. >> and i am jon scott. schools and businesses are closed and power is out and thousands don't have drinking water. hundreds of people are rescued from the high water. the storm system is expected to move away and rivers are not expected to go down any time soon. >> we have live fox news coverage. and we begin with janice dean standing by in the fox weather center. >> hi, jon scott. storm totals are incredible over south carolina. taking a look at it. there is the last four days and some cases two feet of rain. and again, the reason why it is such an epic event, two feet of rainfall is happening over widespread area of south carolina. two feet in mount pleasant and south charleston up two feet. and kingstree south carolina and not only south, but north carolina over 20 inches of rainfall. i want to show you an image that struck me from nasa. this is a satellite image. you can see the plume of moisture over south carolina. it is all a fire house. we had joaquin to the south and east of the storm and the cut o

jon scott visits west point.on: new speculation on the fallout from kevin mccarthy's withdrawal from the race for speaker. some are saying it will be an easy win for democrats in the house and the white house. house. kevin mccarthy's withdrawal from the race was pretty stunning. but is it too early to suggest republicans as one political website did, republicans are handed the the keys to the white house to the democrats in the next election. >> of course that's too early and that's not the way most of the media are covering this story. i think what reporters are doing is reflecting the chaos that exists in the republican party. when you have pete king saying his party is behaving like they are in a banana republic, you know you have got a problem. the republicans can't even agree on whom they want to lead them when they are supposed to unite around a candidate for president. this does not bode well for them. so what are the media supposed to do. jon: i believe you just used the word chaos. what do you think of t

he rolls in like jon scott. jon: it's very chill there in robertson land.rward to that. we'll be watching, thank you. jenna: well, halloween is creeping closer, and kids are getting ready for the holiday, but some of them will have to celebrate outside of school. lauren green has the details. >> reporter: there'll be no tricks, nor treats at one new jersey elementary school. critics say it's political correctness gone amok. maplewood has canceled halloween celebrations, administrators say 20% of the school's students opted out for religious or cultural reasons. after careful consultation and deliberation, we have decided not to hold in-school halloween activities. the district spokesperson told fox by phone that parents who supported the decision say children felt excluded in the past. >> they were taking kids out of a room where they saw their friends getting ready with candy and costumes and stuff and taking them to a different room for another activity, and they just didn't feel like that was the right thing to be doing. >> reporter: a similar ban at a c

. >> and i am jon scott. a thriving black market is shown in key components with the fbi reportedly interrupting four attempts by gangs with russian ti ties selling nuclear weapon materials looking for buyers in the middle east. landon is live with more. >> reporter: nuclear material in the hands of isis sounds far more plausible following this undercover investigation between the fbi and moldova police officers. they discovered an uranium network that has been operating for five years in a backyard here. the smuggling network offered a large amount of the deadly material to someone they believe represented isis. they were saying it was essential the material go to the arabs because they would be the most essential in buying the bombs and the american states must be annihilated. the undercover moldova police had 20 meetings before purchasing the viles for $320,000. if the buyer liked what he saw he got a kilogram every week at the same price. they would get blue prints for war heads and even an old missile sy

i am jenna lee. >> i am jon scott. >> jon: after the rounds of attacks that killed dozens of people itng today. israel is

jon scott hits the links to explain. plus there is this. >> it is right.t little girl chose life. >> might be the youngest ever homecoming queen. why this football team found their hero in a three-year-old little girl. ♪ ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life" ♪song: "that's life"♪ that's life. you diet. you exercise. and if you still need help lowering your blood sugar... ...this is jardiance. along with diet and exercise, jardiance works around the clock to lower blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. it works by helping your body to get rid of some of the sugar it doesn't need through urination. this can help you lower blood sugar and a1c. and although it's not for weight loss or lowering systolic blood pressure, jardiance could help with both. jardiance can cause serious side effects including dehydration. this may cause you to feel dizzy, faint or lightheaded, or weak upon standing. other side effects are genital yeast infections, urinary tract infections, changes in urination, kidn

. >> i am jon scott. >> jon: after the rounds of attacks that killed dozens of people it is continuing today. israel is condemning a fire attack at the tomb of joseph on the west bank. john is live with more in jerusalem. >> reporter: there has been clashes here in bethlehem in the west bank. the wall is to the right of the camera. the best -- west bank wall. is coming out and firing tear gas every once in a while. it goes out and has 30 tubes of fire of canisters and creates a smoke screen as the troops push forward to push the rioters back. this has been going on all day since we got here. every now and again we get a burst of wind that comes our way and pushes the tear gas toward us. it stings the high and burns the throat. what happened earlier was the rioters were much closer to us. they were right around those trash dumpsters and created their own smoke screen as they sling shot rocks. really large size ones and marbles at us. i got hit by a couple of those and they sting because they carry when they bounce and hit you in the leg. all of this escalated. this is just one of many c

i am jenna lee. >> and i am jon scott.ing black market is shown in key components with the fbi reportedly interrupting four attempts by gangs with russian ti ties selling nuclear weapon

. >>> jon scott is standing by because "happening now" is coming up. >> greg, good morning.you look at polls, kentucky senator rand paul is facing a battle for the white house. should he throw in the towel on the presidential race and focus on his senate re-election bid instead? we will get into that. plus, cops say he brutally murdered his teacher on school grounds when he was 14 and two years later he is being tried as an adult. can the attorneys say anything to sway the jury? and west point, the nation's oldest military academy is boasting a new feature on the golf course with each hole remembering a war that was thought. we will go live there. >>> a disturbing report on the increasing number of sanctuary cities all over the countries coming months after the death of kate steinle in san francisco who was shot and killed by an illegal immigrant. >> the self-inflicted wound that murdered our daughter was by the hands of a man who should have never bean on the streets in this country. this country. that's the power of active management. big day? ah, the usual. moved some new

jon: i'm jon scott.a chambers, now faces four counts of second-degree murder. police say she drove her car into a group of spectators. the four casualties include a two-year-old boy. 46 other people were ininjured. she was arrested driving under influe

jon: and i'm jon scott.asting jeb bush's claims that his brother, quote, kept us safe in the aftermath of 9/11. he claims things would have been very different if he had been in charge. governor bush says trump's comments show a lack of seriousness, but trump is not backing down. >> jeb said we were safe with my brother, we were safe.

jon: i'm jon scott.identified as 26-year-old chris harper mercer, he was shot and killed by police. taking the lives of nine people, injuring at least seven others. we're expecting to learn more two hours from now. as it stands, the shooter's mote e remains un-- motive remains unclear. survivors say the shooter demanded his victims state their religion before shooting them. one witness describes the horror.

i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. first time donald trump is not the obvious front runner. ben carson is gaining momentum in recent polls. q have more in colorado >> it puts a lot of pressure on donald trump. and how he answers questions and now he can't say i am leading everywhere in all of the states and nationally. both in iowa waand nationally mr. carson was in the lead. mr. trump was there talking to the iowa wavoters and seemed hopeful and pleading that iowa help him get back on the polls. >> iowa will you get your numbers up, please? [applause] when you get the numbers up, i will do such a good job. >> after his event in iowa, he took up wit twit. and after a great evening, i am in colorado looking for i am sure an unfair debate. at cnbc reports numbers. they can't say trump number one. and does he think they will get numbers right prior to the debate. sad. free spinning the debate that he might could be in trouble for or face criticism. and intensed scrutiny. ben carson and jeb bush have big, big opportunities. in jeb bush, he down sized his campaign and inpressing

i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. polls show carson took over the lead for trump in iowa. jeb bush is meeting with two former presidents. his father and brother in houston. we are live in washington with a wrap up. >> the bush campaign and donors from around the country are back in texas. at the time they thought it would be a celebration and getting to the stretch of the first cack cus. and now they are downsizing the campaign for mr. bush. he recognizes he needs to get momentum and traction soon. couple of weeks or months of this it would be difficult to have a comeback. he tried to reassure the donors and for a guy who campaigns with joy in his heart, he's getting fed up with the pointless name calling. >> if this election is how we fight to have nothing done. i have a lot of cool things i could do other than sit around being miserable and listening to people demonizing me and elect trump if you want that. >> bush campaign knows that jeb needs a moment and how they get that is depending on trump. trump was complaining about the press and now carson. four polls in iowa t

i am jon scott. >> i am jenna lee. speculation about the run is spirling. and>mvqñ now ed henry said joe is expected to run in the race. >> reporter: jenna, we have heard that vice-president joe biden would announce his decision by the end of the summer. we are still waiting for the decision. we are hearing that there are reports it is coming soon. three sources that the vice-president is expected to announce he's running and telling supporters he's planning to jump in and not rushing and does not believe the timing will be imminent. this saturday, democrat jefferson jackson event and mar que. and in november a handful of filing deadlines. and why many democrats are trying to push the vice-president either way. president obama publicly staying out of this. >> i am not going to comment what joe is or not doing. i think you can direct those questions to my very abled vice-president. >> reporter: the press briefing is ongoing. josh earnest said he doesn't know if the president knows what the vice-president's decision is or time line. and if biden jumped in the

jon? >> scott, the american academy of pediatrics is reinforcing previous recommendations saying, "no amount of alcohol intake should be considered safe." the risk increases as alcohol con consumption increases but even one drink a day has been linked to delayed growth. even though these recommendations have been in place for more than 30 years, roughly 10% of women still drink during pregnancy and 3% binge. that's four or more drinks at once. the effect -- a recent study of first-graders found 2.5% to 5% had evidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. >> but you know, some doctors say if you want to have a glass of wine have one glass of wine. is that not safe? >> scott, this report says there's no confirmed consensus right now about the dangers of an occasional drink of alcohol during pregnancy. but i spoke to the lead author and she said, look, we know for a fact that alcohol can have a toxic effect on the developing fetus. so she said why take a chance? >> dr. jon lapook. jon, thanks very much. >>> the reviews are in, but can you trust them? that's next. >>> oprah winfrey is going on a

jon scott hits the links to explain. plus there is this. >> it is right. and you know, that little girl chose life. >> might be the youngest ever homecoming queen. why this football team found their hero in a three-year-old little girl. ♪ but i did. i'm mike, and i'm very much alive. now my doctor recommends a bayer aspirin regimen to help prevent another heart attack. be sure to talk to your doctor before you begin an aspirin regimen. when you're not confident your company's data is secure, the possibility of a breach can quickly become the only thing you think about. that's where at&t can help. at at&t we monitor our network traffic so we can see things others can't. mitigating risks across your business. leaving you free to focus on what matters most. ♪ don't just eat. mangia! bertolli. iflike i love shrimp, come to red lobster's endless shrimp... ...for as much as you want, any way you want it... sweet, spicy, and crispy. like wood-grilled teriyaki shrimp... ...and buttery garlic shrimp scampi. and yeah, it's endless, but it won't last forever. before

. >> >> jon: and i am jon scott. hillary clinton clashed are hillary clinton over the economy and gun control and other things. this is amid the growing speculation of biden's plan for a white house run. ju ju july, cory and mole is here for us to talk about this more. we have the -- to shorten the titles and get to the discussion. julie, did hillary clinton accomplish what she needed to do? >> she did. she needed to reassure the democratic base she could carry the message until november and accomplished that. two, she needed to reintroduce herself to america because what america has seen since the rollout has been a defensive person. and she needed to send the message to joe biden there is no room for him. >> jon: the consensus of the agreement after the debate today is hillary clinton won. did she? >> i think she did win the debate with the candidates on the stage. the thing for clinton is she still needs to put forward a reason for her running other than the notion she is a woman. she kind of leaned on that crutch

. >> i am jon scott. >> i am arthel neville. joan boehner said he will stick around until a successor is choseen and he would like to leave by the end of this month. mccarthy will not resewn as majority leader, but he said his decision is for the good of the party. >> we should put the conference first. and i think there is something to be said for us to unite with a fresh face. >> republicans meeting this morning in the capitol basement some leaning on paul ryan to run. so far, his office said that will not happen. susan, correspondent with the washington examiner and knows the players involved. there seems to be a drum beat to get paul ryan to take the job, what is his response. >> so far his response is no. this is a case of law makers saying no. and paul ryan said he's not interested and not running, law makers said think about it before deciding you will not do it. he told a few people privately, he will think about it over the weekend. his answer has been no repeatedly. and so it sounds like he is appealing to them to give

welcome, i am jon scott. >> quite a title. >> it is. >> i am jenna le. governor chris christie is preparing to take the stage, take the microphone. i know he would love to take the state. but we are a ways from that. molly line has more from new hampshire. molly, what makes the day's event unique? >> reporter: jenna, you mentioned eight candidates will be here today speaking and they are both republicans and democrats joined together in one event. it is a no labels convention and there are 2000 people here. this group, no label system made up of republicans, and democrats and independents dedicated to make the government work again. former senator joe leiberman is a co-chair and the former governor of utah joe huntson. they are bringing together both sides with an eye on the solution. >> it is getting people, running for president focused on how to pursue the shared goals for americans and start fixing. >> there is a lot of independents in the crowd. and independent thinkers are here. they can hear from donald trump and bernie sanders all in the same day

i am jon scott. >> and i'm jenny lee. >> and the grieving process for his son beau impacted his decisionot to seek the president so. >> unfortunately i believe we are out of time, the time necessary to mount a winning campaign for the nomination. but whileÑi i will not be i candidate, i will not be silent. i intend to speak out and influence as much as i can where we stand as a party and where we need to go as a nation. >> let's bring in our chief white house correspondent ed henry. >> reporter: good to see you jenna. what is interesting, this is a big moment for hillary clinton. if you look at that debate, many people gave her the victory in the democratic debate. the democrat field is smaller and not big and bold as the republican side. jim webb got out and now joe biden is not getting in and what i find fascinating, he's surprising his key supporters. the head of the american firefighter's union ready to throw support behind joe biden, he was expecting joe biden to get in and preparing his troops to get out there and go door-to-door for the vice-president in the presidential campaign.

welcome to "happening now", i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee. on stage. sdtq-and jim webb an and bernie sanders and hillary clinton. and joe biden, if he decides. could there be another candidate. you never know. and donald trump will tweet the whole boring thing if he stays away. what is going on in las vegas? >> reporter: i will drinking coughy and lookingñr for the tweets no doubt. and joe biden, they have a sixth podium waiting for the vice-president. and no signs of him diverting his planes west. i spoke to a top fundraiser and he said he believes he getting in but anyone's guess. he is leaning and get in after the debate and not show up here tonight in las vegas. that would obviously scramble things big time. hillary clinton came out still leading the pack. and still watching bernie sanders close on her heels. and vice-president joe boyd bide if he gets in. and here's what is interesting in the new poll, in head-to-head match ups, hillary clinton despite leading the democratic field is badly trailing ben carson and donald trump and jeb bush and loed

i am jon scott. >> mrs. clinton answered questions for 11 hours and she was asked if there was a recommendation to suspend diplomatic relations in benghazi. she said no. but the cable suggests other otherwise. catherine? >> reporter: thank you, jenna. in addition to the classified cable we have new documents that show within 25 hours of the attack she wrote itÑ%xzs was no a film. it was not what she told the families. >> one hour after you told the american people you say to your family. two killed in benghazi by an al-qaeda- like group. you tell the american people one thing. you tell your family an entirely different story. >> if you look at the statement i made. i clearly said it was an attack. congressman, on the basis of the video. >> calling it attack is like saying the sky is blue. of course it was an attack. >> the father of ty woods. you see him here. he met with mrs. clinton and took notes about what she promised him and the other families and this is the entry. i gave hillary a hug and shook her h

. >> i'm jon scott. six minutes away on "happening now," he was frontrunner for gop nomination.unning way behind in the polls. former florida governor is planning a change in strategy ahead of the next republican debate. can he recover? we'll talk to his campaign manager. a new system will allow unmanned air traffic control towers to guide planes in and out of airports. with all the near-misses in the skies is automation safe? we'll get into it, "happening now." bill: more than 30 years ago a college student in ohio had his car stolen. a 1968 chevy camaro, one of the great muscle cars of all time. he and his father spent a year restoring car before it disappeared. half a decade later, phone rings. police found the can mario, today 34 years later it is back in the garage where it belongs. ron and his father are with me now. good morning to you. >> good morning, bill. bill: ron, 1981, in college student, working grocery store. you're driving by this car every day. man i want to own that thing. so you buy it and restore 9% of the chrome on the car. you park it near a pole in the pa

maybe we could get jon scott to do it one day. >> i am a little busy in this studio. >>> playboy is noonger going to feature naked women on their passengers. what are they going to do? jonathan hunt is deep in the investigation here. tell us what is next for pl playboy. >> reporter: this is not a sudden epiphany for hew hefner. circulation is down from 5.6 million in 1975 to just 800,000. it is not tat america decided it no longer likes looking at naked women. just finding nudity is cheaper and easier in the world of the internet. it is said you are one click away from ever sex act you can imagine for free so now it will be about the articles. it will follow the lead of its website that went through a similar design and saw the age of the audience quadruple. the women will not disappear entirely. there is going to be plenty of them just wearing a little more clothing. corey jones admits it wasn't easy. he said 12-year-old me is disappointed but it is the right thing to do. playboy executives hope that might get the magazine out of the plastic wrapper and off of that back shelf which i

jon: and i'm jon scott. those talks come after russia launched a new round of airstrikes in syria. syria president bashar assad, russian officials claim their fighter jets were carrying out strikes on isis targets, but folks here in the u.s. and on the ground in syria are claiming the strikes are killing civilians and u.s. allies. doug mckelway live at the pentagon with the latest. >> reporter: jon, things are happening on multiple fronts in this fast-moving story. first, as we speak, a spokesman for centcom in baghdad is expected to brief reporters momentarily on these latest issues with the soviet airstrikes. the pentagon press secretary, peter cook, will then brief reporters here at the pentagon shortly after that. in the meantime, to make a complex situation even more difficult, fox news has now confirmed that iranian troops have now arrived in syria apparently to commence ground attacks against anti-assad syrian rebels. this is not a surprise to mesh military officials -- to american military officials, telling fox news and i'm quoting here, it has always been understood in th

first to jon scott in what is coming up in second how of "happening now." >> a whale watching boat capsizesnada. five people are dead, one still missing. what caused this tragedy? we'll get into that. >>> russian subs and spy ships too close to comfort? how increased activity by the russian navy near key undersea cables is raising a lot of eyebrows at the pentagon. >>> drenching rain causes flash flooding. where the remnants of hurricane patricia are putting drivers in danger. "happening now." andrea. andrea: thanks, jon. >> the obama administration pushing for a different approach to learning. hmmm. the president calling for a cap how much class time students spend taking standardized tests of the he is holding a meeting at white house today with school officials to outline the new plan. most states agreed to the common core standards in 2010 but there has been growing criticism that the feds are too involved in what some say should be a state and local decision. the federal bost does not require common core but the administration had backed it with financial incentives. obama saying that

i am jon scott. >> and i am jenna lee.talk about the significant exchange you just witnessed and mike emmanuel was standing boy. interesting timing for that. and this hearing getting under way three hours from now. with the arrival of hillary clinton on capitol hill. law makers questioning the secretary of state on her decision surrounding the deadly attack that left four americans dead. clinton pushed back allegations ha she denied security in the consulate in benghazi. >> those issues related to security were rightly handled by the security officials in the department. not see them, approve them or deny them. >> mike emmanuel is live on capitol hill. and we believe that hillary clinton will be walking out and taking a lunch break and then there will be another round or two of questions that take place. and that's why you hear from law makers that they will pick up the conversation where they left off. they will have a chance and an opportunity to continue the questioning that they felt they didn't a chief what they wante

. >> and i am jon scott. the gunman killed nine people and hurt seven others before officers killed him in a shootout. witnesses said he suspected out his victims and asking them if they were christian before shooting them. we learned more about the gunman, chris harper mercer. authorities searched his apartment and found weapons. we are learning more about the weapons in this case, will. >> reporter: that's right. authorities are trying to figure out why mercer stormed the college campus. at the crime scene they found five handguns and a rifle type gun and numerous clips and body armor. inside of his apartment they found more weapons. he showed up yesterday ready to do damage when he went inside and unloaded on two separate classrooms. he lined the victims up and asked if they were christians, if they said yes, he shot them in the head. on my space he was seen holding the gun. he is sympathetic to the catholic- irish army. he has sympathized with the man who murdered the television reporter and photographer

jon: and i'm jon scott.ald trump blasting jeb bush's claims that his brother, quote, kept us safe in the aftermath of 9/11. he claims things would have been very different if he had been in charge. governor bush says trump's comments show a lack of seriousness, but trump is not backing down. >> jeb said we were safe with my brother, we were safe. well, the world trade center just fell down. now, am i trying to blame him? i'm not blaming anybody, but the world trade center came down. so when he were safe, that's not safe. we lost 3,000 people. it was one of, probably the greatest catastrophe ever in this country if you think about it, right? jon: joining us now is bret baier, the anchor of "special report." to be fair to jeb bush, i think his point about him keeping us safe, meaning george w. bush, was intended to start at the moment the 9/11 attacks brought down the world trade center. i guess to donald trump's way of thinking, maybe that distinction doesn't exactly matter, bret. >> well, right, jon. good mo

jon: couple of surprises in those numbers, i'm jon scott.polls out on the gop field, and a "wall street journal"/nbc survey finds donald trump with the highest level of support since he entered the race, but he's followed closely by dr. ben carson at 22%. that puts carson in the margin of error of his first place rival. senator marco rubio rounds out the top three. the cnn/orc poll also finds trump and carson at the top of the field, they are the only two candidates with support above 20%. senator rubio and former governor jeb bush are tied for third in that poll. but the other big news in the poll, carly fiorina's drop. her support plunges 11% from a month ago. joining us now, charlie hurt and a.b. stoddard, associate editor and column it at "the hill." a.b., i want to start with you specifically about carly fiorina. does she need another debate to bring her numbers back up? what explains this plunge? >> i think if you look at her last debate, she's probably hoping that on the 28th -- which is the next time that the contenders debate on the

jon? >> scott, the american academy of pediatrics is reinforcing previous recomndations saying, "no amount of alcohol intake should be considered safe." the risk increasess alcohol consumption inineases but even one drinday has been linind to delayed growth. even though these recommendations have been in place for more than 30 years, roughly 10% ofomen still drink during pregnancy and 3% binge. that's four or more drinks at once. the effect -- a recent study of fit-graders found 2.5% to 5% had evidence of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder. >> but you know, some doctors say you want to have a glass of wine have one glass of wine. is that nosafe? >> scott, thisiseport says there's no confirmed consensus right now about the dangers of an occasional drink of alcohol during pregnancy. but i spoke to the lead author and she saidlook, we know for a facthat alcohol can have a fetus. so she said why take chance? >> dr. jon lapook. jon, thanks very much. >>> the reviews are in, but can that's next. >>> opoph winfrey is going o oa diet again, this time for a ton of money. today she spent $43 million fo

jon: i'm jon scott.his woman, 25-year-old adacia chambers, now faces four counts of second-degree murder. police say she drove her car into a group of spectators. the four casualties include a two-year-old boy. 46 other people were ininjured. she was arrested driving under influence after the crash but her lawyer says she suffers from mental illness. mat finn in pain county courthouse in oklahoma. matt? reporter: jon, that was a game-changer. she was arrested for a dui. her attorney insists and tells us she was not drinking. he insists that 25-year-old adacia chambers was suffering from a extreme mental episode so much so she doesn't recall anything happened this weekend. she had to tell her that you hit people and killed people. she will appear in the court behind me. she faces four counts of second degree murder. she will not appear in person. she will appear from a video unless her attorney make as last minute request. the attorney says, she, adacia was, so blank after that tragic accident, that that

i am jon scott. >> and i'm jenna lee. emergency crews are working to stabilize several dams. there are more evacuation and a drone showing how excess water ravaged the roadways. the storms are to blame for 16 deaths in carolina. driving through the high water is dangerous officials are warning. garrett has more from south carolina. >> reporter: this is one of the areas that the governor nicki haley is watching. yesterday, you could drive down the mitted of the road and now the entire area is flooded with three feet to five feet of water. we are right next to the river. right on the other side of the houses. flood stage is 11 feet. right now it is at 15 feet of water. and it is still rising. you can see these homes are raised in the area, but not all of them are. the first floors have several feet of water. and right where i am, it slopes down 3 or 4 feet. we are not going that way because we don't know how deep it is. you can so folks are getting around through this area. one couple used a paddle boat to get to their house to check. and they are helping anyone to get out of h

jon: i'm jon scott. current speaker john boehner scheduled leadership votes for next week. he supports paul ryan to be the new speaker after he told reporters last night he would be open running for the top job if house republicans agree do his conditions, including gets support from the three wings from the gop conference which haven't agreed much lately on anything. here is what paul ryan said last night. >> we have become the problem. if my colleagues entrust me to be the speaker, i want us to many about the solution. jon: chief con expressional correspondent mike emanuel on capitol hill live. what is the latest from the speaker on this big vote, mike? reporter: jon, the house republican conference is expected to select the nominee for speaker one week from today and vote in the house on floor of the house on speakers expected next thursday. congressman paul ryan as you mentioned laid out his vision for under terms he would consider next speak evident hours. calling gop unity. that speaker should be visionary. family should come first. calling for regular order in the ho

andrea: you know you're hungry for more "outnumbered," but first jon scott's with what's coming up in" jon: bernie sanders holding a town hall in iowa right now. we are monitoring that for news. several new polls out today show hillary clinton getting a small bump from the first democratic debate. those polls show bernie sanders has maintained his number two position. and all eyes are on vice president joe biden. will he run? fox news reporter ed henry says his sources say the vice president is expected to get into the race for the white house. we'll have reaction on that ahead next hour on "happening now." andrea: thank you. jon: thanks. sandra: a new study revealing that some men are threatened by smart women and actually may not want to date them because of it. listen to this. in this study men were asked to imagine dating a woman who was a lot smarter than themselves. the men were initially enticed by the idea, but when it came to actually meeting that woman in person, they suddenly had a change of heart. making researchers think that men only like the idea of dating a smarter wom

jon: i'm jon scott.f course the president sat down for an interview with "60 minutes" and said his former secretary of state could have handled the decision to use private email server better. and the president also accuses of republicans turning the investigation into a political attack in an effort to keep hillary clinton from becoming president. take a listen. >> i don't think it posed a national security problem. i think it was a mistake that she's acknowledged and you know, as a general proposition, when we're in these offices, we have to be more sensitive and stay as far away from the line as possible when it comes to how we handle information, how we handle our own personal data. and you know, she made a mistake. she acknowledged it. i do think that the way it has been ginned up is in part because of politics. jon: joining us now, bret baier, the anchor of "special report." i suppose there are many in washington who see it differently. that this investigation of the clinton email situation which c

first to jon scott with what is coming up in the second hour of "happening now." >> we'll have a newsfrom president obama in the white house. the president is set to announce education secretary arne duncan is stepping down. he is likely to get questions about the mass shooting in oregon and as well as syria and russia. we'll have it for you live. we're tracking hurricane joaquin slamming bahamas right now. expecting to send potentially dangerous flooding to much of the east coast of the u.s. we just learn ad big cargo ship is missing off the bahamas. it is carrying 33 people. stocks, sinking today although they are up at the moment on a worse than expected september jobs report. august numbers revised lower as well. not a lot of good news on economic front right now. harris? >> when you add in all the part-time jobs looks like unemployment is 10%. that is scary stuff. jon, thank you. >> thanks. >> major developments in syria. the united states and several of its coalition partners issuing a joint statement calling on russia to stop attacking syrian opposition groups and to focus on i

good morning to you, i'm jon scott. jenna: i'm jenna lee. more mandatory evacuations ordered across the state of south carolina as overflowing dams burst and bring more flooding with several more in danger. the devastating rainfall now blamed for at least 13 deaths there. these rescue operations go on to find anymore victims of the record-breaking rainfall. >> it's a lot of work finding victims, especially in the midst of rubble and locating them depending how their injuries are. it is great feeling to get somebody out of a disaster like that. jenna: jonathan serrie live from one of the hard-hit areas, forced acres in south carolina. jonathan? >> reporter: jenna, you can see flood damage behind me. this is forest drive. large chunks were taken out when the whole area flooded. as you pan to the right, businesses that were water logged. at one point the water level came above the door of the cleaners across the street. the rain ended but high water levels continue to drive concerns for the potential of more dam breaches. residents learned all

first jon scott what is coming up in hour two of "happening now." >> hillary clinton speaking an eventinues to push her plans to make college more affordable. it comes as we get new polling on swing states. >>> south carolina governor nikki haley speaking to reporters about the record rainfall and flooding in south carolina. the governor says officials in several spots are still in response mode and praised citizens as well. there has been no looting so far. at least 15 people died in historic flooding. >>> ap warns that gangs with russian ties are shopping for uranium in customers in the middle east. that story ahead. >> thanks, jon. >> ol-la-la. on that first date, ask the person for what? your credit score. sounds odd but you're absolutely right. they looked a the role credit plays in relationships, founder a very good indicator, predicted whether people stay committed to one another. people shows with higher credit scores will form relationships with marriages and stay with them. if couple's scores are similar with one another, they are more likely to stay it in longer, charlie, yo

. >> more "outnumbered" in just a moment, but first to jon scott with what's coming up in hour two ofng at a big event in new hampshire. it is billed as a nonpartisan organization, but trump attacked president obama. trump leads a new national cbs poll. we have analysis coming up. also hillary clinton leads in those same new cbs polls as she gears up for the first democratic debate tomorrow night. we've got ed henry live in the coming hour. and zimbabwe says that country is no longer pressing for the extra dition of james walter palmer, the american dentist who became infamous for killing a beloved lion named cecil. we'll have a live report on that next hour, "happening now." >> we'll see you then. >> well, imagine a world without bosses. well, what's exactly -- that's exactly what one online shoe retailer is experimenting with in its new bossless work environment. this spring the company abolished managers, eliminating job titles and denounced its own organizational hire lawyer key. it im-- hire ary. it implemented a new system of self-governance. employees come together to propose t

jon: emphasizing it remains a dangerous world, i'm jon scott. president obama expected to speak shortly from the roosevelt room at the white house announcing he plans to keep more than 5,000 troops in afghanistan beyond 2016 and beyond his last day as president, leaving the nation's longest-ever war to his successor. right now we have nearly 10,000 troops in country. the president wanted to draw that force down by the end of next year to a small presence based at the u.s. embassy. the pentagon arguing against that timeline because of the resurgence of the taliban and the new threat from islamic state fighters in afghanistan. meanwhile, we are also standing by for a news conference from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as his country deploys troops to try to defend against attacks by palestinian terrorists. jenna: a lot going on. we have live fox team coverage with copp no powell -- conor powell reporting from jerusalem, but we're going to begin with kevin corke on the president's decision. >> reporter: jenna and jon, good morning to you

first to jon scott what is coming up in second hour of "happening now." >> passenger train derails inl cars on the train came off the track. there are four injuries, none life-threatening we're told we'll get you more details as we get them. south carolina governor nikki haley updating media on the horrible in her state. nine death attributed to flooding. a live update ahead. new polling shows donald trump remains the frontrunner for the republican nomination but his support slipping some in iowa and new hampshire. a closer look at numbers and field ahead on "happening now." harris. >> at the top of the hour. see you then. >> thank you. >> number of kids playing team sports, soccer, baseball, touch football, staples of american childhood are falling and experts are blaming parents. according to a survey cited by "the washington post" the amount of team sports played by children ages six to 11 has droply nearly 4% just since 2009. total sports played have plummeted by nearly 10%. the post writing quote, larger socioeconomic forces are in play, especially in the suburbs where the shift

jon: i'm jon scott. the shooter, identified as 26-year-old chris harper mercer, he was shot and killed by police. taking the lives of nine people, injuring at least seven others. we're expecting to learn more two hours from now. as it stands, the shooter's mote e remains un-- motive remains unclear. survivors say the shooter demanded his victims state their religion before shooting them. one witness describes the horror. >> we heard the first shot at, i believe it was 10:38 when the cops said they got their first call, and then one of the students from my class left to go check on the other room, and she was shot in the arm and in the stomach and ran back to our class and told us that there was a gun. it was right next to the room. we heard all the screams, all the shots, heard everything. jon: william la jeunesse live in roseburg, oregon. william? >> reporter: well, jon, one of the questions, as you mentioned, is motive. why here? why now? why yesterday? we don't yet have a manifesto like we did in the