patty brown promoted to captain. kevin dowdell. and patrick o'keefe.oss is felt by their families and colleagues and also by jose giagos who developed a lasting friendship with the men who saved his life. >> i don't have any words to express how i feel about these guys. they live in my heart. i carry them in a very special part of my heart. >> although he now lives in his native colombia, he has come back to the building where he feared his life would end. >> it was very hot. there was a lot of smoke coming out of all the windows. >> and we have a surprise waiting for him. on the corner of 7th avenue and 48th street. >> oh, man. >> hi. >> it's kevin shay now retired and living in montana. shay and giagos haven't seen each other for many years. >> what a crazy surprise. i'm so happy to see you. >> yes. it's a great surprise. >> for these two men, the experience on the 12th floor of this building has created a bond that will never fade away. >> doesn't it feel much better once you know you're not alone? almost everything feels better when you're not alon

i'm patti ann browne. we're closely monitoring an event in atlanta, georgia where presidential candidate herman cain will address the future of his white house bid. his campaign has taken a big hit in recent weeks amid allegations of sexual harassment and a woman's claims of a 13-year affair. cain, who has seriously denied all of the allegations says he need today meet with his wife before making a final decision. we're monitoring this closely and will bring you any developments as they happen. new reports from afghanistan that a roadside bomb has killed three n.a.t.o. troops in the eastern part of the country. we're told the coalition recently shifted its focus there to deal with militants fighting afghan and coalition troops along the border with pakistan. so far 419 n.a.t.o. service mms have been killed in afghanistan, including at these 389 americans. i'm patti ann browne, now back to cavuto on business. >> neil: deep in debt and now deeper in don't. and after a failure to cut the nation's debt over th

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i'm patty ann brown.ial. ♪ silver bells ♪ silver bells ♪ it's christmas time in the city ♪ ♪ ring a ling ♪ hear them ring ♪ soon it will be christmas day day ♪ >> welcome back to "the five" christmas special. thank you for letting us join you today and thanks to the newark boy's chorus school for bringing us all such beautiful music. that was one of bob's favorite song. >> it was great. it was wonderful. >> one of the things we were talk being is that this time of year, charitable donations are at a high, but there is a great story that started in michigan. anonymous attorneys are paying off strangers' lay away accounts at k-marts across the country, which is a lovely thing. i had heard about these anonymous donations before. lay away one is new to me. i had heard before -- >> that was actually me. >> in michigan? >> yes. >> did you do this? >> yes, i did. i didn't want to take credit for it, but i figureeled, why not? no one else is. >> that's right. that's what the most amaze thing is is that in an era

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patti ann browne standing by from new york, much more about herman cain's expected announcement, coming up shortly. will he stay in or will he go. we'll wait to see the answer. stay with us, everybody, our continuing coverage comes to you now from new york. have a great day. >> fox news alert. is he in or out? it's decision day for republican presidential hopeful herman cain, cain is expected to make a major announcement from his new campaign headquarters in atlanta. hello, everyone, i'm kelly wright and welcome to a brand new hour of america's news headquarters. >> and i'm patti ann browne. the about suspense is building in atlanta this hour. herman cain is expected to announce whether he's dropping out of the race or staying in it to win the republican nomination is. >> kelly: his campaign is reeling from sex scandals, allegations he had a 13-year affair starting while he was president of the national restaurant association, but right now, it's all about blues, barbecue and that big announcement that people are anticipating. our john roberts is live in atlanta, georgia where herman ca

patti ann browne live in the newsroom. she has more. >> that's right, jon. young ohio girls have been missing since yesterday morning. katie hampton is 11 months old. their father brian hampton took forrer rand. when he left the home he told their mother teresa to buy milk but the three never returned. her husband returned a chris mat gift intended for their children to a toy store. brian hampton has extensive criminal history including crimes of violence and drug abuse but no criminal charges have been filed yet in this case and no threats had been made against the children. police are just franc i canly searching for the little gills. they note the infant is nursing and was last fed by her mother yesterday around 9:00 a.m. police say teresa told them her husband with in contact with certain people in the dayton area but she didn't give an address in the area. brian hampton, 38-year-old white male, 6'2" and 200 bounds with hazel ice. he is drying teal green, pontiac grand prix. it has tinted windows and front-end damage. anyone with information is asked to

and that's going to do it for me from this hour from washington, kelly wright and patti ann browne standing york, much more about herman cain's expected announcement, coming up shortly.

return appearances from patti ann browne, fox news contributor tucker carlson and comedian veronica mosey. >> time to go back to sherrod small for the post game wrap up. >> leeann, tell me about your lingerie line for heroes and patriots. >> yes, you can find it at leeann tweeden .com. it is affordable lingerie by elephant moments and my proud moment is heroes and patriots. we are trying to do a lot of good stuff. >> heroes and patriots sounds good. do we have pictures in there? >> there are. >> i will be there. >> thank you. >> pete ?er. >> yes, sir. what are you getting your wife for christmas? >> thank you for asking, sherrod. i haven't gotten her anything. i thought tonight i could get her plugs. plugs, sherrod. she has a plug about religion and spiritual wall tee. it is called smile with your entire body .com. >> are you visiting that too? >> yes, i might go. >> daff vin, tell me about your shirt. >> it is my friend's restaurant, the cardinal, best

patti ann brown is working the story for us. n. >> reporter: they think right now actually this is the 16th bank to be held up by the so-called geezer bandit. this time, it was a bank of america branch in san obispo, california, the bandit entered the bank on friday, waving a gun and wearing a hat and glasses. he apparently dropped a lot of the cash in the parking hrofplt it was scattered over several spaces. it's not clear how much loot he drove off with. this man was first accused of robbery in sante in 2009, most of the robberies have been in san diego and its suburbs, others in temecula, bakersfield, moro bay. the man is described as 6-foot tall, white with gray hair, in his 60s or 70s, but there is some speculation he might be wearing a mask that makes him look older. in any case he's become somewhat of a folk here oerbgs there are several facebook fan pages and t-shirts featuring his image but police remind the public this man is pulling a gun and stealing. they are offering a $20,000 reward and asking anything with informa

patti ann brown, thank you. jenna: our next story is in tune with the season of giving. jon: good!ristmas, less than a week away, and it's happening in several areas of the country and hopefully this trend will continue. it's a good one. secret santas, paying off layaway accounts in danger of default, especially ones that involve kids' clothing and toys and things like that. in lexingtonton, kentucky, one shopper couldn't believe it happened to her. take a listen: >> you know i'm having a hard time, and they said no. >> i said don't be lie to go me now. >> found out there was a christmas angel out there. that's giving to a lot of people. >> a great, wonderful feeling deep inside. because i love my kids, and my grandkids, and just no one -- just knowing that now i'm able to give them this is a great gift. jenna: was that you? >> jon: i would love to claim credit but it wasn't me. jenna: i wonder how they do that. we might have to place a call and see how they do that, is it a secret santa that puts it to whatever account? because you think it would be confidential. jon: apparently w

. >> and i'm patti ann browne. the about suspense is building in atlanta this hour. herman cain is expected to announce whether he's dropping out of the race or staying in it to win the republican nomination is. >> kelly: his campaign is reeling from sex scandals, allegations he had a 13-year affair starting while he was president of the national restaurant association, but right now, it's all about blues, barbecue and that big announcement that people are anticipating. our john roberts is live in atlanta, georgia where herman cain just arrived. john, it's quite a day down there. >> and it certainly is, kelly. it's a festive atmosphere, almost one of celebration. they have h they've updated the blues and health care is expected to come out after a meeting with military veterans whether or not he's going to continue his campaign. we after the last few days he's been consulting with a number of people and his financial donors, some of his political rivals, as well strategists and members of his families, whether or not the campaign is a, viable, whether or not it would

patti ann: steve brown live in des moines, thank you. gregg: coming up we have a update on rick perry's lawsuit against the state of virginia after the texas governor was left off the primary ballots there. a hearing inside a richmond federal courtroom about to take place. patti ann: plus if you thought black friday was bad, we'll tell you why church and community leaders are calling on nike and one nba legend after violent mobs break out across the country over a sneaker. gregg: at the top of the hour in virginia there's a hearing in rick perry's lawsuit over the commonwealth's legislation laws. the presidential candidate left off virginia's primary ballot after state officials said he failed to submit enough valid signatures. peter doocy is live from washington. peter, which part of the virginia state law is perry challenging here? >> reporter: the part where all the campaign workers who collect the 10,000 signatures you need have to be either eligible or registered voters in virginia. the perry campaign doesn't think that is very fair

i'm patti ann browne here with greg jait. gregg: "happening now" begins right now. have a great day. jon: we're just a couple of days away from that new year's eve celebration. good morning morning to you. i'm jon scott. >> i'm marcella neville in for jenna lee. five days and counting to the iowa caution us newt gingrich is dropping and rick santorum is surging. jon: at this point six of the top seven republican presidential candidates are fanning out across iowa. the only exception, jon huntsman. he is putting his chips in new hampshire where first in the nation primary comes one week after iowa. iowa has all the attention and some of the negative political ads are popping up there now. steve brown live for us in des moines. political ads, negative ads a fact of life, steve but are they having an impact there? >> reporter: you have to say yes. as a matter of fact campaigns will point to them. they like to say only the positive ads are working but quite in fact the negative ads are working as well. the rule of thumb negative ads help soften your opponent's support.

i'm gregg jarrett along with patty ann brown.hen >> alisyn: former governor of new mexico, gary johnson, is ditching the republican party and running for president as a libertarian. >> steve: really? >> today because this is an agenda that i think resonates with most americans and it's an agenda that's not being addressed by either political party. >> steve: political consultant roger stone joins us live right now from miami. good morning to you, roger. >> great to be with you. >> steve: do you think gary johnson, as a libertarian candidate, could actually have a big impact on the 2012? >> i really do because for the first time he's going to offer the american people a candidacy that is fiscally and defense wise very conservative, but he takes freedom-based positions on issues like a woman's right to choose, gay marriage equality, the legalization of marijuana. the american people have never been offered that. 61% of people tell gallup they wish there was a third choice. i urged donald trump to seek the american's elect nominatio

brown sugar, the sauce and mustard. as soon as the sugar is dissolved you poor it over and this is what you have. >> patty, who eats meatloafelicious. thank you. >> we will have the complete recipe up on our website. >> happy new year. thank you, geese. >> happy new year. >> occupy protestors setting up camp at the iowa caucuses. will that affect the vote? and there's a new drug promising to type away your pain ten times better than vicodin. but there's a catch. we will explain that. and the trivia question of the day. born on this day in 1954, this academy award winning actor got a major career break when he started in the tv drama "saint elsewhere." who is he? e-mail us with the correct answer. ♪ >> time for quick headlines. the ousted egyptian president back on trial in cairo today. it was on hold sense he was hospitalized in april. this morning he was wheeled in on a stretcher. he's charged with killing protesters and abuse of power. forest gump and other films receiving a big time honor, being named on the library of congress's national film registry. forest gump is the most recent other films picked, including "bambi"