i'm jamie colby, i'll send you back to cavuto on business. see new 30 minutes. >> well, doctor, doctor, give me the news, and a private efficacy group in support of the health care laws is now hosting a tax section with journalists on the best way to cover the president's health care law, offering what they're calling specialized education in health care reporting. charlie gasperino. >> i can't wait to sign up, dude. (laughter) >> isn't that weird and that anyone would sign up for, i'm sorry we got it wrong. >> any, any journalists that signs up for this should be thrown out of the industry immediately and taking-- i'm trying to take it seriously. it's so stupid it's unbelievable. i'm going to pass this to adam. >> adam, what-- (laughter) >> i'm going to try to explain. part of this they think there's bad report ong this because the reporters don't know what's in the law and they want to give them the straight skinny right from the folks who wrote it. what do you make of that? >> normally, on journalistic issues charlie and i are in lockstep.

i'm jamie colby.have some new developments to tell you about on americans held hostage by an al-qaeda-linked group. we're learning that algerian forces launched what they call a final assault killing almost a dozen militants. the last americans are freed. and 19 are dead, including one american from texas. and they wanted to exchange for those held in the u.s., including the man held for the world trade center in 1993. and marking the end of the first term, start of the second and the inaugural address is on the steps on monday. i'm jamie colby. back to bulls and bears right now. >> brenda: so, first the price spikes and now the price hikes. chipotle warning of higher menu prices because of higher food costs. as consumers are getting smacked on everything from the checkout aisle to rents to airline tickets and fed saying we don't have an inflation problem. >> i would trust chipotle more than the government. and look at two parts, number one, we have the payroll tax now taken out 2% per month. $40 a mo

i'm jamie colby, keep it on fox. fox. >> all is well for the al's, al-jazeera, scooping up al gore's current tv in a deal. al-jazeera is owned by the state oil production 68% of its economy. not very green if now what i mean. insiders say that gore tried to close the deal before the new year kicked in to avoid getting hit by the higher taxes. and charles, so you see, double hypocrisy? >> just a smidgen. al gore one the biggest individual carbon footprints in the country and the guy who says he can't stop eating meat and even though he knows there's a connection between the animals and the population, and the pollution. but, here is the thing that really to be quite honest with you. these guys get a free pass. i think really americans are phony. and i'll tell yu. >> neil: cavalier because they watch our show? (laughter) >> business owners who fly private jets are villains, but let's say bono flies a private jet he's a cool guy. actors are cool free passes. al gore gets a free pass for being a 100% hypocrite and pass t

. >> hi, we're live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby. well, there are now developments out of our nation's capital this morning. thousands are planning to march in support of the president's gun control measures. some residents from newtown, connecticut are expected to be in attendance. organizers say they support a ban on military style assault weapons and high capacity ammunition magazines as well as universal background checks for gun sales and they want lawmakers to require gun safety for all buyers of firearms and also developing we want to keep you up to speed on this, the flu outbreak, as if it wasn't enough the centers for disease control and prevention are warning of a powerful new strain after norovirus spreading through much of our country. a stomach bug, very contagious, ease ty to get, har to prevent and young children and elderly at high risk. i'm jamie colby. back to cavuto on fox. >> ask now, questions later. to deal across the atlantic. the countries with a tax, and this to go global with the playing field. one problem,

i'm jamie colby, back to bulls and bears. keep it here on the fox news channel. >> brenda: just days after president obama lifted the federal worker pay freeze, some lawmakers trying to refreeze their own salaries, saying they don't deserve the extra money, but caroline, you say they not only deserve it, they're underpaid, huh? >> i think they're underpaid, brenda, when you look the at the average amount that a ceo in a publicly traded country. 9.8 million and they make in the house. 175, 195, why is it the highest elected officials in our nation are making 1/50th, approximately 1/50th of the corporate titans. i think this we paid them more they would be less beholden to special interests. >> brenda: i don't know where to start. they work hard and don't take that many vacations and get done what they have to do, don't they? >> well, first of all, the ceo's of major corporations actually add value to the economy. i don't think you could make that claim, but i think it's the wrong argument. we have been arguing for years about

kelly wright and jamie colby are standing by to take over from here. thank you for joining us today. make it a great day everybody. fox news alert another fixture in the u.s. senate is saying goodbye. tom harkin is not running for a 6th term next year, saying, quote, it's just time to step aside. harkin has been a mainstay for decades and departure possibly opens up the door for republicans to pick up a seat. the third big name senator to announce his retirement in recent day, coupled with saxby chambliss from georgia and rockefeller from virginia. but first, what's expected to be a first battles over president obama's cabinet positions. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. great to be here, inside the news headquarters. the president has drawn sharp criticism for two of the top financial regulatory posts. mary jo white, he wants her to plead the securities and exchange committees and richard cordray and whether there's a chance for a smooth confirmation. >> reporter: hi, jamie, the same day in 2012, president obama use add reset appointment to reinstall richard

. ♪ live from american's news headquarter, i am jamie colby.ance armstrong's lawyer is denying that he will admit to taking performance enhancing druth. it cost armstrong his 7 tour de france titles and got him banned for life for the events. his lawyer said he has no knowledge of his client considering a confession . >> hugo chavez is struggling to recover from cancer surge row and his vice-president may postpone the inaugusteration for the thir term. he's receivering from cancer surgery and a serious lung infection . back to forbes on fox. leaving high tax france to flat tax rush yampt offering french actor russian citizenship since the actor is planning to leave his homeland for a tax friendly country. you say america has to learn from russia before rich people run away. >> russia threw out the tax system and put in a flat tax. revenues doubled and economy started to boom. it would be like the productive work and success . there is a lobbyist . i said many times. i don't have an allergic reaction to the flat tax especially into proposed by t

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i am jamie colby see you and we'll see you on the fox news channel. >> here we go again. a new report showing more details of how washington is spending our tax dollars. this time four billion in stimulus cash going to green projects for companies based in germany and italy and japan. isn't it money supposed to help american companies . you say it is a total misuse. we have natural gas and solar and win and they may be doing it cheaper and places like chin a. i don't care if it is less than four billion. i don't like the phony next. the government is lousy. >> it is a disturbing report . point of fact and all of these companis and well is one exception i will give you. all of them are united states subsidaries of foreign companies. let me give you an example. we are sitting here and until nine years ago. the company that we worked at. folks news was a subsidiary of a foreign company. >> this corporation is a u.s. company. >> it was not when you came to work here. >> they don't get money from the federal government. that's the point. if you are getting subsidies from the u

i'm jamie colby. great to have you here, too. topping the news this hour, brand-new battle on congressional leaders take to the airwaves with different ideas thousand solve the massive debt crisis. our political panel has fair and balanced debate ahead. >> gregg: caught on tape, a massive brawl involving 200 teenagers and rather unfortunate shoppers and salespeople caught in the middle. >> jamie: plus disgraced cyclist lance armstrong our legal panel weighs if the new reports are true that a public apology from armstrong are coming. >> gregg: new backlash on gun shows after the deaths of 20 children and six adults at sandy hook elementary school last month renewing that gun control debate. now, we are hearing from law abiding gun owners that are deeply concerned about their second amendment rights. >> the 80 million plus gun owners of america are concerned that because of that tragedy the enemies of lawful gun ownership are going to use the tragedy to attempt to pass new and strict regulations on guns. >> lots of people are worri

kelly wright and jamie colby standing by to take it over. tomorrow on fox news sunday. kelly ayotte and blumenthal talk to chris wallace. make it a great day. >> jamie: a fox news alert. serious warnings, we are not kidding. the flu surpluses t-- surpasses the threshold. i hope you're feeling well. >> kelly: i'm kelly wright. we welcome you, latest figures for the seniors for disease control showing 20 children have died so far and 47 states looking at the rap right there are reporting widespread influenza outbreaks. only california, mississippi and hawaii have been spared so far, but those numbers may lag a couple of weeks behind. >> jamie: yeah, and the numbers are pretty startling. we've recently learned now 27 people dead in minnesota, 22 in pennsylvania, 18 in massachusetts, 8 in oklahoma, 6 in illinois. anna kooiman in the new york city news room with the latest. >> reporter: new york state governor andrew cuomo declaring a state wide emergency, and encouraged everyone to get the flu vaccine. officials say supplies are running low in some places, but the vaccine is

i'm jamie colby. and bears right now. >> brenda: so, first the price spikes and now the price hikes. chipotle warning of higher menu prices because of higher food costs. as consumers are getting smacked on everything from the checkout aisle to rents to airline tickets and fed saying we don't have an inflation problem. >> i would trust chipotle more than the government. and look at two parts, number one, we have the payroll tax now taken out 2% per month. $40 a month out of a paycheck, t nothing compared to what you're seeing at airlines, and certainly obamacare with the big price increase ins premiums and starts to come out of the paycheck and now it's not 40, 50 bucks, it's $80, 90, 100 a spending week. that's a big number. >> brenda: gary b, consumer prices were up 1.7%, less than 3% the year before, but even though the government says that's nothing. it's not hampering the fed at all. >> well, look, i think the number is accurate, to be honest with you. i can underand why people think that inflatio

. ♪ >> hi, we are live from america's news headquarters, i'm jamie colby.ow washington is on high alert. new evidence showing that north korea may be ready to carry out the threat to conduct a nuclear test. these are brand new satellite images into fox. officials say it's the site where nuclear tests have been conducted before and the images show trucks moving around and tunnels being sealed. all of it happening within the past month. american researchers believe that north korea may set off a nuclear bomb inside the mountain soon. we'll keep you posted. and a storm across the country and a powerful new storm making its way to the southeast, and plains. sub-zero temperatures and making for bad road conditions. be careful out there. more headlines 30 minutes away. now, back to bulls and bears. >> brenda: okay, so this will get your heart rate racing. a new government report revealing medicare dishing out more than 120 merchandise worth of medical services to inmates and illegal immigrants. and with lawmakers still not cutting entitlements to save taxpayers c

i'm jamie colby. back to cavuto on fox. >> ask now, questions later. to deal across the atlantic. the countries with a tax, and this to go global with the playing field. one problem, right now they don't know what the money will be used for. charlie, you can't make it up. >> i can't see the chinese and the spending in the asian market where people transact a lot of business. one interesting thing about markets. some if somebody said you have to live in l.a. or new york in the media or entertainment base, less so, but you have to do it. you do not have to trade in europe. there are exchanges all over the place where you can bypass this stuff and i tell you, remember what happened with sarbanes oxley. right after that, they posted the conditions and penalties on companies that want to list here in the united states, and be in the u.s. stock market. a lot of can't went-- >> to your point, london surpassed in new york and hong kong blew up and in the meantime, a giant money grab up to 76 billion dollars, forget about they don't know what to do with it. >> the financial crisis they say

i'm jamie colby, this is a brand new hour inside america's news headquarters. >> i'm rick folbaum in y wright. >> jamie: great to see you, rick. >> there are hospitals taking extra precautions, including one in minnesota where officials are trying to cut down on the number of visitors, in some cases closing their doors to guests altogether. molly henneberg is following this in washington and has the latest. >> hi rick, hi jamie more likely there have have been more than 18 deaths in total. and they are not required to report deaths over 18. 18 people have died from the flu. let's look at the map again. c.d.c., centers for disease control information on where the flu is hitting. these 29 states are reporting what they call high ili activity through the end of december. ili stands for infleew like flu season. >> it seems to be starting sooner than most flu seasons and the strain of flu that's spreading, tends to be social with earlier and more severe flu years. >> reporter: doctors say you can still get a flu shot, it takes about two weeks to become effective and could give you protecti

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. so the death toll grows. cdc releases numbers, 20 children have died and overall there are now 27 dead in minnesota, 22 in pennsylvania, 18 in massachusetts, 8 in oklahoma and six in illinois. nationwide the grim total may be higher since not all of the deaths are initially reported as linked to the flu. anna is following all this develop by the hour. live in the new york city newsroom. >> reporter: officials say the flu outbreak may be slowing, cuomo declared a state health emergency. flu has been reported in all states, 57 counties and all five boroughs. boston has been hit particularly hard. death toll stands at six including a child under the age of 6. stated public health officials say the flu's early arrival and fierce symptoms have caused patients to flood emergency rooms and a rush on vaccine. nationally officials say supplies are running low in some places, but vaccine is still available. nearly 130 million doses of flu vaccine have been distributed and so far at least 112 million have been used. the

hi, everybody, i'm jamie colby. minute and here's the latest on the hostage situation in algeria. the white house condemning the terrorist attack. inarmed american drone is operatings above the bp gas field there while the number of hostages isn't known americans still believed to be among them. >>> defense secretary leon panetta saying only soldiers need armor-piercing bullets or assault weapons. that is in response to a u.s. soldier's question at military base in italy. panetta responding, who needs armor-piercing bullets except you guys in battle. he was with president clinton when the salt ban was signed in 1990s but it expanded in 2004. >>> now the international olympic committee is stripping lance armstrong from the 2000 bronze medal from the sydney olympics because of his admission to blood doping. those are the latest headlines from the fox news channel. i'm jamie colby. back to ashley. ashley: jamie, thank you very much. oil hitting four-month highs today amid the algerian hostage standoff that goes on. san

i'm jamie colby in for heather childers. >> gregg: i'm gregg jarrett. welcome to a brand-new hour.this hour, some hospitals taking extra precautions including in minnesota where officials are trying to cut down on the number of visitors there and in some cases closing their doors entirely. molly henneberg is following it all live from washington. >> molly: distribution say this year's flu shot is a good map for the flu virus going around. it will be effective more than 60 than of the time and there is still time to get your flu shot that takes two to three weeks to become effective. but doctors are concerned about this flu season because hitting early and it's a influenza "a" strain which is similar to the flu that hit hard in the went of 2003-2004. >> whenever you have the flu which is so early, november, december because the type of flu that we have is influenza "a". this particular virus is aggressive and deadly one and has put thousands of people in the hospital. dozens of the kids have died as a result of it. >> molly: here is the map of the latest information on where the flu

jamie colby from the breaking news desk. >> good morning to you, jenna. delay in the trial was needing time necessary for a mental health expert to evaluate the boy who in videotaped interview with police admitted he killed his dad. hall was 32, unemployed plumber when his son, still not identified allegedly shot his father while he was sleeping. defense attorneys for the boy claim he was raised in a violent environment and taught killing people was okay. child welfare authorities in fact, jenna, made more than 20 visits to the home checking on the boy. but the public defender representing him argued the youngster joined his fare, a regional leader of the national socialist movement, to nazi rallies and to the mexican border to learn how to keep mex ans out of the u.s. they say he had a violent streak. stabbing a teacher while in kindergarten with a pencil and the question in this case is did know what he was doing was wrong? his 11-year-old sister told her days ahead of time he planned to shoot his dad to avoid a breakup with their step mom. that is wher

jamie colby is covering this story live from our new york newsroom. jamie. >> reporter: good to see you, jamie. a lot of action overnight. the particular melee left one man dead two others injured. it happened outside after north hollywood nightclub. it got far enough along for authorities to hear the gunshots ring out all captured on camera by "tmz". listen. [gunfire] >> reporter: we had to bleep some stuff obviously. a crazy scene sunday outside the empire club. the fists started to fly. clubgoers jumped on car and took over the street in the middle of traffic before things turned deadly. only then, following the shots you see partygoers running from the scene. police believe they have identified the shooter now but they have yet to announce an arrest. the patron that was killed was only 19 years old, a male, according to reports, taken to an area hospital for treatment but was instead pronounced dead. now police believe the fight started inside the club, heather and spilled outside. it is unclear if the shooter ever made it inside because at that pa

and jamie colby stuff will be worth more.are sworp to uphold the law, but a large group of local sheriffs saying they won't, when it comes to new gun proposals. why some in local law enforcement say they won't follow the president's proposals. one sheriff will be here to explain. ?@ >> jamie: fox news alert in brazil. we have new video from inside that packed nightclub that went up in flame this is morning. police saying at least 245 people were killed, hundreds more injured, just trying to get out of the club. you can see the firefighters trying to help as patrons strug toll find an exit. we are getting reports that fireworks were set off inside that building. that may have been what started the fire. as we get more, we will bring it to you in the show. >> eric: new fallout over the administration's gun control proposals. a reported number of sheriffs -- 127 they say, so far, across the country, claim they may want enforce new gun control laws. they say they believe they're unconstitutional. one is william snyder of martin

. ♪ >> i am jamie colby in for healther childress. >> i am greg. glad you are with us.ew details about a deadly stand off in raur - aroura, colorado. >> and a brand new poll on what america thinks of congress. they join us live. >> shocking case of a woman who prosecutors brutially murdered her boyfriend after he broke up with her. judge janine will be with us to weigh in on the newly released 911 calls. >> a severe strain of the flu is spreading over the country. so far 41 states are reporting wide spread cases and it is blamed in the deaths of 18 children, sending more than 2000 folks to the hospital. molly is live in washington about what is done. the actul number of deaths is higher than that. do we know? we don't know. 18 people under the age of 18 died from the flu. but we don't know how many over the age 18 may have died. they are concerned about the flu season and here's why. it seems to be starting sooner than most flu seasons. it is associated with more flu years. they have enough flu shots. and it hit in the winter of 2003 and 2004 and spreading so rapidly be

i am jamie colby. this is your box is in it. one u.s.rmed drone is ahead abp as field in algeria. at least 35 hostages have been killed, along with 15 terrorists after algerian military surrounded the facility. pineda responding, who need them except you guys in battle? the ban expired in 2004. here is some good housing news. fewer u.s. homes foreclosed in 2012. it was down from 804,000 in 2011. those are your headlines. i will send it back to connell. connell: pushing the retirement age up to 70. the number of ceos that make up the business roundtable moving the age of 270. it would affect social security and also medicare benefits. initial benefits for the so-called wealthy retirees would also be a little bit smaller. seventy is a little young to retire in my book. we will see. dagen: ben affleck "argo," telling the story of the escape during the 1979 hostage crisis. authorities in iran want to put their own version of "argo" out. the film will be titled "the general staff" and will be based on eyewitness accounts. connell: that is gre

jamie: i'm jamie colby, in for jenna lee. jon: welcome. jamie: thank you.s to strengthen

jamie: i'm jamie colby, in for jenna lee. jon: welcome. jamie: thank you. the plan includes measures to strengthen our border security, and will improve they say the illegal immigration process and include an effective ememployment verification system to insure employers do not hire undocumented workers. more importantly, this addresses what happens to the estimate the 11 million immigrants, could be more, that are already here. all this is the result of months of work by eight senators, four republicans, four democrats, as bipartisan as it gets. chief political correspondent carl cameron live on cap hole capitol hill this morning. good morning. >> reporter: jamie this is a big deal on the eve of president's big immigration proposal set in las vegas. this represents a group of bipartisan u.s. senators effectively laying down their marker on the president's proposal. and it is a sweeping one that has bipartisan support from members on both sides of the aisle. let's look what is in it. it is predicated on the increased and verifiable border security. this wou

. >> jamie: i'm jamie colby. >>s in a fox news alert. we are just learning an american pastor held in iran has been sentenced to 8 years in jail. pastor was arrested in september of last year by iranian officials for helping create christian home churches in iran in the early 2000s. his family in iran was not allowed to attend the court proceedings, but yesterday on fox & friends, they were hopeful that the family will get to see him soon. >> we haven't seen him physically. we are hope to be able to see him on monday. >> his wife said they have been getting mixed messages from the iranian government about whether or not her husband would be released. i am bream -- shannon bream. this group has been fighting, trying to help the pastor with this case. jordan, thanks for coming in. was the sentencing expected? how was this playing out? >> yesterday, we knew, we had got know a weird comment from a close family friend, the guy willing to put up the bail and it was denied, 20 times. it was a joke, but he kept trying to make that point. final h

. >> i'm jamie colby. this is a brand-new hour inside america's news headquarters.ormer republican senator chuck hagel as next defense secretary. john bolton is fox new contributor and former u.s. embassador to the united nations. good morning. >> good morning, happy new year. certainly not confirmed that chuck hagel will be assigned the post and up for confirmation but there's talk if he goes through hearings, which you know about, it could be the most contentious we've seen. tell our viewers why. >> it's an unusual process president obama has followed now for the second time on a major cabinet nominee. the first was susan rice's nonnomination to be secretary of state where it was floated out and she ran into a lot of flak and eventually withdraw. the washington press corps seems to have decided this time chuck hagel will be the nominee, but by floating the name out by basically allowing people to speculate on the nomination, already chuck hagel developed opposition. it's a difficult confirmation at a point where the defense department and country don't need a long