refinance for five years. so essentially it would cost the taxpayers almost $60 billion. and this is a group of home borrowers who has proven that they can pay their mortgages time every month even though their interest rates are twice that of prevailing rates in the midst of a struggling economy. so these are people who don t even really need the help. juliet: okay. so people who are watching this are saying, wait. who is this going to help? is it going to be good news for anybody? listen, before people say gosh, kendra, you re not in that position, how would you know? i m under water in my home. i happen to be under water. juliet: a lot of us are. yeah. but is it really worth the personal benefit to me to pass that bill on to future generations of americans? no, i don t think so. and to expand the government s
fox and friends starts right now. gretchen: good morning, everybody. i am juliet in for gretchen carlson . we have serious business to start with you. former president george bush is in intensive care with his fever climbing . the latest on his condition and what his family is sea saying. brian: the president is in the aired hading back to washington. is it too late. we are breaking doup your tax reality. brian: and holiday travelers are stuck on the tarmac x. one pilot was frustrated . wait until you hear what he did over com. fox and friends begins right now. fox and friends . brian: kelley wright. i am clayton morris . this is julia morris. happy merry christmas. you guys have a nice christmas. family was here and we had a great time. frolic in the clayton: beautiful snow. you can t beat christmas in new york 73 unless you are manger square in bethlehem. clayton: we ll tell you about people stuck on the tarmac. five or six hours. if you were
fox & friends closed right now. i m less concerned right now with the twinkie than i am the devil dog. what is the devil dog? ? you don t know what a devil dog is? i don t know what a devil dog is. i have never heard of it. never seen it. i never showed you. looks like a whoopi pie. we don t mean to make light of the 18,000 jobs lost. we are going to make light of the 18,000 jobs lost. i m losing oonetettse. wonder bread. i haven t had a twinkie in 20 years. if you have one on your shelf it will still be good. coffee cake? [screams] exactly, thank you. i feel your outrage. we ll talk about what s happening regarding benghazi and those four americans killed there. david petraeus, the former head of the cia testified on capitol hill, on friday. and, look, there are a lot of questions after what petraeus told congress because we still don t know why exactly the talking points were changed. he said on friday that he knew it was terrorism from the very sta
0 graham and others want to go after somebody, they should go after me. so. okay. then why the heck did you send her out there? she knew nothing about what happened. petraeus was in washington. several other high ranking officials who knew what happened were in washington. if you want us to go after you, then why the heck did you send her out there? democrat congressman and republic congressman going after and blasting susan rice and others saying look, this is very similar to colin powell going out there with misinformation in the weapons of mass destruction discussion in front of congress before went in iraq. charles krauthammer said look, mr. president, if you want us to take us at your word we will and let s i do secretary that a little bit. take a listen. let s take the president s own demand that we not pick on the little lady and we pick on him. all right. let s accept the challenge he said after all she was just my spokesman even though she knew nothing about this. all
into the mess. what was the debt when he took office? i don t remember precisely the president said. did the media pick up on this? no, zero mention. here is what is getting attention, president obama moving to solid leads in swing states, virginia and wisconsin. we ll have the rasmussen poll of like lay voters minutes from now. how is america doing against the competition, slipping, down to 18th place on the international charts behind the welfare state, finland and denmark in growth and income. oh, and varney & company is about to begin. good morning, varney & company viewers, today is wednesday, september 19th. here is big story. the mainstream media is focusing on president obama s response to mitt romney s comments about dependent americans, but on this show we focus on what we call the real story. here is the president s take on the national debt from last night s interview with david letterman. we don t have to worry about it short-term, right now interest rat