yard and a home and an officer tried to take it out on the taser and the prongs could no get through the thick hide of the boar and they drapd him in the open house and were they forging on the home? and finally, lassoed it up, wild west style to remove it from inside. martha: they have not seen we have told you about this, haven t seen their kids for nearly a year, three american hikers, detained in iran, after crossing over the border and now, the mothers of these three people have received word they will be allowed to travel to the islamic republic to visit their children for the first time. two of the family members, join me now, you remember their families say the three hikers accidentally crossed over the border. and that is when they were taken into custody, cindy hickey is the mother of shane bauer and
martha mcical up. you mcical up. you did see it unfold, 9:30, the dow shot off like a rocket and it ended pretty well, too, folks, and that was after news of europe s trillion dollars rescue plan. bill: that was then, now is today, your 401(k) could be singing sinking like a stone. stuart varney breaks it down from the fox business network. i guess this is where the reality of spending begins at government level. $1 trillion didn t last very long, did it, 24 hours after we pumped in a trillion, we ve still got a crisis atmosphere, gold, key indicator, closed to an all-time high, basic underlying reasons stay the same, we cannot afford all these entitlement programs and bailing out entitlement economies. in europe, here s the question, will a trillion dollars be enough? probably not. will we get our money back? probably not. here at home, we are part of that trillion dollars bailout, and we ve just rammed in another chunk of cash to the housing bailout. so the bottom lin
go over and see them. if we have to go through a process, then, you know, we want movement of some kind. harris: free the hikers.org. you can go for yourself and read the open letter. you re calling upon the parental side of president ahmadinejad, president of iran, and compassion for your son and two others. i wish you all the best with this, i can only imagine what you re going through. thank you. harris: thank you, cindy hickey. jon? jon: a bomb shell involving indiana senator evan bayh. what prompted his decision to retire ahead of the crucial midterm elections? all the latest on this developing story coming up at the top of the hour. and now let s get to phil keating, he is live at miami beach with news about florida s film industry comeback. phil? reporter: yeah. they are hoping to bring the film and television industry back to florida like it has been in previous years, but other states have better tax incentives, so a lot of these production companies are leaving the sunshi
jon? jon: william la jeunesse in california, thank you. three mothers have spent the last 200 days trying to get their children free from an iranian prison. i stay strong, but it is very difficult. i know this must be very difficult for you. know that we are doing everything we can, and we will not stop until you are home. jon: now the mothers of three american hikers accused of espionage in iran are making a new appeal to that country s president. you saw her there, cindy hickey, she ll be joining us live straight ahead. h
in that time they have been denied access to the their attorney who is supposed to be defending them, they have not been allowed to call their own families or write even a single letter, so now their moms have win written an open letter to president ahmadinejad not just appealing to him as leader of that nation, but as a parent. it reads, in part, sure lu you understand the depth of our distress and the hopelessness we feel after appealing to you time and again to show our children the compassion they deserve. cindy hickey joins us now, one of the three moms who put out this open letter, it just went out a few hours ago. any response now mr. the authorities in iran? no, we haven t had any response, but we don t expect responses this soon. harris: and it isn t just the letter, you re asking to see president ahmadinejad. that s correct. we haven t seen our children for