the move and looking for support. plus jfk international is one of the nation's busiest airports. security is supposed to be extraordinary. so how did a stranded jet skier just pop a fence and just stroll across the runway. >> this is something that has to be investigated. >> shepard: tonight, security hole at the airport. and investigators say a man hit his head and forgot his own name. >> i woke up with a splitting headache and i side of my head. i couldn't remember who i was. >> so he just started walking two weeks later he traveled a thousand miles. tonight, the remarkable story of a senior citizen's survival and how his own wife helped him get back his memory. but first from fox this monday night, a 30-minute long gun battle just off the campus of texas a&m university. a man barricade in his home with an automatic weapon, they tell us, shooting at police and everyone else in sight. it started when a sheriff's constable showed up to evict a man from his home. but the man inside started shooting. when the gun fight during a lunch hour finally ended, the suspect, the officer and one civilian were all dead and others hurt. the bullets blasted through the neighborhood in college station just about two blocks from kyle field at texas a and m. e bush drive. the university responded with an alert that warned of an active shooter right by that football stadium and instructed students and faculty to stay away. meantime, more officers rushed to that scene. >> there was a constable down in the front yard. as additional officers began to respond to the location, they were able to engage the gunman they ended up shooting the gunman and taking him into custody we all went outside to see what was going on. we heard three pops go off. i'm getting that's when the policemen were shooting the shooter. >> that shooter died from his wounds. we have blurred the faces here of the family members for their privacy. another civilian a 65-year-old man shot and killed. two other people shot, one civilian, one police officer. this is at least the third mass shooting we have seen within the month. james holmes is accused of murdering 12 people and wounding dozens others at a theater in aurora, colorado in july. earlier this month wade michael page skilled 6 before killing himself at a sikh temple in oak creek, wisconsin. now this latest incident. right off 00 college campus at texas a&m where gunshots again shattered apiece and bullets again left innocent americans dead on the ground. casey stegall has been tracking this from our west coast news room. do we know anything about this shooter. >> all police are saying at this hour a man in his 30's, his name, whether or not he he had any type of a criminal background is not being released at this point. who we are learning more about the 41-year-old constable brian bachmann survived by his wife and young children. he has been a sheriff's deputy in texas since 1993. >> as you can imagine, as close as he was to all the officers in this area, these are the officers that are having to work this case. and work through not only the motions but all the details that are required to make sure we have a good understanding as to why this incident occurred. >> now, three college station police officers were also injured. one shot, two others hurt while trying to get to the scene. but we're told they are doing okay tonight, shepard. >> shepard: didn't realize this afternoon as this was happening, casey, police are now saying there was more than one crime scene here. >> yeah. investigators say there are a total of four crime scenes. all located in the same vicinity because so many bullets were sprayed. and this whole ordeal, they say it's going to take some time to investigate all of those. but the casings all around the direction of the home, one man who took cover in the bed of his pickup truck when these shots rang out said it sounded to him like semiautomatic gunfire, shepard. >> shepard: casey casey stegall in our west coast news hub tonight. today the judge refused to unseal documents from the university of colorado about the shooting suspect scene here james holmes. he dropped out of that school's ph.d. program a few weeks before police say he opened fire at a midnight screening of the batman movie. several news organizations cliewcketd ours requested that the court release those documents arguing that the public will will be left in the dark otherwise. the judge says releasing that information could still threaten the suspect's right to a fair trial. on the campaign trail tonight, it's the battle of the bus tours. governor romney hit the road in florida as his new running mate went off on his own for the first time in iowa. where president obama happened to be kicking off a road trip of his own. congressman paul ryan visited the state fair in des moines today. the president was not there. but congressman ryan asked the locals to send a message for him. >> but as you see the president come through on his bus tour, you might ask him the same question that i'm getting asked from people all around america. and that is where are the jobs, mr. president? >> shepard: we'll hear what the president has to say about congressman ryan in just a moment. americans are almost evenly split on governor romney's choice for a v.p. it would appear. at least according to a new abc "the washington post" poll. look at the before and after numbers. congressman ryan's favorable number has jumped 15 points since governor romney introduced him on saturday. a campaign report it's raised a million bucks to boot. ed henry is on the president's bus tour iowa. we'll get to him. carl cammeron riding along with romney bus riding along in miami. tonight you asked the governor to respond to the democrats who say that he and congressman ryan are radical and extreme. >> yeah. when mitt romney got off the plane here in miami at the tarmac he held one of the rare availabilities. the campaign says they are going to make him more accessible to the press. this is an exercise in that. i asked him given president obama on the democrat's assertion that paul ryan's budget and medicare reforms are radical and extreme and, therefore, romney is a radical and extreme for having embraced mr. ryan as his running mate, what was his response? mitt romney teed off. listen to this. >> can i tell you what's radical and extreme is to spend a trillion dollars more every year than you take in. it's radical and extreme to pass on trillions of dollars of debts to our children. knowing that we're never going to pay back these obligations that we have taken on. and representative ryan has worked very hard to find ways to see if we can't get on track towards a balanced budget. >> two more times fellow reporters asked mr. romney if there were differences between himself and the ryan budget, how they would put together their proposals as well as for medicare and the federal budget. romney said there probably were some differences but frankly he hadn't studied them and asked repeatedly to renumerous rate any dehe declined saying he was more in line with mr. ryan than out of line. shep? >> shepard: after traveling with new running mate today the governor was solo, how did he do? >> pretty well. it's clear that campaigning with ryan for the last 48 hours has had an effect on him. we saw it it on the campaign trail he was more animated energized. he held a solo rally saint augustine up near georgia and he was very very feisty. in many ways much the same way he was when ryan was around. his aides are hoping that it's sort of rubbing off. listen. >> it's smear, it's dirt. it's distortion. it's deception. it's dishonesty. it diminishes the office of the presidency itself. >> at another event today, mr. romney said that the president should come out of the gutter and try to start running a cleaner campaign and discuss the actual issues. a clear example from romney and the ryan campaign that what they are trying to do is tackle the real challenges of the country and get past the day-to-day partisan attacking. which is not to say they are going to have plenty of things to say about the obama administration. just that they will be able to talk about the positive solutions they are offering, shep? >> shepard: carl cammeron offering the romney angle. as for the president he is accusing congressman ryan of blocking help for farmers in iowa and dealing with the worst drought in century. today lawmakers left washington for august vacation without passing a new farm bill. >> i am told that governor romney's new running mate, paul ryan, might be around iowa the next few days. [boos] >> he is one of the leaders in congress standing in the way. if you happen to see congressman ryan, tell him how important this farm bill is to iowa and our rural communities. we have got to put politics aside when t comes to doing the right thing for rural america and for iowa. >> romney campaign is spending and here is the quote. paul ryan hails from agriculture state and supported disaster relief. the truth is no one will work harder to defend farmers and ranchers than the romney-ryan ticket. the president announced new help for farmers today hey, ed? >> that's right, shep. he says the agriculture department is going to speed up the purchasing of chicken and pork. give farmers relief while they are dealing with roughed up crops from the worst drought in 50 years. hitting iowa and other parts of the midwest. that's some executive action you can take. but meanwhile the president was pounding congress and specifically congressman paul ryan and saying that republics on the hill have held up the farm bill that would provide relief to farmers and the president was basically trying to tie ryan to an unpopular congress. take a listen. >> my opponent chooses his running mate as the members of congress. i have gotten to know congressman ryan. is he a good man, is he a family man. is he a very articulate spokesperson for governor romney's vision. the problem is, it's the wrong vision for america. >> problem is on the fact republicans did pass a farm bill about 11 days ago. senate democrats have not moved on theirs yet. still got some differences there on capitol hill. the bottom line is the president is going to keep pushing forward trying to tie ryan to the republicans up there on the hill and brand him as a radical, shep. >> the president is going to be in iowa for three days. why such a long time in one state? >> really long time when you consider this state only has six electoral votes. bottom lime he has a soft spot in his heart state-of-the-arted in iowa in 2008 with caucuses. that led him on the road to the white house. he thinks is he going to keep his job by fighting for some of these smaller states. bottom line need 270 electoral votes to win. governor romney fighting hard in some of those battle grounds like florida, virginia and north carolina, et cetera. the bottom line is these 60's electoral votes in a tight race could tip the balance, shep. >> shepard: ed henry in boone, iowa. thanks a lot. high tech airport security system that can stop even a squirrel but apparently not a guy who just topped off a jet ski and wandered right on to a runway. a mind boggling security breach at one of the country's biz biggest and busiest airports next on a monday fox report. ♪ [muc plays] ♪ [music plays] [ "the odd couple" theme playing ] humans. even when we cross our "t"s d dot our "i"s, we sll run into oblems -- mainly other humans. at liberty mutual insurance, we understand. that's why our auto policies come with accident forgiveness if you qualify, where your rates won't go up due to your first accident, and new car replacement, where if you total your new car, we give you the money for a new one. call... to talk to an insurance expert about everything else that comes standard with our base auto policy. 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armstrong says he scheduled an appointment with a neurologist but adds the scans he has had so far show everything is just fine now. i'm shepard smith. this is the fox report. it's the bottom of the hour, top for the top of the news. the president and congressman paul ryan are going at it over their budget plans. the new republic vice presidential candidate has challenged the president on spending in the past. today, congressman ryan got a preview of what he might faces a the vice presidential debate. rich edson from the fox business network is live for us in washington. i believe he is in the cube tonight. indeed he is hello. how different is congressman paul ryan's budget from the president's, rich? >> both campaigns say they offer two distinct choices and they are not kidding. significant differences on taxes, spending, and the role of government. very broad oversue shows budget committee chairman paul ryan's plan spends about $40 trillion over the next decade. takes in taxes and revenues of 37 trillion and adds more than 3 trillion to the national debt. over 10 years president obama's latest budget spends about 47 trillion, brings in 40 trillion in revenue and increases the national debt by more than 6.5 trillion. republics say that means tax increases and unsustainable government spending. democrats say the details of the ryan plan gut vital government services, shep. >> shepard: vice president biden got into this debate today, rich. >> he did. and the vice president welcomed ryan to the campaign trail by knocking the republic economic plan. >> what is gutsy about giving millionaires another tax break. what's gutsy about gutting medicare, medicaid, education? what's gutsy? >> president obama has given you was four years of trillion-dollar plus deficits is he making marries worse and spending our children into a diminished future. >> tomorrow, ryan campaigns in colorado. biden in virginia. two states up for grabs in november. shep? >> rich edson on capitol hill. rich, thank you. as the candidates bicker in iowa over who could best help the farmers, world leaders are tackling the drought's fallout. global food prices are rising as corn and soybeans die on the vine literally. officials from the united states, france and mexico say they are preparing for a possible emergency meeting to avoid the sort of riots we saw four years ago when food prices spiked in developing countries. analyst duties not expect any big changes from such a meeting. it's likely to open major debate over food vs. fuel. right now the u.s. uses around 40% of corn to make biofuels. something the critics say is just flat wrong when people in poor countries are starving. get the latest on the drought from janice dean meteorologist in extreme weather center. >> it's actually gotten worse in the highest hit drought areas. extreme to exceptional drought across the central u.s. last week over 2 a% of the country into extreme or exceptional drought this week up 3%. a little bit of good news this week, shepard. we have got cooler temperatures arriving across the hardest hit areas. the jesus' jet stream a little f a dip there a little bit of moisture. not enough to make a huge difference in the drought but they will take what they can get as you can see the pattern change is going to bring several inches to areas that really need it. a quick look at the radar right now on top of the drought monitor can you see the hardest hit areas but across the ohio river valley, mississippi river valley. the southeast, you are getting in on some of this much needed moisture and over the four corners region. a little bit of good news, shepard, i know they need it tonight across the heartland. back to you. >> shepard: no doubt. it's mighty hot out there, janice. unusually hot water off the coast of connecticut forcing officials to shut down a power plant that supplies electricity to half the state and 12% of new england. this is the first time in the plant's 37 year history that this shut down has happened. apparently the sea water temperature is averaging for man 75 degrees. way too warm to cool the plant's key components. officials are blaming extreme summer heat and the mild winter but the regional power grid operator reports it has enough reserves to cover the loss at least for now. a new report indicate robo signing is back and this time credit card companies may be the culprits. according to the report fing the names newspaper, companies including american express, citigroup and discover are going to court to recover credit debt. but many of the lawsuits rely on falsified documents and incomplete records you will recall earlier this year the mortgage providers settled with the feds and the attorney general the tune of $25 billion. came after accusations the banks had taken shortcuts, including robo signing of thousands of documents to speed up the foreclosure process. the fox business network's gerri willis is with us now. a judge in new york says the problem here, there is a big problem in all these credit card cases. >> that's right. says nine out of 10 cases in fact have some kind of error or problem with them. the credit card companies say they are not at fault. pressure express say we strongly disagree with judge's comments and good practice. american has strong process in place ensure testimony and affidavits provided to courts. >> how big a problem is credit card debt these days? >> huge $18.7 billion. that's the amount that people are late on and that's 3% of the total of debt. i should say that in these cases that we're talking about, these so-called robo signing cases. people typically owe the credit card debt. the question is are the credit card companies providing what they need to the courts. >> shepard: gerri, thanks. >> thank you. >> look at the numbers next. how paying at the pump could effect the white house. she wrote about women in sex than few ever had and left lasting impact on pop culture. helen gurely brown died at a hospital in new york city. long before there was sex in the city, there was her 1962 best seller sex and the single girl. three years later she took over at cosmo and transformed that magazine into a power house filled with racey articles and saucy headlines. in an interview on "the o'reilly factor" in 2004. she talked about how much had changed during her 32 years running the magazine. >> when i wrote sex and the single girl, if you were 28 years old and female and weren't married you should go to the grand canyon and throw yourself. in if you were having sex. skip ground canyon. stick your head in the oven and turn on the gas. things changed that's all. >> shepard: helen gurely brown de tonight at 90. 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[gunfire] >> got is good they are saying. plane had a technical failure and the pilot ejected. the rebels claim they hit the jet with gunfire from the ground and later they say they captured the pilot. of course, it's impossible for us to confirm which story is accurate. if either. if it's true that the rebels shot down the fighter jet. it does mark a major set back for the syrian regime. reports indicate syria's leaders have started relying more on air force to try to quash an uprising that's gone on for a year and a half. estimate more than 21,000 people have died in that uprising so far. the pope's former butler is set to face trial now for stealing secret documents from the vatican. the vatican claims he leaked hundreds of those documents. here he is with the pope. according to the indictment, the former butler said he saw evil and corruption everywhere in the church believed the pope was in the dark about it. the former butler faces up to six years in prison for aggravated theft. since the vatican has no prison he would serve the sentence in an italian jail barring a pardon from the pope. survivors are reportedly outraged that their government has called off search and rescue efforts less than two days after earthquakes killed more than 300 people. that tops our news around the world in 80 "around the world in 80 seconds." iran. the first quake a magnitude 6.4 hit saturday morning in the northwest. the u.s. geological survey reports the second one, a magnitude 6.3 struck 11 minutes later. dozens of aftershocks followed. state media reports the quakes destroyed more than 20 villages. officials have calmed off the search for survivors. [sirens] >> crews battled a large fire in the southwest after a fuel tanker slammed into a residential building. state media reports the truck went down a steep slope after the driver got out to fill up an excavator. flames broke out on impact. destroying the truck and part of that building. nobody hurt. mongol i can't. mongolia. taking part in peace keeping exercise. horse stunts and chair chiewght. they began the event in 2003. south africa. the international hair extravaganza kicking off in johannesburg. organizers say it's the first time african nation hosted this event. shows off not only products and skills of individual hairdressers but the entire african hair industry. and that's a wrap on this fox trip around the world in 80 "around the world in 80 seconds." big party political connections are drawing closer and the vice president issues a warning about the tone of the presidential campaign. we'll hear what both sides have to say about all those attack ads in a live report from d.c. plus, a new study suggests more of us are losing the battle with obesity. with one part of the country failing miserably. the latest numbers from the feds next right here. add multiple smartphones to your plan, so everyone in your family can enjoy unlimited talk and text. the first plan of its kind. share everything. get your student a samsung galaxy nexus for $99.99. chances are, you're not made of money, so don't overpay for motorcycle insurance. geico, see how much you could save. >> if there are new signs now that the on slot of attack ateds before election day could get even worse. both sides are responsible for putting out those ads even as the presidential candidates say they want to focus on the issues. shannon bream live in d.c. tonight. shannon. >> shep, the two sides not surprisingly are blaming each other for the escalating negative tone of the campaign. vice president latest fundraiser email says this quote: the people on the other side trying to buy this election are putting nasty tv ads right on the air this very minute. not going away. they are getting worse. obama campaign has been specifically pointing to a campaign ad by the romney the president has gutted work for welfare recipients. pointed to the ad and says mitt romney's campaign entire thing is built on a lifetime achievement republicans continue to question the ad from priorities u.s.a. that seems to suggest a link between romney and the cancer death of a steel worker's wife. nonpartisan fact checking organizations have condemned the super pac ad and during the last presidential election cycle then senator obama made it clear he believes candidates can influence outside groups. speaking then of the pro-john edwards ad put together by outside group being run by former edwards staff obama said, this quote. the fact is this is somebody who worked for john edwards for the last who knows how many years good friend and colleague of edwards who is now running a 527 that is running ads on behalf of john edwards. he laughed and said you are telling me he has no influence over him? that's not true. the president has not yet commented directly, at least in the public spear on the controversial priorities u.s.a. ads. the ad wars continue. >> shepard: learning for the first time in two decades a woman will moderate one of the three presidential debates scheduled for this october. candy crowley. cnn. picked her after more than 100,000 people signed an online petition to say select a woman. the commission reports candy crowley's debate will be a town hall style format. other is jim lairer of cbs and bob schieffer of cbs news who will question the can dads on foreign policy. google is making the largest round of job cuts in its history. the tech giant announcing some 4,000 pink slips for workers at its wireless phone business, motorola, mobility all part of a larger restructuring. motorola mobility has reportedly hemorrhaged cash in the last four years. google acquired it back in may and most of these workers outside the united states. investors approve of the shakeup. google's stock went up almost% today on the nasdaq. more 1/3 of adults in america are now obese. one third according to a new government survey. the centers for disease control and prevention base the numbers on phone calls asking adults their height and weight. it reports 1 states have very high obesity weights of at least 30%. most of them are in the south. mississippi has the highest rate in the nation while colorado has the lowest. back in 2000, no states topped a 30% obesity rating. but there are new signs that laws limiting the amount of junk food and sugary drinks in schools may actually be helping lower childhood obesity. that's according to the first large national study of the effectiveness of these laws. the journal pediatrics highly respected, published today. looked a at more than 6,000 kids across 40 states. they found that the kids gained less weight from the fifth to the eighth grades in states with strict laws on knack snacks available in schools. plenty of critics blasted nbc taped delayed coverage of the olympics in london. that didn't stop the peacock network from making television history. details next. humans. we mean well, but we're imperfect creatures living in a beautifully imperfect world. sometimes the little things get us and other times the not-so-little. it's amazing we've made it this far. maybe it's because when one of us messes up, someone else comes along to help out. no, no, no! 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