megyn kelly with details on megyn kelly with details on that, uomom ugh, my sinus congestion, and it's your fault. instead of blaming me try advil congestion relief. often the real problem is swelling, not mucus. advil congestion relief reduces swelling due to nasal inflammation. so i can breathe. [ mucus ] advil congestion relief. >> bill: in the impact segment, as you may know, fannie mae and freddie mac, owe we the people, us, $141 billion. as we reported, top executives and those concerns are set to receive $100 million in compensation in a two-year period ending december 31 this year. that's not all. about 100 fannie and fred employees traveled to chicago, a little junket. here to tell us about that, fox business anchor, stuart varney. look, am i overstating this? i mean, 100 employees go from dc to chicago. >> hyatt regency hotel. >> bill: nice dig. >> for a conference from the north banksers association, is hundred of them go out there to attend. they spend $640,000 on travel and rooms. 342,000 travel and rooms. $74,000 on four nice dinners for their customers. $140,000 in spons

megyn kelly on that. caution. you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi. i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. the upcoming romney-gingrich shootout. that is the sum of this evening's talking points memo. viewers are correct when writing anything could happen in iowa. the caucus vote is small, conservative and a big surprise could be coming on january 3. but there is no question that the trend line is way up for newt gingrich, way down for herman cain, and declining somewhat for mitt romney. the latest rasmussen poll among likely republican voters says gingrich at 38%. romney, 17. all the other contenders are in single digits. the rise of gingrich is causing some angst in the romney camp. as demonstratorred by his interview with bret baier earlier this week. romney is rightly frustrated, every time he turns around, there is another surging candidate. first it was michelle bachmann, then rick perry and herman cain and now newt gingrich. he got a bit testy, which could be a good thing if he decides to

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coming up, megyn kelly goes where few have gone before. happened between she and dumped trump and the few of them. dou >> bob: back to my normal place, to the back of the show. after alec baldwin was booted off a plane last week after he wouldn't turn off his electronic device. i have been thrown off planes for worse. kidding, of course. "saturday night live" gave alec air time to address the situation. >> what is your take on the event of last wednesday? >> it was awful, which is why it was very important for me to come here tonight and on behalf of everyone at american airlines issue an apology to mr. alec baldwin. [ applause ] >> alec, are you sure this is the right way to hand this? >> yeah, keep going. >> bob: greg, what is this with "saturday night live" and baldwin? he is on, all t time, right? >> greg: it's great to be a famous celebrity. because you call up your friends like lauren michels and they tang take care of it fr you. self-deprecation works. it makes buffoon look less buffoonery. but he throw a tantrum over a game. and sk

tuesday's race live from iowa hosted by bret baier, who is on his way to the state right now, and megyn kelly. plus we'll have special coverage of the caucuses this tuesday beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern time right here on fox news channel. >> president obama is in hawaii spending some quality time with his family this new year. but he's also preparing to spend much of 2012 on the campaign trail. what can we expect from the president once he heads back to washington? doug is not in washington. he's live in honolulu. hello, doug. >> hello. not a bad place to be. you hear about all the back and forth that carl just described. so far, the president has been happy to watch all of that play out, watch these republicans beat up one another and really kind of stay above it all. next year he will have to enter the fray and we got an idea from white house official how he sees this all playing out. the campaign will begin in full force later in 2012. the president plans to cop traditions himself with congress, kind of a no brainer given the fact that congress' approval ratings are lower than the presid

eastern, megyn kelly and bill hemmer.nd you can text your greeting to a number 36288, you type u text. heading to the homestretch in the state of iowa. why is some people are saying it's time for him to start fighting back, we'll ask a gingrich inside insider about that next. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. ♪ that's good morning, veggie style. hmmm [ male announcer ] for half the calories -- plus veggie nutrition. could've had a v8. >> gregg: welcome to a brand-new hour of america's headquarters. i'm gregg jarrett. >> heather: i'm heather childers. the fight for iowa entering its final phase. candidates spending the l

and they need to be fed and sometimes they don't like to cover, and before you know it, you're megyn kellyu've shown your breasts to a whole plane. i've got to leave it at that. see ya, trace. >> reporter: okay. [laughter] megyn: coming up, some really disturbing stuff about an illegal immigrant who is also a child sex offender who was just let to walk away. forty years ago, he wasn't worried about retirement. he'd yet to hear of mutual funds, iras, or annuities. back then, he had something more important to do. he wasn't focused on his future but fortunately, somebody else was. at usaa we provide retirement solutions for our military, veterans and their families. from investments... to life insurance... to health care options. learn more with our free usaa retirement guide. call 877-242-usaa. megyn: a major shot in the arm for mitt romney and ron paul less than a week before the iowa kaymitt romney opening up a 6-pt lead over president obama in the latest rasmussen poll in the general election. but ron paul getting crucial support from state senator kent sorenson. just after he resigned a

megyn kelly on the justice department reeling under fast and furious accusations. former governor, illinois governor i should say robb >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly in the kelly file segment tonight. the justice department on the defensive on the fast and furious investigation as you know. you may remember federal agencies under the supervision of attorney general eric holder sent thousands of guns down to mexico to try to track where they were going. well, the feds lost track of the guns and a border patrol agent was killed because of the screw up. now congress zeroing in on the justice department and with us to update the situation attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. holder has to go back in front of congress on thursday of this week. >> yes. in advance of that he had to submit a bunch of documents to congress that had been subpoenaed. >> bill: what committee. >> house judicial oversight committee headed by darryl issa. is he going to go before that committee. on last friday they did what's called a document dump of almost 2,000 docu

megyn kelly on the justice department reeling under fast and furious accusations. or, illinois governor i should say robb blagojevich going to prison. kelly is next. capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50% annual bonus! so you earn 50% more cash. according to research, everybody likes more cash. well, almost everybody... ♪ would you like 50% more cash? no! but it's more money. [ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? woah! [ giggles ] >> bill: thanks for staying with us. i'm bill o'reilly in the kelly file segment tonight. the justice department on the defensive on the fast and furious investigation as you know. you may remember federal agencies under the supervision of attorney general eric holder sent thousands of guns down to mexico to try to track where they were going. well, the feds lost track of the guns and a border patrol agent was killed because of the screw up. now congress zeroing in on the justice department and with us to update the situation attorney and fo

megyn kelly with the inside story. 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 us tonight. the iowa vote four weeks away. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. those four weeks are going to fly by, christmas, new years on the horizon. so, let us asses this evening where we are in iowa. a new des moines register poll revealing. the register asked iowans is your mind made up. 27% say they are solid in their support of a republic contender. 60% of iowans say they their minds are oopen. 11% no choice. and then second poll asks about the candidate and their viability. which candidate is the most negative? ron paul 19%, perry 16%, bachmann 9. which candidate is best able to bring about real change, newt gingrich 27. ron paul 18, mitt romney 14%. which candidate is most electable in the general election? romney 38, gingrich 22, perry 10. which is best able to turn the economy aroun

now to megyn kelly with the next round of questions. a new topic. >> megyn: this is something we have heard pressure little about in the election, but something that is an important issue for a lot of voters. speaker gingrich, let me start with you. you have proposed a plan to subpoena judges to testify before congress about controversial decisions they make. in certain cases you advocate impeaching judges or abolishing courts altogether. two conservative former attorneys general criticized the plan saying it alters the checks and balances of the three branches of government. they used words like "dangerous," "outrageous" and "totally irresponsible." are they wrong? >> the first half is right. it alters the balance because the courts have become grotesquely dictatorial, far too powerful and arrogant in the misreading of the american future. there is an entire paper at newt.org,vy been working on this project since 2002 when the ninth circuit court said one nation under god is unconstitutionable in the "pledge of allegiance" and i decided

now to megyn kelly with the next round of questions. a new topic. >> megyn: this is something we have heard pressure little about in the election, but something that is an important issue for a lot of voters. speaker gingrich, let me start with you. you have proposed a plan to subpoena judges to testify before congress about controversial decisions they make. in certain cases you advocate impeaching judges or abolishing courts altogether. two conservative former attorneys general criticized the plan saying it alters the checks and balances of the three branches of government. they used words like "dangerous," "outrageous" and "totally irresponsible." are they wrong? >> the first half is right. it alters the balance because the courts have become grotesquely dictatorial, far too powerful and arrogant in the misreading of the american future. there is an entire paper at newt.org,vy been working on this project since 2002 when the ninth circuit court said one nation under god is unconstitutionable in the "pledge of allegiance" and i decided

megyn kelly host of america live. fox news sunday host chris wallace. about heading in this debate? i think we are ready. but there could be interesting moments tonight. >> absolutely. as you have been saying and it's true, this is the last time that the candidates are all going to be on the stage together before the iowa caucuses in a little over two weeks. it's the last time to make a big impression, with the state and much of the nation watching. there is a lot riding on it. there is no front runner this race. it's up for grabs. you could make a convinces case that four or five of seven could win the caucuses. a big night. cat cult yourself if you do something good and smart. it's a night you can hurt yourself if you step in it. >> bret: this is the second time you work the questions over with us in the panel of -- it's pretty amazing process going through the questions and how we come up to them. >> it is. >> not to pat ourselves on the back too much but i have watched the other debate and seen repetitive questions from what we have seen. we have al

i'll be there with my colleagues, bret baier hosting, chris wallace, megyn kelly and, the last chanceor iowans. the donald has stepped back and it's time for everyone in the nation to listen to the candidates on fox and only fox and then decide what they're going to do. we'll have more after this. . . the droid razr by motorola. the newest droid armed with motocast. granting you wireless access to files on your home computer from almost anywhere. 4g lte equipped to pull pictures, music, and movies. all at mind-melting speeds. powered by verizon, this droid is too powerful to fall into the wrong hands. you won't just find us online, you'll also find us in person, with dedicated support teams at over 500 branches nationwide. so when you call or visit, you can ask for a name you know. because personal service starts with a real person. [ rodger ] at scottrade, seven dollar trades are just the start. our support teams are nearby, ready to help. it's no wonder so many investors are saying... [ all ] i'm with scottrade. >> neil: the scene in sioux city, iowa. pretty soon it could be snowing

let's go back out to iowa where i'm cold that megyn kelly has now plugged back in the satellite. megyn: isn't this fun. you thought you were just going to sit there. get to work. >> reporter: will do. megyn: we love allison, but we hope not to be back to her. if it happens it means another technological meltdown. we'll look forward to that. coming up later, a bit of a surprise today, dennis cardoza a democrat ripping into the president. up next why he's doing it and what it could mean for the president's re-election honest. time magazine has named the protester as its person of the year for changing global policies. which protestors do they mean? we'll debate. and denver bronco's quarterback tim tebow has been mocked for his demonstrations of his christian faith. what if he were not christian, would that still be happening? bernie goldberg is here. >> you have a team where nothing is going right, you continue to believe and you stick together and you encourage one another and eventually good things are going to happen. i believe we're a team that keeps the faith and keeps believin

eastern with megyn kelly and bill hemmer and hosts it like nobody's business and among the guest, too and my good buddy, john rich will be there, big and rich. you don't want to miss that and rock of ages and ahead of the show, here is something you could do really special, you can send the new years greeting and send it to our troops and loved one and all you do is text the-- let's see, you next, you text. you text space, plus your greeting to 36288, and that means type you text, leave a space and leave a brief message and leave it to 36288 and kelly is sending mine right now. thank you, kelly. >> in america, two million young people are arrested every year, due to juvenile crime according to the head of the boys and girls club in america who says that the reason for that is because many children do not feel any connection to their community. and one of the best ways to change all of that is to make sure that kids have support from members of their community who are willing to step up and be a mentor to the children. from one of those mentors, is nba great lebron james. he's our focu

kicking off thursday, with ron paul, and home depot founder bernie marcus, and questioning along with megyn kellyris wallace, we've got bret baier, we're doing jello shots right before it so it should be quite interesting once the debate ensues. remember this, any-- >> barack obama and i were literally sitting at a desk in a high rise in chicago, beginning to plan how we would try to get this economy out of a ditch. literally, the first guy i called was john corzine. (laughter) >> that's a far cry from this, forget about mf. more like mf? at bank of america, we're lending and investing in communities across the country, from helping to revitalize a neighborhood in brooklyn to financing industries that are creating jobs in boston or providing funding for the expansion of a local business serving a diverse seattle community and supporting training programs for tomorrow's workforce in los angeles. because the more we can do in local neighborhoods and communities, the more we can help make opportunity possible. >> coming up a one two guy for the white house now getting a going over on capitol hill. f

joining me at the big desk tonight my fox news colleagues, neil cavuto, chris wallace and megyn kelly. now, our rules are similar to our previous fox debates. one minute for answers. 30 seconds for follow-ups. if the candidates run too long we will politely remind them it is time to wrap up with this sound. after a long string of debates we trust you all know the drill and we won't have to use that sound too much. also a very enthusiastic crowd here tonight and we welcome that. we do have a limited amount of time here and we ask you to honor the fact that we are are trying to keep the valuable time for the candidates throughout this debate. tonight's event obviously comes amid an extraordinary backdrop. the struggling america economy now further threatened by financial turmoil in europe, gridlock on capitol hill, a real threat to world security posed by iran even as we pull the last u.s. troops out of iraq. we have received thousands of tweets and facebook messages and e-mails with suggested questions. the people want to know which is in the best position to beat president obama. and

i'm alisyn camerota in for megyn kelly today. it's one of the uglyist fights seen this year. earlier today both house democrats and republicans pointed fingers over who is to blame for the failure to pass the senate's short-term solution to prevent a tax hike come january 1st. let's listen. >> we are here, we are ready to do our work and we are hoping that the senate democrats will appoint negotiators, come to the table and resolve these differences. >> unfortunately, as has had so often, the acting speaker, republican presiding officer, walked out. he walked out, would not render recognition, and would not allow mr. van hollan and i would make the unanimous consent request and move forward. alisyn: chris stirewalt joins us. wha us. what is happening at this hour. >> reporter: the president may be getting inc involved. he has called speaker boehner and called majority leader reid and is trying to put back together what looked like what was terminally failed a few hours ago. alisyn: not sure if he's doing last-minute christmas shopping, the president was seen shopping. but he

megyn: "kelly's court" is back in session.e docket today, a country star, her custody battle and a missing five-year-old that could land her behind bars. mindy mccready the twangy voice behind guys do it all the time and 10,000 angels. peeking in the 1980s, and falling into a life of drugs and domestic abuse there after. she has two hours to return her five-year-old son to her mother's house, i think it is or be arrested. her mother was granted custody back in 2007, but the singer says the child was allegedly being abused, so she is hiding him. now nearly seven months pregnant with twins mindy mccready has no plans apparently of bringing this boy back. so, will she go to jail? should she? joining me me now defense attorney mark eiglarsh. and julia morrow: mindy mccready is a hot mess, the father is a hot mess, the court gave custody of the boy to the grandma. she is visiting her dad, her own dad who is with the boy and she takes him, she takes the boy. what is her defense julia to doing this? >> well, you know, her only defens

this year megyn kelly and bill hemmer will be hosting fox's "all american new year". here is a sneak-peek who will be performing. ♪ . [safe a horse, ride a cowboy ♪. gregg: look at that, big and rich along with trace atkins and the cast of the tony award nominated show, "rock of ages" will join us for the countdown to 2012. the fun begins 11:00 p.m. eastern time here on fox news channel. send us your new year's greeting. send us, utext space, your greeting to 32688. type a brief message and send it to 36288. love to hear from you. patti ann: a potential standoff in the persian gulf. iran threatening to shut down the strait of hormuz, a vital passageway for some of the world's oil tankers and now the u.s. is responding. ambassador john bolton is coming up next. gregg: the search for a missing mother stepping up after police fine her burned out car. what investigators are saying about it now. are you anxious to protect your family with life insurance ... but afraid you can't afford it? well, look how much insurance many people can get through selectquote for less than a

. >> reporter: bill hemmer and megyn kelly are paying close attention to rick reichmuth's weather forecast because they will be outside in times square for our special here, an all-american new year's eve. bill an megyn and a lot of other fox personalities beginning 11:00 p.m. eastern time. there is a way to take part in the show. you can send your new year's messages and text them right to us and they will appear on the screen. utext, then your greeting. send it off to 36288. we'll have them along the scroll during the live broadcast. wish happy new year to your mother at the same time. back to you guys. arthel: mom likes that when you wish them happy new year. jon: got to love the mom. that's right. there's a very sad update to bring you though. compensation for a tragedy that happened three years ago. a judge now telling the u.s. government it must pay a family that lost four of its members after a marine corps fighter jet crashed into it, crashed into their home. it's a multimillion-dollar award. we'll bring you details coming up. arthel: also fresh developments in another deadly disas

we're handing it over to you for our special hosted by bill hemmer and megyn kelly.re inviting you to send your text, your new year's greeting. send them to us by texting 36288 is the number. you go utext and your greeting and the number to tex it to is 36288. send it along and it will appear on the bottom of the screen during the program from 11 to 12:0 eastern time. megyn and bill right in the heart of times square where all the action is. you can have your greeting on the screen. back over to you guys. jon: sounds good. rick folbaum. thanks. julie: the doctor is in and you're relationship with your mother even in the very early years could have a major impact on your weight. a brand new study finds that kids who had poor emotional relationships with their moms as far back as toddler hood, before age 4, in fact, were twice as likely to become obese later in life. the doctor is with us. she is with the university of maryland school of medicine. dr. thanks for coming in to talk to me. how is it researchers are correlating first of all a person's weight in adult years

special panel featuring chris wallace, americans newsroom host megyn kelly and chris. 9:00 that night must see tv final debate with all the candidates on stage before the voting on january 3rd in iowa. you will not want to miss that if you have any suggested questions, you can tweet me