congressman leonard boswell was home with his family when some guy pushed his way in as gunpoint. boswell wrestled the man and tried to grab the gun. then his grandson went for a shotgun. that sent the robber high tailing it out the door. police say no one is seriously injured. >>> in phoenix a 61-year-old woman accused of groping a tsa agent. police say the woman refused to go through screening. then she reached out and grabbed the agent's breasts. she was arrested and charged with a felony. >>> the debate over raising the debt ceiling and reducing the deficit picks up again today after no significant progress over the weekend. congress faces an august 2nd deadline to raise the limit or risk federal government defaulting on its bills. republicans are pushing a new plan with a catchy title. details from candy crowley. >> reporter: buzzword alert. >> cut cap and balance gets us out of debt over a period of time. >> cut bringing down the $1.5 trillion deficit this year. cap federal spending at 18% at gdp. it's at 24% now. pass a balanced budget amendment to the constitution that inc

and nato forces in afghanistan to lieutenant general john allen. >>> congressman leonard boswell is okayan armed invasion of his iowa farmhouse. the 77-year-old boswell reportedly struggled with the gunman before his grandson grabbed a shotgun, pointed it at the intruder, who then fled. >>> concert chaos in canada. the stage at the ottawa blues fest giving way last night during a severe storm sending people running for their lives. it happened while cheap trick was performing. no one in the band was injured. >>> a 61-year-old colorado woman is facing sexual abuse charges for allegedly groping a female tsa agent in a phoenix airport. 61-year-old woman refused to be screened and grabbed the agent's breasts with both hands and twisted. >>> playing for a battered country, japan beating u.s. in a thrilling women's world cup final, it came down to penalty kicks and it is japan's ever, first ever, world cup title. >>> caught up on the day's headlines. "americ >>> when it comes to the debt ceiling debate it is called cut, cap and balance. >> is the conservative plan just political jargon or an a

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those were the simple words of iowa congressman leonard boswell after fending off an armed intruder inhis wife, daughter and grandson were about to hit the sack late saturday when the thug broke in attacking his daughter. the wiley 77-year-old tried to stop him but it was boswell's drandson's loaded shotgun that caused the punc to flee in the opposite direction. if there is one thing you learn from a shotgun, you never one at one. publicizing tales like these do nothing but good, for they remind the common thug of a key life-or-death question. what house would you rob if you could? one in which the owner is armed? or not? it poses a question to everyone else, if you are the victim, would you rather be armed or not? me, i don't bant to depend on the kindness of strangers. i prefer to depend on the accuracy of my shot. of course, the biggest gun control advocates will disagree but they all work in well-protected media networks surrounded by well-train and well-armed security. you have don't. guns are a conservative libertarian way of privatizing safety. it's also the best way to keep goo

leonard boswell struggling with an armed intruder saturday night.front door attacked boswell's daughter and demanded water. 77-year-old boss well tried to take the gun away his grandson mitchell got a shotgun and pointed it at the intruder who then ran out the door. no rayss have been made. >>> the debt limit standoff showing no signs of cooling down. intense situations underway to reach a by partisan agreement before the august deadline. the question whether to raise the u.s. debt limit. some tax exemptions must go republicans holding out for a solution. they could have disastrous consequences. i am mary an rafferty now back to geraldo at large for your latest headlines go to fox news ds come. you are watching the most powerful name in news fox news channel. >> we have done what we feel is necessary to do. i will see if the system is going to work and hope we don't get the same jury. >> miller the founder of equusearch the follow veer group that searchs for missing youngsters after he served a 100,000 lawsuit after he wasted equusearch's time money

leonard boswell is a democratic congressman. ht when an intruder broke in. he put a gun to his daughter and demanded money. now, boswell, who is 77 years old, went after the gunman, tried to get the gun away from him and was unsuccessful but his 22-year-old grandson pulled out a shotgun. the intruder headed for the hills. the good news is nobody was hurt. there was minor bruces and scrapes, and they're still looking for the intruder. >> how about that 22-year-old grandson? he's the hero in this story. he has everybody's back, doesn't he? >> he certainly does. you can do a lot of talking with a loaded shotgun, that's for sure. >> wlaehat else is happening to? >> what's going to happen with rick perry? he's the texas governor. is he going to run or not run? he gave an interview over the weekend to the des moines register, where he seems to be edging towards it. over the next week or two, perhaps the next three weeks we'll find out if rick perry will take the plunge. he's doing okay in the polls right now for somebody who hasn't ann

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representative leonard boswell's office says an armed man attacked boswell's daughter in the home andnded money. the 77-year-old congressman heard his daughter screaming and tried to disarm the man. it was his grandson who ran the man off with a gun. so far, no arrests have been made. >>> time for your political ticker with tim farley, host of "morning briefing" on sirius fm. potus live from washington. i don't know, president obama said friday he told the parties to figure out some solution. bottom line is, we are still apparently no closer to a debt ceiling increase deal. >> yeah, two weeks and a day. i think your beginning of the show you opened with those options. i think you forgot one of the possibilities is maybe harry potter brings in a wand and gets all the muggles to behave for once. >> that could be it. >> i think it probably got something in there that's going to happen. it looks like there's going to be some sort of a plan that will get us through 2012 election, whether you want to use the expression kick the can down the road or something else. there's i think a realizat

all of this after investigators say some masked man with a gun broke into the iowa congressman leonard boswell'ssaturday night and then attacked his daughter and demanded money. the congressman is 77 years old. he says he wrestled with the intruder before his grandson got a shotgun and forced the guy to leave. officials say that they are also looking for a second suspect and they consider him both armed and dangerous. two separate investigations out today show banks are still using illegal procedures to evict people from their homes. having workers sign foreclosure documents they haven't read and in many cases forging other people's signatures on those documents. they call it robo signing. and it became a major issue last year, leading to a temporary halt in u.s. foreclosures. it created a backlog of troubled homes which has weighed on an already sluggish housing market. foreclosures,. >>, a major factor in the u.s. recession and a threat to the overall economic recovery. several large u.s. banks resumed foreclosures earlier this year as they reached a settlement with federal regulators and prom

the democrat leonard boswell says on saturday night a masked man broke through his front door, grabbedemanded cash. the congressman is 77 years old and says he heard her screaming and rushed to help. >> i was certainly reacting as a father. that was my daughter. this guy had his hand on her throat and a gun in her face. and if he was going to shoot somebody i would prefer he shoot me. and so i went after him. >> that's when he said the 22-year-old grandson got a shotgun and shoed intruder away. the congressman says that he had some minor scrapes and bruises from the confrontation. police are investigating. the feds warning of a growing danger on roads across our country. the problem isn't just drinking and driving anymore. drugging and driving with legal drugs. and while there is a test to check a person's blood alcohol level there is still no reliable measure to measure how high somebody might be. the feds and other law enforcement agencies are working to change that claudia cowan with the news live from san francisco this afternoon. this must be a pretty serious problem. it? >> is, s

leonard boswell will tell me exactly what happened. we'll see you at the top of the hour.back to chris. >> thomas, thank you. >>> let's get you caught up on that breaking news. devastating pictures here. os oslo, a huge explosion rocking government headquarters there, including the prime minister's office. several people have been injured and now we want to tell you that we are getting some confirmation at least from public broadcasting there that says one fatality has been confirmed. the question is who's responsible for this blast? norway has been grappling with some homegrown terror prauts li -- plots linked to al qaeda in recent years. we'll keep you updated. >>> it is the final chapter here in the states for borders books. nearly 11,000 people will soon be out of a job. they have a liquidation plan and going out of business deals will start today. >>> at the white house jobs topped the agenda in a meeting between president obama, the naacp and the urban league yesterday. african-american unemployment we've told you this before, more than 16%. national urban league pre

just recently one of our colleagues, leonard boswell, was literally someone broke into his home and he saw that his life was in danger, his grandson took a legal registered gun and got the intruder out of the home. i respect the right to go and legal guns for self-defense. for other reasons, but i do not support illegal guns that are fueling the drug war and putting life at risk. in testimony before this committee, the -- is told that 40,000 people have died in the last five years on the border of mexico. and it's -- we've put forth a simple statute that would prohibit gun trafficking in illegal guns to people who want to use them for each illegal purposes. i think that is respecting law enforcement, helping small enforcement, and protecting the lives on the both sides of the border. and i must also say that the agents who testified and were called by the majority to testify, they indicated that this would help them do their job and help them protect innocent people in mexico and in the united states of america. and i just really wanted to clarify that since i feel that mrs. norton and

it is okay with you, mike, i would like to take this opportunity to ask my colleague, leonard boswell to take my seat. i would like to get out of town before the faa shuts down. thank you very, very much. >> not often you have the luxury of reserve congressman. thank you. >> congressman, we haven't heard from you. if you would like to -- >> i know the time is short, i want to salute all of you for having this and the thought process. we are certain of the crisis and you all know that and histories being written. what's it going to say? that's what is driving me and probably all of you. i was somewhat relieved. i even asked for mr. summers to leave town. i wonder what we have to do to get mr. geithner to leave. i was glad to see him go back and do what he does well, he's a good professor. i would like to see the other gentlemen go and do whatever he does well. so, we're at a crisis and we have got to get to building things with american hands and until we can do that with all this possibility, we're going to continue to go the wrong way. so i will just say this, i think it's okay, even

congressman leonard boswell, it's so great to see you this morning.. >> you're very welcome. again, i'm very proud of my family, my grandson and my daughter and my wife. >> absolutely. >> very brave. and i'm proud of them. >> we are all glad it ended safely. thanks so much. >> thank you. >> what a terrorizing thing. >> i know. >> there are limits. when people come into your own home, he seems -- he and his family pulled it together quite nicely. >> he served in vietnam and at some point his military training kicked in. >> that scares you a great deal. >>> i know a lot of you love golf and like golf but if it isn't your bag, you still need to stick around. phil michelson is in the house. if for no other reason, the segment he is doing is going to involve a raw egg, a broom, a pizza pan, empty toilet paper roll and a glass of water is all i'm going to tell you. >> he is paying attention in science class! >> 38 minutes after the hour. . i do believe it's part of a locust. make sure your alignments good. your brakes are good. you've got all sorts differen

the suspected gunman that burst into leonard boswell's house in iowa was arrested in missouri last night was an acquaintance of boswell's family. another in custody was accused of driving the getaway car. and astronauts launched the last satellite from the atlantis. a small box that will test various solar cells for effectiveness. they're set to touch down right before 6:00 a.m. tomorrow. you will see it live right here on "fox & friends." >> president bill clinton says president obama is going about the debt debate all wrong. if he was still in the oval office -- >> wouldn't he like that? >> sometimes he does think he's in the oval office, he would use the 14th amendment to bypass congress and raise the debt ceiling by himself. >> he says he would be smart enough to make congress look like it was refusing to make a deal. former advisor to president clinton and fox news contributor dick morris rejoins the conversation. all right, dick, so section 4 of the 14th amendment allows the president to ensure the nation's debt is covered so bill clinton, your former boss is suggesting, i'd just d

and a wonderful congressman, leonard boswell just walked in.i can't find for a small or medium-sized manufacture in iowa a $50 million loan today is my life depended on it. and i just watched j.p. morgan give $20 billion loan commitment to at&t to buy t-mobile which is a problematic deal. whether congress is trying to do in iowa, and the senators tried to do in iowa, it's been diminished i in sensitivity to small and medium-sized manufacturers. and, frankly, to the absence of a fundamental manufacturing and industrial policy for this nation. >> if i could make just one. one of the things this report recommends on page 33 is that we move the balance our trade in five years. maybe the five years but we need to balance our trade. let me just help you. the administration has set a goal of doubling exports. if you look at what's happening, imports are increasing faster than exports. so when you have a negative net export figure, meaning your imports are less than your exports, that's a drag on your economy. we have a massive net export figures year

. >> and horrifying moments in the home of the iowa congressman leonard boswell >> the sphen year - 77old fighting off an armed intruder. we'll tell you about the story. >> and at the same times made by new york governor cuomo. why his public support for the president's economic policy don't match up with the action he's taking in his own state. but i did. they said i couldn't get elected to congress. but i did. ♪ smetimes when we touch ha ha! millions of hits! [ male announc ] flick, stack, and move between active apps seamlessly. only on the new hp touchpad with webos. the motorola expert from sprint. its powerful tools help you work faster and smarter so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it lets you access business forms on the go, fire off e-mails with the qwerty keypad, and work securely around the world so you can get back to playing "angry birds." it's the android-powered phone that mixes business with pleasure. so let's get our work done, america, so we can all get back to playing "angry birds." the motorola expert from sprint. trouble hearing on the phone? visit sprin

leonard boswell is a decorated vietnam veteran. he attempted to disarm the man himself.randson eventually scaring the attacker away by grabbing a nearby shotgun. >> reporter: congressman boswell has known as a tough guy. he was a decorated war hero and he flew assault helicopters during street a number. he was at his farm in ramona, iowa, he was with his wife, his daughter cindy as well as grandson mitchell. at 10:45 at night he was in a different parts of the house. the intruder stormed in the front door. he heard his daughter screaming. he ran to the fronts room and the intruder assaulted his daughter cindy holding her at gun points looking for money. congressman boswell went over and tried to disarm the intruder. his grandson went into another room, grabbed a shotgun, points it at the intruder and the suspect fled counties nearby woods. >> he just, you know, want to protect his daughter. he went in there and tried to stop the situation. >> reporter: and stopped it effectively. aside from minor scrapes and bruises. he and his family appear to be fine. the sheriff's off

take a listen to what happened next. 77-year-old leonard boswell is an eight term democratic congressmanad his fair share of skirmishes on the political field. but saturday night he was at his vacation home in you'll iowa when an intruder broke in, physically assaulted the congressman's daughter and demanded money. he heard his daughter's screams and the lawmaker, who we should tell you served two terms in vietnam, didn't hesitate. the congressman told reporters, quote, there was an assailant with my daughter on the floor, hand on her throat and gun at her face. >> entered the walkway of their house and immediately just went for the guy's gun and was wrestling with him. i think at one point they were both on the ground. >> reporter: boswell suffered a broken rib in the altercation. boswell's 22-year-old grandson grabbed a shotgun from another room and point it had at the han who ran off into the field near the house. >> this has made national headlines, and, you know, friends from all over the country. they have been fielding calls all day from friends and family from around the country

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iowa congressman leonard boswell is thanked god he's alive and hopes no up with has to go through what his family did this weekend. an armed gunman broke into boswell's home on saturday night, confronted his daughter, demanded cash. the 77-year-old boswell says he wrestled the masked intruder to the ground and they tumbled down a flight of stairs before the congressman's grandson pointed a shotgun at the armed gunman forcing him to plea. >> when you're in danger, you have to do something. >> boswell says when he saw the home invader put a gun to his daughter's head, he reacted like any father would. his doctor told him he cracked a couple ribs but otherwise he's okay. >> it's stunning. glad that ended properly. >>> police have arrested a man who they nicknamed the thief of the faithful. he would wait for people to start praying at a chapel at an airport in italy and then he would rip them off. ironically he was caught from above by a security camera. you can see the whole operation unfold. police say that he would pose as a muslim worshipper who just left the room and would wait for th

and the wonderful congressman leonard boswell just walked in. i can't find for a small or medium-sized manufacturer in iowa a $50 million loan today if my life depended on it. i just watched j.p. morgan give a $20 billion loan commitment to at&t to buy t-mobile which is a problematic deal. what the congressman is trying to do in iowa is an absence of a manufacturing policy for this nation. >> one of the things that this report recommends on page 33 is that we move to balance our trade in five years. now maybe the five years isn't -- but we need to balance our trade. the administration has set a goal of doubling exports. but if you look at what's happening, imports are increasing faster than exports. so when you have a negative net export figure, meaning your imports are less than your exports, that's a drag on your economy. we have massive net export figures year after year. warren buffett in a famous article in "fortune" magazine in 2003 advocated that the united states needs to adopt policies to balance its trade. now people always hear you he

just recently one of our colleagues, leonard boswell, was literally someone broke into his home and hesaw that his life was in danger, his grandson took a legal registered gun and got the intruder out of the home. i respect the right to go and legal guns for self-defense. for other reasons, but i do not support illegal guns that are fueling the drug war and putting life at risk. in testimony before this committee, the -- is told that 40,000 people have died in the last five years on the border of mexico. and it's -- we've put forth a simple statute that would prohibit gun trafficking in illegal guns to people who want to use them for each illegal purposes. i think that is respecting law enforcement, helping small enforcement, and protecting the lives on the both sides of the border. and i must also say that the agents who testified and were called by the majority to testify, they indicated that this would help them do their job and help them protect innocent people in mexico and in the united states of america. and i just really wanted to clarify that since i feel that mrs. norton and

grabbed the democrat's daughter and demanded money while boswell quickly responded by tackling the dude. the thug broke free and that's when leonard's grandson entered the scene and pointed a loaded shotgun at the crook who then responded by running away. on tuesday, 19-year-old cody john roland was arrested and charged with first degree -- patty anne brown, you are a criminal. we know that. anyway, was charged with first degree burglary and assault. but let's listen in as the 77-year-old congressman badass explains his butt-kicking philosophy to reporter. >> i was certainly reacting as a father. this was my daughter. he had his hand on her throat and a gun in her face. if you are going to shoot somebody, i prefer you shoot me. and r and so i went after him. >> so do you think the criminal will now think twice before breaking into another home again? >> i love first time guests. you have to let me throw to the ostrich and the iphone. >> see, sean, wasn't that worth the wait? >> yeah. it was really worth the wait. i have never seen that before. >> now you can say i saw an os ostrich attack an iphone. >> the reason he said he did this