food stamp issues. it was a very specific speech. so you have romney and ryan out there giving very specific speeches on the state of the economy. meanwhile, you have critics who say that the president they are using sort of name calling. we heard the romnesia thing we will talk about that with governor huckabee later in the show. closing cases. only 10 more days left who is making the more effective case. we hear about big birds and binders of women who are jobs and romnesia. we haven t heard much about poverty from the obama white house over the last four years which is kind of interesting and disturbing in at lo of ways. we will debate all of this coming up. there is so much more in the show. permission denied. new details about the terror attack in benghazi. the men on the ground ask for help and they say it was rejected. could four americans have actually been saved? congressman louie gomer wants answers. is he next with us.
threction. so far more than 900,000 people have sent in absentee ballots. other registered voters will be able to cast their ballots now through november 3rd and again on election day. john roberts will join us live from pensacola with early voting in this key swing state and who that west. the u.s. shooting down missiles in the pacific in a historic test of our defense system. let s check it out. [explosion] that test was done off the coast of hawaii with the help of the army, navy and air force. the military firld off five missiles and able to shoot four of them. the pentagon says it s a success. and says it will improve that system. those are your headlines. let s talk about this, we are getting these g.d.p. numbers and exactly what does this mean as mitt romney and president barack obama out on the campaign trail talking about the economy mitt romney
thursday was possibly the most significant speech that he has given since the republic national convention because he zeroed in on the economy made people there a troubled economy is not the only thing i inherited. he also inherited the greatest nation in the history of the earth. what he inherited wasn t the only problem. what he did with what he inherited made the problem worse. in just four short years he borrowed $6 trillion nearly. adding almost as much debt held by the public as all prior american presidents combined. he forced through obama care, frightening small business from hiring new employees and adding thousands of dollars to every family s healthcare bill. he launched an aoun slot of new regulations.
hitting the president on slowing g.d.p. numbers. 2% growth that s what we saw. by all accounts that sounds great. the wall street journal broke it down this morning. the reason we saw this 2% growth is because most of it had to do with federal spending. that s right. but it only sounds great in some ways because the projection was 1.8. a lot of economists say you need at least 3% to show real growth in the economy. look at where the spending really is that is reflected in this new g.d.p. federal government spending is up 10%. defense spending is up 13%. that s the biggest, right there, defense spending was the highest chunk of this entire thing. also farm spending. we had those big droughts this summer. so all of this federal drought aid went to farmers out there. that looks like, you know, looks like things are growing but it s actually just as a way of buffering against what the droughts that they had to deal with. so john from the new york post came out with with article t
that those four people were going to they were on their own, sir. the cavalry wasn t coming. last question, is that a political decision? , it s a cowardly decision. it s a decision that s necessary if you are going to be president of the united states. your job is first and foremost to protect americans and their interests. this is clearly a case where the president was derelict. michael sher, we are going to leave it there we have a hard break. let us know what your thoughts are going forward. yes, sir. another report on the economy only grew 2% last quarter that could be thanks to government spending. the truth behind the numbers coming up next on fox & friends. and these come together, one thing you can depend on is that these will come together. delicious and wholesome. some combinations were just meant to be.