stossel: people want more government.joined now by nick gillespie, and the former mtv video editor. >> would we learn? it's horrible. if you want to see private escalators working well, go to a mall. if you want to see government escalators -- don't go to washington dc, because you'll probably land in the hospital. >> its greatest museum is the museum of broken escalators. they're talking about talking about taking eight half monster place over 500 escalators. if you talk to anybody there, they are figuring eight and a half months -- that's a lowball. it's going to be longer than that. stossel: whited things things happen -- why did these things happen in government? >> they shifted away from contracting work out, and they took it inside. the public sector was thinking that that would be a more efficient way -- cut out the middleman -- [talking over each other] >> they are not sufficiently trained, and there too many of them. there are poor escalators or elevators per one mechanic. it is a ridiculous ratio. they say from

stossel: we checked it out. the site has no purpose other than -- [talking over each other] i thought they'd be embarrassed and think it was a mistake. >> they should be embarrassed. the company that provides vending machines are subject to labeling regulations, they have to say what is in the food -- i know what i'm getting when i go to the vending machine. some of those are my favorite restaurants. stossel: the presidents of some encouraging things in his recent state of the union messages. he talked about getting rid of some rules. he said they got would have one rule that classified spilt milk like an oil spill that required a hazmat team to clean it up. that rule was in existence for 40 years. the other one, 12 different agencies deal with exports, my favorite example. the interior department is in charge of salmon and fresh water. the commerce department and saltwater. i hear gets even more comforted once there is smoke. everybody laughs and there is applause, but they still haven't gotten rid of that craz

stossel. is that how you see the iranian nuclear threat blown out of proportion? they are really a bunch of hapless guys. they really couldn't do anything even if they did a nuke? is that how you see it. >> no. that was a cheap line about let's make friends with them. >> no it wasn't. he said it on more than one occasion. he wants to be nice to them. >> we should be friendly with everybody. but the cut out the part where he said during the 60's it was dangerous but we didn't think we had to attack the soviets. >> bill: what does that have to do with it. he wants to be friendly to iran that's what he wants. >> the alternative is being beaten is attack iran. he is saying no. >> bill: i don't think it has to be one or the other. i think you can stern with them and punish them economically don't march in tomorrow. he is not concerned if they get the nuke and you are not either, i don't think. >> yes, libertarians are concerned if they get a nuke. but most of us, it's not universal. some libertaria

. >> and nell john stossel. john: we like to think we do serious work. thomas jefferson said that if it were left to have to decide to have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government he would prefer is paper. now we have television to. we help keep oppressors in check. we warn you about dangers, keep you informed of what is important. except i read the papers and watch tv shows, including my own. we do a lot of silly stuff. i once went to a jackyard as best things. i could have made the point without the sledgehammer but i thought more of you might pay it ditch and if i broke things. i do all kinds of things to get you to focus on what i think is important. also, tv news is also a business. if you don't watch we don't make money, get fired, we go out of business. here are under pressure to tell you what is important, but also to try to make it interesting. can be a conflict. fox acre meghan kelley deals with that conflict every day. she hosts america live from one to 3:00 p.m. meeting she does ten hours of live tv for every week. an

stossel, thank you.s it legal on arizona man put in jail for holding a prayer service in his own home? and next, jesse watters combing the country for places that do not like fox news and the factor. tonight, cambridge, massachusetts. hope you stay tuned to those reports. [ male announcer ] when she takes the starting block this summer, she's not just natalie coughlin. she's every 5-year-old who ever jumped in a pool and didn't want to get out. ♪ every coach, every rival who ever pushed her. she's the tip of a spear that goes all the way back to the beginning. it's amazing how far you can go with a little help along the way. td ameritrade. proud sponsor of the 2012 u.s. olympic team. >> bill: places in america that do not like fox news or the factor. we want to hear their side of the story. yes, we do. jesse recently visited cambridge, massachusetts home of harvard. >> define this town. what's this place all about? >> there is a lot happening. a lot of help. >> it's ideal lick college utopia. >> what's t

. >> and nell john stossel. john: we like to think we do serious work.homas jefferson said that if it were left to have to decide to have a government without newspapers or newspapers without government he would prefer is paper. now we have television to. we help keep oppressors in check. we warn you about dangers, keep you informed of what is important. except i read the papers and watch tv shows, including my own. we do a lot of silly stuff. i once went to a jackyard as best things. i could have made the point without the sledgehammer but i thought more of you might pay it ditch and if i broke things. i do all kinds of things to get you to focus on what i think is important. also, tv news is also a business. if you don't watch we don't make money, get fired, we go out of business. here are under pressure to tell you what is important, but also to try to make it interesting. can be a conflict. fox acre meghan kelley deals with that conflict every day. she hosts america live from one to 3:00 p.m. meeting she does ten hours of live tv for every week. and

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stuart: well, john stossel, he's a libertarian, the host of "stossel" here on fox business and here with me right now. john, look across the spectrum of what you see of the rnc so far. as a libertarian, do you like this? >> sure, they're really talking about the size of the state and cutting government and we just heard -- you have trouble with this, i did, it, rand paul, paul ryan, ron paul-- and also chris christie, the math does not add up. we have no other option, but to make hard choices. >> ted cruz, right to secure only when government power is restrained. r davis, when they say we have a duty to grow government, even when we cannot afford it, does that sound compassionate or reckless? these aren't things we've always heard from republicans. stuart: i think it's true to say the libertarian faction, if you like, libertarian people, you're becoming more mainstream. >> about time. . [laughter] >> don't raise i remembyour vo you're becoming more mainstream. i think you are. >> eventually people wise up. we can't keep saying, free stuff, no cost. it takes thinking how cutting governmen

i'm john stossel hoping for restoration of freedom. good night. >>> fox news alert. president obama live picture in rochester new hampshire, he is speaking at his second event of the campaign swing through the granite state. earlier today he was in windam where he ripped into the republican ticket for what he referred to is trickle down snake oil in the form of tax cuts for the rich. he took a few swings at the romney-ryan plan for medicare. let's take a listen to the president. >> this is a choice between two fundamentally different visions for our country, two fundamentally different ideas about the direction we should be going in. the direction that we choose, the direction you choose when you walk into the voting booth in november is going to have an impact not just on your lives. it's going to have an impact on your children and grandchildren and generations to come. four years ago we came together as democrats but also independents and some republicans because we knew we had to restore the basic bargain that built america. what made us an economic superpower. w

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, john stossel.tates. of what we import, most of it comes electric those evil countries, mexico and canada! only 20% of the imported oil comes from the middle east. >> brian: are we running out of gas? >> that's been predicted for years. president carter said it 40 years ago. human beings being what we are, keep inventing new ways to get more gas out of the ground, fracking. that's different from gasoline we put in our cars. it's an example of how ingenuity wins. >> steve: you're trying to debunk some things, one is we're running out of gas and we're not. also what about america's ultimate goal should be energy independence. >> trade is good. if we were independent -- food independent, next time we had a drought in iowa, we would really suffer. it's good that we trade for things. it makes us better off. >> brian: we are disgusted, true or false, we are disgusted about oil profits? >> people are and when we hear about the 30-cent price increase, bill o'reilly will blame a oil conspiracy on my show. oi

oil giant rosneft signed contracts to explore russia's arctic with america's next a model norway's stossel and any billions of dollars is already pledged but much more will come when the pool is partitioned and the borders on set so the more businesses that come here the quick of its own chart of unforgiving this nation home to many political battles will transform into a high tech economic hub that help a core business r.t. the arctic. and just to clarify for another i was an expedition not an exhibition as i've been saying for the past couple of hours and that's only if my head is somewhere else i think in my head i'm out a museum or watching an exhibition that's when you're focusing on my color as you go where i can recall it so where every day well i'll save the green for you tomorrow so. thanks very much indeed and looking forward to more obviates next hour in just a few moments will be looking at some spice here financial had lines the kaiser report is coming your way in just a few minutes right after they have lines. nuclear fashionable side. radioactive fallout old government betra

and now we have john stossel in new york. >> the convention is over mitt romney said we can begin our future together. but what does that mean? the liberty, free-market and three people? what does our audience think? [cheers and applause] that is our show. [applause] >> they have wrap it up in tampa. what we care about liberty? our new special correspondent kennedy cares about three market is on the floor. what did you like? >> what made me sick is the police state. trying to get inside the convention and there is secret service, the sheriff's, local police, frisky and take away your hair spray, your rights and took away the stick to our sign. >> i heard it was confiscated at the airport. it is a lot more unnecessary? >> more big government. today visiting with decatur the fda stuck eighth thermometer into every stake and salmon. i like that once i thought i was a member of the of 1% and i appreciate it the entrepreneurial spirit. building of small business because that is the background of the economy but freedom was a casualty. hypocrisy served on both sides. republicans and protest

i'm john stossel.tching. >> good morning everyone, it's sunday, august 5th, i'm alisyn camerota and we begin with extreme weather in oklahoma where raging wildfires reduced more than five dozen homes to nothing more than ash and rubble. if that wasn't enough. making matters worse, more on the devastation there straight ahead. >> dave: plus, we are just 93 days away from the the election. two republican darlings are being pitched to mitt romney as potential vp choices, but do they have a shot? >> thank you, darling. and railroad robbery. taxpayer funded amtrak is losing nearly 4 million dollars a year on employee theft. and wait until you hear what they're taking. "fox & friends" begins right now. ♪ >> good morning, everybody. thanks so much for getting up early with us and joining us. >> thank you for joining us. >> you know what? i've decided to come to work occasionally. >> you're welcome. all right? and did you watch the olympics. >> clayton: water polo, water polo. i used to play water polo. >> dav

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kim stossel says we are seeing intellectual poverty on the side of the president. any ideas. they have tried their policies. their policies have failed. their solution here because they can't tell the american people, re-elect us because it's worked so well. they can't say here is what we're going to do about the debt and spending. so at the end of the day all they can do is trash our ticket. i think in addition to showing that they don't have anything on substance, it shows a real lack of respect for the voters. it shows a lack of respect for the nation and lack of respect for democracy. there are true colors. i think at the end of the day we will prevail zbleets. >> sean: all the democrats have said the same thing. none of them will condemn this ad. you have axelrod, stephanie caught in lie and jay car they are. this is coming from a team that lectures about tone and civility let's watch jay carney, white house press secretary unwilling to condemn this ad. >> do you really think that it's fair for someone to suggest that a candidate's actions led to someone's dea

john stossel the most famous libertarian we all know around here, what about him as your v.p.?do have a v.p., jim grey, a former superior court judge in california, former federal prosecutor. very outspoken on the war and drugs. terrific guy. solid guy. >> nobody knows who that is. come on. >> well, the notion is that he takes over if something happens to me and i take that very seriously he in that selection. >> thank you for coming in. >> mancow, thank you very much. >> would you believe a business owner that says firing people actually creates jobs. and we will read between the headlines, next. it's add news. happy birthday! thank you, nana send money to anyone's checking account with chase quickpay. all you need is an email address or mobile number. you're welcome. take a step forward ,. >>> mire from america's news headquarters i'm marianne rafferty. a grueling weekend for crews across oklahoma battling at least a dozen wildfires in temperatures exceeding 100 degrees. high winds spanned the flames towards dozens of homes. one fire may have been ignited by a.b. arsonist. sh

john stossel the most famous libertarian we all know around here, what about him as your v.p.? >> i do have a v.p., jim grey, a former superior court judge in california, former federal prosecutor. very outspoken on the war and drugs. terrific guy. solid guy. >> nobody knows who that is. come on. >> well, the notion is that he takes over if something happens to me and i take that very seriously he in that selection. >> thank you for coming in. >> mancow, thank you very much. >> would you believe a business owner that says firing people actually creates jobs. actually creates jobs. and we will read between the hey america, even though they don't need one, wes, clay and demarcus tried on the new depend real fit briefs for charity to prove how great the fit is even while playing pro football. the best protection now looks, fits and feels just like underwear. get a free sample and try one on for yourself. ♪ i want to go ♪ i want to win [ breathes deeply ] ♪ this is where the dream begins ♪ ♪ i want to grow ♪ i want to try ♪ i can almost touch the sky [ male announcer ] even the pla

john stossel is here. you are revolting? >>guest: a smart grid, what is smart about it?t that we give this money away? i am revoting on dave ramsey say i have to kick out my kid. he is 23 and i like him being home. his year after college, and i like it. he is saving money and will help take care me. >>eric: tell me about the volt. unconscious all the subsidies and now the money back guarantee, with an article suggesting you can buy the volt, return it and still claim the tax credit. i'm not sure that is legal or right --. >>eric: hold on, you get $7 $7,500 when you buy the car and you return the car and keep the $7,500? >>guest: maybe. it is disgusting the government bribes us to buy certain vehicles and the environmental research shows it is in better for the environment if the earth would notice, which it won't, but the electricity comes from coal plants. >>eric: we have video. i did a test drive with a volt. there it is. that is the video the volt. they came to me and said, you you are tough on the vote, and i did not love it. i have to be honest. i did not love the c

ply colleague john stossel has a brand new book out he makes the case, open it up, if you're a billionairee it simple, donate as much as you want and go to the races? what is wrong with that? >> supreme court will rule on these and specifically freedom of speech. that is something that is discussed. i don't see anything passing between now and election in november. after the elections i'm sure there will be robust debates about accountability, about disclosure of campaign money, but you just have to make sure there is, that there isn't an openness to the process because what we're seeing now this administration under president obama using intimidation tactics of those who have been contributing to some of the super pacs, there have been storerys about what he has done to intimidate those who have given an attempt and try to scare others from contributing, using the power of his white house, the power with the government. so, people will then maybe shy away from contributing. adam: but isn't that the argument as to just, let it all go? we seem, our inclination to believe too much money corr

but i got lucky -- >> host: are you and scott stossel still friends?eah, he's my best friend. he was best man at my wedding, i was best man at his wedding, and he's done great. he wrote "sarge," i think he's working on a new book, and the atlantic monthly, i think s a great magazine. it's a little bit too smart for me -- >> host: currently owned by david bradley, i believe? >> guest: i don't know. >> host: hope i'm right about that. well, scott stossel has sent a tweet to you. >> guest: oh, no. >> host: would ben ever con stent to doing a life debate with janet maslin or gay talese about the nature of, quote-unquote, nonfiction? >> guest: i would love to. i mean, both of them have called me out in a negative way because they don't like what i've done to nonfiction, they say, or my style of nonfiction. i think, i think that i would love to get on a stage and talk to them about it. i think that they are doing a disservice to nonfiction by attempting to categorize it in such an old-fashioned way. i think that the great nonfiction books are the ones that r

lori: stossel will take over at 9:00 p.m. ashley: there you go. rising again, but some are skeptical that gains can hold copper as a bellwether for the economy. one medical expert tells us why he is still bullish. ashley: all right. first, as we do every day -- lori: are you knocking me? ashley: no. you were very excited. let's take a look at the ten and 30 year treasurys. lori: interest rates. ashley: you love interest rates. down two basis points. lori: stocks are selling off some people are stepping up security because the economy, the debt that it was dismal. poor to buy back with more after this. copd makes it hard to breathe, but with advair, i'm breathing better. so now i can be in the scene. advair is clinically proven to help significantly improve lung function. unlike most copd medications, advair contains both an anti-inflammatory and a long-acting bronchodilator working together to help improve your lung function all day. advair won't replace fast-acting inhalers for sudden symptoms and should not be used more than twice a day. people