for the rescue efforts to find them is likely over for good. i m shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour and time for fox top story. governor mitt romney is going after president obama for calling recent violence in the middle east and north africa, quote, bumps in the road. he said the developments in the middle east are bumps in the road. [ laughter ] yeah, that was my reaction. bumps in the road? we had an ambassador assassinated. we had a muslim brotherhood elected member elected to the presidency of egypt. 20,000 people have been killed in syria. we have at temult in pakistan. iran is that much closer to having the capacity to building a nuclear weapon. these are not bumps in the road. these are human lives. white house says comments like that are quote desperate and offensive. ed henry is following the
in the paranegotiations that happened earlier this year. so where we were in it actually started and where we are now is really two different evaluation plans. the vote sunday would end the strike but the teachers as a block would have to vote and approve the contract. harris? harris: steve brown with the latest on this. thank you very much. returning now to fox top story, the deadly attack on a u.s. marine base in afghanistan. we ll get a live update from do you kabul. police say these explosive vests were a part of the another terror plot. the target date may have been september 11th. also, the battle over foreign policy now being played out on the campaign trail. we ll take a look at what both sides are saying. you are watching the most powerful name in news. fox news channel. [ engine revving ] [ male announcer ] every car we build must make adrenaline pump and pulses quicken.
british soldiers including britain s prince harry who arrived a few weeks ago to start a four month deployment there. because of its size and location it regularly takes indirect fire. that s a type of one or two rockets that land in place like camp leatherneck or even bag gram air field which destroyed general dempsy s plane a few weeks ago. indirect fire a couple of rockets took his plane out. that happens fairly arrestingly at these places. however, according to forces intense attack that some of the firefighters got inside the perimeter, firing off a barrage of rockets, mortars small arms. very brazen attack considering that the taliban don t have night vision capabilities and this attack was launched at 10:00 at night. they got into that area, caused a lot of damage, two u.s. marines were killed in this attack. several others were injured as you said. but the military is not saying that this has anything to do with the larger unrest in the middle east. frankly, according to the
the flames have destroyed thousands of homes. can t tell how many. just last night the thing doubled in size. we had 800 firefighters on the line. we brought in 200 more last night. and we have more in the pipeline coming. i do want to emphasize that we are not in a defensive position. we are in an offensive position. we are do everything we can to save homes going forward. the flames have also burned at lease 10 acres at the united states air force academy right there in colorado springs. one photo shows a fire fighting helicopter actually taking off from a pad at the academy. staffers there say they have plans to make sure all the cadets stay safe. the firefighters have some very difficult work ahead. days of record-breaking heat have just made things so much harder for the crews on the ground. just hours ago the president announced plans to visit the area on friday to view the damage and thank all of those who are risking their lives to save people and their homes. its fox top
you gave five statements i believe total. yes, sir, i m sorry, all the names blend together. harris: it was back in february that zimmerman called police to say he was following someone in his neighborhood who looked, quote, suspicious. that person was 17-year-old travvon martin walking home after buying ice tea and skittles. what happened next is what is in dispute. zimmerman followed martin and shot him. but the shooter told police it was self-defense and that martin had punched him first. banging his head into the sidewalk. abc news has obtained this photograph. reportedly showing zimmerman s bloody head after that confrontation. and a law enforcement source also giving new details to the daily beast web site about what zimmerman told police that night. that report indicating zimmerman claimed the teenager straddled him and tried to smother him and that s when he said he pulled out his gun and fired. zimmerman says martin s last words were, quote, okay, you got it. end quote.