captioning by, closed captioning services, inc. >> welcome to another hour of america's news headquarters, a surprising campaign shakeup before statewide election, i'm juliet huddy. >> i'm rick folbaum, happy halloween and development from the campaign trail on some races that could be bellwethers for what is happening, with political opinions across the country. >> the biggest news coming from new york's 23rd district, where there she g.o.p. congressional candidate, dede scoz stlchlt afava ended her campaign, throwing support to the contestant candidate in the race. >> live team coverage here on fox and chief political correspondent, carl cameron has analysis, on that and also tracking the heated governor's race in virginia and first, let's check in with molly henneberg live with today's big developments. tell us about it, molly. >> reporter: the question is, why did she get out and one reason was her poll numbers and the sienna college poll showed her in third place trailing the other candidates double digits and also, money, she said she didn't have enough to stay competitive and in a letter to her supporters, she wrote, quote, it is increasingly clear that pressure is mounting on man of my supporters, to shift their support. consequently i here by release those individuals who have endorse and supported my campaign to transfer their support as they see fit to do so. the remaining two candidates, conservative doug hoffman and democrat bill owens are polling at about 35 and 36% respectively. rick? >> molly henneberg in d.c. for us, thanks so much. >> and an important race coming down to the wire in virginia, the two challengers, democrat creigh deeds and robert mcdonald trying to win last minute supporters ahead of tuesday's election. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live in richmond, virginia with more -- carl, how close this is race. >> reporter: not close, actually, bob mcdonald, the state's former attorney general beat creigh deeds for the office of attorney general four years ago and hayes doubs a double-di point lead, over creigh deeds for governor, deeds is a rural moderate and state assembly man and acknowledges the campaign had a hard time getting the obama coalition of 2008, so inspired democrats across old dominion to vote for a democrat for the first time in decades and he has not been able to tap that and mcdonald who ran a small government, limited taxes, limited spending campaign, jumped out to a double-digit lied and will be likely the next republican governor of virginia. >> carl, democrats, have they given up on the commonwealth of virginia? >> reporter: well, the obama administration came out here to see creigh deeds, about a week or so ago. and president campaigned for him and democrats put a lot of money into the race early on. but, mcdonald's lead has been so steady they've essentially roekz recognized it looks like virginia will turn and the aggregate, it has a prospect of a republican pickup of governorship in virginia and neck and neck race in new jersey and possibility of knocking off the incumbent, jon corzine and new york 23rd and what has happened, up there today with the withdrawal of ded dede scozzasava means the state's conservative party candidate, new york has a conservative party in addition to the republican party now can have voters on the right, be they republican or conservatives, consolidate around hoffman and that means the congressional district, very red since the civil war totally in republican hands, will not be divided on the right. so a democrat, bill owen could easily win and it is still close but nows is a head-to-head race, instead of two republicans or right-leaning candidates, one on the right and one on the left which suggestion the 23rd will stay in republican hands, juliett. >> now a tight andtiest testy governor's race in the garden state of new jersey and the candidates here, the republican challenger, chris christie, former u.s. attorney, and his -- democratic incumbent, john corzine are very close in the polls. both are you now making last-minute pushes and both candidates must get supporters to the polls on tuesday. molly line is in flemington, new jersey with more on that. how is it shaping up. >> reporter: thanks, rick, things are down to the wire here in new jersey and these candidates running literally neck and neck, the polls are tied, and they both have heavy hitters out there on the campaign trail, helping them out, today, chris christie, running around the state with rudy giuliani, the former new york city mayor out shaking hands and trying to rally the base. and getting people out there to cast their votes, this is a veto it race and chris christie knows he has to energize the voters and get them out on election day. >> you all know this problems we have in new jersey and you feel them and you see them in your neighbors and in your friends and your relatives. and you know what is going on and the highest tax burden in america. the highest unemployment we have had in 33 years. no private sector job growth. 15 new government jobs crated by jon corzine for every one private sector job over the last eight year, we are praying for -- paying for it. >> reporter: and she was joined by bill bradley and the heavy hitters comes to town for john corzine, the president making his third stop in the garden state and we spoke with governor corzine on his thoughts on the white house and amount of interest and all the energy they are putting into the new jersey governor's race. >> i think it's good for the president if we win and at the end of the day the most important issues people consider when they go to the booth are things here in new jersey. >> registered democrats out number republicans in the state of new jersey by 4-3 and is a little bit of an uphill battle for christie. but these polls are neck and neck and this is anybody's game and with an $8 billion budget deficit, facing the state of new jersey, there are big economical problems to face, and the only thing small about this race, may be a razor thin margin of victory. rick. >> molly line in flemington, new jersey, thanks. make sure you tune into fox news on election day for all of the latest, complete coverage starts here, at america's election headquarters, beginning at 6:00 p.m. eastern time and be sure and check out our web site, foxnews.com/politics, updated with late breaking campaign coverage for you. juliett. >> up capitol hill, senator joe lieberman, the independent senator managed to keep his chairmanship of the homeland security committee despite leaving the democratic party and campaigning for john mccain in the presidential race and now, senator lieberman is threatening to filibuster government run health insurance and health care overhaul. and even though he won re-election promising to push for universal health care which now has a top democrat challenging lieberman's chairmanship and next, with us is taylor west, former communications director to senator from connecticut, chris dodd and republican consultant tony state is here with us as well, thanks for joining us. i want to read you a quote from the senator tom harkin of iowa and it has folks fired up and i'm sure joe lieberman is not happy about it. basically he says, lehman still wants to be part of the democratic party although he's a registered independent, and he wants to caucus with us and of course enjoys his chairmanship of the homeland security committee. because of the indulgence of the democratic caucus, so, i'm sure all of those things will cross his mind before the final vote. so, what do you think of that. >> that is a pretty not so bold -- bold threat, not so subtle. i don't know why they are picking on joe lieberman, first of all, you have in the house the biggest tax cheat in congress, charlie rangel heading up the ways and means committee and there is no ire on his chairmanship and joe lieberman a man of principle whether or not you agree with him on whether or not you believe he's doing this or political gain, he is genuinely a man of principle and showed it since his time in the senate. at the end of the day, you have kent conrad from the dakotas, i believe north dakota and you have the nelson, senator nelson from nebraska and senator landry and senator lincoln and all democrats, senator bayh, opposing a health care bill that is going to become -- add to the deficit sxhierand i think joe lieberman is echoing the same concerns. health care is a big deal and a huge part of our budget and could actually bankruptcy our country, in the next ten years -- >> let's get taylor's perspective and back to the first point with senator lieberman, do you think he's being picked on? >> i don't. i think, look the democratic party is truly a big tent and that has been a good thing and continues to be a good thing and what it doesn't cover is hypocrites and opportunists and the senator is being a bit of both. he ran for the u.s. senate on the support for health care reform and the vast majority of his constituents support it including i should add a majority who supports the choice of buying into a medicare-like public health insurance option an thousands of families in his state need it. but he's listening to big health insurance companies, who are fighting this tooth and nail and to be -- to the attention he's getting for being a so-called spoiler. honestly, now he remind me of nothing so much as a another former spoiler zell miller, once a respectable contrarian with a relevant voice and now is so interested and addicted to the attention, that they are willing to do something not even good for the people -- >> taylor i have to say, as she mentioned a lot of republicans and other folks, who agree with his point about charlie rangel. i mean, you call -- call. >> lieberman a hip krt critical, do you feel charlie rangel is a hypocrite. >> i don't think he has anything to do with this. the fact is senator lieberman is a chairman, only because the democrats and this majority allowed him to keep that but what he is doing now, doesn't deserve to allow him to keep that. and, i also want to go back to a point tony made, supposedly, senator lieberman is opposing this because it would add to the deficit and that is frankly untrue and it will cut $100 billion from the deficit, and that comes straight from the congressional budget office. >> tony. >> the cbo -- >> simply untrue. >> that is -- with all respect, to taylor that is untrue. the democrats have been misleading people by saying the cbo is scoring it and saying it will not be budget -- it will be budget neutral. >> said this -- the cbo said that was the case and take that up with them. >> we are paying for it immediately and it doesn't kick in until 2015 and there are smoke and mirrors going onto try this make the appearance it will be deficit neutral when it will not be. at the end of the day, joe lieberman is one of many members of the democratic caucus, in the senate, who has serious misgiving about the current health care legislation. and, for him to be singled out and picked on i think is hypocrisy especially and this is where the charlie rangel thing comes in, you have legitimate people committing crimes who are holding chairmanships in the democratic caucus in the house and my point is simple. joe lieberman should be allowed to have an independent thought, what is really being bipartisan is about. >> taylor -- >> the fact that there were democrats and top democrats who expressed concern with the current legislation, the way it is now. >> there are, absolutely, people are welcome to have, you know, thoughts about ways they would like to change the legislation. but, let me be clear about one thing, if senator lieberman votes against health care reform, he is not just going to lose his committee chairmanship, he's going to lose his senate seat in the next election and look, i think -- you can interpret this in a couple of ways and one of those may be that he knows he is holding a losing hand of cards now and honing to bluff his way into staying at the table a little longer but i actually think in the end he'll fold. >> into, do you think to wrap it up, the support lieberman will do what they've intimated he should. >> i don't think he's the kind of guy to back down because of a ridiculous and veiled threat by senator hashirkin and we had th same with senator olympia snowe, because she agreed with this trigger and this ills the u.s. senate and they are not lemmings and they'll do what they believe is best for their constituents -- >> then weigh in on that and i have to say -- >> interrupt you folks, you know -- we have to wrap it up. >> half a dozen -- >> in the greenroom. >> who are not happy about this. >> thanks for joining you, appreciate it. >> thanks, juliett. >> switching gears now, a charter bus, skidded off of a highway today, sending more than a dozen college marching band members to the hospital, and a bus chartered by moore house college and headed to a football game and the driver lost control trying to avoid another vehicle and conditions were not good, they were wet, rainy and they say that that contributed to the wreck. 13 of the band members were hospitalized, and thankfully, they have nonlife-threatening injuries. >> abdullah abdullah, this main challenger to afternoon preside hamid karzai may withdraw from the election, and election officials were accused of fraud in afghanistan's election and abdullah is expected to announce his final decision tomorrow. >> hillary clinton in the middle east making a new push for peace in that part of the world. but, israeli and palestinian leaders are refusing to meet with each other, and the secretary of state is meeting with both sides separately. >> reporter: rick, before secretary clinton's plane touched down both sides were quick to call the trim a failure. no breakthroughs, and mrs. clinton insists both sides have to be patient. during a press conference in jerusalem israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said about the peace process, it was time to, quote, get on it and get with it. but at the same time he will not agree on a key palestinian demand to halt israeli settlement construction in the west bank, clinton said her focus is to restart negotiations. but that won't be easy. this morning, hillary clinton met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in abu dhabi and the white house is back away from their previous demand, it appears, to freeze israeli settlement activity in the west bank, land palestinians want for a future state. clinton asked abbas to agree to the completion of 3,000 housing units, for jewish settlers in the west bank. senior palestinian officials say abbas did not agree. with waning public support from the palestinians, abbas does not have the political capital to agree to settlement building and if he does agree, it could likely mean the end of his political crier. and with restarting negotiations at a dead end, the tensions on the ground continue to mount. today, in nablus, palestinian farmers discovered dozens of their olive trees were vandalized by israeli settlers living in the west bank, if both leaders don't want to lose face and meet under this glare of the media spotlight they might consider back-channel negotiations, but even that seems unlikely. rick? >> reporting from jerusalem, thanks. >> this downpours are causing flooding problems in southeast texas. residents along the trinity river are being urged to leave their homes, and the water is already overwhelming, some of the roads there. and so is there any relief insight? dm domenica davis is live in the fox weather center. hello, ma'am. >> and it moved out and the cold front is pushing off to the east and unfortunately, means for trick-or-treaters we'll be looking at scattered but light showers that will be up and down the east eastern seaboard and as the even goes on, they'll get less and less, with the showers and it is pushing up through new in gland where we have not only moderate downpours coming in, but, also, some wind where the wind is picking up, a little bit of wind-driven rain for the folks in northern new england. and also important to point out we have game three of the world series, that happens 8:00 tonight, first pitch, temperatures are going to be a very mild 64 degrees for the first pitch and a chance of showers but mainly we'll look at a mostly cloudy sky, throughout the game. look at the temperatures, now, because they are really mild, in d.c., we're looking the at you a current temperature, in the 70s. and 67, right now in new york. and it is 60 degrees in caribou, maine believe it or not and temperatures are running 5 to 10 degrees above normal and hard pressed to find cool air and 38, the coolest we have in minneapolis and the great lakes locked in with some of that cooler air and overnight tonight, temperatures don't fall much, especially along the east coast and that is because of all of the clouds and showers and tomorrow we are even waking up to some mild temperatures, coolest spot will be cleveland, ohio! they have the award, juliett, 39 degrees tomorrow. >> domenica davis. >> how about that. >> and the parade in the west village in new york, will you go down to that, by any chance. >> i might. chance of showers. >> crazy down there! >> i know! >> you going? you have children. >> i'm not going. i'll go trick-or-treating and how about trick-or-treating at the white house! they are calling it the orange house tonight, as you can see. lots of stuff going on. >> what is that. >> outside the white house and looks like somebody is walking around in a big ball and lots of orange lights outside. and i spider hanging on the top of the north portico. and -- >> light of pumpkins. >> pumpkins all over the place and kids with a chance to go up and trick-or-treat and guess what they are giving out at the white house. >> always give out m&ms, right. >> the white house m and ms and they are also giving out cookies, and -- from the white house pastry chef and when i was a kid, my mom wouldn't let us eat them. >> if you are at the white house, it is probably okay. and aren't they giving out dried fruit mix with pares and apples. >> are they. >> i believe they are -- i read it. >> i'd rather that he have cookies than m&ms, personally, lots of fun down at the white house. >> a good time down there and daylight savings time is nearly over and folks who live in areas that observe the time shift, remember, you have to set your clocks back tonight one hour before you go to bed and enjoy one lovely, wonderful hour of extra sleep and the official switchover happens at 2:00 a.m. sunday morning and rick will get home then... daylight saving time returns march 13th. >> and a good time to change the batteries in your smoke detectors. >> yes. a good idea. >> and carbon monoxide detectors and get fresh waters. >> right. >> when we come back, somali pirates, not costume kids dressed up like pirates, these are actual pirates, making moves into ransom for the latest hijacking and the british couple, the chandlers, their yacht sees aid week ago, what the pirates may now be demanding for the couple's release. when we come right back. >> mali pirates demanding -- somali pirates demanding $7 million in ransom for paul and rachel chandler, captured in the indian ocean a week ago. and according to reports, the pirates had moved the couple now deeper into central somalia. and the british government apparently knows of the random demands but have not yet confirmed the reports. the pirates say the couple is safe and this will not be hurt. we will have an upcoming fox news reporting special on pirates, in the near future. >> how does a happier, healthier approach to life, plus a paycheck sound? 120 million defense dollars are spent on a unique job perk that comes with any job in the army. starting november 1st. jamie colby is on the job hunt. >> reporter: not everybody in the army is a soldier. the service already employs 325 civilians, scientists, customer service reps, archaeologists, child care workers to name a few. >> they provide intit an continuity in a lot of our administrative and logistical skills and are there, they are really important to the long term health of the force. >> reporter: casey predicts an expansion of the civilian staff, already working in 550 different job types at 67 location worldwide. when it comes to civilians in the army what is the skill set you think is the most in need right now? >> probably contracting, i think, i think you know that with the deployments, our contracting requirements have gone way up. >> and while some begins are cutting benefits, army jobs come with competitive salaries. come pre-in hissive health care and retirement plans. flexible work schedules and if you qualify, repayment of student loans. >> it is also, usually rewarding, knowing that you are contributing to something larger than yourself. >> another unique benefit. resilience training, how to better handle stress, mandatory november 1st for all 1.1 million army staffers. it is called positive psychology. the brain child of professor martin seligman. >> we teach people a variety of techniques in which they take the most catastrophic thoughts they have, and we teach them to argue against them. depression goes down, it becomes less likely. and anxiety becomes less likely. >> general casey asks seligman to support the army in developing a confidential on-line assessment for all army employees. >> they will be able to connect to on-line self-help modules and it is the start of a culture change for us. and we need to have that culture change. >> reporter: and the army takes it a step further. this summer school teachers in texas will under go resilience training and the army says the goal is to fort fi not only soldiers and civilian employees but also their spouses and kids. to try to prevent hopelessness, depression or anxiety, before it begins. in new york, jamie colby, fox news. >> quick break and when we come back, churches and house of worship have traditionally been a safe haven but a recent string of violence including this week's synagogue shooting, is raising new concerns, religious institutions across the country, see what some places are doing now to keep worshipers safe. looks like we're in for a bumpy ride. go ahead, ignore me. but in this turbulent market, you're going to need help... protecting some of your assets for retirement. an axa equitable annuity could give you... guaranteed income for life. i'd call them, but what do i know? i'm just the 800-pound gorilla in the room. don't worry. i'm here. want guaranteed income for life? axa equitable is redefining what you expect from annuities. ooh, peanuts. >> we can confirm a story now about prisoners who had been held at guantanamo bay. in cuba. these are the wiegers, of chinese background, muslim ethnicity and have been held at guantanamo bay, fox has been able to confirm through an official six of them have been transferred from gitmo and have arrived in the pacific island nation of palau which is where they will be held, palau agreed to take them there. and that leaves 215 detainees, at guantanamo bay, which the president has vowed to close by january 22nd and system a lot of decisions that need to be made and we know six of them now are out of gitmo and at palau. cen and we approach the bottom of the hour, the top headlines, this halloween saturday, days to go before the election, the republican candidate running for congress in new york's 23rdrd district is suspending her campaign,ed? she's now throwing her support behind a conservative candidate, who was ahead in the polls and ahead in fund-raising. >> afghan opposition candidate abdullah abdullah is reportedly preparing to drop out of next week's run off election, with president karzai and the official anow. is expected tomorrow. >> and palestinians and israeli soldiers are fighting in the west bank today, as secretary of state hillary clinton arrived in the region to try and restart the talks and she -- the clashes, rather, started as the protests by palestinians who are angry that israeli settlers have chopped down their olive trees. >> the manhunt is underway in california right now for the suspect behind thursday's synagogue shooting in los angeles. the fbi and l.a.p.d. are reviewing security camera footage from the parking lot where the two men were shot and wounded. allegedly in a personal dispute that and synagogue incident following a number of high profile church shootings. raising new concerns for many houses of worship and congregations and now, religious institutions are beefing up security, from alarms to plain clothes guards and casey steegel has more on the story from los angeles. >> reporter: hey, juliett, good to see and you we talk about the synagogue shooting, part of a larger problem across the country. would you believe, more and more americans are packing more than just their bible when they head out to worship in more are packing heat. to go to church. could you believe that? it is a reality, and it is a growing reality in the country. and, in fact many are trying to protect themselves against the growing number of church shootings and some of the churches have security teams, designed to just look at security video, coming in from the congregation, and looking for suspicious behavior, and experts estimate, however, that 75% of the churches, synagogues and mosques here in america are not properly equipped to handle a violent incident. which is why some religious leaders say it is time to take matters into their own hands. >> there has been controversy with that because some would say it's not trusting god to protect you, but, god is the ultimate protector and gives us discernment to defend his house, his people. >> this response is to the dramatic increase of violent acts in house of worship here at home and when i mean dramatic the numbers have been growing since '05, in that year, there were only 9 violent incidents reported at churches, so far this year, there have been 81. according to the experts. >> most attacks are preceded by pus supervision activity and people that commit these attacks are exhibiting suspicious behavior. our job is to recognize that before it happens, and if we are not successful in recognizing it before it happens, to provide a response capability, to stop it before it becomes much, much worse. >> and another way to combat the problem, would you believe, a number of pastors and other religious officials are going through special security training from independent firms, all the -- to beef up in case there is a mass casualty incident, no doubt, times are changing. juliett. >> i was just about to say that, you read my mind, casey steegel, thanks, appreciate it. rick. >> the fbi says two men wanted on federal conspiracy charges are now in custody and mohammed philistine and yasser ali khan were arrested in ontario, in canada, and the suspects were the last of 11 men sought by the fbi, part of a group in detroit, under surveillance by the fbi, for over two years, and federal raids wednesday turned up an arsenal of shot guns and rifles and am motion and killed was the mosque leader, luqman ameen abdullah, his funeral was held today. >> there are already big developments in next year's california governor's race, and san francisco mayor gavin newsome announced he's dropping out of the primary and in a statement he said he found it impossible to commit the time required for the race and analysts note his campaign failed to gain much attention. or attraction. and -- or raise as much money as former governor jerry brown and he hayes not officially entered the race, though. rick. >> when it comes to hiring, is it a buyer's market? it is in many -- an employers know it and that means the salary offers are dropping and some raises are being slashed. but, don't blame it all on greed, consumer spending is down and a lot of companies cannot afford to pay what they used to. so what would it take to break out the cycle, jonathan hoenig of capitalist pig.com, thanks for coming in. >> my pleasure, thank you. >> not long ago doing stories about this perks companies were offering, to try to attract new employees and keep employees they were offering massages and free lunches, and man, those days are over, aren't they. >> it is i -- i thought the same thing and remember the late 1990s and the mass sans and signing bonus and -- massages and raises and we are in a totally different era now, greg -- rick and like individuals, companies are tightening their belts and gone are the perks, if there are raises their tiny and certainly no bonus and reduced investment and obviously, reduced staffing, i mean, even with all of the stimulus, all of the spending we are looking at an unemployment rate in this country near 10%, frankly, i think a lot of people feel luck toy have jobs at all. >> is it across the board, though? i remember doing stories recently about the aig bonuses, that were being handed out, are there wall street firms we'll hear come december about wall street types who are getting bonuses that are back in the -- sort of the pre-recession type ranges. >> yes. i think you are right, yes, obviously there is a major backlash against wall street bonuses and the bailouts in general but there is a sense here of even folks doing well, they are not very showy about it and when you see consumer spending down across the board, especially on the high end, so, even folks who cannot afford it per se, who are maybe getting those few bonus are really cutting back both in terms of what they spend and how publicly -- public they are about that and what we need is more wealthy created and need more microsoft millionaires and google millionaires and we need productivity in -- and growth in this country and what is disappointing is all the money, excuse my french, wasted in gmac and gm and aig and how many start-ups have not been founded because of all of that wasted money. >> what are the up and coming microsofts and googles, the sort of sector, somebody out there listening to you now and if they thought of maybe a career change, where -- what is the next big thing? >> well, i mean, i tell you, i mean, at least in terms of the securities markets, which on veils i follow closely, take a look at the area of health, biotech and i mean, beyond that happens with all the proposed health care reform you have an aging population, that is going to be demanding more and more health related service, so, everything from health related, real estate, to biotech, even the bigger companies, like merck and pfizer are good places to look for investment opportunities now. >> jonathan hoenig, capitalistpig.com, thanks very much. >> thanks. >> and rick this is a "fox news alert" this, associated press and reuters report president obama is unlikely to make a decision on his afghan strategy before the embarks on his trip to asia, which happens on november 11th. this new services quoting a senior administration official this evening who spoke on condition of anonymity, the official stressing the decision still has not been ruled out, altogether. outside factors like afghanistan's political climate, could affect the president's decision. >> when we come back, despite the president's declaration of a national emergency, vaccination for the h1n1 flu shot are in short supply. does it provide a glimenpse int the government's ability to handle other issues like a nationally administers insurance plan, we'll talk with the washington insider when we come right back. >> welcome back. 40 minutes past the hour and time for the top of the news, the republican candidate in new york's 23rd congressional district is dropping out of the race with just days to go before the election, he agreed to support the conservative party candidate, who is ahead unfund-raising, and the polls an afghanistan's run-up election, between president hamid karzai and opposition leader abdullah abdullah is set for next week but he wants the vote pushed back until the spring and he's reportedly ready to boycott and palestinians and israeli soldiers fighting in the west bang today as they prepare for secretary of state hillary clinton's arrival, started during a protest by palestinians angry israeli settlers chopped down their olive trees. >> the h1n1 flu is now widespread, across 46 states, prompting the president to declare a national state of emergency, but, many americans face delays an shortages when it comes to getting vaccinations, could the fed's handling of the pandemic be a glimpse into what a government run health insurance plan might look like, former campaign manager for michael dukakis, and fox news contributor susan estrich, joins us now. your own personal flu adventures, i read about them, flu shot adventures, it would be funny fit wasn't so sad and scary. >> i'm talking here in the fox bureau, to the folks here and i think none of us have gotten flu shots and none of us have gotten h1n1, and we are talking about the kids, and you know, how do you get your kids vaccinated here. it's a big problem and i'm a strong supporter of president obama and would like to see health care reform and everybody have access but it is not reassuring, let's put it that way. it's not reassuring to watch the problems of supplying h1n1 vaccine. even flu vaccine is hard to get around here. and, the government had been responsible and i think they have to do a much better job if they will convince us that they should, you know, be running more of the health care system. >> you would think, that an administration that has so much at stake, when it comes to their push for government health care reform, government-run option the so-called public option you think the administration with so much on the line would make sure it runs smoothly. >> that is what is troubling to me and first of all, as a parent, that, you know, it is very hard to figure out how to get this vaccine for your kids. and, you know, they say the kids are at high risk and say kids should be immunized and i had a friend, colleague who went last week and i was telling everybody here, through hours in the car, he spent at the drive-in clinic, right? waiting for his turn when his wife then dropped his kid off and his kid -- not for him, could be vaccinate, three hours and the joke is the vaccine was free. but, spending three hours of time when you should be working and doing other things, to get a, quote, free vaccine is not free at all. >> not -- not a peep from the president on this, susan. why haven't we heard more from him? i understand the obamas have all gotten their shots. and i certainly don't begrudge them that. but, why -- >> i'm glad, but -- >> front and center, talking about this. kathleen sebelius, i mean, does somebody need to lose their job over this. >> it seems very embarrassing. >> well, you know, i call it this bubble effect. you know? i mean, my gist is barack obama has no idea what it would be like if his wife and children were still living in chicago and they had to figure out which flu clinic to go to. and stand in line next week. and, my guess is, that a lot of washington insiders are a little more sheltered from the reality of what average americans are going through now, trying to get this vaccine and i think at least people need an explanation, you know? i wrote the piece last week, i thought if i don't write it dick morris is going to write it and sure enough he wrote the same thing next day, saying, hey wait a minute it, these people are incomfortable ti incompetent and i'm rooting for them but the first step is to reassure us that they know what they are doing. >> so far... >> not there. >> them them out a little bit, help the president and what does he need to say. i mean, how does he justify the nonsense, that signs to be going on, when it comes to the seasonal flu vaccine, the h1n1 where they are supposed to be priorities and pregnant women are supposed to get it and young kid are supposed to get it and we read this week people who are not on the list of prioritized, you know, differ sectors, they are getting their shots, while other groups are not. what should the president say and should this administration do to fix this? >> well, you know, i have a very probably old-fashioned view. i thought the doctors should actually get the vaccine first. instead of the drug stores. i mean, one thing i will never understand is why it was that my rheumatologist, who is dialing with a lot of sick people, my internist, ob/gyn, none of them had any supplies of vaccine and yet my friends keep saying, try walgreens, try target! try wal-mart. you know, there is something wrong here. when the doctors have come absolutely last in the system and i know there is difficulty with supply and i know there is difficulty with distribution systems, but, it makes no sense to me that, you know, vaccine was a door buster at the drug stores and doctors who know who the priority is, don't get the supplies to vaccinate their own patients. >> you still haven't gotten yours, susan? >> no, how about you? tell the truth. >> i did. i did, he wad it over the last few days, here in the building at fox. all news corp. employees were able to get their flu shots. >> i didn't know that. >> i'm sorry. >> did you get your h1n1. >> no. they are not -- >> h1n1. >> did not get h1n1. but we got the seasonal flu vaccine this past week and i'm glad, i feel fortunate, given what is going on around the country. i hope everybody else is as luckytoo, thanks for coming on and talking to us. >> thank you. >> conservative radio talk show host rush limbaugh blast thick democrats' health care plan and saying it will steal money from american businesses. he sat down exclusively with "fox news sunday" host chris wallace adding the bill will take 1/6 of the private sect for the and put it under the control of the federal government, it hairs tomorrow on "fox news sunday," check your local listings. >> finding a good credit card, can take a bit of work and now the companies are slapping on those extra fees, and lowering their borrowing limit. >> and people are getting readily mad! >> mad at this and you have to take a closures look at the fine print, when we custom back we'll talk with our friends at "consumer reports," to find out which credit card is best for your lifestyle. without breaking the bank. don't go away. we'll be right back. ho on nce ias. ayets ryor. itldst m nner lyeron m s raleso hiowti llmemaur thy ets ro ig ass. (anc thntme >> welcome back, a sign of the times. many americans are taking a long, hard look at the plastic in their wallets and obviously you want to maximize the value of your credit cards without going broke, so, is the card you are using the one in your wallet there, is it the right one snowshower our friends at "consumer reports" did a great thorough analysis of the cards, that are available and they basically listed the best bang for your big in several cat go, balance transfers and low rates and cash back incentives, executive editor of "consumer reports" joins us live, this is fascinating and you can't assume your credit card is your credit card and there are many different types that might be best for your spending tightly and lifestyle and best balance transfer card, tell me who those are best for. >> if you want to -- if you run a billions and don't pay it off every month, then want you to get the lowest interest rate you can. and so in that case, you may want to switch to a -- another card, with a lower balance and late of cards are raising their interest rates right now. a lot of complaints about that. >> there are a lot of folks, 54% pay their balances in full each month and the ones that don't, see them again, on the screen, american express, clear. penfed, visa platinum, people's united bank are all good. >> yes. and there are men more but those are some of this ones that rose to the top in our study. >> and the people who regularly carry a balance, what are the best cards for them? >> well, if you carry a balance again you want a relatively low interest rate, and you are less concerned about things like annual fee and not concerned at all about rewards and i wouldn't pay any attention to that. the iberia bank visa classic and the simmons first visa platinum. >> and cash back cards, best for card holders who pay off balances, in full, each month. >> if you can pay it back in full every month and want a reward on top of that, right, a kind of thing you want and now, they have been flashing your rewards -- slashing your rewards, switch to one of the ones on our list. >> on the list, american express blue cash, capital one no hassle cash rewards and fidelity rewards american express and schwab invest first visa and all of these are good and you say, there is a more extensive list. >> that's right, more extensive lists on-line and the magazine and other web sites, bank rate.com is one and you can go and get current information on who is offering what. >> one of the suggestions, you have to take control of your credit cards and a lot of folks are short -- set this go and you find it is very important in your study. >> exactly. especially now, things are changing. i mean, we're all acustomed to getting this maim from the credit card companies and now you have to read it to see what they are doing and they may be raising your interest rate and slashing your credit line. >> and they do that, all the stuff that you usually get every month and not like a blaring, hey we are making changes. >> it is boring and fine print and now, personally you have to read it because there is a lot of changes going on. >> where do you look for good cards, it takes work. >> well, it does. again, you go to our web site which is consumerreports.org, or bankrate.com. and there are some others. shop around. you know, a lot of credit cards are getting worse and though there are still good ones and one place in particular, look at the credit unions. >> why. >> because they traditionally have lower interest rates. and we get far fewer complaints about credit union cards and they are membership organization and not necessarily out to make a big profit off of you. >> and association cards, do you how do they differ. >> usaa, members of the military, former members of the military and families, a pretty broad group, rises to the top in our surveys for low interest rates, and just general customer service in those kinds of things. >> the best tip i think we have gleaned from this is you have to do your homework and can't just, you know, close your eyes and expect everything to happen and rates to go down, they will be adjusting them if you don't pay attention you will not know this. >> if you are unhappy, switch, there are alternatives out there. >> greg dourghety, we love your information and your investigation, thanks very much, appreciate night there is the latest cover of "consumer reports" magazine and when we come back, are you nervous about your kids trick-or-treating with the h1n1 flu as widespread across so many states? 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