality affecting 1 in 8 american couples. and it is infertility and health experts now raise red flags about the diagnosis, specifically for women believe it or not in their 20s, doctor, tell us, why women in their 20s. >> actually when people are at the age of 40, 67% of them can still have children which is amazing and 45, goes town to 15%, and we are tending to overlook young women as you said, jamie and it turns out that 11% of women under the age of 30, can't conceive. they tried for a year, that is the definition, if you try for a year and are not able to have a baby then it is designated as infertility and here's the good news. for young women there is usually a reason and we can find out the reason an older women it may be the eggs are aging and they don't work as well

does it really work. >> i'm very impressed with this, jamie.he research seems to show it works in 11 out of 12 cases. meaning that 11 times out of 12 if you have hiv they'll find it and, very rarely will they tell you you have it and you don't. but, let me tell you the first problem is, you anticipated. if you are testing at home for hiv and this is literally swabbing the gums and the fda is approving it you better have someone in line to talk to about this. if you actually find out you have hiv. it is a startling discovery i deal with in my practice all the time and it is traumatic and difficult. here's the good news and why i like it. it takes 15 to 30 minutes to work and 20% of those in the u.s. are hiv positive and they don't know it and are spreading it without knowing it. you really have to know, patients come in and i hand them something that says hiv negative and the next day people who are single want to know if they are hiv negative. if they are positive we have treatments to offer you, retroviral treatments and again the virus attack

. ♪ >> jamie: time for "sunday house call," joining us this morning, dr.arc siegel associate professor of medicine at nyu's langone medical center and the author of "inner pulse, unlocking the secret code of health." >> and the chief of robotics at the mt. sinai center in new york, dr. samadi, good to see you. >> jamie: good morning, i'm particularly excited about the first topic you brought us, because so many people know one who has alzheimer's, they really love and care about and for the first time, researchers discovered a gene that may actually protect folks against the degenerative brain disease. dr. siegel, this is exciting, isn't it? >> its so important because we thought for a long time, a protein, beta amyloid which builds in the brain of people with alzheimer's patients, remember the word, beta amyloid, it clogs the nerves and, 5 million people have it and probably more undiagnosed, beta amyloid, by the time you see in the brain is too late to do anything and there is another m enzyme, amyloid precursor protein, and it causes the amyloid to form

jamie? jamie: we're awaiting a news conference from colorado police. they will give us an update on the theater shooting in aurora. gregg: make sure to go to foxnews.com for the latest developments throughout the day plus more eyewitness accounts of what happened. click on the link, witnesses to massacre describe terrifying scene, to read what it is they're saying. and we'll be right back. >> there were explosions behind me. and there was dust. i thought it was just a normal practical joke, you know. fireworks or something. but than i see people starting to leave the theater and smoke behind me and, for the first few seconds nobody was panicking but everybody started moving towards the exits. the perfect use of the 7th inning stretch. get that great taste anytime with kingsford match light charcoal. ♪ don't our dogs deserve better then chicken meal introducing freshpet made with real chicken that's so fresh you'll find it in the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all you need

. >> jamie: we are hearing the recovery for some could be permanent. more medical news, though, we are following for you. the fda approving a new weight loss drug called qsymia. the second diet pill approved in less than a month. two weeks ago a drug was approved for the same purpose. do the drugs work and what are the risks? dr. siegel, mental there helepa you will tell us diet an exercise but for other people, do these work. >> i will tell people, diet and lifestyle change... >> jamie: i knew it. >> people with diabetes and risk of stroke and heart disease, a lot of the reason is there is obesity, 1 out of 3 adults in the united states, already obese. we have to do something and i'm already describing a drug, federman, part of qsymia and i use that a lot, for people who can't exercise... >> jamie: that was half of fen-phen. >> that was the part of fen-phen, not the part that got the drug in trouble. and my problem with that, though i'm glad the fda approved it, it has been shown to be effective for weight loss and should be an arrow in our quiver but

very, very mellow. >> jamie: dr. henry cloud is the author of "necessary endings" an ironic title because this wasn't necessary. doctor, first of all, as our hearts go out to the victims and all the people in the aurora community, how will they heal? >> well, i think that that's just -- the big focus now. you know, it's not only the people who were there, but having gone through this in that region previously, the way that post traumatic stress happens, it takes a symbolic reminder. so i think we have the victims who were in the theater and their families and loved ones, which you have an entire community. there are several points that i think that everyone needs to focus on. number 1; the most important thing in the aftermath is for people to get together. you know, the way that our traumatized brain settles down, number 1, is through connection with other people. when people come together with the people who care about them, understand them and support them, it actually does some things to mitigate against post tra

. >> jamie: a fox news alert from syria. new video coming in that shows the street battles that are raging in damascus. earlier this week, following the bombing that hit the heart of the assad regime, killing four government officials there. this morning, regime forces are still on the attack, using helicopter gunships to bomb bord rebel-held neighborhoods in the capitol. we have a reporter live in jerusalem. dominic? >> reporter: jamie, state tv showing government forces trying to take key areas back from the rebel hands. hoeing pictures too graphic for us to show on fox news of rebels that were killed during that fighting and some of their injuries absolutely horrific. which shows how intense the fighting has been in the capitol. we understand that the districts of mezeh and barzeh have fallen back. 180 people killed in the past 24 hours from activists and opposition. we understand that the rebels have turned their fights on the second city of syria alebo, the economic heartland. apparently, they are making a run for the a

good morning, steve. >> good morning, jamie. the obama administration under pressure this morning to defend itself against republicans who are now claiming the health care law contains a huge new tax on the middle class, the president's chief of staff was pressed on this point today on "fox news sunday" with chris wallace. >> the only thing in this bill that puts a burden on individuals to pay more is a penalty for those who can afford insurance and choose not to buy it. and to be clear, that's 1% of the population. in massachusetts, where this was tested in the plan that governor romney put in place, 1% of the population ended up paying the penalty. >> the high court, of course, ruled 5-4 thursday that the affordable care act known as obamacare is constitutional under the federal government's taxing powers. that had an opening for the anti-tax republicans who seized on the penalty for not buying health insurance that was determined to be a tax for justice roberts and the liberal block of the court. justice kennedy who always sw

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morgan automaton as mechanisms that he has a direct line to what jamie dimon is like mary works for j.p. morgan he's on the board of directors why would anyone listen to this bag of puss and law as well in fact they state max mr blair's intervention is likely to prove controversial because of his commercial interest since leaving downing street five years ago he's an advisor to j.p. morgan a u.s. investment bank and to zurich a swiss financial firm and its clients including several governments which are said to deliver an annual income of about twenty million pounds right so yes twenty million pounds two years the office of the prime minister of britain to soft pedal on bank reforms because he himself is a recalcitrant bank prostitute who is on the receiving end of bribes graft blood for oil do i need to go on he's a trifecta of fraud he rigged the media he rigged elections any rigged markets this guy needs to be arrested well let's talk about crime and punishment to the other bankers there's thousands of them they're operating all over the place the system is corrupt we could get rid o

jamie diamond shaken to the core after j.p. morgan trade last grossed a four point four billion dollars doubling original estimate to me diving into the core shaken not stirred and i'll have another yeah his really should be kidnapped by aliens and probed well obviously i'm talking about last week when jamie diamon and j.p. morgan announced that their first quarter losses were actually greater than what they had claimed previously so j.p. morgan admits that c iow group consistently missed mark hundreds of billions in c.d.'s an effort to artificially boost profits so according to their statement the firm has recently discovered information that resists questions about the integrity of the trader marks and suggests that certain individuals may have been seeking to avoid showing the full amount of the losses in the portfolio during the first quarter yeah well jamie dimon and j.p. morgan they should create like a fraud a tron you know like the cern scientists have the particle accelerator and they can split subatomic particles they

mcdonnell: jamie? if jamie says it is recognized, we will list. >> it is based on the department of elections definition. mr. mcdonnell: thank you. mr. alonso: did we add clinton heights -- clarington heights? not the whole thing? park merced? mr. mcdonnell: ok. we are not attempting to create an exhaustive list. this is one that does not need as a vacation. district 8. -- need justification. district 8. >> i would combine diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: you would combine? >> just diamond heights. mr. mcdonnell: ok. mr. leigh: i would strike open house and lgbt community center. mr. mcdonnell: removing them from this list. any additions? mr. pilpel: i am looking at it. it is changing. >> i withdraw the comment. mr. mcdonnell: ok. so, we have -- can -- >> can i suggest eureka valley? ms. tidwell: i just deleted eureka valley. some of those are encompassed with what the other neighborhoods are. mr. pilpel: i don't think i agree with that. i think eureka valley is in district 8. >> adding eureka valley. m

to me, bad thing, but jamie dimon did use the word accident. you get all of these things like accident and that's different from fraud which is different from bid marks not within. >> and the optics of the situation are quite good for jamie dimon and j.p. morgan. they restated the first quarter. they have thrown out the numbers for the clawbacks, so all of it is the next earnings conference call, are we going to be talking about this? >> i don't think so. >> we may be touching on it a bit, but we're not going to be focused on it. we won't literally have hundreds of pages of different presentations having to do with it as opposed to just focusing on the numbers them. when you look at the big picture in terms of banking and in terms of j pflt morgan, i know we have it if we can get to it. loan loss reserves continue to come down. i like to look back at this. it does give you a sense where we were in the crisis and where we have been going. another $2 billion in release from loan loss reserves mostly in mortgages and credit cards but that's where