mother nature has left behind. >> gregg: we begin with the 2012 race. it is certainly heating up and so is gingrich's support. new poll showing the former house speaker is on top in the hawkeye state. this comes as a closing the in on romney's lead in new hampshire. steve, with the first voting scheduled in less than a month, how is the race shaping up? >> clearly its two-man race nationwide but in new hampshire romney has the lead and iowa gingrich is out front. he is out 25% of the gop vote in iowa. ron paul coming in second at 18% and mitt romney trailing with 16%. the other candidates still hoping to pick up some of herman cain's tea party support. >> people recognize that i'm the real deal. i'm authentic and genuine and i think we're going to pick up a lot of support across the country, people that supported herman cain. >> we have a strong conservative message that match up with iowans and we think we'll surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: and they say the poll is very encouraging. >> gregg: newt gingrich would appear to have momentum. what is he saying about it? >> gingrich appeared with five other candidates on fox news. at that forum hosted by mike huckabee he defended his plan to have local panels to decide which immigrants could stay in the u.s. >> would i trust a jury from a washington bureaucrat. i would rather have my fate decided by a jury of my peers than have my fate decided by a washington bureaucrat. >> john mccain said the latino vote is up for grabs because president obama has not convinced hispanic voters he is on their side. >> gregg: thanks very much. >> heather: on the campaign trail the new focus, california, gop presidential candidates and president obama shifting their focus from iowa and new hampshire. turning to the big state out west for some much needed cash. casey stegall is live in los angeles with more on this. >> reporter: it is all about the cash, isn't it? they are following the scent of money out west. a lot is to be had here, take a look for yourself and see how the numbers are shaping up. gop candidates have raked in more than $7.6 million from the golden state. that is 12% of their total funds raised across the entire country. for context, president obama has made a little more than $10 million. mitt romney the top gop fund-raiser so far with $3.9 million followed by rick perry with 1.2. donors giving ron paul $790,000. they are taking the cold, hard cash they are collecting from business moguls and hollywood types and spending it in other states like iowa and new hampshire. they realize the chance of california voters casting ballots for them is low. the last time the state went democrat was for george bush, sr. when he was up in 1988 but money talks, not to mention the candidates can swing through here and make some late night talk show appearances when they are visiting. >> when candidates come here they realize it's a great opportunity to take advantage of this media market. they know these shows allow them to display a much softer side of them which they very much need. >> reporter: there is a new field poll out this past week that shows president obama's support is slipping in california. fewer than half of registered voters say they are inclined to re-elect him. but when his numbers rise significantly, i should say when he is stacked up against romney and gingrich. it will be very interesting as we get closer and closer to these crucial primaries. >> heather: thank you very much. casey stegall reporting live from los angeles. thank you. >> gregg: fox news alert, nato officials are confirming the possibility that an american drone aircraft was shot down by iranian forces. nato says in a new the statement that operators lost control of an armed uav last week over western afghanistan and the military is determining it's status. iranian state television that iran's military shot down an unmanned american spy plane like this one along its border with afghanistan. so far nato is not connecting iran's statement to its own. stay tuned. >> heather: right now u.s. military personnel are leaving a pakistani air base. u.s. cargo planes arriving at the base to assist in the evacuation orders following a severe backlash last month air strike that accidentally killed 24 pakistani scattered showers. pakistani government has been demanding that the u.s. leave the base prompting many pakistanis to hit the streets in protest. it's viewed as part of the c.i.a. predator drone program. >> gregg: senator john mccain with a big warning about u.s. aid to pakistan saying that the billions of dollars that we give the country must come with strings attached. >> we tried to cut relations off with pakistan for ten years and it didn't work. we have to address it in realistic fashion and aid has to be gaged on the degree of cooperation that they are showing us in helping us prevent the needless deaths of young americans. that is our first obligation. >> gregg: top republican says the u.s. should explore all alternatives. although he does not provide any specifics. >> heather: in egypt, new concerns over election results coming in today. islamic parties capturing a majority of votes in the first round of balloting. one dramatic development, the strong showing for a hard line group that wants to impose strict islamic law. leland vitter has more from jerusalem. >> reporter: moderates in egypt can't take a break. for decades they have a dictator and now they have a military junta. islamic bloc won 6% but the others won 20%. >> it underscores how well the muslim brotherhood is. this is only the first round of many elections but already it appears the ideas of freedom that hundreds of thousands risk their lives for in tahrir square might be lost. islamics said they played things smart, lying low when the revolution begin and only mobilizing their political base as the world lost interest in egypt over the summer. they have made it unclear they are unhappy with the results that include voting in parts of cairo. it's parts of what ruled egypt the islamic group will win. power comes with responsibility and they will now have to run a country of more than 85 million. that is lot of hungry mouths, notoriously poor and without oil resources. brotherhood have held a few rallies that gives an insight into political agenda it's anti-american and anti-israel. one ended with the torching of an embassy. >> a solid western ally suddenly in play. it is certainly a prized friend. right now the u.s. gives them more than $2 billion in aid but with an islamic regime in cairo it is very least opens up a bidding war for egyptian loyalty. >> heather: thank you. >> gregg: there is still no power for thousands of folks in california. they are expecting more wind, tens of thousands entering day five with no electricity. take a listen to this. >> means i'm going to to somebody's else house because i can't keep my two-year-old here. >> i feel like i am living in the caveman days. this doesn't work the light here. no lights, can't read at night. i go to bed about 6:30. lack of anything else to do. the phone doesn't work. i'm going to have to get around that. another day in hell, i guess. >> gregg: you have to feel for those folks. what is in store for the rest of the country? meteorologist maria molina in the weather center. >> unfortunately for southern california they are expecting more gusty winds through tuesday. you will be looking at wind gusts in excess of 60 miles an hour and chilly temperatures, it's going to get very cold. parts of the rockies could be looking at temperatures more than 40 degrees what is normal. very cold stuff out west. otherwise we do have a cold front behind the system. that is where the cold air is. ahead of it very warm and moist. we are getting moisture to pull northward and that is bringing heavy rain in portions of ohio valleys, mississippi valley into parts of texas. good news for texas, not good news for these areas because they have received a lot of rain in the month of november. now, we are talking about 3-6 inches, locally, up to 8 inches possible. that is bringing big time concerns as far as flooding goes. flood watches and some warnings already going up for areas that are starting to see some of that flooding. here is a look at the cold front bringing rain in western parts of ohio and kentucky and tennessee and portions of texas. again this is good news for texas because they are still in that drought. oklahoma, good to see some moisture being brought into that state. as far as snow goes in the rockies, we are talking about more snow over the next 48 hours at times over a foot of it especially along some of the higher elevations. it will be cold enough for some of the snow to make it down into the valleys. this will be posing treacherous traveling conditions for these areas especially monday morning. tomorrow's temperatures, it will be cold one out there denver only 9 degrees. >> gregg: i grew up in southern california, i never recall we lost power like that before. it happens here in the east all the time. this year alone we lost power three or four times. >> heather: new hampshire for a long time. and primary you deal with other weather. >> you get rain and mudslides and fires and druatsd and then, of course, the earthquakes. >> heather: the cost of higher education coming under extreme scrutiny, a new report apparently it may not be propped up to be. >> gregg: six months ago, 20 mor old lauren spiro disappeared. now they are honoring her in time for the holiday. >>. ♪ ♪ capital one's new cash rewards card gives you a 50 percent annual bonus. so you earn 50 percent more cash. if you're not satisfied with 50% more cash, send it back! i'll be right here, waiting for it. who wouldn't want more cash? 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[ male announcer ] the new capital one cash rewards card. the card for people who want 50% more cash. what's in your wallet? sorry i'll clean this up. shouldn't have made it rain. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. >> heather: welcome back. here are the stories making headlines at this hour. police are hunting for david hoston, he escaped thursday from a correction facility in new hampshire. they believe he is armed and may go after two specific people. >> have you heard about this? geezer bandit striking again in southern california, this time a teller slipped him a (d) e pack that exploded. he dropped an address book also. four people that crashed in the colorado mountains, there is no word anyone survived. >> gregg: there is a new study out of rutgers university prompting many people to ask, should college come a consumer warning label. forget that college grads earn the big bucks, only 53% of college grads are employed full time right now. what their salaries? not so hot. fox business correspondent brenda butner. you made a million dollars more in your lifetime if you had a college degree but not true? >> the average for recent grads is $27,000. they can't afford to both live and pay for their college loans, certainly not both. it's very difficult. many of them are basically taking jobs they could have had if they graduated from high school. >> gregg: half of those employed have jobs they could have gotten without a degree. so was eight waste of time probably they wonder. there is a great idea and people can go to "washington post", a ph.d. at university of california berkeley. he has put forth a really great idea called a college report card. you go to the website of a particular college and you put in your high school grades and s.a.t. score and they will pump out the results of what you would do upon graduation. what kind of job you would get compared to other institutions. let's put it up on the screen. here there would be six items in the report card. this would be mandatory. the government would require colleges and universities to do that. four-year costs, growth and communication, four and six year grad rates broken down by major and high school record. most recent students out of the survey. most recent accreditation action plus this is important, the percent of grads that require a degree within one year. what do you think of this? >> i think it's a great idea. many of these things don't have to say there is an accreditation board but they pay them so it's likes the fox and hen house. finding out how much a college is cost is impossible basically because tuition is rising. you look at financial aid. you look how much the percentage is. it's easier to find out how much a car or house costs than how much college is going to cost. >> gregg: world report has rating system but it's flawed in a way, too. it's considered faculty salaries and reputation of the institution. none of that really helps get a job. >> no, and salaries is how much research money they are bringing in from the federal government. >> gregg: what the reason why students are not getting high paying jobs as they once were out of college? is it because college is more accessible, more people are going? >> a lot more people are going. we're shipping a lot more jobs overseas. also i think people look at the one college they want to go to. it's very competitive. think we really have to rethink our idea about college. >> gregg: there are alternatives? >> absolutely. you can go to community college for two years. you can then go to a four-year institution. you can go to a trade school. it's not necessary for everyone to go to college. i really believe that. i treasured my college years, but i real believe that college is not for everyone. there are colleges out there. there is not one college. if you want an intimate, small student teacher ratio you will find that somewhere. if you want a big urban college, you can find that as well. >> gregg: i went to the university of chicago to interview them about why they're tuition is so high, $50,000 a year, times four, people would never be able to pay that off. they said, if you can't afford it you shouldn't go here. maybe they have a point. you might be much better off at state run universities, city run universities, community colleges and so forth. >> you can get a great education right there. >> gregg: brenda, thanks very much. >> heather: a vigil for a young college student who has been missing for months marking six months since 20-year-old indiana university student lauren spear vanished. the friends and family are remembering her with a special dedication in bloomington. a christmas tree with find lauren. her father not giving up hope. >> every day when we walk through town, wherever we go, there is a hug, a hello, there is a prayer. we get a tremendous amount of support. it's a milestone of six months but it's another day that we're missing our daughter and waiting for information. >> heather: so if you can help, police are asking anyone with information about lauren to call the bloomington police at this tip line 8112-339-4477. >> gregg: we're going to show you more of a new video from today's arrests, next. >> heather: plus why are conservatives reluctant to throw their support behind mitt romney? 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hi, maria. >> we are expecting more snow in parts of arizona, it's really new mexico that is going to get hammered. we're expecting a foot or more in parts of these areas, also colorado and this disturbance is going to be pulling in very cold air. we're talking about highs tomorrow across colorado in the single digits, denver in particular, high of only 9 degrees. very chilly start for the workweek. we'll be looking at a lot of snowfall for treacherous traveling as we led through the day tomorrow. that snow will continue to pile up. we have a large cold front from the great lakes, ohio down through texas. good news for texas, they will be looking at rainfall since we're still in the ongoing drought. lower mississippi valley and parts of the ohio valley where we're looking a lot of heavy rainfall that will continue to fall through tonight and through early tuesday. expect this in the next 24-48 hours, three to six inches and locally higher amounts. >> it is winter after all we like to see the snow. >> gregg: back in the 1980s president george h.w. bush had many conservative doubters thanks to his centrist past but he ended winning over many of them, read my lips noq new taxes. now, the staple may be true for mitt romney. he has had a history of alleged flip-flops on several key issues. so are conservative voters afraid of romney? can he win them over. joining me is former assistant to george w. bush and spokesman for howard dean. brad, let me start with you, the last time conservatives claimed they were conservative. he did renege on read my lips pledge. do you think a fair comparison can be drawn to mitt romney a guy whose record is clearly moderate who claims he is now a conservative? >> remember, george h.w. bush got the nomination with that pledge and went on lose many believe because he went back on his promise. a different situation with romney is trying to get selected before he elected. some republicans think he is too perfect. some republicans that he is not perfect enough. the primary system will determine who is selected. >> gregg: brad, you know we've heard the song and dance routine before with h.w. bush and it didn't work out. this guy could be another h.w. bush. >> i think romney we have to take him for what he is. he is a successful businessman. he was a successful governor of a very liberal state. the positions he took in massachusetts are different than the positions he should take as president of united states. it's a different constituency. his record is a good one. it's what the doctor order forward now. i think he is perfect candidate to go against newt. >> gregg: and maybe perfect candidate to go against president obama. do democrats think romney is a closet moderate or centrist and is that what has the obama campaign so worried that they have now focused most of their criticism on mitt romney? >> i don't think the problem for mitt romney that he'll get in bed with centrists but they are worried he'll get in bed with anyone. with major shifts on foreign policy and abortion, the problem that she shifted but he didn't explain himself. he did it quite quickly when you ask him about that, the brett baier interview touched upon. >> gregg: she makes a good point. you you almost need a neck brace so much whiplash. here is what steve wrote. i'll put it on the screen. >> he ran to the left in 1994 and he went to the right when he got his political future would be utah. he -- >> gregg: as i say, does that kind of whiplash explain why many in the party are so resistant and reluctant to cast their ballot for romney? >> there are many in the party who the jury is out. they want to question him. they want ability. they have heard him in 11 debates. he's been the tortoise and hare, he has been consistent. he hasn't broken 25% but we haven't gotten to the caucus and primary season yet. i happen to think when he is able to explain his policies, look, compared to obama, he is not a flip-flopper at all. he said he would close gitmo and claimed that unemployment would not exceed 8%. we haven't hit below 8% since he has been president. when you take the record of a accomplishment of a sitting president what romney has been able to do the contrast is night and day. >> gregg: one can argue that romney has flip-flopped half as much as newt gingrich which is beginning to get attention. president obama won the office by attracting independent voters 62%. now, the number has tanked down to 37% among supporters. how does he win reelection especially if mitt romney becomes the nominee. they are much more attractive to romney the independents are? >> two points, president obama has not yet begun to fight. all the conversation up to this point has been on the republican side. once he does get it you'll see a very different race. independents will feel differently. the other thing i would say the bigger problem for mitt romney is not necessarily voters don't trust him, it's that independents in particular don't relate to him. they see him as the physical embodiment of the 1%. >> i disagree no way. when you look at the poll, most devastating poll for the president is the right track, won track, 77% feel that our country are going down the wrong track. that is the hardest number for the president to correct. he needs major accomplishments. >> gregg: we're out of time. good to see you both. >> heather: have you heard about this. stuff involving donald trump, planning to moderate his own republican presidential debates now slamming the candidates that are refusing to show up. our power panel weighs in. >> it's too bad. he has no chance of winning, so it's good because we can weed out for the people that are serious candidates. the other thing that is very important i think, governor huntsman called my office asking for a meeting and actually i didn't call him back. i could have and probably should have but he did call my office asking for a meeting. i'm sure being a mormon he will confirm that. i habe a cohd. yeah, i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. 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[ laughter ] >> heather: price hike, flying between philadelphia and pittsburgh, it will jump from $118 to $698 starting early next year. that is an increase of almost 600%. the reason the airline is about to lose it's only competitor when southwest stopped flying the route. let's start with the judith. >> this is advantage and disadvantage of capitalism. when you have more than one airline company offering services, competing for your business, prices get low. unfortunately places like pittsburgh and other places don't have as much traffic can't stop the choice that people feel they ought to have. >> lean cuisine, they are not giving you anything. >> i think it's so on wrong. >> people that can afford it, nobody can afford 600%. >> u.s. airways offered a better deal. now, they are going to jack up the prices? >> airlines don't want to fly there. wait. >> you want government to say you got to fly. >> no. i definitely choose the captain will lift system but i have to acknowledge there are some real disadvantages for people in the middle of the country that are ill-served already. >> what is the trickle down effect and are we going to become a nation of would than or two airlines that is monopolizing air travel? >> the only companies you can go to. you have to have gas to heat your home even if the utility is jacking up prices. >> i bet you there will be a new airline in three months. >> thanks. new kind of santas. stay tuned for this, old saint nick asking for less when their parents can't afford it. bringing a dose of reality. our panel is back after the break. everyone in the nicu, all the nurses wanted to watch him when he was there 118 days. everything that you thought was important to you changes in light of having a child that needs you every moment. i wouldn't trade him for the world. who matters most to you says the most about you. massmutual is owned by our policyholders so they matter most to us. if you're caring for a child with special needs, our innovative special care program offers strategies that can help. really? 25 grams of protein. what do we have? all four of us, together? 24. he's low fat, too, and has 5 grams of sugars. i'll believe it when i--- [ both ] oooooh... what's shakin'? 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[ laughter ] >> i think that parents ought to say to their kids, well, you know, santa is really overworked and santa has had a very hard year and tough year for santa. go easy and don't ask you to bring you too much and see how santa responds. >> besides the list, make cookies, play with your kids, stuff you can't get at the store. >> or go caroling through the neighborhood. >> i hope it's not snowing. [ laughter ] >> we had 20 inches 6?" last year. >> i would like it to be really nice and dry, out there and singing christmas carols. >> there is law kids can't sit on santa's lap in england. >> those english are tough. >> i guess. >> familiar brand, website, fu79 wall street.com and familiar names that will fail. they correctly saw borders was going to go. and forecasting doom for ten brands next year. some of these brands i find surprising. we're talking about sears, aw root beer. >> oh, no! >> and i go shopping for my kids' breck and cereal is the best to do. i haven't seen kelloggs pops for years. >> it's great but it goes off the train but you got the iphone you got nexflix. so it's always better. >> our toothpaste never came back. i miss some of those old brands. [ laughter ] >> a&w root beer cannot be replayinged. >> i'm going to buy it in packs to save the company. >> its wonderful root beer. >>. [ laughter ] >> and you don't even know what this wine is. the family has cheer wine, it's like a cherry flavored drink. you neighboring a float with that and its awesome. >> i'll stick with a&w root beer. >> sears was one of the companies, as well? >> the thing with sears this is a company that has adapted. they own a lot of real estate. there is a sears in every town. they bought lands end. so they really have gone out of their way to try toy to adapt. >> is it going into something else? if you don't to go sears you go to costco or you go on line. >> in fact they have been wrong. >> and moody's, they did predict those companies would sfial and they are surviving. gregg? >> gregg: they predicted i would go away and i'm still here. >> never, ever. >> gregg: a little boy is denied entrance to the school because he is hiv positive. now his family has filed a lawsuit. coming up our legal panel weighs in. congratulations. congratulations. congralations. today, the city of charlotte can use verizon technology to inspire binesses to conserve energy and monitor costs. making communities greener... congratulations. ... and buildings as valuable to the bottom line... whoa ! ... as the people inside them. congratulations. because when you add verizon to your company, you don't just add, you multiply. ♪ discover something new... verizon. hill low i'm heather childers welcome to a new hour. >> i'm gregg jarrett glad you are with us. police in portland, oregon, shutting down a city park as protesters with the occupy wall street movement confront the park workers. >> an 85-year-old grandmother says she was strip-searched at the airport. now the tsa is speaking out. getting mail is going to take longer. red ink prompting changes that will make first class mail feel like third class. >> heather: first, we begin with a new surge of support for presidential candidate newt gingrich. he was once polling in the single digits, remember that? now his numbers are on the rise. even passing mitt romney and a key poll in iowa. steve centanni is live in washington with more. >> reporter: yeah, that new iowa poll showing newt gingrich with a solid lead. 25% in the new des moines register poll. ron paul comes in second with 18%. mitt romney third with 16%. the others are all with single digits. two other candidates are hoping to pick up some of herman cain's tea party support. >> i recognize -- they recognize i'm the real deal, authentic, genuine west are going to pick up support from across the country. >> we think we are going to do well. we have a strong consistent conservative message that matches up better with iowans and we think we are going to surprise a lot of people. >> reporter: gingrich is the one with all the momentum. he was joined by five other candidates last night for a forum hosted by mike huckabee. gingrich defended his plan for community panels to decide which immigrants might stay in the u.s.. he says they would"0@l be more trust worthy. >> if you asked me would i trust a jury or a washington bureaucrat? i would rather have my fate decided by a jury of my peers. than have my fate decided by a washington bureaucrat. >> reporter: some in the gop question gingrich's leadership qualities. >> there's all types of leaders. leaders that instill confidence. leaders that are somewhat abrupt and brisk. leaders that have one standard for the people they are leading and a different standard for themselves. i just found his leadership lacking. >> reporter: the first voting comes in iowa january 3rd. >> heather: very soon thank you steve. >> gregg: as the republican presidential race narrows, candidates are setting sights on the west coast, looking to california for much needed campaign cash. casey stegall following that story in l.a.. >> reporter: good to see you. very interesting dynamic on the role california is playing with the upcoming election even though voters do not typically swing democrat in this state it is not stopping the gop candidates from making stumping speeches and meeting with supporters. although, it is not voters they are necessarily trying to win over. instead, they are relying on the golden state's major donors to replenish their coffers from fancy dinner parties in los angeles to galas up> many donors want to help these presidential candidates in these early states. in california, the best way you can do so isklz. raise a significant amount of money so these campaigns can run last minute ads and i think you are going to see that in iowa. >> reporter: how much money are we talking? here's how the numbers shake out according to the federal election commission: republican candidates have rakeed in more than 7.6 million dollars here for context president obama has made a little more than 10 million. mitt romney the top gop fundraiser so far in this state with 3.9 million. followed by rick perry 1.2. ron paul third place with more than $790,000. tim pawlenty and jon huntsman round out top five. one name you don't see, newt gingrich, as steve centanni was saying, who is now topping most of the polls. he ranks number 7 in terms of advertising and fundraising dollars raised. that is about $144,000. you can bet as his popularity increases he will be planning many more visit there's california to raise that much-needed cash. >> that number may soon change. thanks. >> heather: growing concerns that egypt's move toward democracy may come to a sudden halt. first round election results showing islam ismagilov groups with an anti-american -- islamist groups with an anti-american agenda won a majority. >> reporter: moderates cannot catch a break for decades they had a dictator now a military junta these elections are bringing in an islamic regime the islamic bloc won six city%. the hardest core and want o'sharia law won 20%. this underscores how well-organized -- organized the muslim brotherhood is. this the first round of many elections. already it appears the ideas of freedom that hundreds of thousands risked their lives for in tahrir square might be lost. islamists played smart, lying low as the revolution began and only mobilizing their political base as the world lost interest in egypt over the summer. the military junta in charge has made it clear they are unhappy with the rums that include voting from parts of cairo, it is possible once ruled parts of egypt vote later in the year the it lack mick bloc will win larger majorities. -- the brotherhood is faced with a big challenge with power comes responsibility. they will now have to run a country of more than 85 million, a lot of hungry mouths to feed in a place notoriously poor and without oil resources. the brotherhood have held a few rallies which gives insight. it is anti-american and anti-israel. one rally ended with the torching of the israeli embassy in cairo. this election moves egypt from a solid western ally to suddenly in play with one of the region's best equipped militaries it is a prized friend. right now the united states gives egypt more than two billion dollars a year in aid. with an islamic regime in cairo it opens up a bidding war for egyptian loyalties. >> gregg: police and occupy protesters squaring off in portland, oregon. officers in riot gear arresting more than a dozen after they refused to leave a downtown park. city officials say the protesters moved into the park and began building tents, vowing to state entire winter. police swept the protesters out of another city park three weeks ago. old man winter is posing new challenges for occupy protesters in denver. temperatures there are dropping and more snow is falling. several inches fell on protesters this weekend. that is not stopping all of those folks. some intend to stay, they say as long as they can. >> heather: the tsa denying strip-search allegations at new york's jfk airport. an 80 5-year-old woman claiming she -- 85-year-old woman claiming she was hurt and humiliated after refusing to walk through a bed scanner. tsa releasing this statement: >> heather: the grandmother claims she banged her shin and missed her flight to florida. >> in my wildest dream i couldn't picture such a thing. she took me into a private room and said pull your pants down and she pulled my underwear down and strip searched me. i'm going to be 85 february 1st, i'm your typical terrorist, right? >> heather: come on. zimmermann didn't want to go through the scanner because she was worried it might interfere with her defibrillator. can you believe that? >> gregg: not a good one. fox extreme weather center, it is beginning to look a lot like christmas in parts of the west. kids in, believe it or not, arizona enjoying an early present this year, snow! arizona, meteorologist maria molina is in the weather center. starting to look like christmas and feel like it out west high tomorrow in denver could reach only 9° that is very, very cold, just as warm as it is going to get out there we have a new disturbance starting to sink south into parts of the rockies dumping more snow. showers across parts of the dakota, west through utah. the system is going to organize, sink south and dumbing quite a bit of snow in the form of feet. -- dumping quite a bit of snow in the form of feet. rain eastern portions of texas slow moving system going to produce rain tonight into monday and tuesday morning. prolonged period of time where we are going to see continuing to see rainfall, there you have western ohio, kentucky, tennessee into northern louisiana where we have areas of yellow and red that's where we are seeing heaviest rain. because it is slow moving it is dumping inches, two six expected along this area. locally we could get up to eight inches of rain some of those areas have seen a lot of rain over november so the ground is saturated, several inches on top of a saturated ground and big time flooding concerns. we'll monitor that. otherwise here's your snow forecast for parts of colorado and new mexico over a foot expected. because it is so cold a lot of that snow will make it into the valley floor. as you head out to work tomorrow morning, please be careful slippery go and gusty winds possible blowing and drifting. highs tomorrow, 9 denver, 27 albuquerque, 26 parts of utah, ahead of this front, relatively warm 79 high new orleans, 66 atlanta high of 59° in new york city. these are well above average across portions of the east as far as highs tomorrow across parts of the west up to 40° be is normal for this time of the year. yeah, we are headed into winter, going to start see cold temperatures but this is colder than normal. >> gregg: amazing about -- disparity. they say rain, sleet, snow for the post office. apparently there is something that can stop the president obama from -- stop the post office from delivering. big changes coming near you. postal service cutting services to avoid bankruptcy. that may mean reduced first class mail service and no next day delivery. >> reporte the postal service has and you official motto, neither snow, rain, heat nor gloom of night stays these courier's from the swift completion of their appointed rounds. that motto doesn't say you will still gemayel swiftly in a bad economy. you can -- you can say good-bye to delivery of first class mail for the first time in 40 years. the service will announce their plan for saving three billion dollars monday a spokeswoman says we are proposing eliminating overnight standards for first class mail. what does that mean? they won't receive mail the day after it was sent if i was sent in an overnight standard area, d.c. to northern virginia could take additional day. for people outside d.c., here's a map, it is going to take an extra day to go across the river. congressman chaffetz says if this is a sign of things to come, maybe it is time to privatize the postal service. >> we don't appropriate money to them, they have to sell stamps to generate revenue we want to continue that you don't cut service, limit the days of service, slow down that service, if you want to sell more stamps. they also want to raise rates. i think they are moving in the opposite direction. >> reporter: these cuts kick in, in the springtime to save money postal service is looking to close hundreds of processing centers and fire tens of thousands of workers. >> heather: peter doocy, thanks. new fall-out over smartphones. you have one? >> i did. >> heather: hidden app inside your phone could be tracking your every move. brenda buttner here to explain. >> gregg: julie banderas is live in allentown, new jersey with a story about giving back. >> i'm always a giver and i know you are as well. we are hoping our viewers will be too. i'll tell you a great way to give back to military families all over the country and overseas by buying them a christmas tree. i'll tell you how, after the break. [ male announcer ] new vicks nature fusion cold & flu syrup. flavored with real honey. powerful cold medicine that leaves out artificial flavors and dyes and instead uses something more natural, honey. new vicks nature fusion cold & flu. ♪ >> gregg: welcome back. president obama calling his counterpart pakistan today reaffirming those nato airstrikes killing 24 pakistani soldiers were not deliberate. the president promising a full investigation. >> texas police investigating the death of a man at an occupy protest site on the campus of the university of north texas. >> mega church leader bishop eddie long taking time to focus on his family after his wife filed for divorce. all this coming after allegations bishop long sexually abused four young boys. >> heather: new report shows the determine smartphone may be an underestimate. turns out some of your favorite gadgets are keeping track of everything you do. from text messages to twitter. the company behind it insists that it isn't spying on customers. senior business correspondent anchor of bulls and bears brenda buttner. how concerned should consumers be about this software. >> you may not know much about carrier iq a small software company in california, but they may know a lot about you. they are insist they are not using to spy. you go on their website, they can do a lot of this. the question is, for the right price, from a government from another rival, could they? this came about because an amateur security researcher went online and posted a video showing that you can use this software to look up your search engines, look up what you've posted in text messages. the question is, are they using it? there's no way to opt-out. there's no way to stop it. who knows what is going on? i'm not saying that the company is lying and saying that they are not using it. the question is, when or at what price might they? >> heather: t- beale,. -- at&t sprint acknowledged they use this software. the company says they develop it to count how many times specific buttons are pushed. they could use it for other purposes. there's the whole issue of this amateur sleuth discovering it. obviously, if he can discover it and see how it can be used others can as well. >> it is interesting. they went after this guy and insisted that he cease and desist, everybody went crazy at that. he's just a one person and they then took away the cease and desist order. >> heather: there is a class action lawsuit filed, so far.qkz >> yes. i think is a real privacy issue that is going to continue to come up as we see this. basically, you buy the mobile phone. then companies that you have nothing to do with can sell software to other companies who can get into your mobile phone and go layers beneath to see what you are doing. it is useful to them, what you are buying, where you are buying it, what your searching for that's the kind of data that can be worth millions for companies. >> heather: what can consumers do to protect themselves? >> i mean, you know, at this point, they can fight against this type of thing. they can look into privacy issues there is no way to opt-out or turn it off. >> heather: maybe it is up to the companies to give the option to consumers? >> yeah, you can fight against it. ask about it. write to carrier that type of thing. beyond that, there's, you know there's not much you can do. >> heather: just be aware. >> yeah. >> heather: thank you brenda buttner. >> gregg: good info. our military men and women putting their lives on the line defending our freedom. now one christmas tree farm trying to pay them back. trees for troops program helps bring christmas cheer to military base across the united states. julie banderas is live in allentown, new jersey with more. >> it is seventh year that trees for troops are taking part in this program, thanks to many donations, the public, fedex of course taking part in this and local tree farms all over the country. what a great cause. we have video of what goes into this nationwide effort where local farms like the one i'm here at in allentown, new jersey, fedex the christmas spirit foundation, this farm is a 22-year-old family owned business. this year they pledge 200 trees, which is equal to two full fedex trailers. they are expected to top 100,000 trees delivered since the program began in 2005. more than 800 tree farms, 29 states have donated. fedex freight trucks have traveled nearly 300,000 miles to pick up and deliver the trees. donated trees will be added to more than 60 military bases around the country. >> the military families have been so wonderful and seems to mean so much them to. the fedex is have gotten behind this we have a lot of volunteers, sometimes we'll send special messages on the trees and make it a little more personal. >> the public can give back by donating either "tree or here they are selling discounted trees at $35 it will go 2 a family that really does appreciate. -- will go to a family that really does appreciate it. >> what a great program, good for them. thanks for bringing it us to. julie banderas in new jersey. >> heather: great story. here's another one to warm your heart. good old st. nick can deliver toys around the world in one night. one gift that santa gave a group of kids in denver will mean more than any toy. >> reporter: for many hearing impaired kids the simple joy of listening to the sounds of christmas will never be. >> what do you want for christmas? >> reporter: that is not stopping these tiny tots, suffering from mild to profound hearing loss. they can talk to and hear santa just fine here at the cherry creek shopping center. >> i believe we are the only ones in town that do it. >> reporter: 23 hearing impaired kids from dalton elementary school with lists in hand, couldn't wait to talk to the jolly old elf just ask rafael. >> i want x-box 360, my favorite. >> this is the one time they have somebody special, santa that santa can communicate with them. >> have you been good? >> reporter: of course santa is more than up to speed on sign language. >> one year i had two little boys ask me, how do did you learn sign language? >> i said santa has two elves that are deaf. >> reporter: whether santa brings the x-boxes one thing for these kids talking and listening to st. nick is a gift all by itself. >> wonderful. >> that was a great story. >> gregg: always great to see santa out there early this year, he's working hard. >> heather: of course santa knows sign language. dr. conrad murray may be headed to jail but his legacy lives on at one popular pharmacy. we'll tell you why the trial of michael jackson's former doctor is taking a toll on prescription policies at cvs. >> heather: plus, newt gingrich has been soaring in the polls. could the scrutiny that comes with being the front-runner bring him back down to earth? 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fresh cut christmas trees are arriving weekly. >> heather: it is the bottom of the hour. time for the top of news: nato responding to iranian claims of shooting down an unmanned u.s. spy plane. nato spokesman saying it may be the same drone lost over afghanistan last week. police in maine hunting for david hobson a man who escaped from a prison in new in hair. they say he's armed and dangerous and -- and may be targeting two specific people. gas prices falling nine cents over the past two weeks gallon of regular $3.29. >> we'll take it. >> gregg: fox is america's election headquarters. all eyes on newt gingrich he was the gop front-runner before herman cain suspended his campaign. now great poll numbers for him are inviting perhaps even more scrutiny. here to talk about it, senior editor of the american spectator john fund. the launch of gingrich's campaign in the springtime was widely regarded as a disaster. mitt statements he to explain or retract then his top -- top staff quit en masse when he decided to take that luxury cruise with his wife instead of campaigning, then he had money problems, he was written off as dead. you are not surprised that he merged as a front runner, really? >> remember what happened since that meltdown. lots of other people melted down. michelle bachmann had problems. rick perry had oops! you went through a range of candidates so you ended up with newt who for all the bag damage is excite a man of ideas -- and boy those debates have been the early primaries. it was the audience that watched those debates that cast the first votes. >> gregg: what about gingrich's to use your words baggage? yesterday we put up 10 of his alleged flip-flops and controversial behavior. now that he's the front-runner john, will those issues the baggage, be reexamined under a microscope or are they already kind of factored in because they've been out there a long time? >> i think for a lot of primary voters they will be new. ron paul has a devastating video on newt gingrich that is out. remember who gingrich's main competitor is, mitt romney, mr. flip-flop, mr. contradiction. mr. i wanted insurance man days in massachusetts but never for the whole country. democratic national committee had a devastating video on rom these inconsistencies the kingdom of the inconsistent the person who is more exciting can sometimes gain more traction. >> gregg: gingrich has some vociferous critics in his own party who have made scathing remarks. here's what senator coburn said, a republican, at a town hall meeting a year years ago --: his life >> gregg: then senator coburn was asked about it today on fox news sunday. he stuck to his words. >> there's a lot of candidates out there i'm not inclined to be a supporter of newt gingrich having served unhim for four years and experienced personally -- under him for four years and personsed personally his leadership. >> why is that? >> because i found it lacking often times. >> guy molinari, a powerful new york figure who served in congress with gingrich supports romney said this two days ago: >> john, how much, if at all do such comments matter? >> well, i think they might matter to voters in oklahoma and new york who know those figures well. newt gingrich was last they elected office 13 years ago. obviously he burned a lot of people who were not happy with his leadership back then. newt now claims there's a new newt, i'm more thoughtful. look at the debates. i haven't attacked the other candidates, i haven't engaged in slash and burn i've admitted my mistakes, admitted i was wrong touting global warming with nancy pelosi. remember nixon managed to overcome a terrible public image in the 60s by creating a new nixon. the problem is occasionally we see the old newt from behind the curtain, we've seen that in the recent days some of the arrogance. i think voters are going to have to decide, they have eight weeks, maybe 10 weeks in which they will decide is the new newt a real newt or is it the old newt with extra dressing on it? >> gregg: back to the issue of to use your word again baggage, it is reported gingrich received up to 1.8 million from freddie mac before it collapsed his think tank got 37 million dollars from the health care industry. michelle bachmann said today the total is more than 100 million dollars from special interests. on fox news sunday she accused him of influence pedaling. -- influence peddling. gingrich claims i wasn't a lobby under the law. is that a liability? >> of course newt took some positions that could be said to be in accord with the people signing checks to his think tanks. remember he supported the prescription drug benefit in congress in 2003 that president bush was pushing. a lot of conservatives opposed that. he was very silent on fannie mae and freddie mac the housing agencies supported by the government and their crash contributed to the financial meltdown. i think newt is going to explain that i believe he was not a lobbyist. i don't he went to congress and said vote for this, that, still a lot of explaining to >> gregg: gingrich said i have a lifetime record of being a consistent conservative. yet, he appeared before a centrist republican group and said, everywhere i've been i've argued in favor of electing the moderates. which is he john? 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[ talking over each other ] >> they could take the medical condition that the student had along with the individual assessment, along with analyzing the records and reasonably conclude that they cannot protect the other 2,000 students. >> no, they did none of that. if they had done that, met with the kid -- i've seen it what the plaintiffs were saying none of that was done. >> tough situation and our hearts go out to the little boy. >> 13-year-old >> good news is that he's very low risk and doing well our best wishes to him. lis wiehl, david schwartz, thanks. cvs telling some doctors it will not fill certain prescriptions in an effort to combat prescription drug abuse. is this new ban butting patients at risk? find out, next. ÷ >> heather: welcome back. a post-game celebration turned ugly at oklahoma state. thousands of fans storming the football field after oklahoma state's big win over rival oklahoma. at least 13 people hurt in the stampede, two critically. rowdy fans tearing part the goalposts, some jumping off the stands, others trampleed it took police 45 minutes to clear people from the field. the pharmacy chain cvs is taking heat trying to crackdown on prescription drug abuse. the company will no longer fill prescriptions written by certain doctors for widely abused pain drugs. >> heather: right now that ban applies only to some doctors in the state of florida. could this hurt legitimate patients? joining us dr. patty, senior attending physician of emergency management at st. barnabas in the bronx, new york. thank you for joining us. >> thank you for having me. >> heather: some people need these pain medications potential for abuse is great. is this the best way to counter that? >> there's definitely indications for being on strong narcotic pain medicine you break your leg, migraine headaches, post operative. there's a certain percentage of patients who require long term chronic medication use trying to see the prescribing practices of the physicians there needs to be a two-way die log. these physicians were trained and certified in prescribing these types of medications. beg growing how does it work in -- >> gregg: how does it work in new york? >> i receive let first if i have prescribed tomorrow narcotics for one or two patients because they monitor the prescriptions. >> gregg: apparently it wasn't going on in other states. >> heather: united health care monitor if you have different doctors prescribing different medications maybe they won't work together they will flash a red light at that. >> if there's an interaction, of course itch the basic premise, all of this is -- supposed to help us maintain safe patient prescribing practices that is key. you want to maintain safety and integrity of the patient. >> gregg: there are doctors out there entire practices are devoted to pain management. they will get referrals from other doctors. naturally, they are going to have a disproportionately high number of prescriptions that now patients may not be able to fill. >> of course that's why there needs to be a two-way dialogue you can't just stop filling prescription force a subset of physicians. i guess that didn't happen in florida. some hospitals have stopped prescribing certain medications in the bronx we stopped using a drug called demerol which has a high potential for addiction and abuse. we use other equally as potent medications. some physicians in the community have stopped prescribing percocet which have a high abuse potential. >> gregg: we just got a cvs statement. >> heather: do you think this will keep patients from -- who need these medications from being able to get them or will they say it is too much of a hassle and not try to get the medications? >> it seems the way they enacted this program under the table in a sense, caused a lot of people who legitimately needed these medicines to be unable to get them. they need to revamp this process. there needs to be a definite communication. >> i think the lawyers got to cvs with the stories of abuse of oxycontin and some of the other drugs, look cvs could be legally liable in the same way a bar is and could get sued for over-serve going the customer hits somebody in a automobile i suppose cvs could be sued for over-prescribing. >> i imagine that's why they did that. >> who be responsible for your health and health care? >> physician is licensed for your health and well-being. the pharmacists act as a watchdog as well and they are an integral part of the health care team. >> gregg: doctor, thank you for joining us. >> fox news sunday with chris wallace is next we hope you have a great week. we're america's natural gas and here's what we did today: supported nearly 3 million steady jobs across our country... ... scientists, technicians, engineers, machinists... ... adding nearly 400 billion dollars to our economy... we're at work providing power to almost a quarter of our homes and businesses... ... and giving us cleaner rides to work and school... and tomorrow, we could do even more. cleaner, domestic, abundant and creating jobs now. we're america's natural gas. the smarter power, today. learn more at anga.us. it's 4g, so you can do more faster. so, kathryn, post more youtube videos of your baby acting adorable. baby. on it. matt, ignore me and keep updating your fantasy team. huh? 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