unconfirmed report that al-qaeda is ready to strike again. here's what we know about the threat so far. al-qaeda reportedly planning to use car bombs to target bridges, tunnels and other mass transit in new york and washington d.c. we're also told the group planned to use small arms, homemade explosives and poisons on other targets. their intent, to create panic and to throw first responders into disarray. david lee miller has the very latest live this new york city. david? >> reporter: megyn, authorities say the threat is credible and specific, but so far they have not been able to get another source to back it up. publicly, the authorities are not discussing the details of the alleged plot, but a joint intelligence bulletin from the fbi and the department of homeland security does spell out the concern of authorities. the bulletin, as you mentioned, warns that a possible car bomb -- it might be similar to the failed car bomb that faisal shahzad trying tried to detonatt year in times square. they can pick their own targets and methods, and that's when we could see the use of small arms, poisons or even homemade explosives. as for the timing of the attack, a published report says five days after usama bin laden was killed, the soldiers of allah vowed to avenge his death, and they specifically cited the tenth anniversary of 9/11. meanwhile, now on the streets of the capital and here in new york city security has been beefed up. new york city's police commissioner, ray kelly, describes some of the things being done to thwart an attack. >> there will be more bomb dogs on patrol and vehicle checkpoints in particular. there will be increased focus on tunnels and bridges and infrastructure in general. as well as landmark locations, houses of worship and government buildings. >> reporter: secretary of state hillary clinton speaking a short time ago at john jay college of criminal justice here in new york city said the current terror threat was made public to activate americans into what she called a great network of unity and support against potential attackers. megyn? megyn: david lee miller, thank you. going to get back to that in a minute, but i want to bring you this fox news alert on the dow jones, dropping sharply this morning, over 300 points. joining me now, stu varney, host of "varney & company" on fbn. what do you make of it? >> reporter: this has nothing to do with president's speech last night, this is all about europe. in fact, it's crunch time for greece. they can't pay off on their debts, the germans will not bail them out. this is the crunch point of a long-running, rolling crisis. today the greeks were supposed to conform with certain terms to receive another big batch of cash. they cannot conform to the terms of those loans, therefore, they may, repeat may, default. this weekend. that's what's got everybody worried. the banks in europe, they stand to lose billions, american banks linked to european banks stand to lose billions. the europeans are probably going into recession if they're not there already. that hurts us. bottom line, down goes the american stock market, we're off 314 points. megyn: that's the last thing we need right now. we've already taken enough punches from the world economy and right here within our own borders to our stock market and our general economy, you know, separate and apart from that, stuart. so what, what can can the united states do about this? >> reporter: nothing. that's the very short answer, and it's the correct answer because there is really nothing that america can do at this point. it is possible that the chairman of the federal reserve, ben bernanke, will print out a whole bunch of dollars or make money available to the europeans. that's somewhat unlikely because there's no mechanism in place for them to do that. certainly not to bail out the german and french banks. what is more likely to happen, and this is a desperate thing, basically, is an emergency bailout of german, french and other european banks by their governments over this weekend so that they do not take billions of dollars in losses, and it doesn't ripple throughout the financial world. that's the best we can hope for at this point. megyn: wow. stuart, thank you. >> reporter: sure. megyn: going to get back, now, to our top story this afternoon. we are awaiting specifics on the alleged suspects involved in this suspected terror plot. one is reportedly a u.s. citizen. according to our research team here at fox news, there have been at least 46 home-grown, violent jihadist threats of attacks inside the u.s. since 9/11. steve emerson is the executive director of the investigative project on terrorism and author of "jihad incorporated." steve, thank you so much for being here. tell us what you know at this hour is the latest this terms of this threat? >> naturally, there are believed to be two american naturalized citizens here legally but believed to be involved in this plot. the third person seems to have come from waziristan, but they don't know where he is. number two and most importantly is that the information comes from a single source, and there was a debate within the intelligence community about the credibility of releasing this information, but since the source was considered credible and the treasure-trove of documents seized out of bin laden's safehouse constantly mention 9/11 anniversary as a time the launch an attack, they decided to put two and two together and issue this type of alert. um, the specificity went down to the point of saying truck bombs, um, talked about new york city, talked about possible other cities, um, but it did not -- again, it was a single source piece of intelligence, um, and there's always a danger when you have single source intelligence without confirmation which is why the white house said credible but unconfirmed, sort of a contradiction. but that's the way they phrased it. megyn: i know they've been looking at this as a possibility since bin laden was killed, they found his papers, that there were general advisories going out to the terror -- i should say the intelligence community about terror threats prior to this. but something happened within the last 48 hours to gin up the concern. was that the information from this source which had proven credible in the past there's sometimes -- at least sometimes? >> yes, that's exactly true. i don't know the history of the source, but i can tell you that since the bin laden raid and since the exploitation of the computers, the documents and the phone numbers, um, you know, they've really found a treasure-trove of potential attacks around the world. but definitely an emphasis on attacking the united states on the anniversary of 9/11, then after, five days after the killing of bin laden, an al-qaeda team announced that they were going to avenge his death on the 9/11 anniversary. so that was constantly emphasized. and i can tell you since, since that incident i have been getting briefed about 9/11 anniversary as the date to be looking for potential attack. but, again, that wasn't confirmation of something credible. the credible -- megyn: and before -- >> came 48 hours ago. megyn: before i let you go, we're not just talking about new york and washington, correct? there are other cities they are concerned about at least today. >> yeah. well, they, you know, the fbi briefed police chiefs in, i think, five cities; chicago, l.a., new york and two others. new york was specifically mentioned. um, i cannot tell you if other cities were mentioned. but definitely the information, um, concerned the notion that if new york wasn't chosen, another metropolitan center would be chosen. megyn: uh-huh. we should mention to our viewers they have not elected to raise the security alert, homeland security level of concern, so nonetheless, you can see, i mean, that video we were showing with the card checks in new york at least, i can attest to it firsthand. it's real, it's happening, and it's going to keep happening at least through sunday. steve emerson, thank you so very much for the latest information. we appreciate it. >> you're welcome. megyn: well, president obama's asking lawmakers 17 times last night to pass his jobs bill promising it will create new jobs and jump-start the economy. we've got new reaction to that. plus, sarah palin will be joining us live in three minutes. i'll ask her about the president's jobs speech, and i will ask her what she thought of how the gop candidates did at the debate the other night. and this is the nightmare facing thousands in the northeast. a weather system -- look at this -- carrying the remnants of tropical storm lee leaving homes literally underwater. we'll have the latest from one of the hardest-hit areas. plus, new and incredible images from apollo's missions to the moon. you're not going to believe this. >> it's a rock composed of many fragments, of many sizes and many shapes. when we return this rock or so many like it to houston, we'd like to share a piece of this rock with so many of the countries throughout the world. 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>> reporter: that's right. we're in kingston, one of the lucky communities in this whole thing. they have the good fortune of having a great big steel barricade that's holding back the river. it's over the market street bridge, this is an old, historical bridge built in 1929, and this is what's causing so much trouble, the the big monster of this flooding event. many, many towns along the edge of this river that do not have the good fortune of having dikes or a barricade have been flooded. people returning to flooded-out homes, and hopefully they'll be able to do that soon because this water is, fortunately, receding. we have watched it come down a foot and a half to two feet since we've been here this morning. they're going to have to check the integrity of bridges like this one. megyn? megyn: molly, thank you. in -- the president wasting no time taking his new jobs plan announced last night on the road. mr. obama telling an audience in virginia just a short while ago that his plan will quickly jump-start the economy pointing out that the $450 billion plan contains measures that republicans as well as democrats should like. >> everything in the american jobs act, everything in there is the kind of proposal that's been supported in the past by both democrats and republicans. nothing radical in this bill. everything in it will put more people back to work and more money back into the pockets of those who are working. megyn: the president also says the mix of spending and tax cuts will be paid for, and he will announce how in a week to ten days. joining me now for reaction, former governor of alaska and vice presidential candidate sarah palin who is also a fox news contributor. governor, welcome back. >> thank you so much, megyn. megyn: all right. what'd you think of the speech last night? >> oh, i thought that the president was very bold in his request for another blank check, that's what it was. and i don't consider it a plan at all. a plan is something that would give you a road map as to how to get to your goal, and um, he had no plan that he articulated. just a lot of goals, a lot of flower ri rhetoric, but nothing that is going to tell us how we're going to pay for his big spend again, and i guess i look forward to next week or the week after, whenever it is he supposedly will truly reveal a plan, how we're going to pay for these things that he believes will get the economy rolling again. megyn: reportedly, he's going to ask the debt commission to find the money when they sit down to try to, you know, this supercommittee, i should say, that's going to try to find $1.5 trillion in savings. he's basically saying he's another 500 billion you should find because i need to pay for this plan. do you have any confidence in that? >> no, i don't. you know, that's more of the same, and it's more passing the buck to a committee, more kind of a bureaucratic-type processover asking somebody else to do the tough work that he needs to do. and really what he needs to do is explain to the american people how incurring more debt is going to get us out of debt. i think it was quite unfortunate that he kind of plays us all for fools, if you will, megyn, in that he wants us to believe that just spending more money that we do not have, that we will have to borrow, that we will have to print, that spending more money and growing more government is going to be the answer to our economic woes. be when over and over again history and time-tested truth have shown that it is the private sector that creates the jobs. and, no, incurring more debt will not get us out of debt. just simple, fundamental truths and principles that he seems so absent from, and yet he keeps spewing the same rhetoric over and over again, and we saw more of that during his speech. megyn: what did you think of the -- >> the american public isn't smart enough to understand. megyn: what did you think of the urgency he was putting on congress last night, right now, right now, right now you need to pass this. >> right. and that's indicative of panic mode which is indicative of some of the problems of this administration creating crisis and never letting it go to waste. almost 20 times, i believe it was, that he referred to this urgency that we have to pass it now, we have to pass it now. and that goes beyond, i think, the president's kind of arrogance within his personality just saying trust me, believe me, i don't have to explain what it is i'm talking about and how we're going to pay for this. just trust me and pass it now, and then you'll find out what's in this eventual bill. we heard that through pelosi with obamacare also. but, no, that sense of urgency and that bit of a panic mode, i think, is indicative, it's an example of what the problems are in this administration. they want to shove something down our throats even though it's inconsistent with economic principles that can work in facing the problems that we have in our economy -- megyn: president obama seemed to, and he said it in a sound bite we used to set up this segment that, you know, these are ideas that republicans can get behind and have gotten behind in the past. the planes are always flying in be alaska. [laughter] and some of the ideas that i think he's talking about are, you know, certain tax cuts, extension of the payroll holiday, the infrastructure spending, tax breaks for businesses, he's talking about cutting back on regulations. those are some ideas that have been endorsed by republicans in the past, so do you think he has a point that those are some things republicans can get behind? >> some of the things that he talked about, yes, republicans have gotten behind. in fact, have proposed it. but the president was disingenuous when he insisted over and over again that everything in this package has been endorsed by all, and everything is going to work and over and over again. again, kind of shoving down our throats this idea that he is right and that, um, that those who perhaps have other ideas and have engaged on a local or state level with economic solutions that have worked, that they don't need to be listened to. no, that insistence that everything in here is going to be paid for, is already paid for, in fact, is what he said, and everything has already been endorsed. that's disingenuous. and when you get that kind of rhetoric from a president, especially in if front of congress like we saw last night, it makes you step back and say, you know, if he's so wrong on that -- this assumption that everything has been endorsed by both parties -- then you step back, and you say, well, what else is wrong with what it is he's telling us? because, certainly, that is wrong. megyn: let me ask you this before we go to break, and then we're going to continue with you, but i want to ask you this. how much of an elephant in the living room would you say, for lack of a better term, the health care bill, the health care law? the president had this sense of urgency. you know, a couple years ago he went before congress in a joint session and pitched his health care law which has been so controversial and cost him so much political capital, how much of a burden on his back do you think that's been? >> it's such a burden that he wants to ignore it, and that's why he didn't bring up the nearly $3 trillion debt that will be incurred through obamacare and how that was shoved down our throats and how we were told that we had to pass that, um, in such short order and then we'd find out what was in it. it is such a burden, megyn, that he doesn't want to acknowledge that, and i would just hope that gop candidates for president and those presently serving in elected office don't let him forget what a burden obamacare is. because as we find out as more and more is revealed what is in obamacare will continue to be job killer and will continue to, um, be such a burden on our economy, on the job creators. so big burden, unfortunate that he continues to want to ignore the $3 trillion that's hanging over his head there. megyn: now, speaking of the other candidates for office, i'm going to ask the governor about the gop debate we saw the other night and what she thinks in the particular on how governor perry did. governor, thank you so much. we'll see you in three minutes on the opposite side of this break. folks, stay with us. llips' coloh probiotic cap a day helps defends against occasional constipation, diarrhea, gas and bloating. with the strains of good bacteria to help balance your colon. you had me at "probiotic." [ female announcer ] phillips' colon health. megyn: well, rick perry's fresh off of his debate debut the other night, hoping to cement his status as the front runner in the gop primary race. the texas governor taking aim on the campaign trail in california last night not at his gop rivals, but at the man he wants to replace in the white house. >> we cannot afford four more years of high unemployment, this failed stimulus, this record debt, the loss of our credit. it is time for a change. [cheers and applause] and i'm not talking about the rhetoric of change, i'm talking about a record of change, and i've got that road. [cheers and applause] megyn: rejoining me now, former alaska governor sarah palin. governor, what do you think of governor perry and his performance the other night? >> well, the comments that you just played, those were great. those were right on. i wish that he and the other candidates had kind of pivoted at that msnbc debate the other day and gone there in talking about the debt and deficit problems which are the foundational problems of our economic woes today. unfortunately, in the debate the other day it surprised me that some of the political street smarts with respect on display -- weren't on display, and these candidates weren't able to pivot from some of the questions into, um, answering, answering questions in terms of what the american voter needs to hear. if you notice, msnbc which, of course, is one of the children of ge and ge, of course, being one of the poster children for the crony capitalism and some, i'd say, corrupt politics and pay-for-play shenanigans in the obama white house, msnbc didn't even ask the $14 trillion question, and that is debt/deficit spending, how are we going to get away from those problems that are foundational in our country, and how are we going to get back on the right track? i was hoping that the candidates would be able to pivot around and start talking about that number one issue that so affects all of us, it so affects our unemployment numbers and 30% of our mortgages underwater, housing market in the tank, unsustainable debt, all those things that needed to be addressed. megyn: they asked about some of the entitlement spending we're facing in this country, and they grilled governor perry on his earlier statement that he wrote in his book, that social security is, in be essence, a ponzi scheme, something he stood behind at the debate. just watch the following clip, i'd love to get your reaction. >> anybody that's for the status quo with social security today is involved with a monstrous lie to our kids, and it's not right. >> the issue in the book "fed up," governor, is you say by any measure social security is a failure. you can't say that to tens of millions of americans who live on social security and those who live on it. the governor says states ought to be able to opt out of social security. our nominee has to be someone who isn't committed to abolishing social security, but is committed to saving social security. megyn: what did you make of that? whose side are you on on that one, governor? >> well, there's no need to frighten or thousand under the bus our esteemed elders who have paid all of their working live into the social security system. and, you know, the question should be up to the politicians, where the heck is their money? you've spent their money that they invested in, and then as they reach retirement age they should be expecting to get a return on their investment, and the president is the one who is willing to throw our seniors you should the bus when during the debt ceiling debate he said we may not be able to cut their checks for them. i thought that was just abhorrent. but what rick perry was trying to say, i believe, is that there needs to be reform. status quo is not acceptable because these programs are insolvent, and especially with fewer and fewer jobs in this country because of fewer and fewer opportunities for industry in this country you have fewer pairs into the system, but you have more recipients of what the benefit is. so he's saying reform is necessary, and we either reform these entitlement programs ourselves, or the world capital markets will reform them for us, and that will not be a good and diplomatic and democratic way of reforming our own program. megyn: before i let you go, do you have any stage envy when you watch these guys? you were out there, you actually were the vice presidential nominee, these guys want to be the presidential nominee on the republican ticket, do you have any envy, and is it to an extent that you're willing to throw your hat in the ring? >> no envy, but great admiration that they're able to share their ideas. i think it's going to get even more vigorous and more aggressive. and i think that's in fairness to the electorate. i still believe, megyn, that people will be coming and going in that lineup of presidential contenders. i don't know if i'll be one of those, but i do believe that we'll still see some more changes in the near future. megyn: uh-huh. i love the tease. the deep tease. we'll have the wait to see what the former governor decides to do. golf sarah pay run -- governor sarah palin, thank you so much for being here. >> thank you. thank you, megyn. megyn: fox news and google are partnering to host a republican presidential debate in the orlando on september 32ened. bret baier will be moderating the debate, and chris wallace and yours truly will be on the panel questioning the candidates. you can also be on the panel. you can submit your questions right now to the candidates via google or youtube. to find out how, just go to youtube.com/fox news, and you follow the directions there on how to submit your, submit your question or text a question, video, either way. and be part of the debate. we're collecting those questions now. some of them have been really smart and tough. the candidates are going to have their hands full, mostly from you folks, from you questioners. so get in while the getting's good. submit your question now. a warehouse raided, security guards held hostage? aggressive tactics by union activists. just how far can a union go in making its point? in today's kelly's court. plus, for the first time ever newly-released full audio clips depicting the frantic moments as air traffic controllers struggle today follow the tracks of -- struggled to follow the tracks of four hijacked planes on 9/11. >> united 93, traffic is 1:00 12 miles east -- >> we're looking at 93. 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[laughter] i thought that he had a number of very positive, very effective lines. i thought the hectoring of congress, pass this now, we got the point after the fifth time he said it. i think he said it too often. there's language in there that was very positive, and he challenged the republicans in a way that probably backed them up by talking about expanding tax cuts and expanding some of the breaks that hard working tack payers were given -- taxpayers were given. so all in all, i actually thought it was more favorable than my focus group respondents thought it was. megyn: interesting. we see the dials and the realtime reaction which is very valuable as opposed to when they go through and read how everybody else thinks and can then they decide. one of the dials we're going to show is on mr. obama's claim that we need to reform the tax code so that the rich can start paying their fair share. >> and you're going to see a great divide between the republicans and the democrats when we get to that point. the red line are the republicans, the green line are the democrats. let's take a look. >> in addition to the trillion dollars of spending cuts i've already signed into law, it's a balanced plan that would reduce the deficit by making additional spending cuts, by making modest adjustments to health care programs like medicare and medicaid and by reforming our tax code in a way that asks the wealthiest americans and biggest corporations to pay their fair share. megyn: wow. >> whenever they get to that phrase, pay their fair share, you see the sudden divide? megyn: big. >> that's the class warfare that republicans and conservatives resent. you saw both the lines go up for medicare and medicaid, but the president says he's not playing class warfare -- he is -- and those right of center hear it. megyn: if he had left it at we'll reform the tax code, the lines might not have split, but when you take it that extra step, different story. >> right. and he's playing politics with it which he said he wasn't, and the focus group participants, that's exactly what they heard. megyn: he also talked about reforming medicare which has been, i mean, no one wants to talk about entitlement reform, you know, social security, medicare, medicaid, but they have to. both sides of the aisle have to, the president touched on it a little bit last night. what are we going to see? >> you're going to see both lines go up because for the most part the only segment of american society that really truly doesn't want you to touch it are those between 55-64. the people who aren't quite on it but have paid into it for their entire lives. but the reaction from our respondents down in atlanta was, actually, reasonably positive. let's take a look. >> but with an aging population and rising health care costs, we are spending too fast to sustain the program, and if we don't gradually reform the system while protecting current beneficiaries, it won't be there when future retirees need it. we have to reform medicare to strengthen it. >> look at that. we have to reform medicare to strengthen it. he's using strengthen and save medicare, the two most powerful words when it comes to that program, and for the first time a democrat is now saying we've got to do something with it which, by the way, megyn, puts him at odds with congressional democrats and nancy pelosi in the particular. megyn: what did you think about his demeanor, frank? i can speak to this myself having seen him many times on this broadcast coming out with breaking news or coming out to give a speech that often happens between 1 and 3 in the afternoon eastern time, so we see him here, and we get the live viewer reaction. lately our viewers have been reporting or giving us feedback that they perceive someone who seems dejected in some of the remarks and frustrated which i think the president has copped to. last night he seemed a little bit more fiery and seemed to have more upbeat language. did you notice a shift? >> yes. i noticed a shift, but i also want to make a point that may upset some viewers. but it is absolutely accurate. the american people are not just frustrated with barack obama, they're frustrated with congress, and that includes the republicans in congress. our group responded when i -- someone said, just threw it right out, we ought to fire the president. and someone else said we ought to fire congress. and i asked them, who would fire all the incumbents? half the hands went up. we've never seen this anti-incumbent mood in washington so great. the public's had enough with everybody in this town which is where i'm speaking to you from. they want a complete change, and i think you're going to see that november next year. megyn: two years ago there was a change in the u.s. congress and they so-called threw the bums out, and now they still feel unhappy, even more unhappy now. so what are they going to -- do you think voters are just going to keep throwing folks out and we'll see the party flip over and over until the economy turns? >> exactly. we had a sea change in 2006, 2008 giving the democrats the white house, 2010 giving the republicans congress, and the anger in all the polling is actually greater today than it was in any of those elections. i think that if you're an incumbent, you've got an x on your back, and you had better be very careful to be very responsive to your people back home because they're looking for change. megyn: yeah. it's fascinating to see because i'm sure these lawmakers are feeling like they can do nothing right. even the folks who are backed by the tea party went in there and towed the line for what the tea party wanted, and now you see congressional approval ratings are at 11%. you think the president's got it bad, try being a member of congress. at least he's at around 40 give or take. >> yes. the american people have said enough is enough, and they're not just projecting that on barack obama, they're projecting it on everybody in washington. megyn: yeah. it's a good thing the u.s. supreme court members can't be thrown off the bench. wonder what their approval ratings would be. >> actually, i know the answer to that. megyn: oh, what is it? >> >> it's close to 50%. it's the only institution that the american people believe in still. megyn: that's good the hear. that, you know, as a recovering lawyer, good for the american people. frank, thanks. >> thank you. megyn: well, america is on alert today following reports of a possible terror plot just 48 hours before the day marking ten years since september 11th. is al-qaeda ramping up, do they have something planned? we've got some new information. and nasa releasing never-before-seen images from the surface of the moon, capturing pictures of relics from the apollo mission that will someday be lost forever. you've got to see this. >> we hope that this will be a symbol of what our feelings are, what the feelings of the apollo program are, and a symbol to mankind that we can live in peace and harmony in the future. megyn: a nasa camera capturing new images of america's missions to the moon. the picture chronicling fading ed of the apollo landing sites and the relics left behind, everything from the astronauts' equipment and experiments to their foot prints. trace gallagher live with a brand new look at this. trace? >> reporter: you know, i love this space stuff, megyn. this really is a great look, and the sharpest pictures, i think, ever of what actually was the landing of apollo 12 and apollo 14, apolo he 17. you can see it right there. look next to it, that is the location right there of the actual landing module. that's the descent vehicle, right? as you pan over, you can see the tracks that were made by the lunar rover, and see the picture on the left? that's the scientific equipment you can still see spotted there around it. that, of course, is the lunar module vehicle, that roved around the moon. you can see the tracks, look at back and forth there. it's kind of a kris cross. nasa says you can see the footprints of the astronauts. they must have better eyes than i do, megyn, because i cannot see that one bit, but you get an idea of how close up these things are. this was taken by a nasa probe that's orbiting the moon, high-resolution pictures. to see the tracks is kind of amazing. the flag you see in the background is likely probably gone because, well, it's been 40 years. you look, it's a nylon flag. you know, you put the flag out at the beginning of summer, by the end of summer it's pretty beat up. and they say because of the extreme heat and cold, the flags are likely gone, but the rest of the equipment is still there. nasa says these truly are amazing pictures. listen. >> when i first took a look at these images, my jaw dropped to the ground. when you see something that you've never seen before and in a quality that you've never seen before, it really just made me speechless. >> reporter: the tracks and the equipment, of course, are still visible because there's no erosion, right? there's no wind, there's no atmosphere, there's no water erosion on the moon. but the experts say because the moon gets hit by these, by these micrometeor rights, these small particles over and over and over that all the signs that man was once on the moon could be wiped out. not in human terms because it's going to take ten to a hundred million years to wipe that stuff out, but there's a case to be made to go back to the moon and preserve -- megyn: and to get our flags planted again. >> reporter: and to plant a new flag, maybe one that's not nylon so it doesn't, you know, get messed up at the end of 40 years. megyn: president obama says we're not going to the moon again anytime soon. >> reporter: no. we're not going to be back for a long time. megyn: all right, trace, thank you. >> reporter: okay. megyn: what does america think about the president's new jobs plan? >> it was more of the same. i think, you know, people are saying it's very passable. if it was very passable, a lot of these things would have passed the nurse time around. >> everything was déjà vu all over again, and it was phrased in a way that was very challenging to the gopn way that sounded like he was trying to set himself up for his campaign. megyn: coming up, our very own focus panel weighs in on the president's proposals. and todd beemer was a passenger on doomed united flight 93. the famous words he is believed to have spoken, "let's roll," as he and a brave group of men and women aboard that flight tried to overpower the terrorists. coming up, we'll talk to todd's father, david, who has spent the last ten years educating the public about the true story of flight 93. plus, a push to end an american tradition. new controversy over calls to scrap the pledge of allegiance in the one town's schools. guess where? 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's it's one thing to say maybe now. it's another to see how they will be paid for and the american people have a chance to weigh in. new information this afternoon on a possible al qaeda terror plot targeting the united states. the threat is credible and so specific officials say it could not be ignored. security intense in new york city's times square. thousands of police patrolling the streets and subways. ed the unconfirmed threat targets either new york city or washington, d.c. around the anniversary of the september 11 attacks. it involves car or truck bombings on bridges and tunnels. catherine herridge is live in washington. you are the first reporter to obtain this 5-page bulletin. what does it suggest? >> reporter: it lays out the basic of the threat information and the potential plot. a national security source confirmed the fbi and national security community. there is word there is a smaller sub set within that group that may include legal permanent residents or citizens. the attacks would be intended to cause panic and disarray among first responders. they are of economic, political or symbolic significance to inflict mass casualties with the objective of causing economic and psychological damage. >> we are taking this threat seriously. federal, state and local authorities are taking all steps to address it. and of course making it public as was done yesterday is intended to enlist the millions and millions of new yorkers and americans to be the eyes and ears of vigilence. >> reporter: an important detail that we confirmed the last hour is u.s. officials believe the threat information may be linked to ayman al-zawahiri. he has long lived in the shadow of bin laden. this threat may be ayman al-zawahiri's attempt to cement his leadership position. megyn: what does all this say about al qaeda now? is it now more powerful than we once thought? k.t. macfarland is a national security analyst. we have been hearing about how they are weakened, we cut off the head of the snake and al qaeda has taken such a hit. yet we still get this report. >> al qaeda has changed. think of it as 1.0, 2.0, 3.0. we know they have been degrade. al qaeda 2.0 are the franchises in somalia and yemen and al qaeda 3.0 is the home grown terrorist with an american passport who can operate and move around the united states freely. they have been degraded, but they have changed. i think the important point to remember is if they don't do something now on the tenth anniversary to show they are still relevant and powerful, al qaeda is history. megyn: they think it's a credible threat, but, you know, it's still not confirmed and apparently it's one guy whom they believe -- i heard other reports he has been reliable at times in the past. but what is the possibility that this is somebody working or connected to al qaeda that means to operate on his behalf by causing panic. that's what terror is about. not even necessarily the actual attack. >> it's disinformation. another one of their tools besides blowing up a building or bridge is fear. and they instill that fear by creating a sense of panic. saying something is going to happen, whether or not it don't. the other thing al qaeda has been doing, they want to spend a little bit of money and force us to spend a lot of our resource countering them. 10 years ago we didn't see them coming. we look for them now. we look for them in the banking system. you see large amounts of money being moved around that could pull off a september 11 attack. megyn: it seems like finding a needle in a haystack. they are talking about car bombing a bridge or tunnel. right here in new york city on the way to work today, it took three times as long as it normally does because they are doing all these car checks. is that the level of our intelligence? we'll be stopping every car that tries to get into l.a. or dc or chicago? >> that's what they want to happen. we have the nypd. they were created 10 years ago because we didn't have anything like that. we are looking for them. we have 8 million new yorkers who have their eyes at every park bench. they are look as the every car, they are look at every truck. al qaeda is going to keep doing this for 10 years, al qaeda 2.0, al qaeda 3.0. but we have to be vigilant in our looking for them as well as them looking for us. megyn: we all became soldiers in a way on 9/11. he became an instant hero on september 11. todd beamer leading several other passengers who stormed the cockpit. it was a desperate attempt to stop the plane from crashing into the capitol or the white house. today todd beamer's father reflects on the day that forever changed his life and ours. they only say the pledge * once a week. but i apparently that is one time too many. plus incredible video of a home slamming into a bridge. why the flooding problem in the northeast is far from over. >> that was a house! oh, my god. oh, my god! it has microparticles, enters the bloodstream faster and rushes relief 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school. in the junior high schools and high schools it's only recite occasionally. and we are told a lot of kids opt out of that. an association for peace wants the town to ban it all together. one group said the thought of children reciting the pledge makes his skin crawl. >> i don't see how a rotar -- he ritual does anything for patriotism. the older kids in the 8th grade. they are not participating. they are sitting there. nobody knows why. if they have objections or they are doing it to defy authority. it's not been well ex fliend them. >> reporter: now they are asking the town to decide if reciting the pledge is okay. a lot of residents infuriated because this town just voted to limit the pledge in the elementary schools to once a week. many students and teachers say the pledge is a symbol of respect and freedom. here is a brookline teacher. >> the way it is now the kids have a choice. and that's freedom. you have a choice if you want to say the pledge you can stands up and say the pledge. if you have disagree with it you can sit down and you don't need to say it. >> reporter: in the fall it goes to the town hall. if they approve it it goes back to the school board to see if they can get rid of it all together. megyn: thanks, trace. we heard from the president about his new jobs proposals. but what do everyday americans think of the president's plan? our special focus group weighs in. their impressions moments away. who knows just how many lives they saved on 9/11. the passengers onboard united flight 93 who took matters into their own hands. in moments we'll speak with the father of todd beamer who is reported to have said "let's roll." >> we have seen it in the courage of passengers who rushed others to save people on the ground. people like an exceptional man todd beamer. would you welcome his wif lisa beamer here tonight. megyn: his name instantly evokes emotion when people remember the september 11 attacks. todd beamer was one of the heroes onbarred united airlines flight 93. he and his fellow past passengers tried to regain control of the aircraft. 10 years later they released some of the audio of the final moments onboard that flight. you can hear one of the hijackers acting as the captain on the tape. it is a disturbing reminder of what happened on that day. >> united 93. >> descended there. >> united 93 verify. megynmegyn: todd beamer left bed two your sons and a wife who was pregnant. joining me now todd's father david who has spent last 10 years educating the public about the story of flight 93. those tapes are a startling reminder of the reality of that day. you require no reminder. >> good to be with you, megyn. i must say i pledge allegiance to the flag of the united states of america. i'm happy to be with you this afternoon and your many, many viewers. we don't need a reminder of what happened 10 years ago. on one sense it seems like the 10 years have gone by quickly, but of course there have been some very long days. this week i spent a few days in ohio visiting with school children here. bless their hearts, they are working to see that the flight 93 national memorial not only has phase one done which will open this weekend. but see full completion with phase two. these kid have been raising support 93 cent at a time. it's been wonderful to see their smiling faces and hard work. i did observe these kids saying and pledging their allegiance to our flag it was an uplifting experience. megyn: wonders never cease. things have been shared with the family that haven't been shared with the public. but that is for many of our viewers the first time they heard those disturbing cockpit voice recording tapes. your reaction when you hear that level of detail of what was going onboard on flight 3. >> we know what happened. we know we have an enemy. and we are reminded every day, even though it's been 10 years and even today. we are once again on heightened alert. with lots and lots of brave first responders and police officers and all kinds of people preparing for the worst. we are doing our best to be ready to combat and prevent another terror event. but you know what i'm also reminded of this day, we are doing a good job of preventing and looking about the tactic of terror from our enemy. i don't think we are doing a very good job at all about defending against another tactic they are using. they use a tactic daily of infiltration to achieve their objective. because make no mistake, they don't want us saying the pledge, they don't want us saluting the stars and stripes. their goal is to fly the flag of islam over our white house. their tactic of infiltration with the muslim student association and muslim brotherhood, the organization cair which stands for constantly advancing the islamic regime. we are too much in the state of denial about the tactic of infiltration and what they will do over time to our republic and that concerns me greatly. megyn: there are to questionable characters involved in some of those groups and others who mean only to advance legitimate causes in this country. but is a hear you talk about them, i can hear still some of your pain from the events that happened in your life that changed your life. the country itself, but your life in a very real and palpable way. i wonder just looking at you and thinking about todd's story, when you go back to it and think about what he went through and the courage it must have taken, you just must be so proud. >> we are very proud of todd and 39 other free people. they had the opportunity to fight back. they did. it was a counter attack it was a victory. as you well stated the intent of the enemy was not to crash in a quiet meadow in shanksville, pennsylvania. i leave our nation's capital was our target. and it was not a success. the counterattack was a victory. the beamer family, lisa and the kids, todd's sister, the whole beamer clan, we miss him terribly. there is a hole in our family just like so many many other families. not on that day, but in the days and years since where so many brave americans in carrying on the fight to protect our liberty and freedom and defend our constitution have sacrificed their all. and we remember those families and we pray for our military every day. and i know what it many like when someone here would knock on the door or a family gets a phone call that lets them know there is going to be a hole in their family for the rest of their lives. we miss todd terribly. but we are so proud of what americans continue to do to preserve our way of life, our frees and liberties to those who would take it away. sometimes our defense of -- we are trying to be so politically correct that i think we endanger ourselves and we aid and abet an enemy who wants to destroy our constitutional republic. that's their objective so when best not deny it. meg around our thoughts go out to you and your family as we approach the tenth anniversary of the 9/11 attacks. we'll be right back. >> there should be nothing controversial about this piece of legislation. everything in here is the kinds of proposal that has been supported by democrats and republicans. including many who sit here tonight. and everything in this bill will be paid for. everything. [applause] megyn: president obama pushing for his $447 billion jobs package. but critics say more than half of president obama's proposal is recycled from his previous plan. now questions about how to pay for it with the national debt nearing $15 trillion. we put together a panel to see what the average american thinks about last night's address. let's start with you in the back. t.j. mccormick. you are a talk show host. i'm sure you have some opinions. >> i have no opinion whatsoever. i think it was more of the same. i think people are saying it's passable. i think it was very passable. a lot of these things would have passed the first time around. i'm hearing more making home affordable. crash and burn. a lot of the stuff he referred to as an immediate jolt, the payroll tax cuts are just that, immediate jolts that are -- once they expire they will take all the jobs with them. i think it's a lot of fluff and it is a campaign peach. megyn: what did you think? was it a campaign speech? >> it sounds like a campaign speech to me. i didn't watch it live. i have taken to reading the transcripts. i get to the substance of the peach better that way. granted that he's a great speaker. everything was deja vu all over again. it was phrased in a way that was challenging to the gop and sounded like he was trying to set himself up for his campaign in 2012. megyn: i'm sure you liked the part about extending unemployment benefits? >> no, i think not extending them gives people the kick in the butt to get out there and sometimes take a job that isn't what you have had your eyes set on. take a step back. that's where i'm going. i spent a lot of time since my career transitioned doing all of these things to gain the knowledge and experience i need to make that transition. megyn: you are a good example for folks. kristen, you disagree? >> i do. i wasn't able to find a job. it's not like i was sitting back doing nothing. megyn: do you get offended when people say that. there is a presumption you are sitting around doing nothing. >> if i hadn't had the unemployment benefits wouldn't have been able to pay my credit cards or pay for food. megyn: ted, you run a temp agency. someone thing that came out very helpful. jobs begin with demands in the economy. the fact that we'll visibility the payroll tax back in employees' hands to spends, that will stimulates the economy. next we are we need 3.1% spending. if we don't do something we would lose the 2% that people have had to spend this year. the critical thing, the signal for small and medium sized businesses willing to hen with incremental employees and this is critical. megyn: there was a sense of urgency saying we have got to get it done now. his critics said where were you two years ago. why were we talking about healthcare two years ago. james, you were teacher of the year two years ago. >> i thought the same thing. why wasn't this speech the first speech he gave after being elected. if it's that important, let's get the schools some money. don't let the teachers bleed. megyn: he wants to give aid to states so they can keep teachers and emergency workers employed. but that means according to critics bailing out states that have been fiscally irresponsible. so states like california will get a check from states that watched their budgets like some of the states in the midwest. >> i agree that's not fair. i don't always think throwing money at a school is the right answer. some of the things you have to do to improve school isn't necessarily throwing money just at them. it's training teachers better. what is their number one reason for quitting? they can't handle the administration. they leave because they want a job that's less micromanaged. the government is getting more involved in keeping. i don't think that will save our schools. megyn: denise, you are a mom. it many almost a half billion dollars. you have got kids. we don't pay for tonight our generation, the next generation the worry is they will wind up with it. >> i'm worried about right now, and the school issue is an important issue because there are cuts every year. there should never be cuts for education. my son goes to a public school in new york city. our school has student body and parent body that can pay for things. our science and technology teacher were cut and we were able to save them. but there is a school 10 blocks away that doesn't have the parent body. megyn: you wind up punishing everybody, children by extension. >> i have to agree. government is growing but we are cutting teachers, firefighters and police officers. it don't make sense. to me it's a political ploy. you want to spend more money, tax more people. so why dent we hit people where it hurts. >> if it's about job creation, it shouldn't be punishing states for being fiscally irresponsible. megyn: did you hear anything new last night? >> the big problem i noticed is while some people mentioned it can provide some of what a jolt, my long-term thick is it's not going to be able to provide the overall type of production they are looking to do. megyn: do you think president obama believes he's going to do that. >> i think he's more in campaign moved with the type of message and the urgency and repeating they had to pass it 17 times. megyn: you are a lefty. >> from my perspective something needs to change. by just because you support someone doesn't always mean you support whatever new plan they are coming up with. megyn: de derks you are a gop strategist. but did you hear anything new and did you hear anything that republicans might back? he said those ideas he offered last night, payroll tax cuts and infrastructure spending those are things the gop has and should get hunds. >> this is all about another stimulus package. the first one can't work, so why would we do it again. then you call a joints session of congress to tell us the same thing again? then the administration is saying maybe we won't able to create all these jobs about it time the election comes around. a total failure and congress should say no. >> last night the president proposed the largest tax cut on small business in history. what's a republican not to like. all of the proposals put out last night were solid proposals. the key thing we have to keep in minds, this is about the future of the united states of america. which is the leader of the free world. so that's really the stakes here. are we going to give our children a better few around than we have mad or is it going to decline? we have to take action. the alternative doing nothing is not acceptable. so the president played out a very reasoned strong set of proposals last night and the alternative to doing nothing is not the way america gets things done. >> it wasn't just about the president. you don't call a joint session of congress if you are not talking about the president. and this was about one job. this was about the president saving his job. >> i would encourage the republicans to take those proposals and come back with proposals of their own that deals with the underlying problem. it's not about democrats or republicans, it's about getting the country moving again. >> that's what it should be about. >> i think mike has a great points. what is at issue is what's missing? what are we going to do to fund the programs? that's where the question still lands. we just don't know. so we are waiting for the other half of the story. megyn: thank you also much for your insights. all the best of you finding a job it's a tough market out there. coming up. 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"kelly's court" is back in session. on the docket today organized labor using organized crime tactics to make a point. hundreds of long shoremen raigd a port in washington state. a few of them. overwhelming security guards and literally holding them hostage according to the guards for hours. all while cutting brake lines on a freight train. destroying tons of fresh grain. all of this despite a federal restraining order that was issued after reports assault and death threats. it's all because the port is not using their union workers. the only arrests that have been made appear to have been for trespassing. joining me now former prosecutors jonna spilbor and arthur aidala. they are ticked off because these ports are using contractors who are members of another union. this union has gone in and resorted to terrorizing the guards who protect this port, and sabotage. all right? >> they basically declared war, megyn. this is absolutely not right. they not only had a fit over not being able to work at this facility. but instead of going to the bargaining table and filing a lawsuits. they pelted police officers and affected everybody nationwide because the people working there couldn't, the police officers couldn't do their job and the grain that needs to go to other places can't get there. yet they only arrested 19 people for trespass. what's wrong with this picture? megyn: you hear about union members getting upset. they have what is of expression that anger. but here it's been a couple of days. they said 300-400 of these union members stormed this port. and there were six security guards in there. listen to one of the security guards talking about what they went through. >> i understand their concern with their labor dispute. but also when it gets to this violence, it's not good for anybody. >> i don't think they felt free to leave for two hours. when you are not free to go and you feel like you are being threatened and you shouldn't leave, you are a hostage. megyn: could there be other charges? >> not only could there be, if these were not members of a union and it was just 400 citizens we would say they should be charged with the damage and the loss of the vehicles by clipping the brake lines. the damage, the grain, they blocked the railroads. there are financial ramifications here. criminal mischief. what the spokesman for the union said is they act out of frustration. that will come up a little short in the court of general opinion. and it's going to come up real snort fronts this federal judge who already said, look, you are allowed -- he did not say they couldn't picket. but he said they couldn't do anything illegal like block rails and destroying property. megyn: how about pelting police with rocks and using pepper spray. i don't understand that. why would there not be of any arrests? is it the sheer volume of people involved. according to the reports there were 300-440400 of these folks d they said they would come back the next day calling for mobilization. >> i hope the reason for lack of arrests isn't because of fear. that's weather union is trying to do. that's their tactic. if we cowtow to this behavior then the message will be let's declare war when we don't gets our way, then we'll have the jobs we are arguing to gets. that's not going to sit well with the american people. megyn: the union spokesperson is saying -- they took these actions on their own. it wasn't something they coordinated with the local or inltsd national union. so can the union be excused? is it just a matter of figuring out which workers did what? >> there was a posting on facebook, welcome to the 21t century on the union's facebook page that said we are taking a road trip, let's go. there was a mobilization through the interest nets of the union workers. everyone has to be responsible for their own actions. and the union has to be responsible for their own members. the union should take the step of punishing the union workers who were involved here. what jonna said is 100% rights. if this happens here it could start happening across the country and that would be the beginning eanlds of unions throughout the nation. megyn: there is a history of this union misbehaving. they are trying to gets an order to stop violent and aggressive labor actions. >> they had an order that was only two days old when they did this. that's why we have courts. that's why we have bargaining tables. you can't resort to throwing rocks. if you are frustrated paints a picket sign. megyn: a protester dropped a bag of manure from an airplane. >> very mature. unions have legitimate ways to voice their concerns. bully tactics that scare people and hurt businesses are not among them. there is no excuse for this behavior on those responsible should be health accountable. megyn: it is a moment caught on camera the world has seen over and over again. the united states commander in chief learning 40s first time that mayor -- learning for the first time that america was under attack. we are hearing now from some of the children who were in the room that day. jonathan serrie is live outside that elementary school. >> reporter: it's been interesting coming back. i attended elementary school here at booker. so it's been interesting talking with other students, albeit much younger than me about events that happened here 10 years ago. the students we spoke with tell us they believe president bush made the right decision when he decided to stay with them in that room and wait until they finished reading. but they said they could tell he was clearly upset when his white house chief of staff leaned over and whispered in his ear. they couldn't overhear what the conversation was. but based on his expression they night was something serious. the former president described his emotions in a "national geographic" channel documentary. >> my first reaction was anger. who the hell would do that to america. then i immediately focused on the children and the contrast between the notion of an attack and the innocence of children clarified my job. >> he did the best he could do in the situation. if he would have left people would have criticized him. if he had stayed people would have criticized him. i think he made the right decision by staying there. >> reporter: these former elementary school students tell me their teacher kay daniels displayed grace under pressure as they were watching events unfold on the tv man towards, she gave a calm play by play in a way that 7-year-olds could understand but in a way that didn't cause panic. megyn: speaking of that teach. 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