interesting possibility. when do we expect a verdict, greg? reporter: pretty soon. we re into the last week. it looks like a week from today, that would be october 3rd, the judge should put out a basic schedule. it could come a little earlier, perhaps saturday, october 1st. martha: all right, last weekend. greg, thank you very much, greg burke in rome. bill: he has said that only his own suicide would stop people from asking whether or not he d run for the white house. now there are reports that chris christie is reconsidering, after a flurry of requests of those big time republican donors. eleven forecaster says he could win it all. really? martha: plus oscar winner morgan freeman saying the tea party is about one thing: racism. the response to that is next. [ woman ] my grocery bill isn t wasteful spending.
bill: in the meantime new reaction to the big florida straw poll over the weekend. herman cain, if you have not heard, took 37% of the vote. he was far out in front of everybody. florida governor rick scott said about a week ago, whomever wins the poll would win the republican nomination. here he is this morning backing that up on fox & friends. . do you stand by what you originally said that he will be the gop nominee and potentially the president? gretchen, this is, these are the activists. we had 3500 people here. they re the activists. they are the ones that spoke big. 37%. so, i think if you re going to beat herman cain you will have to spend a lot of time in florida. bill: governor scott adds it is important for voters to support someone with a plan for jobs and a balanced federal budget. two issues floridians he says are deeply concerned about. we ll see whether or not his crystal ball is right.
will go from employer-based insurance over to the state exchanges. this is calculation on the part of the tennessee authorities. they feel that there wouldn t be the for employers to keep people on their ranks. employers rather pay the penalty. employees will go to the state exchanges. bill: these are companies that have 50 employees or less they will let them go. exactly. bill: who pays for all these peoples? the feds will pay $3 billion for the state of tennessee. they also calculated in administrative costs a billion dollars in the state of tennessee that is without adding in what president obama is talking about maybe more cuts to medicaid and asking states to pay more? bill: where will tennessee get a billion dollars to cover this? that s a really good question. tennessee does not have overflowing pock wet book. as a practice physician i have another care. primary care physicians are right in middle 22 in the count interest. 99 health care docs for every 100,000 patients tha
romney-care passed. bill: we will watch that, okay? that s an interesting report and see whether or not it has implications for the rest of us. mark segal. i figure it will. thanks. bill: martha, what s next. martha: the debate over president obama s jobs bill is heating up right now. the he had hads of the republican democratic parties have been scaring off on national television and they re talking about who they think is to blame, plus this. chaos on the streets after a century s old tradition comes to an end. [shouting] let me tell you about a very important phone call i made.
herman cain sits down with megyn at 2:15 eastern time, a little bit later here on the fox channel. looking forward to that this afternoon. jon scott has something cooking in the newsroom. jon: good morning to you. what to do about the economy. it s a question to be answered in europe as well as here in the u.s. is pakistan a friend or foe? we are asking that question again today after another attack on the u.s. in kabul. a scientific challenge that stumped scientists and even computers turned over to video gamers, and guess who solved it. donald trump on the 2012 race, what his blessing might mean. plus bret baier on the suddenly shifting presidential field among republicans. you can go to fox news.com/ happening now, click on the america s asking tab to share your thoughts with us. bill: we ll see you at the top of the hour. we lost three limbs on the