"studio b" with shepard starts right now. >>shepard: thank you, box one, casey anthony could show up in a florida courtroom tomorrow to check in for probation. but her attorney claims that would put her life in danger. details ahead. box two, a face-wide salmonella outbreak that killed at least one and sickened dozens. officials are releasing new details of where they found the dangerous bacteria. and box three, a man, two murder confessions, and brand new questions about whether he will ever serve time. after cops say he shot a co-worker not head with a rifle. that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" today. the real story with that is not what i said, the real story is, he got acquitted and then he confessed. all of the details. so what do you do with it now? that is coming up. but first from fox at 3:00, stocks all over the place but almost all down. down at one point 150 points despite the debt deal to keep the nation out of a worst financial disaster. we are down only 11 almost all red

thank you, everyone, and here is shepard. >>shepard: welcome home. the news begins anew, good news gracious the dow falling like a rock again after analysts downgraded the united states credit rating. and we will have complete coverage of the final hour of trading. plus concerns over a possible double dip recession. and more violence on the streets of london. protesters burning building and looting stores. the worst violence in decades. what is behind the chaos? and in box throw, police searching for three siblings wanted in a violent crime speak the police say the trio shot at officers and robbed a bank with what they described as an assault mother and their mother is speaking out. breaking news day. this is "studio b" with breaking news from the markets america lost trim a credit -- triple a credit rating and stocks are reeling the first days since the standard & poor's downgraded the credit for the first time, ever, the dow down 509 points and value is high and the financial sector is leading the motion and mostly global matters tumbled of at the

shepard, back to you. >> shepard: steve harrigan live, port-au-prince tonight.of freedom now. our cameras have been following the rebuilding at the world trade center site for many months. nearly 10 years after the deadly attacks, the question still comes up again and again. where were you on 9/11? for those who actually smelled the smoke and saw the flames in person, that question is particularly poignant. ♪ ♪ >> survivors running for their lives after the attack on the twin towers. >> take your -- get out of here alive. let's go. >> shepard: thousands taking refuge in the battery, a park on the tip of manhattan overlooking the statue of liberty. today, that same park, home to a public art project that pays tribute to everyone who lived to tell about that day. >> i tried to create a configuration that had the absence of the towers. it's kind of like the gos of the towers here. >> artist creating a mural of hand drawn cards. each one telling a different story. my wife missed it by 15 minutes. all we could see was flames. 10 years and my tears are still falling.

>>megyn: if you want to see a picture of my new baby girl check it out at shepard? >>shepard? box one, the violent and deadly riots in london are spreading as the cops try to control the chaos. live report ahead. new information on three siblings accused of firing at police and robbing a bank with an ak-47. brand new camera video of this. and box three, the latest d.n.a. results are in from the d.b. cooper hijacking that happened 40 years ago. is this suspect a match? that is all ahead unless breaking news changes everything. this is "studio b" and there is breaking news now on fox news channel. the dow is suddenly in a free fall yet again. minutes ago we were in positive territory and an announcement from the fed and lo and behold 9 bottom appears to be falling again as it is dropping like a stone in the water. u.s. stocks have lost the day's early gain and gone way into the negative after word from the u.s. central bank that the economy has weakened. less than an hour ago the federal reserve announced it will likely keep interest rates at record lows for at least the next tw

>>shepard: randy?st: my understanding is it is jail or probation, and there is obviously a benefit to getting probation instead of jail, so you don't get, if you are in jail you don't say i'm serving my probation, what you want to do is say to a judge as long as i'm in jail why don't you discharge me from probation and let me, instead, seven our my jail time. >>shepard: why would none do that for casey anthony? >>guest: it is not a matter of doing it for casey, you go to a judge and say my client is in jail. >>shepard: but they didn't do that. >>guest: and that is strange to come in now and say she served the probation while in jail. that isn't how it worked. >>guest: she wasn't just in jail, she was this without detail pending a death penalty trial which is different and there is no way unthose circumstances a judge is going to say, we will run probation concurrent and let you run it out while you are awaiting your death penalty case. it does not work that way and baez's motion will fall flat. >>shepa

"studio b" with shepard smith starts right now. >>shepard: thank you. this is "studio b." i am shepard smith. first from fox, a news alert. hours ago before a potential economic disaster congress is set to vote on the deal. a last minute compromise between leaders and the white house. we expect to hear from the house speaker boehner live on all of this, an important news conference and we will go live there as it happens. his chamber will vote on the deal in the next few hours. but a small group of lawmakers is promising to vote "no." the problem for that group? there is very little wiggle room if congress doesn't pass something the u.s. government will in effect default in 24 hours. that would be unpress dentedded and according to most observers disasterrous. today, leaders urge colleagues to support the bill. >> we need to send this to president obama as soon as we can. it has been a long process. i am confident we did right thing for the american people. >> the american people wanted to us reach an agreement. our approval rating are at an all time low. they expect us to

they have searched it because, shepard, that was the last place she was seen alive. >> shepard: davidyork city tonight. there may be a cure on the horizon now for muscle loss that could weaken you and even kill you as you get orderly. that is the report today from researchers at columbia university medical center. an estimated 53% of men over the age of 80 dealing with age-related muscle loss it also effects 43% of women over that same age. researchers say they see a lot of promise in a drug that's now in a trial phase. details now from john roberts in atlanta. is the word cure being used here? guy who did the research is very excited about the possibilities here, shep. talking about sarkopina. starts about age 40. steadily declines until 75 when it literally falls off a live after that responsible for a whole host of age related diseases from diabetes to os toe porosis. the doctor knows why it happens. as we age our muscle cells begin to leak calcium. calcium is required for every contraction of our muscles that we make on a daily basis. this pharmaceutical company that is he involve

shepard? >> shepard: a lot of competition for these places it looks like. >> right. and the supply is limited. just not a lot of foresale signs out there. and that is sparking new construction. for instance, at this development in mount view, nearly half the homes being built sold within the first three months. while existing homes are selling for sometimes hundreds of thousands of dollars over asking. and forget about financing. shepard, many of these buyers are paying in cash. and the deal is closing in a week. >> shepard: claudia cowan in our san francisco newsroom. claudia, thanks. sadly not going quite so well across the nation for the regular folks. the super committee is on it. six republicans, six democrats. the group is complete with the difficult task of coming up with more than a trillion dollars in government spending cuts. so will they find room for some compromise and if not, then what? context and perspective ahead tonight on fox report. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and

shepard? >> shepard: david lee miller tonight in new york city.be the most dangerous family in the country? a stripper and her brothers are on the run and the cops warn they have lots of weapons. they are considered very armed and very dangerous. a live report on the search for the siblings accused of shooting up a police car and robbing a bank with semiautomatic weapons. plus, another american woman has disappeared in aruba. not far at all from where natalee holloway vanished years ago. details next. an accident doesn't have to slow you down. with better car replacement ailable only with liberty mutual auto insurance, if your car's totaled, we give you the money for a car one model year newer. to learn more, visit us today. responsibility. what's your policy? in one place. ♪ the race of your life you never ran. the trip around the world you never took. the best-selling novel you never wrote. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus es. but only until septem

>> yes. >> shepard: you didn't heed that, right?ick it out. >> shepard: sometimes you do. how do you feel about the decision now? >> i'm glad i made it. i had no matter inside the house. as long as you can weighed through the water you can get around -- you can wade through the water you can get around. >> shepard: don't have alligators. >> i have jellyfish and a couple of crabs, that's about it. >> shepard: jellyfish and crab on your front stoop never seen that? >> no, the boulevard is littered with jellyfish, every. >> shepard: you got to get pictures of that. >> i tried to take pictures because the jellyfish are clear you can see them. >> shepard: the only time you are positive they are there is when they end up on your skin and you get that horrible itch. >> these are the little ones that don't sting you. they get between your toes and they squish and it is nasty. >> shepard: that is fiesty. crabs all over the neighborhood? >> i had a couple small blue fish jumping in my backyard on my grass. >> shepard: who was with you? >> my

>>shepard: thank you, jonathan.he dow has been on a terrace jonathan has been chatting away and he will continue chatting at foxnews.com/shep and click "on the hunt," and we lost this amount yesterday on the dow jones industrial average and down about 5 percent but today we are up approaching 5 percent. maybe yesterday's losses come back, and when there is this volatility breakers and traders make large amounts of cash. thank goodness wall street is happy. fox news is america's election headquarters. and many of the biggest g.o.p. contenders for the 2012 nomination are now in the great state of iowa for the debate, like, right here on america's cable news leader. and now iowa state university where the debate takes police and the results could have a big affect on the straw poll this weekend which does not buildly much matter. eight candidates take part in the debate, and former federal banker herman cain, the pizza go, newt gingrich, the president's former ambassador to china, huntsman, and former pennsylvania sena

ask more of your fiber. >> shepard: i'm shepard smith.s is the fox report at the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. and the debt limit ceiling increase has passed in the united states house. now, for the heavy lifting. first, the united states senate, then on to the president's desk. and then the work begins. let's get back to our congressional correspondent mike emanuel who is live at the rotunda there. mike, i guess the talk of what to do and when to do it in the way of future cuts begins right away. >> absolutely, shep. i was at a press avail with majority leader harry reid talking about is there a need for comprehensive deficit reduction and he said not only yes but hell yes. and so you get a sense that if this passes tomorrow the united states senate that over the next few years we're going to be talking about deficit reduction plans. not new programs, not new ideas. how do we get the fiscal house in order and so there you have the majority leader saying that and a recognition here on capitol hill that if this passes i

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. >> shepard: free fall on wall street? today, new concern and hundreds of millions of dollars in wealth wiped out today. plus, the terrorists who shot down our troops in afghanistan get pay back. the three siblings on the run after a two day crime spree on the run captured. citizens rescued amid the riots in great britain. [shouting] >> the people fight back. >> we will smash you up. you riot, we will riot you, meat. -- >> volunteers putting their lives on the line. >> the guy who killed him drove directly into the crowd and killed three innocent guys. why? >> shepard: tonight, going all out. to take back the streets. plus cops say the bomb was fake but the threat may be very real. our concern was was this a test for security at the airport. >> now, one suspect claims it was an innocent mistake. and a little boy lost in the ocean. >> they never expected him to live. >> shepard: but then. >> we really believe god can work miracles. >> but, first from fox this wednesday night. turem turmoil on wall street and your incredible

>>shepard: thank you, neil cavuto. the markets are off 330 points reaching correction territory of almost 10 percent over the past ten trading sessions. continuing coverage throughout the hour. the weekly u.s. jobs report, another indication of a sluggish economy, first time jobless claims fell but only slightly down 1,000 last week to 400,000 overall the lowest level in four months. but, still above what the level the experts say indicates a healthy job market. now over to the white house. what is the word from there, today, ed? >>reporter: bottom line from carney he did not want to comment on the wall street gyrations because markets go up, markets go down and they do not want to weigh in and make the situation worse but he talked about the job market. the data has been bad and they are bracing that tomorrow we get the monthly july jobs numbers and everyone will watch that closely and what carney was trying to say, today, there have been head winds that have brought this recovery this was just starting become down fr

>>shepard: it is grip.ects are grim at the moment we hope someone can figure something out. thank you, john. i'm getting breaking news, disturbing story out of oklahoma, according to the oklahoma city immediate -- media coordinator they found a bomb in a pipeline believes an improvised slowive -- explosive device on a gas line with a timing mechanism. the highway patrol bomb team was alerted and dispatched and they are rendering the device safe and we will have new updates on that, the possibility of a bomb on a gas pipeline in oklahoma. and now what we feared has happen the dow crashed through the 500 point loss down more than 4.5 percent in the last few seconds everything we got back yesterday is gone, again, today and we will have the last moment of the trading right after this on "studio b" ahead. [ male announcer ] this...is the network -- a network of possibilities. in here, the planned combination of at&t and t-mobile would deliver our next generation mobile broadband experience to 55 million more am

i'm shepard smith. this is "the fox report."s the bottom of the hour, time for the top of the news. and a historic day on wall street. the dow plunging below 11,000 for the first time since last october. losing more than 600 points and 5.5% on the day. that's after the first credit downgrade in the history of the united states. and the ratings agency is warning more downgrades may be on the way. in fact, one standard and poor's official says the chances are one in three, analysts say a big reason is the gridlock we just saw during the debt ceiling standoff. and next d.c. showdown could be just weeks away. mike emanuel live in washington tonight. the debt limit includes a so-called super committee to recommend more spending cuts by thanksgiving and clearly the markets and the credit agencies have very little faith now in our government. >> shep, that's right. that group of 12 has a big job ahead. so does the entire congress. if congress doesn't get moving on the budget for the next fiscal year, we could be counting down to a gove

>>shepard: so a quick wobble would not be unusual? rick: not at all. that looks significant, but, i have to tell you the gsf model that i like a lot was doing that yesterday, showing the when bell and you can see and you think it is reacting to an atmospheric condition that allows that to happen and i looked at the model to see and i saw that, it was there, so i have more confidence in the model if it can pick up that kind of subtlety. >>shepard: that is a model that puts the storm directly overmanhattan? >>guest: that pushes it to the west of manhattan which i have to say--. >>shepard: that worse. risk wreck it is -- rick: it is worse, i'm sorry. and now, this map shows it right here, pulling toward the delmarva and the latest run on this, tracks it to the west than it had been, so, over jersey, so more time over land, significant weakening, in the immediate and strongest wind first, but it would not change the storm subject, we would still be looking at the 4' to 10' storm surge with new york city on the back side of that and more water toward the hu

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>> shepard: 2:00 on the east coast. i'm shepard smith and this is fox news continuing coverage of now tropical storm irene. the national hurricane center updated irene's strength and direction and pressure. currently carrying maximum sustained winds of 60 miles an hour. so it is a tropical storm headed north northeast at now 26 miles an hour. the central pressure has risen to 970-millibars so it has gotten the low pressure has come up so the storm is weakening significantly. it is already blamed, though, for killing at least 14 people. and hours ago, a warning from officials the danger is not over. >> our number one message tore individuals and families up and down the eastern seaboard this morning is that we are not out of the woods yet. >> shepard: the homeland security secretary janet napolitano saying even if irene has already passed your community there could still be linkerring hazards in the northeast least because rivers are still rising and could see more flooding in the days ahead. the mayor of philadelphia sa

if they get a. >> shepard: kuhn is higher dunes are newer.wo sections of them and frankly, if there is going to be a bad spot. that could redraw the map a little bit too, john. >> definitely. if you go further down, as you say, to my west the dianes don't even reach 8-foot. they are probably about 5-foot. but they are probably as low as 5 feet down there. it really could be very dramatic. as you know, shep, there was a storm here a few names ago. it didn't have a name. no name storm that swept through here and destroyed a lot of the homes. as people were saying to us this morning the homes simply weren't here. they relocated simply into the ocean. that could happen again if they get the storm surge. we don't want to alarm anybody but the authorities are saying here you have to be off of this tiny strip of land. there is one bridge out. one main bridge. there is another bridge when which they are pretty certain is going to be in the flood zone. so that will be impassable. there is one bridge, they are closing it down right now to everybody. we

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i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. we begin with another gut twisting day for your 401(k). just a day after stocks posted their biggest drop in years it was whiplash on wall street. the markets swinging wildly as investors first reacted to a better than expected jobs report. the labor department reporting american companies added 117,000 jobs last month. you can see here that's better than the previous two months but still below the hiring levels we saw earlier this year, in february, march, and april when investors were still optimistic that the recovery was on track. the additional jobs did help lower the unemployment rate from 9.2% to 9.1%, but, again, that's well above the levels we saw above the great recession. after falling nearly 2 straight weeks, stocks soared at today's opening bell. the dow up at one point 170 points. and by noon it had plummeted down 240, then back up, then down, and finally settling, settling in positive territory. the dow jones closing up just 61, the nasdaq off by 24. the s&p 500 was jus

for this monday, august 29, 2011, i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us into your place. bill o'reilly coming up right now. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight -- >> mother nature is flexing her muscle. >> we are getting pounded and the surf very, very rough. it's all underwater right now. >> dozens dead. billions in damage after hurricane irene slammed into the east coast. passing eight miles away from my house! the nerve. we'll have a number of eyewitness reports. >> certainly shouldn't tribute to the manufactured synthetic as tara that's a part of modern life. >> george will and others saying the media hyped the hurricane way out of proportion. is that true? bernie goldberg will analyze. >> mr. cheney has had a long and distinguished career and i hope in his book that's what he will focus on, not the cheap shots he's taking at me. >> and colin powell angry that dick cheney slams him in a new book. we'll tell you what that's all about. caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. "the factor" begins right now. >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching u

. >> shepard: it is past 11:00 in the out are bankings in north carolina.ne coming ashore. these are live pictures from the hurricane hunter. jeff is in north carolina. i will update you where the storm has come ashore. worst of wins and rain from hurricane irene raking the outer banks was north carolina. sheets of rain flooding streets and winds gusting to near hurricane-force ripped off signs and fences. ocean water is rising and the beach and waves are lapping at what is left of the dunes. wind gust of 84 miles per hour reporting in a pier in duck, north carolina. further down the outer banks. sustained wines at cape hatteras. itate officials closed highway 12 south of the bridge water is covering it. people are parking their vehicles on the highest part of the island. there is four feet of sand on one part of highway 12 and the bay there, and the sound has emptied out of the water. you understand how they move in a counter clock wise. it is pulling the and bays on the left hand side of the storm. that sound is on the left hand side. and as it moves by.

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. >> "studio b" with shepard smith starts right now.e news begins anew, on "studio b," box one, word is attorneys for casey anthony are

in the meantime, here is shepard with "studio b."ew, in box one, new details in the case of the missing american woman in aruba. we are hearing reports about graphic and disturbing photographs of this woman in what he tried to do

. >> shepard: katy perry took home video of the year for fireworks.epted the trophy wearing pink hair and cube on her head. maybe she doesn't know it's up there. she is like did something just hit me in the head? >> brian: sometimes i hear women work out with rollers in their hair. >> alisyn: i have done it. >> brian: or rolling pin. >> alisyn: apron in i'm not actually hazel. >> steve: congratulations to jay-z and beyonce. >> brian: those two need a baby. >> steve: legacy of hurricane irene this morning is flooding. what a rainmaker. we saw this video yesterday of the tower smashing into the board walk. now let's go back to fox news chief meteorologist rick reichmuth who is in long beach, new york right next to that lifeguard station. good morning to you, rick. >> rick: good morning, guys. something to see. i saw the video yesterday of the water rushing in across the beach here into the tunnel and the streets flooding and this lifeguard tower that was knocked off of its platform and banged up here against the board walk. now you are still seeing it h

. ♪ >>megyn: thank you for watching everyone, "studio b" with shepard starts right now.u, the news begins anew, the suspect in the disappearance of a blond in aruba has nor explaining to do this

>>shepard: you called it last week when you said did not get ahead yourself with the gold drop. thank you, phil from chicago. after the downgrade, president obama making the first statement on the downgrade. it did not calm the market. and now ed henry. what do you make of this? >>guest: good to see you. the president did not take responsibility for the downgrade and when the treasury secretary was asked about whether this administration's policy bear any responsibility for the downgrade he said absolutely not. there is in responsibility on that because they disagree with s&p's finding and they think the math was off, as you know, but, also you heard the president's advisers saying this is a tea party downgrade and it was the brinksmanship over the debt ceiling that pushed s&p over the edge and the president dismissed the whole s&p finding and said he believes warren buffet more. >> warren buffet who knows a thing or two about good investments said if there were a quadruple a rating i would give the united states that. i and most of the world investors agree. that doesn't mean w

i'm shepard smith in new york. special coverage of hurricane irene all day tomorrow and the live look at the color bars, they are beautiful. that was supposed to be a picture of new york city where mayor bloomberg is holding a briefing. the city shut down the transit city. most new yorkers don't have cars so bug out saturday here in new york city. that th has never been done because of a national disaster. they are ordering first ever mandatory evacuation for a hurricane. irene came ashore in north carolina. officials blaming two deaths on the storm. they say the first one happened inland, not on the coast, nash county north and east of raleigh a large tree outside the man's home. he died instantly. another man died of heart attack while boarding up windows. word of another death in virginia, a tree crashing into an apartment building in newport news and killing a child in that two-story complex. this associated press report. we don't have it independently. the child reportedly between 9 and 11:00 years old. presid

>>shepard: and the governor of texas, perry is inching close to a presidential run. did his political fortunes one way or the other influence you in making a move to texas? >>guest: actually the governor called me 18 months ago to thank me for building restaurants in texas and no governor has done that before and perry is a wonderful guy and the difficulty is he is getting into this kind of late and we have a strong economic candidate running for president for five years with a lot of money, that appeals to independences. so we have a good guy and i like perry a lot. >>neil: rome any -- romney is your guy. >>guest: romney's the guy. >>neil: record low interest rate with normally have real estate agents jumping for joy and london businessing for another night of riots. knew she's had these shoes a long time. they're kind of my thing and they were looking... nasty. vile. but i used tide and tide booster, and look at them now! now they can be my thing forever. yay. that's my tide. what's yours? i use tide sport because it helps get odors out of athletic clothes. i mean,

i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us into your place tonight we're all back tomorrow noon pacific, 3:00 eastern for "studio b." fox report every night 7:00 eastern. and then this guy. >> bill: the o'reilly factor is on. tonight: [sirens] shouting. >> bill: british prisons at capacity because so many thugs are being arrested trying to tear down their own country. now some are blaming the rich for the rioting. >> rich people do what they want. >> >> bill: will these scenes soon happen in america? we will have a special report. another catastrophic day on wall street. americans are being hurt. so what are the implications for you? lou dobbs and dick morris will analyze. >> you have been to libya and you have been to iran. who is paying for the travel? >> also, jesse watters confronting former congresswoman cynthia mckinney. is she getting paid to bash america in muslim countries? in addition, dennis miller will handicap the republican debate tomorrow night. >> set me up a hammock in your rec room. i'm c

i'm shepard smith. thanks for having us in. breaking news updates throughout the night. but, first, the factor begins right now. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> your policy has been one which i fully understand. i'm not second-guessing, of one child per family. >> wow. vice president biden understands china forcing family to have just one child? really? charles krauthammer will have analysis. [explosions] >> bill: chaos in libya and now there is debate over president obama did the right thing as far as qaddafi is concerned. we'll analyze that with karl rove. >> a lot of gull libel folks in the united states actually believe what fox puts forward as facts when most of it is just complete distortions. >> and has president obama momp morphed into jimmy carter? the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. is president obama really responsible for the bad economy? that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. last night we had a very lively debate with rodgers

i'm shepard smith. thank you. mr. bill is probably less appreciative. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. [shouting] is there insurrection going on in gland? is it because caused by the world why economy? >> what's going to happen? ♪ come on come on. >> bill: planned parenthood openly celebrating the federal government ordering insurance companies to pay for birth control. crowley and colmes on that? >> we could reduce our military spending by $250 billion a year. >> bill: charles krauthammer on barney frank and other uber liberals refusing to compromise on social justice spending but cut back on defense. >> bill: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins right now. captions by closed captioning services >> bill: hi, i'm bill o'reilly. thanks for watching us tonight. collateral damage from the economic chaos. that is the subject of this evening's talking points memo. life is hard, then you die. that's the pessimist view of the human condition. right now in america, perform is runni

now, during the storm, i didn't even lose electricity and could watch shepard smith log hours on fox news. he did a very nice job, by the way. and then a strange thing happened. about four hours after the storm passed through, the electricity went out. and eight hours after that, the cable went out. and they both stayed out. so i'm thinking, why did that happen? if the storm is gone, why did the infrastructure collapse on long island for hundreds of thousands of people after the fact? i still have not been able to get an answer to that question. the long island power authority lipa charges the highest public utility electricity rates in the country and right now about a half million of their customers are without power. new york city did better. con ed reporting a few problems and there's a big problem, though, with america's infrastructure in general. irene was not a catastrophic storm. but one of the largest utility companies in the country, lipa, could not handle it. if the u.s.a. is ever hit by a major natural disaster or a nuclear incident, this country will be in big trouble. t

i'm patti ann brown in for shepard smith. thanks for joining us in your home tonight. shep is back monday 3:00 p.m. eastern, 12:00 pacific and "the fox report." coming up next, the factor. >> the o'reilly factor is on. tonight -- >> we can reverse the recession but over the last six months, we've had a run of bad luck. some things that we could not control. >> president obama said that it's bad luck that's causing all of our economic problems. is he counting on luck to get us out of this mess? >> i don't need luck! i need a miracle! >> charles krauthammer has some thoughts. >> i tell people, i say one of the quick ways you can tell the difference is, you know, he's a yale graduate and i'm a texas a&m graduate. >> there doesn't seem to be any love loss between texas governor rick perry and former president bush. karl rove will be here to set the record straight. they picked a successor to usama bin laden. guess what, he was blown up by an american drone. >> and are al-qaida terrorists on a jihad to hurt david letterman? geraldo is investigating. >> caution, you are abou

i'm shepard smith. they moved the storm up for north carolina. a little bit earlier says rick reichmuth. 9:00 a.m. on saturday. that means you have got to get out if you are along the coast line or little bit inland. complete updates tomorrow and throughout the weekend. i will be with you dawn to dusk. all weekend. see you then. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight: >> in the eye of the hurricane, of course, massive destruction. >> a category 3 storm barreling towards the eastern seaboard. >> she is really heading straight for us. >> bill: hurricane irene bearing down on the u.s.a. forecasters say the storm could be one of the worst in history. and could cause billions of dollars in damage. we'll have the very latest on this dangerous situation. >> i'm not a witch. i'm nothing you've heard. >> bill: christine o'donnell the tea party senatorial candidate defeated in delaware getting roughed up by the media once again. >> okay, i'm being pulled away, you know, we turned down another interview for this. >> bill: miss o'donnell here on the f

until then, a discussion on the state of the news media with former npr ombudsman alicia shepard. comment on the changing landscape of journalism and the impact of twitter in the 24-hour news cycle. hosted by the conference of court and public information officers. >> okay, good morning. let's get back started again. we've heard it called evolving media, monitored media, modern media, new media already this morning. well, that's not what this panel is going to talk about, but it seems like the perfect way to kick off the more formal part of our meeting. in our discussions earlier, it seemed to me we were all leading towards, in the one direction and that is the thought that traditional media's either disappearing or shrinking, and we need to find out ways to use various tools to reach out to the public. um, and that's what we're going to talk about today. and we have with us four real authorities to share information, and they all work in that traditional news media business. but i think you'll hear that that even has changed quite a bit. gene poll zinn sky will introduce our pane

i'm trace gallagher in for shepard smith. thanks for having us in your home tonight. "the o'reilly factor" is next. >> juan: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. >> you said the era of small government was over. that sounds a lot more like barack obama if you ask me. >> she has got a record of misstating and making false statements. >> juan: fireworks at the republican debate. >> i'm not going to eat barack obama's dog food. what he served up is not what i would have done if i were president of the united states. >> winners and losers. >> washington doesn't have the capacity to come together and get things done. that's why people are frustrated. maybe you hear it in my voice. that's why i'm frustrated. >> president obama says he is frustrated with the way washington works. doesn't the buck stop in the oval office? we will debate it. >> thank you, i will take applause any time please interrupt. >> i'm sort of enjoying the weather as well, having coming from texas just recently. >> i feel right at home. >> and we'll take you to the iowa state fair, the center of the g.

i'm harris faulkner in for shepard smith. continuing coverage of hurricane irene in special format beginning tomorrow at 9:00 a.m. eastern. >> juan: o'reilly factor is on, tonight. >> i believe we have to evacuate this weekend. ♪ rock you like a hurricane. >> juan: hurricane irene has her vicious eye on the entire atlantic seaboard and you don't want to be in its way as the storm begins its assault the factor will give you the most comprehensive coverage anywhere. >> i cannot stress this highly enough. if you are in the projected path of this hurricane, you have to take precautions now. >> juan: president obama cutting his vacation in martha's vineyard short heading back to d.c. and warning the folks about imminent danger. we'll have a list of dos and don'ts as tens of millions of americans prepare for the worst. i balance the budget every year. had you your turn. had you your turn, madam. let me have mine. i'm sorry, it's my turn. >> things are getting a little tense on the campaign trail for governor mitt romney. is he stil

i'm harris faulkner in tonight for shepard smith. the weekend is just getting started. shep is back on monday. see you same time tomorrow for fox report weekend. the factor now. >> juan: "the o'reilly factor" is on. tonight. the stock market has been taking a beating. 14 million americans out of work. president obama is playing the blame game on the economy. >> we have weathered the air arab oil and gas prices. japanese earthquake. economic uncertainty in europe. >> juan: should he be taking responsibility. >> you are blaming these things all around the world and not taking responsibility for the jobs crisis. >> the media has got to begin to not give equal time to an absolutely absurd notion. >> juan: fair and balanced under fire. senator john kerry wants the media to stop covering the tea party. can you say censorship? >> i am running for president of the united states. >> roseanne, just what the world has been waiting for. can't wait to hear her economic policy. >> i was raised a socialist. >> juan: caution, you are about to enter the no spin zone. the factor begins r

chris shepard tweets, this debt deal is going to stunt our entire economy., spend, spend. not cut, cut, cut. spending equals jobs, done. bar on the fox says it's quite clear that new bee members of congress are historically ignorant of what the u.s. did to pull the country out of the great depression. hold on to your hats this is going to be a very bumpy ride. david william writes, job growth, sorry, we forgot about that part when we were negotiating this deal. oh well, maybe next year. thank you guys for emailing me. appreciate that, the messages on facebook and on twitter. and of course, you can email me about any of the stories that we covered here this hour on msnbc. >>> a short time ago on capitol hill the senate held a hearing trying to figure out how to help respond to the drought and famine in africa. >> the response to the drought has been complicated by the continuing instability in somalia especially due to the actions of alshabab. >> kate know is in kenya. i know there are a lot of aid workers and families hoping other nations pick up the slack a