0 the whole strategy of al qaeda as explained by osama bin laden was to establish regional and local insurgencies to attack the arab states who they saw as acting in the interest of the infidels, starting with saudi arabia. the whole idea was local insurgencies with a global perspective. i think obama still to this day after half a decade doesn't understand at all who we are and who he is up against in the war on terrorism. >> it should be labeled islamic extremists. you could look at the boston bombers as jayvee. but do the people who lost their limbs feel that way? the underwear bomber. he has a chance to go train. how many people would have died in that plane had that jayvee member who isn't kobe bryant blown himself up? all of us by keeping our data. >> let's get to some headlines. >> hey, guys. filling in for heather this morning. nice to be here. let me tell you what happened overnight. just moments ago, a lockdown was actually lifted at the widener university in pennsylvania after a student was shot. the student was inside his car in a parking lot at the athletic center. overnight canines were used to search for the suspect. at this point, police are still looking through surveillance video. the victim is in critical condition, and it's still unclear what spark the the shooting. the university says classes will resume this morning. and a huge cement truck speeds out of control, crashing into a house leaving a driver dead. this happened in the bronx in new york. the man hit several cars before ramming into a three-story house, leaving a gaping hole in the wall. a mother and her two sons were inside at the time. >> the way the truck entered the front of the house, that's our living room. they were in the same spot, but she said she heard the truck hit and she felt the house shake and they ran to the back. she knew something hit. >> the driver losing control because of a medical issue. olympic blade runner oscar pistorius is reportedly making a deal with the parents of his dead girlfriend. the out-of-court settlement is around $200,000. according to sources, the parents of reeva steenkamp are under financial strain. pistorius pleaded not guilty to murder, claiming he thought that reeva was an intruder when he shot and killed her in their home in south africa. former president george h.w. bush getting his game on. look at that. he was spotted sitting front row at a duke basketball game, even paying a visit to the players locker room after the game. this makes him the first former president to watch a duke basketball game at the college's arena. duke won over north carolina state 95-60. and those are your headlines. >> yeah, it was 25 years of coach k. he looks great. >> he does. and he was good luck. they won. >> there you go. all right. thank you. >> duke rarely, rarely wins. so this is big news. coming up, a democratic congresswoman calling income inequality the biggest threat to our country, even comparing it to slavery. what she's knnot telling you is she's a millionaire. stuart varney reacts to that. and new york city's liberal mayor wants to raise taxes to an all-time high. meanwhile, city staffers are playing cards on your pay. good job! still runnng in the morning? yeah. getting your vegebles every day? when i can. 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>> no, she does not have a point. income inequality, the income gap, put it like that, has been rising for about four decades. the gap has been widening. there are all kinds of factors g of the income gap. ms. delauro there is staking out the democrats' turf for this election year. she's saying income inequality is going to be the issue which we run on in 2014. there's a problem with that. not only is she an all-time millionairess herself, but the obama administration has presided over the most vigorous widening of the income gap of any recent presidency. between 2009 and 2012, the top 1% of income earners in the obama years took 95% of all the extra income earned in america. 95% went to the top 1%. >> right. >> he now says inequality, that's the big problem. that's threatening america. so are obama's policies a threat to america? look at that. 95%. the top 1% in the year 2009 to 2012, their income went up 31%. the other 99%, their income went up 0.4%. >> so how is their narrative -- how can they run with this narrative when the facts don't back it up? >> it's pure politics. beat up on the rich. it's all their fault. we will set things straight. even though the gap has widened during the obama years. >> right, and the part that makes it all politics, and that's why we're hearing a number of democrats talk about income inequality and the rich are getting richer. although, the poor don't get poorer because the rich are richer. that's been proven. what it comes down to is this is their agenda. instead of the number one topic people are talking about, obamacare, they want to distract people. they want to say, don't look at obamacare. let's look at how people are getting screwed and not making a minimum wage. >> they're stoking anger and division at the rich. look at those rich people running away with our money, leaving us behind. >> she seems like an unlikely spokesperson for that. >> yes, but the democrats in general are saying that, and the president in particular. >> and income inequality is just a fact of capitalism. it's always going to happen. the question is, do you have a path to prosperity available for people to pursue? is that path there? that's all you can ask for, an opportunity to be successful, not a guarantee. >> that's provided by growth. economic growth. you give me 4%, 5%, 6%, that lifts all boats. the president has not given us growth. he's given us tax the rich and trap the poor in welfare. that has contributed to the widening of the income gap. it is an outrage. >> we're going to hear more on this on "varney and company" at 9:20. >> yeah, you are. >> and apparently stuart don't like being lectured by a millionaire democratic congresswoman. >> no, i don't. >> thank you, sir. up next on the rundown, thousands of u.s. soldiers gave their life to liberate iraq, but now al qaeda has the weapons to take it down. our next guest, a former navy s.e.a.l. who fought for that freedom, joins us live. and take a look at this video. this probably wasn't the kind of competition these surfers wanted. yikes. >> it's shark week. >> we need a navy s.e.a.l. to help us with that. farmer: hello, i'm an idaho potato farmer. and our giant idaho potato truck is still missing. so my dog and i we're going to go find it. it's out there somewhere spreading the good word about idaho potatoes and raising money for meals on wheels. but we'd really like our truck back, so if you see it, let us know, would you? 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