rick: i'm rick folbaum.lf-appointed powers are meant to weed out the weebles from the former regime, they are creating serious concern both at home and abroad. >> reporter: a loud and sizable crowd of demonstrators at 9:00 in the new england cairo. we have seen episodes of forces, molotov clash with cocktails. the violence not confined to this city. the violence also in the city of alexandria where political offices of the muslim brotherhood were ransacked. martha maccallum declared absolute power saying any decree he issued would be legal and not able to be overturned or challenged by the courts. on paper basically putting himself above the law. supporters of morsi say it's a temporary move until egypt comes up with a new constitution. but some call it a grab at dictatorship. some calling him the new pharaoh. morsi says he will not step down so it' a test of will we have seen before in egypt between angry people on the square and the leader in power. only the names have changed. rick: that scene in tahrir s

rick? >> rick: molly henneberg live in washington. thank you. >> arthel: the white house now reporting that president obama will meet with congressional leaders the week after thanksgiving. they will discuss ways to avoid the so-called fiscal cliff, assevers automatic tax hikes and spending cuts due to kick in at the beginning of the year. but tax rates are expected to be a sticking point in the negotiations. so can they get it done. we're going to have a fair and balanced debate coming up on that. >> rick: the president is turning his attention to southeast asia where he is about to kick off a four-day trip to the renal. ben rhodes saying the working with the region will be a critical part of the president's second term and ultimately his foreign policy legacy. president obama will arrive in thailand before moving to cambodia and then on monday, going to make a little history by becoming the first sitting u.s. president to visit burma. >> arthel: a desperate search from the sky and sea for two men missing in an oil rig fire. the coas

rick: wow. further south in texas folks also lined up, some say that they sympathize, though, with employees who have to leave their families to open up the stores. others, they're just happy that the deals are to be had. >> [inaudible] >> they have families. i think the consumer, we can understand. you've got a family, thursday just stay home. open the stores later that night, people still gonna come out and shop. heather: some stores are actually opening up at 8 or 10:00 tonight, that causing some controversy. rick: well, good news on consumer confidence as folks prep for the shopping frenzy. a new report finds more americans believe the economy is on an upward climb now than at anytime in the past decade. this even as unemployment remains stubbornly high. so what's the disconnect? steve moore is senior economics writer for "the wall street journal", he's author of who's the fairest of them all. happy thanksgiving, steve. >> you too, rick. i'll be out there tonight. i guarantee you with my fam

rick: and i'm rick folbaum in for jon.rs say they're furious over the affair between david petraeus and paula broadwell or about the fbi investigation which had been going on for several months, apparently, plus classified information that may have been revealed. national security correspondent jennifer griffin is live at the pentagon with more on this, including a fox news exclusive. >> or well, we've been looking at a speech that paula broadwell gave on october 26th in denver, colorado, and in that speech she raises some serious questions that some are wondering whether she may have revealed details that she knew about the benghazi investigations, details that broadwell may have, in fact, obtained from her relationship with cia director david petraeus. at this speech at her alma mater in denver on october 26th, the same day as fox news reported by the way that requests from the ci ark annex were -- cia annex were denied, she said this: >> the cia annex had actually, had taken a couple of libyan militia members prisoners,

rick: happy tuesday. i'm rick folbaum in for jon. controversy over the timeline of events over the petraeus investigation with members of congress wanting to know why the fbi didn't notify them and the white house until just recently when it began months ago. that investigation far from over. fbi searching the home of petraeus's alleged mistress, paula broadwell. after david petraeus resigned his post as america's top spy. the scandal is widening. the woman in yellow, jill kelly, alerting a friend of hers that works in the fbi to threatening e-mails she says she was getting turning out to come from broadwell, part of an investigation involving another high-profile member of the military. the top u.s. commander in afghanistan, john allen. the defense secretary leon panetta says the pentagon has launched an internal investigation into thousands of quote, inappropriate communications between general allen right there on the screen and that woman in yellow, kelly. chief intelligence correspondent catherine herridge live in washington. yo

rick? >> rick: lot of activity. maria, thanks. >> arthel: new details now emerging about the resignation of c.i.a. director david petraeus. fox news learning new information about the f.b.i.'s investigation into petraeus' e-mails revealing his affair with biographer. now molly henneberg with more. >> the f.b.i. discovered that his biographer, paul will broadwell, appear to do have access to general petraeus' personal e-mail account. and that's what led to the investigation that revealed the affair. now that petraeus has stepped down as c.i.a. director, he will not testify. this upcoming week at committee hearings on million. those hearings are investigating the benghazi, libya terrorist attack. some on capitol hill are making it clear they do want to hear from him in the future. >> i hope we don't have to subpoena a four star general and the former c.i.a. director. i hope he would come voluntarily. if he won't, he will be subpoenaed. >> petraeus, who had been in charge of the c.i.a. since september 2011, had previou

i'm rick folbaum. >> heather: i'm arthel neville. welcome it a brand-new now inside america's election headquarters. we are awaiting the start of president obama's star studded event in the key swing state of iowa. kate walsh and singer john mellencamp both making an appearance. >> let's go back to colorado springs and chief political correspondent carl cameron traveling with the romney camp. this is now a sprint to the finish line, isn't it? what can learn about the final campaign steps? >> well, he's going to a number of battle ground states where the polls are incredibly tight. we are now 73 hours and 45 minutes from the polls closing on the east coast. and mitt romney is racing around the battle ground states. we've been o iowa -- to iowa today. this event in colorado, then we'll fly to des moines and continue the sprint across country with visits in ohio and virginia, new hampshire, florida, all jammed up right straight through until monday night when he arrives back in the granite state of new hampshire, home of the first prima

is it because of this, rick? >> actually no.use of you, david. [ laughter ] >> right. >> i actually agree with victoria on the point that voter democracy has not paid off very well in california. but this is a bit difference. we're taking a very small part of the city budget. these people aren't going to be making decisions on where to buy their water and things like that. they're taking a small part of the budget and saying okay. voters, you decide what we should do with this, if off community project. i think it's good experiment. i like the idea of people getting together and doing something. >> michael saying it's our money for goodness sakes. shouldn't we have more control over how it's spent? >> first of all, we should give them much less of our money. that's number one. >> true. agreed. >> i agree with victoria. i think it would be far too chaotic. sort of like in football, everybody in the huddle trying call the play. you need one person to call it, the person who is elected to be in charge. if you don't like the job tha

rick?> steve harrigan streaming live from cairo, thank you very much. >> get some background on president morsi's rise to power. he was elected in 2012 with a strong mandate winning more than 51% of the vote, as leader of the muslim brotherhood, he was the first islamist elected to be head of an arab state. from the outset morsi had been plagued with allegations that his party wanted to be in the political landscape and a moral code based on strict islamic principles. >> there are signs that things are beginning to get back to normal as israel begins to ease border restrictions into gaza after a cease-fire agreement with hamas the other day and that ended eight days of cross border fighting which claimed the lives of 166 palestinians and six israeli civilians. as part of a truce brokered by egypt israel agreed to ease more restrictions of gaza border blockade after they first took over in 2007. >> no doubt the white house is watching the developments in egypt very closely as the timing of t

rick: i'm rick folbaum in for jon scott. fox news learning exclusively that the former cia chief will testify about the benghazi terror attacks before house and senate committees. jenna: a major development. friday he stepped down as america's top spy when he admitted to having an affair with his biographer, paula broadwell. we're expected to get comments about the growing scandal when he open has his first news conference since re-election. that will happen in two hours and we'll have it when it does. doug mckelway is live for us. doug? >> reporter: former cia director david petraeus voluntarily agreed to testify before house and senate intelligence committees. fox has learned he will speak off site on friday to the senate intelligence committee about the libya report. presumably that it means his testimony will be closed and not open to the public. recall that director petraeus briefed intelligence committees on september 14th, three days after the benghazi attack and said that the attack was akin to a flashmob that is exp

rick. >> rick: peter doocy in washington, peter, thanks. >> well, pope benedict xvi crowning new princes church. a group of cardinals who will take part ultimately naming his successor, but they say they're breaking the mold. >> the crowning of six new cardinals and pope benedict is putting the seal on the papacy and the decade to follow. appointed over half of the men who will vote for his successor, cardinals stand out for what they're not. they're not european or a nal where the church is growing in the south. hail from india, lebanon, guyyegu nigeria and the united states. and signals how important it is to the catholic church for the need to help stabilize it for the future. >> it's emphasizing the importance of the middle east and putting someone in there who really i think is a peace maker and is willing to dialog with all the different parties. i think that's very important. >> now, although the post is in relatively good health at 85 years old. he's slowing downward and very aware of his mortality and happening a year after the previous one says that benedict is eager to keep th

in point of fact. >> why do i have to repeat this, rick? >> 7 classictions qualify. >> you are forgetting the modifying. theyave to qualify. you said it yourself. how do i qualify for ssi? >> your point is taken but the broader point is when you look at what the government is doing unbeknowns to the viewers. they have scripts written for the bureaucrats to say to the recipient. here's how we overcome your self pride and give you a check even if you don't want it. it is a forced program and saying we want you to take the taxpayer help. >> this thing, mike has a tendency to expand as all government programs do. ssi waseant for the blind, handicapped and elderly. it was a maul amount of money and now larger. all government programs expand. is it not? >> they pitch them as free. but the over all economy. this is a large cost. look at current recovery since june 2009 and since that time median incomes are down 4600 on average. during the recession. they wer down on average 2800. and so it was a great cost. >> and when you hear free from the gove

we'll go to teave, and rick and victoria and morgan and elizabeth. stove is not repealingealth care law hurt the recovery? >> it will hurt subis it notly. it will hit the bad ps and no coincidence after the election . taxes are going for individuals and businesses. do they dump the people on medicare and you will see another thing happen, fewer full-time yobs and not catching up in obamacare. >> rick unger, it is not just businesss and folks of businesses making over $150,000.ine those making $50,000 or more it will cost them money . it is going to cost and maybe it is good in the long run but it costs. >> the arguments remind me what we heard in the 60s when fica taxes were doubled to pay for medicare . we survived. you would not imagine calls have had business owners and cancer survivors it is going to survive and now the law of the land. we'll talk about it in three years and not going to cost a yob. jobs are going to grow. >> is this a rick unger. are you willing to put money on the bt? >> i am absolutely willing to put my money on it >> mike, in

rick it is not christmas time here in new york city until rick descends down one of the tallest buildingsconnecticut and there he is. screen left from last year screen right. when he bumped into the building. good morning to you rick. >> some traditions like fruit cake that shouldn't happen . maybe it is one of those tradition. you do it once and this is a building here. give you a shot from the top going down. it gets a little dark there. it gives you an individual. tan ford downtown height lights and they start it off by santa going over this with elvescan on sunday night. last couple of years we had the general manager of the yankee with us . bobby valentine espn analyst and the three of us going down the wall. it is a chilly morning here and after you stand outside in a chilly morning on top of ing you foot building it gets cold. >> bobby valentine joins you and brian cash man. >> it is. >> they are arch rivals. >> you need to get your question. >> that is news in sports. >> rick, i sent pepto bis malto use. i am not sure it made it to you before. >> you should have sent it to my home

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ricks criticized the network.o be publically challenged, but nobody at fox is taking issue with the substance of mr. ricks critique. guess they must agree. tonight in our survey, i asked, will republicans say no to tax cuts just to spite president obama? 95% of you say yes, 5% of you say no. >>> coming up, i'll show you why black friday has republicans seeing red. say tuned. i always wait until the last minute. can i still ship a gift in time for christmas? yeah, sure you can. great. where's your gift? uh... whew. [ male announcer ] break from the holiday stress. ship fedex express by december 22nd for christmas delivery. is a thrilling, dual-flavored ride to mouth fun-town. but it's not like everyone is going to break into a karaoke jam session. ♪ this will literally probably never happen. >>> in the big finish, republicans love to lie and create an alternative reality to try to damage the president. for years republicans have been lying about our economic recovery. but recently they have gone out of control. >>

homeland of rick scott. will expand the bid and tell you that folks who got online before 7:00, those people had a process by either midnight or 1:00 a.m. this morning. these are people who want their dmok, want the right to vote, and what's standing in their way, as you said, is governor rick scott. >> why is he doing this? why isn't he saying we're going to exhaust every effort we can to make sure there's democracy. i know the answer to it. i want to hear yours. >> it's obvious democrats do well in early voting. statistics prove it. also minorities, especially in south florida tend the vote. originally there twr two early vote days cut in half to repent minority votes. specifically african-american kmurj goers wo would march to the polls. you know, it's interesting ed. it's an amazing coincidence. all the republicans governors came up with the ideas, presumably individually about two years ago. and yet it all seemed to come together for them. obviously tl no coincidences in politics. there are none in life

but governor rick scott, he doesn't care. he refused to he can tend voting hours.dn't want anybody to vote today. so civil rights advocates filed suit and judges in five counties in the state of florida went over the governor's head. they extended voting hours. hundreds of people lined up at election head quarters in miami-dade. just after two hours, election officials said they didn't have enough resources and locked the doors. the voters started chanting. >> let us vote! let us vote! let us vote! >> election officials brought in another ballot printer and more staffers so that they could reopen for a few more hours. miami-dade, broward, and palm beach counties say they will accept ballots tomorrow. still, voting in florida has become a serious challenge. >> look at this mess. >> no, it ain't no mess. >> i was in this line for seven hours. i got here at 7:30 in the morning and i was finally done at 2:30 or 2:40. this is the line. >> okay. go obama. >> both jeb bush and charlie crist he can tended voting hours when they were governor but rick scott refuses. the rep

ricks criticized the network.don't like to be publically challenged, but nobody at fox is taking issue with the substance of mr. ricks critique. guess they must agree. tonight in our survey, i asked, will republicans say no to tax cuts just to spite president obama? 95% of you say yes, 5% of you say no. >>> coming up, i'll show you why black friday has republicans seeing red. say tuned. >>> in the big finish, republicans love to lie and create an alternative reality to try to damage the president. for years republicans have been lying about our economic recovery. but recently they have gone out of control. >> the president's economic policies have failed. the american people know it. this election is about jobs. >> he wants to transform exceptional private enterprise america into nee yo socialism europe. >> he's such a cancer to the economy. >> to call this a recovery is an insult to recoveries. >> we have 11.7% unemployment, not 8.1%. >> the president has not improved the american economy. >> sorry, bill. the col

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ricks criticized the network. like to be publically challenged, but nobody at fox is taking issue with the substance of mr. ricks critique. guess they must agree. tonight in our survey, i asked, will republicans say no to tax cuts just to spite president obama? 95% of you say yes, 5% of you say no. >>> coming up, i'll show you why black friday has republicans seeing red. say tuned. humans -- even when we cross our t's and dot our i's, we still run into problems. namely, other humans. which is why, at liberty mutual insurance, auto policies come with new car replacement and accident forgiveness if you qualify. see what else comes standard at libertymutual.com. liberty mutual insurance. responsibility. what's your policy? >>> in the big finish, republicans love to lie and create an alternative reality to try to damage the president. for years republicans have been lying about our economic recovery. but recently they have gone out of control. >> the president's economic poli policies have failed. the american people

get off that son as quick as you can rick's interview was supposed to be four minutes long but he was cut off after speaking what can only be described as the truth kudos to you tom ricks for calling out fox so-called news and their flow of unfair and unbalanced misinformation the bad virginia attorney general ken cuccinelli everyone's favorite far right attorney general is added again this time cuccinelli went to w m a l radio in virginia and suggested that president obama stole the election and one of the radio shows argued that president obama couldn't possibly win a state that had voter suppression was a blaze agreed to that was. there needs to be a way for people to be able to report this stuff and have a look to i mean just across the country we're hearing so many stories in and people can talk about it but nothing seems to be down in fact in these states where voter id is required todo id photo id voter photo id obama lost every one of those states he can't win in a state where photo id is required so clearly there is something going on out there and until there is a way to hav

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>>> and one of the most influential spiritual leaders in the world, america's pastor, rick warren. he was there at barack obama's first inauguration. will he be there again? we're talking politics, same sex marriage and the "two and a half men" star whose christian conversion has him attacking his own show. this is "piers morgan tonight." >>> good evening. our big story tonight, countdown to financial doomsday, the fiscal cliff and the clock is ticking. 35 days left before this massive sweeping tax hike. america's now at the mercy of washington, hoping that both sides can end the fighting and make a deal. anti-tax champion grover norquist last night told me he's keeping republicans to the no tax increase pledge they made decades ago. but should his party back away from that promise? joining me in his first interview since the election, reince priebus, chairman of the republican national committee. welcome back, mr. priebus. how are you? >> doing great, piers. how are you? >> you have been keeping your head below the paraput since the shellacking you guys took in the election. what

pastor rick warren will tell us. not exactly but after this. ♪ ♪ here come the -- [ cap twisting off ] hey, yo?! i lost audio. what happened?! [ ice crackling ] what!?!? oh, it better not be! what's going on? ♪ it's time to put a stop to this! yay-e, yay-e! [ male announcer ] the coors light silver bullet pint. it's bigger. it's resealable. it's still the coldest. ♪ get out of my booth!!! [ male announcer ] frost brewed coors light. the world's most refreshing beer. neil: coming to you from beautiful california, los angeles. you know, i always wondered with all the problems in this incredible state, why do people stay here? iame out of a snowy, new york city last night. it was about, what would you say, 30, 35 degrees warmer here? that's why. that's why. so sure you will pay your entire salary in taxes to put up with that because it is just so beautiful. it is so beautiful. it is a great state. it has a lot of great potential but for a lot of people here the pedal will start hitting the metal. two million nationwide,

pastor rick warren will tell us. not exactly but after this. neil: coming to you from beautiful california, los angeles. you know, i always wondered with all the problems in this incredible state, why do people stay here? i came out of a snowy, new york city last night. it was about, what would you say, 30, 35 degrees warmer here? that's why. that's why. so sure you will pay your entire salary in taxes to put up with that because it is just so beautiful. it is so beautiful. it is a great state. it has a lot of great potential but for a lot of people here the pedal will start hitting the metal. two million nationwide, 400,000 in california, alone, they will lose their unemployment benefits if congress does not act by year's end which by my math is 33 days from now. liz macdonald says that isn't necessarily a bad thing. she is joined by lori rothman as well. liz, with your tough love approach as always, being the wicked genius you are, you are saying tough love might be okay? >> i don't want to sound like a heartless, mean person, here. neil: tha

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rick reichmuth is here. >> rick: did you see argo. >> alisyn: not yet. >> none of you have seen the argo>> dave: i'd like to see the affleck flick. >> and the confetti and shredded material coming together, plot line for you. i've been at the beginning of that parade many times and always bags of colored confetti, i haven't seen anything on it except just the pieces of colored confetti. >> alisyn: thank you. >> rick: all right, guys, here is your temperatures waking up this morning. a big warm-up in the low teens and now back up to 30 and a big change here, from temporarily, when we're moving across the plains and looking good again, one little disturbance across michigan right now bringing snow, it's mutilation -- it's light snow not causing any problems, and rain and snow across the mountains montana and light, and clearing out across the pacific northwest on wednesday across the west, a couple days of a breather. and today's highs, everybody looking good. across the northern plains and not that bad and again, tomorrow, colder air behind that storm and 18 degrees minneapolis and warm-u