problem and they re certainly not alone. david mcdowell joins me, dana mcdowell joins me, a fox business anchor. we re going to have to cut meat from the bones or completely bankrupt the company. right. it comes down to spending cuts. we should point out in the rasmussen poll , 51 percent, that s up 14 percentage points from earlier this year, from more people think that we can get our financial house in order by cutting spending but that comes down to what are you willing to give up, what are you willing to forego if you re going to cut spending, and i want to point out that americans for tax reform, it s an organization, they do have a plan to balance the budget, and people can go to their website and read it. martha: what are they slashing? all discretionary spending, including defense, will be rolled back and frozen at 2008 levels, medicaid and other entitlements, rolled back to 08 funding levels and medcade would be handled in
means and demanding it from the government. martha: thank you very much. dagen mcdowell. good stuff. bill: 26 past now, it is the top gun, the most sophisticated fighter jet in the skies, and now it is crashed in the alaskan wilderness. there is a search and rescue underway, scouring that rugged terrain for any sign of its pilot. update on that. martha: a major revelation from sarah palin, folks. what she said that now has the 2012 watchers talking this morning. a fair and balanced debate, coming up. there s nobody else that i think wants to do the job and is willing to make the tough decisions and isn t so caught up in the political machine that they believe that they have to compromise, then i d be willing to make the sacrifices and run for office.
stunning decision in the case of the first gitmo detainee tried in a civilian court, not guilty in all but one of more than 280 charges. that s a massive setback for the obama administration s strategy to bring suspected terrorists to justice. a jury finding ahmed ghailani not guilty of more than 200 murder, including 12 americans, dating back to the august 199 # bombings in east africa of two u.s. embassies, he was one guilty count short of wag scot-free. good morning, i m bill hemmer, live in america s newsroom . we have a packed show. martha: stunning. good morning, i m martha maccallum. he is the only detainee to be tried in new york after being transferred from gitmo, and now this verdict. so now what? when it comes to where to try this man, 9/11 mastermind khalid shaikh mohammed. bill: good question. david lee miller leads our coverage from the newsroom. first, how did ghailani escape these charges? reporter: arguably, bill, it looks like the prosecution lost this ca