a lot of questions we have for the secretary when she talks to us. bill: this bypasses congress, right, molee? this bypasses congress. this is a change from the administration on immigration policy. bill: we are look for more information. we ll hear from janet napolitano coming up. watch for the impact in states like new mexico, nevada, possibly colorado, critically battleground states in the election come the middle of november. breaking news on friday morning on america s live. martha: a lot more on that throughout the hour. how about this. ten years to economic recovery? new reaction today to president obama s economic blueprint for america, the president telling voters to sit tight. the speech comes after yesterday s weak jobs reports. new applications for unemployment benefits spiked to 386,000 in the previous week on top of an 8.2% unemployment rate, an upper movement the
conversation yesterday with treasury secretary timothy geithner in washington at the council on foreign relations. you talked a little bit about it at the top of the show. what were some of your other big takeaways with the conversation with the secretary? the fact is, there are five jobs reports that are going to come between now and election day. one only days before november 6th election day. and there is no prospect that they re going to have real improvement. they don t really have an answer, other than that, you know, they inherited this mess to the whole question of that fed data, the report that goes through 2010, and the fact that middle-income people, middle class people, have lost so much, 39, 40% of their wealth. this is the greatest generational loss in wealth, you know, in decades and they don t really have a response, other than the fact that they inherited this terrible recession. so they ve got a very hard road. he seems to be, at least
good political battle. they are flying as the fact checkers work overtime. and a top united nations official now says syria is in a full-scale civil war, even as a u.n. report accuses the damascus regime of torturing children and using them as human shields. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. you don t often see a cabinet member subjected to such a harsh grilling. the attorney general eric holder on the hot seat facing republicans furious over a litany of complaints. he held his ground against calls for his resignation. dana watched it all unfold. a botched gun-running designation known as fast and furious to a republican call for an independent investigation into leaks classified leaks, i should say, eric holder knew this wasn t just going to be a regular oversight hearing. he knows he s in congress cross hairs. but what happened was a political food fight. most republicans were tough on the attorney general, but nothing compared to this. there has be
weather help them or make their efforts to battle this giant blaze even harder. we begin with crime and punishment tonight. jerry sandusky. faced one of his accusers on the first day of testimony in his child sex abuse trial. in court documents, the accuser is known as victim number four. he s the first to take the stand for the prosecution. the former penn state assistant football coach sat with his lawyer through often graphic testimony about their so-called relationship. victim number four detailed years of alleged sexual encounters. he also opened up about their private conversations and discussed what has been described as love letters from sandusky. his testimony happened after both sides previewed their cases during opening statements. the defense hinted that sandusky might take the stand in his own defense and even suggested he may have a psychological disorder. that could explain some of his alleged behavior. jason carroll was in the courtroom today. he s live in pen
it is 14 minutes after the hour. bernie madoff s son and future daughter-in-law finding the madoff name far from a blessing. they reported andrew madoff and katherine hooper trying to cover up their connection to the scheme by using her maiden name. once the landlord found out who they were they were rejectled as a couple. fox and friends first at the end of the show some of you will be able to step outside to show it. it starts at 6:00 eastern time. those of us on the east coast are not going to see this but most on the pascific time shoul be able to. joining us from fox business network is lauren simonetti. investor confidence way down 8 points on the heels of the bad reports. taking a nose-dive on the dispinting jobs reports.