patti ann. >> catherine herridge live in washington, thank you. >> reporter: you're welcome. jon: the in. sa surveillance program, and the benghazi aftermath, just two of the scandals the obama administration is facing at the moment. and some argue that scandals like those are shaking americans trust in our country's bedrock principles. jonah goldberg, editor-at-large for nationalreview.online and fox news contributor. glen reynolds wrote a piece for "usa today." he is a law professor at the university of tennessee. he says that is the net effect on these things. when the administration blames an obscure youtube movie as causing the@tack on our benghazi diplomatic facilities and turns out not to be the case, it dilutes america's recall moral authority and dilutes americans trust in government. what do you think? >> i think glen makes very good points in his piece. you may know him as inst-pundit. he is a big blogger. the larger point glen is getting at when you have a government that operates as

patti ann: i'm patti ann brown. john kerry and national security adviser susan rice huddled at the white house just hours before the state department announced that 19 diplomatic posts would remain closed throughout the week. intelligence officials detected a, quote, specific threat now being described as the most serious since 9/11. steve centanni is live at the white house, and he has more for us. good morning, steve. what are we hearing there? >> reporter: well, good morning. the president's being updated on a regular basis about this terrorist threat, in fact, he should be holding his daily briefing right now inside the white house, and you can bet that threat is going to top the agenda at that briefing. now, the president spent saturday night at camp david, arrived back here yesterday afternoon on his 52nd birthday. tomorrow he headses to phoenix for an economic speech, then to l.a. for an appearance on the jay leno show. from all appearances, the terrorist threat has not disrupted the white house and not preve

patti ann: i'm patti ann brown in for martha.ma's last solo news conference, some topics that could come up this time around, his decision to skip a meeting with russian president putin and phony scandals and the economy. bill: chris wallace is the anchor of fox news sunday, our fox poll that came out yesterday with regard to serious or phony scandals, four of them in a row, benghazi, six -- sorry, 78% say it's serious. nsa, 69%. department of justice and james rosen, 59%. irs, same number at 59%, serious versus phony. how does he handle this now, chris? >> well, it's going to be interesting, because he's definitely going to be asked about it. right after the terror alerts and the decision not to meet with putin that i would ask him, and it's going to be hard because one of the things you'd say is, mr. president, let me give you three scandals here, the irs, the targeting of conservatives, benghazi, the killing of four americans including the first u.s. ambassador in 30-plus years, the targeting of a reporter, the sweeping up of

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for joining us. shooting death of a college student in oklahoma. his girlfriend speaking for the first time. >> he is such an amazing person i am going to miss him forever. i am really glad i got the 4 years with him. >> 22-year-old chris lane was in the united states on a baseball scholarship. police say he was killed for fun while jogging on a visit from a girlfriend's home town. gains edward and 16-year-old nancy luna are charged with first degree murder. their friend has been charged with accessory for murder. >> many are asking why african americans have remained silent on the death of this white teenager. jesse jackson said this: >> >> some democrats have pointed to the nation's gun laws. those on the right say this is a much bigger issue. >> let's be honest that you want to deflect from talking about the real issue here. it's on the table. there is a huge social media footprint already of these three suspects it is not gun control but gang control. behavioral control. >> all of this as lane's

patti ann?y post add phony negative view of her practice. the reason? she says so she would buy ads from them. the doctor says positive reviews were removed from her website -- her web wage on that site. she says she confronted yelp and they said if she were to buy ads they would see if they could correct the problem. >> listen to this. america's largest transportation system comes to a complete halt all because of a furry duo. two adorable kittens shut down subway service in brooklyn new york for more than two hours. transit workers tried to corral the kitties but then they ran off. two cops were able to scoop them up and bring them to safety. how adorable is that? >> judges are supposed to uphold the law but one breaking it? we'll tell you what made him so mad. >> what's your favorite viral video of the week? the half court shot? the whale of a tale? or the dinosaur on the loose? we'll read your responses coming up next. five minutes before the hour. ♪ ♪ yeah discover a mobile app that lets yo

patti ann? >> a touching tribute by the widow of a hot shot firefighter killed by arizona fires two months ago. amanda misner gave birth to her son. shawn misner was one of the 19 men killed battling the flames. they would have celebrated their first anniversary i ry on september 15th. >> an appeals court sided with the hospital saying that it has the right to force an amish girl to resume chemotherapy despite her wishes. the mom and dad argued it would only make their daughter more sick and their parental rights should be respected. susan stratford has more on this. >> a lethal form of leukemia without treatment doctors say a 10-year-old amish girl will die within a year. >> it is uniformly fatal. >> with chemotherapy there's an 85 percent chance of survival. the family started chemo last spring but stopped because they felt it was killing her. >> they decided no more. we can't -- we aren't going to allow our daughter to go through this. >> doctors disagreed with the parent's decision and a reg

patti ann, heather. >> elizabeth bran liprann live washington. thank you. >>> egypt breaks into more protests. president obama canceled joint military exercises with them after a violent crack down on protestors in cairo. >> while we want to sustain a relationship with egypt, our traditional cooperation could not continue as usual when civilians are being killed in the streets. >> right now the u.s. supplies $1.3 billion in aid to egypt. the president said that could be on the chopping block if the violence continues. >> he's accomplished a remarkable feat in the last two years of alienating every faction of egypt. he needs to back off now and accept the fact that the egyptians have come to this pass themselves and they will have to resolve it. >> the death toll continues to rise from this week's bloody crack down on mohammed morsi supporters. 650 people confirmed killed and thousands more injured. >>> 7 month old florida boy has died after eating one of the laundry detergent pods. if confirmed it would be the first death in the country tied to t

i am patti ann browne. it is 31 after the hour.since the up rising in do 2011. this video shows how chaotic cairo has become. supporters of the ousted president mohammed morsi pushing a police van off of the bridge sending it crashing to the ground. it is between riot lis and supporters breaking out after police broke up two sit in protests. nearly 3,000 people are hurt. the muslim brotherhood claims the protests were peaceful. video shows they were anything but. gunmen firing their ak-47's at security forces and meanwhile egypt's interim president suddenly resigning. they could not go along with the crack down on pro tests. >> new details about the latest fallout on the fast and furious scandal. fox news confirming three more guns were discovered at crime scenes in mexico. they were romanian rifles and they were traced to the loan wolf gun shot in arizona. they encouraged the shop to sell weapons to suspicious customers as part of the botched gun running operation. two of the guns were purchased a guy believed to have bought 700 g

i am heather childers. >> i am patti ann browne.brand n a >>> brand new details in the georgia school shooting. all are safe after a gunman opened fire yesterday. 800 students at the ronald e. mcnair learning center running for their lives. >> the suspect reportedly slipped through security. now we hear from the heroic school clerk who talked the shooter down. >> he had a backpack full of ammunition. he had all of the magazines in his backpack. some was in his pocket i had him empty everything put the gun on the table took his wallet off and told him to lay on the floor and i told police he is giving himself up. i talked him through it. he is 20-year-old michael brandon hill. he fired half a dozen shots at police. a friend says hill had a troubled past. he is charged with aggravated assault on a police officer terroristic threats and possession of a firearm. >> hundreds of parents eager to be reunited with their kids indicated at a nearby wal-mart. as the school buses showed up tears began to flow. this as police i am happy no kids

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for starting your day with us. >> a stunning change of heart. listen to this one. alex rodriguez waving the white flag? multiple sources are reporting the yankee's third base man is desperately trying to strike a deal with mlb officials. that move will reportedly spare him a lifetime ban for using performance enhancing drugs and trying to cover it up. ainsley earhardt is with us. >> the alex rodriguez saga might be nearing it's climax. he is negotiating a deal with major league baseball. it will result in a lengthy suspension and prevent a lifetime ban something sources say many league officials were pulling for. rodriguez deciding to negotiate after seeing all of the evidence that major degree baseball has against him. the league reportedly has documents proving a rod coerced a witness in the league performance enhancing drugs investigation. there is evidence linking him to an owner of an anti-aging clinic who he bought it. that owner anthony bosch recently decide to do cooperate and provide detailed information from mlb as a way to avoid any l

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. >> good morning patti ann and everyone. toyota announced wednesday they are recalling 432,000 vehicles from the 2004 through 20 # 11 model years because of a problem with the seat belt. crews who attach the seat belt can come choose with compromised safety. o owners have been notified by mail. >> buying cars at school according to a federal reserve report. borrowing was at a high $2.85 trillion the heist ever despite from a $16.5 billion increase in car loans and student loans. credit card borrowing dropped 2.75 billion as they are still wear reof high interest debt. forbes magazine is out with the newest list of top cities to do business with. they are based on a dozen factors related to jobs cost of living income growth quality of life and average education of the labor force. coming in at number 5 nashville, tennessee, number four ks lincoln, nebraska, three, raleigh north carolina and topping the list des moines, iowa. rounding out the bottom at number 200 atlantic city has been hammered by the economic downtur downturn

i am here with patti ann browne, pab for short. keep nodding. and he is so sharp he sweats thumbtacks. author, political commentator and brightbart.com editor-in-chief. and president obama says it is not the opposite of a hate crime if you beat the crap out of him, so go for it. he said that in a news conference. it is my sidekick, bill schulz. he is not tan at all. and if comedic genius was croquet i would gently tap his balls with a mallet across a grass field. the great comedian, sherrod small. >> hash tag, red eye. >> a block, the lede. that's the first story. >>> the clown must go down. on saturday a day of the week a rodeo performer dawned an obama mask at the missouri state fair. they have them there, sherrod. setting off a stampeed of outrage on all 24 planets. according to witnesses a voice on the pa system asked fans if they wanted to see obama run over by a bull prompting cheers and applause. here is some really crappy footage of it. >> did they tell you about our finalist? >> no, they did not. >> you didn't say anything about that? >

here now to explain diane macedo. >> good morning patti ann. might not be concerned about the nsa tracking your phone calls or e-mails but what if they were watching you when you are on your pj's on your couch. the i tech partners unveiled they found vulnerabilities in samsung smart tv's that allowed them to turn on the video's camera without their knowledge. hackers used programs called remote administration tools which can turn it on remotely if it is engaged in a chat session or looking at a web page on the television for example. companies behind the video chat software can and have been forced to cooperate with the government loopholes like the ones uncovered last week could allow the government to spy on you even if you don't use the internet feature. the good news is samsung has reported closed the loopholes in the newer models they have a camera that can be flipped up to the creeling. for others you might want to find a way to block its view to be on the safe side. >> diane macedo, fox news, thanks. >> 45 minutes after the top of the ho

hey, patty ann. >> hi, guys.nway between the wounded warriors and the boston marathon first responders. we'll talk to some of them live. the game is tonight, but they're already warming up. hey mike, catch ! >> steve: it's injure shot of the morning. a massive volcano erupts in japan for the 500th time this year. video captured the moment the volcano went off. let's roll it. once again, it happened in the southwestern corner of the country. the nearby city was covered in ash. no injuries or damage has been reported. 500 times this year. >> anna: i guess they're used to it. get out the broom again. time to sweep up the ash for the 500th time. >> steve: it's ash wednesday, ash thursday, ash friday. >> brian: i get upset when a plane comes over because for a while you can't talk. can you imagine a volcano going over and you can't talk? >> anna: 32 minutes after the hour. we have a fox news alert to get to. we just learned that hosni mubarak could be free from prison in the next 48 hours after prosecutors cleared him

tracy: patti ann browne, thank you very much. >> thank you.idence for the american small businesses rose fraction alley but way below average. bill dunkelberg says there are too many obstacles. your notes were hysterical. small business optimism kind of sighed. that's is what you wrote. where are the big obstacles or still all of the same? >> pretty much all the same. as we mentioned before, the top issues for the small businesses, the nfib's owners are number unone, rising heelthcare costs, two, uncertainty about economy, three, energy cost, four, uncertain about government policy and five the cost of regulations and red tape. six, seven, eight are all federal tax code. so what has gotten better there? the president said he woull be willing to do dealing on corporate taxes. most small businesses don't pay corporate tax schedule. that won't help them. he is still demanding more tax revenue as a result of it. that is more taxes. that is not very good. based on their outlook we don't really see enough good data coming from the fed to even think

i and patty ann browne with your fox news minute. a man who was killed after he fell last night at turner field. the fall of peers to have an accident. o pistorius will be served with and indictment. they have completed their investigation. he says he accidentally shot her. he has a court appearance on monday. cory poker cast a vote this morning in today's new jersey primary. it is all leading up to a special election. those are your news headlines on the fox business network. cheryl: thank you. retail sales numbers came in week for the month of july. this is went back to school shopping really got under way. jeff flock is that the sears store in illinois. jeff: they do have a back to school special. a deal where i can get an auto change for $9.99. jeff: everyone wants to get a piece of back to school. take a look of the guys that have actually done well. part of that is automotive. you have had some good pickup in business. >> when things get tight at home, people tend to delay purchases. the numbers are good. jeff: it looks like so

i am patti ann browne. >> lots going on out there. >> i am heather nauert. thank you for starting your day with us. >> a manhunt is underway for two teenagers accused of brutally beating a world war ii set veteran and leaving him to die. the teens jumped 89-year-old albert delton beating him so badly he suffered major injuries to his head. cops found him to the car and took him to the hospital where he died yesterday. he was not just migrate uncle. he was a great person. >> police don't believe >> polie arresting two men overnight. they were planning to grab officers and execute them in a vacant house that's where they built a makeshift jail. they belonged to a group of sovereign citizen extremists. that's a group classified as domestic terrorist. listen. >> i never intended to harm orchid nap any within. >> i wanted to be able to donate things and turn them into ee ter internal affairs and to the da so these people could be brought back under control. >> both of them are now behind bars and they have been charged with conspiracy to commit murder and attempt

lori: thank you, patti ann.d to the portfolio. >> if you've been watching me on this network for the last two years because i always go back to sina. it is one of these companies where you have got everything sort of working out for you. they start out as a traditional online portal but the play now that webo, a mix of twitter, facebook, it is, they have got 30% market share, like 500 million registered users that was coming into the year, and they are making money. i think their mobile plan will be huge. that takes them even higher. china issues, government over. lori: throw it all out at you? are you certain that that stock is actually making money because -- >> i feel confident. i feel confident. i will tell you this though, i always tell people the revolution in china, the next revolution, if you will, will be powered by webos of the internet. they should them down in the past. it has been a while now. i think in 2011, we saw a whole pattern where the government tenned in to respond to certain -- lori: that

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for starting your day with us. >> a stunning change of heart.ten to this one. alex rodriguez waving the white flag? multiple sources are reporting the yankee's third base man is desperately trying to strike a deal with mlb officials. that move will reportedly spare him a lifetime ban for using performance enhancing drugs and trying to cover it up. ainsley earhardt is with us. >> the alex rodriguez saga might be nearing it's climax. he is negotiating a deal with major league baseball. it will result in a lengthy suspension and prevent a lifetime ban something sou

. >> at 22 minutes past the hour, i'm patti ann brown with your fox news minute. indicates a major terrorist plot is in the planning stations. the state department decided to close embassies and consulates in 19 cities in the muslim world until the end of the week. norway is also restricting access to its embassies in the middle east and africa. >>> some 100 homes in lawtell, louisiana, remain evacuated following yesterday's train derailment. the union pacific 26-car train went off the trials 60 miles west of baton rouge. one of the cars had been leaking sodium hydroxide which can cause injuries and death if it comes in contact with the skin. >>> and a u.s. military helicopter crashed on okinawa. three crew members ejected from the helicopter and survived, a fourth has taken to the hospital. those are your headlines on the fox business network, i'm patti ann brown. ♪ ♪ dennis: in today's media minute, neither side blinked, and now the eye is blacked out. cws now has been -- cbs has been dark in new york, l.a. and dallas. cbs' showtime channel darkened in 12 millio

i am patti ann browne. in syria this morning the timetable for a u.s.ike may now be changing. >> president obama is preparing to meet with members of congress. but one of the key allies is throwing up a stop sign. doug luzader is live in washington with the latest. >> just gets more and more complicated, doesn't it? here's what we know this morning. we know about the four destroyers sitting off the coast of syria. we think they are loaded with tomahawk cruise missiles getting in position for a possible attack. now to the southeast in the persian gulf. second aircraft carrier in in the region. it's a lot of

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert.hank you for starting your day with us. >> are you waking up a winner this morning there are three winning tickets after that

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather childers. thank you so much for starting your day with us.ight to the top storybrand new details in a georgia school shooting. >> all students are safe after a gunman opened fire tuesday. dramatic video shows the 800 students at ronald e mcnair discovery learning academy running for their lives. the suspect reportedly slipped through security and now we hear from the heroic school clerk who hunted the shooter down. >> he had a backpack full of ammunition here magazines in his backpack. some was in his

. >> i am patti ann browne. >> ti am heather nauert. 221 people are dead since the dead list day sinceback in 2011. video showing how chaotic cairo has become. >> the supporters pushing a police van off a bridge off right there. you can see it sending it clashing to the ground. you can see morsi supporters after police broke up two sit in protests. nearly 3,000 people have been hurt across the country. the muslim brotherhood claims the protests were peaceful but the video we have seen shows anything but.

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heather nauert.ou for starting your day with us. >> are you waking up a winner this morning there are three winning tickets after that $448 million power ball drive. >> two of the winning tickets were sold in new jersey the third in minnesota. >> right now we know this one of the tickets sold at a super stop and shop grocery store in new brunswick, new jersey the second was purchased in the town of little egg harbor. you wi you>> just a few months ago the largest power ball jackpot in history $590 million went to an elderly woman in florida. >> right. i remember that one. fox news alert. an amber alert issued in oregon and washington state for two children after the suspect's car was headed in the direction of the oregon border. anna kooiman has that story for us. >> overnight oregon state police saying there was a possible sighting of james

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for joining us.g death of a college student in oklahoma. his girlfriend speaking for the first time. >> he is such an amazing person i am going to miss him forever. i am really glad i got the 4 years with him. >> 22-year-old chris lane was in the united states on a baseball scholarship. police say he was killed for fun while jogging on a visit from a girlfriend's home town. gains edward and 16-year-old nancy luna are charged with first degree murder. their friend has been charged with accessory for m

ashley: thank you very much, patti ann browne.ws for you, tile warner came ceo glenn britt sent a letter to cbs ceo, les moonves. britt is proposing resuming carriage of cbs with new economics time warner reluctantly agreed to. tile warner is willing to resume carriage by allowing cbs to make stations available on a la carte basis. stay tuned. tracy: really. here's a story you have to stay tuned to. detroit's bankruptcy. well the process appears to be on the fast track. attorneys for the city are looking to reconstructed plan by year's end and the judge says he might move up the trial even earlier than the proposed october 23rd date. retirees of course remain worried about the future of their pensions. our next guest says they may still wind up with a better deal than those in the private sector. joining as you senior fellow at the manhattan institute. i know pensioners are big, are worried here right now but let's talk about the fast track part of it because we all know bankruptcies can take lifetimes. the judge is saying and eve

i am patti ann browne. >> but the sun will be coming up soon. i am heather childers.so much for starting your day with us. we begin with a fox news alert. president obama making his first comments on the potential terror threat telling tonight show's jay leno how severe these threats really are. >> it's significant enough we are taking every precaution. we had already done a lot to bolster security around the world but especially the middle east and north africa where the threat is the highest. whenever we see a threat that is specific enough that we can take specific precautions within a certain time frame than we do so. >> the president says americans planning to travel abroad should not over react but should make smart decisions. >> the general rule is just show common sense. if people are paying attention

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