caucus with the democrats. two republicans are requiring from the senate. jon kyle and kate bailey hutch chin son. six are retiring at the end of the term and 17 running for rerehrebgs in the senate. 23 seats held by democrats will be up for grabs in 2012. larry sabado is director for the center of politics at university of virginia. always good to talk to you. thank you for being here. i was struck by a poll from abc news and the washington post who said that 70% of people who help ask said they would like to fire their elected official in washington. that is a huge number. it is a huge number. and you wonder whether at some point we might actually have a fourth wave election in a row. what is a wave election? it s where lots of incumbents get tossed out, all though the eupl kupl pwapbts can be heavily
triple digits from kansas to massachusetts, and the shouldering humidity smoldering humidity making it feel hotter. rick: it does. jenna: new york city is temperature s around 101, it might feel more like 110. rick: nasty. jenna: washington s 103 degrees on the therm mommer the, feeling more like 116. no wonder people can t get along. at least 22 deaths blamed on the broiling temperatures, and you think it s bad enough to just have to step outside, imagine having to work through this heat. it s been difficult. we try to keep ourself cool with ice water so we don t dehydrate ourself. i mean, like, you ve got to find cool shades. we don t want anybody to pass out out here. are it s just too hot to work during the day. [laughter] i mean, the turf heats up an dick 15 degrees at least beyond what the ambient temperature is. we ve had the calls from simple dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion, and then, of course, the worst is heatstroke. so, you know, and countless nu
debris. the story is still breaking, our international desk is working right now to get us new details, and we ll bring you new information as soon as we get it here in the newsroom. jenna: and we ll continue to follow that story, as rick mentioned. in the meantime, another fox news alert for you here in america where we re in the grips of a sweltering heat wave. temperatures at or near the triple digits from kansas to massachusetts, and the shouldering humidity smoldering humidity making it feel hotter. rick: it does. jenna: new york city is temperature s around 101, it might feel more like 110. rick: nasty. jenna: washington s 103 degrees on the therm mommer the, feeling more like 116. no wonder people can t get along. at least 22 deaths blamed on the broiling temperatures, and you think it s bad enough to just have to step outside, imagine having to work through this heat. it s been difficult. we try to keep ourself cool with ice water so we don t dehydrate ourself. i
plus famous dave s is cooking up barbecue. if you re in the new york city area in the next three hours, stop by 48th and sixth avenue all morning long, free food and music. whose line is it anyway? molly in for gretchen today and the first time you re actually at our concert series. you must be tingling with excitement. it is exciting. i actually got to be here once a few weeks ago when you were also we saw the plain white t s. awesome bands so far. we love having a concert series but the other thing people don t know is we have to put together the actual stage. steve has had his screw gun on. that s the boys job, of course. of course. anyway, busy three hours that kicks off right now with fox news alert. home grown terror plot targeting american soldiers foiled by police in the nick of time. yep, now we are learning more disturbing details about a plot. doug lazader is live in washington, d.c. with more. it was about the third guy who got the invitation and
good morning to you, i m jon scott. i m a little lonely here in the fox newsroom, jenna. jenna: no sleeping on the job for us, jon, right? at least for the next two hours we have to make sure we keep everything covered here. miss you of course we are in the washington bureau for continuing coverage of the washington battle. happening now we are awaiting a big vote on this year s budget. the president is now holding a sit down with the cochairs of his bi-partisan deficit reduction commission. as there s new fallout by the way on the president s plan to slash the deficit by $4 trillion over the coming years. his proposal includes raising taxes and cutting domestic programs like medicare. there is a whole lot going on today, jon. jon: that speech a clear shot at the gop plan which does not include tax hikes and looks to transform medicare into a voucher system. paul ryan speaking out moments ago. how do you have a serious debate about this? this coming from the president who