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[captioning made possible by fox news channel] captioned by the national captioning institute ---www.ncicap.org--- bret: next on president report, the nation's spy chiefs want president obama to call off the interrogation into alleged be interrogation abuses and iran launches another salvo at israel while protestors stay too close for comfort. the head man in venezuela attempts to shut down media dissent, and there was plenty of dissent in washington today where conservatives are staging a weekend rally. all that, plus the all-star panel and the friday lightning round, "special report" from new york starts right now. welcome to "special report" from new york tonight. i'm bret baier. 7 past directors of the c.i.a. are urging president obama to pull the plug on an investigation into enhanced interrogations of terrorism suspects. they laid out their reasons in a letter today. national correspondent catherine herridge tells us what is in it. >> intelligence officials say the decision to write the letter by the 7 former c.i.a. directors was spontaneous and came in the days after the c.i.a. inspector general's report was declassified by the justice department august 24. according to the source of 7 former directors whose leadership reaches back over 35 years, wanted the letter to be firm and clear as well as respectful and professional. within the letter, three key points are made -- first, that attorney general eric holder's decision should be reversed by the president, quote, attorney general holder's decision to reopen the criminal investigation creates and at moss fear of continuous jeopardy for those whose cases the department of justice had previously declined to prosecute, and more over, there is no reason to expect that the reopened criminal investigation will remain narrowly focused. it reveals too much to the enemy, quote, disclosures about c.i.a. collection operations have and will continue to make it harder for intelligence officers to maintain the momentum of operations that has saved lives and help protect america from further attacks." finally, that reopening the criminal investigation will make it harder for the u.s. to get help from foreign intelligence services. quote "as a result of the zeal on the part of some to uncover every action taken in the post 9/11 period, many countries may decide that they can no longer share intelligence or cooperate on future counter terrorist operations." late today, this response from the c.i.a., "director panetta appreciates the strong support for the men and women of the c.i.a. he has stood up for those who followed legal guidance on interrogation and he will continue to do so." in a brief statement, a justice department spokesman says an attorney general's duty is, quote, to examine the facts and follow the law. there has been no response from the white house. bret. bret: thank you. a colorado man with alleged ties to a plot to bomb new york city subways has told the f.b.i. he does have ties to al qaeda. he had earlier denied any such relationship. zasi is the central figure in the probe that led to police raids monday. a source told fox news he changed his story this morning and is in negotiations to plead guilty to a terror charge. half a world away from here, we saw another reminder of just how vitriolic iran's president is, and just how strong the effort to remove him remains. correspondent amy kellogg reports on a special day inside iran that did not go according to plan. >> the iranian crowds on jerusalem day, traditionally come out to shut anti-israel slogans. many are bussed in. it is usually a fairly scripted government-sponsored event but this day was different. the majority of people who took to the streets were demanding democracy. they crept into the space of a regime-sponsored march to express a variety of geoffances. it was against this background that president ahmadinejad repeated his attacks on israel and his denial that the holocaust occurred. >> the pretext of the regime is alive and corrupt, r. >> he said that the state of israel will, quote, not last long, and he excoriated western countries for denying freedom to palestinians. some in the crowd shouted anti-government slogans such as "they kill our people but talk about palestine and we won't die for causes in lebanon, but we will die for iran." others chanted "death to the dictator." the former president got roughed up and his turban was knocked off and ahmadinejad made an appearance that was curlts short after hardliners approached him. it has been a brutal crackdown in iran. >> the people that go out and march with their signs, peace signs, are very brave, indeed, because they have been tapped down with brutal repression. >> reports are that the opposition will look for any opportunity to rally or even stage strikes this fall. in london, amy kellogg, fox news. bret: of course, the major concern about iran is its apparent push to develop nuclear weapons, and there is now a serious disagreement about just how far along that effort might be. national security correspondent jennifer griffin has that story. >> a day after the obama administration and the pentagon announced a major shift in their european missile defense system to focus more immediately on the short and medium-range missile threats from iran, more details are emerging from a leaked secret report allegedly compiled by the iaea for its director. the report obtained by the associated press suggests that iran already has the knowhow to make a nuclear bomb and has worked extensively on developing a missile system to deliver it. developing a chamber inside a ballistic missile capable of housing a nuclear payload, and carrying out the probable testing of explosives, the kind used to detonate a nuclear warhead. the iaea has denied the report saying it has no concrete proof that there is or has been a nuclear weapon program in iran, but fox has learned from sources attending a conference this week in vienna that the secret report is, in fact, the same report that fran france's foreign minister demanded that be released to the iaea board of directors but was not released at the last meeting. >> many of the board of directors were quite upset about that. my guess is that professionals inside the iaea believe that the governments themselves ought to know what iran has been up to and have made this information available. >> israel's president told fox last month they have little faith in the man who they accuse of taking a soft line on iran. >> institutions shouldn't lag behind the realities. >> at the iaea today in vienna, iran managed to change the subject, for the first time successfully shepherded through a center of israel's nuclear program. >> israel has give and strong message to israelis that their agencies cannot tolerate the stethoscope. >> defense secretary just finished meeting the czech minister and that the old missile defense plan for europe would not have defended against iran's short and medium-range missiles and this new system will be up and running 7 years faster than the one it replaces. bret: jennifer given live at the pentagon. thank you. turkey's foreign minister says his country will spend a billion dollars to buy a long-range missile defense system, saying that the move is aimed at strengthening turkey's overall defense and is not specifically to guard against iranian missiles. turkey has invited american, russian and chinese companies to present proposals for the system. iran and how to deal with its nuclear ambitions will be a big part of next week's united nations general assembly meeting here in new york. white house correspondent wen wendell goler looks at what the new american leader is trying to accomplish. >> barack obama next week will become the first u.s. president to chair a meeting of the united nations security council. his name too increase global pressure on iran and open the nuclear program to international inspection or end it equal together. at the same time, hillary clinton will make surer her counterparts from the security council's five members in germany are all on the same page for the october 1 talks with iran. >> our message will be clear. we are serious, and we will soon see if the iranians are serious. >> secretary clinton says the talks deliver on the president's campaign promise to engage iran under secretary of state william byrd, the u.s. representative attended a meeting with iran during the bush administration but only as an observer and secretary clinton said standing on the sidelines didn't work. >> we were just trying to get other people to go out in the field and deal with this problem. look where we are today. we are really nowhere. >> but skeptics are saying iran won't talk about its nuclear program. >> i think the administration should take no as a no, and not allow iran to spin out these talks endlessly while it goes ahead on its nuclear program. >> jim phillips says the administration should move to tighten sanctions on iran immediately. the white house suggestions that is more likely to win support if iran is seen to be stonewalling. >> their failure to answer or failure to even talk about, i think, will further galvanize the international community. >> obama administration officials say america's more positive relationship with the u.n. is paying off. >> we are seeing the fruits of the new administration's change in policy and approach at the united nations, and we are frankly, fortunate. >> ambassador rice points to tougher sanctions on north korea and the enforcement believed to have kept that country from delivering a ship load of illegal weapons. the ship eventually returned to port. station officials also hope the change in plans for the european missile defense will encourage russia to support tighter sanctions on iran and to keep tighter control of the materials at the nuclear plant the are russians built for iran. the white house says the missile defense decision more than aimed at moscow, but the president has said if the iranian threat is eliminated, the driving force for the missile defense will be removed. bret. bret: wendell goler live on the north lawn. wendell, thank you. well, we will be live at the united nations for a special edition of "special report" wednesday night at 6:00 eastern. we were preparing for the show today t should be a very interesting show, so please tune in. prussian president dimitry medvedev turns the tables on the u.s. and could federal healthcare reform turn out to be a budget buster for the states? hey, has anybody seen barney? he better not be on the bed. you know you're gonna need it. why not stock up now? get everything you need for fall cleaning and fall allergies at an unbeatable price. save money. live better. walmart. boss: come on in, i had some other things you can tell people about geico - great claims service and a 97% customer satisfaction rate. show people really trust us. 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concerned, medicaid, government-run healthcare for the poor, is the most expensive program, even though the federal government picks up roughly 60% of the tab, states typically spend one of every six budget dollars on medicaid and soon maybe more. montana's democratic senator max baucus this week unveiled his proposed healthcare reform bill with an expansion of medicaid he says should only increase state costs lightly. >> .89% increase in the state medicaid obligations over the baseline. >> if the federal government wants to create the universal healthcare, the federal government ought to pay for t >> yesterday, three governors and three former u.s. governors now republicans all blasted the bill predicting sharp increases in medicaid costs. >> it is not a partnership we're creating with the states. it is just yet another unfunded band-aid. >> mitch daniels says indiana is looking at medicaid costs of over $700 million and california governor arnold schwarzneggar says his state could be on the hook for an additional $8 billion. harry reid in a statement said his home state of nevada can't afford the increased costs of med medicaid in the baucus bill, when state budgets are a mess. the center on policy priorities say only montana and florida started the budget year with surpluses. three states started with balanced books. the rest are in the hole. 29 states have shortfalls of up to $2 billion. 14 are $2 billion to $10 billion in the red and three states are in excess of $10 billion. >> they have cut back expenses for education and vital services. this he have underfunded pension systems. >> medicaid increases of any size would force governors to reconsider cutting budgets they say they have already sliced to the bone. in chicago, steve brown, fox news. >> healthcare reform has certainly dominated the news in washington this summer, but as fall approaches, there are plenty of other issues vying for congressional attention. molly hennenberg tells us what is backed up in the upcoming legislative logjam. >> secretary of state hillary clinton said today that the opposition to healthcare reform has gotten too, quote, overheated. >> we just have to calm down, two two as aspirin and go to bed. >> go to bed? congress doesn't have time to do that. with the fiscal year ending in 12 days and the legislative year ending before christmas, there is no time for rest r one political analyst says healthcare reform has converted the president and democrats from everything else. >> they are folk cushion all of their energies on that piece of legislation that. is keeping many other pieces of legislation from getting congressional consideration. so what else is in congress' in box, 12 appropriation bills to fund the government during the next fiscal year, an afghanistan supplemental to fund military operations in afghanistan and the nuclear treaty with are russia that expires in december, card check for labor unions, unemployment extension. scores of presidential appointments an climate change legislation which has all but been pushed to the back burner. the house republican leader said democrats took on too much with healthcare at the expense of their agenda. >> they have big majority in the house, a big majority in the senate. they have the white house. this is their moment, except that the overreaching has caught up with them. >> the top senate democrat says what can't be done now can be done later. >> we are going to have a busy, busy time the rest of this year, and of course, nothing says it has to be this year. we will go into next year if we have to. >> keep in mind senator reid is up for re-election next year and a poll shows him running 7 to 10 points behind two republican challengers, and that's for a man who was supposed to ram through the democratic agenda on capitol hill. molly hennenberg, fox news. bret: stocks ended the week on a positive note. the dow rose 36. s&p 500 gained 2 and three quarters and nasdaq picked up 6 and change. we will take you to the center of the conserve ti universe, at least for the weekend, and he wants to be the center of attention in venezuela, but only if it's positive. >> in news around the world, china's official news agency says kim jung il is expressing willingness to engage in bilateral and multi-lateral talks apparently concerning the country's nuclear program, telling a chinese envoy he would like to solve what were called relevant issues. north korea, you remember, pulled out of six country negotiations in april insisting on direct talks with the u.s. in venezuela, press freedom add so cats are conducting an emergency forum in caracas as hugo chavez tightens his grip on the country's media. steve harrigan reports on the only t.v. station still holding out. >> just one television channel left in venezuela that criticizes the president and it's no easy place to work. last month, a pro-government gang attacked globovision, a 24-hour news network. >> we're suffocated. it was horrible. we started to cry and ran to everywhere. >> hugo chavez now in power to run for re-election indefinitely is cracking down on the media. >> the media are against the judges, the courts, the public officials, against the state, the country, against justice. we will not tolerate it anymore. >> in addition to his own television show, chavez routinely orders all channels to care his his statements which can run several hours long. even his critics say chavez is a master of the medium. >> he knows how to handle the t.v. language. >> the closing of globovision would make chavez's monopoly over t.v. news in venezuela complete. >> i don't know what will happen if we are slutdown and can't sensor his programs. i don't know what is going to happen, but i believe the venezuelan legislation is really going to lose their only source of real information. >> 34 radio stations were closed last month. globovision stands accused of inciting violence against the government, but for right now, its reporters seem to be the ones taking most of the blows. some here say hugo chavez needs globovision to show that freedom of the press still exists, so the government strategy for now might be beat them down, intimidate them, but keep them on the air. in caracas, venezuela, steve harrigan, fox news. bret: there is no room at one new york inn for iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad. and is the u.n. being fair and balanced towards israel? bret: and now some fresh pickings from the political grapevine, the new york version. less than a week before the united nations general assembly here in new york, a a new u.n. human rights council report has cast further doubts on the organization's ability to do its job fairly. critics say the probe of the israel-hamas war last december and january has an anti-israeli bias. the document alleges palestinian militants an israel cree committed war crimes by terrorizing and killing innocent civilians, but israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says the report was, quote, a kangaroo court, it was fixed from the start. u.s. ambassador to the u.n., susan rice says "we have very serious concerns about many recommendations in the report," adding that "the human rights council's approach was unbalanced, one-sided and basically unacceptable." a new york daily news editorial says the report has, quote, one fundamentally flawed premise that a nation defending itself from terrorists who targeted innocents with a non-stop fuselage of rockets is no different from the terrorists who started the fight." but the author of the u.n. report says he was completely independent and unbiased. a new york hotel has cancelled an upcoming banquet after finding out that iranian president mahmoud ahmadinejad was scheduled to attend. the new york "the new york post" reports that the helmsley hotel pulled the function after learning that jadz ahmadinejad would speak at that function. an iranian student group booked the space months ago but did not mention its special guest. a hotel spokesman said, quote, "neither the iranian mission nor president ahmadinejad is welcome at any helmsley facility." and russian president dimitry medvedev who is also scheduled to attend the u.n. general assembly says he would like to meet with u.s. dissidents during his visit. russian news agencies say dimitry medvedev told a group of foreign experts earlier this week, quote "i believe there are dris dents in the united states -- dissidents in the united states. let them tell me what problems the united states has. that won't be bad considering the soviet experience." some news outlets suggested the comment was a subtle dig at the u.s. which has frequently criticized russia for backsliding on democracy. well, you have to be nuts to bet on the future of the community group known as acorn. it is losing support all over the country, and especially on capitol hill in the fallout of the undercover videos first aired on fox news channel. steve centanni reports that even the group's traditional supporters are jumping ship. >> it's been a bad week for acorn. the senate passed two bills and the house passed one, all restricting federal money for acorn and all with the help of congressional democrats, the group's long-time allies. >> any institution or any organization that receives funds from the federal government and the taxpayer has to realize that they will be subjected to very strong scrutiny. >> acorn, which has received an estimated $53 million in taxpayer money over 15 years is under fire because of undercover videos showing acorn workers advising a couple who pose as a prostitute and a pimp on how to skirt the law and get federal money for a brothel. a house bill approved yesterday with the support of 172 democrats bars acorn from getting any federal funding, while two senate measures blocked funding for only certain programs, so these very different bills will now need to be merged into final legislation by a conference committee, often no easy task, and the president would then have to sign it. senator mike johanns of nebraska, who has introduced an even stronger anti-acorn bill points to what he calls surprising bipartisan support. >> to me, that's enormously encouraging and should cause the white house, the president of the united states to say look, i understand there is bipartisan support here. i'm going to sign the legislation. >> when asked if the president has objections to the latest congressional action, press secretary robert gibbs only offered a new comment on the undercover videos. >> the president chairs the outrage of what -- the president shares the outrage of what he saw on the tape. i would leave it at that. >> it is unclear how much taxpayer money for acorn is in the pipeline right now, but until a bill becomes law, which could take several months, that money will keep on flowing. in washington, steve centanni, fox news. bret: we'll have more on the acorn story this weekend. acorn's c.e.o., bertha lewis and california republican congressman darryl issa will be chris wallace's guests on "fox news sunday." well, acorn and healthcare are just two of the subjects being discussed by people attending what is called the values voters' summit in washington this weekend. james rosen reports on the fertile field for conservatives looking to plant seeds of renewal. >> i'm a former federal trial lawyer, and i believe in tort reform. >> you're looking for the death panel, you need to go up to room 3200 and ask for nancy pelosi. >> when the president said seemingly airtight rhetoric the other night that "under our plan, no federal dollars will be used to fund abortion," those words were demonstrably false and extraordinarily misleading. >> red meat for the residents of red straight nation, 2,000 pro life and faith-based activists at the values voters summit, a must-attend event for presidential candidates looking to woo the evangelical right. today's seekers included mitch mcconnell and eric cantor, the house republican whip and carrie prejean, the ms. usa contestant who lost because of her conservative views. >> even though i didn't win the crown that night, i know that the lord has so much of a bigger crown in heaven for me. >> in separate rooms, boothed stacked with literature and books for sale authored by featured speakers. by saturday afternoon, they will have counted the votes for the 2012 straw poll. tim pawlenti speaks friday and mitt romney speaks palin and sarah palin is skipping it to welcome her son home from iraq. >> i have a facebook page. for our movement and for the future, we need once again to be willing to fight for freedom. >> evangelicals here are rubbing elbows with members of the tea party patriots who say they are in business not to advance a agenda based on christian values but one focused on limited government and fiscal conservatism. in washington, james rosen, fox news. bret: the man considered the architect of neoconservatism has died. irving crystal passed away in washington. he was once a liberal but went on to cofound the conservative journal the public interest and the father of weekly standard editor and fox news contributor bill kristol. he was 89. our condolences. does iran have the knowhow to build a nuclear bomb and did president obama make the right move by scrapping the european ground-based missile defense shield? we'll talk about all of those questions with the fox all-stars when we come back. cheer clear my mother made the best toffee in the world. it's delicious. so now we've turned her toffee into a business. my goal was to take an idea and make it happen. i'm janet long and i formed my toffee company through legalzoom. i never really thought i would make money doing what i love. robert shapiro: we created legalzoom to help people start their business and launch their dreams. go to legalzoom.com today and make your business dream a reality. at legalzoom.com we put the law on your side. >> our message will be clear. we are serious. we will soon see if the iranians are serious. this is not about process for the sake of process. in new york, we will work with our partners to put iran's choice into focus and to stress that engagement must produce real results and that we have no appetite for talks without action. the potential of the iranian nuclear program being for something other than peaceful uses is obviously of great concern to us and increasingly to the international community. bret: secretary of state hillary clinton today talking about iran and the administration's approach to iran. this, of course, coming after a secret report was leaked, a report by the iaea, that suggested that iran already has the knowhow to build a nuclear weapon. what about this heading into the united nations next week and a whole bunch of international action? let's bring in our panel from new york. rich louie, editor of the national review, and alex hen gan, columnist from news day. rich, we will start with you. the reaction to the iaea report first reported by the associated press and now the administration is absorbing that as it talks about its policy. what about this? >> the level of detail according to that a.p. report is quite shocking. it makes a mockery of that infamous december 2007 national intelligence estimate, which i believe and i think most people believe now was slanted by intelligence officers with a political agenda to argue that iran had halted their nuclear program, which is manifestly absurd, and the scandal here, bret, is that you have the head of this international agency who has been doing all he can to suppress this information, and trying to smooth over the worst parts of the iranian program because he appears to be as committed to stopping tough actions against iran as he is to stopping iran's nuclear program. bret: should this give the administration pause in how it handles iran heading into these meetings next week? >> it is one of the reasons that we should have pause about the intentions of the iranian government at this point. the conversation quickly shifts about what are they doing to is there anything we can do about it. that's really how the conversation is now. what else can we get from the international community? and what will inflame thins and make it worse inside iran? >> think a lesson has been learned in the last 24 hours and that is before we remove our missile defense, we need to be sure what iran has, how quick they are at getting these things before we can move forward. i think ahmadinejad is very cocky. i think he is 'em bodened. i think his comments showed he watched what happened in russia yesterday and saw the appeasement that barack obama did with russia. i really do, i think ahmadinejad is looking at this situation, snubbing his nose at not only the west, israel, even his own detractors in his own country, and i think we have to be sure before we remove these missile defense systems that we know what he has. these are not isolated incidents. we cannot look at them in a vacuum. president ahmadinejad did repeat his claim that the holocaust never occurred and attacked israel's existence, and israel, of course, is looking at this through a much different prism, the threat that they face every day. >> there is a tendency to laugh it off when he denies the holocaust, but it is central to his world view and he says it because he believes it. the iranian regime thinks we have a fundamentally unjust world order partly because it was created by the jews and the west on the basis of supposed lie of the holocaust and they think it's iran's role to revise this world order by asserting its power, and the nuclear power is part of that. andrea is right about the missile defense program. there is loose speculation that maybe the obama administration did this to get the are russians to cooperate on iran. well, we saw the other shoe drop today, where reports that russia is now backing off their threat to put missiles on the polish border, so you can see what the russians are thinking. you thump your chest, make a noxious threat to send missiles on to the border of this other country, and then when the u.s. backs down you say ok, we're no longer going to act on our not just threats because we're broad minded wonderful people and please come to us with your next concession before we think of helping you on iran. bret: there are critics who say the obama administration is starting to look weaker in the world's eyes. >> well, no, hold on a second. that's the easy part. we can all say he's a nut job and he's got a bunch of crazy ideas. the question is how do we shrewdly try to man manipulate e situation inside iran which is the only way to undermine this guy. >> that sounds like meddling. >> no, you can't launch missiles into there. you can't bankroll the opposition, because that's counterproductive. that will make the opposition that we're trying to encourage and that we like and are promoting the right values. >> i think barack obama is crazy. i think he truly believes this is the right thing to do. bret: andrea! >> we had eight years, right, of saying really hostile stuff and it didn't do us any good. we have to be a little more clever, a little more quietly manipulative, and maybe get help from some of our backers around the world. bret: there is a line where somebody looks at a report and says we're only months away. there is a line that you have to get to before they change their approach? >> yes, but it may not be a missile into tehran line. that's the dangerous part of this. >> i think the point is that there is a physical and psychological benefit of having these missile defense programs there. we lost the psychological benefit. barack obama has to get it back. i don't know that he can. bret: the pentagon says they have mobile missile defenses in ships and the ground-based system is not all they had. ok. former c.i.a. directors have a request. acorn is no longer a tough nut to crack, and some of the world's most unpredictable leaders coming right here here to new york. the friday lightning round is next. [ female announcer ] introducing the latest body wash from olay. tone enriching ribbons. two separate ribbons. the white cleanses. the gold moisturizes and has a touch of mineral shimmer to enhance skin's tone. olay tone enriching body wash. for skin that shimmers. bret: welcome back to new york. 7 former c.i.a. directors wrote a letter to the president urging him not to go forward and tell attorney general eric holder to go forward with an investigation into c.i.a. interrogators n that letter is this "attorney general holder's decision to reopen the criminal investigation creates and at moss fear of continuous jeopardy for the cases for whom the department of justice ha previously declined to investigate and there is no reason to believe that the reopened criminal investigations will remain narrowly focused." ellis, you're first. >> these guys are playing to their constituents, i understand that, but it's a big jump of the gun. who should be fearful of the facts here? we're talking about a preliminary investigation. nobody is being indicted. let's gather the facts and find out where they lead. >> i find this is a lot of pressure for barack obama. does he call up the investigation? i think he's not going to do it. i think he's going to drag this out but he's got to make a decision quickly. if he drags it out and tells holder to back off, he will look weak. this was clearly a political move. we will see how bound he is to his statements. bret: isn't it already going down this street? >> if obama wanted to cancel it, he could. this is an extraordinary statement that the c.i.a. directors across four administrations including the clinton administration and they make a strong case. this is basically double jeopardy. no one says there is a reason to go back unless you're pursuing and political or anti-c.i.a. agenda. bret: another investigation on a federal level, definitely on a state level in a number of different states, acorn. the story continues to blow up and now the c.e.o. of acorn is going to appear on fox news sunday with chris wallace this weekend. where does this go and what about this story? >> this is the most effective investigative reporting we have seen in a long time. it is incredible. you have a couple 20-somethingings with gumption and pluck and dressed basically like they're going to a bad costume party exposing this organization and leading to immediate, within a week, votes in both chambers of congress to cut their funding. now, there's still some procedural things about getting these bills to agree in the house and senate, but i think unless acorn pulls a miracle out of a hat and changes the trajectory of the story, they're going to lose their federal funding and then the focus should be on the corporations and foundations that give this money. >> even supporters have voted against this federal funding. >> that's right, bret. this is the news of the week. the biggest story is that if there's something we're saying about acorn, pelosi, reid, emanuel, they would have done t they realize this is an organization this has been corrupt a long time and it is in freefall and even they can't save it. with all the discussions of corporate greed in washington, going after the for profits, we need to look at the non-profits and see what the others are doing as well. >> i understand andrea wants to hit on every group that promotes democrats an promotes voter registration, i get that. it is good of bertha lewis to go on fox. this is her chance to save this group. it is clearly a damaged brand. i would remind you that other groups have exploded. remember once the moral majority was a very important political group and that imploded. life on these issues will go on one way or the other. bret: last topic, the u.n. meeting of the general assembly next week in new york where "special report" will be at the united nations next wednesday night and it promises to be interesting with the leaders coming here every year and ahmadinejad will be here. >> that's right, and one of the responsibilities we have here in new york -- welcome to town, by the way. >> thank you. >> is that the u.n. is here. there are 190 nations out. there some of them at any moment are going to be run by rats. we have to provide basic hospitality to them. that's part of the burden of being new york. i'm not going to all those parties but there are going to be people we don't like coming to town. bret: do we expect something to come out of this? >> besides rhetoric, i don't think any seminole moments. obama's foreign policy he released is not the kid that says here is my lunch money, come and take it from me, it is the kid who says here is my lunch money, take it. he is going to have problems. if i was allies, friends with chavez, members from south korea, i would be nervous and i think that's what he faces symbolically next week. >> better you there than me. this is the longest running meeting in new york. obama is breaking ground and will chair this meeting of the security council. this goes to what we were discussing in the first seg many. he is doing everything possible to demonstrate he is not bush. i think the world gets it. he's not bush. he won't get anything. he will get run over by malign actors unless he demonstrates toughness, which he hasn't up until this point. bret: do you expect a handshake for ahmadinejad? >> i might hold off on the handshake. >> he will try to make efforts with more of our traditional allies. even that will be a big challenge. >> how about europe, latin america? we used to have friends in those places. bret: i see how new york works. this is it. that's it for the panel. stay tuned. it seems the acorn stories we're talking about just keep on getting bigger. . walmart checks other stores' prices so we can save on all our game time favorites. and if there is a better price out there, they'll even match it. which means come game time... ...i'm just as ready as he is. game time costs less at walmart. save money. live better. walmart. ♪ ♪ which one's me - for a cool convertible or an suv? ♪ ♪ too bad i didn't know my credit was whack ♪ ♪ 'cause now i'm driving off the lot in a used sub-compact. ♪ . ♪ my legs are sticking to the vinyl ♪ ♪ and my posse's getting laughed at. ♪ ♪ f-r-e-e, that spells free- credit report dot com, baby. ♪ why is dick butkus here? i hired him to speak. a lot of fortune 500 companies use him. but-- i'm your only employee. we're gonna start using fedex to ship globally-- that means billions of potential customers. we're gonna be huge. good morning! you know business is a lot like football... i just don't understand... i'm sorry dick butkus. (announcer) we understand. you want to grow internationally. fedex express bret: finally tonight, we followed the acorn story from the very beginning here on fox news channel. but finally, as has been the case with other stories, other networks and media organizations are catching up. and now it appears the story is growing. >> when i ran for office in nevada, i found myself 50,000 votes behind in the polls. but acorn helped me get the extra votes i needed. [ laughter ] thank you, acorn. >> as a knock artist entrepreneur i bring in a lot of money, mostly cash. i thought i owed $200,000 in taxes. acorn said i owed nothing. thank you, acorn. [phone ringing] >> oh, i got to take this call. it's am my winehouse. >> acorn. we'll help you get away with stuff. bret: wasn't us. we will see if chris asks about that. that
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