is that what you re doing? good to have you with us tonight. thanks for watch approximaing. a simple bond hearing turn into an unexpected mini trial. the biggest surprise came when george zimmerman took the stand after his lawyer said he wanted to make statement to couthe cou. i wanted to say i am sorry for the loss of your son. i did not know how old he was. i thought he was a little younger than i am. i did not know if he was armed or not. the prosecution cross examined if he expressed his regret on the night of killing. after you committed this crime and spoke to the police, did you ever make that statement to the police, sir? that you were sorry fr what you done or their loss? no, sir. you never stated that. i don t remember what i said. i believe i said that. you told that to the police? in one of the statements i said i felt sorry for the family. you did? yes, sir. they wanted to know why he waited the day of his bond hearing to apologize to th
lives is off the map. carolyn, can you see this is going too far? i think in terms of privacy. if the government is able to track how much you are driving and where you are driving. we have neglected infrastructure for 30 years. engineering study that came out is showing $1.6 trillion needed to fix it. it s not minor things. i m thinking al gore, the money that government collects is going to fill potholes or pay lenders who owes interest payments at this point both, but we do have a revenue issue. i don t think this is the way to do it. even liberals are complaining about the privacy implication. does this show the utter disrespect that the government has for the individual and its incredible voracious appetite
every mile they drive is a, quote, a practical option for raising revenue. practical? forget about the privacy implications of the government tracking your driving habits. what about the fact that you pay for road maintenance and every gallon of gas you buy. plus we don t have a tax revenue problem, we have a spending problem. here to discuss, fox contributor charles payne, professor carolyn heldman and camile foster. what kind of sense is this? i guess it s a sin tax. this is so wrong in every way. you talk about wrecking an economy. the people that want this. single parent that drives to walmart 20 miles round trip a day. wouldn t it crush her, crush her spirit. i don t see any way this is smart. again, invasion of our private
libya that the white house is not telling us. horrific events in japan are still unfolding. now, new the fears as the nation raises money to rebuild. interest rates in america could soar. stewart varney on being in debt even to our allies. they won t be in a position to lend us anymore. all that and freedom fighters charles payne, camile foster, now they want to tax how much you drive. can the government get any more desperate? it would never even think of stirring taxes if the lawmakers would follow these basic principles. pooh people are entitled to the government safe in the confines of the constitution. the constitution was written to keep the government off people s back. freedom watch, revolution continues now! the cost of war. biggest thing that needless loss of life from american servicemen and innocent civilians in afghanistan, to pakistan to the innocence in yemen, america is back in the business of killing and for what? nothing pertaining to american security
strategist and fox news contributor susan estrich and political science professor at occidental college carolyn heldman. thank you for joining me this evening. susan, i begin with you. are both sides intentionally not mentioning the war in afghanistan? why has it dropped off the radar? well, because who is going to say what the issues that dominate campaigns and not necessarily as you know the most important issues, they are generally the most divisive ones. and at this point in time, you have got, you know, the president doing his best to improve the situation in afghanistan and at the same time promising to bring home troops later and what is sarah palin going to say? i agree? that s the issue. is there really a much contention in terms of what we want to hear is going to happen with the war? what can they say differently, carolyn? they are not going to focus on this because the economy, right, is the biggest issue facing the country. 50% of people say it s one of