neil: thank you very much. >> thank you, neil.l: powerful jackpot tomorrow will b biggest ever, we already know who won, how the government has got the winning ticket. what is it doing with all that green? neilhalftime, full throttle, you got to b in it to win it. if you are the government, you are app ways in it think about it tomorrow night's powerball, highest ever for now. david as man said -- a -- said @ does not matter who wins, governmental ways wins. >> absolutory right. this is poor people writing a check to the government most of it goes to the government, the people who can least afford it. but let's deal with overall figures, 2010 last time we could get numbers, about 59 billion-dollars span by american ocelotry tickets. that is a big chunk of change. and immediately, state's peal off about 18 billion from that 30% of that total right off the top to the state. they take that money, and some states designate it for particular things 30% in california goes to the education. that adds up to more than 1% of total. neill bu

neil: very true. you don't think about that, but it's who controls the boyds, republicans control the house. boehner is the powerful player here. as always, thank you. rich edson at the white house, and craig smith in arizona. now, craig, i could be overanalyzing, but i'm beginning to see the inkling of and structuring of is the deal that would potentially save face on republicans on revenues saying it might not be a raise, but cling loopholes and that thing. the president might buy that, might not, but because they left out specifics and boehner left out specifics yesterday, me thinks there is wiggle rooms on revenues. on spending, then, up to the republicans to see the democrats open to reigning in the growth of the entitlements so you don't throw granny off the cliff. how do you score the likelihood of progress next week. >> i wish i could be as optimistic as you, neilment i listenedded to the president's speech, and i was infear rated. did not offer an olive pit let alone an olive branch. they say

neil: up to you. thank you both very were. >> thank you, neil. neil: coming up, you know you always wonder, why does it take so long to get help to far to poor victims of hurricane sandy, what if i tell you that unions may be playing a role by not letting non-union clean up workers play a role. that is the fascination i'm talking about. [ male announcer ] this is the age of knowing what you're made of. why let erectile dysfunction get in your way? talk to your doctor about viagra. ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take viagra if you take nitraes for chest pain; it may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. side effects include headache, flushing, upset stomach, and abnormal vision. to avoid long-term injury, seek immediate medical help for an erection lasting more than ur hours. stop taking viagra and call your doctor rigight awy if you experience a sudn decrease or loss in vision or hearing. this is the age of taking action. viagra. talk to your doctor. gives you 1% cash back on all purchases, plus a 50% annual bonus. d everyo

>>neil: thank you.k at these pictures my next guest took after hurricane sandy took away everything in her life her staten island home, furniture, clothes and now to add insult to injury she has been kicked out of hotel so fema workers can stay there. she has been very kind during the break. how are you? >>guest: hanging in there. taking it one day at a time trying to figure out each night the best course action. >>neil: your home is destroyed? >>guest: yes. >>neil: you have been living where? >>guest: each night a different story. i got three nights at the inn on staten island from calling every hour seeing if a room became available. i spent three nights at a reporter's house that was had taking pictures. i spent a few nights at one of the neighbor's friends house, they took a bunch of us in. >>neil: this hotel there were fema works staying there. >>guest: yes. >>neil: so, was for room at the inn? >>guest: no there was no room but no one is mandating who is getting to stay in the hotels. >>neil: i wou

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>>neil: talking about what? >> my god! >>neil: welcome, i am neil cavuto with fox on top.is the last day of my marriage. >> i am going to grab you and smile. >>neil: where are we going here? >> can you give me one of those cow jackets. >>neil: every guest gets one. >> i will wear it on this show. >>neil: the judge kept his pledge. >> congratulations for being chairman of the nutrition council. >> they will put me in charge of world...pizza. >>neil: i just read a prompter. enough about me. >> i recognize you. >>neil: did you like the interview? >> very nice. >>neil: because if you didn't like the interview i would have said i was bill o'reilly. >> very nice. >>neil: stick her on o'reilly and see what happens. >> you mention north america... >> stop. stop. stop you french. wake up and sniff your latte. >> you are so good at this. >>neil: you put me down like no one else can. i admire that. and i fear it. i have no problem, i built a career on it, but that is the saving virtue. >> i will show you my cat if you talk me into it. >> i cannot tell you anything about the vice pres

neil: me too.laughter] i sawyou talk to will tell welsh. >> my thing is that she knows her image is everything. everytng has to be right. >> her writing is very good anyway. i feel pretty confident. neil: you know, the writing at 50 pounds, did you know that? [laughter] talking over each other] [talking over each other] neil: will this be mitt romney's disadvange to the media? >> it probably is, but it won't be to me. >> i think that he should have come out a long time ago and said this. but anyway i'm glad he did. most of my friends are. neil: he's not going to pick up any additional electoral votes, maybe he did it for all the right asons. >> it could've been perfect timing. neil: what do you mean? >> wl, you know, -- neil: with some liberal friends hold off on giving him more money? >> i think that a contingency did. this is what they really want. if they are not thinking about the ramifications on the economy and what's going to happen in this country goes socialist. neil: do you think that thi

>>neil: incredible. new york governor cuomo wants help, about $30 billion worth in federal aid to help pay for all of this. my guest says go slow, with taxpayer protection apply an. my worry, david, you give the money and talk about a lockbox, it is frittered away. >>guest: absolutely. we have seen it before with a blank check. they will fill in the details later and that sends a chill down the taxpayers' back. we have seen that before. it doesn't work with someone else's money. we hope that cuomo has a plan and tale submits that plan and says this is what i want to spend it on and not just ask for a blank check "trust me" situation. >>neil: they will give everything to help folks out, but we have learned with fema and some of the government agencies, it disappears. so, when i heard about governor cuomo's $30 billion request, why do we think it may pay for things having nothing to do with the storm. >>guest: they have $1 billion deficit in the state of new york so, throw in an extra $1 billion or $2 bill

neil: overture?-- this is not announced but just rumors, we might not have to go back up to highest clinton rate, we could split the difference. >> i just don't see with him holding so much, i do not see -- i think it is inevitable we might either fall off the cliff or it will be up until the deadline. neil: you know the value by the way, in bringing more republicans under your cabinet? is that you not only think about your legacy, you really are trying to move the ball forward. you start putti republicans to your cabinet or those uniquely skilled to do etch and everything in your cabinet, we know what happens when you don't have the right people. >> what is best for this country is what matters the most, i have to say, i believe that they met today just to get it over and done with with what they said they would getting it right after the election. you know if this president, was confidt, i do believe he is. he would hire someone like -- >> like a cheap -- just like wall street, we never said we did

neil: neil: a lot of companies freaking out.tting back to worker's hours to deal with health care, or cutting healthy insurance all death, it dunkin' brands getting dunked. the ceo nigel travis. you do not have the same darden experience they and walmart, and some others are curtailing hours or finding ways to get around this big health care you know hit they are taking? what do you do? >> i loved your headline, are we getting dunked? we're focussed on it. we have been working with the obama administration on trying to get the rules amended i think we will in terms -- >> do they show any willingness to do that? >> we've had a lot of success, one part of the affordable health care act that many do not know is about menu labeling. and this is about calorie legislation, here in new york we have legislation bought in by new york city, and other jurisdictions. neil: how do you feel about that in we need one set of rules, biggest difficulty for franchisees is different jurisdictions spelling out what appropriate for menu labeling. we

neil: a grain of salt. neil: mayor, let me ask you something in early voting results. in ohio, i checked this out, that busy early voting, very impressive for democrats not as many this go round, about 230, 240,000 fewer democrats opting for early votinn, 7,000 more republicans that does not 19 thameanthe race goes agnst demos but it hints of a big battle in at least ohio. >> i can't tell you. what is going on in ohio, but here in wisconsin, we have seen in madison and dane county, that is heavily democratic, we do not keep track of party affiliation here, as they do in some states for early voting we know we had record turn outs by wednesday of last week, we had exceeded what we "saw 4" years ago in terms of early voting. neil: were you getting record turn out for recall election too? >> no. neil: you were not. >> it was first recall we had for a governor, if you want to do a session think on governor walker -- if you want to do a segment on governor walker i am be happy to. the enthusiasm is there we know, and this is one thing we understand, is that it is public inv

>>neil: why? >>guest: well, winning the election does not mean he has a mandate to do as he pleases. >>neil: could you make the case that the election certified his view that taxes on the rich should be raised? he ran on that. >>guest: republicans were voted back in the house of representatives. >>neil: but, he could argue i got elected --. >>guest: what we have seen, the president is showing flexibility. the front page of the "wall street journal" said president obama is showing flexibility on not following through with his mandate to raise taxes on higher earners. this shows the president knows --. >>neil: not raise them as much? >>guest: he said he is showing "flexibility." >>neil: would you, of a conservative mind, be okay with taxes for the upper income --. >>guest: no. like norquist and senator demint have said no tax hikes, period, we node full tax reform. the rates should come down thought go up for one group over another. the group who in this country most small business owners as you kno

neil: raise taxes first. katie thank you very much. >> thank you, neil. neil: you know, united nations once u.s. to pony up to help bridge temperatures down, -- to bring temperatures down, global warming push that could pull big bucks from your wallet. you will not believe where they are meeting to discuss this. it not a place like that, think a lot warmer. a lot warmer. neil: well, this is a nice local if you are going to have a big meeting on climate change, doha, qatar. today, run is pushing for rich kupri tcountries to help pay for nations to fight global warming, why is this a good idea? >> one we are a shared responsibility. governments have to work together to fight this problem. and u.s. is one of the world's wealthiest countries. neil: what if it is not all man-made? we had others on here who talk about whether cycle storms, cycle weather patterns over decades, and that we're addressing a problem, and an expensive issue to address, needlessly? >> you know, what would be more expensive is if he don't do anything, it is best to do do what we can to

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neil: okay. given that, it is the current spending policies of our federal government now that led us to this fiscal clef. and frankly i don't want any more of this. what we have to do is all the spending issue that we have. neil: no, you and i talked for a good long time. i'm very glad. the years i've known you. we are kindred spirits on the spending thing. but that is spirited away in washington. for some reason, republicans the surprise me the most, they have caved. i can see it coming up. it has come up. i understand. i don't like it. but it is like, we give you that. we will give you a bunch more, and the democrats can see there fear and are running with it. >> why the republicans collapse on this? i don't think that they should. neil: at think we're being supreme voice is. >> here is what is going to happen. we are going to end at the end of this year with one of two things. are going to end up with the fiscal cliff that is resolved by smoke and mirrors. we're going to end up with a situati

neil: so many storms s little time, am neil cavuto. i want to show you what is happening in northeast right now, particularly new york metro poll lynmetropolitan area. this is long beach, new york, no matter where you go, have you snow, rain, and what could be 60-mile per hour winds, one week after sandy. we get another mother nature dandy, all this descending on an already beleaguered big apple. that really can't dig out of the co for a storm, some say will add up to $50 billion across the east coast. on a day money was hard to find. better than 312 point tumble in dow jones. today, fox news chief meteorologist, rick, you told me this was coming, i said come on. >> this i the same area that got hit by sandy last week, wire about 9 days out. we still have people without power, now a cold, snowy wet day, adding insult to injury, snow from new york city to central jersey, now across parts of connecticut, i think it will weaken about 4 hours or so of snow across nrthern parts of jersey, the timeline, moving forward to about:00 a.m., we se

neil: i am sure. when you did that endorsement, not endorsing the president, but mitt romney, is he very pro-obama town, did that ever? >> i did no could not think of n those terms. we endorsed obama the first time around. frankly i have been a democrat my entire life. having said that, had enough exposure to the administration fairly close up to the president and his closest aide and they came to the conclusion that these people just don't know what they're doing. there is a saying we have in canada but those that follow. if you're going to try cross-country skiing the first time, pick a small country. get somebody there who knows how to run something. unfortunately there is another one, if you can't put the puck in the net, get off the ice. neil: thank you, gentlemen, all. i do think that crystallizes what is going on here when one side can't even think. they're serious about loopholes, just like ronald reagan and come away believing that ronald reagan did you would rather get most than risk not get

here is neil cavuto. >>neil: thank you. the voting storm now after the storm. welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto. they made it through power failures and through flooding and one evacuation after another, and now they are voting in tents and frigid temperatures, and he have generators that are going out if they are lucky do have a generator, and voting machines that are malfunctioning, and making paper ballots the only option in a lost the areas, a similar thing going on in the garden state, as they weather this election storm to douglas kennedy keeping track of all of this in new york city. douglas? >> it has been over a week since hurricane sandy battered the shores but the state is still feeling the effect on election day. in fact, election officials say over 800 polling places were damaged other are still without power and they have instituted emergency measures to allow residents to vote. new jersey governor chris christie, for instance, says anyone who is affected by the storm can vote at any polling place in the state. he says he is ordered to oversee b

neil: yeah, yeah.he polls i see, mayor, show always one, two, three, some have five for the president. >> that is within the margin of able to do something about it within the last. neil: are they always like that? >> the reality is i remember 'ada weekend before the election was virtually a tie. carter, reagan winning by eight, nine points, on election day 2004 i was in this very studio. it was winning by six points. that was as late as 7:00 at night. neil: is it your sense what @efines this ultimately is the economy? the obama administration has been saying the trend is our friend, things are better, not great but better. americans are feeling better, consumer confidence is better. and give me another four years to make it even better than that. >> my instinct is the america has played itself out. 47-47. they will make their decision based on the economy. that group of economy undecided, they have had plenty of information to make up their mind. something like this libya thing could flip it. i don't

neil: indeed.ow what happens, the energy front, although the issues are beginning to run up on the prospect of the possibility of a round victory, that is not the case. what now? >> well, i think we will see a repeat in the next three or four years of well we saw the first three years of the obama administration. the nation's energy future will basically go into hibernation because the regulation, the epa in particular will attack hydraulic fracturing which has been a boon to the oil and gas industry on state land and permits, not federal lands, and that think we will see a retrenchment of the oil business, the natural gas business because the regulations will be stiffened such that the environmental protection agency becomes the primary agency to allow whale and gas drilling through hydraulic fracturing. will we have seen on the east coast in the last few days with the chaos of gas lines, the chaos of not enough supply for the demand, get ready. by the end of the obama administration in is not 20

>>neil: have you seen this? call it a town brawl, one month after sandy hit, the victims are having it out. >> homeowners insurance cost -- offered me $150. what can i do with that? what? what? i need your attention. okay. we need to rebuild. i don't want did leave my house. it is not a house, a home. >> i have mold and he is telling me to avoid, where am i supposed to goes i have gone to fema, to the sba. >> when you go home and get to celebrate if a nice warm house, i have no electric trip, -- electric or sewage but the city comes and the inspector says it is okay to live in. a joke. a joke. you wonder why people are mad? we the middle class and we are getting nothing from fema. they go around in a circle. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. deny. it is a joke. >> now it is out of control. the fuming still over fema. >> welcome, everyone, i am neil cavuto, done but not out. today, speaking out. victims of super storm sandy still without heat. it will without water. still without homes. now, giving fema officia

here comes neil cavuto. >>neil: thank you, it looks like taxes could be going so stobs are crashing. is the cliff coming? today better than 312 point could be a preview of coming attractions. that was fast. welcome, everyone, president obama is in. but the dow is not wowed investors moving to very real financial bullets, and all ready to shoot off the same minute, exactly the same day, in exactly 54 days, the stroke of midnight, january 1 when all of the cuts begin and all of the bush tax rates phase out. a multitrillion dollar hit to the economy that could turn a recovery into a stubborn recession faster than you can spit out going to knell a hand basket which the folks at moody's threaten could cost us dearly in the form of another debt downgrade. that would likely tank the dollar and bond and stocks. we are that close and that scary on the day when europe got more scary and germany was pumped. the debt crisis likely to hit there hard as another storm, this one, a huge nor'easter prepares to hit america's

>>neil: hear me out. is it leaving mortgage and charitable deductions aside, you are right, the devil is in the details but it is the stuff that prevents those who pay no taxes now or skirt paying any taxes at all, is that a good point for republicans to say we are for tax purity, as well, and this would go a long way toward proving they are for simplifying and making this fairer tax code and that in a negotiating world could be a good tactic? >>guest: it might be but you do not get it with this president because this president is a spender and had --. >>neil: what would you want to hear from the budget? >>guest: i want --. >>neil: what do you want to hear from the president? >>guest: we will not hear anything from the president. >>neil: nothing like being mr. optimistic. what would stun you, floor you, surprise you, to hear from the president? >>guest: if he would slash spending. but he will not slash it. i understand this guy and a lot of people don't understand this guy. he is not in this to negotiate

neil: welcomback. know we have our own fiscal cliff deal with and there is this petraeus crisis, but i hate to burst your bubble. there is a war starting in the middle east right now. israel, hamas, we have a ron and henry kissinger weighing in. how big is this getting? this whole israeli mass? >> it is the middle east, it is the direction of the arab spring has taken. the iranian nuclear program. sitting amidst all of this. [inaudible] neil: how do the other arab nations feel about hamas i heard him saying them saying that they are not fans of hamas. but their public stance versus their private views, they're very different. >> hamas would say that they are a radical organization. they are not involved in the arab spring. even egypt, their population is rapidly growing. so i don't know any with the exception of iran, that would encourage hamas to have the retaliation of you groups. they do have an interest. because it will demonstrate and they look at you in conflict, the shia radicalism. it makes it

neil: welcome everybody. i'm neil cavvto coming to you from beautiful los angeles california, tonight. the reason why we're here, a couple of things. we're focusing on the most taxed state in the country. in fact it got a little bit more so of at recent election. two propositions approved by voters. one calls for hike in taxes on so-called rich at 250,000 and over and another calls for hike in sales taxes that affects pretty much everyone. the argument went something like ts. we cut pretty much all we could cut and we were still knee deep in a lot of messy stuff. so the only solution is to raise taxes and maybe get this economy moving. say what you will. california does seem to be showing the first seedlings of improvement. activityicking up here. home sales picking up here. retail sales picking up here. not dramatically. when a third of voters say things are getting bter and they're more confident they will get better, well that might seem very anemic to you, it is double what it was a little more than a yea

good to have you. >> thank you, neil. >> good to be with you, neil. neil: thank you, governor davis. since you're not with me, governor davis, in the studio here but governor wilson is i'm going to him first. the thing i will raise with you, governor wilson, what i'm noticing going on in this state. clearly a pickup in activity. things getting a little bit better the by point of comparison that is off a horrible environment but it is still getting better. it is getting better because taxes are going to go up? >> good god no. that's not going to help things. it will make them worse. and there is a mild improvement. i would hope for a strong improvement. i don't expect to see it. and what has just been done is not going to improve things. sadly, it will make california even less competitive than before. neil: voters must have known that was the talk and advertising against these propositions when they started? >> well they --. neil: obviously voters thought otherwise. >> hard to know what they think. i thought i, i used to think i knew but, in the old d

neil: yes. thank you judge. >> thank you, neil. neil: we have a lot more coming up, including you heard about twirjytwinkies and the folks whe them, they could begun. the ceo of hostess is saying that the unions are forces, forcing this on the company. he is with us here next. americans are always ready to work hard for a better future. since ameriprise financial was founded back in 1894, they've been committed to putting clients first. helping generations through tough times. good times. never taking a bailout. there when you need them. helping millions of americans over the centuries. the strength of a global financial leader. the heart of a one-to-one relationship. together for your future. ♪ together for your future. [ female announcer ] some people like to pretend a flood could never happen to them. and that their homeowners insurance protects them. [ thunder crashes ] it doesn't. stop pretending. only flood insurance covers floods. ♪ visit floodsmart.gov/pretend to learn your risk. neil: when i first heard about this, i said

here is neil cavuto. >>neil: forget taxing just the rich to avoid the cliff, are democrats signaling they are willing to throw everyone off the cliff just to make a point? lucky for this guy, he has a parachute. thought is sure about the rest of us. there is no parachute that could hold me but i digress. welcome, everyone, top democratic senator patty murray is saying that she would rather go over the cliff than be stream rolled by republicans either the rip get hit show says or everyone gets hit and talk about hit, a retroactive tax hike never-before-seen in american history likely to make this feeble recovery history happening january 1 and no one will be spared unless they do something now. democrats insist the pain is temporary vowing to a pass tax cuts? >>guest: year by the middle class putting republicans in the box a game the democrats will win but charles payne says this economy cannot afford it. long before the storms, charles was look at a couple of big subsequent operators players and he was ta

be well. >> i'll do my very best, thank you, neil. >> neil: all right, senator.want to update you what's going on in new jersey right now, we're about an hour and a half, a little less than that from gas rationing and the first time we've seen that since the '70s, i'm old enough to remember that, and dad would give me the keys to the car, fill up your mother's car, odd-even days, what's happening in new jersey. and what if you're just driving through new jersey, you have no idea about this. it takes effect at noon, the idea to cut down the lines, so, see how that goes, but i have an idea this is not going to be received well. and what about the people trying to fill up, containers for their generators? and odd-even days for them? i'm telling you, this could be a mess, but governor christy is trying at least to get it under control. we have a lot more. this reduced sodium soup says it mahelp lower cholesterol, how does it work? you just he to eat it as part of your heart healthy diet. step 1. eat the soup. all those veggies and beans, that's what may help lower yo

neil cavuto is up next to explain all things money. have a great weekend. >>neil: they came. they met. they talked. what did they do? markets are hopeful they did something. they nice with each other and constructive. for now, wall street is buying. are you? welcome, everyones i am neil cavuto and fox on top of time running out, and with washington clearing out for thanksgiving, any chance they can still avoid a cliff this christmas? trillions in spending cuts and expiring tax rates are on the line, to wall streeter playing things very close to his vest. larry, what do you think? >>guest: investors remain very concerned. they are worried about higher tasses and runaway spending. this has been playing out the least of which is 1,000 stock market decline the last month. it is playing out in other ways. for example, companies that are winners should be very strong going into the year end particularly with the holiday season ahead such as apple computer down 25 percent from the height as investors lock in lower capital gains this year ahead of what will be higher taxes in the fut