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mike tobin live in chicago with more. so, mike, what would this mean for emanuel's plans to run for mayor of that city? >> well, you know, jon, he certainly doesn't want to have his name connected to rod blagojevich one more time. at the end of the day it would be more of a scheduling problem than anything else. you have to remember what we know from the record in this case the allegation is that rod blagojevich attempted to shake down rahm emanuel and ultimately his brother are. if is he called in he is called in for victim testimony. if the prosecution or the defense decides to call him, he has got very little in the way of legal remedies to fight his subpoena, jon. >> jon: white house senior advisor israeli jarrett was in the same federal courthouse today? >> yeah, because there was a hearing, the press corps got all excited when she showed up pretty much unannounced with a full compliment of secret service being connection. her name has been mentioned so much. turns out she has a daughter who works in the dirksen feder

mike tobin is live in louisville with all the details. and paul was quiet behind the scenes but went on the defensive as soon as the debate got started. jabbing his opponent over ties to the obama administration and a lag in the polls. >> we are waiting for him to catch up in the polls and then may revert to him more. what he needs to do is he needs to either defend his president or run away. so far he is running away from president obama and the agenda. >> and as they have throughout the entire campaign. paul emphasized national issues. conway kept it local. >> there is a real clear choice in the race. a real clear choice between someone who has taken on the drug issue and someone who says drugs aren't a pressing issue. someone who stands up to criminals and someone who says that nonviolent behavior shouldn't be a crime. >> most of the post debate paid to a comment made by rand paul in which he said the eligibility age for social security benefits needs to be receiving for those reeving benefits but for younger people who may be retiring

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waiting to come on the market and that's why some say the bottom is nowhere in sight but reporter mike tobin explains this is not bad news. >> reporter: it is making a much bigger mess of the housing market. but trying to pinpoint who or what is to blame is a tough call. some blame people who overtended themselves. others say the banks are at fault citing the so-called robo signers controversy, where a computer signed off on many documents. attorneys general in many states have opened a joint investigation into possible mortgage fraud. meanwhile some of the biggest banks in the country have put many of their foreclosures on hold until the paperwork issue gets sorted out. >> we haven't hit bottom in the foreclosure market because there's such a huge inventory of homes for which the paperwork hasn't been processed. >> reporter: things could get worse before they get better. experts say banks have so many foreclosed houses on their books when they release all that inventory for sale, prices are expected to plunge even further. >> we are going to see a financial tsunami over the next year to yea

mike tobin joins us live with heats from today's debate, mike?n the studio as rand paul went on the offensive early throwing barbs at jack conway, linking him to the obama administration and taking a shot at poll numbers. >> we are waiting for him to catch up in the polls and may refer to him more but he has to -- what he needs do is, needs to either defend the president or run away and so far he's running away from president obama and the agenda. >> reporter: now conway still got his licks in, trying the paint rand paul as a tea party fanatic. >> i'm not saying dr. paul is crazy, i think some of his ideas are out of the mainstream and out of touch with the values of normal kentuckians. >> reporter: conway kept it local, speaking of things that were specific to kentucky, and rand paul went for the bigger national issues, that strike a chord with kentucky voters, things like the debt and health care and seemed to generate the most buzz, however, when he suggested that the age requirement for eligibility to social security, should be increased, as

in chicago, mike tobin, fox news. >> jim: the new supreme court justice took her seat on the bench forirst time today. elena kagan and her new colleagues took part in the short ceremony known as investture. president obama was on hand. later, chief justice john roberts escorted kagan down the step in front of the court so photographers could take pictures. high court term begins on monday. >>> bank of america will delay foreclosures in 23 states as it examines whether the employees tried to speed along the process without reading the documents. the nation's largest bank joins a growing list of firms whose workers apparently sign foreclosure papers without verifying the information they contain. >>> torrential rains along the east coast are blamed for six deaths. woman apparently drove her car to a rain-swollen creek in southeastern pennsylvania this morning. thursday, four people died when the vehicle plunged in a rain-filled ditch in north carolina. the storm has now passed the mid-atlantic region and moved in to new england. >>> how will the departure of chief of staff rahm emanuel a

mike tobin, live in chicago to explain. mike. >> reporter: john, it's this new trend, e commerce mixed with markets. groupon, what they do is they send sales people out to the retailers and convince them to put together the mega discounted deals, then sell those deals online in the form of coupons with limited group size, one or 200 deals get sold at any given time. they sell them to the bargain hunting subscribers and groupon takes a percentage of the proceeds. >> christie peterson is trying a new salon because she found a coupon online. >> i never saw this salon before and i saw this coop kwraopb so i decided to try. >> because of customers like christie, groupon has grown to 2500 employees over four continents. >> we're in one of the worst economic downturns we've seen, however, this is the fastest growing company ever. >> copycat companies are erupting as well. >> we've gone from 3-20 in 9 months. >> the deals are too good to be true because they are. the retailer often takes a loss, with the goal of getting customers in

>> jamie: mike tobin, live in louisville. thank you.n chris wallace. check your local listings. >> eric: man, oh, man, heavy rains creating flooding in north carolina. much of the small town of wi windsor, north carolina, is under water. residents there say mother nature has it out for them. >> in ten years we had two 500-year floods. that makes us 1,000 years old. >> eric: two feet of rain fell in north carolina this week, creating mess for everybody. chief meteorologist rick reichmuth in the fox weather center. two feet of rain? wow! >> think about that. that was from sunday to around thursday. you get that kind of rainfall and it causes all kind of problems. it wasn't just in one town. it was such a big area of the eastern seaboard that saw five inches of rain to two feet of rain. a huge swath. all the water has to go somewhere, it takes a while. a couple of other storms brewing. nothing like what we saw last week. this system here will continue develop into a little bit of a pesky low to plague parts of the northeast. we also have r

martha: thank you, mike tobin from lansing, michigan. bill: it might be the hottest story today, spending in washington, like a runaway train, $3 trillion of taxpayer dollars, this year alone, an increase. where all the money is going and whether or not the spending will ever stop. we'll show you the numbers in a moment. martha: the numbers are looking very tight, folks, for the balance of power in the senate. it could come down to connecticut. the battle between linda mcmahon and dick blumenthal. brand new numbers into the newsroom. we've got them for you. we'll be right back. s changing n too bad these cheap props aren't but la quinta is! la quinta inns and suites? yeah, buddy changing? lets take a gander captain they are changing! they have thousands of new rooms! and lots of neato new lobbies! they're even better than before book rooms at lq.com hey, who's captain here? (laughing) wake up on the bright side at la quinta inns and suites la quinta! martha: a "fox news alert," this morning, we have brand new numbers on some of the hotte

mike tobin outside our bureau in chicago. of changes specifically are we talking about here, mike. >> for starters, shep, there are new tests. for instance, they will simulate if a car were to hit a pole or tree from the side of the car. and this is something that is interesting. the crash test dummies have always been made to simulate men's bodies. sips half of the people out on the road are women, for the first time the crash test dummies simulate female bodies. the tests also take into consideration now new technology like electronic technology for the stability of the car and that amazing technology that sensors if a car has veered off the road or stopped in front of it. >> shepard: what should we look for when we are shopping for cars? >> expect different test results. that car you have had your eye on it, will probably score fewer stars than it did in the past that doesn't mean it's less safe, the tests are just tougher. for instance, this year the tests have been being done only the bmw five series five stars this time

mike tobin has the story. >> julie, sparks flew in the tv studio as rand paul went on the offensive early taking a shot at his poll numbers. >> waiting for him to catch up in the polls and may refer to him. >> what he needs to do is either defend this president or run away. so far he's running away from president obama and the agenda. >> now, conway still got his lex in trying to pick rand paul as a tea party fanatic. >> i'm not saying he's crazy, some of the values are out of touch with the normal kentuckiens. >> conway stuck to local issues and paul went off national issues like the debt and health care and the most buzz when he suggested raising the age requirement for retirees to receive social security benefits. >> julie: thank you, a day of jet skiing turns tragedy for one couple. they were attacked by mexican pirates along the border with texas. now for the first time we're hearing the chilling 911 call. we'll play it for you next. and it might be one of the strangest anti-terror strategies. how can cows stop terrorism? we'll tell why the u.s. is sending more of them to iraq. ♪ ♪ [

in lansing, michigan, mike tobin, fox news. >> shannon: in wisconsin, johnson may be three weeks awayuld have thought possible a year ago. johnson is leading three-term incumbent by seven points. correspondent steve brown reports feingold begs to differ. >> feingold shows that the race shifted. >> if accurate, the numbers would represent improbable and stunning reversal of weeks of polling that showed feingold trailing by aggregate of eight points to republican ron johnson. johnson's campaign isn't buying that. the press secretary telling fox news this is typical rhetoric from a career politician desperate to cling to power. >> he's in trouble in the state. [ inaudible ] they told him in a loud voice, do not pass the healthcare bill. >> pronouncing the stimulus as failed johnson is the narrow leader despite the fact that jopson was an unknown six months ago. reinforcements are on the way for the senator. michelle obama is in milwaukee tomorrow for fundraising and campaign stop for feingold. >> those things are symbolic more than substantive. >> kenneth mayor worked in two previous fei

martha: interesting, mike tobin, thanks, good to see you, mike. >> reporter: you got it.ill: a fox news weather alert breaking now, tropical storm out there in the atlantic, now a hurricane, otto, and, it has formed in the atlantic and something to watch, too, on your screen, whether or not it approaches land or gets near the eastern coast of the u.s., is something the folks like janice dean can tell us and we'll check in with her on that, the weather news breaking now and we have news on the economy and the jobs number that is breaking as well and also on the political military front, as the news about james jones at the white house, we'll get back to all of that in a moment here and also, there is this coming up... martha: lots of breaking news and this as well: the biggest local teachers unions in california is now in a battle with the aclu over the right to fire teachers, this is the beginning of a lot of change in this country. coming up next. i worry. sometimes i worry. what if something bad happens? so what happens if someone gets my credit or debit card and buys a

all eyes in illinois as mike tobin reports live from chicago. hey mike. >> reporter: hey megyn. i talked with the director for the state board of elections and he said as far as the doj investigation it really ought to be replaced with the word inquiry because the department of justice really wants to find out just what happened as far as why these ballots missed the deadline to get overseas. i can tell you what happened, the responsibility for getting the absentee ballots out usually falls to the county election boards, there's one particular board that everyone is look at now, saint claire county, where scott air force is based, what the county clerk tells me was going on, there was a court challenged, a particular organization called the constitution party, that was on the ballot in illinois, they had gotten thrown off and brought a court challenge. while that court challenge was pending the county clerk, bob delaney, didn't want to printout the ballots and mail them overseas, there could be -- would be confusion if they got got -- got two ballots and there was the expense. s

mike tobin is live in lansing, michigan. >> reporter: you've got a traditionally democratic state that appears ready to vote republican. this race has been all about one issue, the automanufacturing and other jobs that have left michigan. the voters want them back. democrats have been empowered, they haven't created the jobs. the voters now seem to be turning to a political newcomer, republican rick snyder. he created jobs in the private sector, he promises to do it again if elected. >> it is hard work to create a job. let's get our government out of the way. we have the closed for business sign up in michigan right now. we need the open for business sign. >> reporter: eyes opponent is the mayor of lansing, a democrat. he is being lumped in with the old guard as a consequence he's suffering in the polls and left to defend that he still has a shot in this case. >> let's not try to decide it for the voters. i mean i appreciate pollsters and pundits but the folks that count are the people. they are the ones who are going to determine this election. >> reporter: still the polls show a sign

in chicago, mike tobin, fox news >> julie: flooding is still a major concern for parts of the northeastster storm worked its way up the east coast. boy, was it a wet mess. seven deaths being blamed on the storm. it also took down tree, cut electricity to thousands of people. peter doocy is live with the very latest. hi, peter. >> police up in bradley, new york, almost two hours outside manhattan have just recovered the body of a woman who was swept away by raging flood waters yesterday. she is the seventh person to have been killed by the storm. there were five fatalities in north carolina and one in pennsylvania. thousands of others in the keystone state were affected by flooded homes and washed out roads. many businesses were impacted as well, including the king of prussia mall near philly. accord to their web site, is the largest retail mall in america with over 400 stores and it's hard enough to get people to go shopping these days. it's even harder when there is half an inch of water and mud in some parts of the lower level. some merchandise has reportedly been damaged and some sto

mike tobin is live for us in lancing. how are things shaping up with less than a month to go, mike?ou definitely see a trend of michigan voters wanting to get the old school out and try something new. that is why you see in the polls a majority of voters lining up behind the political newcomer, republican candidate rick s snyder, he's a private sector guy, former president of gateway and successful venture capitalist. what he has promised michigan voters is common sense, private sector solutions to the one thing they care about most, job creation. >> government doesn't create jobs. government creates an environment where jobs can flourish. i know what it takes to create a job. i've done it many times. i know what it takes during tough times to keep a company going. >> reporter: the mayor of lancing is his opponent, he's a democrat, and the sentiment we're getting on the streets in lancing is that the democrats have been empowered, they had their chance, the jobs never came to michigan so the voters are trying to -- willing to try something new. >> can he close the gap? >> he is the

on fox news sunday and joining us now live from kentucky with all the highlights is our very own mike tobinhere in new york. the sparks flew out here in kentucky with the first of five debates planned between rand paul and jack conway. rand paul out front with the offensive, throwing barbs, linking his opponent singular -- linking him to the obama policies and taking a shot at his poll numbers. >> we're waiting for him to catch up a little bit in the polls and then we may refer to him more. but really he has to -- what he needs to do is he needs to either defend his president or run away. so far he's running away from president obama and the agenda. >> paul generally tried to steer the discussion toward the national issues. conway tried to keep it local. and tried to paint rand paul as a tea party fanatic. >> i'm not saying dr. paul is crazy. i think some of his ideas are out of the main stream and out of touch with the values of normal kentuckyians. >> most of the post debate discussion has been drawn to comments made by rand paul when he talked about raising the retirement age that would