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we're asking for some help. where have the one liners gone? help us out throughout the show. we'll sprinkle them throughout the show. the one liners in movies that mean a lot to you and in your head. you spout off but no one is listening. >> who got that? >> meanwhile, we have to do your headlines because general david petraeus says now the surge in southern afghanistan is working. connor powell is back at forward operating base with the 101st airborne where he experienced a taliban ambush first hand in july. he's joining us live now with a progress report. connor? >> well, good morning, gretchen. when i was here in july, the district, kandahar was an area that was basically a ghost town. what few afghans that were here, they refused to talk or even help the u.s. military. the taliban roamed free around the town and when u.s. troops, as you saw in this video even left their babies because they were hidden by taliban insurgen insurgents. as we found in the past few days, the u.s. military and forces are able to push deeper and deeper into the town. there was a massive clearing operation in the month of september that either killed most insurgents and the insurgents that have survived have fled. there are some taliban left and according to u.s. commanders on the ground, that remains the real big problem here in the district. there are ied's everywhere. they're constantly clearing these ied's. when we went out yesterday on patrol, we found a taliban bunker that had recently been -- it looked like taliban fighters had recently stayed there. there was a pillow and some wood for a fire and now the u.s. military went to destroy that bunker. as it exploded, we saw a massive explosion. what's too big for the explosives we put in there the reason the taliban had put an ied in that bunker, they were hiding explosive material. one of the big changes that afghans are beginning to return here and beginning to help u.s. soldiers here find ied's and according to the commanders, that is a major, major improvement. and evidence that the surge here in kandahar is working, gretchen. >> all right, connor powell live for us, streaming live from afghanistan. thanks very much for that update. >> evidently, we got these new missiles with gps on them that are so targeted that they are actually blowing the taliban out of towns that weren't able to move them in the past. >> that's great. >> so over in kandahar, we're really moving. >> hope for continued good news there. in the meantime, the rest of the headlines now. he was locked behind bars in iran for two years. new video into "fox & friends" as a retired iranian-american businessman returned home to california. a tearful man released after more than a year of negotiations. >> now, i am back. i want to be at home. i'm glad i am here. i hope everything is going to be all right. >> he was detained for anti-government activities after a friend he gave money to was arrested for the same thing. a new poll just out has president obama's approval rating at an all time low. according to gallup, it's now at 44.7%, down 18 points since taking office. poll released as the president campaigns today for democrats in extremely close races. he'll be at los angeles where he'll speak at a rally for barbara boxer who is running against republican carly fiorina. he moves to las vegas to pitch for senate majority leader harry reid in a very tight race with tea party favorite sharon angle. the man you see in this video sitting on a bench now behind bars in california. he's accused of torching a major shopping mall. police say 23-year-old alexander walked into a game stop in roseville, demanded some money, barricaded himself inside and set fire to the place. this morning, firefighters are still working on hot spots. no one inside the mall was hurt. nasa scientists say there's a lot more water on the moon than they previously thought. in fact, nasa says the moon has twice as much water as the sa harrah desert. the news comes after an extensive analysis following the crash into a lunar crater last year. they could reignite plans to build a base on the moon. that's a look at the headlines for a friday. >> ok. yesterday morning at this time, the country was waking up, discovering that juan williams had been fired by national public radio. and it's interesting, there's been such a firestorm since regarding what was npr thinking? remember how we started this week where whoopi goldberg was taking bill o'reilly to task for comments he made on "the view." yesterday, whoopi goldberg was defending juan williams saying npr has got to get it together. >> i haven't heard anyone not defending juan williams, from the left and right. >> a couple. >> a couple that are not defending juan williams. >> that are defending npr. david hinckley not said they had a good reason to do it. >> most people on the left and most people on the right were coming to juan's defense including bill o'reilly himself who that's where the comments really originally came from. he was on the greta show last night and said this. >> if npr was competing in the free marketplace, ok, they can do what they want, all right. i'm subject. you're subject, news corporation, not going to read me a contract, you're a loud mouth. we don't like you. whatever. sanchez had low ratings. he said something offensive about jon stewart, he's gone. private company, do what they want. npr is not a private company, all right? npr is taking money from the american taxpayers. that's a whole different ballgame. not only are they playing a shell game but they're violating the constitution. >> ok. >> and now, you have the ceo of npr yesterday who amazingly went out and gave comments on the juan williams saying i was surprised that she came out and said what she said because soon after, she had to apologize for some of the stuff she said. >> it was a preordained event. she had to go in front of the people. this is actually a fundraising month for npr so good luck and support that organization. vivian shuler had to go and speak and take some questions and, of course, juan williams came up and listen to what she says and how she defends the firing of juan williams. >> this is not a reflection on his comments. this is not a debate. you know, juan feels the way he feels, that is not for me to judge -- to pass judgment on. that is really -- his feelings that he expressed on fox news are really between him and his, you know, psychiatrist or his publicist or take your pick. >> that's what she had to apologize for right there, where she said maybe he should consult with his psychiatrist or his publicist. she did not apologize personally to juan williams but did apologize in general. >> what juan williams said, i think it was on monday night on "the o'reilly factor" and they were having some good give and take. he and mary katherine hamm were talking and there's the video right there where he was talking about even today sometimes juan williams who is no bigot. he's written books on intolerance and tolerance and civil rights movement, sometimes when he gets on a plane and he sees somebody completely dressed in muslim garb he gets a little nervous. >> who identifies themselves as muslim and he brings into play the fact that, you know, the fact that what happened on 9/11 and the underwear bomber and what the would be times square said right before he was tossed into jail. he said i'm just a first drop of blood. >> what happened is npr got a lot of pressure from care which is the organization, you know, muslim organization and then they decided -- they called him up on the phone wednesday night, i believe, and told him he was no longer employed there. he asked if he could have a face-to-face meeting, they said no, you're fired. it's interesting to see if they had had other host or commentary on their air that have said controversial things as well. what happened to those people. let's take a look back starting in october of 2010. fresh air host says the election is full of extremists. can you think of another time in history where there have been as many people running for congress who seem to be on the extreme? >> wait a minute. if juan williams had said something like that, you would think given the rationale that npr had given for firing him, terry gross would be fired. terry gross, the host, not just an opinion person or an analyst. meanwhile, back in july of 1995, a correspondent by the name of nina totenberg was actually on camera and talking about senator jesse helms at the time and how he was talking about how much money was being spent for aids research. listen to what nina totenberg said. >> so i don't think i have any jesse helms defenders here. nina? >> not me. i think he ought to be worried about what's going on in the good lord's mind because if there's retribtor justice he'll get aids from a transfusion. >> hear them laughing in the background. that's nina totenberg, a correspondent for npr at the time. and she was working for abc. by the metric they use to fire juan williams over this past couple of days, you would think npr would have fired nina totenberg in the mid 1990's. >> what's most aggravating at least to me is this is taxpayer dollars. this is taxpayer dollars going to an organization that clearly has an agenda and now we know more than ever is fueled by an outside source and that's george soros. karl rove was asked that question last night with bill o'reilly. what about the taxpayer dollars? president bush was in power yea you're as his advisor, is that being looked at? is that a good use of our money? here's what karl rove has to say. >> our country needs to save money. let's save money by cutting off the federal subsidy for what ought to be a private enterprise anyway. >> you should have done it in the bush add manage. >> you know what? we tried. we tried to cut back funding for the corporation of public broadcasting several times and the problem is every public radio station said this is our source of news and information. well, we have demonstrated now to us with clarity this is not about news and information. this is about political correctness, about an increasingly left wing tone and they can't even take an honest liberal like juan williams and tolerate him. they have to cast him out in a particularly, i think, vulgar and pitiful way. >> there you have karl rove talking about how npr and the corporation of corporate broadcasting does get money out of the taxpayer till. you just mentioned george soros, the trillion air or billionaire. george soros gave $1.8 million to npr recently. he also gave media matters $1 million and their whole intent is to discredit and destroy fox news. this week, george soros got what he wanted. got a head on his wall belonging to juan williams. he will be joining us on "fox & friends" at 7:30 eastern timement ytime. you don't want to miss him. we have lots of questions and he has lots of answers. >> new bipartisan ad with a frightening take on what our future could look like if we don't dig ourselves out of debt. it shows the chinese mocking us. >> then a dog set to be put to sleep if saved by an army veteran who taught the pooch to provide. >> wow, the unbelievable story straight ahead. i bring art to the people. and i want to do this until the wheels fall off. so i have to start taking care of my heart... and i'm starting with cheerios. 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[laughter] be smart. veggie smart. >> 23 minutes after the top of the hour. new video in from france. police scuffling with union workers at an oil refinery. police ending the 10 day blockade stopping fuel shipments. government is expected to vote on the plan to raise the retirement age to 62 from 60 while they attempt a parliamentary coup. stand by. don't ask, don't tell back on the books but with some changes. five military officials will be allowed to discharge members. the pentagon says the change will make it tougher to kick out gay troops by making the procedure longer and subject to more scrutiny. all right. gretch, brian? >> new york city parents will have to wait now to see how their children's teachers stack up. that's because the united federation of teachers unions was awarded a victory in court late yesterday. >> but what about the parents' rights to make sure their kids are getting a good education? brian rafferty is a new york city parent and member of the district 24 community education council. why does this mean so much to you? >> it's very important that the information come out about the teacher ratings because when a child is succeeding or failing, the parents need to understand why and to see if there's a responsibility on the part of the teacher for that. >> so much of the research has shown that the student performance is based on the teacher performance. i would assume that you agree with that but also because you're sitting on this couch, you are an involved parent who also cares. >> i am an involved parent and what i've found is in looking at it is that the department of education is not always entirely accurate in terms of its numbers and that brings up some concern for the accuracy of the data that's coming out with these teacher ratings. so i do see a little bit of the side that the uft has where they're concerned about releasing the information. >> students are ranked. those grades are out there. i'm sure a lot of students and parents don't feel as though their child gets good grades and now all of a sudden the teacher has more rights than the kids. we're glad that the parents won't be subjected to more unreliable information from the department of education. so he's saying if this comes out, you're going to get bad information and some won't be accurate that might make a decision you shouldn't be making. >> well, and the department of education has a history over the last several years of changing data, of using different data sets for evaluation. and for having inaccurate information that leads to the closing of schools like they tried to have a series of high schools close last year that got blocked by a judge. >> uh-huh. so the department of education then said this in response. we continue to believe that it is our obligation under the law to provide this data but will ca full briefing. let me ask you this, brian, as a parent. if you felt that the data was being collected in the correct manner, you would want to know how the teachers are performing, right? >> absolutely. i would want to know how the teachers are performing if i could rely on the data, i might -- i understand the perception of not linking the data to the individual teachers' names and putting those in the newspaper. but i do understand also the value of having that data for me to help make the best choice for my child. >> i mean, i think it's such an interesting discussion because as we continue to pour more taxpayer dollars into the public school education, you think we could come up with a formula that everyone could be satisfied with. >> right. >> brian rafferty, thanks for sharing your thoughts with us this morning. >> meanwhile, judge napolitano joining us live to weigh in on juan williams. yes, was npr within its legal rights to let him go? and we have new information on this that would shock you. >> the dog was about to be put to sleep until an army vet taught him to pray? the incredible story straight ahead. >> but first, happy birthday to annette. how old is she? don't check the prompter. ok, you did. she's full grown now and 68. ♪ every time it's so right ♪ well, it feels so good [ female announcer ] when you have a softer bath tissue, you can joy going more... while still using less. introducing w charmin ultra soft. new charmin ultra soft has an ultra-cushiony design that's soft and more absorbent. so you can use four times less versus the leading value brand. 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firing of juan williams canned over the phone by somebody. what she's saying on the web site is the way npr handled it, it was very badly done. and to show you how many people thought it was a bad thing, presumably, 8,000 e-mails crashed their web site. that is a record number of e-mails. >> so keep doing it. go there and hit contact us. they should have it up by now and let your opinion be heard. after all, taxpayer dollars are supporting it and you're a taxpayer. maybe your voice should be heard. >> this is one of the quotes from the ombudsman. she said even though they handled it badly, the fact remains that npr must uphold its journalistic standards that, after all, provide the basis that earned public radio's reputation for quality. she also went on to say that she could only imagine how williams would feel if he had been chronicled or somebody got -- if somebody had said this. when i get on a plane, i have to tell you if i see an african-american male in a big afro, i get worried and i get nervous. how he would have responded if someone said that about an african-american. basically this ombudsman believes in the firing but believes it was handlely incorrectly. >> she said npr owed him the chance to explain himself. getting fired over the phone without going into the corner office is a little crazy. more of what she said a little later on. meanwhile, let's take you back about a week. remember how the democrats were complaining about all that money is coming from these mysterious outside sources for republicans. when you look at the campaign, guess who is the biggest spender of all. bigger than the chamber of commerce for the united states and the answer is as we go to big board right over there, the answer is>> american federation of state, county and municipal employees. >> you took the words out of my mouth. >> 87.5 million eclipses the chamber of commerce, crossroads, and nea. >> so 1 in 4 -- 1, 4 and 5 are unions. 2 and 3 are -- 2 and 3, u.s. chamber of commerce and crossroads gps with karl rove and ed gillespie helped raise funds for. >> indeed. >> meanwhile, we're talking about one congresswoman who is from illinois. and she is jen and she had something interesting to say when she talked about chicago and intimidation and voter intimidation which, if you're like me, you might have a hard time explaining your -- explaining. let's listen. >> all around the country, people are trying to replicate what we do in chicago. we have a tradition of knocking on doors and pulling people out. people talk about message and persuasion. here's our message. i don't get off your doorstep until you get out to the polls and vote. >> i don't get off your doorstep until you get out to vote. some people are seeing that as a little bit of intimidation maybe. >> i would think so. is there any way not to take it that way and next thing you know you're clapping for it in the background. now, update you on what's happening in the world and start with the netherlands. let's do this. overnight, a ferry capsized in the canal 20 miles south of amsterdam. this video into the newsroom, dutch police say the ferry was hit by german cargo ship. we are awaiting to hear how many people are on board. right now, there are reports the captain is missing. >> well, wikileaks could be moments away from releasing 400,000 more documents now on the war in iraq. the organization tweeted that it will hold a major press conference very soon. the pentagon is already combing through the documents making sure the organization doesn't put troops in danger. the documents are expected to detail the failings of the iraqi government as well as u.s. troop movement in iraq. >> judge may decide today whether to keep lindsay lohan in rehab or send her back to jail. the condition of her probation staying off drugs. she didn't, admitting last month she had used them. lohan herself checked into the betty ford clinic in palm springs area and is there as we speak. >> all right, san francisco looking to clinch a trip to the world series. how did they do it last night? hosting the phillies. we'll get back to the third straight time. big matchup. a rematch. but it would be an error right there by aubrey hough that busted the door open for the phillies on the road. they scored two runs off that error on the way to a hard fought 4-2 victory. injured his groin in the inning but pitched six no hit inches. they'll be back in philadelphia at the same place the american league series is at. only that one will be in arlington, texas. >> check out this dog about to be put down at the pound. doggie got a second lease on life. the dog has a digestive disease fortunately one day the army vet went to the pound to volunteer and he decided not only to take this dog home but then to teach him to pray. >> come say grace. come say grace. dear lord -- say grace. dear lord, thank you for this day and everything you've given us. >> yeah. he says they both have a lot to be thankful for now. thank you. >> by the way, i called it a mutt before and someone wrote me from australia, it's not a mutt. it's some australian herding dog so i am told that's not a mutt. >> thank you, people down under. meanwhile, let's go ahead and take a look at the day ahead weatherwise. we have the satellite and doppler, we've locked them together and as you can see, we have a whole bunch of rain moving through the panhandle of oklahoma overnight. down through the rio grande valley of texas. and it's a soggy start to this friday. meanwhile, as you can see, portions of the northeast are going to have a shower or two just like the west coast and we'll take a look at the current temperatures as we walk out the door on this friday. 37 minutes after the top of the hour. 57 degrees in kansas city and memphis. 47 in new york and raleigh. 60's along the gulf coast and much of florida as well. out west if you're in los angeles and currently, it's 63 degrees. and of course, los angeles, the city of dreams, also the home of hollywood. there's an item out that talks about how -- remember how oftentimes you would leave a movie and there would be so many great lines in it, you would use them over and over. where have all the good one liners gone in and so this particular web site put together, i think, the top 10 and we're going to give you some of the -- we're going to give you five of them. >> are you saying there's no movie one liners now? we're telling the same story over and over again. >> they don't make movies like they used to. >> let's see the top 10 all time -- >> let's do the top three. right now and then you can decide -- you can decide if they belong in the top three and where you want to contribute later on in the show. let's listen. >> frankly, my dear, i don't give a damn. >> here's looking at you, kid. >> all right. so that was frankly, i don't give a damn. here's looking at you, kid, and nobody -- something about baby. nobody puts baby in a corner. they happened so fast. they went by too quickly. could hardly hear them. >> wow, you bought gifts. >> pinned them down. >> try this, it's kettle corn. it's fantastic. we got this because october is popcorn popping month. >> you're kidding. >> popcorn -- >> anyway. so what do you think? those were three examples of really, you know, things that have stuck to the american psyche. what are some of the other? >> caddie shack. >> i keep playing and i don't think the heavy stuff is coming for a while yet. in the pouring rain. that was a classic. what about that great one liner that's more of a speech in "animal house" where john belushi inspired a nation. >> over? it's not over until i say. >> can i inject a female one liner that a lot of women could relate to from when tom cruise said, no renee zelweger said you had me at hello. >> that got me misty when i said it. >> what do you think? do you think that's true, though, with this particular piece of work we're quoting talks about there have been no good memorable movie lines since the 1990's. >> what about "airplane"? >> that was before the 1990's. stop calling me shirley. e-mail me right now. surely, you can think of a good one. >> bad news for fans of cheap fast food. mcdonald's low prices about to get higher now. we'll tell you about that. >> oh, what's going to happen to the dollar menu? then fannie and freddie could wind up costing you the taxpayer even more money. why does the government keep hanging on to them when they've already cost us billions? we'll be right back. aren't you sick of these airline credit cards that advertise flights for 25,000 miles? but when you call... let me check. oh fud, nothing without a big miles upcharge. it's either pay their miles upcharges or connect through mooseneck! 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>> but good news is she could use the car pool lanes. >> ok. it's over. the cost of recovery for the housing bust, about to get a lot pricier, check out this number. $363 billion. that's how much you taxpayer could end up shelling out to rescue mortgage giants fannie and freddie. but wait, didn't we already bail them out? joining us right now with dollars and cents and to make sense of this, senior economics writer for "the wall street journal" editorial page, steven moore. steven, this money is getting big even for you, correct? >> yeah. $363 billion. by the way, about 150 billion of that has already been lost, brian, and the other $200 billion is what's being projected over the next couple of years and the real outrage of this story to the american taxpayer is here we are, two years after the financial crisis and the housing meltdown where fannie and freddie were really at the center of these because they were providing 100% guarantees on these mortgages and you know what, brian? nothing has changed. fannie and freddie are still providing the same kind of mortgage -- >> what do you mean? >> the same kind of lousy mortgages. >> waited a second, are they still doing subprime mortgage lending? >> well, a lot of the banks have cut back on subprime mortgage lending but you still have about 90% of the new loans that are being issued this year and last year, over 90% of them carried with them virtually 100% federal guarantees through entity like fannie and freddie. here's the point. when you ask the question -- how did the subprime prices begin in the first place, it's because the federal government was telling these mortgage originators and these banks, you make the loans, we'll guarantee 100% mortgage, you know, repayment so obviously they're going to make bad loans over that kind of arrangement. one other point. that 200,000 page financial reform bill, not one page of that bill dealt with fannie and freddie. >> which is a travesty and a crime. >> it is. >> you have a way to fix it. let's go through three points. privatize, what do you mean? >> i mean, let's get rid of these institutions. they have shown themselves to be major money losers for the federal government. let's let private insurance companies deal with the mortgage insurance. let's get the government out of that business. >> all right. so we'll just get rid of it, write it off as a loss. get out of politics. >> we've been talking about that for 20 years at the "wall street journal" and they still won't do it. >> please don't yell at me. get out of politics. what do you mean? >> this is another outrage. why does congress perpetuate this money losing machine and brian, i speculate one reason is because they have a political action committee that the people -- that the ceo's of that company makes major contributions to the people on the committees and that's the reason that the cash cow for the politicians. get rid of their political action committee. >> and you kind of said this already but don't guarantee the mortgages. so take the net away. >> this is obvious. i mean, you don't provide 100% safety net on bad mortgages. you asked me, are they still doing subprimes? a lot of banks have moved out of it. but if we continue these policies, brian, i will predict to you within the next five to 10 years, we will have another subprime mortgage crisis. >> right. and we got to talk about this more because if you take away the guarantees from the banks, maybe they'll make it so tough to get a loan because they're afraid of losing that loan. >> why can't we go back to the old idea of 10%, 20% down on -- that's when mortgages meant something, people paid their mortgages. i got this bumper sticker, honk if i paid your mortgage. people are honking me everywhere i go on the street because, you know, the taxpayer is paying for all the mortgages now. >> remind me not to travel with you. it will get really annoying. steven moore, thanks so much. >> great to be with you. >> all right. 12 minutes before the top of the hour. journalists and politicians from both sides of the aisle coming to the defense of the great juan williams after he was fired for this comment. >> when i get on a plane, i got to say if i see people who are in muslim garb and i think they're identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried. i get nervous. >> was npr trying to censor him? are they violating the constitution? judge napolitano has an idea. he's next. senator by day, superhero at night. why harry reid said he saved the global economy. give him a hug! ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ ♪ where'd you learn to do that so well. ♪ the new cadillac srx. the cadillac of crossovers. cadillac. the new standard of the world. >> the fallout continues after npr fired fox news analyst juan williams for saying this on "the factor." >> when i get on a plane, i have to tell you if i see people in muslim garb and i think they're identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried. i get nervous. >> so was npr within its legal rights to fire juan williams? the company is funded in part by taxpayer money. joining us right now is fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano. >> good morning, guys. >> such a painful situation. juan is such a wonderful human being with whom we've all enjoyed working. there's one way that i think this could work out and end up in court. now, i've done the research in looking at npr. very unique entity but it's owned by the 910 radio stations that are its members. the first amendment is not involved here even though npr receives government funds, it's such a small percentage of its operating budget that it's not deemed a government owned entity. therefore, the first amendment which only restrains the government does not restrain npr. but there is a law in washington, d.c. where npr is headquartered which said you cannot suffer an adverse employment decision like promotion or firing as a result of those with whom you associate when you're not at work. now, with whom does juan associate when he's not at work at npr? >> fox news. >> that would be us. >> evil fox news. >> if he were able to demonstrate to a court that he was fired for that reason, the court would order that the salary that he lost from the day of his firing to the end of his contract be paid to him and might even order punitive damages against npr and toward him. >> really, his contract was supposedly up in april of this next coming year. >> correct. >> what you're saying is it would not be retroactive at all. it would be from the day of firing until april. >> until the end of the contract. whatever the salary that he would have earned in that time period is what he would ask a jury to compensate him for and he might ask the jury to punish npr for the crude reprehensible way in which it treated him especially compared with the way it has treated other persons on the -- >> you could enter that, you could enter in past ways that they treated other employees. >> you could if you were trying to get what we call punitive damages, trying to punish the defendant for inappropriate behavior. >> what about the fact that the ombudsman from npr is on line saying yeah, we handled this badly. >> you know how badly they handled it. that president of npr must be giving their lawyers a lot. when she said juan needs a psychiatrist, wow, she slandered juan. she suggested the involvement of the americans for disabilities act. she didn't know what she was talking about. >> if he wanted to, could he use her comments? could he use the ombudsman comments? >> yes. frequently when a person is fired because management doesn't like them, management comes up with a pretext of the firing. the more this lady talked, the less credible her pretext appeared to be. >> see what you think about this statement. juan has been a valuable contributor to npr and public radio for many years. however, his remarks on "the o'reilly factor" this past monday were inconsistent with the practices and undermined his credibility as a news analyst with npr. that's from the ceo. >> this undermines the credibility of npr. but it doesn't impair their ability to fire juan. >> so if juan were to make those statements, say, on cnn or the charlie rose show, chances are he'd still have his radio job. >> i think you're right. if he can demonstrate that to a jury, jackpot! >> that's a double standard, isn't it? >> yes, it is. bottom line is npr, even though it's a nonprofit corporation, it's governed by the same federal laws of discrimination as everybody else. but because it's not observed by the government, the first amendment is not implicated. >> but there is some taxpayer money in there. they're talking about this morning. we'll talk about that in the next hour. >> pleasure, have a great weekend. >> you well. >> coming up, we'll have juan williams. stay tuned for that. we'll be discussing everything with juan williams. >> in the meantime, polls show races across the country are getting closer by the day. what does that mean? three of the best pollsters in the business will weigh in. >> and when an anti-war protester won't move his sign, a reporter rips it down for him. what's that about? 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>> ok, there it goes. good idea? we're going to report, you decide. details straight ahead. you're watching "fox & friends." it's friday. >> this is the united states marine corps, you're watching "fox & friends." >> perfect because we've got the marine corps marathon running this weekend in washington, d.c. 35 years they've been doing that. and it has been deemed the family friendliest marathon in all the united states of america and we got a really family friendly green room right now. we have a couple of marines in there. >> all right. great to hear them here and now we have to get to your headlines on a big news day. tears of joy as american iranian businessman returns to california after spending two years behind bars in iran. this video into "fox & friends." he says he's innocent and was arrested for anti-government activities for just giving money to a friend. >> somebody by name afar gave me $200 to pass it on to someone who was a part of a terrorist group called tunda. >> taghavi was released after morn a year of negotiations. a new poll just out has president obama's approval rating at an all time low now. according to gallup, it's down 18 points since taking office. the poll released as the president campaigns today for democrats in extremely close races. in los angeles, he will speak at a rally for senator barbara boxer who is running against carly fiorina and then he'll move on to las vegas to pitch for senate majority leader harry reid who is in a tight race with sharon angle. check out this video. the man you see sitting on the bench is behind bars in california. he's accused of torching a major shopping mall there. police say 23-year-old walked into a game stop store at the westfield galleria in roseville and he demanded some money. barricaded himself inside and set the place on fire. this morning, firefighters are still working on the hot spots. no one, luckily inside the mall was hurt. a bbc reporter takes matters into a protester keeps waving an anti-war sign behind him. political editor nick robinson grabs the sign, tries to rip it apart and then stomps on it following a report outside parliament. robinson later wrote that he regrets what he did but he says there's many places to debate the afghan war without disrupting live tv. those are your headlines. >> all right. speaking of television, it was on live tv on "the view" last week that bill o'reilly said something that caused a lot of people to talk about what's going on in the world regarding how we talk about muslims. and then this past week, juan williams was on bill o'reilly's show on monday night. and what he said essentially was that when he personally gets on airplanes he gets a little nervous if he sees somebody in muslim garb. well, that comment wound up getting him fired. over the phone wednesday night by npr. >> ok. and so that's exact -- that's how it played out for juan williams. now we're learning a lot more about npr. npr partially funded with taxpayer dollars and now, some members of congress are saying that possibly npr should be defunded as a result of how they treated juan williams. >> including john boehner brought that up yesterday and lindsay graham indicated the same thing. i thought his comment was cool. he said i wish i was a listener of npr but i don't listen. the ombudsman said the firing was handle the poor. there's no walking back that even though they've gotten so many calls and their web site, their phone lines are down and they got 8,000 correspondents who had contacted us on the web site and that went down. >> so one of the other things the npr ombudsman said in his commentary on the o'reilly show, juan was stereotyping in a public platform that is dangerous to a democracy. wait a minute. all he's doing was saying what he felt. how could feelings be dangerous to a democracy? >> one of the really important points that the general public should know about is that george soros, a very left democrat has just recently given npr $1.8 million so today, and yesterday, many people were asking questions about how that donation and that influx of cash into npr factored in, if at all, into the firing of juan williams. no doubt there's going to be a big investigation looking into that. >> here's the exact quote from the ombudsman. even though the npr handled this situation badly, the fact remains that npr must uphold the journalistic standards that uphold public radio's reputation for quality. what is that reputation and is it well earned? >> sure, what they said is we fired him because, you know, he said stuff that we just -- we do not allow on npr which means he's saying how he felt. he wasn't saying join me in feeling this way. >> right. exactly. and he said it on fox news and i think that's really -- they got a bone to pick and an axe to grind with fox news and yet, when you look at some of the stuff that the people who work at npr have said, it's extraordinary. you know, should the host of fresh air, terry gross have been fired? last week, they said that the republican party is full of extremists. said can you think of another time in history when there have been as many people running for congress who are soon to be on the extreme? >> and then -- and then in june of this past year, there was a segment on that flotilla incident, you remember, in israel and -- it featured five guests in this particular time. and this was some discussion about the incident but then many people were wondering, where was the israeli point of view in that discussion? was it all one sided with five of the guests and so should somebody be held accountable for that discussion if it was not fair and balanced? >> they say -- some people have speculated during that segment with five people on and nobody taking israel's side and perspective, should it have been national palestinian radio. meanwhile, go back to 1995, we were in the fourth grade and they were talking about jesse helms. listen to this exchange about jesse helms and maybe what this -- what this broadcaster thought should happen to him and his family. >> i don't think i have any jesse helms defenders here. nina? >> not me. i think he ought to be worried about the -- about what's going on in the good lord's mind because if there's justice, he'll get an aids from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it. >> there's nina totenberg, long time npr correspondent by the metric that they use to fire juan, you would think they would have canned her years ago as well. but they did not. she served for many years and then i was reading in a magazine on line this morning, a commentator and humorist. >> which is, by the way, how you start every day. >> when i can on a friday. andrea, i think is how you pronounce it was talking on the air about the rapture and he said, regarding the rapture. said this happily volatilized mass of the saved were born again in jesus christ. evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world in an instant a better place. >> calling for death of 4,000 christians. >> that's what he said. npr got 40,000 complaints. 40,000! i believe i read somewhere yesterday that npr got 40 or 50 complaints about juan williams. they fired juan. they kept this guy on. >> all right. so now the ceo of npr is under fire. vivian shiller. she spoke publicly about the juan williams incident yesterday and got herself into more difficulty. listen to this. >> this is not a reflection on his comments. this is not a debate, you know, juan feels the way he feels. that is not for me to judge -- to pass judgment on. that is really his feelings that he expressed on fox news are really between him and his, you know, psychiatrist or publicist or take your pick. >> it was that comment that got her into difficulty. she later had to apologize. not to juan personally which we'll ask him moments away but apparently put out a public apology for saying maybe he should consult his psychiatrist or publicist for his feelings. >> what is she saying? she's crazy and nuts for being on fox. take your pick. that's odd, isn't it? also, we should point out that apparently there was a memo that went out from npr yesterday to their many affiliates, hey, we're really sorry that this is coming up during fundraising week. just as people are about to write a check so they can get a tote bag, hear this happens. >> so do us a favor, write us right now or twitter us, twitter.com/friends and twitter us right now. do you think, i think you'll have no problem doing that. do you think this organization should get taxpayer dollars especially in light of what we now know they've done in the past and what they just did this week to juan williams? >> yeah, because governor sarah palin put on her facebook yesterday they should defund it and a whole bunch of others as well. look for an investigation. juan williams will be coming up at 7:30 eastern time. if you have a good question, we'll ask your question of him on the curvy couch. >> mean titimmeantime, let's ta what's going on in nevada. really tight senate race there and it could be doomsday for harry reid, the senate majority leader. he says voters aren't satisfied with him telling him you know, but for me, we'd be in a world wide depression. in other words, he said if it wasn't for his actions, serving the people of nevada, we'd be in a worldwide depression. listen to this. >> people have been hurting. i understand that. and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression. >> so he sounds like a superhero and, in fact, if you would wonder what harry reid as super harry would look like, it would be something like that. >> right. he has bill clinton, excuse me, the first lady and the president coming in and trying to save them. it's amazing superman needs some help. >> and his spokesperson said look, he helped get that stimulus package through that saved the world but we heard within the last month or so that reportedly really smart people figure out when recessions start and end, they said that the recession actually ended before the stimulus kicked in. >> well -- >> we'll look. >> maybe he doesn't get the cape so fast. >> maybe he doesn't want to tap the stimulus package. especially in light of the president of the united states saying on the record, i have learned in my first two years there's no such thing as a shovel-ready project. that was supposed to be the work that the stimulus package provides. >> in the end, the voters will decide in nevada and everywhere else. >> and they need a shovel. >> coming up on our show, he was fired for saying what millions of americans feel and his boss took another jab at him. >> the feeling that he expressed on fox news are really between him and his, you know, psychiatrist or publicist or take your pick. >> juan williams will be here live to respond to that comment and much more. >> then, they voted for unpopular policies like health care and now they're getting the cold shoulder. why are the democratic leaders joining us with supporters out in the street? 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we'll ask him. good morning. >> after this whole firestorm when you heard the ceo of npr saying you needed to consult with your psychiatrist about this, what was your reaction? au >> you know, they got nothing. they're trying to demean me, introduce the idea that maybe i'm some kind of a radical unstable person, untrust worthy and question my journalism ethics. the idea that i'm a lunatic. you know me, ok. i have a career of writing. writing books, writing for newspapers. i've been in tense situations throughout my life. i am not an erratic person. i don't know why i have to all of a sudden defend this. it's like i'm saying i stopped beating my wife or something. this is evidence they don't have anything and they are trying to make it about me and say somehow i'm the problem. i just think, you know what? it's weak and evident that these people, these people will stoop to any -- i mean, sorry. >> juan, there's something else that came out about half-hour ago when you were on your way over here and you have the exact quote, gretch, about the analogy used to -- with the -- >> double standard. >> the double standard. >> the ombudsman came out and said this, because you're a champion of the civil rights movement, would you have reacted if another prominent journalist had said, but when i get on a plane, i got to tell you, i see an african-american male with a big afro, i get worried. i get nervous. >> how would you feel if someone said that? >> let me say, what a caricature of a black male. secondly, how stupid. get me this straight. maybe she needs to read some of the books i've written about the civil rights era. then she'll notice there was nobody taking an airplane and crashing it into the twin towers or the pentagon in the course of the civil rights movement. there was nobody, as you were pointing out to me earlier, wearing underwear with explosives on it. >> or trying to blow up their shoe. >> on an airplane. this is very clear. there's a pattern here. that's what i react to when i say if i see people who are first and foremost identifying themselves as muslims when i'm getting on a plane with them, it called me a visceral, instinctive feeling of fear. this is an opinion. i'm not saying i would discriminate against these people. i'm not saying it's evidence of prejudice that i have against all muslims. i'm simply saying i have that moment. i know they've been through security. i've been through security. i know they have constitutional rights. look, i am not a bigot. why do i have to tell you guys? why? i mean, you guys know me. am i someone who is walking around making bigoted statements about people? >> no. you're a fair guy. and what is unfair is you got fired over the phone without the chance to even explain yourself. and what's interesting about it is the fact that, you know, your contract with npr was going to be up shortly. >> in this cal end ash year so they could have just let it go. pay you off, essentially. but instead, they did this. public humiliation, why? >> well, i think they don't like me talking to people like you. they don't want me at fox. and why don't they want me to engage in conversation with people that i might disagree with? you know, what's interesting is they -- when i'm talking to you guys, most of the time if i'm on this couch, i'm offering you guys a liberal position here on fox. you guys invite me on and say, what do you think, juan? apparently, that kind of standard where you say, what does the other person think or give me a different perspective was threatening to them and particularly threatening that i am willing to talk with people on the other side, whether it be you or bill o'reilly or sean hannity and somehow they think that -- this is the bizarre part. i'm legit maizing fox news by my presence. they're very self-righteous. when at the talk about journalistic standards, it just drives me crazy. what is the journalistic standard that i violated? you think the audience can't trust me because i had this feeling at the airport? that the audience now thinks, whatever i say is biased? >> but because fox news invites you on and because you've been a contributor, that's what we call fair and balanced. >> i think that's the hard part. they don't want this discussion and increasingly, you know, i think this is one of my lessons of my life. i often thought it was the right wing that was intolerant and inflexible. and you start to realize there's an orthodox on the left oh, my gosh, he's supposed to fill this box, you know, he's supposed to be a black this or that. you know what? first of all, fox is one of the few places where people identify me as the liberal because i'm not that liberal. but this is for them, if i'm not predictable and in a box and controlled, they said to me in the course of firing me over the phone. would you have said this on npr? of course, it's a feeling i had at the airport. i would tell you my values. i don't know what their values are now, with them attacking me as some kind of crazy person. i will tell you my values are -- i'll tell you the truth if you ask me a question and i don't care if it fits the left wing position or right wing position. >> which is why you're a great analyst and why karl rove got under some scrutiny. he gave his opinion and a lot of people are upset by that. one, i saw you in the green room yesterday and we talked on the air. and we wanted to wait a little bit to find out what was happening with this. how did you feel then as opposed to how you feel now after seeing so many people rallying to your side. what has this been like? >> this is really interesting. i wasn't sure whether or not this would become a politically polarized issue. i know people on the right often feel if they say anything, someone will call them a racist or say you're out of line. you can't say anything. so i thought oh, this is going to become polarized and i think people on the left, then, automatically will side with npr and say juan williams went over the line which is what they said i was fired for. i do not see that right now. what i see is that everyone is saying, you know what? in america, you should be able to say how you feel and you should be able to have a conversation and you can talk to people across the political aisle and be honest with them. what's the violation there? >> ok, that's why they fired you. you went over their line. you look at some of the crazy stuff that it said on npr all the time. >> you know. >> i mean, i used to work at an npr affiliate and i would hear it all day long and i'd think where's the other side? i'm only hearing one. we have some examples some of the intolerance. just last week on "fresh air" terry gross, the host of that show said can you think of another time in history when there have been as many people running for congress who seem to be on the extreme? talking about people who are on the right. those right wierighties, they'r extremists. >> that means i'm on the right. but it's funny, everybody who disagrees with them has got a mental problem. >> uh-huh. now you know how the tea party movement feels because that was the same accusation against them. let me ask you this, though, because npr tax funder -- taxpayer funded partially. if it's supposed to be a fair and balanced radio network, then, as a result of that, do you think that they should be defunded now? some members of congress are calling for npr to be defunded. >> you know what? i love npr. i think that npr is an important institution. i think oftentim oftentimes the of the journalism is fantastic. i'm not about attacking npr. but i do think this, gretchen, if they want to compete in the marketplace, they should compete in the marketplace. they don't need public funds. i think that they should go out there, if they think the product is so great, go out and sell the product and what happens is too often, then, they want to make it out like, you know what? we are a public jewel and we need the protection of the federal government. we need federal funds that comes through the member stations and they pay for this product. nonsense. they are on the federal dole is what it is. and they better admit it and step up. if they want to compete. but you know what? without diversity of views, without diversity of people, i won successful in the marketplace. i think they are a very much speaking to an elitist crowd and they have become self-righteous in their attitudes and it's why they want to attack somebody like me. i have no idea why they're doing this. >> you might not be there but the good news is you're going to be here. >> you know what? i mean, thanks. because you know what? i didn't have a job last night. >> and now we get to have you all the time. >> now you can beat me up all the time. >> we've never been able to. >> juan williams is just in the midst of a really slow news week. >> thank you for doing this. >> thank you. >> meanwhile, we forge ahead. the details of the foreclosure mess are ugly. they're complicated. the politics of it are even worse. what does this mean for the candidates on election day? william lejunesse joins us from las vegas. william? >> hey, william. >> that's why we are here in nevada, not only home to the nation's tightest senate race but also the foreclosure capital of the country. 73% of the people here, the homeowners are underwater. that means they owe more of their home than it is actually worth. so this issue is showing up in campaign ads, not since here. but also around the country. florida, arizona, michigan, but this ad you're seeing is prepared by sharon angle against harry reid for the president's visit here today and the issue is beginning to motivate voters. number one,he ty want someone to blame and number two, they want a solution but that is a mind field for politicians. here's why. if you say the foreclosure victims are on their own, then you appear callous and insensitive but if you want a freeze on foreclosures, you stall the recovery, say economists and you alienate the 9 out of 10 homeowners who pay their mortgage on time. >> politicians want quick answers so they can get votes. and the population wants a quick answer because they want the pain over. >> that is because there is no easy political fix. just passing a bill through, the problem that's not going to work so until people have jobs they can basically stablize the market and suck up the inventory, you're not going to have confidence in the market but when it comes to blame, the experts tell us they take it out on the incumbents so that means the democrats are going to feel this problem worse than republicans. the idea you guys that blaming bush, it does not seem to be working in nevada at least to the people and the victims we spoke to out here. back to you. >> william lejunesse. thank you very much. coming up on the show, democrats are wusses? that's what pennsylvania governor ed rendell says and he's a democrat. he's calling himself a wuss? i'm not sure. he's here to defend those comments next. >> he used to run the dnc. now governor. superman himself, dean cain joins us on the curvy couch. we'll wait to see what he thought of the movie "waiting for superman." he's not in it. >> born on this date, this multiple emmy winner has played a klingon in the movies. who is he? it's pain relief without the pills. no pills, no pain. how can you get pain relief without taking pills around the clock? try thermacare heatwraps, for all day relief without pills. i was surprised, thermacare worked all day. you feel the heat. and it relaxes and unlocks the muscle. you've got to try it. 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you know juan williams. do you think they did the right thing? >> absolutely not. i mean, to fire juan over that statement is ridiculous. first of all, you judge someone on the totality of their career and juan williams has been one of the fairest journalists, i don't always agree with him but one of the fairest journalists we have on the air today. that's number one. number two, although the comment probably is something i wouldn't have said because it could be hurtful to some people, it's also not an outrageous comment. it's not outlandish and again, there are remedies. if you don't like what juan williams said, there are remedies short of absolute dismissal. i think npr made a terrible mistake. i also think of legislators that are jumping on the bandwagon saying we should take federal funding away from npr, that's almost as ludicrous as the firing itself. >> you don't want to see that go forward. let's talk about this election. we know we're 11 days away now. governor, you made some news, i thought raised some eyebrows, i believe, when you said this. let's listen together. >> we're a bunch of wusses. we're running from the things that we've done. running from the things we believe instead of saying, here's what we stand for. if we're going to lose, let's go down fighting for the things we believe. >> what you're saying is, governor, what many people were surprised at. the democrats are not running from coast to coast on health care which the past and the massive stimulus program which they passed. for some reason, they don't feel prideful enough of it to run on it and you're surprised? >> well, because they don't fool people. your constituents know you voted for health care so get out there and talk about what's good in the health care bill and brian, i won't take up all your time but in the last four months, six things have come on line because of the health care bill and each one of them is tremendously popular with the public. for example, children 25 years of age or younger can no longer be denied coverage by insurance companies because they have pre-existing illnesses. that's going to save kids' lives and it's wildly popular. seniors are getting a $250 check to help them fill the doughnut hole in prescription drug coverage. seniors love that. there's so much in this bill, small businesses get a 35% tax credit. >> that's what you would do, governor and you said no one listens to you so no one is mad at you. i find that hard to believe. the problem is, too, when you talk about the stimulus package and harry reid says things like i saved the country from depression, and the president is being quoted himself saying what did i find out the first two years? no shovel ready projects. those shovel ready projects are supposed to be ready to go and put people back to work. that is the reason why unemployment is 10%. >> absolutely not. for example, in pennsylvania this month, gained 7500 overall jobs and there were 22,500 people working on stimulus funded construction projects. where the only money was the stimulus money. it has put people back to work. has it totally reversed the economy? of course not. it should never have been sold that way. but it has stablized the economy, it has saved jobs and has created jobs. >> you're making the case that joe sestak is and other democrats. you're always the best guest because you're not willing to go by anybody's talking points. you write your own. thanks so much. >> thanks, brian. >> coming up straight ahead, he's famous for playing superman and now dean cain, the princeton grad here to talk about his new tv movie about a kidnapped child and how that hit close to home. and on this day in 1968, the beatles have the number one song called "hey jude." i never heard this before. let's listen together. ready to try something new? 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>> i think who is that young guy? i think it was a lot of fun and i love being part of that so i have nothing but fond memories. >> you could fly back then. >> i sure could. >> you don't mind if i continue to look at you in that outfit, right? >> not at all. >> i like that. >> that looks very nice. >> dean, first off, two issues to talk about. first off "waiting to superman." they steal the title from your character but it talks about education, what a mess it is in this country. your feelings? >> i have a son in public school. i happened to be in a great public school system in malibu, california, for him, it's fantastic. however, huge, huge, huge problems. >> downtown los angeles. >> gigantic. i mean, everybody is always fighting about where they're going to send their kids to school. that's the biggest concern. what's a good school district? you know, i happen to be in a great one. there's so many that are not. clearly huge overhaul. >> the reason that they titled this school documentary "waiting for superman" is one of the gentleman in the movie says his whole life growing up in the slums, that he waited for superman to come and save him. similar analogy. >> yeah, i mean, i actually got fan mail asking things of that nature back in that day when they were saying come here and -- i got grocery lists, i got everything but i got people say come and help me and give me an education. unbelievable. >> the other thing you have is you're a father. and you kind of had a messy divorce situation where you're trying to get a hold of your son and getting custody and now how does that play into this new movie? >> ok, "the way home" is an unbelievably touching story and it's not just based on a true story. it is a true story. we shot in the house where it took place with the family walking around us and the kids running around. all the locations where it took place. >> kidnapped. >> we thought it was a kidnapping. we thought it was an abduction. turned out that the parents -- every parent's worst nightmare. they turned their head for a second, checked an e-mail and the kid went missing and then they were, you know, ok, we'll find him. i've had that happen to me. wait a minute, where's my son? your heart stops and then you find him. they didn't find him. they went looking for him and had to call friends and families and neighbors, and the church group and all of a sudden, the entire community galvanized came together and for nine hours went searching for this child and the father really had a tough time. >> no kidding. people can watch the movie "the way home" on gmc this weekend. we'll be watching for you, superman. mr. cain, always a pleasure. >> absolutely. geraldo rivera is in afghanistan right now and went on a night mission with u.s. troops. he'll talk us live to talk about t potentially dangerous mission. that's next. >> they've come here to run for you on "fox & friends." we'll visit on the plaza because they're here and they demand it and they're marines and they're heroes. affect wheat output in the u.s., the shipping industry in norway, and the rubber industry in south america? 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"fox & friends" starts right now. >> ♪ down >> that's winona and naomi judd, of course. the judds, and guess what, the reason we're showing that video, they're going to be here. that's going to be coming up at 8:50 a.m. eastern time. we'll look forward to that. they're going back out on tour. did you see their schedule? it's like a new city every day until christmas. >> if it's tuesday, this must be tulsa. >> all right. one minute after the top of the hour. a lot to talk about. first thing is first. here's what's breaking in the news world. >> with new video into fox, they are investigating bullet holes found at the national marine corps in virginia, they want to see if it's connected to the recent shots fired at the pentagon 30 miles up the road. authorities are searching next door, interstate 95 and that's causing extra headaches for washington commuters today. he was locked behind bars in iran for two years. new video into "fox & friends" as a retired iranian-american businessman returns home to florida -- not florida, california. a tearful man released after more than a year of negotiations. >> now, i am back. i want to be at home. i'm glad i am here. i hope everything is going to be all right from now on. >> taghavi was detained for anti-government activities after a friend he gave money to was arrested for the same thing. president obama's approval rating is at an all time low. it's at 47%, that's down 18 points since taking office. the poll released as the president campaigns for dems in extremely close races. in los angeles, he'll speak at a rally for senator barbara boxer running against carly fiorina, of course, and then he moves to las vegas to pitch for harry reid in a tight race with tea party favorite sharon angle. after spending millions of dollars on the virtual fence along the mexican border, the u.s. government halting funding now for the project. a watchdog group says the $672 million boeing project is not working. the cameras and sensors set up along the 53 mile stretch in arizona are providing spotty coverage. texas republican representative michael mccall would like to see homeland security try technology the military uses in afghanistan. and those are your headlines. >> speaking of afghanistan, geraldo rivera not too far fro pakistan right now and joins us live on "fox & friends." good morning. what are you up to? >> hi, steve, gretchen and brian. actually, we stumbled upon a re-enlistment ceremony we're happy to say prior to my report, let me say that the marcus and carla sanders who are not only re-enlisting in the army but newlyweds are recommitting to the united states army. we're very happy for them and, you know, it is the true grit shown by these people that really this whole trip to afghanistan is all about. in the background there is colonel andrew pappas of the first brigade of the 101st airborne, legendary fighting force. he joincoined a doctrine for th enemy here, there are no safe havens. and as an example of that, before i got here to blessing, up in forward operating base celarno, we came upon a raid. they were raiding as they do, they bring the fight to the enemy. they were raiding to keep the enemy off balance. they had intelligence that a family compound there was actually a place where insurgents were storing the equipment they needed to manufacture the improvised explosive devices that they used with such deadly effectiveness to attack our troops. so as a predawn raid, they went into the family compound after no one answered the door, they kicked in the door, there was a vicious dog there that threatened to attack. sadly, they had to put the animal down. but they did this very can i ki search of the compound. they rounded up the eight males of the compound. as you're watching this video, all happening with really breathless efficiency, lightning speed, they rounded up the males of fighting age, did a thorough search of the compound with not only rifles and shotguns and ak-47's but also hand grenades that could only be used for offensive purposes to fight and to kill our troops so we take the fight to the enemy so they cannot do that. that base back on august 28th it's was the scene of one of the enemy's most daring raids. here is what the -- what went down that day, august 28th when the enemy was massacre by our troops. >> what is out there specifically that you're illuminating right now? >> we call that area right there taliban hill. we almost on a nightly basis put illumination over the enemy's head. >> you had that very close call on august 28th. you had them cutting your wire over there and making it across the field. describe what happened, how the men here spotted the insurgents and opened fire. >> first man made his way through the guard here in the tower spotted him with his night vision devices, opened up with this 240 here. >> back to the breach point to continue open fire on what were about 15 to 20 more insurgents directly behind that. >> at the end of the day after an hour's worth of fighting, we had killed about 47 insurgents 15 of which were fully rigged with suicide vests so it was a significant attack against this unit. >> 45 confirmed dead. and 15 had suicide vests. >> 15 had suicide vests and fully loaded ak-47 magazines and outfitted in the uniform i'm wearing right now. >> all right. so there, you hear a lot about our casualtys and they are severe. we've lost 65 dead in the 101st airborne division alone but we're taking the fight to the enemy, these troopers are and there are over 1,000 enemy dead since the surge has begun. i think the good guys are making a difference here, steve, brian, and gretchen, back to you. >> you know what? you always tell such a great story and make it personal. i want to put the war on hold for a second, geraldo because i want you to weigh in on the juan williams situation. >> another war. >> another war without any deaths but there is a firing. juan is gone from npr. your thoughts about where this is heading? >> well, first of all, i think the pbs chief should be embarrassed, humiliated for what she did. i think it was very lame. i think it was very bogus. i think that what juan was expressing is his personal feelings. you know, i get on an airplane, sometimes craig and i are like amateur flight marshals. we're looking to check out anybody and people who are not dressed in a typical way catch your eye, whether they're hasidic rabbis or people in full muslim garb, it is inevitable that you check them out first and to fire a guy for expressing his true feeling abouts that, i really do think is political correctness taken to the nth degree and i'm so glad that our boss, roger ails has told juan williams that, you know, as far as fox and the rest of this family is concerned, he's part of the family. and people are allowed to have their own beliefs and not have to conform to some norm that is considered hip in the confines of the beltway in washington. >> geraldo, there's so much fallout now. do you believe that he was fired because he said those comments on fox? and second to that, do you believe what some members of congress believe now, that we should defund the npr? >> well, you know, i've always said that, you know, looking at some of the -- like "sesame street." "sesame street" is on public television. sesame street could easily be a commercial program that my family, you know, in my five decades of parenthood, you know, we would watch it whether it was a private or public entity. i think that the role of public television really has to be assessed in many, many different ways. i hadn't thought about the context or the venue of juan's remarks so much but now that you mention it, the fact that he said it on fox news probably made it more incendiary from the point of view of the pbs executives as if he said it on his own program or a program on some other network that doesn't rub public television quite as raw as fox news does. >> all right. geraldo, we know you got a busy time over there. and our congratulations to those troopers who just reupped. >> here they are! >> there they are. >> congratulations, sergeant. congratulations. who's the senior sergeant? >> i think the lady is the senior sergeant there. >> interesting household. >> good idea. >> geraldo, congratulations again. >> indeed. we'll, watching you live from afghanistan this weekend on fox. >> thank you, sir. >> i thought we just had superman on the set a couple of minutes ago. >> what do you mean? >> dean cain was here and he played the role of superman but we're about to see another superman, a guy coming to the rescue to save the world. oh, wait a minute, it's a politician. his name is harry reid and he's trying to become a senator again from the state of nevada. >> people have been hurting. i understand that and it doesn't give them comfort or solace for me to tell them, you know, but for me, we'd be in a worldwide depression. >> thanks. >> does this remind you of al gore saying he invented the internet? >> a little bit. those were the good old days. >> i saved the whole planet's economy. you can pat me on the back or vote for me because i'm in a dogfight against sharon angle. they are within the margin of error. keep in mind, he's been out there in nevada for years and for it to be that close, the writing is on the wall. he's in some political trouble. >> he may need a little help from superman. but that will be up to the voters out in nevada. coming up on the show, a dog about to be put down is saved and he's so thankful to be alive, he turns to god? the pooch who prayed. coming up, pretty soon, that will not be allowed, too. >> that's amazing. >> more on the npr firing of our own juan williams. what other people have said on npr. some statements that you will probably conclude are flat out intolerant! were they fired? i love my curves. but the love i have for strawberry shortcake, threw a curve at my curves so i threw it right back... with yoplait light -- around 100 calories. now i love my curves in all the right places. ♪ [ male announcer ] confused what to get? click on the robitussin relief finder. click on your symptoms. get the right relief. makes the cold aisle easy. the robitussin relief finder. it's that simple. >> juan williams fired from national public radio for comments he made earlier this week about muslims on "the o'reilly factor." >> look, bill, i'm not a bigot. you know the kinds of books i've written about the civil rights movement in this country. when i get on a plane, i have to tell you if i see people who are in muslim garb and i think they're identifying themselves first and foremost as muslims, i get worried. i get nervous. >> that was said on fox about all the that was on fox. what about all the other intolerant things that have been said on that's like a double standard. the president of the media research center, this organization is calling for a congressional investigation into the matter and joins us live. easy for me to say. good morning to you. >> good morning, steve. how you doing? >> i'm doing ok. they fired him because they said he said stuff that's inappropriate. but when you look and this is your business. when you look at some of the crazy things some of the other contributors have said on npr, you'd think that it would be a ghost town there because a lot of people should have been fired. >> yeah, when we go back to what gretchen asked geraldo in the last spot, it was fascinating was the fact that he said it on fox. did that have something to do with it? of course it did. if he would have said those words on the charlie rose show, it would have been seen as provocative or thoughtful. when you say it on fox, it's common sense. look at the poll that is taken. 9 out of 10 people in america agree with him. all he was doing is expressing a thought. not a statement. a thought! and he gets fired from npr. this is the same network that featured nina totenberg hoping that senator jesse helms would die or one of his grandchildren would die of aids because of his position on gay rights. nothing ever happened to her. >> let's just go ahe and play that soundbite for the folks at home. here's nina totenberg. >> i don't think i have any jesse helms defenders here. >> not me. he ought to be worried about what's going on in the good lord's mind because if there's retributive judgment, he'll get aids from a transfusion or one of his grandchildren will get it. >> the panel laughs. nothing happened to her. she worked there for years. tell bus the contributor from new orleans who was talking about the rapture. >> yeah, he was talking about the rapture and the bible teaches us that millions of people will be taken instantly to heaven. this is what he said on npr. he said the evaporation of four million people who believe this crap would leave the world a much better place. now, there were 40,000 complaints waged against him at npr. absolutely nothing was done. do you know how many -- the total number of complaints in the nation of 310 million were waged against -- levied against juan williams yesterday? >> how many? >> 60. >> 40,000. >> organized by a radical muslim organization and they fired him. and let's be very firm about this. juan williams is a liberal! he's one of them. >> that's right. >> but he's not enough of them. >> what do you make about this? george soros recently gave npr $1.8 million. he recently gave media matters $1 million for folks at home, media matters is an outfit that is bent on destroying fox and discrediting fox as well. well, this past week, he got what he paid for. he got a head on the wall and that head is juan williams. >> quickly, why did he give $1.8 million to npr? so he would do this type of thing. he wouldn't have given us if they wouldn't do this type of thing. we have to be very cognizant of what's going on here, steve, it's very, very dangerous. you have these radicals at media matters lying about glenn beck trying to knock him off the air through his advertisers. you have the radicals at the gay and lesbian alliance against defamation now teaming up with facebook to knock anybody off that site that criticizes gays. you have this effort going against juan williams. bottom line is she can't compete with the conservative unit on a battlefield of ideas, they can't compete with us in the market place, they're going all the back door ways to knock him off the air. this is dangerous stuff. >> no kidding. all right, brent from the media research center, thank you very much for joining us live and, of course -- >> hope i didn't get you fired. >> it's early. thank you very much. what do you think about what he just said? 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"full house" is on like 100 times a day. >> having bob sagat boss you around. >> yeah. i love him. >> but the best thing about that show is it was just like a wholesome family show and i think so many people are sort of yearning for that even in today's times. >> i know, i am as well. being a mom of three kids and i love everything that "full house" represented. >> and you still stay in touch with bob and a lot of -- >> i do. we're all great friends. it's just, you know, shows you how true the show really was. >> now you got your own full house. >> i have my own full house. i have three kids that are getting way too big too fast. i have a seventh grader which is crazy to me. crazy. >> you got married young. >> i did. i've been married 14 years. >> you'll be like 35 years old and they'll be in college. what's going on? >> because i'm only 25. >> i know. absolutely. >> yeah. >> there's your hockey star husband. >> here's my hockey star husband that i miss. he's doing a show in toronto in canada, i'm so proud of him. >> he's doing a reality show called "battle of the blades" and he's figure skating right now which is great. >> i understand you were involved in a bit of coronation this past week. >> it was so fun. i teamed up with america's pork producers and the crock pot. mealtime is really important to me because it's a time that we share. we sit down at the dinner table together. it's bringing families back together for dinner and we had a big contest and we crowned miss crocktoberfest. america's next crock star. she made a delicious dish. it had to include a pork recipe with only eight ingredients and to be prepped in under 30 minutes. >> the good thing about cooking with crock pot because my wife made a pot roast this week and pulled pork is the house smells great all day. >> it smells so good and i like to cook it the night before so when i wake up, it's done. i can refrigerate it, i get home from work, dinner is on the table. >> so you are a working mom and you're also going to be writing a book really soon. >> i have written a book. yes. it's going to be released in january. called "reshaping it all" and it's a motivational tool for physical and spiritual fitness. >> full house, full life. >> yes. >> thank you very much for joining us. >> thanks for having me. >> congratulations. >> thank you. >> crock-toberfest. >> the french fighting against raising the retirement age. you know we've been telling you this story over the last few days. there's a major vote now looming today. could more violence be on the way? they're trying to raise retirement to 62 from 60. >> lady gaga canceled a concert because of it. an army vet said he was saved by god. in turn, he saved a dog about to be put down and now, they both share the power of prayer. then -- >> the country's superstar mom and daughter team are going to be here live. the judds stopping by "fox & friends" before heading out on their farewell tour. before they say good-bye, they'll sit on the couch. 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we know that fox has reacted and gave him a three year deal on top of what he had going. >> yeah, i understand incidentally you talked to you somebody so you could get a three year deal at fox. >> that's true. i tried to insult steve before but nothing. i'm checking my blackberry. nobody has called. >> you know what happens, they'll just scrape their shoe of you, brian. i wouldn't try that trick. >> oh, my god. >> if something happens to me, i'll go out with you. >> i've been waiting all day to say that. >> i don't know. i think npr has damaged itself. i understand there's a political correctness to the left but there has to be an awful lot of people who listen to npr who think, you know, this just isn't right. i mean, this is -- you know, there's freedom of speech. even on the left. and, you know, to somehow shut this guy down, i mean, juan williams is a distinguished journalist. he's written books about the civil rights movement. and, you know, you really did get a sense of what was going on here when you heard that dope, the head of npr, vivian shiller making that really nasty crack about that's between juan and his publicist and either one, he's off his rocker or two, this is a publicity stunt, you know, say what you want about juan williams and a lot of e-mailers have told us, you know, they disagree with him on opinions but he's a man of a pure heart and he was saying, what he meant to say. saying what he thinks. >> don't you think she might have said something like that, it's a similar attack on the tea party movement, oh, just let's make those people look like weirdos and wackadoodles and crackpots. >> i'm not sure if that's what it was or -- i don't know if it was as thought out as that. i think it shows the bad faith of which they dealt with this whole thing and again, i don't know what juan said that was so wrong. i could understand, you know, some muslims might say gee, that's great. we get on a plane and juan williams is scared and, you know, that's a perfectly legitimate thing and maybe they talked to juan. the idea you take a guy who has been working for a company for 10 years and you fire him. you don't even meet with him. you fire him over the phone is unbelievable. >> no kidding. >> contract would have been up in a couple of months. could have done whatever you wanted quietly and let people speculate on the side. meanwhile, karl rove was on with bill o'reilly last night and talked about whether the whole project should be defunded, let's listen to what karl rove did and what bill o'reilly challenged him with. >> our country needs to save money. one, we save money by cutting off the federal subsidy to what ought to be a private enterprise anyway. >> that can absolutely happen. you should have done it in the bush administration. this is the biggest con game in the world. >> you know what sf we tried. we tried to cut back funding for the corporation for public broadcasting several times and look, the problem is every public radio station says oh, well, this is our source of news and information. well, we have demonstrated now to us with clarity this is not about news and information. this is about political correctness and an increasingly left wing tone and they can't take an honest liberal like juan williams and tolerate him. they have to cast him out in a particularly vulgar and pitiful way. >> now, perhaps the funding is going to become a political issue on capitol hill when everybody comes back. speaking of politics, this weekend on your program, i know you have exclusive pat toomey, u.s. senate candidate, republican from pennsylvania and governor joe manchin running now for senate and he's a democrat from west virginia. you got a big show. >> yeah, real quickly, very interesting conservative republican and it's all gone. this is one of the cases where the democrats seem to be coming home in the days before the election. joe manchin, democrat governor running for the senate in west virginia, very popular. but people don't like the activity. they want to keep him in the governor's chair and not get another democrat. >> chris wallace just called somebody a dope. >> no, no, haven't you listened to me with brian over the course -- >> thank you very much. >> i'm not going to repeat the other thing you called brian with the shoe. >> couple of quick headlines for you now. in france, there's more outrage over a plan to raise the retirement age from 60 to 62. take a look at what happened at a major oil refinery now paris today. police scuffling with striking union workers finally busting through their 10 day blockade on fuel shipments. the government expected to vote today on the pension reforms while conservative president nicolas sarkozy has majority support of france's socialist party is making what is described as a lame attempt at a parliamentary coup. scary stuff going on over there. brian? >> judge may decide today whether to keep lindsay lohan in rehab or send her to jail. a condition of her probation was staying off drugs. she didn't. she admitted last month she was on drugs again. she checked herself into the betty ford clinic and still there trying to get sober. >> we keep hearing different reports on taking an aspirin every day. can it save your life? now a new study out says yes, it can again. you have to adjust the dose. according to european scientists one baby aspirin a day can decrease your chance of getting colon cancer now by 25%. >> good job on the animation. >> it doesn't take much to teach a dog to beg for food, right? to get him to pray one, for his daily bone, that takes a special trainer. check out what army vet steve boyd did and his friend jango. >> come say grace. say grace. thank you for this day and everything you've given us. >> he's a wounded warrior that has many health problems and he was about to be put down. put to sleep before he took him on. they're both blessed blessed to have each other claims the vet. steve with some very important people. >> i am indeed much let's take a look at where it is raining on this friday and as you can see in the central plain states. a little bit of snow. from the mid atlantic down south it's going to be a beautiful day. voted the best marathon for families, the marine corps marathon is the fourth largest in the united states and this year, the marines are celebrating their 35th year embarking on a four city tour from massachusetts embarking on massachusetts to new york city. joining us today to tell us about the significance of this year's events, rick is the director of the marine corps marathon and he joins us -- good morning to you, sir. >> you've got the flame. this is the original flame, right? >> this is the flame from the tomb of the aphinians from marathon, greece and this year, the 35th marine corps marathon is entrusted with the flame and we are we are taking it arnold the country telling everybody about history, traditions and dreams. >> the battle of marathon was 2500 years ago. >> it absolutely was. the runner ran to the government to give him the message of rejoice, we have victory and really, that is the same message every marathon runner when he goes across the finish line is saying, rejoicing that he has reached 26.2 miles and he has victory. he'll get the finisher's medal. >> no kidding. he'll be houghing and puffing. make sure he doesn't blow out the flame. you guys will be traveling with the flame. you're here in new york city. then eventually next weekend is the big running of the marine corps marathon. >> it is. we're the fourth largest, october 31st but before we get there, we'll take it to the birthplace of the marine corps. so it's going to go there this afternoon and really, we're connecting the dots of the connection between, you know, the soldiers and the marine corps and the whole same spirit that, you know, what we know about finishers medals is the same thing that we know about being a united states marine, you know, that it is not given. it's earned and our marathon runners earn their finishers medal at the -- you know, on our course. >> thank you very much. and men and women of the marine corps, we thank you very much. have a great running next weekend down in our nation's capital. and there it is right there. ok, back in the bus. time to go. gretchen, brian, into you. >> thanks very much. there's a growing cry to cut npr's taxpayer funding now for firing juan williams. did they react because of political pressure? 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[ indistinct suting ] what's in your wallet? >> big story of the day continues to be juan williams. fired by npr and he was on "fox & friends" with us earlier talking about the controversy and its conviction. > >> listen to this. >> when we talk about journalistic standards, i'll tell you the truth if i ask you me a question and i don't care if it fits the left wing position or right wing position. >> fox news analyst peter johnson jr. joins me now for his evaluation. >> good morning. this is more than about juan williams and npr and fox news. he obviously has a breach of contract lawsuit. he may have a claim for racial discrimination based on the fact that he was the only black male there and we hear comments today about what the president saying juan williams thinks about a black man wearing an afro and what a bizarre notion she would characterize a black man solely in that fashion. but it's part of a bigger issue. when you begin to say that he's a craving publicity hound or a sick psychotic that he needs to see a psychiatrist as told about that person yesterday, we have an issue in this country where we have media vigilanteism. >> in what way? >> we have a cultural police that says if you are not acting in acceptable ways that we will go to left leaning billionaires in this country and fund a system by which we will go on the blogs, we will create our own networks to destroy you. in loose alliance with another party, democratic party in this country. and say, we are not finding what you are saying to be acceptable. nor are we finding you as an african-american man who pretends to be a liberal in our eyes to be on the page that we need you to be. >> but the irony here is that he is a liberal. i mean, the irony is he's supposed to be on their team. >> of course. of course. of course. but juan williams is -- is throughout his career has been a person who has spoken up for civil rights and natural rights and the rights of african-americans and is the opposite of a bigot. but when we have a situation now is the big scare. the big fear. we have a rerun of mccarthyism in the 1950's. there was an organization in the 1950's called aware. it destroyed a man called john henry faulk, a cbs broadcaster. he went on to sue them and won millions of dollars in the 1960's for what they did. we have the same thing going on now with this association of so-called independent watchdogs and left wing media that say you are acceptable. you're not. if you're not acceptable, we will destroy you. the american people can't stand for that. i'm glad at fox news has stood up for juan williams and for what he stands for. we don't have to agree with what he said. it's his feeling and his fear. we may not agree with it. we should agree with his right to say it. >> all right. thank you very much. >> good to see you. >> they're one of the country's most beloved duos. the judds are here live. we'll keep the scoop on their last tour and their new c.d. next. first, let's check in with hemmer to what's going on in the top of the hour. >> very well. i like saying that. >> i like saying that. >> all right. touche. if you voted for health care reform, is your seat safe on november 2nd? we'll talk to a democrat in the fight for his life right now, abandoned by his own party. and npr reacting to juan williams. juan reacts back live this morning. leader of a muslim organization says there's a big difference between bigotry and fear. he'll explain that. and you don't need to be a rocket scientist to run for congress. we know that. it might help one guy. you'll meet him today in one of the most interesting races we have found. le announcer ] to equip the lexus es with standard features more like the mercedes c300, u'd have to take out the six-disc cd changer and leather-trimmed seats. with the bmw 328i, you'd also lose the power moonroof and 17-inch alloy wheels. and some oths in its class -- forget wood detailing or sound-dampening windshields, to name a couple. but why would you want to do that? the lexus es -- standard is nothing short of extraordinary. see your lexus dealer. 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