maccallum. >> steve doocy, martha mccallum and you compete for bragging rights. >> bill: mccallum very interested in villains and bad people. [ laughter ] >> bill: she anchors with hemmer. >> bill: you can hold your own against doocy, maccallum and me? >> smells like bacon to me. >> bill: steve doocy, everyone. test your knowledge on the great american news quiz factor style. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this very special news quiz edition of the factor. it's going to be fun. it is time to test your knowledge of current events. culture, entertainment, see how you measure up against the quiz kids themselves steve doocy and martha maccallum. let's kick things off tonight with the rich guy edition. roll the tape. >> we have one woman in the rich guy edition. >> i'm so glad. >> it's not her. >> no, it's not. >> who else could it be? >> bill: question number one, net worth of more than 190 million bucks, mitt romney, if elected, would be one of the riche

maccallum. >> steve doocy, martha mccallum and you compete for bragging rights. >> bill: mccallum very interested in villains and bad people. [ laughter ] >> bill: she anchors with hemmer. >> bill: you can hold your own against doocy, maccallum and me? >> smells like bacon to me. >> bill: steve doocy, everyone. test your knowledge on the great american news quiz factor style. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching this very special news quiz edition of the factor. it's going to be fun. it is time to test your knowledge of current events. culture, entertainment, see how you measure up against the quiz kids themselves steve doocy and martha maccallum. let's kick things off tonight with the rich guy edition. roll the tape. >> we have one woman in the rich guy edition. >> i'm so glad. >> it's not her. >> no, it's not. >> who else could it be? >> bill: question number one, net worth of more than 190 million bucks, mitt romney, if elected, would be one of the riche

martha: good morning, i'm martha maccallum. president obama and the democrats say it was the republicans who in the end were unwilling to budge. >> there are too many republicans in congress who refused to listen to the voices of reason and compromise coming from outside of washington. i'll vote tony effort to get rid of those spending cuts. domestic and defense spending. there will be no easy offramps on this one. bill: where to now, stuart? >> reporter: it means we have another year of debt accumulation. 2012. then at the start of 2013 we have the promise of a $1.3 trillion debt reduction. what we do not have on the table is any reform of entitlements and that's what the rating agencies are looking at most closely. as of right now standard and poor's and moody's say no change in the current rating. but fitch says most likely to revise the outlook to negative. that means they say there is a 50% chance after downgrade from fitch in the future. bill: what would that mean? >> reporter: that's just another loss of our financial re

an hour ago she sat down with our own martha maccallum what she would like to hear from herman cain. >> i want to acknowledge at points in time in his life he has been inappropriate with women. i don't know what the others allegations are. i know what mine are. i know i'm speaking the truth and that's what i want him to do. is just say, hey, i've made some mistakes. jon: so what should herman cain dot? karl rove is a former senior advisor to president george w. bush, a fox news contributor. karl, you're not advising herman cain as far as i know, but, if you were what would you tell him to do about this latest accusation? >> well, let's set the frame here. there's a new gallop poll out says 53% of republicans believe these charges are not true. however, most of those people say it is probably not true as opposed to definitely not true. and 35% say these charges are true. and again most of them saying probably rather than definitely. so we've got a very fluid situation here. we've got roughly one out of every six people saying these are definitely true. and one out of every four saying

good morning bill, good morning, everyone, i'm martha maccallum. just a few hours before she finished that news conference, herman cain went on jimmy kimmell. listen: >> all things considered, i'm still alive. it got off to a somewhat surprise start. >> we are going to have a press conference. we are taking this head on. bill: that was from last night, so far the allegations not hurting cain in the polling among republicans. latest gallup poll has cain neck and neck with mitt romney. you see it will on the screen. bob cusack, good morning to you, what's the poll tell you? >> the poll tells you he's still alive in the republican primary, he's right there with mitt romney even as this story goes into its second week, herman cain is doing well on one aspect. on another aspect he's not doing well, in the head to head matchup with president obama, his numbers have gone down and when republicans go to the polls they want to beat president obama. the fact that he's talking about this again in the second week, not talking about policy, that's not getting a

martha: i'm martha maccallum. at the current rate he will likely face the highest unemployment rate of any postwar president. bill: what would that mean for you at home? >> reporter: if you are looking for a job and you are unemployed. 80,000 new jobs last month is not a very high number. in fact it's a low number. if you are looking for a job, you have got a lot more competition. 181,000 people joined the workforce so you are competing for a limited number of new jobs. bill: are we headed for a recession? >> reporter: these numbers imply we are not in a recession. there has been some growth in employment. admittedly it's weak, but wore not in a recession. the prediction is for a flat economy growing 1% to 2%. bill: a lot of economists thought we would have 100,000. >> reporter: it's a polite number and an economic number. if you want to get the unemployment rate down to 8.5% by next november you need 200,000 jobs each and every month two now and then. if you want to get it down to 8 per you need 250,000 jobs. bil

good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccallum. that this is "america's newsroom.". >> i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer they are out of the park but they are marching in defy an of the order. >> we could knot wait for someone in the park to get killed or injure another first responder before acting. no right is absolute. and with every right comes responsibility. the first amendment gives every new yorker the right to speak out but it does not give anyone the right to sleep in a park or otherwise take it over to the exclusion of others. nor does it permit anyone in our society to live outside the law. martha: well, is that the case? now there is a legal fight in all of this. the mayor says the protests terse can return to zuccotti. they can't bring the tents. can't camp out overnight in his opinion. attorneys have a court order that says otherwise. julie banderas is live on the scene. julie, what can you tell us what happened last night? >> reporter: i first want to mention the court order you talked about. we got word the cour

good morning i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. hope you had a good weekend. ill: gingrich has a slight edge but it was taken before the union leader's endorsement. martha: will he have staying power? that's one of the thins we want to put to brit hume, fox news analyst. good morning. >> reporter: good morning. martha: barney frank has decided not to run again. we want to see what you thought about that. >> reporter: barney frank has been a very powerful and important member of congress, particularly over the last six or eight years. one senses here -- i don't know what he's going to say at his news conference, it will be interesting. it's not as much fun to be a member of congress, particularly a member of the house when you're in the minority. he was in the majority for much of the time and chairman of the banking committee and had a lot to say about legislation on such matters as the bail out and so on, a very important person. some of his power is gone. there are two sources of power in congress, one of them is knowledge of the issues, which matters a lot.

that's how we start a new hour of "america's newsroom", good morning, everybody, i'm martha maccalluml i'm bill hemmer, nice to see you, martha, i know you missed me. martha: i did miss you! you bet i did! bill: the bonuses -- the bonuss are still being paid, even as taxpayer money bailed them out. twelve executives at fannie and freddie received $35 million in total salary and bonuses in 2009 and 2010 and so far taxpayers have paid out about $170 billion to rescue those two firms, that's the most expensive bailout of the financial crisis, and it's not over. the government estimates that the bailout could reach up to $220 billion through the year 2014. martha: that bailout is ongoing, and the ceos of both fannie and freddie are expected to testify at today's hearing. a lot of reasons being given for why these people deserve this money and jim angle is on this story from washington in morning. what is the deal here, jim? >> reporter: martha, as you noted, congress is already unhappy about that $170 billion so bail out fannie mae and freddie mac, the quasi federal agency that is own or

glad to have you with us, i'm martha maccallum. >> good to see you, martha. i'm gregg jarrett, in for bill hemmer >> the president should have made it very clear in the united states of america is willing in the final analysis to take military action to keep iran from having a nuclear weapon. >> there are a number of ways to be smart about iran and relatively few ways to be dumb and the administration skipped all the ways to be smart. >> the old-fashioned way, the constitution. go to congress find out if our national security is threatened. i'm afraid what is going on right now is similar to the war propaganda that went on against iraq. >> if there is anything we know president obama has been more than willing to stand with wok pie wall street but he hasn't been willing to stand with israel. israel looks at president obama and they do not see a friend. martha: david drucker joins me now, staff writer for "roll call". one of the takeaways saturday night seemed to be focused on herman cain. he said he was very ready for this foreign policy debate. let's look at

i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer, everybody.is story, but ginger white is the fifth woman to accuse of him inappropriate behavior. >> it wasn't complicated, and i was aware that he was married, and i was also aware that i was involved in a very inappropriate situation. he made it very intriguing. it was fun, it was something that took me away from my sort of hum drum life at the time, and it was exciting. bill: the fox atlanta wrote that story. carl cameron is live in d.c. what is herman cain saying about this? >> reporter: he's not doe tphaoeug they have a past friendship, but his denials of an a fair have been very forceful. he told donors at the hilton just outside of washington last night that he'd swear on a stack of bibles that white's charges are false. white actually showed the atlanta tv station phone records indicate -lg dozens of texts and calls from king always personal cellphone as recently as eight months ago. cain says he has his wife's full support and will not drop out of the race. very, very adamant and blanket

i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer.d a question and romney fought back. >> how can voters trust what they here from you today is what you will believe if you win the white house. >> brett your list is just not accurate. one, you have to be better informed about my views on issues. >> do you think man dating people to bin shaourpbs i by insurance is right you said at times it would be a model for the nation. >> you're wrong, brett. no, brett, brett -- martha: very interesting. those are just some pieces of it. it was a wide-ranging interview, and i really encourage everybody to go to the website at foxnews.com at special report and take a look at the whole thing. it did get a little bit heat at times. mitt romney was clearly defensive throughout several portion -fs that. of that. jonah goldberg joins me. he's a fox news contributor. he was trying to hone in on one of the issues that is clearly part of what mitt romney has to tkpwab grapple with. he seemed to get a little bit defensive. >> it's heated for mitt romney, and

i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. that hour went flying by.he allegations are false. one of the anonymous accusers reveals her identity, cain is questioning their credibility. >> throughout my career i have had nothing but the utmost respect for any and all women as well as those are worked under my leadership in all the different companies that i have worked. i can categorically say i have never acted inappropriately with anyone, period. martha: steven hayes, joins me now senior writer for "the weekly standard" and fox news contributor. with every passing day we get basically more of this. we'll hear from joel bennett. who knows what he will say about the details of the karen kraushaar events. where do we stand with all of this, steve? >> this is the fundamental problem for herman cain. the fact we're talking about it. the fact that there is another news conference. the fact there is another name put to some of these allegations or a face put to some of these allegations. the fact that when voters think about herman cain, if you asked voters

. >> i'm heather childers in for martha maccallum. all indications that the super-committee is deadlocked. bill: same two issues they were stuck on over the summer, taxes and spending. as you can tell. >> we're always meeting. we're always meeting. >> [inaudible]. >> we'll have another one >> doing our very best job. is it important. >> [inaudible]. >> i will not negotiate this thing in the public. >> can you get a deal? >> i'm working as hard as i can. we're all working as hard as we can. we'll keep working. i will talk and work till, you know, the last dog dies as they say. we had a lot of creative ideas on the table. there are some serious hurdles. >> what is the stumbling block at this point, can you tell us? >> no. i don't want to go into that. there will be plenty of time for that. bill: five 1/2 hour meeting. bring the red bull. house speaker john boehner says democrats have not come up with a plan. he is not in the room. medically henneberg is here this morning. how do democrats respond to that charge from boehner? >> reporter

here they are, fox news anchor martha maccallum playing poor bart etestimony that consumption, georgia "fox & friends" guy steve doocy representing spring if you would like to win prizes go to bill@@ both off? >> absolutely. you? >> bill: no, i work every day. >> you are off. >> bill: if i'm not here i am here. question number one, the macy's thanksgiving day parade started in 1924. when cartoon character's balloon has appeared in the parade the most number of times over the years? >> bill: roll the tape. and there he goes snooping around and above manhattan, snoopy is the world's most famous flying ace. look at him. is he so good he doesn't need a plane. >> bill: who wrote that? terrible. you were right. b, smoopy. for those listening on sirius. b. first pilgrims and. >> finally september and october. the most bountiful harvest the pilgrims had ever seen. the chief brings 90 of his indian tribe to bring the 50 pilgrims for a feast of thanksgiving. we thank the lord for our bountiful harvest. we give thanks for our new home. >> bill: very cute. >> oh. >> bill: what year did the first t

i'm martha maccallum. >> bill bill i'm bim heller.st yesterday when we learned the energy secretary's department tried to delay announcements after the midterm of 2010, did he have the best interest of the taxpayers in mind or did politics prevail in these decisions. martha: that is the question, isn'tst? joined by byron york, chief political correspondent for the washington examiner. >> good morning. martha: what do you expect to happen? >> it's going to be kind of tough. there are really three separate issues that chu has to face, the first is the fact was of the solyndra case, what were the communications between seoul ind and the white house and the energy department, did the energy department try to pressure them to hold off on a layoff notice until after last year's elections. that's the first thing. the second is there's a whiff of a coverup, have they been telling the truth about the contacts, have they told congress everything, has it been accurate. the last thing is this bigger question of loan guarantee, are they really the

i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. welcome to you, martha.e-mail saying quote, atf let a bunch of guns walk in an effort to get upstream conspirators but only got straws and different recover many guns. some were recovered in mexico after being used in crimes, end quote. martha: that e-mail was ten months before the doj told congress this was not happening. william la jeunesse live in los angeles. william, you have covered this from the very beginning so what is it that these documents are really revealing? >> reporter: well, you know last night there was this document dump. the congress received 650 pages. we got 100 paged selected by department of justice. those pages suggest main justice in washington new nothing about gunsz going to mexico in operation fast and furious even though on weekly basis. they were tolds one ring in phoenix was buying hundreds of thousands of guns into mexico under surveillance. that was okay. no one spoke up to stop or arrest them. however in a similar case, this previous case, operation wide receiver the atf re

i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning again, martha.babeu confirming the report. it comes on heels after bombshell admission from a top official what the justice department knew about guns flowing across the border. martha: william la jeunesse has been on the story from the very beginning. he joins us live from los angeles. what does the discovery of these particular guns in this case tell us, william? >> reporter: well, martha, the police last week basically in this huge bust seized $800,000 in cash and 100 plus weapons. turns out two of the guns were sold in "fast and furious" where the atf knowingly allowed sale of weapons to the illegal buyers and then smuggled to mexico. what does it say? 2,000 guns sold in "fast and furious", hundreds are still out there. they're in the hands of violent people. and it is not just mexico. these guns are here. they're in the u.s. and their deadly legacy will live for decades. for every person killed with one of these "fast and furious" guns the u.s. government will be a defendant likely in a wrongfu

martha: brand new hour of "america's newsroom," i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. i get you sick, or did you get me sick? martha: we're keeping away from each other today. hi, bill, how's it going? bill: i'm doing fine. newt gingrich surging to the top, but mitt romney is running second this that crucial swing state did not attend that faith forum. martha: that's right. romney and jon huntsman both skipped that event. joined now by brit hume, good morning, brit. >> good morning. martha: so, what to you make of this whole newt gingrich phenomenon that we're experiencing right mow? becausyou sort of thought he was done for a little while ago. >> i think we all did. i think maybe even he did. but he's now having his turn in the hottes hot seat in american politics which is the position of, you know, first place in the non-romney republican presidential, among the non-romney presidential contenders. it hasn't been a very happy place to be for a whole series of candidates. now we'll see if former speaker can avoid the collapse that has affected all the others that have h

i'm martha maccallum. bill: good born morning. long night there in california. on and on like this. officers in riot gear firing tear gas in the crowd. police do not believe this is over. >> we do have continued concerns about a group that we've identified as anarchists that have been roaming through the crowds. we are watching them. we do have some pictures available later to share with you of what they look like. want to continue to make sure that the peaceful, that people are here to exercise their first amendment rights and that they are not being disrupted by these groups who are bent on causing damage and confronting the police. martha: big concern for all the businesses down there and all these areas across the country. claudia cowan on this for us in san francisco. so what happened? why did all this break out last night. >> claudia. >> reporter: martha it all seemed to start around midnight after a group ever protesters split off and broke into a foreclosed building near city hall and smashing windows and setting bonfires along the way, in an effort to r

that's how we get started, have a brand new hour, i'm martha maccallum. bill: i'm bill hemmer. his stuff. gingrich breaking away from the rest of the pack, real clear politics has been in third place on that poll. martha: that's the question, is he keep gaining ground. bret baier of "special report" joins us, good morning. >> good morning. martha: that's the question. he is the tortoise and little engine that could and stling up that hill. can he gain momentum in an interesting environment for him with a couple of his challengers very challenged at the moment? >> it is lining up that way, martha. we had him on "special report" on center seat earlier this week, he said his campaign is hiring a lot of staff in iowa and south carolina, they had their biggest fundraising week yet this past week, and he continues to perform in debates. as you and bill mentioned, you know, he has a lot of expertise when it comes to big ideas, he is seen as the big thinker in the room, he does have this interesting dynamic with the media, and whether -- how that plays, it's very appealing in the audien