at new america, it is funny, we are a nonprofit institute. when all the kids were sitting there, i wanted to say, who wants to work at a think tank when they grow up? i am sure there and would have shot up in the air. at new america, we are lucky because we get to advance good policy. specifically, we want to move forward big ideas that really break out of the traditional, left-right way of approaching things. we think this is one of those ideas. again, we are just excited. we are going to work with everyone here to make sure the account is an effective tool as it can be, for kids as well as parents. and we will help other cities who are interested in this approach, make it happen. i think this will also drive and informed some policy innovation. we are seeing it at the state level and at the national level. there is a bipartisan bill to create a savings account for all americans. with that, i will wrap it up. [applause] >> thank you. i know we have taken a lot of your time. i think we have a couple more minutes. if there was just a question

professor bruce hoffman, georgetown university, peter bergen of the new america foundation -- two outstanding members of our national security group. they were the primary authors of a report released on the ninth anniversary of 9/11 regarding the current state of terrorist threats which has received wide

, the national association of third-world journalists, bay area chapter, and also he is part of new america media. mr. gonzalez is also the director of the voices for justice project that will document the history of the latino presence in the u.s. by producing a film, a book, and a website. what's very interesting is that you still see mr. gonzalez in the mission talking to young people, speaking in english and in spanish, or sometimes he doesn't talk that much. he listens. and so he is absolutely a hero for the latino community. thank you very much. juan gonzalez. [applause] >> the next award goes to march sella medina. she is a former vice president and manager of some businesses. she has acquired more than 25 years of experience in the broadcasting and entertainment industries including work in the u.s. hispanic market and broadcasting industry. the u.s. english-speaking broadcasting industry and the cable industry. over the years. ms. medina has garnered a well earned reputation for serving the latino community. she served on the board of the san francisco foundation, the latino commun

. >> this is a fox news alert from america's news headquarters. i'm andy levy. a stunning development in the story of the 33 rescued chilean miners as one of the miners has decided to go back to the mines. juan carlos silva made the decision after being kept for object -- observation. silva said, quote, i do not wish to live on a planet where such a show is possible. i would prefer to live in the darkness, being unable to bathe or enjoy the company of a woman. this has been a fox news alert. now back to red eye already in progress. >> i am here with se of cupp. she is so hot, she could turn meat to jerk see. oh my goodness, it is imogen lloyd webber. if sexiness was bananas, i would put her on the plate. she stinks of stench and smelliness. and sitting next to me, the great singer and award-winning song writer. if musical talent was a dishwasher, i would fill him with dirty plate. and our new york times correspondent. good to see you, pinch. >> it appears i have been on the receiving end of quite the makeover. or as we call it in the newspaper business, a makeov

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building a strong middle class or other advances being rolled back by those who don't like the new america. and who are angry about a rising american electorate. >> i have to say, i'm comfortable with the new america for all kinds of reasons, but i think the really -- the reason why the right is at a fundamental disadvantage is because you have a large number of active people, some who turned out in washington this past weekend and many more of whom will turn out in weekends to come who received money from the taxpayer, had very large politically powerful, politically influential and have what you might call a class interest in expanding the state at not an interest in improving the efficiency and quality of the public services we consume. the fact you have a couple tea partyers here and there, they have nothing close to the power of this incredibly organized and disciplined group of literally millions of voters who will turn out every time to fight for their salaries. >> specify who you're talking about. >> i'm talking about members of public sector unions. >> it's a fair point. >> that's

fabs ne fox news is america's news headquarters. 22 days until the national election. they claim the groups appear to be funding g.o.p. political campaign. the contribution to the u.s. chamber of commerce. in recent days, president obama raised the allegation. the republicans and several media outlet says the evidence is thin at best. james rosen live from the capital with the latest. >> the white house undowntowned is making the charges tonight. dis it surprise -- does it surprise you that president obama said karl rove and his friends are raising tens of millions are from shady sources? i challenge the chamber of commerce to tell us how much of the money is investing from foreign sources. the answer is none according to the campaign finance laws and all known evidence. the new n.d.c. ad part of a concert aid tack goes so far to suggest that the foreign cash is china. >> karl rove and ed gillespie, they're bush cronies. chamber of commerce, shield for big business. stealing our democracy. spending millions from the secret donors to elect republicans to do bidding in c

thank you very much. >> thank you. >>> fox news is america's news headquarters with 30 days to go to the crucial midterms we have live team coverage of two big debates. in california, the candidate for governor face off in a heated debate last night. casey stegall has been checking that out and he is covering it for us in los angeles. kentucky, mike tobin standing by with rand paul and jack conway taking place in the first national debate on "fox news sunday" today. kick it off in california. >> reporter: the housekeeper-gate issue called by some was the white elephant in the room, as it pertains to the allegations that came to light this week. it did not take long for the whole issue to be brought up. this debate, itself, sponsored by the spanish language network univisiounivision. the allegations that meg whitman had illegal immigrant as a housekeeper and then ignored a letter from the social security administration in 2003 alerting a possible problem. whitman says she does not recall getting that letter. even accused her opponent democrat jerry brown of digging the issue up as a l

welcome to a new hour of america's news headquarters. >> i'm jamie colby.es are tremendous. control of the house. the senate. and the direction of our nation and this morning the leaders of the democrats and the republicans both parties make their predictions. our steve centanni is live in washington with that round-up. hi, steve. what did they say? >> reporter: hi, jamie. with the vote drawing closer, the two party chiefs are both predicting -- surprise, surprise -- the midterm elections will swing their way. now the president has turned into the campaigner-in-chief for democrats, at least for the time being. he just finished a big four-day swing across the country, west coast to the midwest. hits the road again next weekend. trying to rekindal the missing enthusiasm among democrats. while the party chief tim kaine saying the democratic get out the vote effort will make the difference. he says there are strong trends based on early voting that favor democrats in the time days of the race. >> these races are very close. but from this point forward it's abou

he told fox news america has lost its global respect. he said he's been asked to run as a reform candidate party before. if he ran now, he's going to do it as a republican.  >> bed bugs are under attack at the reagan building. pet control workers are spraying parts of the building. they were found on thursday in a section of offices occupied by the u.s. agency for international development. the u.s. aids scheduled the treatment for today after clearing the area and making sure that the bugs -- bug his not spread to other offices. >>> the reagan building is the latest place where the bed bugs found a home. you heard of the troubles in manhattan, right? they're difficult to get rid of and some pesticides may work in some part of the country and the latest in the battle can be found at the place where you buy mattresses. >> reporter: they don't call them bedbugs for nothing. they can hide in the tiniest seems and crevaces of your mastress -- mattress and no matter how hard you try to find one that is bug resistent, the kind of b

his new book is beating the left at its own game to take back america. david kahane is here. yst bob massi is back. she has worked in the white house under george w. bush mercedes schlapp with us married to matt schlapp a good friend of ours. the president goes out on all these town hall meetings. is the american dream dead that happened last week. is this the new america we have to eating who dogs and beans? here's the president getting drilled on health care. >> one of the ladies in admissions whom i was talking with the other week. she from england and her family is still in england. she was explaining the -- us to how -- telling us what we had to look forward to here. her sister worked as a nurse in the same hospital for 20 years. she was 55. she was told she needed open heart surgery. she was put on a 10 year waiting list. >> the president: do you have health insurance? >> yes, right now. >> the president: so, there's nothing in the bill that says you have to change the health insurance that you've got right now. i just want to identify what your worry is, because i wanna

she's maya macguineas, director of the fiscal policy program at the new america foundation. >> fiscal responsibility is clearly one of the central issues of the upcoming election. and yet, the policies on the table seem to involve either adding $4 trillion to the debt by extending all of president bush's expiring tax cuts, or adding $3 trillion by extending them for folks making less than $250,000. seriously, this is the best we can do? fiscal responsibility is hard. that is why politicians like to sing its praises, but don't like to get into specifics. it's also why nonsensical arguments take over the discussion like "cutting taxes will raise more money", or we shouldn't make changes to social security's benefits, never mind that the program's own trustees have warned that changes need to be made. if you're actually interested in supporting fiscal responsibility, here's what you need to look for. a candidate who acknowledges that, even though the economy is weak and changes should be made gradually, we are going to have to make tough choices to the budget. in the coming years, change

call, click, or come in to td ameritrade. >>> from america's news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty.es ripping through north texas sunday evening. the twisters causing several injuries and damaging five homes. one of them tore through a high school football field and another damaging an elementary school roof. the winds also derailing a freat train and flipping cars over. hurricane richard making landfall in l belize a few hous ago. packing 90-mile per hour winds. tourists evacuated and an estimated 10 thus people in shelters. hurricane richard expected to weaken as it heads over guatamela and mexico on monday. the nikkei is up. dow jones futures at 11,173. for more business news tune to the fox business network, giving you the power to prosper. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large". blams now on a much more serious note back to geraldo and the troops at the airfield. >> this isn't too serious. who is this beautiful baby? >> anali. >> have you seen her yet? >> just on scrape. >> do you want to hold her? >> i would like to hold her. >> when will you be home? >> march.

new terror threat in this country. you probably remember back in may america dodged a potential disaster when faisal shahzad botched hisg attempt in the heart of new york's times square. but with intelligence sources telling fox news the pakistani taliban may have another operative in place in america right now, we might be so lucky -- we might not be so lucky for long. let's talk about it with terrorism expert neil livingston, the chairman and chief executive of executive action. i used the word luck, neil, and, you know, the first homeland secretary tom ridge is famous for having said, we have to be right 100% of the time, the terrorists only have to be right once. >> that's right. and they came very close at times square to having a very successful bomb that probably would have shattered windows throughout that area, glass would have fallen on people. but they, they had a couple of imperfections in the bomb, and what we think now is they've sent maybe one or more people into the united states who are better trained because they want to get it right this time. jon: right. it seemed at first like faisal shahzad's atte

now, back to new york and "america this morning." >>> another split out of hollywood this morning. and people are saying this one's pretty unbelievable. courteney cox and david arquette have announced they have been separated for some time. they released a joint statement saying they remain best friends and responsible parents. cox and arquette have been married since 1999. hay have a 6-year-old daughter. >>> now, to the ballroom, where jennifer grey is still holding

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is this our new america? my husband and i were joking we would have to eat hot dogs and beans. over there i was talking with the other week she is from england her family is still in england. she was telling us what we have to look forward to here. her sister worked as a nurse at the same hospital for 20-years. she was 55. she was told she needed open-heart surgery. she was put on a 10 year waiting list. >> do you have health insurance? >> yes. right now, yeah. >> there's nothing in the bill that says united to change the health insurance you have right now. i want to identify what your worry is because i want to say you shouldn't be worried about it. >> you have a woman talking about a 24-year-old son he's out of college he can't find a job, is this healthcare bill going to result in rationing? is the american dream dead for me? is this my new reality? this is extraordinary. these are hand picked audiences of obama. >> he must be so freaking out with advanced people saying what is going on why aren't you getting my supporters out there. the reality is america is upset. he can

see what a raymond james advisor can do for you. >> from america's news heads quarters i am mary an rafferty on home sales are due. existing home sales expected to show a small rise in september and a report out tomorrow. august sales numbers are worse in more than a decade. new record home sales on wednesday. it will >> the consumer confidence index report is due out on wednesday as well. a small rise is expected in the october numbers. economic uncertainty and high unemployment figures push consumer confidence down below the 50 point line. they are worried if shoppers continue to stay away from stores it could further depress financial markets in general. i am marianne rafferty now back to geraldo at large for all of the latest headlines log on to foxnews.com. >> oo welcome babb everyone. this is a fox news alert. after weeks of rumors in public denial finally admitted to sending former jets reporter john sturder sexually explicit voice mails. he still denies sending racy photos. the they are hoping to wrap up the investigation next week. it may depend on the decision to meet with the leag

>>> from america's news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty. tropical storm richard is gaining strength and could be a hurricane within hours. the storm is packing maximum sustained winds of 70 miles per hour and hurricane warnings in effect for wide areas of honduras and belize. richard is expected to pass near popular tourist islands before making landfall in belize late sunday or early monday. and the san francisco giants going to the world series. san francisco beating the phillies 3-2 in game six of the national league championship series. it will be the first time in three years that philadelphia won't go to the world series. the giants juan uribe hitting a solo homerun to put stran ahead. put -- san francisco ahead. i'm marianne rafferty. now, back to "geraldo at large". ines go to foxnews.com.

america." >>> switching gears to the midterm elections just eight days away. and for the first time, abc news is estimating that the republicans may take the u.s. senate, as well as the house. >> the president is busy trying to prevent that tidal wave of change. s deidt has details from washington. hi, emily. >> reporter: vinita and rob, good morning to you. president obama is going to focus on small business but today it's back to political business. he is doing all he can trying to keep republicans from winning as many seats next week. democrats' biggest name heads to the nation's smallest state today. president obama campaigns in rhode island, a traditional party stronghold, asking democrats to turn out on election day. >> in 2008, you said, yes, we can. in 2010, you've got to say, yes, we can. >> let's go out there and win this election. >> reporter: democrats across the country are pushing to get out the votes. bill clinton made his 104th stop on the campaign trail sunday night. >> i think there are three things that matter to your future. where are we now? what are we going to do now? a

thank you very much, and thank the new america foundation. this is an extraordinarily important conference here today, and it will make a big contribution. it is an enormously important issue. i was asked to talk on the topic of it is america safer. the simple answer, since 9/11, the simple answer is, yes, we are safer. but not safe enough. we are still not doing all the things we have to do. to keep us as safe as we should be. that is a topic of a group that lee hamilton and i have set up in washington called the national security preparedness group, the successor to the 9/11 commission, housed at the bipartisan policy center, and our mission is to things. one is to look to the recommendations of the 9/11 commission and see how many of them and how fairly they have been implemented, and second is to see perhaps how the threat has changed. it has been almost 10 years now, and the threat is not the same. in this capacity, lee and i are often asked, how has it changed? are the recommendations being implemented? what we did when we formed the gro

become a fan of america's news headquarters page on facebook.om for juan's full reaction in his own words. >> shannon: if you think american politics are dicey get a load of things in russia. med da serve is currently the president but a lot of people think that vladimir putin is actually the one pulling the strings. >> reporter: some say russia is run by two men. conventional wisdom has been that former president putin is still top gun. for his birthday, a group of moscow journalism students actually dedicated a fawning calendar to him. ms. march says you put out the forest fires but i am still burning. but many say medvedev is coming into his own. journalist says that while putin enjoys the support, big businesses meed dvedev. >> a very intelligent man. a more modern man than putin. sewell read. pretty sure of himself. >> some believe they are two sides of the same coin but pundits say when it comes to relations with the united states they are quite different. >> while putin is said to look more to the east medvedev is said to want a real part

central bank is poised to take new measures to boost america's sluggish economy. in a speech in boston on friday, ben bernanke said stubbornly high unemployment and the growing risk of deflation there make the case for further action. that action could come at the end of the fed's next regular meeting in early november and is likely to take the form of so- called quantitative easing, whereby the fed purchases large amounts of government bonds to boost the economy through a lowering interest rates to stimulate spending. despite ben bernanke making a pretty clear that more stimulus is on the way, shares fell on wall street. earlier, i spoke to our correspondent at the new york stock exchange and asked why the market reacted negatively to bernanke's speech. >> you could read the statement from federal chairman ben bernanke that more cheap money is on its way, but you could very well read the statement that may be more money but maybe not as much as wall street

. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more news l captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> straight ahead a terror alert overseas and now a security surge on mass transit subways and trains. "good morning, washington," we welcome you back. we begin with traffic and weather and we check in with metro in a moment but first adam caskey on this cold morning. >> it is a little chilly. widespread 40's to start. we cleared out locally, some of the clearing from the blue ridge to the potomac. other areas we are cloudy so variable cloud cover meaning it varies depending on where you are. parts of maryland cloudy, shenandoah and west still cloudy and parts of the midwest. 48 in winchester. 48 in frederick. stafford 41 degrees. chevy chase 48 and laplata 44. we have morning sunshine in store for us locally and between the blue ridge and potomac. high in the low 60's. 53 the high. maybe mid 60's. mostly lower 60's. we will look at the extended forecast but first to jim. >> we have dry roads around the area. a lot of construction and this is th

jon: let's get back to our new america's asking town hall.and we try to get you the answers you want before election day. let's bring our panel back in. juan williams for npr, kevin madden, the former national press secretary to mitt romney, and nina easton, also a fox news contributor. nina, take on that question i asked before the break from donald in irondale, alabama. he say, if foreclose you ares are going to be frozen, and a lot of politicians are saying let's do that nationwide, he's asking tongue in cheek, why should i pay my mortgage? and and you know what, donald? that goes right to the fairness question that, i think, is driving a lot of the anger towards washington. the calls for a freeze on foreclosures because of sloppy paperwork by some banks overwhelmed by the foreclosure situation is, actually, it's coming from people like partisan like nancy pelosi and harry reid. you're not hearing this from the treasury department, first of all. and what it's doing is if you freeze foreclosures, all it does is prevent the market from botto

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in light of the news, bank of america is halting all foreclosures for the time being. 40 states plan nnounce investigation in the growing foreclosure mess. brenda buttner is joining us live from new york with more on all the details. what can you tell us? >> well, uma, it seems the housing market can't get any worse. think again. allegedly faulty foreclosures could pull the rug out from under shaky foundation for the market. the answer for bank of america amid concern that its foreclosures were not on the up and up halt it, stop it, end it for now. yes, the largest u.s. mortgage services froze foreclosures across the country. why? freddie mac, a big housing giant run by the government put b-of-an under the microfor worries about the documents it was using to foreclosure homes. putting pressure on other banks and other states, too. what is the problem? they're called robo signers hired by the banks. in other words, employees charged with signing hundreds of documents daily. little careful review of the documents are criteria used to foreclosure the homes apparently. what does this mean

us the fledgling news channel anymore. they call us america's source for news and information and for that we thank you greatly. here is mr. bill. >> bill: the"the o'reilly facto" is on. tonight: >> what they have done, essentially, is created a monster. [chanting] >> remember november. >> their rhetoric has been so ludacris. [chanting u.s.a.] >> for the mainstream voter it is frightening to see that. >> bill: far left guy howard dean says americans are getting fed up with the tea party movement. the polls do not reflect that we will talk with democratic governor ed rendell about the situation ♪ your army keeps marching to hell. >> bill: the supreme court will decide whether the vicious fred phelps group can continue to verbally assault military families. megyn kelly will have an update and the latest on the grand jury investigation of john edwards. hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thank you for watching on our very first day. >> bill: congrats to fox news. it is our 14th anniversary today. >> who won? who lost? who cares. >> bill: we'll show you some sca

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. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more later on "good morning america." or anytime at abcnews.com. >> have a great thursday, captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> i hope they do not come to my house. if they do, they will have a problem. >> a suspected serial burglar strikes began. good morning, washington. thanks for joining us. it is early on a thursday morning. >> for more on that story in just a moment, but we begin with a traffic and weather. here is ever meteorologist. a little wet out of there. >> you may notice some damp roads here in there. the showers are quickly pushing out. it is a dry and dusty day. right now it is 52 degrees in landover. 56 in leesburg. reagan national at 53. here is ever forecast for today. mostly sunny skies, temperatures in the low 70's. the average height is 71 degrees. west winds from 10-20 mile per hour. a beautiful weekend is in store. >> construction southbound 95 headed down towards the interchange. springfield looking good. a problem with an accident, car fire with trafficking by a si

. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more later on on "good morning america" or anytime at >> take a look of last week's doppler radar. near hagerstown, frederic, winchester. southern maryland, most of your life to rain scattered on the eastern shore as well. a few scattered showers. about 30% of us will get hit. right now, we are near 50 degrees. lower 60's this afternoon. a similar amount of cloud cover. it will be off and on throughout the day. we will talk more about this coming up. >> as you travel on the beltway north of town, some construction on the outer loop on new hampshire ave. that has been cleared up. in springfield traffic pretty good so far. work done on the southbound side of i-95. stay to the far right to get by. if you're heading to springfield, be prepared for that. leaders of extra time. back to you. >> there is outrage in a county neighborhood after a burglar strikes a home. this was a long riding club drive when this happened. detectives are trying to find out if these burglaries are linked to those from one that has struck 90 times in

john berman, abc news, new york. >>> and that is what is making news in america this morning. >> geton "good morning america" or anytime at abcnews.com. >> have a great day. and a great weekend.

news. and protests have marked america's columbus day holiday supposed to celebrate most americans discovery but the descendants of days where they're all the same this centuries of conquest led to crimes against its deaconess people. nice new small talk to be in charge of the well to fight against illegal drugs next our team meets the man who has that daunting job. well so is your if adults off is the new head of the u.n. office fighting drugs and crime just for those of us thanks for speaking to r.t. what targets have you set for the agency i took over addressed three weeks ago and i believe that it is possible to give a first protest of this rooke in the united nations you know the issue. under my predecessor has accumulated a great deal of international support and expanded the range of for. including drugs and crime.

i would just say that the opportunity to have the america's cup here is a exactly the kind of maritime business we do. it does not meanin new neighborhoods, which is what other places would require. moving forward with the america's cup, we are working through a lot of the details. she did a great job of answering quite a few of the questions. we just want to answer something. you may recall that supervisor daily but did -- he was absolutely correct. we did do this for it already. this is amazing to me, and it is a huge coup for the city. it will come back to determine how and where and when. pier 70 has benefit and will continue to benefit. -- has benefited and will continue to benefit. supervisor maxwell: we did not have a lot before they were given to us. >> it has really been to rely on the user of the pier.

. >>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> get more later on "good morning america" or anytime on abcnews.com. >> have a gr ni captioned by the national captioning institute --www.ncicap.org-- >> straight ahead, a fire inside a federal building and the truce situation rescue crews found. "good morning, washington," it is 4:30 friday morning. >> good to have you with us. we begin with traffic and weather. let's go to adam caskey. you look at the temperatures and are we getting too excited or is this going to be a fantastic weekend? >> some of are you are excited. warmer than yesterday at this time and it will be a very mailed weekend. highs at the 80-degree mark. maybe warmer here and there. early this morning finally friday we are mainly in the 50's. 55 arlington, berryville 48. stafford 49. locally in the 50's and outlying areas upper 40's. mostly sunny and warm. high near 80. we will talk about the weekend but now to jim with the commute. >> we are looking at the beltway, american leakage bridge. -- american legion bridge. a lot of work from overnight clearing up.

america that needs rebuilding. that's why last month i announced a new plan for upgrading america's roads, railways for the long term. over the next six years, we will rebuild 150,000 miles of our roads and enough to circle the world six times. we will lay and maintain 4000 miles of our railways, enough to stretch from coast to coast. we will restore 150 miles of run ways and advance a next generation air traffic control system that reduces delays for the american people. this plan will be fully paid for. it will not add to our decifit over time. and we are going to work with congress to see to that. it will establish an infrastructure bank to leverage federal dollars and focus on the smartest investments. we want to cut waste and bureaucracy by consolidating and collapsing more than 100 different often donica tiff programs and it will change the way washington works by a different path of funding and maintaining our infrastructure. we've got to focus less on wasteful earmarks, outdated formulas, we've got to focus more on competition and innovation. less on short sighted political priorities and more on our nationa

. >>> that is what is making news in america this morning. >> get more news f f ♪ >>> in the headlinesbreaking news. arson investigators and firefighters are on the scene of a suspicious fire at a richmond high school. >> tesla motors in fremont today. >> sometime after 7:05, plenty of mist and drizzle, low fog. a frost today. >> all right. the traffic is friday light right now. no problems at the bay bridge toll plaza. there's one accident but it's not slowing anyone down. >> and meg whitman tries to put the housekeeper controversy behind her but the attorney produces a document about whitman's claim. >> it's 4:31. thank you for joining us. thanks for making it to the end of the week with us. i'm eric thomas. >> i'm kristen sze. arson investigators on the scene of a suspicious fire at richmond high school this morning. started before 1:30 in the cafeteria on valley view road. the fire did more than a million dollars in damage. you're looking at some of that damage right now. investigators say school will be allowed to go on today as planned but students just won't be able to eat lunch