patti ann: yes. bill: right on, patti ann.ews alert, new allegations of overspending by the gsa just as this hearing on its waste of taxpayer dollars gets underway on capitol hill. a new report finding the agency handed out $30 million in unreported bonuses. all right? the hearing has started. also there are concerns for investigators over these lavish conferences, the latest a quarter million dollar event outside of washington with $20,000 spent on drumsticks alone. ♪ hey, hey. bill: yeah. i talked to california congressman jeff denham about that just before the hearing. good morning and thank you for your time. >> thanks, bill. thanks for having me back. bill: we are all watching this hearing from afar. what will you uncover in this? >> well, quite a few things. i mean, this is one of those hearings that there's so much material, so much waste in government that it's almost difficult, where do you start? i mean, these conferences that the president did an executive order on a year ago continue to go on. 77 conferences after

patti ann. patti ann: that fund-raising stork in connecticut is rubbing a lot of locals in the wrong way. the president used a nearby beach as a landing pad for his helicopter. that forced the closure of not one but two beaches. one of them, sherwood island state park, is one of connecticut's busiest especially on a hot summer day. the state of connecticut says 1,000 people visit the park on average weekday. that generates 2500 fees in lost parking fees. that is revenue they likely won't make up and that doesn't include concession sales. we are told the lifeguards will be paid as though they worked day. bill: the rasmussen reports daily tracking poll the president has slimmest of leads over governor romney, 46-45%. well within the margin of error. the president got a bit of a boost from last week's jobs report. he only led romney a few times over the past month as rasmussen tracks that. patti ann: more speakers announced for the republican national cop vengs later this month in tampa. his former

patti ann: i'm patti ann browne in for martha maccallum. bill: we are well above where we need to be as a country. you can see the numbers since the numbers started faltering. we need to be below that yellow line. we have been at or above that for 195 of the past 216 week. that's phenomenal. stuart varney, you are going through the numbers. down 6,000 now. what does that tell you? >> reporter: do not grasp at straws. do not take a 6,000 reduction as a positive signal. 361,000 new faces on the unemployment lines is still way too high. it still implies far too many layoffs in this economy and the bottom line is the economy is still weak. it's sluggish at best and these numbers suggest exactly that. bill: does it suggest that jobs are coming back to you or not? >> no, it does not. a rising unemployment rate at 8.3% and 360,000-plus people filing for unemployment claims, that's a grim picture. bill: how toss each side sell this number? >> reporter: they will both play with this number. i suggest president obama will say down 6,000 jobless claim

patti ann: patti ann patti ann: for those sitting on the fence is this the time to buy? without risk. typically you don't have strong housing when there is high phrouplt. here is what is happening. interest rates are now so low, lore than they've ever been and that's doing two things, forcing investors out of bonds and into rental properties where investors are getting up side capital appreciate kwraeufgs the assets and is fueling individual buyers. it is now cheaper to buy than rent in our one hundred largest cities. >> so the advice would be very simple, stay within your budget, buy that first home that is not necessarily their dream home but well within the budget, and trade up as the economic circumstances improve, and that has been the old-fashioned hard earned american way of building wealth. >> another indicator that we've hit bottom, four of the major housing stocks all showed solid and better than expected earnings. most of them have back logs on homes to be built and also we've had a big push, however, from investors, from latin america, asia, and the middle ea

patti ann. patti ann: a violent car crash caught on tape. a store clerk sent flying across the store. we'll tell you what happens that let him walk away from this and the serious charges the driver faces. bill: he is accused of murdering his third wife while his fourth wife is still missing. drew peterson could caulk free even before his trial gets well-heated as his defense takes heat for going after the victim. >> cathy savio was described as a hellcat, a fighter, a very spirited person who would never take no for an answer. that is everybody's description of her. i didn't make that up. don't mis four course seafood feast choose your soup salad entrée pls dessert! all just $14.99. come into red lobster and sea food differentl visit redlobster.com now for an exclusive $10 coupon. good through august 5th with tums freshers! concentrated relief that goes to work in seconds and freshens breath. ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] tums freshers. fast relief, fresh breath, ♪ tum...tum...tum...tum... tums! ♪ [ male announcer ] t

patti ann: how the u.s. and its arab allies are protecting themselves in the face of a growing threat from iran. then this ... >> are you okay? you sounds like you are a little out of breath. bill: those 911 calls from the arrest of randy travis. what that caller saw that took his breath away. have you seen this picture? [♪] bill: they say they found him naked lying in the middle of the road allegedly drunk. new 911 calls about the sung errandy extra vision. the man calling 911 was clearly shocked by what he saw. and who wouldn't be. >> i'm on the road 337 to valleyview. and i just found a guy laying on the road. bill: according to police a store clerk reported travis naked and drunk and trying to buy cigarettes. shortly afterwards he crashed his car. when police arrived they say he threatened to kill the officers. the charges could put him in jail for 10 years. patti ann: an australian rescue plane picking up an american researcher undergoing a medical emergency. it's 30 degree below zero right now. the med

. >> patty ann: i'm patty ann brown. topping the news, a troubling new report on the spike in the key ingredient used in the road side bombs that have been claiming american lives in afghanistan. >> rick: here at home, the mosquito borne west nile virus has broken infection records this summer. we'll tell you where and what is being done to fight the disease. >> patty ann: and just in time for the dog days of summer, august, the very best lemonade you can buy at your local supermarket or make from scratch at home. a taste test, courtesy of "consumer reports". >> rick: we begin with politics and the hottest issue on the campaign trail right now, medicare. president obama and congressman paul ryan laying out their plans during campaign stops in two separate battle ground states. the president in new hampshire. congressman ryan in the florida retirement community, the villages. team coverage on this debate where each candidate stands. steve centanni is live in d.c first carl cameron is live in orlando. hi. >> hi, rick. the

, new zeala zealand. >> patti ann: incredible.igh rise damaged in last year's devastating earthquake is taken down by explosives. hundreds turned out to watch the implosion. the office building suffered serious damage from the 6.1 magnitude quake. the building's owner says it was cheaper to take it down this way than piece by piece, 185 people died in the earthquake last year. >> kelly: all right, three months to go until election day and the national unemployment rate is 8.3% and fox news sunday, david axelrod, campaign strategist sits down with our own chris wallace and saying the policy plans from governor romney will not help america, get back on track. >> the real question for voters is going to be, what is the choice on the other side? this week we learned that governor romney's tax plan would raise taxes for the wealthy and, would cut taxes for the wealthy, a windfall for the wealthy and raise taxes by $2,000 on the middle class. >> kelly: that is david axelrod and joining me is the anchor of fox news sunday, chris wallace,

i'm patti ann brownee. >> and i'm kelly wright. scientists say if all goes well, curiosity will spend the next two years determining if mars ever supported life. adam housley is following this live from sunny pasadena, california. adam, why is this landing so dangerous and so critical to this mission? >> reporter: well, the good news, of course, it's not a manned landing. it's landing that's worth $2.5 billion. they're basically taking an suv, coming in at a steep descent and then trying to land that suv at the base of a mountain next to a massive crater, the mountain about the size of mount rainier here on earth, so 15,000 feet or so next to a crater. the actual way they're bringing the thing in and landing it is extremely difficult, almost a needle in a haystack type of landing. they believe they can get it done, of course. when they land it and everything goes as planned, they'll bring back picture that none of us could imagine, really thrilling. we had a chance to talk to a number of people out here at jpl about the prospect of

the machine holds up to 500 cupcakes. >> patti ann: that will do it for us.ave a great day, folks. america's news headquarters from shannon bream live from washington starts now. >> at this hour, saber rattling in the middle east. yesterday we learned running irn successfully test fired a short range missile with more accurate guidance systems. now a response. israel confirms major upgrades to is missile defenses. it's the kind of back and forth that gets the world's attention. welcome to washington. we begin with fox's peter doocy who is tracking the stories. >> reporter: they're making sure their missile shield is solid because the iranians are working on their short range ballistic missiles which former un ambassador john bolton will be mated with capabilities as they perfect technology. >> even with the missile defense shield like the arrow, obviously they can't guarantee that they can stop all incoming missiles, so i think this is simply more weight on the scales in favor of israel making that very difficult decision to use military force against iran's

. >> i'm patti ann browne. that ad from a super pac features a man who says he just lost his job. >> when mitt romney and bain capital closed the plant i lost my healthcare. and my family lost our healthcare. a short time after that my wife became ill. i don't know how long she was sick and i think she didn't say anything because we couldn't afford the insurance. bill: he goes on to say his wife was diagnosed with stage 4 cancer and died 22 days later. the fact checkers are out and the romney team is responding saying president obama's allies continue to use dishonest and discredited attacks. as it turns out the man's wife died years later and there are a host of claims that have been proved to be inaccurate. >> we'll ask our panel if this ad goes too far. and we'll get reaction from the romney campaign when his press secretary joins us. bill: you can count it, folks, on the calendar. 90 days to election day. two swing states president obama won in 2008 now split between mr. obama and governor romney. 50% to 45

patti ann, what's next? >> brand-new images of the fierce fighting in syria as rebels take on government troops. the syrian president appears after weeks of being m.i.a. bill: how high will it go? the level of concern young americans have when it comes to pay for their college education. man oh man. ♪ don't our dogs deserve better then chicken meal introducing freshpet made with real chicken that's so fresh you'll find it in the fridge freshpet fresh food for fido bill: paying for college. apparently weighing on the minds of america's young. many of them, 40% say they will take out student loans. the same policing a big drop in how much young people think of the presidential election in 2012. could that work against president obama? he carried the youth vote significantly in 2000. it was a major block of support for him. patti ann: a new twist in the temple shooting investigation. the shooter's ex-girlfriend is arrested in milwaukee. she faces a charge of felony weapons. authorities say her relationship with

what's next patti ann. patti ann: chic-fil-a around the country packed with people, massive tkpwroudz turn out to support the ceo who spoke out publicly about gay marriage. supporters say this is not about his beliefs. >> this is about an individual who has religious beliefs, based on not his own personal beliefs, but actually the beliefs of his faith and he is only expressing that. >> herman cain, former presidential candidate and successful business owner

ann? -- patty ai ann? >> we have a look at whose talking.ris christie is talking about his up coming convention speech. >> the governor discussed what we can expect from his speech. in true christie form he said expect the unexpected. >> i have had a lot of people asking me are you nervous? let me tell you. >> all you folks students from other states will be asking the question. all of you know the answer to that question. you all know. there's no chance. >>> they have to keep me busy on tuesday. i told the staff keep me busy. i got awake at 10:30 tuesday night. you don't know what will happen when i first get out of that gate by 10:30 tuesday night. so they are going to keep me on the treadmill all day trying to wear me out. see if we can lower the energy level just a little bit. we will be ready for tuesday night. ready to put on a great show for the american people. >> chris christie also revealing the real reason why the republican national convention asked him to head down to tampa. we assume he was joking. >> i think we are going to en

i am patti ann browne. >> i am heheather chilleders. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> isaac is on the verge of becoming a hurricane it is causing widespread flooding and even a tornado in florida. >> it could be a category 2 hurricane by the time it makes land fall. >> maria molina tracking isaac in the tracking certainty. >> good morning everyone. we just got ap brand new update from the national hurricane center saying much has still not changed with tropical storm isaac so it is still a tropical storm with maximum sustained winds of 70 miles an hour. it is intensifying. there is dry air trying to work its way on the northern part of the storm system. that is likely part of the reason why it has not become a hurricane one of the reasons it is remaining some what disorganized here. it is a large tropical storm with tropical storm force winds extending 200 miles from the center of the storm. that makes it kind of slow down in intensification. that's something we are still keeping an eye on. we are still expecting to see

i am patti ann browne. >> i am ainsley earhardt. >> it is thursday august 30th. thank you so much for watching "fox & friends first". >> congressman paul ryan formally accepting the republican party's nomination for vice president. ryan repeatedly bringing the rnc crowd to its feet talking about the gop ticket's vision for the future. he vowed he and mitt romney will bring leadership back to the white house for all americans. >>> we will not duck the tough issues. we will lead. we will not spend the next four years blaming others. we will take responsibility. we will not try to replace our founding principles. we will reapply our founding principles. >> with more on the convention let's go to peert dter doocy. >> mr. ryan's speech was very well received the delegates and party leaders inside the tampa bay forum last night knowing there were more eyeballs on him than normal in the forum and across america. he used the line we have heard before on the trail about the difference between the romney ticket and the president's ticket when it comes to saving medicare fo

patti ann?rvey suggesting the biggest time waster at work in gossip. >> what is the biggest time waster at work? we will have some of the e-mails next. check in with steve doocy see what's coming up on fox and friends. >> wasting time playing solitaire on my phone. kelsey grammar he's the boss and he's here live. judge jeanine pirro and lynn nard sk -- lynn arred skinnard. >> 8 minutes to the top of the hour. one miraculous story out of all of the devastation in the western part of our country where dozens of wildfires are still burning. take a look at this. house in washington state surrounded by flames. you can see them moving all around that beautiful house there. the next day the same house still standing. it the rest was charred. former president bill clinton and the baby named after him in uganda. this was 14 years ago he was born. now a teenager. the younger bill clinton was born the same month the former president visited the country. >> a carriage horse breaks away from the driver and t

patti ann? >> a shocking new report details how thousands of government employees are retiring with a very handsome yearly pension check try over 100,000 dollars a year. diane macedo has more on this report. >>> not bad. the civil service retirement data base shows more than 21,000 retired federal workers receive lifetime annual government pension of 100,000 dollars or more. that's about 1.2 percent federal retirees compared to 0.4 percent of military retirees that get that much. pensions range from doctors to human resources with law enforcement being the most common. congress by the way congress members were not included in this. pensions are a growing burden. they lost 70 billion last year plus 13 billion for retiree healthcare. they have doubled the inflation rate in the past year and taxpayers are on the hook for $2 trillion. the percentage of people receiving 6 figures are so small they are highly skilled in office put risk on the public. the federal pension pays almost 33,000 dollars comp

patti ann just fob close to him. purchased it and it is right next door to the kennedy compound in massachusetts. >>> meet the new miley cyrus the 19-year-old supporting a very short drastic haircut. she tweeted quote i never felt more me in my whole life. what do you think patti ann. >> what do you think? >> on you? >> no. >> and now for your starting lineup a roundup of all of the sports stories making headlines at this hour. the nfl now expects to start the regular season with replacement rests. the league is using replacements because of a contract dispute in which there has not been much progress. it could mark the first time a woman officiates a regular season nfl game. shan oneaston already making history for officiating a preseason game. >>> state police in louisiana clearing saint general manager loomis of eavesdropping on opposing teams. they never found evidence that loomis or any other saints listened in between 2002 and 04. michael phelps already back in the water. the louis vuitton ad showing him in a b

. >> patti ann: dr. siegel, what would you add in terms of not being that statistic. >> not everyone complies with their medication and, one of the things that came out the review, is 24% of people are not getting their medications or getting to the doctor and as a practicing internist i see the problem of people with two or more problems and i couldn't agree more with david's point about obesity, that is the core of the problem, not just obesity bought being overweight, almost half of americans are overweight, and, are sedentary and we lie on the coach, don't get up, don't exercise and i want to explain why obesity is at the core of this, because people come to me and if they are obese, their cholesterol is usually too high. their blood pressure goes up. when their blood pressure goes up and the cholesterol is too high, they have a higher risk of heart disease, that is nor one of these chronic diseases and diabetes, we talked about previously, is directly related to how much you weigh. the more you weig

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> right to our top story. thousands attend a romney ryan rally in wisconsin. it was an meegsnal nig -- emoti night as he faced the crowds in his home state. >> thank you, wisconsin. it is good to be home. oh. i tell ya, i love wisconsin. heather now from brookville, wisconsin with more of what could be romney's loringest campaign event to date. how many people were there? >> good morning heather, good morning ladies and good morning to all of you. at least 10,000 people showed up last night. you are absolutely right. this is the largest event turnout for the romney ryan ticket yet. traffic was backed up for more than 2 miles to get in. they originally planned to hold this inside a convention center but they had to move the event outside. perhaps there was no sur vise there was such a huge turnout. ryan is considered a popular figure here in the state in his congressional district which by the way is not considered a district it is verse.

i thought she knocked it out of the park, patti ann. who would have thought a young black woman would evoke images of ronald reagan at the 2012 republican convention. she was extraordinary. i loved her theme of to tell her story and what we can accomplish. frankly, i love the fact that most of the night wasn't directed at president obama. it was what we could be as americans and what we have accomplished and hoping for better days ahead. >>> the mayor of saratoga springs utah running for congress. a haitian american talked a lot about her own story through this video that was presented. you see her as a rising star, you expect big things from her? >> it was barack obama who electrified the democratic national convention in what seems likely ons ago this unknown from illinois what was t who was the rising star. i think marilyn love is our version of that. she came out of nowhere for most americans. she took a jab at president obama which is a red meat guy who wrote a book 50 things liberals love to hate. i like the red meat and pitch for

i am heather nauert. >> i am patti ann browne. now it is time for the top stories making news at this hour. new questions about the white house involvement with solyndra. the white house over sit committee releasing e-mails that shows president obama requested a personal briefing on the programs that used billions of dollars in tax payer's money to fund green energy companies including solyndra. the request was made two months before solyndra was bankrupt. e-mails showing they expressed concerns about the program. they were over ruled chief of staff william daley. trying to distance himself from the loan program. the white house says final decisions were made only by the energy department. the e-mails don't indicate whether or not that briefing actually took place. >>> president obama's personal plans to let young illegal immigrants stay in the u.s. causing internal struggles at the department of homeland security. fox news obtaining a draft document revealing it is having issues with implementing the plan. admitting those on the

oo i'm patti ann browne.t is 20 minut-- 29 minutes afte hour. >> for the first time we are hearing the terrifying 911 calls made as a gunman opens fire at a chic temple in wisconsin. take a listen. >> white sup prem tis wade michael page ambushed the temple during a prayer service. he killed 6 people and injured three others before taking his own life. oon airaqi man who tried to hide sadam hussein from u.s. forces is speaking out. he and his brother helped the iraqi dictator move from house to house for nine months. he even dug the so-called spider hole where he was captured in 2003. he spent most of the time writing poetry and making speeches promoting jihad. he sent 6 months in abu ghraib prison. the worst thing was the rock and roll music played by soldiers. >>> a 12-foot long shark on camera. the shark less than five miles from shore experts believe it was a great white weighing tin t more than a thousand pounds. sharks have been spotd in that area. earlier this month a great white attacked a man while h

i am here with patti ann browne, pab for short. if hilarity was a gift certificate i would blow him at macy's. and my repulsive sidekick, bill schulz. and balloons have a restraining order against him. fyi, balloons is the name of his stripper exgirl end from. girlfriend. sitting next to me, a combination of sitting right is michael moynahan. let's get to the story, shall we? >> amidst growing shouts he is not dropping out. yes, todd aiken, if that's his real name doesn't seem to be bowing to pressure from republicans like mitt romney to quit the missouri senate they have one there. the race for the good of the party, destroyed that sentence. on tuesday, hours before a significant campaign deadline, he released an ad apologizing for his comments on, quote, legitimate rape, unquote. that if jeopardized, gop chances of reclaiming this so-called senate in november, roll tape, roll tapers. >> rape is an evil act. i used the wrong words in the wrong way. for that i apologize. the fact is rape can lead to pregnancy. the truth is rape has

. >> i am patti ann browne. thank you for watching "fox & friends first". >> mr. chairman and delegates. i accept your nomination for president of the united states. tons of excitement for the romney ryan ticket. little children filling the arena and both candidates families joining them on the stage at the end of the night. romney wasting no time after accepting the nomination laying out his vision for the future. >> hope and change had a powerful appeal. tonight i would ask a simple question, if you felt that excitement when you voted for barack obama? shouldn't you feel that now as he is president obama? the best feeling you had was the day you voted for him. i am running for president to help create a better future, a future where everyone who wants a job can find a job, where no senior fears for the security of their retiremenretirement. every parent knows a job leaves them to a better future and a brighter horizon. >> the good morning, peter. >> good morning, ainsley. the first chunk was about his family life. he told a touching story about a rose and how hi

ashley: patti ann browne of fox news, thank you so much. markets are up --. lori: happy friday, folks. ashley: there you go. ecb is looking into setting yield targets and, straight cameras shots on the sovereign debt buying program. my next guest says today's pop is the beginning. thinks we're near the market bottom. hank smith joining me now. hank, thanks so much for joining us. okay, look, the latest rumor coming out of europe, and they seem to come out one an hour, maybe every 30 minutes that the ecb may look to place caps on those bond yields, how long will this drag on and how long will it impact markets here in the u.s.? >> i think the european situation is going to drag on for quite a while. i don't know if it will take the 28th, 29th, 30th summit to finally get to a market credible resolution but i think it is moving in that direction. and our view is we take draghi at his word, that they will do whatever it takes to keep the euro intact. it will be a bumpy road until we finally get some resolution. it will not going to be quick. ashley: meantime, wha

patti ann, thank you.our attention now to a growing wildfire threat in northern california. the situation there going from bad to worse. a wildfire about six hours north of san francisco has now burned 1900 square miles of forest, destroying several homes in the process. at least 3,000 more potentially are in danger. the state sending in nearly a thousand firefighters to try and get the situation under control. claudia coulclaudia cowen is live from san francisco now. what about evacuations, there must be some. >> the pond toda ponderosa fire has forced people from their homes. crews are attacking it from the air, check out the pictures making the bright orange phoscheck drops. three helicopters also making drops on this fire. conditions are tender dry. one evacuees describes the inferno. >> i was on the road and saw flames on the road on either side, and i looked up and everything was black, it was like i was in a black box, and i just drove through it, and i couldn't breathe, and then there was fire ever

don't worry though, we are told a regulate night menu of big macs and quarter patti ann browne ders -sn't going to change at all. upheld a decision that ruled college cheerleading does not qualify as a title 9 sport. requiring schools to provide equal opportunities to men and women. number four, the s&p 500 today above 1400 for the first time three months on positive news out of europe. number three, experts say a fire at one of the nation's largest oil refineries in the california will likely push gas prices up 10% to 12% above $4 a gallon on the west coast. number two, the psychiatrist who treated the movie massacre suspect james holmes reportedly told police at the university of colorado that she had concerns about his behavior weeks before the shooting. and number one tonight. jared lee loughner today pleaded guilty to the tucson shooting spree that killed six people and hurt more than a dozen others. including the then congresswoman gabriel giffords. and that's "the fox report's" top five. on this day in 1782, general george washington created the badge for military merit. later

patti ann: i'm patti ann browne in more martha maccallum. july hiring was the best since february. stuart varney, anchor, fox business network. how do you analyze this number for the month? >> the mostlyally important number of the day is the rise in the unemployment rate to 8.3%. three months to an election the president does not want to see the unemployment rate rise. we also had a rise in the so-called real unemployment rate from 14.9 to 15%. the other side of the coin is the number of new jobs created. that is another important number here. 163,000. if you look more deeply you will find the number of new jobs created in june was revised lower. so you've got a rise in the rate. 163,000 new jobs but fewer new jobs in the month before that. a rather negative report of all. bill: that is paltry where we are now. you say the real unemployment rate? >> yeah. bill: explain that again, stuart. >> technically that is called u-6. that unemployment rate includes those who are unemployed. those involuntary littlely doing part-time work and those who left the workforce. that rate is now 15%