job. gregg: escaped prison inmate john mccluskey and casslyn welch, his cousin and fiance nabbed at a campground. martha: tell us how all this went down. >> reporter: the ending played out like something from a bonnie and clyde movie with casslyn welch pulling a gun from her bag as the police moved in. mccluskey said he would have fired on cops if he had had the opportunity. a forest ranger noticed an unattended campfire. he noticed a silver nissan backed into the trees as if someone is trying to hide it. he sees mccluskey. then he leaves and runs the plate. he find out the car was stolen and the plate was stolen in next arounin newmexico, around the ta accumulation were murder. welch pulls a gun from the small of her back then drops it when she realized she is about to be shot. >> casslyn well much has a firearm in the small of her back. she attempted to go for the firearm. but as she pulled it out the swat officers had her -- had their guns trained on her and she dropped the weapon. >> reporter: mccluskey said he would have shot the cops. the suspect escaped from the prison in kingman, arizona. around the time these four escaped it had 89 false alarms, and the guards simply ignored it. outside the door where the inmates come and go, that was propped open with a rock. during shift changes there was a 15 minute window where no guard were on duty. the warden has been fired and mccluskey's mother who threw the wire cutters over the fence has been arrested. martha: he is the man behind the new york mosque to be built near ground zero. he's now speaking out from the middle east where he's on a 15-day trip to the region that is funded by the state department. he says extremism is a threat in the east and western world. more on that story coming up. gregg: i want to tell you about this threat that kept an airman airlines jet ground. the plane was bound for new york. it pulled out of the gate when it was redirected to a nearby tarmac. someone had called in a threat to a hotel nearby. >> it was tense because it was quiet. but everybody was calm and everybody handle themselves really well. nobody got upset or anything like that. >> the pilot announced air traffic control said we had to turn around and we weren't even formed why. >> ladies and gentlemen, now you will be escorted off the plane on the busses and to the ticketing agent. gregg: two passengers were taken into custody and questioned but were later released. the egg recall linked to a salmonella outbreak is growing and so are the number of reported illnesses. jim angle joins us with the latest. federal health owe fissions say they expect to get more reports of illnesses linked to this. why do they expect this to grow? >> reporter: we have had 1,300 people in 10 states suffer intestinal illnesses. now they are saying the effect could be much worse. a company in iowa has recalled 380 million eggs from the market. some were back as far as may 17. eggs went to companies in 17 states. mostly west of the mississippi. gregg: we love bacon and eggs. how can we tell if we have the recalled eggs in our refrigerators. >> reporter: most of the eggs contaminated were used in restaurants. but to check the eggs in your refrigerator, go to foxnews.com, that will give you a lot of insight how to identified the eggs that are suspect. the fox web site also has answers on the health implications for consumers. click on the link to dr. manny who can answer your questions and what the watch for. foxnews.com is your others news source. martha: tough times in tennessee. the state was hit hard by heavy rains. they are trying to protect homes in case the floodwaters come. the recent rains coming just months after the region was devastated. remember all that horrible flooding just a few months back. >> we are coming out with sandbags to see what kind of difference we can make. >> if you see sandbags being put in place, that does not mean a flood is imminent. martha: the national weather service is calling off most of the flood watches and warnings. gregg: when you look back at the flooding in early may you can understand why people are so concerned about this. the flooding caused $2 billion in damage in nashville alone. the nearby cumberland river cresting at 19 feet, and it damaged the famous old grand opry house. and destroyed parts of the opryland hotel. parts of it 10 feet under water. martha: tens of thousands of homes and businesses have no power after storms tore through the state of michigan. they knocked down power lines and trees that were damaging home and cars. 80,000 customers had no electricity. >> i was on my back porch. it rained for 10 minutes and i heard this crash. that's all i saw was a tree. martha: the national weather service issued tornado warning in the area. the weather service folks say they will be surveying all this damage. gregg: the proposed mosque near ground zero, the most controversial story of the summer. now some muslims are speak out against it. one muslim professor tells us why he's against it. martha: who can forget the dramatic battle over healthcare reform in this country? 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>> i would advise him -- he's a muslim. i would advise him to think of what's happening in the muslim world, in pakistan floods have devastated the country. 20 million people displaced. it's a catastrophy of biblical proportions. people in america are not understanding what's happening in pakistan. pakistan is no longer able to have the capacity to you fourth general petraeus as you would like it to support the troops in afghanistan. think of the imam realizing the bricks and mortar and cement, but human beings. muslims are in dire trouble. he took the check for $100 million and said i'm a proud american, a proud muslim. on behalf of the people of american, here is a donation. martha: americans have given $76 million so far. no one has given more money to pakistan flood victims than the people of the united states. that an excellent point. you talked about the imam and his wife. i want to put up a quote from his wife that surfaced in the new york papers. she says we have two important moments to back down. we have to take on our opponents and transform them. martha: i think that gets to the heart of what's upsetting a lot of people in this area in particular. there is still healing to go on and maybe the priority is not what she is referring to, but to maintain our attention and focus on the true victims here. >> i think both muslims and non-muslims. muslim leaders like the imam and his wife need to be more culturally sensitive to each other. the fact that we are having this debate and controversy means muslim leaders don't fully understand the sensitivity of what happened on 9/11. the fact to many, many americans it's a raw open wound and the grieving hasn't finished. i think to do something like this means a slight disconnect between the culture landscape and the noble intentions. i don't doubt the intentions are noble and the attempt to bring peopling to is a good one. martha: do you think this mosque will be built down there? >> i think i would be careful in terms of the responses. people are threatening to attack it. i'm hearing take it's being shifted. the world is watching unfortunately this crisis has drawn in the world and the muslim world and drawing the red line saying americans don't allow mosques and they are burning the koran. i'm unhappy because i would like to see people bringing the temperature down. martha: your voice is so important and we are glad you are here with us, ambassador. thank you, sir. gregg: it's not a senate seat or state contract, but a very big sale. the auction of rod blagojevich's belongings. >> i want that. >> when i got here i looked around and said that sign is mine. price is no object. gregg: how you can get a piece of blah go world coming up. ♪ just one bite opens a world of delight... ♪ ♪ with tasty grilled flavor and goodness to savor ♪ ♪ friskies grillers blend. ♪ feed the senses. you struggle to control your blood sugar. you exercise and eat right, but your blood sugar may still be high, and you need extra help. ask your doctor about onglyza, a once daily medicine used with diet and exercise to control high blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. adding onglyza to your current oral medicine may help reduce after meal blood sugar spikes and may help reduce high morning blood sugar. 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[ male announcer ] ask your doctor about adding onglyza. extra help. extra control. you may be eligible to pay $10 a month with the onglyza value card program. martha: the border fence built to keep out illegal immigrants. these are metal foot bridges that provide a free sphas between texas and mexico. there are two of them. and they are not guard. they are maintained by the international boundary water commission. footprints show they are being used in different ways. the governor of texas is demanding immediate action on this. these structures have been there for some time. they were built during the bush administration. gregg: for sale. a 6-foot elvis statue and used computers. they once belonged to the former illinois governor rod blagojevich. the company says the governor hadn't made rent in the last year or so. like many things associated with the former governor, the sale became a bit of a spectacle. mike tobin was there. the elv circumstances were to be expected. the carnival atmosphere with a barbeque and one of those jumpy things for the kids at the blagojevich belongings auction. oers didn't need to advertise much. they came from miles around to pick through the belongings of the congressman turned governor. he became a punch line that usually ends with a comment about his hair. and the statue is for sale. rob blagojevich can no longer pay his bills an got behind paying rent on seven crates on a suburban storage facility. >> it's been five years since we received anything. >> reporter: the profits are going to charity. so with all the cheese capitalism can muster, the governor's fall from financial grace is the bargain hunting collector's game. >> i came out to pick up some collector item so i can sell them back and make some money. sell them on ebay. gregg: that was mike tobin reporting. rod blagojevich found guilty on one count of lying to federal investigators. all the remaining charges on which the jurors were deadlocked would amount to 23 charges. martha: she is going to sell her stuff on ebay. i don't know why that beautiful elvis statue was in storage. gregg: it went for $20,000 to some very, very lucky person. martha: rod blagojevich can pay a few bills. gregg: he's looking like elvis. martha: the former illinois governor is going to be an exclusive guest of chris wallace on "fox news sunday" this weekend. that's something everybody must see. we'll be watching sunday morning. do not miss it. check your local lifting. gregg: you have got to give him kudos for courage to do that. democrats said it over and over again. healthcare reform will eventually lowered the cost. now we are learning democrats may avoid saying that as they hit the campaign trail. march report only man convicted in the pan am bombing over scotland that killed 229 people. he was released because a doctor said he was near death. he's alive and well and the outrage is hitting new levels. we have the latest on this. do not miss it. pwpwpspwpspw@s@a martha: it's time of for a quick check on some of our top stories. senator kerry and hamid karzai meeting today. scientists have discovered a giant underwater plume at least 22 miles long. a close call in china. authorities rescuing passengers from a derailed train minutes before the carriages plunge into the water below. gregg: a new healthcare report finds americans may be paying more in medical costs next year. more than 70 large employers are estimating an 8.9% increase in expenses for2011. >> it's going to be very, very exciting. but we have to pass the bill so that you can find out what is in it away from the fog of the controversy. gregg: that was house speaker nancy pelosi in the month of march talking about the importance of healthcare overhaul. now months later democrats are being told to avoid talking about certain parts of healthcare, so-called don't list, it includes saying the following things. don't say the law will reduce costs and deficit. don't barrage voters with a long list of benefits and don't use heated political rhetoric or congratulatory language. joining us is kristen powers, great to see you. and justin is a former jeb bush spokesperson. if healthcare is so important and it's so successful, why did these particular talking points seem to abandon that success? is it because most americans don't like obama care? >> i think it's because the message is a complicated message. the white house did not do a good job of making it after the healthcare bill passed. they are realizing people aren't understanding the message because -- i don't think anybody was out there making it. you were just talking about the fact that healthcare costs are going to go up. healthcare costs were going to go up regardless of what obama. the problem is they overpromised on this. what they were saying was we are going to slow healthcare costs going up. but this isn't a message that people really -- it doesn't make sense to them even though the cbo said over the long term it will reduce the deficit. it's a very hard argument to make and it's made harder by the fact they don't talk about it. gregg: families u.s.a. which promoted the healthcare bill, they say many don't believe healthcare reform will help the economy. the presentation concedes the fiscal and economic arguments that were the white house's first and most aggressive sales pitch have essentially failed. the final page of don'ts against claiming the law will reduce costs and deficits. is that an admission americans were snookered? >> i think so. leading up to that healthcare vote, president obama was swinging for the fences. he was actively campaigning and saying this would bend the cost curve and reduce the deficit. that's what the american people were told by the president of the united states and democratic allies. now these liberal activists are being told, don't claim it reduces the deficit and don't claim that it reduces costs. that to me shows the fundamental policy premise on which healthcare reform was passed was flawed and the political premise was flawed, too, because a lot of democratic members were told it would get more popular with time. we see now that's not the case. gregg: take a look at polls. a mere 15% wanted it implemented. 78%. you have to combine the top two, wanted change or repeal. president obama and nancy pelosi and harry reid seem to be the only ones who like what they did. is this a defining issue in the upcoming election? >> i think the economy is the defining issue. 42% want to change it. i want to change it. i want a public option. a lot of democrats are upset with the bill as well it's hard to know for sure exactly what that means. gregg: that is puzzling, isn't it? why would people want to change something they just passed? >> a lot of people are disappointed. it was not what -- overwhelmingly democrats wanted a public option. so they will be disappointed. the republicans didn't want this at all. so that would make sense. but the thing -- i want to be clear on what this group is telling people. they weren't saying that this isn't going to make costs go down, what they were saying is people aren't buying that argument. i think you have to make a distinction. i don't think they were arguing substantively the president is wrong. they are saying the message isn't selling. people just don't believe it. gregg: very few people think it will lower cost. a small percentage think they are not -- they are going to get to keep their current plans. the majority of people think they will lose their current plans. aren't those the promises president obama made? >> yes, those were the promises that were made. that's something the president has been trying to sell this. they had a full court press on from a communications perspective. a lot of people still don't know that healthcare reform even passed. so it's been a communications failure. the big thing they are trying to do is protect it from repeal. they are trying to protect healthcare reform from repeal. the voters of missouri overwhelmingly voted they didn't want to participate in the individual mandate. now the democrats and liberals are realizing they have a political problem on their hands. martha: he was supposed to be dead by now. it has been one year since convicted pan am bomber al-megrahi was set tree. remember this triumphant moment when he got off the plane. it sparked outrage around the world. outrage and heartbreak for the 270 people killed on that horrific day right before christmas in 1988. still a lot of questions about the decision to release him, gregg. >> reporter: still a lot of questions. he was released by the scottish government a year ago on what they call compassionate ground. the premise was he would die of terminal cancer somewhere in the region of three months. the fact that he is still alive are keeping the questions alive. whether the u.k. government pressured the scottish government to release al-megrahi to pave the wayer to an oil deal with bp. we hearing the medical basis of the release, some saying the key experts, doctors and treatment were not taken into consideration when the decision was made. the questions are being pursued. and questions which we put -- we had put to the guy who made the decision. his name is kenny mckas kenny m. >> it was based on the rules, laws and values of the people of scotland without economic or political considerations. whether from london, new york, washington or libya. >> reporter: i'm not sure if that answer will satisfy the victims ovictims' families of te lockerbie crash. we can confirm the u.k. government asked specifically those in libya should not do a replay what we saw a year ago. they call any celebrations would be tasteless or offensive. there have been reports libyan leader khadafy was going to meet al-megrahi today. one other interesting report very quickly from our sister network sky news. their source saying maybe al-megrahi might only have a few days, a few weeks to live, but others say something completely different. martha: gregg palkot, thank you very much. reporting from london. gregg: we are awaiting a major national report on jobs after bad jobs numbers. fears of the double dip recession. we'll bring you the latest in moments. martha: with regard to iran, then you have this. iran test firing a new missile today. it comes one day before the country's first mike plan is set to go on line. you want some fiber one honeclusters? 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yeah, maybe not. v8 v-fusion juice gives them a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. v8. what's your number? martha: i'm sure you remember the story of lisa nowak because she drove across the country wearing diaper so she wouldn't have to stop because she wanted to confront her romantic rival at the orlando airport. now we are learning her military career is over. she has been discharged by a panel of three navy admirals. she was sentenced to probation after pleading guilty to misdemeanor battery. she had a promising career as a shuttle captain. gregg: we are getting new details of the murder of yeardley love. arguments between love and her boyfriend escalated in the days before she was found brutally murdered inside her apartment. these document point to incidents where things got pretty bad. students on campus coming forward with what they witnessed. here is part of a student statement. she stated that she witnessed an altercation between love and huguely. she stated they were arguing and love hit huguely with her purse. the name is omitted. stated when love's purse hit huguely, all her stuff flew out of her purse. martha: we'll get more details before that situation is over. this is a scene that we never get tired of looking at. american troops returning home safe to their loved ones. members of a new jersey international guard spied were wing have been in iraq for six months. they happen to be traveling home the same week the last combat brigade left iraq. their families so happy to have them home. >> we are out here today to welcome my grandson home. view require's a good feeling. i can't describe it. >> i have a message on my phone from the first time he went to iraq, and i saved it and i listen to it every week. view require's surreal. driving along when we got in from obama to seat green grass. everybody had to take a step and take a deep breath. >> i have to serve, i have to do my job. martha: we are so proud of all these folks. they make new jersey proud and the united states proud. we'll hear some of the 177 we have been hearing from them. some of them will actually be returning to iraq as part of that stablizing mission. but for now their mission is simple. enjoy the next few weeks, the next few months with their families. it brings tears to your eyes. the grandmother said the first time he went to iraq he called her and she would not erase the message. we are thrilled for those families. we hope they have a fabulousn 't of summer. gregg: new details on how bad the jobs picture is getting, breaking news at top of the hour. martha: two men of faith. america's perception of religion and how they should wear it on their sleeve. an interesting discussion coming up. when i group, i want to fix up old houses. ♪ [ woman ] when i grow up, i want to take him on his first flight. i want to run a marathon. i'm going to work with kids. i'm going to own my own restaurant. when i grow up, i'm going to start a band. 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morning, i'm martha maccallum. gregg: i'm gregg jarrett in for bill hemmer. a comprehensive treaty could be a year away. martha: that from diplomats in the quartet, the u.s., the u.k., france and russia. and the palestinian leaders still have to accept that invitation and that may be a big hurdle, major garrett is traveling with president obama, covering that story live, from martha's vineyard. major, is this and knic an unex development from hillary clinton today. >> not entirely unexpected. president obama through the special envoy, george mitchell and, hillary clinton, and her diplomatic team have been working the issue behind the scenes for months and months, trying to find if there was a way to restart a peace process that practically fell apart in that the palestinians and israeli could not agree on workable indirect talks, and they said okay. let's scrap that and try and go for direct talks and see if, by sitting down, face-to-face, you can find a way to get to some of these solutions that so far eluded the administration, which came to office promising a greater focus and diplomatic intensity of bringing the palestinians and israelis together and would be the first -- first cautious step, i think is important to underscore that, because there is an announcement of direct talks, both sides have to agree to approach the direct talks with seriousness and, most importantly with the kind of political clout behind them to cut a deal and does netanyahu have the political about the, and does abbas have the political clout to cut a deal with the israeli, when you control the gaza strip and dominate in many cases -- not all but many the internal dynamics within the palestinian movement and all of those questions remain unresolved but for the administration all of those will remain unresolved, and, festering, until there are direct talks, so, the announcement of direct talks, and apparent intention of both sides to engage in those direct talks can only be viewed as an optimistic sign, but there is a tremendous amount of work not just on the policy but the politics to get these two sides closer together. martha: as we discussed, all of this comes really on the heels, also, of heated discussions from israel, and concerns about iran and nuclear facilities they may be getting closer to building and, clearly, the focus is on trying to calm all of that down and get back to the table, we'll see how that initiative works, major garrett, in martha's vineyard covering the president's visit, there, all week. thank you. gregg: nearly 400 million eggs pulled from the shelves in the nation's largest egg recall in recent history, 18 states, coast-to-coast, seeing about 2,000 cases linked to salmonella, that's right. 2,000. the cdc today is warning more people may get sick. one facility close to chicago is assuring customers their pasteurized eggs are salmonella-free and, we have an inside look, mike tells us how the process works. >> reporter: it is a simple process but it is mostly regulated by the fda and the most important stage of the process happens just before the eggs get here. pretty much the eggs are dipped in a warm bath and i say that, because it's not boiling water. a little bit hotter than a jacuzzi and the eggs sit there for an hour until all the bacteria is killed and the point you saw -- they have been coated with wax, and the drier dries the wax and by the time the eggs get out to here you know this is an egg that no longer has any bacteria in it. still a little bit warm to the touch and now, it comes here, at this stage of the game and goes through the conveyor and rolls down this thing and gets sorted and put into the crates where you are used to buying them and what you want to look for when you are in the grocery store is a red "p", and it tells us it has been pasteurized and been through the process and tastes and looks like an egg and doesn't have any bacteria inside of it. here's the catch, as you said, almost 400 million eggs have been recalled, this particular plant in lacks has about the only game in the the entire country in terms of pasteurizing eggs inside of the shells and have increased their production, by 2 million eggs per week and will put a dent into the demand. gregg, back to you. gregg: mike tobin live from lansing, thanks. martha: saving social security, the white house taking on the task, a 14 member bipartisan commission, now, the program, social security will pay out more than it is taking in, as soon as 2014. and, by 2037, listen to this, it will deplete its reserves, and, have to pay out reduced benefits and possible solutions, cutting benefits, raising the retirement age, and, raising taxes, and those are the ideas on the table and democrats are already organizing a push to oppose any benefit cuts, white house and republicans say all the options need to be on the table. gregg: very disturbing new report showing more americans are borrowing from their 401(k)s, according to fidelity investments, look at this: 62,000 workers made hardship withdrawals in the second quarter alone. now, in order to make that kind of withdrawal, folks have to show they are in serious and immediate financial need. martha: all right, we are waiting for the latest snapshot on the american job market and the numbers are coming in, not good, 1600 companies had what are called mass layoffs. large group layoffs in the month of july, that resulted in more than 143,000 job losses, eric bolling, anxious chore of "money rocks" joins us now, this is one more indication of the numbers of people who are still losing their jobs. >> right, martha, this is the number for june, note number for july, but it was 1647 in june, and 145,000 jobs lost in mass layoffs, when 50 or more people are laid off at a time -- the number came in, reporting in july, 1600 companies, 1600 events, resulting in 143,000 job losses, to put it into perspective, it is substantially elevated, substantially elevated. versus other months, versus other quarters, it is basically telling us, the job market, not the stock market, not the housing market, but the job market, remains in -- at least on shaky ground, and yesterday we saw initial jobless claims, 500,000 people applied for initial benefits for the first time and that was substantially elevated, higher than expected. so, when you look at the unemployment rate, 9.5%, 14.6 million people out of work, the number could stay elevated for a period of time. martha: it is disturbing to look at the mass layoff numbers and you look at what goes through the mind of the company and you think at this stage of the game in this these big numbers, imagine you worked with 75 people and suddenly 50 of you find out yesterday, find out last week that you are all gone, i mean, you would think those decisions in the whole process would have been made quite some time ago. >> here's the issue, martha. companies are making decisions whether to hire or lay off, and these decisions are based on one, what will it cost me and what will my health care cost me and, number 2, the bush tax cuts that are due to expire at the end of the year, everyone who owns companies has to say, boy, how will it affect not only myself, my tax structure but, anyone who buys my products, right now, companies are cocooning. and pulling in the reins. martha: eric, thank you, as always, good to talk to you. gregg: summer vacation turning tragic, a young man beaten to death outside of a nightclub, on his birthday. now, the hunt for a couple, suspected of murder. martha: and talking about this throughout the week, religious feelings people have about president obama and it raises a lot of questions about religious osty and the president -- religiosty and, the presidents and we'll talk to larry sabato, how it works historically and politically. gregg: and gone they're days of prohibition, but, guess what, moon shine is making a come back. i am not kidding you. ♪ ♪ moonshine ♪ 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larry sabato is the director of the center of politics at the university of virginia and is a great historian and studier of these things, glad to have you with us. >> good morning. martha: what is your reaction, when you hear the discussion, how often he goes to church and whether and is it relevant and what focus is placed on this with previous presidents and how much they went to church? >> my reaction is twofold. i think, it is similar to most people, spirituality is a very private thing. even for public officials. and, so, i think we ought to tread lightly in this area. having said that, there is a long history of presidents either capitalizing on their religion or being criticized for their religion or lack of it. you think, for example, john f. kennedy was the most church going modern president. he was filmed almost every sunday and of course he was catholic and at that time sunday mass was mandatory, you didn't have the saturday option and so on, the family went to mass, wherever they were, almost every sunday and other presidents were criticized for not going frequently to church, including richard nixon and ronald reagan. on the other extreme, jimmy carter was criticized because he brought religion, some say, too much into his decision making and presidency and so in a sense presidents cannot win, whatever they do. and, i think in that particular area, as i said, we ought to tread lightly. martha: the pastor spoke out in an article i believe in the "washington post" today, who apparently has consulted with the president, on different occasions and he felt that he needs to be more transparent about his christianity. do you think, given these pew polls and everything that leaked that we will see any sort of outward change in the way the president approaches his religion or the way that he shares it with the american people? >> martha, my guess is the white house will be more careful and probably more persistent in letting reporters at least know when the president is attending services, or consulting with pastors as he apparently does. because, that will help to moderate this image that may have been created because of the absence of news. now, again, having said that, i think they also need to tread carefully, because americans quickly pick up any attempts at -- at using religion for political purposes and can appear easily to be phony. martha: and president bush was criticized at times for, you know, sort of weaving references to god into a lot of his speeches but he was very clear about his own sort of renewal of faith in the middle of his life, you know, what about how -- what about sometimes backlash he got for that? >> well, presidents are criticized for everything, again and yes, he got a backlash, and i think presidents are okay. they are on solid ground when they are sincere and they express their true beliefs but, again, they have to remember that they are representing incredibly diverse country of many, many different religions, as well as many people who don't belong to an organized religion. so, they need to keep that sphere as private as possible and it's difficult for presidents to keep anything private. but i think that is a very special area, spirituality. martha: i think you are so right and i think people respect that, and, i also think you are so right in terms of the sincerity measure of it, and, people do have a very sort of sensitive meter for anything that feels insincere in that regard. and, everyone needs to tread lightly in that -- the presidency as well, thanks for your perspective and it has been a hot topic and we appreciate you weighing in. thank you, sir. >> thanks, martha. thank you. gregg: disturbing developments about an al-qaeda-linked group responsible for recruiting terrorists on american soil. why the fbi says, we did not recognize al-shabab's potential fast enough. martha: this is not your typical car chase after the truck jumped off the road. the extraordinary ending until the story. wait until we show you what happened, moments from now. don't go away. vernon, texas a town where business is personal a health mart town. where second generation pharmacist, terry spears... owns his health mart pharcy. here terry offers free one on one diabetes sessions, providing information to customers in a way that... makes them feel comfortable, not confused. expert knowledge, personal attention it's what makes terry a health mart pharmacist and what makes vernon, a health mart town. there are health mart towns across america. nd your locally owned health mart at healthmart.com martha: nothing like a good cops and robbers chase on a friday, right? police bringing the high speed chase to a dead stop, check it out. whoa! right through the fence, a dangerous pursuit in texas turns extraordinary, watch what happened here, the suspect burst through a gate onto an airport runway, a runway they're on in dallas and forced it off the tarmac, before any planes needed to land. and, yeah, the cruiser rammed the truck, and, here comes the guns and everybody and they're all out there and arrested michael lawrence brown at the scene and recovered a knife, they suspect he used in his robbery. gregg: he's not wearing a shirt. martha: as is often the case, they never wear the shirts when they are out there -- gregg: a growing international terror threat firmly on the radar of american intelligence. the somali-based extremist group, al-shabab making an infamous name for itself and now, a u.s. terror investigator tells fox news they may have missed the ball on this one, catherine herridge live in washington. what signs did u.s. intel miss. >> reporter: the conversations with current and former intelligence and federal law enforcement officials, it seems clear now that, essentially the ball was dropped in terms of understanding how al-shabab, the group in somalia, was going to be an effective draw upon some americans from the country, into the training camps of somalia. this video shows omar hammami from alabama and he's a al-shabab recruit and now is the public face, and there are testimonials of english-speaking recruits with al-shabab on the internet as early as october '08 and, in addition a former senior homeland security intelligence official told fox that he was first briefed on the possible threat the group may pose as early as 2006 when he was told that radical clerics from somalia were going to mosques in ohio, and, preaching in the mosque, with a very anti-western and anti-american tone. so, there were certainly signs or red flags, if you will as early as '06, gregg. gregg: and is it true we have actually had several new cases this summer? >> reporter: just this summer alone we have had a number of cases where americans were picked up in the process of trying to go go to the training happens, and they are from disparate parts of the u.s. and what we know from our reporting the last few years is more than 2 dozen americans have traveled to the camps especially from the minneapolis, minnesota area and have gone to those camps and, in some cases, have been part of the fighting in somalia and the most noteworthy case is the first documented case of a suicide bomber, overseas, and it was for the group, al-shabab. gregg: catherine inherently, live in washington, thanks so much. >> reporter: you're welcome. martha: illegal immigration and jobs and health care all very hot-button issues politician love to campaign about and some say they need to campaign about but are americans buying their solutions to the problems? tracking the pulse of voters and what folks are really thinking about this, coming up next. gregg: and guess who is throwing a big old yard sale! nasa! the catch is, if you can't to drive away with one of these, a spaces shuttle it will be on your own dime, the cost of shipping space ships, straight ahead. 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>> it has been very tough to keep them calm, to keep them focused. we asked them about the economy, because, let's face it, as much as people are angry about the mosque, what they are really focused on are jobs and wasteful washington spending. let's hear what the american people have to say when it comes to setting the economic priorities for america. >> right now, the diversionary tactic about the mosque and everything, no one is talking about it. >> who did you vote for in 2008. >> obama. >> is he talking about jobs. >> not as much as i like but it goes back to the administration before him and the last 30 years. >> they are all discussing jobs but have no real plans, to change or fix anything at all. we're just disappointed in all of them. >> ads that we have seen, it seems like they'll candidates are talking about bringing back these manufacturing jobs and we have to be realistic. they are not coming back to america. >> every, single one, democrat or republican, they all say i'll create jobs, but no one says how they will do it, and what they'll do and you don't believe them. >> that is what is clear, nobody believes anyone and let me make an offer for the people who are watching, grab a pen and if you go to theworddoctors.com, again, theworddoctors.com you can participate in one of these groups and use one of the patented fox news dials and participate in one of these focus groups. martha: fascinating to hear what people are saying and clearly you can -- the frustration is palpable in that room and we have to see how it plays outcome november. frank, thank you very much, good to see you, frank. >> thank you, a pleasure. gregg: time for airlines to -- a new report says the federal aviation administration will be finding american airlines, for the record penalty, $25 million, smackerroos or more and they say a final decision has yet to be made, regarding maintenance shortcomings that led to thousands of canalsled flights in 2008. martha: and u.s. museums launching a space race scrambling to secure a piece of american history, nasa is giving away the oldest surviving space shuttle." the discovery" and it will go to the smithsonian and the atlantis and endeavor are looking for a home, and, they need to pick up shipping and handling and the cost could be up to $30 million, per ship! gregg: and you can't fedex that thing, you know? ups will not do it, either. i checked! we told you about companies and mass layoffs, well, with the -- no good news on the job market these days, high-end wine-makers fighting off the downturn, with a new squeeze. forgive me, american farmers turning to the olive oil market. and creating new jobs for american workers. sounds like a pretty good idea. adam housely is live in lodi, california. and, adam, why are all of these great farmers switching to olives? >> reporter: gregg, a couple years ago, wine came out with -- they had a study showing about the health benefits of wine and here in california, especially, you saw massive amounts of vineyards planted and, really, flushed the market with grapes and what olives do is allow them to diversify and this is a crop of merlot and we are getting close to harvesting it, in central california and they are a couple of weeks behind because of the weather and here there is a 30 acre olive orchard and they are not grown exactly the way their -- you might imagine them in old times on the side of a hill and they are grown in rows like the grapes and growers say this diversity helps them in the market where there are a lot of grapes out there and there's a lot of wine and as the economy goes down, of course, the high end wine, doesn't sell nearly as well. gregg: that makes sense. why is the olive oil business a good one to break into now? >> reporter: well, you know, we did the research and in the country now we consumed $750 million of olive oil last year, the u.s. did and of that, only 1% was grown in the u.s. 99% was imported and you are about a significant amount of olive oil and a huge possibility for bintzs in california and across the country to break into the market. gregg: and what about california? is there something about the state, beautiful sunshine and soil and so forth, that really makes it, forgive me, "ripe" for olives. >> reporter: a good one, gregg! ripe for olives! and, the idea is to put this bottle, right up there next to the ones you see from italy or greece and the bottle comes from these types of trees, right here and this, gregg, why -- it's not grown the traditional way but on a trellis like the grapes would and you take the tree and this is a young one, three years old, the first crop coming up this year and you can see the olives on here now and they are right here and, what it will do is allow farmers to use the same equipment they use for grapes, to harvest the olives and it works very well for them when it comes to technology because they can use the same stuff, harvester, across the way, a month later can harvest the olives with them and diversify and, hopefully, find a brand new cash crop, gregg. gregg: my favorite story of the day, i love olives and i love california. adam housely, thanks very much. >> reporter: all right. martha: two big names who are in trouble, screen left, 7-time cy young award winner and pitcher roger clemens and screen right, former illinois governor rod blagojevich, and both have big, brash mouths some might say and, both maybe getting bad advice from their defense teams. gregg: yeah. bathtub gin, moon shine, making a comeback and you'll never guess where. you want some fiber one honeclusters? 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[ female announcer ] together we can discover the best of what's next at aarp.org. >> hi, everybody, coming up at the top of the hour breaking news in the middle east pos process, a live announcement -- peace process, a live announcement from the state department, coming up, also, the first nuclear power plant is about to go on-line in iran, what does that mean? and, ambassador john bolton will be our live guest and, a dramatic rescue. a young girl on a hiking trip with her brothers, plunges off the side of the trail and into a river. wait until you see these pictures, we'll talk to her grandfather, and find out how she's doing when jenna lee and i see you, coming up in a couple of minutes. martha: thanks, rick, looking forward to that. vowing not to take a job on principle, the message from a growing number of construction workers, who say they will not work on the proposed mosque near ground zero, if the plan goes through, a construction worker started the hard hat pledge on his blog, andy sullivan asked others to promise they would also refuse to work on the project, to build a mosque near ground zero, if indeed it was proposed and thousands of people across several professions, have signed on, will be one to watch. and the pilot of a small plane making emergency landing without too many options. he ended up splashing into a canal in florida and witness says the cessna stalled in mid-air, and went into a dive, and the pilot narrowly avoided the utility station, a house, and, a landscaping crew, amazingly, the pilot and his passenger swam away unharmed and they called 911 from the shore, and, thank goodness for cell phones and the survivors are attributing their good fortune to their training and it sounds like that paid off. good job. gregg: former illinois governor rod blagojevich, blago's world, firing back, he's fresh off the verdict in his corruption trial and the jury convicted him of one of 24 counts and now he's taking shots at his accusers, blago calling the special prosecutor patrick fitzgerald and his team hypocrites. >> in this case it was disgusting, possibilities, with lawyers, political advisors, and, remember, the president himself, political horse trading, this is what they are trying to now criminalize and these prosecutors, who by -- who act in a way where they are making degrees with convicted felons, and in exchange for their testimony, thugs come in and say what the prosecutors want them to say, the very thing they charging me with they ought to charge themselves with it and ought to add an additional count of hypocrisy. gregg: ouch! a fox news legal analyst and joey jackson, a criminal defense attorney, two terrific lawyers, good to see you both. >> good to see you, gregg. gregg: he's still in legal jeopardy and as a former defense attorney, i don't know what to say. >> i love what blago just said. gregg: i would say, don't talk about anything, you could make matters worse for yourself. don't you. >> no doubt. you have to understand the dynamic here, gregg, what are we talking about and who? the former governor, a chicago politician and cannot keep his mouth shut and his dna is designed to be a leader an out there, and voice his opinion but i don't know what the victory tour is all about. there was a hung jury and one -- gregg: facing a retrail. >> absolutely and he's facing a retrail, the fact is he's facing significant time on the perjury counted and the chapter has not been written, of the 23 of the 24 counts, there is another -- gregg: the potential jurors out there, arthur, he could be alienating those folks right now. >> you are totally correct about telling your client to shut up. joey is totally correct, and this is one of those situation where the lawyers cannot control it and that is part of the price and you know that going in. this is a victory, come on, joey, going against one of the greatest prosecutors in the country, and, you know, they got a hung jury and you know how hard it is, for federal courts, the conviction rate for defendants is like 92%. gregg: they can't control him because they convinced him not to take the witness stand, and he essentially beat the rap on 23 of 24 counts. >> a smart move but i will concede, yes. the federal government have a high conviction rate, there is no question about it and it is somewhat of a victory. however, at the -- at the end of the day you have to understand, there was one lone holdout and you know, every jury has a different dynamic and that is not to suggest the next time he'll be convicted or anything else, but, listen: blago has issues and problems and should zip it up. gregg: i think prosecutors learn more than defense attorneys the second time around from the first trial. >> no, i don't think so. i don't think it is -- the statistics bear that out, the statistics bear out, now, 11-1 is a little bit -- but the statistics bear out there are more acquittals on retrial. gregg: compare to it roger clemens, facing indictment here, his attorney, the brash, rusky lawyer from texas, encouraged him to go out there and do interviews and then without a subpoena, encouraged him to testify before congress and in fact dared congress to ask him questions. did roger clemens, by following the lawyer's advice, put himself into legal jeopardy? >> i hate to bash other attorneys. gregg: i'm happy to do it. >> but, it's certainly a problem here. you will testify before congress, gregg, and there is night subpoena there? what are you testifying for? and, keep your mouth shut. what does it do? it got him into more trouble. >> let's... the defense attorney, you only can do what your clients tells you. you make the decisions -- gregg: yeah. >> sitting next to him and daring congress and everybody else. >> here's the thing. hardin had a defamation lawsuit... >> the issue at -- here's the thing, if your fient looclient in the eye and says, gregg, i never did the steroids in my life, hall of fame guy and -- gregg: you believe your client? >> you explain to him, if you are lying you are going to jail -- >> herein lies the problem. you have to do that and weigh it against the mountain of evidence, and there's a report that names him 82 times and, his trainer says, more than 12 times i injected you and you have andy pettitte, a god peerifearing, respectable guy, who said you did this, you say to say to your client -- gregg: and george mitchell, a former federal judge, for goodness sakes, he names you 82 times in his report he has the goods on you. >> look i totally agree that in an ideal world, just, you know, twice, twice, two different fbi agents, one agent called me and one u.s. attorney called me today and both wanted to bring my clients into speak and i said, absolutely not. gregg: no, no way. >> do not allow the clients to speak, i'm sure roger pushed hard to go out there and clear his name. gregg: good to see you both. martha: very interesting, thanks, you guys! good to see you, have a good weekend and the drug cartel, now setting up shop in the u.s., according to reports and we'll tell you what is going on, right after this. hi, may i help you? 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