from there comes here, but at the state level, yeah, you re looking at a very similar situation. california is broke. bill: what a scene it has been on the street of athens this week. stuart varney, check out varney & company, 9:00 a.m. eastern time on the fox bit network, thank you sir. martha. martha: well, what is the bomber s connection to pakistan? that is the question today. and it lies thousands of miles away. we ve got more on the terror training that faisal shahzhad could have obtained from the pakistani taliban. bill: also, there s another piece of evidence found in the brutal murder of this young college athlete with her former boyfriend now as the prime suspect. we re learning more about their past relationship and why police say it led him to kill her. martha: and this is a terrible story as well, folks, and it cannot be forgotten. this is what it looks like in tennessee today. under water. and it is just beginning. the water is startingco
contradiction but nobody is freezing you out of a day of prayer that you don t want to participate in. the government is giving a platform for the people to express things that are to deep and important to them. they are not in any way pushing one religion over another. let s we re going through tough times in our country. let s allow good people who want to ask god for help to have that possibility. martha: gentlemen, thank you very much. it s good to have bot of you here, dan barker and father jonathan morris on this national day of prayer. that is some of the debate going on surrounding it, and we ll continue to keep one eye on the capitol while where they are doing that marathon. bill: if you re living in pennsylvania, you might want to say prayers for yourself. there is something you need to know about, the $3 million ad targeting those who have not paid their taxes. martha: also this question, how did the times square terror suspect, faisal shahzhad, slip through security at
got frost bite on my nose and ears but we put a lot of tile and effort in making the things as safe as they can be. that s the point, someone has to do this. bill: is there a challenge out there that you would like to get that you haven t had yet? absolutely. bill: tell me one. i m constantly learning every day. i ve been watching closely what s going on in the gulf now. that is an amazing scene developing. it s a tragedy and my heart goes out to the people involved in it, but there s a lot of incredible engineering happening on the fly to fix that. bill: that s a great point. t. boone pickens said the same thing sitting in that chair yesterday. you said about tonight s premiere, if you think ride ago ski lift is scary, you should try building one. later tonight, national geographic, premiere, 9:00 eastern time, check it out. good luck. good luck with the frost bite. nice to see you sean. martha, what s coming up? martha: u.s. attorney general eric holder is set to take questions o
testifying before a senate hearing, he s been asking for more homeland security money for his city in the wake, of course wake, of course, of the attempted times square bombing. we ll watch that. in the middle, general motors recalling hummers h3 since the 2000 model year to fix part of the hood that can detach while driving. on the bottom the u.s. middle east envoy by george mitchell beginning the long awaited israeli-palestinian peace talks today, he sat down with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and is expected to speak to mahmoud abbas later this week. jon: faisal shahzhad said he received training in bomb making on a trip to pakistan. we re learning more about ties to his native country. shahzhad grew up in pakistan but left for america on the age of 18 on a student visa. he s returned to pakistan 13 times, since 2003, his most recent trip in february of this year.
and we re in the recovery process. you know, nashville is open, and open for business, the airport is there, there are huge areas of the city that are unaffected by the flood. last night, the actually the grand old opry, which is flooded out at gaylord right now has moved downtown, had a performance downtown. the honky tonk and lower broadway are opened, people are trying to get back to normal, and we have a massive cleanup to do, we have a lot of damage, i think, that will be $1 billion plus, but this is a great city, which is a great place to live in, a great place to visit and weep we ll keep moving forward. jeh jeh sure is. karl dean is the mayor of nashville, thanks. bye bye. jon: just ahead, a closer look at the times square bomb suspect s ties to pakistan. one of faisal shahzhad s relatives now said to be in custody. we ll talk with a long-time employee of the cia about what investigators are