here now attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. all right.'s talk about this weasel, and i say that because he puts so many u.s. servicemen in danger by printing all of this stuff that he got on wikileaks is he is in london and they're holding him extradition sweden on some kind of sex beef, all right? >> um-huh. then he finally gets over to the ecuadorian. >> he didn't want -- he just lost in a court ruling. when he lost and realized they were going to boot him out to sweden. he ran to the ecuadorian embassy. they said i don't come on. in you are safe to us. we love to give asylum to everybody. >> bill: why would ecuador which is not exactly a metropolitan, why would they get involved. >> apparently this is one of their things. they pride themselves on being haven for refugees whether you are julian assange or not. they welcomed him with open arms. and now the problem for mr. assange is he is in there, apparently, reportedly in a windowless room eating takeout sleeping on air that mattress and that is life forever for him right now. >> bill:

here now to explain attorney and fox news anchor megyn kelly. i am mystified by this executive order. you explain it to me please. >> there is a crisis for african-americans in many of our schools in terms of the discipline they face and the lack of graduation and the fact that they are two years behind whites in terms of what the level of education that he they are attaining even though they are in the same grade. so they are trying to look at this. now, it does come right after the president received a report from the same group to which he announced this policy that if he didn't do something for the african-american community is he in danger of losing significant portions of the african-american vote in some critical swing states. but the president comes out and says okay, da i want to create a commission that's going to look into this problem in our schools? and then i also want to work with communities to try to. >> bill: he doesn't have to do an executive order to create a commission to look into how to better serve those children. >> the

alert, i'm bret baier. >> i'm megyn kelly. of the things making this republican convention unique is it's happening right now. the delegates are formally about to nominate mitt romney for president on tuesday. one day earlier than normal. >> actually a couple minutes earlier than we thought. the state vote in alphabetical order. each state is awarded a different number of delegates based on the size of the population. the way it's voted in previous elections. states that went republican in 2008 got a bump. so here is the deal. we will keep track of the delegate voting at the bottom of your screen. you can see the magic number needed for nomination on the right side of your screen. that magic number 1144 delegates. the state vote willing be on the far left of the screen when it's happening. when it votes and announces its delegates. now it will all be tallied in the middle of your screen. that running tally will continue to change as you see below us as the states vote. when it hit 1144, you will know it. >> that is the magic n

i'm megyn kelly. secretary leon panetta using some of his strongest language yet during a trip to israel even as israel states its right to self-defense with or without our help. >> the most effective way to stop the iranians from obtaining a nuclear weapon is for the international community to be united, proving to iran that it will only make itself less secure if it continues to try to pursue a nuclear weapon. megyn: dominic dina is streaming live from jerusalem. >> he was talking about how prepared america was if it chooses to strike against iran. it said all options being available at least three times. the language caught everybody by surprise. he was might be with his israeli counterpart, the defense minister. just to give you a taste of how he expressed it when we caught up with him earlier. >> if they continue, if they make the decision to proceed with a nuclear weapon as to the minister point out, we have options that we are prepared to implement to insure that that does not happen. >> report

you can tweet me, follow me at brea bret baier. >> and follow me at megyn kelly. was beating you in twitter followers but you surpassed me. meg begin, m-e-g-y-mn. >> charles, why aren't you following me? >> because i find that tweeting takes up so much of my time. >> i l a better reason next time when i am not ambushed. >> we heard mitt rom niece interview with chris wallace saying his father would have told him. that's his challenge this week to come out and be bold. do you expect that from governor romney? >> i think he has got to be real. that's the problem. when you look at the objectives obama shouldn't be anywhere near a time with mitt romney. it is like carter and reagan in 1980 where on the objective conditions of carter should have been way back. they weren't sure if he was presidential and extreme, et cetera. the reason romney is neck and neck is people don't really know him and say he is stiff and they are not sure he wants to change choices. everybody heard him 100 times. it's not an important speech. he makes them on healthcare alone. he wants the one

i am megyn kelly. >> i am bret baier. >> that is the stage from which governor romney will accept his nam nation. these are the seats from which the delegates are route him on. while they are on everyone's list tonight the name abounding inside the arena at the moment is isaac. >> tropical storm isaac expected to be hurricane isaac. we will tell you where the track of the storm is headed and how that changed the convention already and we will look at the party flat form and look at the political analysis. it starts right now. ♪ >> live from the tampa bay times this is america's leblgs headquarters. >> welcome to the fox news set our perch through out the convention this week. they are already preparing a tribute to the late neil armstrong. >> no tributes to isaac. the storm barreling toward the gulf coast which caused them to postpone the kickoff by a day and now we are hearing maybe more. we will bring you the latest on the storm track in just a minute. >> first the storm keeping the presumptive republican nominee mitt romney in new hampshire. karl cameron is traveling with the gover

i'm megyn kelly. as president obama looks to win over voters in an event in the key swing state of ohio today, we've gotten word that his campaign is burning through some serious cash. in fact his team spending more last month than it brought in. and that is not all. the same candidate that broke fund-raising records back in 2008, now finds himself trailing governor mitt romney when it comes to cash on hand and by a pretty wide margin. according to the latest reports, the president and his allies have close to $124 million on hand. governor romney's seem has just under 186 million. so what does this mean heading into the homestretch? chris stirewalt, is our fox news digital politics editor and host of power play on fox news dot-com. putting aside the point i'm sure many of the president's detractors will make, that the country too is spending more than it is taking in at this moment, that is an amazing thing for a president whom raising cash seemed to be easy, at least back in 2008. >> yeah. i mean, m

i am megyn kelly. >> i am bret baier. >> that is the stage from which governor romney will accept his nam nation. these are the seats from which the delegates are route him on. while they are on everyone's list tonight the name abounding inside the arena at the moment is isaac. >> tropical storm isaac expected to be hurricane isaac. we will tell you where the track of the storm is headed and how that changed the convention already and we will look at the party flat form and look at the political analysis. it starts right now. ♪ >> live from the tampa bay times this is america's leblgs headquarters. >> welcome to the fox news set our perch through out the convention this week. they are already preparing a tribute to the late neil armstrong. >> no tributes to isaac. the storm barreling toward the gulf coast which caused them to postpone the kickoff by a day and now we are hearing maybe more. we will bring you the latest on the storm track in just a minute. >> first the storm keeping the presumptive republican nominee mitt romney in new hampshire. karl cameron is traveling with the gover

i am megyn kelly. >> i am bret baier. >> that is the stage from which governor romney will accept his nam nation. these are the seats from which the delegates are route him on. while they are on everyone's list tonight the name abounding inside the arena at the moment is isaac. >> tropical storm isaac expected to be hurricane isaac. we will tell you where the track of the storm is headed and how that changed the convention already and we will look at the party flat form and look at the political analysis. it starts right now. ♪ >> live from the tampa bay times this is america's leblgs headquarters. >> welcome to the fox news set our perch through out the convention this week. they are already preparing a tribute to the late neil armstrong. >> no tributes to isaac. the storm barreling toward the gulf coast which caused them to postpone the kickoff by a day and now we are hearing maybe more. we will bring you the latest on the storm track in just a minute. >> first the storm keeping the presumptive republican nominee mitt romney in new hampshire. karl cameron is traveling with the gover

welcome, everyone, to "america live," i'm megyn kelly. brand new polling shows this race is tightening in the critical swing states with momentum today going in governor mitt romney's direction. take a look at what has happened in just the past three weeks. president obama's lead shrinking in eight of these nine key swing states, and the biggest changes coming in some of the states with the most electoral votes at stake, including ohio and wisconsin. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politics editor and host of "power play" on foxnews.com. we've talked many times about how even though governor romney made some headway here or there, you know, did it really matter when he was still trailing barack obama in the real clear politics average of all polls in these critical swing states, and he was trail anything virtually every single one of them up until a couple of weeks ago. and now today, chris, what a difference a few weeks makes. romney ahead of pram in; colorado, florida, iowa, michigan, nevada, ohio, wisconsin, virginia. it's, it'

welcome to "america live," everyone, i'm megyn kelly. vice president biden on tuesday suggesting that republicans want to put people back in chains, those accusations made more controversial because he made them in front of an audience made up largely of african-americans. here are those remarks. >> romney wants to let -- he said in the first 100 days he's going to let the big banks once again write their own rules. unchain wall street. >> boo! >> they're going to put y'all back in chains. [laughter] megyn: here's what white house press secretary jay carney had to say when asked about those comments just a short time ago. >> regret the choice of words? because some took it as a reference to slavery, and he had a -- >> nobody took it, nobody took it as a reference to anything except be, except for those who are trying to make something out of nothing here and distract anticipation from the policy debates. i mean, this is -- you know that's not what this is about. you know he was talking, if you look at what he said, about wall street refo

welcome, i'm megyn kelly. the 28-year-old man from virginia was posing as an intern at family research council. according to authorities he walked into the building and made statement about the group's conservative policies and now we have the specifics and then he opened fire, hitting a security guard in the arm. that guard being called a hero for preventing what could have been a deadly attack. here is the fbi moment ago. >> i can't get into the details of what was said or not said. but the security guard was a hero in this case and he did an excellent job in stopping the gunman from getting further into the building and from anyone else getting injured or shot by him. i don't know the details of it. but we do know there was an altercation and the security guard was shot. but the security guard did a phenomenal job above and beyond what he was supposed to do in the situation. megyn: the family research council is just blocks from the white house. the fbi and the ... >> the family research council is in the r

i'm megyn kelly.warning comes from the congressional budget office where the director is raising red flags today. douglas elmandorf saying that we are flirting with a new recession that could hit in just months if a deadlocked congress cannot reach a deal. the worry is a combination of billions of dollars in tax hikes and spending cuts is scheduled to take place on january 1st. listen to him here. >> if allowed to occur those sharp reductions in taxes, and -- sharp reductions in federal spending and increases in taxes will lead to a tkr dramatic reduction to the federal budget. that would be a significant tightening of fiscal policy and would probably lead to a recession early next year. megyn:ed henry live in north las vegas where the president just spoke. >> reporter: good to see you. the president just wrapping up this event at a high school, campaigning in this battleground state, but the grim news from washington as you note, the cbo also projecting that for the fourth year in a row the federal b

i'm megyn kelly.ac is on a slow and drenching crawl inland from the gulf of mexico * and the storm turning into a major soaker. >> i sake belting new orleans are heavy rains and high winds exactly 7 years to the day after hurricane a trina stormed ashore. the army corps of engineers says the reinforced levee system is holding on for now. over in mississippi where some highway shutdown with water reaching 4 feet deep in low-lying areas there is also major worry and things there could only get worse. janice dean live at the fox weather center with more. >> reporter: it's still a hurricane. even though this storm is onshore it should be weakening, it is still a hurricane at this hour and it's expected to crawl across the state of louisiana for the next 24 hours. so there is the 3d satellite the last three hours and the storm is inching northwestward. that's our big concern. all of that rain and wind and surge continues to pounds the coast and we have a threat on top of that of tornadoes. so a tornado wat

megyn kelly and bret baier will anchor when the republican national convention takes place, in tampa,lorida, august 27th through the 30th. as well as the following week when the democrats hold their convention. september 3rd through 6th in charlotte, north carolina. >> eric: and we're waiting for that, as it starts and coming up right now here on the fox news channel a piece of american history, setting sail today in boston, the world's oldest commissioned warship marking a key victory from the war of 1812. we've got the heralded colonial action live from boston harbor, straight ahead. >> jamie: plus troubling new information on the west nile virus. it is spreading fast this year. there is information you need to protect your family, coming up they'll be spraying, folks, for west nile, are we safe? join the doctors for "sunday house call," coming up. hey! did you know that honey nut cheerios has oats that can help lower cholesterol? and it tastes good? sure does! wow. it's the honey, it makes it taste so... well, would you look at the time... what's the rush? be happy. be healthy. wou

i'm shannon bream in for megyn kelly. jay carney holding the daily briefing as the controversy escalates. it started when field workers seemed to suggest that governor romney was responsible for his wife's death because he was laid off from bain capital and lost haste health insurance. it didn't ad up. campaign staffers insisted they did not know any details of the man's story. robert gibbs arguing that point on morning television. obama for america deputy campaign manager stephanie cutter said she didn't know the facts except she actually hosted a conference call in may that featured the man in the ad telling his story and she thanked him for it. obama for america traveling press secretary also seemed to be in the dark only to acknowledge late yesterday that, yes he was on the conference call, he had even been in one of their own campaign ads. what is the media reaction to being lied to by three of the top people in the obama campaign so far? not much. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital politicsed tore and host on f

i am live from tampa and i am megyn kelly.ess than one hour from now, this convention will be called to order. today's schedule is jampacked. people will have the most official forms of business tonight at 5:20 p.m. we will have live coverage for you. also on tap, two of the most highly anticipated speeches of the week. a personal look at governor romney by the woman who knows him best or if grade his wife, ann. in a keynote speech common keynote speech from new jersey governor chris christie. as we await all of that come a brand-new polling today shows an ever tightening race in the key critical battleground states. according to the rasmussen report, president obama now has 47% of the vote. in 11 states compared to governor romney. 44%. again, these are 11 key states that president obama won back in 2008. these states are thought to be in play this year. rasmussen says these three states, florida, ohio, and virginia are the real most important ones. he says that these are the ones that will make or break the election. all thr

i'm martha maccallum in for megyn kelly. scene of chaos after a gunman opened fire during rush hour near the national landmark of the empire state building. police shot him dead but not before the suspect killed a former coworker. at least nine other people were killed include something who may have been wounded by police fire. family members of those hurt are now speaking out. >> it's unfortunate you have got something like this so close to home. i hear it in the news all the time. but it's so close. it's too much. martha: they are just blocks away from where we are at fox news channel headquarters. david lee miller is live at the site. what are we learn being the short and his motive? >> reporter: the short is identifies as jeffery johnson in his late 50s. he was the former disgruntled employee of hazan imports. he was at that location early this morning when he opened fire on one of his former colleagues, an executive at that firm identified as steve irgalino. the short had with him another magazine, more ammunition and h

megyn: is there an investigation for excessive force? >> there is. ray kellyyou can second-guess all these things under the circumstances what the officers did was appropriate to the situation. now the legal standard is very subjective, megyn as you know police allowed to use only the level of force necessary to subdue a suspect, but if an officer feels they are in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or death they are permitted to use deadly force. but, again, it's in the eye of the beholder very subjective. you can probably count on a lawsuit here from the family members of darius kennedy. megyn: thank you. by the way i wanted to mention something in connection with our segment with lou dobbs, that romney ad, i asked him whether it's true where he says you wouldn't have to work or train for a job under the obama fan. politofact rated that claim with a pants on fire rating back a few days ago, for what it's worth. coming up one of the biggest names from the world of music has now weighed in on the new g.o.p. ticket. tweeting, quote, mitt romney and paul r

welcome to "america live," everyone, i'm megyn kelly. a new voter -- new report i should say on voter registration trends raising serious questions about this up coming election. a left-leaning group looked into voter registration in eight key battleground states. it found that more than 800,000 democrats have dropped their party affiliation since the last presidential election year. the republicans are also down, but the losses are small in comparison at just 79,000 to the democrat's 800,000. in what could prove to be an even bigger story here, the independent voters, their registration numbers are way, way up at nearly half a million, 486,000. chris stirewalt is our fox news digital editor and host of fox news live. we are talking about critical swing states that helped barack obama into the presidency of three and a half years ago, and now the democrats seem to be leaving the party in mass numbers, and it seems like most of them are becoming independents. what does it tell us? >> it tells us that a -- we should point out some of those

. >> andrea: tony perkins the president of the family research council was on with megyn kelly on "americaay and he has background working in terrorism. he told her that this is terrorism as he sees it. he said it's designed to intimidate, which is what the shooter seems like wanted to do. but he came out and i thought it was really great what he said. he said we are not going to let us intimidate us at all. stand firm. we believe in the traditional marriage. exactly what this guy wants to do. he is crazy. anybody who walks in a building with a gun is crazy. is to try to make a point and scare others to back off their belief. i applaud mr. perkins for not doing that. >> kimberly: he mentioned in the interview, dana, this individual has 15 chick-fil-a sandwiches along with 50 rounds of ammo. >> bob: at least he wouldn't hungry. sorry. >> dana: on the domestic terrorism charge, whether or not it comes forward, aed looed term -- loaded term. you have to parse it carefully. i assume, as a lawyer, that everybody is thinking about that very carefully before they do anything. remember we talked a

i'm megyn kelly. we are giving you a front-row seat to the republican national convention in tampa, florida with the last dave this event just getting started right now. tonight the attention turns to the top of the gop ticket. governor mitt romney who was here when his wife ann made her remarks will come out personally to make his case to the american people. with 23 million of them unemployed or underemployed and our economy possibly heading for a new recession. the challenge could not be greater. joining me now, bret baier and dana perino who is cohost of "the five." so it's not overstating, this is literally the biggest speech of his career. >> reporter: it is. he has been working up to this after all these months of campaigning. if you talk to some people after years and years of campaigning. his father didn't get to this spot. he talks about how that will factor into his thinking. it is the biggest speech of his life. he has been working on it a long long time. the job we are told on the romney

now, you and kelly, megyn kelly, you two are going to be hogging all the air time at the conventions, both the conventions, right? >> bret: not your time. we won't take your time. >> bill: they want to get ratings at 8:00. [ laughter ] you and kelly -- you are the duo, right? >> bret: we are. >> bill: for both convention recommendation right? >> we are for the republic and democratic convention. >> bill: these are basically, and fox business network ray and i'm not saying this with any -- yes i am. i'm cynical about it. these are basically propaganda displays, right? >> you have been to a ton of these. >> bill: they have and they're forcing me to go there again. >> there are story lines there that develop, that paint the picture of how the general election is going to go. how they are going to roll out governor romney and his vice presidential nominee. >> bill: that's going to be before? don't you think he is going to mention before. >> yeah, but i think how t is all packaged together is the convention. >> so what kind of point of view are you going to bring? see, they wouldn't let me

fox anchor megyn kelly hosts america live from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m., ten hours of live tv every week. look, you do it with some nonsense, car chases, cover the car chase of the moment. models and diet fads. how are we supposed to be the news business to cover what is important. >> we cover crime. its crime in progress. why not cover a crime in progress where we can witness the event. we all become potential witnesses because we watched it unfold. there is a big question mark about the outcome. i think people wanted to watch it. >> john: here is my gripe. these shows, yours is called america live. there is happening now that comes on before you. what is happening now. i think the important stuff happens slowly. the gradual increase in the deficit that may crush it. the women's movement. the invention of the birth control pill and computer chip, that is important stuff. while you are covering the crime of the day we cover less of that. >> i think that is truer. evening broadcasts than it is of cable news. as you say i do ten hours a week. if for no other reason we have to sell that time

bret baier and megyn kelly leading the coverage. sadly for them and the people sharing the stage with a horrible storm along the gulf south. i want to give you more information on plaquemine parish where there were mandatory evacuations and some did not evacuate which is the case. people like to deride the folks but it is expensive to evacuate and a lot of folks thought it would not be too bad. and plaquemines parish fire and rescue has been out there rescuing people. i am glad you are safe. what did you see this morning? >> well, a mess at 5:00 this morning. we had to launch about 6:30. we started rescuing people. in the dark. and worked out way. >>shepard: rescuing people in the dark? >>guest: yes, in the dark, with wind and rain and the gusts. with the surge. and the tide. power lines. current. all of the above. >>shepard: you sound exhausted. how many people were out there to help? how many folks decided to stay behind despite the warnings? >>guest: we have about 2,500 in the parish and roughly 300 stayed behind. this morning, w