martha: take a look at this out of san diego, a new robot that can mimic the expressions of a one-year-old child. scientists say that deago go san, that is san diego backwards is not only learning how to express human emotions but is developing relationships with people. researchers believe it won t be long before he can start walking and they hope that robots like him can be used in therapy sessions with special needs children. bill: that would be cool. as far as having another friend, though, i think you can problem below keep it, right. we ve got plenty of friends, especially one that looks like this. experts warn that a massive solar storm its set to erupt right here and the devastation could total as much as $2 trillion. corey powell, editor of discover magazine. let s get the first image up
we get them here. wtxf with a live picture. meantime, it is a friday morning and this is not a game. words from john bain other as we get react on fiscal cliff talks that exploded in the open. saying that it reads like a democratic wish-list and could plunge the economy back into recession. oh joy. welcome here. i m bill hemmer. live in america s newsroom. . martha: good morning, bill. bill: we ll find the silver lining in this, aren t we? martha: we are. bill: that is our quest. martha: i m martha maccallum. here are the basics when they put forth through tim geithner yesterday from the president. 1.6 trillion in new taxes. that is the opening part of the deal. 50 billion in new stimulus spending. we already had a lot of backlash in stimulus in previous packages. this is interesting element here. new executive power to raise the debt limit. that is what caused so many of these discussions because they bump up against the debt limit and not be able to go back this. there is
the oxygen so he can breathe but control the pressure so he doesn t go through decompression. bill: so long as all the tools hold up at that altitude and that amount of force too. you say on one level this is the ultimate, because i can. there were numerous firs on this. what are they. it s an incredible daredevil stunt. it s the highest man balloon jump, highest person without a spacecraft to break the sound barrier. he s chuck yaegar without an airplane. this is tpurbing what the human body can understand. bill: do you think he can pull it off? i think he can. he did an 18-mile space jump. he s got basically the pwefrs the air force and nasa on board and red bull. bill: and a lot of cameras on this. we ll watch and see how it all unfolds. thank you, corey. corey powell.
good morning i m martha maccallum. mitt romney ahead of the president but wiping out the double digit lead with women voters. you remember what that used to be. bill: republican nominee continues to press on this issue, that s the economy. can we afford four more years like the last four years? he wants another stimulus. how did that first one work out? and then, he wants to pick winners and losers among companies, or losers in his case and then, of course he wants to hire more government workers. look, all of these things have not ignited our economy the way it should be ignited. we ve seen the slowest recovery from a recession. bill: john roberts traveling with the campaign. live in vanmeter, iowa, that is west of des moines. what is happening there, john? reporter: good morning. governor romney will be talking agriculture today. not surprisingly we re on a 700 acre farm owned by the cook family. a lot of soybeans and corn here. we re in madison county. governor romney
0 brian: i ll buy one. gretchen: you wore yellow because you steal my pen. brian: steve wants to go contrast. if you have some time, i ll see you on the five later today. steve: larry sabato joins us tomorrow when we hope you do, too. see you then. bill: raucous crowd there this morning. fox news alert a surge in the polling puttings mitt romney on top in the race for the white house. pew research poll ing shows since the debate last week, mitt romney leaping ahead of president obama. what a swing that is, 49-45%. keep in mind that is likely voters too. you have to ask a few more questions to figure out whether you re registered voter or likely voter. likely voter polls are more accurate in the end. look who is back here. martha: hello, everybody. bill: celebrating columbus day. martha: i always do. thank goodness he discovered the country. good morning i m martha maccallum. mitt romney ahead of the president but wiping out the double digit lead with women voters. you rememb