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it kind of reminds people of what we heard the president of the united states say a couple of days ago where he said, you know, don't call my bluff. i'll take it directly to the people. the people of wisconsin have spoken today and the -- the answer is this is a gigantic win for the republican party. apparently what they needed, the democrats needed to win three seats, they won two. the g.o.p. wins four. there's another recall in a couple of days but those are both democrats so it's impossible for the republicans to lose the control of the senate which means they've got a monopoly. they've got the governor's mansion. they've got the state senate and the assembly. >> more than $30 million has been poured into these races in the state and a lot of political observers were seeing this as a surrogate race for the 2012 presidential in terms of what people are really thinking in terms of republican politics, in terms of democratic politics, in terms of fiscal austerity, in terms of the role of unions and state finance and so it's a resounding big win for the republican party in that state although some people predict there may be, in fact, a recall election called for that governor. but he needs to stay in office for a year. so they're waiting. >> they are waiting. >> and turnout was very strong which is also interesting. >> robust. >> because it was not -- there was nothing else on the ballot so sometimes, other things make people come out to vote. that's also very significant. also, because wisconsin tends to be a blue state. if you look back in history, wisconsin has gone for decades for the democratic presidential candidate, so now, wisconsin is looking much more like a swing state. so maybe that does not bode well for president obama as we look to 2012. >> a couple of days ago in the huffington post, somebody wrote a column talking a little bit about this and that is, you knoknow , iowa is going to have that straw poll. it's not much of an indicator of what's happening with the election next year. a better weather vane would be what happens in wisconsin. take a look at what's on the line there. they say it's a better weather vane, that's his word, because it will show how strong the tea party is and how big their influence is. he says a good showing on the part of the republicans will energize the tea party. a good showing on the part of the democrats would energize obviously their base. well, as we wake up this morning, i think it would be safe to say the tea party has been energized. >> a lot of people have been wondering who would be named to that super committee coming up. remember, six republicans, six democrats, by thanksgiving, folks, they have to come up with $1.5 trillion in cuts or those trigger cuts go into effect for medicaid, medicare and the pentagon so now the first three have been named. senator harry reid, the leading democrat in the senate has now named these three people for his three picks. you have senator patty murray, she's on the senate budget and appropriations committee. she's also the chair of the democratic senatorial campaign committee that some people have a problem with. he also has named max baukus and senator john kerry who three days ago, blamed the s&p downgrade on the tea party. >> you're absolutely right. the worry is on the right, that patty murray because she is the head of the democratic senatorial campaign committee in an election year, she's not going to touch any entitlements so you can count on her. same thing with john kerry for the same reason that gretch just mentioned so is there a compromise? maybe max baukus from montana, that's a red state. he was not part of the gang of six but part of the group that eric cantor walked out on. he is a compromiser and some republicans are saying he could be the seventh vote to help us get something done. >> right. i think in this atmosphere, people are looking for common sense and it's compromise and ad herence to some strict principles about debt, about our ability to go forward and pay what we need to pay and to be prudent about it. but the very issue that you mentioned is an interesting one. senators are obviously political by nature but to put someone in who is so hyperpolitical in terms of advancing senatorial agenda for democrats is an interesting point. >> let's see who the republicans pick. everyone has to appease their different factions within the party. the unions were screaming to have somebody there to support them. on the other hand, mitch mcconnell says he's close. i love how he said it was like a >> i wondered how much it would cost to hire a sky writer like that. it costs $895 but this particular company was so impressed, fly signs.com. they said we're going to give you a special deal. >> maybe a daily fixture now in downtown manhattan, the message of the day. >> your neighborhood. >> absolutely. >> let's do a couple of other headlines. tensions are high right now amid war games between south and north korea. south korea has returned fire after north korea and artillery shells fell into waters near the two countries' dividing line. south korean forces have been on high alert in the area since the north korean artillery attack killed four late last year. >> another fox news alert fortunatealert, while you were sleeping, there have been more problems in england. riots spreading farther into towns like birmingham where three people have reportedly been killed by a hit-and-run accident. a police officer reportedly shot in that same town. protesters torching buildings and looting stores in manchester and even firebombed a police station in nottingham. thousands of officers are flooding the streets in an attempt to try to stop this violence. the riots in response to an incident last week when police officers shot and killed a 29-year-old father of four and new reports shows that man did not shoot back. we're waiting for a press conference now from prime minister david cameron. we'll bring it to you live when he comes out there from 10 downing street. better news for the world's financial markets this morning. overnight markets in japan, hong kong reacted positively to big gains on wall street. the dow finished up luckily 430 points in response to the fed announcing it's going to keep interest rates close to zero through mid 2013. bizarre new details in the case of robin gardner. the maryland woman was vacationing in aruba when she disappeared from the same town where natalee holloway was last seen six years ago. right now, aruban police are questioning gardner's travel partner who she met on match.com. now, he claims gardner was sucked in by a strong current while the two were snorkling. but one of his ex-girlfriends who did not want to be shown on camera says he has a history of violence. >> he became physically aggressive. i don't remember exactly if he tried to pull me to the ground or i went to the ground on the grass. >> police are now searching gardner's ipad and cell phone for clues. and those are your headlines. >> all right. this is a fox news alert. let's take you to 10 downing street. here's david cameron talking about the violence in great britain. >> 16,000 police on the streets of london and there's evidence that a more robust approach to policing in london resulted in a much quieter night across the capital and let me pay tribute to the bravery of those police officers and indeed everyone working for our emergency services. in total, there have been 750 arrests in london since saturday. with more than 160 people being charged. today, major police operations are under way as i speak to arrest the criminals who were not picked up last night but who were picked up on closed circuit television cameras. picture by picture, these criminals are being identified and arrested and we will not let any phony concerns about human rights get in the way of the publication of these pictures and the arrest of these individuals. as i speak, sentences are also being passed, courts sat through the night last night and will do again tonight. it is for the courts to sentence that i would expect anyone convicted of violent disorder will be sent to prison. we needed a fight back. and a fight back is under way. we have seen the worst of britain. but i also believe we've seen some of the best of britain. the million people who signed up on facebook to support the police. communities coming together in the cleanup operations. but there is absolutely no room f complacency. overnight, we've seen the most appalling violence in new cities including birm ham, manchester and nottingham. three men were killed in a hit-and-run in birmingham and police are working around the clock to get to the bottom of what happened and bring the perpetrator to justice. in birmingham, 160 arrests were made. in solford, over 1,000 youths were attacking police at the height of the disturbance. across greater manchester, more than 100 arrests were made and in nottingham, the police station was firebombed and over 80 arrests were made. this continued violence is simply not acceptable and it will be stopped. we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. let me be clear, at cobra this morning, we agreed full contingency planning is going ahead. whatever resources the police need, they will get, whatever tactics the police feel they need to employ, they will have legal backing to do so. we will do whatever is necessary to restore law and order on to our streets, every contingency is being looked at. nothing is off the table. the police are already authorized to use battering rams and we agreed at cobra that while they're not currently needed, we now have in place contingency plans for water canyon to be available at 24 hours notice. it is all too clear that we have a big problem with gangs in our country. for too long, there's been a lack of focus on the complete lack of respect shown by these groups of thugs. i'm clear that they are in no way representative of the vast majority of young people in our country who despise them frankly, as much as the rest of us do but there are pockets of our society that are not just broken but frankly sick. when we see children as young as 12 and 13 looting and laughing, when we see the disgusting sight of an injured young man with people pretending to help him while they are robbing him, it is clear there are things that are badly wrong in our society. for me, the root cause of this mindless selfishness is the same thing that i have spoken about for years. it is a complete lack of responsibility in parts of our society. people allowed to feel that the world owes them something, that their rights outweigh their responsibilities and that they have -- their actions do not have consequences. well, they do have consequences. we need to have a clearer code of values and standards that we expect people to live by and stronger penalties if they cross the line. restoring a stronger sense of responsibility across our society in every town, in every street, in every estate is something i'm determined to do. tomorrow, cobra will meet again. cabinet will meet. i'll make a statement to parliament, i'll set out in full the measures that we'll take to help businesses that have been affected, to help rebuild communities, to help rebuild the shops and buildings that have been damaged, to make sure the homeless are rehoused, to help local authorities in all the ways that are necessary. but today, right now, the priority is still clear, we will take every action necessary to bring order back to our streets. very happy to take some questions. joey jones from skype. >> do you think that boris johnson is right -- >> you have been listening to the prime minister of the u.k. david cameron there in a very forceful and right to the point discussion about the riots that have been going on in london and surrounding cities for the last four or five days now. 4 we'll continue to follow this story that continues to break right now. let's go over to steve and peter for another segment. >> thanks so much, gretch. he's very clear they're not going to tolerate anything over there. a turbulent stock market and a struggling economy has many americans and even the mainstream media, the mainstream media now questioning president obama. >> if i don't have this done in three years, then there's going to be a one term proposition. >> there you are, mr. axelrod, that was the president at the start. we're getting right up to that three year point. is this going to be a one term presidency? >> i think the question is what this election -- first of all, let's -- let's certify that we have -- we're in a different place than we were the day he did that interview. >> we are. things are worse. >> things are worse. he's right. is the mainstream media now souring on the president? joining us now is l.a. times columnist andrew malcolm. good morning. >> good morning, how are you today? >> fine, how would you answer that question? is the mainstream media now souring on the president? in the wake of what's gone on? >> i think -- i think so, yes. there is -- these things come in waves. where there's a disaffection, people fall out of favor with the media, fall out of love with people in public life. and he's in a down swing now, you know, his approval rating is the lowest it's ever been at 40. and there's a lot of people even on his left saying what's he done? he's made too many agreements with the republicans, the economy is still sour and there's a lot of frustration especially, i think, among people who voted for him for hope and i wrote in a column on tuesday saying president obama keeps saying "yes, we can" but never says why we haven't. >> that's a good point, andrew. andrew, what's got to be hard for the mainstream media is the fact they helped get him elected. we'll put up on the screen some of the headlines. "new york times" asked a couple of days ago, what happened to obama? "the washington post" referring to what the president said when the stock market was tanking, obama's horrifyingly bad speech. "new york times" talks about how young voters who obviously helped him get elected are now souring on obama. andrew, i understand you feel like america bought a car when we elected him without a test drive. >> that's right. yes. exactly right. obama was portrayed in the 2008 and 2007 campaigns as a reformer. there are no reformers in chicago who aren't u.s. attorneys. the chicago politics -- the chicago political system has no reformers in it. you do not reform and survive. and he survived. so they don't find if he comes up through the system and goes on to washington. they leave the chicago politics in chicago. but he somehow got an image in the national media about a reformer. we wrote about it quite often saying no. he's relied on his speaking ability throughout -- throughout his life. and you can see how many speeches, how many remarks he's given in recent weeks as his popularity has plummeted so he's trying to go to, you know, his fastball. he's like a pitcher. he's going to go to the fastball. >> in "the new york times" today, maureen dowd was critical of the so-called speech making ability and the president's ability to lead and we know now only 40% of the american people approve of the president's conduct in office. in your mind, does this kind of objectivity that we might be seeing now, does that continue as we move towards an election against a republican nominee, whoever that is? >> well, some of it depends on how he acts. you could not watch obama in recent weeks. he didn't have a plan for the deficit. he still doesn't have a plan for the deficit. his remarks said it was clear we needed a long term deficit plan the day i came into office and then in the next paragraph, he said, and in a few weeks, i'll have my plan. you know, you -- that becomes very apparent, even if you like him, you're not seeing it. it's like going into a very romantic restaurant with candles and everything else and the waiter serves you stylishly with an empty plate and stands back and waits for you to be in awe. >> here's the big bill. >> yeah. exactly. and so it's going to come in waves, i think, will sometime in the fall when there's viable republicans and there's a media to focus on them, then you'll have some alternative. right now, he's the only show on the stage. >> we'll have to see what happens, then, if the mainstream media does in fact turn a more critical eye towards him. andrew malcolm, that is to say, from "the l.a. times", you think it's early out here. it's 3:20 in the morning. thank you very much. >> you bet. >> straight ahead on this wednesday, the president is defending our credit. but maybe we're not a triple a nation. why some say the u.s. should be held accountable or the whole world will suffer. charles here to explain coming up. >> the ocean drags a little boy under but rescuers reach him just in time. how they bought him back to life here on "fox & friends." 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i mean, she's handling it with dignity, as you point out, you know. >> busy in iowa this weekend. >> i'll tell you what, the national organization of women have come to her defense. and in fact, terry o'neill goes on to say that's sexist. she says my job is to defeat michelle bachmann and i intend to do so but good women will not run for office if "newsweek" magazine can do this to a prominent politician and get away with it. >> congratulations now. you know what? they're defending a conservative women. >> that's one of the first times. we had hillary clinton and sarah palin in the forefront of the 2008 election there were several circumstances where they did not come to the defense of the conservative woman but immediately jumped up when it was a liberal woman. hats off to now if you're suddenly coming forward. these were other examples where they went in that third one there where sarah palin was in the shorts, they did not come to her defenses. >> wasn't that for a fitness magazine defense? >> to call her saint sarah in a mocking way, the language and the photos together, it's bad. >> look, sometimes women can be women's own worst enemies and that's really upsetting to me, that a woman would have chosen that photo to put on the cover. i don't care what political party you're in. you should always defend women and men. >> "newsweek" is clearly and has been for a long time, a leftie magazine and they're trying to make her look bad. anyway, we have some headlines for you on this wednesday morning. here they are. three florida cybilsiblings acc in a brazen crime spree may be hiding out in the state of colorado. there are new reports that they were spotted shopping at a store in colorado springs and may now be hiding at a campground in colorado. the f.b.i. warning residents nearby to be on the lookout. >> these individuals are considered armed, dangerous and we believe they pose a very imminent threat to the community that we serve and to law enforcement in general. >> the doherties all siblings all in their 20's are accused of shooting at a policeman before robbing a bank in georgia at gunpoint. you can see that picture. if you have any information on the family, where they might be, call the police and coming up later on "fox & friends", we're going to talk to a former neighbor or two of the family. they've got a lot to say. they have a bunker in their backyard. >> the f.b.i. is involved in a case of a missing 3-year-old girl from missouri. they are offering an award for information leading to her. she vanished while riding a pink bicycle outside of her family's home on saturday. they are looking for a white van with outside windows and a ladder on the back. one of the many leads they're looking at. if you have any other information, please call the police. >> and the u.s. military launching an investigation into that tragic helicopter crash that killed 30 american soldiers in afghanistan. yesterday, the soldiers' remains arrived at dover air force base in delaware. president obama and several military leaders were there to salute our fallen heroes and meet with their grieving families. the team that included 22 navy seals were on their way to help u.s. army rangers on the ground when they reportedly were shot down by taliban insurgents. >> the two suspects in that brutal beating of a san francisco giants fan head to court today. louie sanchez and marvin norwood are set to be arraigned on assault charges for the attack outside dodgers stadium back in march. remember? police say the two guys went on a rampage seeking out rival giants fans. he was one of them. bryan stow suffered severe brain injuries and he's still in the hospital to this day. >> you may not want bernie madoff to protect your investments but what about your ipad? a tech entrepreneur is selling ipad cases made from madoff's old clothing that he reportedly bought for a steal during a police auction of madoff's stuff. the first of the cases made from a pricey christian dior sweater sold almost instantly. of course, madoff won't be needing the clothes anyway, he's serving 150 year prison sentence for running the largest ponzi scheme in american history. that might be bad luck if you're putting that around your ipad. don't care who designed it. i don't think i'd go for it. >> go for some weather right now. we've had a rumble of thunder through portions of the panhandle of florida overnight, things are diminishing a little bit there but they have, as you can see, some showers along coastal florida and the northern section of the state and in the central plain states, we've had some thunderstorms fire up overnight moving through portions of oklahoma and now into the arkansas and ozarks area and some widely scattered stuff through portions of the tennessee and ohio valley. on this wednesday morning, as you head out the door to get the paper or go to work or whatever, we were already in the 60's and 70's across much of the land although it's already up into the 80's down in through portions of texas. today in dallas, they're going to hit 106. they are zeroing in on that record. northern plains, temperatures in the upper 70's. as you can see, mid 90's in the mid atlantic. and that's your travelcast for this warm wednesday. >> well, there's a new report out in politico that says the obama campaign's big strategy coming up for 2012, is to try to destroy the character of g.o.p. presidential candidate mitt romney. doug lazader is in washington this morning for us with more on this. and i understand the romney campaign fired back pretty quickly on this. >> yeah, this thing really caught fire yesterday when it came out in politico and essentially it says that hope and change will become in their words a relentlessly negative campaign against mitt romney and it's going to apparently get pretty ugly according to politico's sources on this saying that they're going to portray romney as unauthentic, unprincipled and word, according to politico, used repeatedly by obama's advisors, weird. now, that did merit a response pretty quickly from the romney campaign. one of their campaign managers put out this statement. saying that president obama will say and do desperate things to hold on to power because he knows he has failed. these are despicable threats, nor president obama's billion dollar campaign will put americans back to work, save their homes or restore their hopes. now, the obama campaign then responded to this response to politico, one of their campaign operatives said the crocodile tears from the romney campaign which has been nothing but negative do not pass the credibility test. one of the big questions is why is this story out there? there may be an effort on the part of the white house to portray romney as a weak candidate. he is, after all, considered a frontrunner according to most polls here. they may be trying to knock him off that pedestal. it's difficult to say but the speed at which there has been a back and forth on this shows the hair trigger that everyone is on right now. back to you guys. >> all right, doug live for us in d.c. thanks so much for that report. >> all right. straight ahead, millions of tax dollars intended for helping the poor get houses. instead, government workers are going to be using it to pad their retirement funds. we'll tell you where that's happening straight ahead. >> then ashton kutcher's paycheck for his new role on "two and a half men." can you say the word ca-ching? 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well, they padded their pensions, of course, instead of helping struggling families put roofs over their heads, santa clara's housing authority apparently used their allocated cash on themselves doubling the value of their own retirement benefits. joining us with more about this is dan palisir, president of california pension reform. good morning, dan. >> good morning. thanks for having me on. >> happy to have you on. fill us in on this. there's $16 million in federal funds. and apparently, the santa clara housing authority decided to set up a pension fund for their workers instead of bringing housing benefits to people that are waiting from three to nine years to get into housing, is that right? >> that's absolutely right. politicians and bureaucrats, you know, continue to show contempt for taxpayers. in this case, they took money that could have been spent on housing for 16,000 clients and instead, they took the money and they enriched the retirement benefits for their 200 employees. this is contemptible and demonstrates a level of huburous that is behind the pale. while the private sector are trying to cut their retirement costs that are exploding and taking up the budgets they need to provide services, these folks just took an immediate cut out of the services that they're going to provide and enriched themselves. i mean, it's why we have tremendous amount of anger about taxpayers and why people have lost faith in their government. you see people doing instred i believely stupid things like this. >> let's look at the housing authority viewpoint. it would be -- although we didn't get a comment back from them would be that these people are really doing god's work. that they're underpaid, that they should be provided a pension benefit. but the question becomes how many people were not allowed to get housing benefits based on this decision with regard to pensions. >> they had $16 million and instead of using that money for what was intended for, they spent it on themselves and they skimmed the money off the top and in a sense, the government agency is taking money that's intended for the 16,000 clients and using it themselves. there's no way to defend that. the entire economy is moving away from the defined benefits program they made for themselves. everyone else is moving away from these costly unsustainable programs that you're racking up literally hundreds of billions of dollars of debt here in california. last thing we needed to do is one more. >> and a lot of government workers in this country are cutting back on their benefits. they should be moving the other direction. is there anything the taxpayers of california can do to change this decision? can a lawsuit change this? >> no -- well, i don't think so. i mean, what they did was consistent with the program guidelines. they just, you know, stretched what was an appropriate use of the funds as far as they could. but it clearly indicates a mind set that the public employees were out for themselves. they were trying to get the greatest advantage for themselves. instead of fulfilling their mission, their mission to provide housing. that's what the money was for. it was not to support the bureaucracy. >> thanks for bringing this story to us. please let us know what happens going forward at that housing authority. we appreciate it. >> we sure will. thank you. >> good to see you. >> now, new mediscare tactics from the liberal community. this time, they're using, what? kids for the campaign. and the man behind it, you may remember him. van jones. and then americans fed up with lawmakers voted in a lot of new faces during the last election. and guess what? americans may not be happier now. could we see another big shakeup in 2012? 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"fox & friends" hour two for a wednesday starts right now. >> hey, guys. this is buddy and you're watching "fox & friends", the news boss. >> the news boss. all right. we'll take that. thank you so much for joining us today. we'll start with a fox news alert out of london. we're just learning that a man who was attacked by rioters in west london has died in the hospital according to the daily telegraph. he is the third person to die now in the melee that's been unfolding there all of this week. our own amy kellogg live in london now for us with the very latest. we saw a very defiant prime minister david cameron speaking about an hour ago saying look, this has to stop and now! >> yeah, gretchen, frankly, to be honest, i think it's surprising that more people haven't died in the violence because you've seen the pictures, it's really been unbelievable and prime minister cameron today saying that the police need a more robust response. they've been really hands off if that's -- if that's the best way to put it. i mean, there has been no tear gas. no water cannons, anything like that. cameron today saying that the use of water cannons has been approved, if necessary, also plastic bullets. i think a lot of frightened citizens want to see the police stepping up at this site against the rioters. we've seen vigilante groups coming up, some call them community watchdogs but taking matters into their own hands because the police have not been able to keep up with these riots that flare up and pop up in different communities around london and even outside of london. it's been all over the country. now, gretchen, i'd like to show you something else. i'm going to hold up a newspaper headline today. it says "shop a moron." this is actually the people -- people being called in also to help identify some of these folks who have broken the windows and looted stores. there are pictures now being posted so that people in communities can say, yeah, this is so and so. this is so and so. cameron saying these people are all going to be arrested. hard to see a lot of them because they're in hooded jackets and some of them have masks on but the belief is that people in the communities will be able to recognize these people and david cameron yesterday said if you're old enough to go out and break into stores and loot flat screen tvs, then you are old enough to pay the price. and suffer the consequences of your actions. i mean, some of the people who have been out on the streets are as young as 10 years old. and one of the issues coming up today and the debate is parenting, the issues of good parenting needs to be addressed in this country because clearly, parents have not been able to keep their kids inside. let's take a listen to what david cameron said earlier today, gretchen. >> this continued violence is simply not acceptable and it will be stopped. we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. >> now, gretchen, some people are saying that maybe the momentum was broken last night because london was much calmer than it had been on the previous two nights. that said, there was a lot of violence in manchester and other areas. but i have to say, personally and speaking to friends, it's a very fearful situation in london as the sun goes down, the shops and everything board up, shut down, it's very quiet. it feels like a ghost town. some people say it feels like a war zone. and i think that the residents of london are just eager to feel that this will be put behind them at some point. as soon as possible. gretchen, back to you. >> amy kellogg, thanks very much for that report. it will be interesting to see if cameron will call in the military if he can't get this under control. >> gigantic political story to tell you about. earlier this year, you saw the people camped out in the statehouse in wisconsin. they were upset that the legislature was on the verge of doing away with collective bargaining rights. it had already been passed by the assembly and the governor said he was going to sign it and you have all these democrats who were state senators leave town. well, afterwards, obviously, the republicans voted for it and they were done away with. fast forward a month or so and then the democrats said we are so upset with this, we're going to have a recall. the recall first part of two recalls was yesterday. and it is very good news for the republicans. >> and democrats and labor poured millions and tens of millions of dollars into this effort and now the republicans control the state senate 17-16 in an election that was really watched around the united states as, perhaps, a precursor to the 2012 presidential election. pitting solid democratic principles against solid republican principles in that state and four out of six races went to the republicans. >> the bad news in that is for the two people, bad news for them, two people who lost in the recall because they were both, i believe, just newly elected in 2010 to those seats. it was the republicans who had been in office for sometime who were able to withstand the recall by the democrats. but as peter alludes to, doesn't tell us what we can expect in 2012 significantly because wisconsin is a blue state and has been for the last 20 years on presidential elections. so does that say something about scott walker now as the republican governor there and the changes that he has brought to that state, does that somehow foreshadow what will happen in that state in 2012 for the presidential election? >> and when you looked at all those pictures and the images of all the state employees en masse, in madison, you thought man, it looks like the whole state is against this. well, yesterday, according to the local papers out there, apparently the turnout was robust and in fact, in a number of precincts and districts as well, they had as many people voting for this recall in the middle of the summer as they had vote for governor last year. >> i don't know about you but i think one of the most important things that's going to happen on capitol hill in quite sometime is who the heck is going to be on this super committee. who is going to be charged with the responsibility of coming up with $1.5 trillion in cuts by thanksgiving when we could hardly get a debt deal passed, who is good enough to be on this committee? guess what, senator harry reid has named his three people. there will be 12 people total. three democratic senators. three republican senators, three republicans from the house. three democrats from the house. these are the senators now that harry reid has named, senator max baukus, senator patty murray and senator john kerry, interesting selection. they kind of all fit into a different kind of a niche. >> when you look at john kerry, he's obviously very partisan and you look earlier this week, he referred to what happened over the last week or so atz the tea party downgrade. so he's a partisan. and then you've got patty murray who is running the democratic senatorial campaign committee. she's obviously a partisan. she's not going to vote for any sort of entitlement changes or anything like that in an election year. the one hope that republicans would have would be max baukus from montana which is, of course, a red state. he was not on the gang of six. in fact, none of them were. but he was on the biden council of people and they did do a little compromising and so the hope for republicans is maybe he should be the seventh vote to help them get what they want. >> and senator mcconnell says he's close to making his appointments. i guarantee you that the appointments that he makes will, in fact, be attacked and criticized in the same fashion and i think what americans are looking to see is will common sense and fidelity to this process by which we're actually going to cut things in this country will be held or does it become another political discussion? >> i think we have a sneak peek as to whom he might select. he's interviewing the candidates but here's what he said. he will select republicans who are well grounded, philosophically, willing to accept something less than the absolute perfect solution because the republicans only control 1/3 of the government in the house of representatives. that to me signals that senator mitch mcconnell may put one tea party member of history but pick moderates for the other two positions auto. au >> what happened in the end, we saw some tea party people engaging in this compromise that is going to be necessary going forward. >> although looking at the reid pick so far, it does look like gridlock so it will be interesting to see what the republicans put up. >> now to the rest of the headlines and start with the fox news alert. we're getting word that a u.s. drone strike has killed as many as 21 al-qaida linked insurgery he wants in pakistan this morning. the u.s. fired missiles reportedly destroyed a vehicle in a compound just south of the afghan border. the compound considered the headquarters of one of the most dangerous extremist groups in the region. bizarre new details in the case of robin gardner. now, she's the maryland woman who was vacationing in aruba when she disappeared from the same town where natalee holloway was last seen six years ago. right now, aruban police are questioning gardner's travel partner who she met on match.com. he claims gardner was sucked in by a strong current while the two were snorkling but one of his ex-girlfriends who did not want to be shown on camera says she believes he has a history of violence. >> he became physically aggressive. i don't remember exactly if he tried to pull me to the ground or i went to the ground on the grass. >> police are now searching gardner's ipad a cell phone for any clues. better financial news around the world this morning. overnight, markets in japan, hong kong and south korea saw nice gains across the board. they were reacting positively to yesterday's big gains on wall street. also, london, frankfurt and paris all showing positive growth. the dow tuesday finished up 430 points in response to the federal reserve it's going to keep interest rates close to zero through mid 2013. we told you yesterday the house of representatives has cut its 200-year-old page program. well, the environmental protection agency is picking up the slack, apparently. but you may have to lean left if you want to actually get a job as a page. the e.p.a. is expanding its ecoambassador program to include internships that pay $6,000 to $8,000 a piece but only for people interested in "environmental justice." those are your headlines. the page program is one of the things that got cut as we look ahead into our future of making cuts. >> yeah, but i think the other house of the congress is going to keep it. >> you wonder why it's really cut. maybe it's too much of a problem in some ways to keep intern program based on past history. >> i know what you're talking about. >> one of the reasons they say they don't need them anymore is because of e-mail. technology. >> straight ahead on this wednesday, why does former u.n. ambassador john bolton, perhaps, want to run for president? he says your safety is on line. he'll join us next to explain. >> left wing group to fight for the president's agenda. wait until you hear who is behind it. 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because those people are desperate. >> yeah, the united states is the largest donor of humanitarian assistance all around the world. it has been for quite sometime. we contribute roughly half of the food that the world's food program will distribute in somalia. i think what the u.s. should be doing is pushing the u.n. to get a bigger presence on the ground there. to distribute the assistance, we ought to be considering the possibility to help the african union get more peacekeepers in. i think the u.s. military long since should have gone after the pirates that are interfering with commerce around somalia, interfering with the distribution of humanitarian assistance. there's a lot we can be doing but, you know, if famine or other problems around the world, the administration is simply not paying attention. >> that's one of the reasons you might run for president of the united states. john bolton today from our d.c. bureau, thank you very much. when you're ready to declare, we got a camera down there. >> many thanks. >> thank you, john. >> straight ahead on this wednesday, sex ed for sixth graders. one city ready to teach their kids about the birds and the bees. and then some. but should that be up to the schools or is that the parents' and families' responsibility? we're going to report and you decide. the markets may be down. your luck, it's looking up. dave ramsey here next with where you should invest right now to take advantage of the credit downgrade. >> the dow skyrocketed up today. it was up 400 points, that's good. that shows you if we have a day where president obama doesn't speak, congress doesn't act, these things will work themselves out. ♪ there's anotheway to minimize litter box odor: purina tidy cats. our premium litters now work harder to help neutralize odors in multiple cat homes. purina tidy cats. keep your home smelling like home. 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he joins me right now. good morning to you, dave. surprise me. do you think people should buy or not? >> absolutely, you ought to buy and you should have bought two weeks ago when it was going up, too. because you buy based on what it's going to be 20 years from now, not based on what it's going to be by the end of the week. >> all right, so for those who are willing to pull the trigger like yesterday morning after the dow had fallen more than 600 points, were they better off than the people who decided to buy at the end of the day yesterday? >> well, yeah, obviously, i mean, you know, but that's a daily swing. again, i was tempted to place a big buy order yesterday morning because i knew this was a false drop but i don't time the market. i'm just a long term investor, the tortoise wins the race every time. he always beats the hare every time i read the book. i'm going to continue to think in a 20 year window and not a 20 minute window. it keeps me from panicking or celebrating too much. >> the other piece of advice is to not pull your money out immediately when we saw a big drop like on monday? >> right. if you panic based on everything that's in the news or you celebrate based on everything that's in the news, you're never going to make money in your long term investing in your 401k because you can't time the market. there's too many variables for any of us, even those who play on the floor of the market to hit it. that's why so many of those guys go broke. day traders don't make money. tons of studies are showing this. the guys and gals that make money in the stock market are the ones that stay in long term. >> let's take a look at some of the e-mails. garrett from nevada, should i change my mutual funds to a money market until the market hits bottom? then buy back in. >> absolutely. if you're a genius, and you know when it's going to hit bottom but none of us do. and so i mean, if i had known that, i would have bought when the dow dropped from 14,000 to 6500, i would have bought at the bottom. if you put in a million dollars then, now you would have $2 million. don't do that. you can't time the market. >> plus money markets aren't paying any interest. eric from tennessee, the dow is down while gold has hit an all time high with gains for the year. is gold still a dumb idea? >> i take a ton of flak for telling people not to buy gold. it's going to hit $2,000 an ounce by the end of the year with all this garbage in the air. the deal is i'm not a speculator. i'm an investor. if you're a speculator, if you're a gambler, gold might be a place to play but i don't do that so i don't have any money in gold because i don't do that. i didn't speculate on tech stocks in the 1990's either and i didn't lose half my money when the bubble burst. >> good point. debbie from texas says this. can you please give me something reassuring about the dramatic drop in the stock market? i'm 60 years old and totally dependent on my 401k and social security if it's still around. i'm hoping to retire in a few years. really, seniors, or people getting ready to retire, they're the ones who are affected the most when the dow drops that much, right? >> well, just, again, because of fear. let's pretend she's got $500,000 or even a million dollars in her 401k, she's not going to cash it all out at age 65. she's going to start living off the income that it produces. so again, that nest egg is still sitting there and it can ride the ups and the downs and she'll be just fine. you know, she's got a 20-year window probably if she lives a normal life span, something like that, to ride the waves with this while living off the income. she's going to be just fine. mcdonald's and coca-cola and home depot are not worth less than they were on munld. -- monday. >> right. very good advice, as always, from dave ramsey. see you again next week. >> thank you. >> apparently, for one bus company, being a good samaritan goes against the policy. a school bus driver fired for picking up three stranded police officers in a massive storm. they'll join us live. it's a bird, it's a plane. nope. it's a female banker taking to the skies with an angry message for the s&p and congress over our credit downgrade. and remake of "dirty dancing" causing an on-line uproar. your e-mails and tweets next. want to keep it as the original or something new? 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>> yes, yes, i didn't even think about s&p being there. shoot, everybody is there. you know what i mean? it really wasn't directed towards s&p. >> you kind of flew by their headquarters so some people are saying -- and they're the ones that downgraded us. obviously it's a slam at the s&p. >> right and, you know, once that got out there, it's pretty hard to -- somebody from missouri. and damage control. >> did you agree with what s&p did in terms of the downgrade? pretty much crashed the markets for a couple of days. >> no. you know what? i don't even have an opinion on what they did, you know, we were acting childish. i'm sure they had their reasons but they did it and it was a total embarrassment to the united states and especially because it was mostly because of politicians. >> what's the reaction been, lucy? >> oh, i've gotten a million calls from just individual peoples and newspapers to nbc to you guys, i mean, i'm like ahhh, i did not really think that it would go this crazy. >> i understand that you're raising two teenage daughters. and in the article, i read, it said that you claim you're not the type of person to actively protest or wave banners at any kind of event but you thought you would be a good example for your daughters. >> i did. >> in what way? >> well, because i felt really strongly about it and i was ranting and raving all weekend and i was, you know, i don't know. i just really thought maybe i could make a difference. >> sure. so you spent -- to rent one of those sky banners it costs close to $900. we understand the company gave you a deal. >> yeah. >> you wanted to fly it over the congress but you couldn't because of the no-fly zone. >> right. >> we have a bunch of members of congress who are watching right now. lucy, what do you want to say to them? >> get your act together, solve the problem. work together. give the president something he can work with. >> that's why your kid says she definitely stands up. she's different than other moms. she stands up and i'm proud of her. i'm glad to have a mom like that. i hope my kids say that about me some day. that's really nice. thanks for joining us today. >> thank you. >> lucy in the sky with downgrades. >> now, it's time for the headlines on this wednesday. three florida siblings accused in a brazen crime spree may be hiding out in colorado. there are new reports of dylan, lee grace and ryan doherty were spotted shopping at a store in colorado springs and may now be hiding at a campground. the f.b.i. warning nearby residents be careful if you see them. >> these individuals are considered armed, dangerous and we believe they pose a very imminent threat to the community that we serve and to law enforcement in general. >> the trio all in their 20's are accused of shooting at police during high speed chase in florida before robbing a bank in georgia at gun point. yeah, that's one of the kids. if you have any information where they are, call the police. coming up in the next hour, we'll talk to two former neighbors of those kids who now have apparently a bunker in their backyard. >> the army private accused of plotting another attack on fort hood has been indicted by a federal grand jury. it shows that he planned to bomb two restaurants frequented by fort hood and their families and open fire on any survivors. he's still in custody and faces a maximum only 10 years if convicted. >> incredible video out of houston, texas. you're looking at a big rig standing completely upright against a sign on the freeway. the 18 wheeler's giant trailer is somehow separated from its cab before flipping on to its side. and flying up in the air, obviously. the bizarre actions backed up rush hour traffic for hours. in fact, the scene is still not completely clear. no word if anybody was hurt with the flying truck. >> that is really something. meanwhile, here in new york city, they're making the birds and bees mandatory for middle and high school students. they'll have to do one semester of sex ed as part of their curriculum. parents can remove their child from any part of the course they feel inappropriate. they can do the same for the city's h.i.v. and aids programs as well. that's a look at the headlines on this wednesday. >> you know how tough it is to resist videos or anything else that cute little kids do? you're about to see a video where a bunch of cute kids are saying some interesting messaging stuff. you got to wonder if obviously, these parents must have known what these kids would be involved in. you hope. because they're actually giving sort of tips as to what we should do with the government and they're pro obama. listen to this. >> the contract for the american dream has 10 points. point number 1. invest in america's infrastructure. >> 4, medicare for all. when everyone has health care, we're all healthier and we spend less. >> 7, return the fairer tax rate. if the rich don't pay their taxes we'll have to. auto evened the bush tax cuts for the rich and create new tax brackets for those making more than a million dollars. >> you have a snippet of the contract for the american dream. this particular group that is behind this organized by van jones. remember him. the guy who was the green czar for the obama administration. >> he was the green czar in the obama administration and obviously, he has a background and he's a self-avowed marxist and has been involved with a lot of interesting organizations over time and it's going to me, i always thought that we would indoctrinate children in the boy scout mrenl, the 10 commandments, the timetables, i think maybe we've hit maybe a new low now using children in a political message. i don't quite understand it. >> they don't know what they're saying. obviously, that's the most offensive thing. it's one thing -- why don't you teach them the pledge of allegiance like you said or parts of the constitution? they don't really know what they're talking about now. that's adult messaging and it's obviously to get your attention. >> they're wonderful, beautiful kids and obviously smart and intelligent and they're america's best and we love kids. but to put kids in a political message like that, what are we trying to say? >> what do you think? twitter us, twitter.com/fox and friends. or e-mail us "fox & friends" at foxnews.com. we told you yesterday how lionsgate is thinking about re-creating "dirty dancing" that was a cult hit in 1987 and made hundreds of millions of dollars. $214 million and cost $6 million to make. it starred patrick swayze and jennifer grey there as baby and apparently the internets are lit up. people are saying you can't redo that movie. it's a classic. and nobody could possibly be as good as the originals. >> all right. so here are some of the tweets from some, heard they are making a remake of dirty dancing. blasphemy! i'm not that uptight about it. nobody should dare do a remake according to that. >> and then april, dirty dancing remake? are there no writers left with any original ideas to develop? hollywood, what's next? the godfather trilogy 2? >> it made a fortune. that's why hollywood wants to remake it. to try to make yet another fortune. >> only made for $6 million. >> i know. but the return -- >> income that it brought in. >> yes. here's jennifer grey herself. baby has taken to the twitter verse and she says blown away by all the love expressed for "dirty dancing." makes me want to see it again. so grateful to have been a part of it. >> why can't she be part of the new one? let's start right here. we need jennifer grey in the remake. >> she might not be baby but she certainly could be in the movie. you know what? they're going to remake that, brought us to the question, what are some of the best and worst remakes of all time? i got to tell you, one of the worst remakes of all time, saw it this past weekend, "arthur." >> i agree with you. >> that is a stinker. kind of amusing in parts but that stinks! >> i hid out in the movie theater from a tornado watching "arthur" in north carolina. >> to actually get through it. >> i understand what you're sapg. >> let us know what you think. i'm thinking of "grease" could they ever redo it with john travolta and olivia newton john? 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a diamond ring is in this guy's stomach that you're about to see. the repairman allegedly swallowed the ring after being confronted by homeowners who noticed it was missing. he's charged with felony theft. we'll bring you the picture of his tummy coming up sometime soon. >> yuck! >> a good samaritan is fighting for his livelihood this morning after helping out some police officers who were in need. the school bus driver saw three detectives stranded during a torrential rainstorm. even he was on duty driving, he stopped to pick them up and deliver them to safety. that decision has now cost him his job. and george daw is here with us live with more on this. good morning, george. i'm sorry to hear about this. what happened? there was a hail or rainstorm and detectives were actually in water? >> yeah, they were probably midway in their car up to their doors and i'm in a ford excursion which is a lot higher than their vehicle. i knew i had to make a decision. they were blocking me. i had a child on board. the water was rising and i'm not waiting for my vehicle to be that engulfed with water. i had to get out of there. so i made the decision to, you know, while this car wasn't moving, to get out of that situation. i knew it was clear up ahead. i seen a fire truck. i had to make a decision to either stay there or move or take another road. i seen it was clear. i went in that direction. there was one person that was pleading with me for her life. i mean, she was in shock. she went from shock to hope to despair in a split second when i told her, i'm on a school bus. i'm sorry, i can't let you on board. i have a child on board. i didn't know this person. i know company policy, it was an ordinary citizen and i couldn't do it. but when i came upon three other individuals that were plainclothes police officers, i didn't know it at first but i was going to tell them the same thing, i'm sorry, i'm a school bus. i can't do it. i have a child on board. >> you let them on the bus. >> when they identified themselves is when i let them on the bus. >> and you rescued them. >> i rescued them because i knew three police officers are going to help other people. i'm not going to leave them. >> what happened to you, george, after you rescued them? >> nothing. i didn't want nothing from this. i didn't think anything came of it. i wrote up a report and i stated that it was police officers. so once they saw that, i knew that even though it might have been company policy, this is police officers. there's no way. >> so they fired you? >> they fired me and i'm still in shock. >> let's hear what they have to say. this is a statement from the bus company. says we have policies and procedures in place to ensure the safety of the children we transport. when these policies and procedures are not followed, we will address them in an appropriate manner. this particular employee was not terminated solely because of the pickup of unscheduled passengers. the question today, george, in being the good samaritan that you were, and in being fired from this job that you need, you've got two children and a family, would you do it again? >> absolutely, and i've stated that. i mean, these are first responders and the reason i'm on national television with all the disasters that are going on not only in the united states but all over the world, britain and what's going on in london, you're telling me when first responders are going to these scenes and the public can assist these people, you want to say no, don't do that. it's a violation of our policy. everybody pulls together. >> we have to work together beings you have some friends in the nassau county police department, what they had to say. this man, george daw was kind enough to remove the detectives from these rising waters and transport them back to their office as a direct result of his actions on our behalf, the bus operator was terminated from his employment. it seems as though the management of the educational bus transportation company should reconsider their position in this matter. would you go back to work for this company? >> i explained this to everybody. i loved the job i was doing. they gave me a bonus check -- i love my job. if i didn't love the job, i'd be there every day. >> thank you for being a good samaritan and inspiring all of us in america. >> absolutely. everybody has to do their job. >> stay with us, george. coming up, he was looking at the stock market instead. instead it sank. did president obama miss his best opportunity to become a real commander in chief? our next guest says yes. wait until you hear why. and the number one song in 2009 "i gotta a feeling" by the black eyed peas. america needs you. 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"fox & friends." >> gretchen: he's going to be here on the curvy couch in 30 minutes from now. he has a new show that he'll be telling us about and he'll comment on news of the day as well. we start with headlines and a fox news alert. at least four people dead from the riots overnight. one of the victims, a man attacked in west london earlier this week. three other men reportedly died in a hit and run crash in birmingham overnight. earlier this morning, david cameron spoke about the crisis gripping his country. >> this continued violence is simply not acceptable and it will be stopped. we will not put up with this in our country. we will not allow a culture of fear to exist on our streets. >> gretchen: police arrested more than 1100 people in the past four days. the riots in response to an incident last week when police officers shot and killed a 29-year-old father of four. a new report shows that man did not shoot back. bizarre details in the case of robin gardener. she was vacationing in aruba when she disappeared from the same town where natalie hollyway was seen. they're questioning her travel partner who she met on match.com. he claims that gardener was sucked in by a strong current while the two were snorkeling. one of his ex-girlfriends who did not want to be shown on cal as, say -- cameras, say he has a history of violence. >> he became physically aggressive. i don't know if he tried to pull me to the ground or i went to the ground on the grass. >> gretchen: police are searching his ipad and cell phone for any clues. better financial news around the world this morning. overnight markets in japan, hong kong and south korea so you nice gains across the board, reacting positively to the gains on wall street. london, frankfort and paris all showing positive growth today. the dow tuesday finished up 430 points in response to the federal reserve announcing it will keep interest rates close to 0 through mid 2013. disgraced political activist group acorn due for sentencing in las vegas today. the group which used to employee president obama pleaded guilty to voter fraud charges earlier this year. acorn faces a minimum $1,000 fine. however, there is a possibility they won't have to pay anything at all since they filed for bankruptcy late last year. those are your headlines. >> steve: in our political headlines today, let's talk about the recall election that was held yesterday in wisconsin. remember earlier in this year where you had all those state employees jammed in the state rotunda right there, demanding that the senate not vote to get rid of their collective bargaining rights? the democrats in the senate took off. eventually they came back and that particular bill was passed. and they no longer get those collective bargaining rights. they threatened to recall. they got it yesterday. the democrats needed three seats. they got two. the republicans have won this particular battle. it was close, but it's a win for the republicans and many are saying the tea party. >> peter: this is the latest challenge the democrats and unions have made in that state. really the birth place of progressivism in the united states to some extent. they challenged the collective bargaining law in the courts and lost it there. and they were expecting a kind of big win here, or anticipating a big win and poured tens of millions of dollars -- >> steve: $35 million. >> peter: that's incredible. >> steve: a recall. >> peter: not congressional races. >> gretchen: but the voter turnout was huge. that apparently was one of the big issues here because there was nothing else on the ballot. so voters were very interested probably from both sides in coming out to reflect how they felt about this. does it predict any kind of an outcome for 2012, because wisconsin has been known as a blue state, voted for the democratic presidential candidate for the last couple of decade, does that have anything to do with how wisconsin will go in 2012? you be the judge. we're still 18 months out, but some people are saying that maybe this will show that it's now a swing state. >> steve: how the nation would go in the next election. keep in mind now the monopoly is held by the republicans. they hold the assembly there. they hold the senate and they hold the governor's job. what's interesting, though, is even if the democrats would have taken control of the senate, they wouldn't have been able to undo what happened this past year because they would just control one particular chamber and it's the same thing we got going at the national level. >> peter: and they had high hopes for a win there and this is a pretty big loss. they had expected to win and this is a loss. >> steve: bad for labor. >> gretchen: let's talk about the super committee. i think this is a really important thing that will be happening before thanksgiving, these 12 members that will be appointed to this committee have to come up with $1.5 trillion in cuts, those trigger things will go into effect. harry reid named his three people, three people from the senate, democrats. max baucus, patty murray and john kerry. now, the one moderate in that group is max baucus. he has a lot of experience in crossing over the fence and talking to republicans and doing different kinds of deals. so people are saying that he was sort of the moderate pick. the other two maybe not so much. it will be interesting to see who the republicans narrow in on for their choices. >> steve: when you look at patty murray, she's the head of the democratic senate campaign committee, she's partisan and if you think that they're going to have any sort of entitlement or medicare or social security tweaks while she's trying to get people elected to the senate, you are dreaming 'cause she's not going to go for that. john kerry, not either. gretchen is right, the one ray of hope that the republicans would have would be max baucus. the thing that some are saying is he's been reasonably good on taxes, so he might side with the republicans on some sort of tax reform. remember, the way the super committee will work is they just need seven votes in agreement to send it to the house and to the senate for a simple majority vote. he could be the 7th vote. >> peter: i think a lot of americans are hoping this so-called select committee, this super committee that will be composed of 12 wise senators, not 12 angry senators, that's what we're looking for, i think. >> gretchen: mitch mcconnell giving a sneak peek who he might select, saying it has to be somebody willing to accept something less than the absolute perfect solution. >> steve: compromise. >> gretchen: if you're looking what his words means, that means he would be selecting more moderates. in the meantime, some members of the house who are democrats and more to the left of the moderate are now, well, they're kind of angry at president obama and they're pointing the finger at him saying that maybe he has deserted that part of the democratic party. is that the case? charles krauthammer had this analysis on that. >> i think they say, maybe we picked the wrong candidate. maybe it should have been hillary. we just have a lousy leader, a guy who had no experience, a guy who was a flash in the pan, gave a good speech, but never ran a candy store. that's one argument. the ideology is right, but the leadership is wrong. >> steve: that is the same sentiment echoed on a number of editorial pages where they're going, we picked the wrong guy. the people are saying that we should have picked hilly. >> peter: you see maureen dodd who says he doesn't lead and he doesn't understand why we don't feel led. that's an incredible condemnation from her. >> steve: let's see what's going on in california, in santa clara county, apparently the housing authority obviously -- as we run the animation. that's how they're spending our money. the housing authority is charged with trying to find houses for people who simply don't have any place to live. $16 million in the kitty and rather than spend the money to find homes for people, they took that money to bolster their employees' retirement benefits. apparently they used to have a 401(k) system, but they changed it to a flat out pension where people wind up with lifetime benefits. >> gretchen: some people are scratching their heads because this is the state of california that's currently broke and looking at ways to cut spending and knowing that pensions are part of the problem, not the full problem, but part of it, it is a little, well, scratching your head kind of logic to how this happened. we had an earlier guest on who felt the same way. >> this is contemptible, it demonstrates a level of hubrus that is beyond the pale. while the private sector and many government agencies are trying to cut their retirement costs, that are exploding and taking up the budgets they need to provide services, these folks just took an immediate cut out of the services that they're going to provide and enrich themselves. it's why we have tremendous amount of anger about taxpayers and why people have lost faith in their government is that you see people doing just incredibly stupid things like this. >> peter: it's very clear that people who work for housing authorities across the country do very, very important work and it's very difficult work. they're helping a lot of people in need in our society. but the issue becomes who needs more? could that $16 million be used to help people find housing, some people that are waiting three, four, five years to get into permanent housing or should it be used to convert 401(k) funds to pension funds, when everyone else is doing the opposite to save money? >> steve: that is crazy. >> gretchen: let us know what you think about that. coming up, the ocean drags a little boy under, but rescuers reach him just in time. how they brought him back to life. >> peter: first, many americans are unhappy with washington in 2010. and word is they're not any happier this time around. so will we see a major shakeup in the 2012 elections? our political panel of heavy weights weighs in next. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ introducing purina one beyond a new food for your cat or dog. not a mammal in this household isilling to lay claim to its origin. but now is not the time for blame. now is the time for action. ♪call 1-800-steemer. when they taste the food that you cooked, it does something to your heart. i think what people like most about the grilled food is the taste. the flavor comes from that oak wood. the shmp, the fresh fish, the steaks. it locks in the flavor, it seals in the juices so that when you put the fork in it, it just goes through it like butter. it's beautiful. 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[ male announcer ]alf a day's worth of fiber. fiber one. >> steve: welcome back. we got some headlines on this wednesday morning. the f.b.i. is now involved in the case of a missing three-year-old girl from missouri. they are offering a $45,000 for information leading to finding her. she vanished while riding her pink bike outside her family's home on saturday. if you have any information about where the little girl might be, please call police. dramatic rescue of a 12-year-old off the coast of washington state. charles dale was standed in the pacific ocean for about 20 minutes until the rescue crews, as you can see there, got to him and pulled him out. he is doing okay, but he is still recovering in the hospital this morning. all right. gretchen? >> gretchen: michelle bachman is getting support from an unlikely source and it's all because of this controversial newsweek cover. the national organization for women, now, calling the cover sexist. bachman on the stump yesterday stayed above the fray. >> the cover this morning on "newsweek" magazine, have you seen that? >> i have not. >> the headline, queen of rage. >> uh-huh. we'll have to take a look at that, won't we? >> gretchen: we're back with our political panel, tara, michael, and andrew. andrew, let me start with you on this one. i think michelle bachman has done a really great job of staying calm when she is attacked in these types of situations. what do you make of that cover shot of newsweek and the title that accompanies it? >> it's sexist. it just is. in the first place, michelle bachman had the most unfair coverage i think of any candidate. she's been attacked as crazy and they call her the queen of rage, suggesting someone out of control. why is she the queen of anything? she's a presidential candidate, a very serious woman, a ventolin woman. i was surprised, frankly, that n.o.w., which is traditionally the missing in action in defending conservative women finally stepped up and defended her because the angst against conservative women has gotten worse and worse. i heard bill maher say awful things with no one to check him, the raging on sarah palin. >> gretchen: many people said n.o.w. did not typically defend conservative women, even though they were the national organization for all women. here is what they're saying now. what they're saying of a woman who is a serious contender for president of the united states of america, they are basically casting her as a nut job. i find that fascinating that n.o.w. said that. tara, let's be honest here. n.o.w. in the past has not always defended all women. >> n.o.w. has certainly not spent a lot of time, i think, contrary to what's being said, i think n.o.w. hasn't spent a lot of time defending every woman. >> gretchen: come on. it's been political in the past. >> i think what's happened is n.o.w. has certain positions. they support reproductive rights, they support a lot of issues that are more progressive. typically when women are carrying those issues and being attacked, n.o.w. responds to those women carrying their messages. but n.o.w. did defend sarah palin earlier this year and michelle bachman again in addition to this. they actually defended her on one of the commentators -- >> gretchen: it's been more recent that they have and maybe there is a political purpose behind that. here is another part of their statement. my job is -- from n.o.w.: my job is to defeat michelle bachn and i intend to do so, but good women will not run for office if "newsweek" magazine can do this to such a prominent politician and get away with it. michael, your response? >> first, i don't think the cover is sexist. i think they made her the queen of the tea party. so they elevated a woman. but that being said, i think for now, there is no political down side to coming out in defense of a conservative woman. they know they have a weakness in terms of their credibility by never coming to the defense of a conservative woman. here is aen opportunity where they're not defending her on the issues. she's a contender, i guess, but certainly not a front runner in the race. so this gives them an opportunity to come out in defense of women in a broadway and rebuild their credibility. >> gretchen: what about newsweek? by the way, i don't think that cover photo is very flattering. of all the photos they could have selected -- she's a beautiful woman. ironically she still looks great, even though they tried to make her look like a kook. her intensity -- here is what the editor said, she's galvanizing and trying to capture the intensity. >> she's got her defense, it talks about the photo shoot. you can look at other photos from that shoot. you can either defend her or you can cast gate tina brown for making this choice. if you look at all the photos of michelle bachman, it's not that out of character. if you look at her state of the union response, it kind of looks the way she did in the state of the union response. i have to say. >> gretchen: andrew, the final word? >> we're missing a larger question. why is it n.o.w.'s job to defeat michelle bachman? why isn't it their job to defend all women? >> steve: n.o.w. is progressive. they're going to do what they can to elect progressive women. >> gretchen: very interesting question and it's for another debate. andrew, michael, tara, thank you. next, you no longer need to wait five months to find out the sex of your baby. really? but before you sign up for the test, you'll want to hear why it's also controversial. left wing group using kids to fight for the president's agenda. >> point number one, invest in america's infrastructure. >> gretchen: do they know what that is? wait until you hear who is behind this video. and a down stock market, rough economy and no job economy. it's no joke, a funny man, joe piscopo is not laughing. he's taking action and he's here to explain. hey, joe. anybody home? ♪ yes! ha ha! ♪ [ clicking ] dad, what happened? power went out, want a hot dog? [ female announcer ] oscar mayer selects are made with 100% pure beef and have no artificial preservatives. they're a great way to re-connect with your family. dad, how come the nelsons' lights are on? ♪ it doesn't get better than this ♪ >> former vice president al gore is making news, thanks to a speech about global warming he gave in aspen last week. it's a topic al gore is passionate about and he got angry during the speech. he got so angry during the speech, he almost woke a couple of people in the audience up. scary. >> gretchen: he was angry. did you hear it? they had to bleep out a bunch of the speech that he gave. >> steve: he was talking dirty? al gore? >> peter: yeah, he was kind of getting heated. >> gretchen: they were speaking about global warming. so heated was an appropriate word. >> peter: president obama in the face of a floundering economy getting ready for a bus tour. steve centanni is in washington, d.c. with the details. good morning, steve. >> good morning. the focus will be squarely on jobs, as the president hits the road in the midwest early next week, monday, tuesday, and wednesday, on a bus trip through three states. now, the white house says the idea is to talk to americans about the economy and find ways to improve the economy and create jobs. here is white house press secretary jay carney about the trip last week. >> he will continue to make the case that we need to take the measures necessary as a country, working together with congress, that will spur greater economic growth and create more jobs. >> now, that was before we knew exactly where the president was going to be going and today we know. the first stop will be in minnesota, southern minnesota next monday. then on to piasta, iowa, where he will hold a rural economic forum at a community college there. the white house says it will bring government officials and small business owners to talk about ways to accelerate hiring. the last stop will be in western illinois. the white house says the bus tour gives the president the chance to make a more direct connection to the american people and to go some places where air force one simply can't go. now, while this is clearly not a campaign trip, it's an economic trip. iowa, of course, is very important in election year politics. it's an important swing state. and that's where the president will be holding this rural economic forum next week. it comes days after the straw poll in iowa, by the way, where republican also get a chance to show their support or lack thereof for the president's republican rivals. back to you guys. >> steve: all right. steve, north lawn of the white house, thank you very much. meanwhile, we've got your headlines for this wednesday. the president of somalia, vowing to get rid of islamist militants vow to go overthrow his regime. they're blamed for blocking food into the african nation, in the grips of a famine. just this week, the white house pledged more than $100 million in aid to somalia. former u.s. ambassador to the united nations, john bolton, says that is not enough. >> i think what the u.s. should be doing is pushing the u.n. to get a bigger presence on the ground there to distribute the assistance. there is a lot we can be doing, but famine or other problems around the world, the administration is simply not paying attention. >> steve: the united nations estimates that tens of thousands of people have died so far from starvation in recent months. >> gretchen: the millionaire ceo of a pharmaceutical company is speaking out for the first time about the mysterious death of his girlfriend and young son. rebecca zahu was found hanging with her hands and feet tied tin the mansion. days before, his son, pictured there, max, died after falling downstairs. >> we obviously had an extraordinarily difficult time. we have undertaken some tragedies, some losses that one couldn't imagine experiencing in a lifetime. >> gretchen: police still do not know whether her death was murder or suicide. peter? >> peter: the u.s. military launching an investigation into the tragic helicopter crash that killed 30 american soldiers in afghanistan. yesterday the soldiers' remains arrived at dover air force base in delaware. president obama and several military leaders were there to salute or fallen heros and meet with their families. the team which included 22 navy seals was on its way to help u.s. army rangers on the ground when they were reportedly shot down by taliban insurgents. >> steve: meanwhile, is it a boy or a girl? moms to be may soon be able to find out their baby's gender a lot earlier in the pregnancy thanks to a new blood test. the test can be given at seven weeks and uses the mother's blood to analyze the baby's dna. the study says it is 95% accurate. normally doctors wait until 20 weeks into the pregnancy to perform an ultrasound where they can see the baby's sex. right now the tests are sold on-line and used in european hospitals. there is concern the test could be used by parents to pick the gender of their child. >> gretchen: she wanted to make sure congress got the message loud and clear. missouri banker and mother of two, lucy noby hired a private plane to fly the giant banner over wall street. it reads, thanks for the downgrade. you should all be fired. she joined us earlier on "fox & friends." >> i know the consequences of a downgrade and i was so angry, i couldn't believe that we got downgraded because congress was acting like children. >> gretchen: she says she originally intended to fly the banner over dc, but couldn't because of the no fly zone restrictions there. so she took a chance. 900 bucks. >> steve: he's no ordinary joe. we're talking piscopo and he joins us on the couch. good morning to you. >> how are you doing? >> steve: one of the things about joe, not only is he a great impressist and host and emcee, he loves to look at the news. you have the news on the fox news channel and others 24/7. >> right. i'm the lone democrat that watches your channel. i like it. i actually like it. i watch fox news all the time. my mom's favorite show, right here, "fox & friends," hi, grandma, i love you. >> gretchen: before we get to the fun you're having right now in atlantic city, let's talk about the jobs situation in america because a lot of people are asking this question: where the hell are the jobs? >> you know what? why don't we talk about revenue. when they talk about revenue, they talk about tax increases which is ridiculous. why can't they get a governor, like ours in new jersey, powerful governor like he is. a nice man. he really is. despite what the teachers think, he's a nice guy. guess him, get ahead of a company like steve jobs, you get a union president and they have a press conference. this is what i think. they create jobs. they say to job, you got to make apple cases, you got to make head phones. make them in patterson, new jersey -- >> steve: they make them in china! >> that's what i'm saying, bring it to jersey. you watch the property tax go down and the revenues go up and you won't have to cut the pension and welfare to firefighters or police. it's very frustrating. >> gretchen: you know why they can't? because the regulations in america make jobs -- >> that's what we should attack because it's frustrating to see. we were a manufacturing based. camden, new jersey was a manufacturer. thank god for campbell soup. they won't bring manufacturing back. president obama is going to go on this jobs tour, it's just fluff. it's all talk. bring the jobs back. sit with the ceo -- >> peter: maybe the way to get the message out, and this is what people at these left wing organizations are doing now, why don't you use kids to get your message out? >> how embarrassing is that? >> peter: this gruene that van jones is -- group that van jones is involved with. let's take a look. >> point number one. >> point number one. invest in america's infrastructure. for medicare for all. >> steve: medicare for all. we can't even afford medicare for some. >> that's absolutely the wrong thing to do. and it's so easy -- >> steve: this is their agenda. >> you can't though, man, and you know it and they know it. i don't appear -- explain to me. i've been talking about this for ten years. we've been on sean and here, why can't they get a great governor, even walker in wisconsin, sit down, stop about voter identification. create jobs! manufacturing jobs to offset property taxes. it's so easy. put in in the inner cities because if you're outside the inner cities, a lot of your taxes go to feed the inner city even if you don't drive through there, you got to stream your taxes. the highest property taxes in the country are new jersey. there is a lot of manufacturing in new jersey, but not near enough. the unions will give you what you want these days. i'm a union guy. we want to work. >> peter: if you reduce tax, can you create jobs? >> it's got to go the other way around. you got to create jobs to reduce taxes. you got to get these people to have a purpose in the morning. if you have a tax base, if you have a tax base through revenue, through jobs, i think all the problems are solved. why are we talking about cutting? don't get me started! don't cut firefighters! don't cut the teachers, man! create jobs and it's so easy! but, excuse me, you got to have somebody like jobs go, okay. you know what? i won't take the $30 million platinum parachute -- >> steve: he would work for a dollar a year. you sound like you're running for governor. >> no, no. >> steve: you are working in new jersey, or atlantic city. tell us about the club you got going. >> back to the entertainment part, we're very excited. this is a business. this is club piscopo, we opened at resorts, very exciting. it's like a retro style nightclub, a classic nightclub and father guido, frankie pacer. we've had a blast. victoria jackson was just in. it's me on stage doing my thing thursday through sunday, running through the summer, and we're shooting a tv special down there. they want to do a pilot for reality show. >> peter: are you creating a new rat pack down there? can you give us a little sinatra? ♪ fly me to the moon ♪ let me swing with the stars i got the best musicians, if you come down to the resorts, it's like club piscopo, it's hey, baby. and you know what? we're creating jobs! >> gretchen: good way to end it. thanks, joe. coming up, first it goes down and then goes soaring back up. what's going to happen to the stock market next? we're live from the floor of the new york stock exchange. >> peter: the f.b.i. may have a tip in the case of the three siblings who robbed a bank. and here from their former neighbors who say they used to hear gun shots from their house. >> steve: not exactly a normal family. >> peter: no. 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[ male announcer ] this is what it's like getting an amazing discount on a hotel with travelocity's top secret hotels. the easy way to get unpublished discounts of up to 55% off top hotels. harpist not included. ♪ >> gretchen: couple headlines. general john allen set to speak from the pentagon in 15 minutes. this will be general allen's first press briefing since taking over for general petraeus as the commander of u.s. forces in afghanistan. new york city making the birds and the bees mandatory for middle and high school students. students in sixth, seventh and tenth grades must do one semester now of sex ed as part of their health curriculum, but parents have the option to take kids out if they choose. peter? >> peter: thanks. u.s. markets are opening in 45 minutes. the dow futures already pointing to lower opening today despite yesterday's last minute rebound. fox business reporter nicole is live at the floor of the stock exchange. what are we going to expect today? >> peter, this is much like being in an adventure park. roller coasters, sea saw, this is the volatility we've been seeing. this morning, the futures are pointing to a lower open of about 1.25%. 140 points to the down side on the dow jones industrial average. this after yesterday when we gained nearly 430 points and on monday, everybody remembers the huge selloff when we were down 600 points. this is the type of environment we are in. everybody is flocking to gold, which has been setting new records. also we see treasuries, ten-year treasury yielding 2.19%. so that is the action as far as the big board. as far as specific names, we are in earnings season, so macy's came out and looking higher. disney, that is looking to the down side. after the bell today, we'll be looking to watch news corps, as well as cisco systems, those will be names coming out with quarterly numbers. other names, bank of america, some of those financials which tried to recoup some of the losses. monday, bank of america got creamed. everybody remembers it was down 20%, as did citigroup. they recouped some of those losses yesterday, but with the down arrow, the pressure is back on. when you talk to the traders how they're playing this one, they're basically taking it minute to minute because the trend still seems to be to the down side. of course, we have the fundamental pressures over in europe and right here at home. >> peter: thank you. we'll see what the promise of cheap money brings in the stock market today. we'll hear from you this week. thank you. coming up, new leads in the search for three siblings who are on a violent crime spree. next, meet their neighbors who have some interesting insight into that gang. first, let's check in with bill hemmer for what's on at the top of the hour. good morning, bill. how are you? >> good morning, peter. i'm terrific. can't believe they're still on the run. all those pictures across the country. more on that, too. london's burning. their developments -- there are developments on that. which way now dow? need a neck brace for that market. the fed making a strong statement about what it thinks about our struggling economy. what does the victoryies mean for your state. and a woman missing in aruba. does that sound familiar? we'll see you in 11 minutes on "america's newsroom" coming up. a full serving of vegetables plus a full serving of fruit. but it just tastes like fruit. 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"oceans 11" is a great one. >> steve: someone else said "true grit" and "planet of the apes." >> peter: it w

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