and with all the talk about adjusted expectations or predictions for future unemployment rates, it s important to point out that back in january of 2009, two of president obama s economic advisors, jared bernstein and kristina romer predicted if the $787 billion package became law, then the unemployment rate would not go above 8% but it did and it actually hit 10% in october of 2009. back to you in new york. thank you very much. we should point out that while mitt romney yesterday told mark helbern of time magazine bit by the end of his first term, that s not what he said in the first half. mitt romney said by the end of his first term they were projecting that unemployment would be at 5.9%. so that s pretty much 6%. congressional budget office also, though, the c.b.o., they projected the unemployment rate will drop to 5.3% by 2016. so that could be a number that
welcome, everyone! big night last night with american idol. and brian is here. i know. 20 million people about watched last night. and it turns out 136 million votes cast. they say. they say. right. most teenaged girls must be casting the votes because a woman can t win american idol anymore. can t win. yeah, but as we all know, you don t have to win to be a winner because a lot of the ones who don t win it end up being more successful. we have exactly the moment we re talking about and we ll show you it here on this thursday that feels like a friday for us. fire burning on a nuclear powered sub. the situation is holding at this hour at the portsmouth naval shipyard in maine. u.s.s. miami dry docked there. officials say the sub s nuclear reactor was not operating when the fire broke out. keeping an eye on this developing story and bringing you any updates as they come in. first hurricane of the pacific season forming while you were sleeping. here s a
husband. she s also suing wal-mart where she bought the cantaloupe. it s horrible! it s scary. i don t think he ll ever be able to drive again because of the confusion. the rocky ford company stopped shipping its cantaloupes to nearly 20 states. if you have one, of course, you re told to throw it out. you ve seen the amazing video all week long. remember that biker pinned under a burning car and pulled him out in the nick of time. now he s talking about his brush with death for the first time. i wanted to thank all the heroes that put their lives on the line to save mine. when i was under the car, it was completely surreal. i was just like how did i even fit under here? and i just thought i was going to be paralyzed. at best. i should have died when i hit the pavement. i should have died when i hit the car. i should have died when the car burst into flames. but i didn t! for some reason. and i mean, that just makes life that much more precious to me. wow. brandon wrig
sentence. they re asking now for a new sentencing trial. a shocking turn in the search for susan powell. the police are back tracking that they found remains that could have been hers. they admit they jumped the gun. that site hasn t turned up anything just yet. police will continue to excavate that site this morning. update you now about that deadly listeria outbreak in cantaloupe. colorado woman suing the farm that distributed the fruit claiming it nearly killed her husband. she s also suing wal-mart where she bought the cantaloupe. it s horrible! it s scary. i don t think he ll ever be able to drive again because of the confusion. the rocky ford company stopped shipping its cantaloupes to nearly 20 states. if you have one, of course, you re told to throw it out. you ve seen the amazing video all week long. remember that biker pinned under a burning car and pulled him out in the nick of time. now he s talking about his brush with death for the first time. i wanted to
you know, when columbus came over 1492 and recap the whole thing. on the back of a donkey the whole time, right? yes, i was traveling with a donkey and 30 other people. it looks like they had a scissors in italy. i got a haircut and also met your friends in italy. i know! i walk over and there s fox news you re in italy. there s fox news on the television and there s your neighbor. one of our friends, yes, who e-mailed us and said i m staying at the same hotel as brian. and he s smart. he beats his family up in the morning because they re all sleeping. gets his ipad and gets all his work done and moves on. all right. we need to move on right now as we continue welcoming brian back today. we start with your headlines for a monday. this is brand new video from the indiana state fairgrounds, fair set to reopen with a special memorial for those who died in that terrifying stage collapse. you can see all that metal scaffolding collapsesing like a deck of card