all right well starting off this hour reverend jesse jackson has made quite an impact on the u.s. throughout the years you probably know his name from his many crusades for human rights so much so that he was nominated for the nobel peace prize this year his latest cd is brokering an agreement for the release of two imprisoned american citizens from prison in. the dual citizens who are serving sentences for treason. to talk about this sad more reverend jesse jackson joins us now he's the founder and president of the red rainbow push coalition thank you thank you for joining us reverend jackson so let's start off by talking about the two gobby of americans who helped free from prison can you tell us about that it's a good news. for weeks ago that none gunman had been executed and thirty more were it to be executed based upon their definition of what was a capital offense and so i mean they called the president's office in the government called for the democrats with whom i met across the moment across to you is that absolutely bring a bill bishop to meet with him the foreign minist

all right switching gears now reverend jesse jackson has made quite an impact on the u.s. throughout the years you probably know his name from his many chrissake for human rights so much so that he was nominated for the nobel peace prize this year his latest cd is brokering an agreement to release to imprison american status sense from prison and gone be a bit dual citizen for serving sentences for treason to talk more about this reverend jesse jackson actually joined me earlier he's the founder and president of the rainbow push coalition and hear his thoughts. for weeks ago that none of the means have been executed and through the moral word to be executed based upon their definition of what was a capital of france and so i mean they called the president's office in the gumby called for the democrats with whom a mother crosses the moment cross so he is nasa that we bring a bill bishop to meet with him the foreign minister called i guess it would be allowed such a meeting do they have to burry hold of executions of from two weeks ago and then when the meeting a meeting dec

martha: reverend jesse jackson help two americans jailed abroad taste freedom. the reverend and the two men he helped to freedom sit down in the fox news exclusive. >> this could open the door extending indefinitely, as the president promised the death penalty. b and open the door to let more prisoners free. that is the good news. [ owner ] i need to expand to meet the needs of my growing business. but how am i going to fund it? and i have to find a way to manage my cash flow better. [ female announcer ] our wells fargo bankers are here to listen, offer guidance and provide you with options tailored to your business. we've loaned more money to small businesses than any other bank for ten years running. so come talk to us to see how we can help. wells fargo. together we'll go far. martha: fox news alert. we are now learning what may have sparked last week's attack on the u.s. embassy in egypt. fox news obtained an intelligence report that suggests that the assault may have been connected to the imprisonment of this convicted terrorist, the so-called blind sheikh.

i agree with reverend jackson. e president had a hole but he's just made it deeper and bigger and worse. >> he didn't say he made it deeper. that's not what the reverend said. he did say he underestimated the problem here. one of the things he also criticized is he didn't think republicans were doing a goods job either at actually addressing the issue of poverty and that's really one of the main things they're talking about here. i want to turn to ann romney, because she has been speaking and we saw her at the rnc. one of the things that we're going to see tonight is michelle obama addressing the dnc. ann romney has taken on a different tone now, an attack tone against the president. do you think that serves the republicans well? >> i think what we saw from ann romney was a very heartfelt speech. said, i'm speaking from my heart to yours. she talked about her husband. she talked about what a great husband and father he was. she gave us personal anecdotes about him as a person and talked about how he will not fail an

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. the media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem like

reverend jesse jackson. anthony fox, mayor anthony fox. >> yes, sir, welcome to charlotte. >> you want to say a word of welcome and then we'll get back to this other stuff. >> i want to welcome you to charlotte. glad to have you. we're going to have a great week. >> we have never had a welcome like this. ever. this is better than new york even. any way, let me ask you about the voter turnout. are you concerned this state is really one of the closest? within the margin of error. >> it's going to be close in north carolina and the efforts that the republican legislature have taken to try to take the vote away through voter i.d. laws, through shortening the early voting periods. we're going to get the phone calls, door knocks, we're going to get out and vote. north carolina is going to go for the president. >> let me be able to positive and give you a chance. the reverend jackson has been through every hell with the civil rights fact. he's got some trace of on the part optimism. is there optimism in this part o

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon. media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem like jac

but reverend jackson has done this before. he did in this in the 80s in lebanon.he media is too busy pounding on romney. >> media was very busy in the last couple weeks. we do have a presidential campaign. we have a crisis in libya. we have a whole bunch of questions that should be asked about that. >> we know they have one brain. [ laughter ] >> it was a tough week to have a good news story and story, by the way, this muslim country, a country in which most of the people are muslims and they did a good humanitarian thing, guaranteed not to make headlines. >> it should have made headlines gambia, they are trying to clear the jails by killing everybody. it's more than likely the men would have been killed. i suspect these men are apparently west african disscent and a lot of people think it's old news or something. >> i just wondered if it had something to do with the fact that he seemed to get more coverage for these kinds of missions when he was presidential candidate or considered a viable possible president. do you think that has changed? it doesn't seem like j

also, released because of the efforts of reverend jesse jackson, jessa.was director of immigration in gambia. he was deputy inspector for police. he was a former soldier that fought in iraq during desert storm. he was serving a life sentence we are told because he had been convicted of also treason. he confessed under torture. also worth noting here, is that following the meeting with reverend jackson, gambia's president decided that instead of simply suspendedding a moratorium on the death penalty in that country he would extend it indefinitely. in august, jon, the president of gambia said all 47 prisoners on death row were going to be executed. nine of them were. he came under a great deal of international pressure. now appears for the moment 38 lives have been spared. we expect to learn a great deal more when reverend jackson arrives in the room in john f. kennedy airport in a few minutes. jon: keep an eye on it for us. david lee miller, thank you [ rosa ] i'm rosa and i quit smoking with chantix. when the doctor told me that i could smoke for the firs

i sit down with the reverend jesse jackson. plus, a panel of republicans refuses to sway on their position. finally, how one man engineered the perfect game plan. that's what's going on in "our world" up next. >>> for six decades the reverend jesse jackson has been on the front lines in the struggle for freedom and justice, keeping hope alive for millions around the world. >> it was parents and teachers join hands together, children have a foundation! >> i sat down with rev vend jackson to talk about his journey and where he's headed next. good to see you. >> god to see you, sir. >> how did you get involved in this struggle for freedom, become such a central part of this? >> in the 1960s, i wanted to use a public library and could not use it. i tried and use a public library and i really never stopped fighting. before then, i was existing. at some point, you either imitate the system, trying to get a job and like it and be an extension of it or you adjust to it or you resist. and i learned as a young naacp youth activist and the

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina.we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level of k35eu7bing. >> if

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina.we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level of k35eu7bing. >> if

in talking to reverend jackson yesterday, i wasn't aware of it until yesterday and i met mr. verend jackson is here and he said, well, how do we get some clothes for these poor americans, still trying to help these folks. i see it as a quintessential american story, americans helping americans, and you would have a baptist minister go to the gambia and release muslim americans, this is american foreign policy at its best and it's done by an individual american on his own. >> gretchen: let's hear from him. heard yesterday at the press conference. >> yeah. >> this time yesterday 37 people were planning to die. today they're planning to live. two men yesterday were planning to be in jail for a long time. today they have been set free. for that we're grateful. >> whether you like secrecy jackson or not, whether you agree with him or disagree with him, over a long important career in the civil rights era in this country, he is continuing to be relevant. he has done this over three decades. what i thought to be particularly incredible about it, there is a young woman in kathleen fos

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina.we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level of k35eu7bing. >> if

anyway, the reverend jesse jackson, the great man, the president of the rainbow coalition joins us.you were calling me up last week. you were so angry and concerned as a leader, a civil rights leader, about this new ploy to keep people from voting. >> the irony of nikki haley, she got the right to vote because of the voting rights act itself. then 18-year-olds to vote in 1970. and then students could then vote. and able to get the voting. she is a product of the voting rights act. their plan is negation, purging, voting suppression. and confusing people. and inciting their base to vote. >> but it seemed like they're trying to deny or really make it highly difficult. if you come from the south like you did and move north and you live in north philadelphia where i'm familiar with, that means you got to go back to somewhere in south carolina to get your birth certificate. you got to figure out how to get it with an i.d. card. it's difficult to do this. >> the jefferson davis democrats and republicans have never stopped to deny -- >> we'll get back to "hardball" and the reverend jesse j

reverend jackson, is on my father is on the way to the country today, but he is walking into something that's very, very dangerous to a country that's very dangerous, why? because of this, because of this film. yes, it's been out for quite some time, angela, but you know, while for it to concentrate and here we are. >> the internet, the internet-- >> and got to wrap it up. >> your father is in my prayers and i pray for him. >> thank you. >> this film has been out for a while and you have internet in all countries and the film was out there. it was an excuse, it was a planned attack and i think the travesty again for the obama administration to say that all of these attacks is because of one film. >> jamie: being september 11th date, it seems more than a coincidence. we're going to stay on it and we hope to get answers, especially for the families who lost loved ones, thanks to both you have. >> absolutely, and god bless america and everybody, thank you. >> that's right, god bless america. see you. >> kelly: and we are going it talk about this later on with walid phares with a terrorism

fox news can confirm the americans will be arriving in new york tomorrow with the reverend jackson.prisoners wars a former university of tennessee professor who was serving a life sentence and get this, it was for printing shirts with the words, end dictatorship now. the other, a gulf war vet who had been serving 20 years for driving to the borrowed of of gam bee i can't with a man threatening to overthrow the country's president. masked men storm a mcdonald's threatening customers and employees inside been robbing the place. wait until you see the tape as we go across america. florida, surveillance video shows the whole thing. one guy points what looks like a gun at a teenage customer and then turns it on the cashier. employees scatter as the men jump the counters, then charge at workers in the kitchen. the manager opens back off his safe at gun point and the robbers take off with a bag full of cash. cops say they're still looking for the suspects. >>> alabama, air traffic controllers say the pilot of a small plane talked about hitting bad weather. then the control tower lost conta

. >> when i was in my cell and called out and told that the reverend jesse jackson has security our releasei couldn't find the words to express myself. >> for a moment i thought maybe i was in a dream and i had to, you know, do a few things here and there to convince myself that it was real. >> well, reverend jesse jackson also managed to gam beaten president to spare the lives of prisoners who were due to face execution as they put it at any moment. the lawmakers in burma are apparently trying to learn democracy by watching old episodes of an american tv show. that's the word from the secretary of state hillary clinton. she spoke today at a ceremony to honor the burmese activist with the congressional gold medal, the highest civilian honor that congress can award. and secretary clinton recalled a conversation with a house speaker in burma in which he asked her to help lawmakers learn how to create a democratic process. >> he went on to tell me that they were trying to teach themselves by watching old segments of the west wing. [ laughter ] i said i think we can do better than that, mr. spe

. >> and next to james is reverend jackson. ofounded the brooklyn rescue mission in 2002 with her husband reverend robert jackson. to bring healthy food to the homeless and hungry of central brooklyn. finding fresh food rare in their donations box, the jacksons began growing produce in an abandoned lot behind the mission. it is now a small urban farm supplying a small farmers market and pantry -- sorry, for their emergency food providers, and the reverend jackson are known across the city for the partnership with other urban farmers, and community groups. welcome, reverend. [applause] >> and then, of course, on the in is her own tracie mcmillan. tracie mcmillan is a senior fellow at the schuster institute for investigative journalism and the author of "the american way of eating: undercover at walmart, applebee's farm fields and the dinner table," which just went on sale today. although she has written on food and class in the new york times, harpers and transit, she just closer foodstamp case last month and was of all things, s

. >> reverend jesse jackson makes an historic trip to free two captive americans and mainstream media are no shows. nbc compares to liberal noise makers with the success of fox news. >> if you are going to be successful on national television you are going to have imitators. look. let's be honest here, not many people is obnoxious as i am. >> jon: on the panel this week, fox news contributor, judy miller, richard grenell that served as press spokesman. jim pinkerton, from the american conservative magazine and juan williams. i'm jon scott. >> jon: hidden camera clip made public by mother jones magazine became the focus of mainstream s. >>> cnn reported the video caught fire as damaging material to the presidential nominee. associated press, relearning history's gaffe lessons and jonathan martin. >> the worst is we are for is character about the person. that is the problem with this video. >> jon: they latched on this latest diversion to repeat it that republican candidate is out of touch. >> mitt romney doesn't have any empathy which is the problem. >> he only has so much time left wi

>>shepard: reverend jesse jackson on the line from overseas. thank you very much, reverend.: thank you. >>shepard: a man in washington state says he felt like he did not have a family until recently. that changed. this weekend, his family went with him for a big adventure sky diving. it is a great story. we will hear it from the man in the middle of it all. that is coming up next. are you receiving a payout from a legal settlement or annuity over 10 or even 20 years? call imperial structured settlements. the experts at imperial can convert your long-term payout into a lump sum of cash today. >> occupy protesters are returning to the place where it all began. demonstrators here marching from zuccotti mark in lower manhattan, where protesters camped out for months lat year before the city finally kicked them out. today, police say they made more than 100 arrests. the crowd was much smaller than last fall. those demonstrations spread to dozens of cities around the nation. the organizers protested corporate greed and america's income despairty. if you need a reminder how miserab

. >> at rainbow push headquarters the reverend jesse jackson weighed in on a potential teachers striket means some parents can't go to work. it means it will affect the buses, it will affect street safety. the impact could be disastrous. >> he hosted representatives from the teachers' union saturday who stayed on message. >> we do not wish to strike. >> as negotiations between c.p.s. and the c.t.u. were reportedly taking place elsewhere. >> we are pushing for dignity and respect for our students. surely they deserve better than what they have been offered. the teachers' union has prepared itself to forego a paycheck if that means the child is going to get a better day. >> there is a contingency if the teachers stand their ground including higher pay for a longer school day and year, which jesus montero has made a central focus of his administration. >> they say they have a contingency play in place. hopefully the parents have something in place. >> back at the march parents and students hope an agreement is reached before the deadline. >> i support their reason, but i don't support the

reverend jesse jackson takes heat from people, controversial figure.r the years he has done it three or four times, difficult situations negotiate release of americans, held overseas. in this case, he did it in ganbia with two american citizens gambia originally and became american citizens rather. i say to jesseiacson, for tall heat you do, you do good work. these people are delighted to be out. the people we help before. >> eric: think what obama could do if he were doing that instead of hanging out with dade letterman, beyonce and jay-z. my one more thing today i saw president obama in lima, ohio. it struck me that ohio is doing much better, bob, but not necessarily because of obama or obamanopcs but because of the great governor john kasich. >> eric: he is not the one -- >> bob: she is not the one on the presidential ballot. >> eric: but obama takes credit -- >> bob: he should take credit f it. >> andrea: bin laden is dead. you can't run on that much longer. can we percolate the presidential prediction? that is what 7-lieb i-eleven is saying. you c

. >>> reverend jesse jackson is involved in the teacher's strike where they don't have the same urgency as protesters. >> this strike is now four days old and the sticking points, they are teaching evaluations based on students' test scores. they both met trying to reach some sort of common ground and this is forcing 350,000 public school kids to stay home. >>> they have approved an across the bored pay cut for employees. it means the college will not have to lay off workers. 70 positions will be eliminated through attrition and 650 classes will be cut. they are expected to save the school about $6 million a year. >>> ago sister are studying how private shuttles they stayed in the zone for a minute each stop and that can put muni lines behind schedule. they said it affects the contract with private shuttles. >>> a man accused of raping a san jose girl and holding her against her will is scheduled to hold a plea today. he was stopped for not having a valid pass. the 16-year-old girl he was with said she was being held against her will and that he had sexually abused her. the girl had bee

we're now joined by the reverend jesse jackson who.ç >> good to be with you in north carolina.we heard a lot last week from the republicans very critical of barack obama and we just heard from senator reid very critical of mitt romney. is that going to be enough from this democratic convention. >> we now barack obama inherited a loss of 4 million jobs. a war that was the wrong war and now a 4 million jobs, swinging in the right direction. very extensive war in iraq has now come to an end. a step in the right direction. the automobile industry was gone, it's number one again. working in ohio it's in the right direction. >> woodruff: my point is what we heard from senator reid is criticism of mitt romney. is that going to be enough. >> no. they are benefiting from it. the americans whose health was covered now, the message is more healthcare and the message that an unnecessary war has ended. i think if we do that andç remn positive andç remain call throh the count attack, you're not american, you're not born, you're not one of us it comes down to that level of k35eu7bing. >> if

. >> i literally bumped into the reverend jesse jackson.kson. >> we almost kissed. >> you went in for it. he didn't like that. >> they bumped into each other. >> instead of keeping hope alive, you were trying to kill hope. >> i was running over hope, yeah. >> jared was telling an animated story and he bumped into him and i thought security was going to take him out and be like run, jesse, run. it was intense. i was like what am i supposed to do racial low in ts moment. am i supposed to take jared out because of our shining black prince being hurt? >> watch out, jesse jackson. i thought he said i was starting to sound like him, but i was about to run into him. >> more details about a wee bit of a man crush it seems on one of the guys running for president. see if you can guess who it is. guess what. you can take cnn with you and watch us while you work. watch cnn live on your computer or your smart phone. . >> we have more from the comedy central's indecision team covering the presidential race. given clint eastwood and eva longoria, why are

a notion that my next guests agrees with, the reverend jesse jackson. good to have you. >> he kept hope alive. neil: we could quibble about that, i guess. there are a lot of people that cross over. >> birder >> birder davis. >> that was a kind of realignment. neil: do you worry that businesses were dramatically represented here? there are some like the tarmac ceo that i just chatted with. austin ligon. nothing like the republicans. they made a point in making it so with her speaker roster. >> at the end of the day, business and labor must -- neil: the later part of the problem? >> no, people working and raising benefits are part of the solution. neil: a lot of public-sector workers here, taxpayers -- [talking over each other] >> we need business and labor to find common ground. we need both. [talking over each other] [talking over each other] >> the radical pole position is not good for the country. businesses need to make profits and workers need to make wages. neil: do you think barack obama has perpetuated that? >> i do not. i do not believe that. bec

jackson has been undergoing treatment for severe depression. his father the reverendackson tells fox he does not know when his son will return to work. >>> former pennsylvania senator arlen specter is battling non-hodgkins lymphoma. state fire department the son's law firm says specter has been released from a philadelphia hospital but will return for further treatment. he has already survived two bouts with hodgkins disease. >>> the dismal job numbers and what it means for obama's prospect of keeping his job and romney's reaction. the fox all-stars discuss when we come back. [ mother ] you can't leave the table till you finish your vegetables. [ clock ticking ] [ male announcer ] there's a better way... v8 v-fusion. vegetable nutrition they need, fruit taste they love. could've had a v8... >>> today we learn that after losing around 800,000 jobs a month when i took office, business once again added jobs for the 30th month in a row. total of more than 4.6 million jobs. >> it's been 43 straight months above 8%. there are today 23 million americans that are out of work

two will leave the country today with the reverend jesse jackson. jackson met with the country's president month. the gam been president has been coming unpressure for threatening to execute all of the country's death row inmates by last friday. now though, he has put a moratorium on that. nine inmates were executed by firing squad last month. they were the first executions, by the way, since 1985 in gambia. jesse jackson joins me on the phone now. thanks for doing so. release of two americans didn't seem to be on the agenda when you went there. how did you get their release secured? >> well, being there from their families and their embassy we knew 37 people are scheduled to die and because of the moratorium, he extended their schedule from there. scheduled to be in prison for 22 lifetimes, scheduled to come back to america on the 9th and that's good news. >> good news, indeed, for two americans. and now we've heard that the president has been putting these other executions on hold, if you like. must be a lot of pressure put on him. you were there