martha? martha: interesting.his was announced hours after the election here at home, re-election for president obama. what is the feeling on all of that in israel, leland? >> reporter: there was a lot of vocal, down right hostile reaction from israeli politicians to the re-election here. there is lot of fear that a second-term president obama is going to be much tougher with israel on the palestinians and also of course on the iranian issue. no secret there is an icy relationship between president obama and the prime minister here. the prime minister did all but endorse governor romney in the election. there is lot of anger from a number of is reillies making israel a partisan issue. people are down right scared what might happen yet. someone with int man knowledge of the u.s.-israeli relationship, come january when president obama is inaugurated he will eat grilled bebe, referring to the prime minister at the inauguration. feeling that the relationship between the united states and israel will change drastically

thanks, martha. martha: all right. bill: there is a controversial vote set to take place today at the united nations and the u.s. is expected to vote against it. eric shawn's live at the u.n. eric, good morning to you, what is the vote about first of all and what's expected to happen? >> reporter: good morning, bill. the vote on the palestinians, a nonmember observer state. we expect to hear from palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas within the next hour. that vote coming after he turned president obama down flat. the u.s. does not want this vote. the palestinians made a move for it last year in the security council where we have a veto. there is no u.s. veto in the 193-member general assembly where it is expected to pass overwhelmingly later this afternoon. last year the palestinians did move for the full status. it could jeopardize though, $500 million in american aid. despite that the palestinians say this is historic step to full recognition. >> what we are doing is honorable, is legal, is political, is mul

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martha: i'm martha maccallum. here are the basics when they put forth through tim geithner yesterday from the president. 1.6 trillion in new taxes. that is the opening part of the deal. 50 billion in new stimulus spending. we already had a lot of backlash in stimulus in previous packages. this is interesting element here. new executive power to raise the debt limit. that is what caused so many of these discussions because they bump up against the debt limit and not be able to go back this. there is executive power plea to be able to do that without going back to confess. republicans are saying where is the balance? where is the spending cut side of the equation. the president said he wanted it to be a balanced deal. watch. melissa: so right now all eyes are on the white house. the country doesn't need a victory lap, it needs leadership. it is time for the president, congressional democrats, to tell the american people what spending cuts they're really willing to make. melissa: republicans have made some nice, posi

martha: i'm martha maccallum. about five days after our consulate was attacked on september the 11th we all remember ambassador rice went on all five sunday shows and said the killing of the ambassador and three other americans was actually the result of a spontaneous mob sparking outrage, those comments did, from top gop lawmakers including these three senators, mccain, graham and ayotte. >> don't we all have the responsibility before we go out and talk to the american people on all five sunday morning shows for verifying those facts are true? >> the most basic information about what happened on the night of the attack, and what survivors had to say after the attack is not being provided and we'll talk more about that. bill: so you wonder then whether or not they will get the answers they're looking for. whether or not some of these questions will lead to even more questions. they will sit down in about 20 minutes from now. kelly wright is live in washington there. kelly, you're covering this morning. what is the

martha: interesting. president morsi is the leader of the muslim brotherhood he was narrowly elected in june of this year. he became a member of the muslim brotherhood when the organization was banned. one of his goals is to create a state ruled by islamic or sharia laws. the u.s. does not consider the muslim brotherhood a foreign terrorist organization. the egyptian government banned the muslim brotherhood because of its suspected role in the assassination plot of the president. bill: later this hour general jack keane is here to talk about the recent turmoil in egypt and claims morsi is a new kind of pharaoh for egypt. martha: twin car bombs in damascus, syria, the blast targeted an area known to be loyal to president bashar al-asaad. then people ran out to help those who were injured in that initial explosion and then came the second large explosion. according to the estimates. 40,000 syrians have died in all of this horrific violence in syria that has been going on now for two years. bill: we are just

martha. martha: more on that now.resident obama has somewhat backed off of his claim in one-term in 2009. he said his presidency will depend on whether we would turn the economy around in the first term. here he is yesterday. >> we knew that our work would take more than one year or more than one term. face it the middle class was getting hammered long before the financial crisis hit. martha: just to compare his own words. that is not what he said back in 2009. listen to this. >> a year from now i think people are going to see that we're starting to make some progress but there is still going to be some pain out there. if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one-term proposition. martha: that is the question really for the american people, isn't it? as they head to the election booths and filling out those ballots in the coming days. one wams joins me now, fox news political analyst. mary katharine ham, editor-at-large at hotair.com. welcome to both of you good morning. >> good morning. ma

martha? martha: what is interesting. why does iran want to resupply the assad regime? >> reporter: iran is playing for time. the longer syrian civil war goes on the less attention focused on the iranian nuclear program, that is number one. number two, president assad supports hezbollah. that is a key iranian supply route and proxy going on there. the last thing iran wants to continue the sphere of influence around the mediterranean where they have a deepwater port. we're also hearing that hamas and islamic jihad here in the gaza strip are asking iran to resupply them with weapons, specifically the rockets and other things that were that eight-day israeli bombing campaign. so now the iran yage regime will figure out what smuggling route they can use for that to get the weapons into gaza. martha? martha: it is clear the more unrest in that area the more cover it provides for iran and it benefits them in many ways. leland, thank you very much. leland vittert. bill: a major headline as we start a

martha. martha: go back to the economy for a moment because there is a dire warning to lawmakers on our economic future. moody's investors service says the u.s. still get as negative rating because of the uncertainty surrounding the so-called fiscal cliff. all of this comes as congress today returns to work on capitol hill for their first session since september after a hard-fought election. paul ryan is now speaking out for the first time. he says he is ready to reach across the aisle. >> it's part of my job to be a part of the solution to try to make this divided government work because the issues we talked about seven days ago are still the issues we have to deal with today, the economy, a debt crisis. we have got a health care system problem. i worry about our military. these same problems exist and we'll have to find a way of finding common ground to make them work. martha: paul ryan who hoped to be vice president of the united states come january, now finds himself in his congressional

here is martha. president obama set to hold his first news conference since winning reelection. he is expected to make a hard push for his plan to raise taxes. vice presidential candidate paul ryan tells abc news that there are other ways of getting more revenue into our government without damaging the economy. that is the kind of thing that we are hoping to achieve. he is the head of the house budget committee. i am joined now by senior foreign affairs correspondent wendell. taxes are still really the main sticking point. despite this ticking tock of the fiscal cliff, right? reporter: the president's aides say that he will not extend the bush administration upper income tax cuts. voters made clear that they support that by reelecting him. republicans say raising taxes on the top 2% of the country would cost jobs. mr. obama says that the only way that is fair to reduce the deficit. >> it is clear that in other forms, one thing we know about this primarily, is that they were affected. not just and ens

martha, what do you do?gosh, please. >> okay, now put this on. now there's another panini machine over there. >> jimmy: oh, there is? >> rashida, get your sandwich in. >> sorry. i'm not on it. >> jimmy: i hear you. i need to do this. all right. so here's the deal. martha, i have to tell everyone again. check out martha's collection at home depot. look at this stuff. the home depot collection. >> beautiful. beautiful. [ cheers and applause ] >> jimmy: now, what we are going to do now, martha, we are going have a little cheers. and then when we come back, we are going to set the table and try our sandwiches after the break. >> jimmy: cheers! >> cheers everybody. >> jimmy: artie -- >> cheers. >> jimmy: you're the greatest. [ cheers and applause ] ♪ [ cheers and applause ] ♪ >> jimmy: all right, everyone. let's have a bite. let's have a taste. and happy thanksgiving everyone. i'm thankful -- i'm thankful for all of you guys. >> oh, thank you. >> aw, i'm thankful for you. >> mmm. >> mmm. >> oh my god. >> these ar

martha. bill: can a truce be reached and will hillary clinton make a difference? we'll be joined by the former chief of staff for the prime minister. we'll get his take on whether we see a cease-fire or escalation of fighting. we have reached that point, make or break. martha: the u.s. embassy in tel aviv. a man with a knife and an ax went after a security guard. they are saying this attack has nothing to do with the gaza conflict but is personal in nature. bill: there are dramatic details on the e-mails sent by david petraeus' ex-mistress to someone she thought was her rival. her notes threatened to quote make kelley go away. the bureau soon tracked the e-mails to broadwell fan quickly discovered the affair so we all know now publicly. martha: paula broad well also had a run-in with a freelance photographer trying to get a picture of her getting into her car. she swung the car open and hit the camera and the camera hit his face and left a bloody mark. broadwell said, sorry, as she drove away

martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. you have got these nominees getting ready for a long day of hoping and waiting. a lot of nerves frayed. governor romney plans to do a little bit more campaigning. but before heading out the governor voting in his home state of massachusetts. the romney team is headed for three pivotal swing states. as kevin madden said this morning, if you know this guy as he does, he won't spend the day waiting around. he and paul ryan will make an 11th hour appeal to voters. bill: paul ryan meets him in pittsburgh before leading to richmond, virginia. wendall goler is live in chicago where president obama will await election results. john, yesterday was not the last day of campaigning. how did this decision to campaign today come about for governor romney? >> reporter: it's not over until it's over. we talked to campaign advisers who said they are sitting on the tarmac in virginia. governor romney said i don't want to sit in a hotel room and wait for something to happen. he said let's do something t

martha: the.ha: the problem there is just such a shortage of housing according to what david lee is saying. what you want to do is go in there and bring in vans and bring people to a police that is warm so they can have shelter and food and water and start to get their lives back together. i think about the promises that every 15 minute no call would be unanswered in more than 15 minutes, and the president saying that the red tape would be cut through, you know, you don't want to -- i really don't want to point fingers, but that's what he said. and now these people are suffering, and it's like nobody is paying any attention to them at all. you know, you look at those american flags flying over this area and you do have to ask yourself, is this the united states of america where these people are suffering like this? bill: i think you also have to understand the area. this is a huge part of the east coast that was affected. and the damage goes on and on. martha: but the places that are devastated to

martha: good morning, bill. i'm martha maccallum. lawmakers are hoping petraeus will set the record straight what the administration knew and when they knew it. many people are already skeptical about that. take a look. >> what is clear, this administration, including the including thencluding administration itself. read that lied, to the american people in the aftermath of that tragedy. now president obama has the gall to float the name as possible of secretary of state the name of the person who is the actual vehicle used to misinform the american people during this crisis. bill: now we move to today. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live on the hill. good morning there. what do we expect to get from general petraeus today behind closed doors now, catherine. >> reporter: thank you, bill. the former cia director arrived here on capitol hill an hour and 20 minutes ago and a source close to the general told fox news the expectation he will tell the house intelligence and senate intelligence committees he too believe

martha? martha: that is such an interesting dynamic this time around, steve. of course as you say traditionally coal miners and unions have liked democratic presidents and apparently still support them in at least that outward way but what are the president and his allies are saying what this coal mix will bring them this time around? >> reporter: well they're not going to quit on trying to get that vote out there. they have dispatched ted strickland, probably the best friend that organized labor has in recent elected office. he was the governor defeated by john kasich. he also the congressman out there. he is working overtime in the region. richard trumka, head of the afl-cio, who used to be the president of the united mine workers of america he said in a conference call he is head the out there in couple days to try to convince mine workers and their families that this president is on his side. they need to vote for him. this is a battle ground territory and battleground issue. martha? mart

martha. martha: thank you very much.rs of campaigning in a second failed presidential bid governor romney now graceful in defeat last night at his headquarters in boston and john roberts was there. he's live in boston this morning now. we heard the president make a reference that he would reach out to governor romney for his ideas or what he thought was best for the country. what is next on that front and what is next for governor romney? >> i think it's pretty easy to say, bill that if he were to get an invitation from the president to come to the white house to talk about policy governor romney would obviously take it. there is no word yet at this point what the governor plans to do for the rest of today, let alone for the rest of his career, whether he'll remain a leader in the gop for a while or go back to the private sector. he has indicat indicated he would likely not run again in 2016. he would be ronald reagan's age when he what's elected. he could go back to the corporate world. it's not like he needs the money.

martha: i'm martha that mccallum. candidates are crisscrossing the states and getting every bit of energy and looking to some person's eyes who may change their mind after they do this. look at that map. governor romney makes five stops in four states. president obama holds four rallies in three states. as they try to get the surrogates everywhere they can to try to make it happen. >> we've journeyed far and wide in this great campaign for america's future and now we're almost home. one final push will get us there. >> i know a bunch of you already voted. but if you haven't, there's still time. bill: some of those events happened after midnight late last night. chief political correspondent carl cameron on the trail, live in florida. you're in orlando right now. if you believe the polls this race is absolutely razor tight. what are you hearing from inside the romney camp how they are feeling about the possibility of victory in this race? >> reporter: optimism, confidence but they recognize there's still a great deal o

bill: martha.talking about this a lot this morning, israel and a harass edging towards a full-blown war as poll steupb yan rockets continue to reign on israeli cities the push for a truce, but is it too late? we are live on the israeli-gaza border. martha: as you get ready for the big turkey new reports suggest you might want to skip traveling this thanksgiving and spend some more time with that turkey. aaa estimates that 43.6 million americans will take trips of 50 miles or more this year that is up from 43.3 million last year. the national average price of gas will fall. bill:

martha? >> martha: mike, wow. ohio is fascinating to watch.can't wait to find out what happened there. >> he spent the last two weeks in ohio. we have more from a man, arguably, who knows it as well as anyone. a travel wer john boehner, the rest of the interview will air tomorrow here. 24 hours from the moment america rotes. last hour, if you were with us, boehner thinks romney wins ohio. he thinks that based on history and what he has seen throughout the state. tomorrow, if president romney's in the white house, and house speaker john boehner is running the house, what's the relationship like? what is their history about? hear more on that and whether or not speaker boehner thinks they can control the majority in the house of representatives. that's tomorrow. >> martha: very interesting look. we will have more on that tmplt there are some new questions about a very big story we have followed very closely, the cia's response to the deadly terror attack that took the lives of four americans in benghazi. they come as patience is running thin-- t

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and martha stewart is sharing her greens recipe.alian twist. good morning, guys. >> let's start down here with the green. >> these are greens, kale and spinach, and you can use any greens. and we're going to saute them in olive oil. wait, they change color, they become a bright green. and just saute them over a couple of seconds. we have chestnuts, onions, and garlic already sauteed in olive oil. and some spices -- >> what are we using here? >> a wonderful red hot pepper flakes. so good. and white wine, a little cream, a little butter, you make almost like a little roux. >> do we do this beforehand with the onions? >> before or after. and giada's making the most delicious mashed potatoes. >> well, first, let's start with the beginning. you boiled the potatoes in garlic and salt and water -- >> and butter. and i start with cold water. it's really important you do, because you want -- it correctly cooks the potatoes. otherwise, you put them in boiling water, it stunts them. potatoes, then obviously the butter. >> you can do the butter

martha tell me about general petraeus. do you know him. what is it about this story that surprises you most? >> well, i have known general petraeus and covered him in war zones for about a decade and what surprised me most is he seems like a man who is so disciplined and so careful about his image and about his reputation that it was jaw dropping to me when i first heard it. >> rose: so the question is what didn't you understand about him? >> well, i mean i may not understand everything about him now but i was surprised that he would allow this i guess failure of discipline. he really does guard his reputation so well. he watch the people who are around him. but he granted paula broadwell this unprecedent the act sessments we've had access to general petraeus throughout the years when he wants us around, when he wants to tell us something. this was different. he really allowed her to go everywhere with him, he talked to her all the time. i talked to many aids they were concerned about it. in afghanistan they were concerned how it looked, a

martha raddatz will be here, moderator and the winner of this year's vice presidential debate. a very rough weekend in the tri-state area. i'm sure by now you've all seen pictures of the damage. here's something you might want to look at. these are marathon runners who channeled their disappointment in the cancellation of the marathon into volunteering to help storm clean-up. ( cheers and applause ) it was very, very moving. it's enough to make you not that annoyed by marathon runners. not quite. obviously all donations still greatly appreciated. the sandy relief fund dot-org. your i-tunes dot-com slash red cross. you have your united way nyc dot-organ the salvation army usa dot-org. we'll give you the websites for the giant nor'easter coming on wednesday. somehow we have annoyed god. we'll begin tonight an hour away from election day. should already be election day but of course saturday night they added another [bleep] hour so we could stretch this thing out. daylight savings time is taken

martha b @6cdr$erfa  that's our show.us tomorrow night live election coverage at 11:00 here and my final message before that would be, please vote. i know there are people here in the tri-state region that are struggling with the basic necessities. they're going to work their asses off to try and get to the polls. you should too. here it is your moment of zen >> don't boo. vote. ( cheers and applause ) vote. voting is the best revenge >> revenge is a dish best servedded cold, they say. i think he's going to have a

he was very thirsty. >> do you know why you missed that, martha?se you were moderating the debate. i thought you were very impressive in your exercise of authority. you didn't let it... you didn't pretend that the role of the journalist is to be a lump of malleable clay to absolve yourself of any charges of liberal bias or, you know, being on that team. is that a problem within the journalists' world now? >> actually that's how i approached the debate. i just was doing my job. i'm a journalist. i'm not a host of anything. i'm not an anchor. i'm a journalist. that's what i do every single day. it never occurred to me to do anything different. i to say that >> jon: where does the pressure come from on journalists to not be journalists anymore, for the moderating? that idea that, has the pressure on journalists to not show an opinion in anyway ruined their ability to call out facts or lies? >> well, first of all, i think everybody has a different approach to this obviously >> jon: sure i think you have to tune out the rest of the world when you're stu