making a move. >> we have a lot of people that just don't get it. >> shepard: will his idea work? >> i think it's sort of an easy popular thing you can do that makes it seem like you are dealing with congestion. >> shepard: tonight, the plan to put the left lane slow pokes in their place. but, first from fox this tuesday night, more than 2 million americans are still living without power days after hurricane irene slammed the east coast. and the utilities companies reports some people may not get the lights back on until next week. happy labor day. officials say irene killed more than 40 people in a dozen stays. the early damage estimates are coming in somewhere north of $7 billion. >> even as we try to get a better sense of the scope of this disaster, the rescuers are still pulling people from flooded out homes in places including new jersey. rick leventhal on fox top story live little falls jersey about 20 miles life outside manhattan. the river there may have crested, rick. >> yeah. shepard. the governor of new jersey made that announcement within the last hour that they believe the poo sake has crested. very fast current in the street behind me. you can see dozens of businesses that have been swamped. more than 500 homes in this one town alone are now under water. this is an area that floods frequently but even the mayor says he has never seen it this bad. >> it's just really, really devastating. >> what you can do? >> we really can't do anything. we have to wait until this water recedes. we believe that it crested somewhere around 6:00 this morning at 14 feet 2 inches. our normal flood stage is seven, major flood at 9. this is unprecedented. the damage that it's causing is just unfathomable. >> shepard, they hope that this water will be gone by friday. >> shepard: is this isolated or is it all over jersey, rick? >> yeah, yeah. it's all over this mart of the state. in fact, there were 50 rescues today alone in the town of patterson. 100 yesterday in the county. we have police officers going out in boats and plucking people out of their homes that are surrounded by water. including elderly and infants. there was a levee that burst in one town. and the town of fairfield could be under water for a week or so. still, shepard, more than 200,000 people in new jersey alone without power tonight. >> shepard: rick leventhal live tonight in new jersey. thanks. north carolina's governor saying today that irene destroyed more than 1100 homes in her state alone. this 100-year-old cottage in nags head was among them. this is the before picture. here is the new normal. it's just splinters on the beach now after irene came through. the cottage owner's sat on the steps of the ruined home, daughter, wife, dad, they say they were pretending the home was still right behind them. i spoke with the owner bill stenson earlier on "studio b." he said he didn't know anything was wrong after the storm and then he got a call from the neighbor. >> he called me at 7:30, the next morning, just as i was pulling in to harris teeter, and [crying] >> all he could say was, it's gone. >> shepard: we're told the home was 108 years old. listed on the national register of historic places. it was apparently one of the very first vacation cottages that anyone bill of indictment indictment -- built in nags head, north carolina. how the vermont national guard is air lifting supplies to towns cut off from the rest of the country. that's the top story at the bottom of the hour minutes from now. first, the president claims the plan he is unveiling could help create as many as a million jobs. tonight, we're learning more about what that plan may be. the president says the country has taken steps in the right direction. but we have a lot more to do. >> our economy has to grow faster. we have to create more jobs. we have to do it faster. most of all, we have got to break the gridlock in washington that's been preventing us from taking the action we need to get this country moving. >> shepard: we got more bad news on the economy today. consumer confidence plunged this month a two year low. the group that keeps track of it, the conference board points out the survey came after the downgrade of the u.s. credit rating and those heavy losses on wall street. still, economists were predicting a smaller drop. wendell goler is at the white house. how does the president's plan create a million jobs, wendell? >> well, shep, we're told the plan will contain a combination of tax cuts, extended unemployment benefits and infrastructure spending projects. the press secretary jay carney says middle of the road nonpartisan economists will agree job creating. carney told reporters on board air force one on the way to minneapolis today the plan will be, quote, a combination of things that in a world less driven bipartisan politics would garner broad bipartisan support. but in the current highly partisan environment, in which republicans are so determined to cut the deficit, they are demanding the costs of hurricane irene be offset in other government spending. unlikely to give the president the significant tools he needs for job creation. >> shepard: we are already getting reviews on the plan on capitol hill right as is washington's way. >> we are as washington's way. democrats urging him to go bold some feel the 180 billion-dollar stimulus plan in 2009 wasn't bold enough. no suggestion we will hear anything approaching that scale next week. republicans have their own proposal to roll back government regulations, primarily epa regulations and also cut taxes on small business. heritage foundation economists j.d. foster says maybe the government should do nothing for a change. >> the economy can heal what it really needs is for washington to just back off. stop announcing new ideas. looking for the latest nostrem to turn things around. give the economy some clarity, some certainty, and it will recover. >> foster says so far stimulus spending, monetary policy and extended unemployment benefits haven't worked. shepard? >> shepard: wendell goler on the north lawn tonight. thanks. it's now been a week since those rebels in libya stormed the compound of muammar qaddafi and discovered he wasn't there. today, a former guard of one of qaddafi's sons told our sister network sky news of the united kingdom that the was in tripoli as recently as this past friday. the guard claims on that day qaddafi packed up and headed south. nobody seems to know exactly where. rebel leaders today said they are giving him until this saturday to surrender. however, the rebels say they don't know where some of the qaddafi family members are in the neighbors north african nation of al gear are a. the rebels want the algerian government to send them back to libya so wife daughter and two sons can stand trial. that, though, may take a while because al jeez doesn't recognize these rebels and because qaddafi's daughter today reportedly gave birth to a baby girl. dominic di-natale in tripoli tonight with the latest. dominic? >> shep, the rebels here in tripoli and across the entire coast line are ready to besiege the city of sirte. that is qaddafi's hometown. they have given him ultimatum of three days saying get out or we will effectively annihilate you. one commander we spoke to described the moment as zero hour, he said. troops in the east and west ready to bear down in a movement and take you all out. qaddafi said perhaps we can negotiate a power transfer but the rebels are saying no, it's definitely time for you to leave and move on. you were talking about our sister network sky news. talking to one of the rebel guards. he said qaddafi was seen heading for the southern city of sab ba and that rebels intend to lay siege though that city as well. they believe he will either be found in is a ba or home turn the sirte. qaddafi has given the rebels a slip many times before. the rebels have been wrong in their predictions. but they say once it were is taken and sirte is taken, he will have even fewer places left to hide and that's when they believe they will get him. back to you. >> shepard: dominic di-natale streaming live in tripoli this morning. painters working on a home in california when they saw a plane moving right at them. they moved off the sidewalk and the plane crashed and they raced to help. 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[shouting] >> they are coming. they are coming. just rest. just lay down. very difficult to listen to that pilot scream. he broke his leg. is he going to be fine. some painters got some minor injuries, shep. really amazing it wasn't a lot worse. >> shepard: trace gallagher los angeles tonight, thanks. americans are getting ready to mark a decade since the attacks of 9/11 and the white house sending out its own guidelines for the ceremonies. like what officials should and should not say. we are live in d.c. with the details. plus, dramatic new information about congresswoman gabriel giffords recovery. her staffers telling us exactly how far she has come since that gunman shot her in the head and why she called her original rehab plan wimpy. that's next. >> congresswoman gabriel giffords said to be showing significant progress in recovering from that gunshot wound to the head an aid says the congresswoman understands everything and is able to communicate three and four word sentences. he tells the arizona star -- i should say arizona daily star newspaper that she declared her rehab plan too wimpy and came up with something more challenging. we are told she does not have full use of her right side but a spokeswoman says the 41-year-old lawmaker no longer needs a cane to walk. here she is on the house floor earlier this month voting on the debt bill. only public appearance since the deadly shooting last january. police say jared loughner shot her point blank in the face. then opened fire on a crowd of people killing six,and injuring 12 others. according to a new court document today, doctors say this guy is still not mentally competent to stand trial. the court heard arguments on whether prison officials should be able to force loughner to take antipsychotic drugs. lawyer says a judge should be able to make that decision. in less than two weeks the nation will mark 10 years since the attacks of 9/11. and the white house confirms it's come up with guidelines for how government officials should handle the remembrances. james rosen live in d.c. james? >> shep, good evening. the two sets of talking points that the white house issued urged u.s. officials to, quote, minimize their references to al qaeda. first reported in the "new york times." these guidelines said the killing of usama bin laden has made the terror network behind 9/11 quote increasingly irrelevant. the p.r. effort seeks to deemphasizing we honor all victims of around the world whether new york deli belfast, lahore or london. >> primarily to ensure that embassies are marking the event, that they are having joint events in their host country to stand together against terrorism and ensure that the day is marked appropriately internationally. >> the bush administration issued press guidance on the second and fifth anniversaries of 9/11 but these new guidelines included this point for u.s. diplomats serving abroad. a chief goal of our communications is to present a positive, forward-looking narrative. >> i think the fact that you would actually instruct government officials to speak differently about 9/11 simply based on where they are standing is not just insulting to american audiences and to foreign audiences, but, again, i think it's a little bit of a window into how they look at national security issues. >> on the day itself, president obama will visit all three of the 9/11 memorial sites then return here to d.c. to speak at an interfaith service and concert at the national cathedral, shep. >> shepard: james rosen live on capitol hill tonight. james, thank you. new fallout from operation fast and furious. investigators say the government program sent thousands of guns to mexico. remember that? they hoped to track them. that didn't work out. it, quote, got people killed. tonight, the justice department reports the head of the bureau of alcohol, tobacco and firearms is resigning. but some republicans say they are not happy that kenneth mel son is getting another job in the department. the feds say the u.s. attorney in arizona dennis burke is also resigning in his office's involvement in that program. no word on whether he is getting another government job. we know nearly 14 million americans are out of work. we know the president and many lawmakers keep talking about job creation. wait until you hear how many company recruiters are complaining they have jobs but can't find people to fill them. the numbers are staggering ahead in a live report. plus, lots of parents worry about paying for the kid's college. turns out a bigger expense could come before they even ditch the diapers. where day care costs more than a college degree. that and bottom of the hour headlines straight away. so i'm glad it's with fidelity. they offer me one-on-one guidance to help me choose my investments. not just with my savings plan here at work. they help me with all of my financial goals. looking good, irene. thanks to fidelity, i can stay on topof my fi? 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"the fox report's" chief correspondent jonathan hunt monitoring developments tonight, a lot of folks are cut off here. >> shep, around a dozen towns are still completely and utterly inaccessible by road in vermont. another 8 or 10 so are only accessible by national guard vehicles. doing food drops now for anybody stuck in those towns. some 20,000 are still without power and the power company says at least a week before they could restore power across the entire state. vermont is in very bad shape, shep, still has a lot of cleaning up to do. >> shepard: man, the stories coming out of all of, this john that is just awful. >> some real tragedy, shep. one story, michael delaware fan know, a long time city employee at the rutland water treatment center in vermont, he went out to check on the treatment plant in the middle of the storm. he took his 24-year-old son with him. they were driving along the river. the bank apparently gave way and according to eyewitnesses, they had no chance, listen. i looks looked out there, there was a set of taillights. they had no chance. tried yelling. it was no good. the river was such a roar it was unreal. that's the last i seen of it. we searched for, i don't know, two hours. we looked and looked. it's sad, very sad. >> some uplifting stories though too, shep, including a couple who got married at a rustic inn in vermont on saturday that inn now completely cut off from the rest of the world in this small town but the now married couple and their 60 wedding guests have been helping out by helping elderly residents dig out the mud from their homes, et cetera. there are some stories of people helping each other. quite a way to spend your honeymoon, shep. >> shepard: i say. jonathan hunt, thank you. we are seeing some of irene's destruction through the ices of our viewers. many of you sent in photos including more proof how bad it is in parts of vermont. this mangled mess of asphalt was once part of route 7 in rutland. one of hundreds of roads the storm destroyed as it tore up the coast. in wyndham, south of albany in upstate, new york. a viewer tells us the torrential river used to be a tiny creek that ran under the bridge. no longer the case. hurricane winds pushed down a ton of trees. in annapolis, maryland, one of them sliced right through the center of this home. can you still be a part of our irene aftermath coverage go to foxnews.com and go to u report to upload your videos. jobs ahead of the new plan he will announce next week. it appears a lot of business does have openings and can't fill them. a new survey from the staffing firm manpower group found more than half of u.s. companies report having trouble finding qualified workers for important jobs. that's way up from 14% a year ago. it comes despite the high unemployment rate, which has hovered near 10% for almost two years. john roberts with the news live tonight in atlanta. john? >> shep, it seems difficult to believe but there are thousands of jobs out there that companies just can't find people to fill. peoples like mgs manufacturing in german town, wisconsin. they make high end injection holded plastics, in addition to machine operators. they need various skilled labor machinists and tool makers to make those do is to make the plastics. to compete with china. compete with innovation and technology to make more cheaper than they can in china. how difficult is it to find people? listen to what their director of hr told me. >> how difficult is it to find people of this skill level? >> very difficult. so difficult that if we came across the right candidate whether we had an opening or not, we would take them. >> whether they had an opening or not they would take that person and give them a job. they are worried that most of their very skilled labor is in their upper 40s, early 50s. as they age and retire, there is nobody to replace them with why is there no one to replace them with? because not enough people are going to these technical schools or to universities and learning technical skills. part of the reason why is people still think manufacturing in america is all molten steel banging out parts and bending metal. it's high tech stuff now. it's things you need engineering degree for or two year technical college degree. what the president has to do according to jeff, the ceo of manpower is to restore the pride we had in america about putting the made in america stamp on what we make. listen to what jaris told me. >> bringing that honor and self-esteem back to into manufacturing is what the president should be talking about, leaders should be talking about and we should be training for. >> in fact, he said that parents are to blame partly as well, shep. you are at a cocktail party. do you want to say oh my child is going to brown university or my child is in a technical college. what's really proud for a parent to say is my son or daughter has a job, shep. >> shepard: i will say; john roberts live in atlanta. speaking of college, do you think tuition has gotten out of hand? have you checked out the cost of child care lately? according to a new report in the 36 states you see here, the average annual cost of infant day care is more than tuition and fees in a public college. 36 states. places like new york and d.c. it can be double. the studdie's author say the rising costs are forcing some families to make difficult decisions like whether it would be cheaper for one parent to quit work and stay home with the kids. molly henneberg in d.c. tonight. why the increased costs this year? >> organizers of the study say it's reflection of increased labor and food prices and other costs of doing business for day care centers. part of the study looked at the least affordable states for infant day care. and centers based on a state's median income. these were the 10 least affordable states. they note that washington, d.c. in particular was up more this year than in the past full time infant care. 650 to mississippi to 18,000ness d.c. shep? in the middle of tough times, you know? >> families are having to get more creative in these turbulent economic times. here is more on that. split the child care by going to one parent working during the day and one working nights. >> smith also says a lot of families are having to dip into their savings to cover child care costs. shep? >> shepard: molly henneberg in washington. thank you. two of the top republican contenders for president are caught up in a bit of a personal feud. we will show you how it started with the boy scouts next from america's election headquarters. plus, a plan to crack down on slow driving lane hogs. my goodness. have you been on the long island expressway lately? the left lane is for passing. the right lane is for exiting. the center lane is for traveling. come on. >> if there is cars behind you that want to pass, you shouldn't be the traffic cop, get out of the left-hand lane. anananananno] this...is the 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home turf. mitt romney spending the day in texas home state of governor rick perry who just climbed to the top of recent g.o.p. polls. governor perry attending fundraisers in dallas and fort worthwhile earlier today governor romney spoke to a convention in santonio the same one governor perry just addressed yesterday. >> now, i'm a conservative businessman. i spent most of my life outside politics, dealing with real problems in the real economy. career politicians got us into this mess and they simply don't know how to get us out. >> shepard: keep in mind governor perry has held public office in texas for almost 30 years. campaign carl cameron live on capitol hill. this is actually i guess a long standing rivalry here, karl. >> yeah, they have known each other for a long time. it's true that romney has campaigned for perry when he was running for re-election in governor. both sides way too much is being made of this. it's kind of delicious. they haven't exchanged words particularly when romney governor's association and hired a strategist that romney objected to. background could hardly be more different. personalities are different. perry grew up and worked on a farm went to texas a&m and ran for office. mitt romney got nba harvard and capitalism. this says it all. romney was a very popular governor of massachusetts. one of the most liberal states country. perry is a popular governor in texas, one of the most conservative. >> shepard: seem to have a beef over the boy scouts scouts, carl. >> they do. rick perry is an eagle scout. he wrote a book about the boy scouts back in 2008 when, by the way perry endorsed giuliani instead of romney. in the book perry suggests when romney ran the olympics back in 2000 2, the scouts wrngt allowed to volunteer at it and perry suggested romney agreed with the scouts controversial policy of not allowing gay scout mas errs. romney shrugged it off saying volunteers required to be 18 years old. scouts old enough were allowed to volume teemplet the thing about this, shep, two candidates not liking each other. how about barack obama vs. hillary or bill clinton. george w. bush vs. mccain or mccain vs. the entire field in 2008 or dean in 2004. perry and romney don't like each other very much. politics is a beanie -- bean bag. a.a.a. reports one in every 10 americans will be traveling more than 50 miles from home. and it's a safe bet some of them will be in your way. often in the left lane, going the same speed as the car in the center lane. which is going the same speed as the car in the right lane, which is raising blood pressure and causing potential harm to others. that left lane is for passing. passing. state of california makes it really simple. they number the lanes in the driver's handbook. if you are a regular driver you stay in the 2 lane. if you are a slower drive you stay in the 3 lane. they seem to get it. there aren't many reminders of that in the rest of the real world. so how about giving all those road hogs in the left lane a refresher. or maybe a ticket. >> one guy up there has got all the traffic blocked off in all the lanes. and somebody is going to get upset and start weaving in and out of traffic. >> shepard: michael bennet says he gets frustrated when stuck behind slower traffic. >> we have a lot of people who just don't get it and that's a problem. >> unlike the rest of us, bennett can do something about it is he a state senator who wants florida to join the handful of states that allow police to ticket drivers for going too slowly in the left lane. >> instead of building new lanes and new miles, new interstates, maybe if we could get the traffic to flow smoother we wouldn't have to be building those extra lanes. >> shepard: plan would penalize drivers at this guy even though is he going at the maximum speed limit. senator bennett a lot of people don't realize they shouldn't impedes the flow of traffic. >> if we would educate and put signs up there. >> shepard: educate drivers on the number one, number two and three lane. the one lane is for passing other cars. the two lane for driving at normal speeds. and the three lane for slower vehicles or for exiting. but on always clogged roads like new york's long island expressway. drivers who hold up passing cars are only a small part of the overall issue. >> they exacerbate the problem but they are much more a symptom of it than they are a source. >> michael manville is a professor of city and regional planning at cornell university. he says the only proven method to cut congestion is to impose fees for using roadways during peek hours and he insists cracking down on left lane slow pokes doesn't cut it? >> it's sort of an easy popular thing can you do that makes it seem like you are dealing with congestion without doing the hard work of putting a price on driving and really solving the problem. >> shepard: the way senator bennett sees it, all some drivers need is a reminder. >> just educate the people. if we can get a little publicity. people get stopped a few times, get the warning a few times, do i believe the traffic will move to the right and we'll increase the flow of traffic. >> shepard: senator bennett, here here. he has been pushing for this for a while, actually. he has proposed the bill three times. once it made it all the way to the governor's desk. but the former governor jeb bush vetoed the thing. support for his plan is growing as the traffic there gets worse. [speaking foreign language] >> shepard: it can be hard out there for a reporter. we will show you what happened to her next. plus, families of the victims of 9/11 still have no idea when they will see justice. reaction from one relative ahead as fox reports live tonight. yet easy to use trading tools on the planet. it's investing with intelligence and cold hard conviction. e-trade. investing unleashed. with aerizon mobile hotspot, you can connect up to 5 wifi devices to the internet with lightning-fast verizon 4g lte speed. a gaming device. mp3 pler. connect any 5 for wifi on the go. get the 4g lte mobile hotst now for only $49.99. verizon is the place with the largest selection of 4g lte devices. on america's fastest, most advanced 4g network. >> shepard: almost 10 years since the attacks of 9/11 and the feds cannot say when the suspects will go on trial. that was revealed in a letter to the 9/11 families. catherine herridge in d.c. does it explain what the hold up here is, catherine. >> this two page letter sent to the families at the end of last week is filled with a lot of legalese and buried in the text is a part of the explanation for the holdup. the convenes authority overseeing the trial of khalid sheikh mohammed and the others is considering issues raised by the defense including whether the death penalty should be off the table before making a final decision, quote. the convening authority in his sole discretion is authorized to refer the charges to a military commission which would be the final step in the process prior to the initiation of the trial and the letter says there is no specific timetable for an arraignment and for some context it was in december of 2008 that the five suspects tried to plead guilty at guantanamo bay. >> shepard: what do 9/11 families have to say about that. >> lee eunice hanson who lost son -- told fox there may not be a trial in their lifetime. >> i don't know how many years i have got left. i would like to see some justice before i pass on. and it's just not happening. it's not happening. it's been nine years and nobody has been held accountable. >> we look pretty weak in that we can't bring these people to trial. >> al and maureen who lost their son christopher a new york city firefighter on 9/11 told fox as the anniversary approaches it's painful that justice hasn't even started yet what a message we are giving those out to harm us. we asked a spokesman for the office of military commission if they had anything to add though this letter. and we'll let you know if we hear anything back, shep. >> date on the job making for some incredible video. [speaking foreign language] >> shepard: look out. tv reporter in china almost washed away by a monster wave don't you know. covered as she was covering an approaching tropical storm. look at that. this popular tourist spot is known for the waves but not like that. the wall of water was about 60 feet high. as far as interesting men go, the russian prime minister vladimir putin was to be up there with the doseque he can bend steel pans. now he is hopping on an iron horse. surprisingly with a shirt on. putin's latest stunt coming up. plus, first, sad sad news to report from music world and the end of an err ravment david honey boy edwards who is believed to be the very last of the original delta blues men has died. he was born in shaw, mississippi, in 1915. poor as the day is long. the sob of a share crimestopper. grandson of a slave. at 17, honeyboy started playing music professionally. over the years he plucked his guitar alongside the likes of the great robert johnson as well as hallen wolf and muddy watters just to name a few. in the 40s, after years of hopping boxcars from gig to gig, honey boy moved to chicago and later put out his first album. just last year he got a lifetime achievement award at the grammys and until recently he was still playing some 70 shows a year. david honeyboy edwards dead today at 96 [ jon ] up in alaska, we find the best sweetest crab for red lobster we can find. 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[ male announcer ] with integrated healthcare solutions from dell, every patient file is where dr. ling needs it. now she can spend more time with patients and less time onaperwork. ♪ dell. the power to do more. >> shepard: the russian prime minister never ceases to amaze. and the man of many talents is apparently at it again. he rode into his latest venture on a harley with its abiker gang. obviously. our man of action, the prime minister vladimir putin straddling a three wheeler and leading the night wolves motorcycle club through the streets. this was last night in russia. you may remember some of his other stunts, like that shirtless horseback riding thing two summers ago through siberia's pristine wilderness, apparently one of many ways to show some skin. there is he bare chested again on the mats, schooling some guy with his judo black belt stuff. now for a softer less revealing side of putin dressed to impress and singing at a charity concert for children with cancer. our man of action vladimir. speaking of charity, the british soccer team arsenal is now paying its remaining fans to come back for a game after rivals manchester united defeats. destroyed arsenal 8 goals to the two over the weekend. manchester. offering the 3,000 fans who traveled to that disgusting match three tickets for. it has not leaked eight goals in a single game since 1896. before we go, our team's top five things of the day, number five, lawyers for drew peterson, the former illinois cop who just kept losing his wives say he should get out of jail because prosecutors are delaying his trial. number four, officials say the convicted polygamist cult leader, isn't he looking good there. warren jeffs should recover after he apparently tried to star himself. police in california plane crashed into a backyard of a home. muammar qaddafi's wife and three of his children returned home from neighboring siberia to stand trial. number one, soldiers in vermont delivering food and water by chop tore people stranded by floodwaters after irene. that storm has now killed 42 people across 12 states and that's "the fox report's" top five. on this day in 18963. president kennedy became the first commander and chief to have a phone line directly to the kremlin in moscow. a hotline. a phone line to prevent any misunderstanding that could lead to a nuclear war. there was a good reason to worry. a year earlier during the cuban missile crisis the plagued by problems. some of the negotiations even took place by telegraph. the new technology meant that american and soviet leaders could be in touch any time day or night. but the cold war got a dial tone 48 years ago today and now you know the news for this tuesday, august the 30th, 2011. freedom time for me. a long weekend ahead. labor day and all. we have been slaving around here. i will see you saturday in the grove and then we will lock the volt together. byu welcome. enjoy the holiday. i will see you next week. >> bill: "the o'reilly factor" is on.