coming up in 50 minutes stu varney will be here.act of the microsoft layoffs and what this indicates for the rest of us. >> reporter: president obama says the republican congress shuts down of good idea he has to help grow the middle class. the "washington post" says that's not exactly true. eric: the fragile cease-fire in the middle east is broken. israel says la mass fired first. patti ann: tens of thousands of ericer scorched. >> it's creating its own weather pattern. >> i have never seen anything like that. the ash coming down on us like it was raining ashes. you know.... there's a more enjoyable way to get your fiber. try phillips fiber good gummies. they're delicious and an excellent source of fiber to help support regularity. mmmm. these are good! the tasty side of fiber. from phillips patti ann: wildfires are raging out west. hundreds of homes are threatened in washington state. zero containment at last check. wildfires also burning in utah, oregon, idaho and california. eric: president obama are saying republicans are block

stu varney is up next with that.l: you know what they say, the house always wins but not this time. the big heist that went down in atlantic city. heather: big one. >> oh, sounds like an oceans 11 or 12, or 13. >> that is big-time in this town. úr#b ♪ bill: it is a heist worthy of george clooney and brad pitt in vegas but no, it was not vegas. heather: no. bill: it was ac. two masked men stealing more than $180,000 from a casino in atlantic city, new jersey. police say the thieves went into caesar's early yesterday morning. one pulled out a gun before stealing two plastic boxes full of cash. the robbers got away in a car. the new jersey state police were on it. i wonder where rick leventhal was when that went down. heather: $108,000. that was heavy boxes. bill: leventhal is strong man. he is our expert on atlantic city. heather: we'll have to check that out. bill: get on it, rick. heather: well less than ten minutes to the opening bell with a big rebound expected today on wall street. the markets don't usually like g

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varney said. >> charles payne is here, first of all, thank you very much indeed. all that hard work, getting the ratings to go up. great job, charles. >> thank you very much, indeed. charles: stuecial relationship, he's a lot of fun, we butted heads but have a lot of respect for each other. >> he did mention the numbers were good. we left that part out. charles: he's always been appreciative of that. stuart created -- his show is a juggernaut, i appreciate being on the show. you have been on stuart's show? >> he got me comfortable on tv. he's amazing. charles: i'm so glad we're not talking world cup anymore. owning a restaurant is not easy, takes a lot of gumption to make it work. we have a story of two guys and the dream, a bona fide bigtime success, they're making money and doing what a lot of people watching the show want to do. take a chance. . charles: today's salute to american success is a pair of guys who quit their job to chase their dream of opening a restaurant. meet eric and gary and they're from texas. eric was a ninth grade physical science teacher, and gary was a manager of a coffee house. both happy with jobs but living unfulfilled dream of owning their own res