isn t that how government works? how many times i ve lived in america for 40 years. how many times have i heard, we re going to cut the waste and the fraud in government? you hear it every year. virtually every month. it never, ever happens! it s not the way government works. stuart varney who is on varney & company today. and that s an opinion, ok. take it. have a good show today, stuart. all right, brian? the rest of the headlines. you have a massive man hunt under way outside much new york city where we are. police are searching for two suspects accused of kidnapping eight different children. the parents of those children allegedly snatched the seven boys and one girl during a scheduled visit to a foster agency. they were last seen in a black chevy, 1996 chevy suburban. license plate number exz5896. child services won t say why they lost custody why they lost custody in the first place. just 10 days after the anniversary of the september
yeah, we re just a sorry bunch of folks. and they re burning our flag. that s fantastic. i get the sarcasm. we hear you. and the book, in the book that you just have put out called lines of fire in 1994, you wrote this the enemies we re likely to face for the rest of this decade and beyond will not be soldiers with the discipline modernity of the term that conveys in euromerica but warriors, primitives of shifting allegiance, habituated to violence with no state in civil order. you predicted this war on terror. that s exactly what we re in the middle of. brian, it wasn t hard. back in the 1990 s, you know, i and a few other guys, we went out there often alone. we didn t stay at the ritz carlton. we talked to the guys in the streets, the thugs at the barricades and the road blocks and if you went out and saw the world first hand and came back and we poured it honestly without political bias and without worrying about your next job or promotion, you could get it right so i m very
million. donald trump called his bluff. he has no intention to moving this thing. even if he had $20 million, he bet he wouldn t move it. live coverage for september 11th from 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. make sure to join us. the rise of freedom . we ll be here. steve, gretchen and brian. finally, something good to report down there, meanwhile, coming up straight ahead, it appears the american strategy for rebuilding iraq s government is working but can the same plan be applied in afghanistan? our next guest says it could make things worse. he ll talk about how david petraeus has turned that strategy on its head for the better. and then the cops weren t there so a customer stepped in to stop a bank robbery with his own bare hands. got him in a headlock. story straight ahead. [ male announcer ] you can dream of delivering leading edge i.t. solutions to local hospitals
some quick headlines now. justin bieber, steve loves him, almost gets arrested after hitting a police officer with a water balloon! the pop star managed to sideline any punishment. bieber apparently was horsing around with his staff before the show. and an armed robber tries to hold up a bank but a brave customer stops him by jumping on the suspect s back. the crook was able to get away and is still on the loose but no one was hurt and the money is still in the bank. talk about money in the bank. gretchen has a lot of it. thanks for disclosing that, brian. anyway, let s move on to talk about the unemployment rate, unfortunately, in our country because it s 9.6% right now. and for most americans, there doesn t seem to be any relief in sight. during tough times like these, it s not easy to keep your head up and keep a positive attitude but joining me now is a man who found the inner power to overcome the obstacles he s faced in life through words.
standing over there. a little leary before here. it was taken in the 1980 s but i ve sort of prided myself on trying to keep myself in shape. i remember that bullet that you threw to brian in the in the coffee cart, right? actually yeah. you sent me long on a post path to the coffee cart. flutey went wide. he was constantly just walking around when you were playing in washington. completed a the lot of passes in washington. that s a whole another topic. for another time. you were just talking about vast sums of money. money doesn t do you any good unless you re healthy. and you are here to tell us more about abdominal aortic aneurysms, something my dad actually had. my father was diagnosed five or six years ago after an examination and dad, by the way, will be 90 coming up this year. and he he they said he had an abdominal aortic aneurysm.