for crippling their business. the bakers union president pinned it on management, saying in a statement, our members decided that they were not going to agree to another round of outrageous wage and benefit cuts and give up their pension only to see yet another management team fail and wall street vulture capitalists restructuring specialists walk away with untold millions of dollars. analysts point to factors like higher costs for fuel, ingredients and strong competition. harris: i understand that if they re going to sell themselves off in parts, that would mean that some brands would stay. we might still be able to get twinkies? that s right. twinkies, wonder bread, cupcakes. there s a market there. hostess goes through liquidation. investors will bid on the brands and if investors think they can turn a profit, twinkies and maybe a few others would likely be back on store shelves. harris: you have to wonder if any of those 18,500 people might be able to get their jobs back. we
winning future elections is going to require expanding the gop base. harris: mike, good to see you. thank you very much. america s election season may finally be over, but in another country, they re trying to nominate an animal for president. our top story as we go around the world in 80 seconds. ecuador. dozens of supporters escorted the donkey to the electoral office in the country s biggest city. mr. donkey, as they call him, even has a registration form with his head super imposed onto a business suit. organizers say the stunt is aimed at gettings young voters to vote. he didn t make the ballot, but every celebrated anyway. peru. a stand-off at a southern prison with know noriously bad conditions. police say prisoners rioted and took 14 workers hostage. but you can see some of the inmates surrendering. police saying they freed all the hostages now. no one was hurt.
tennessee. two snow leopard cubs getting ready to meet their fans at the zoo. no leopard appreciation day is this weekend and it will be the first time they appear in public. they re only six weeks old. that s a fox watch across america. i m harris faulkner in for shepard smith. this is the fox report. it s the bottom of the hour. time for the top of the news. the white house says the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu called president obama today to update him on the fighting with gaza. the israelis report they ve launched more than 600 air strikes in gaza since the military operations began. while hamas has hit israel with nearly 400 rockets, mortars and missiles. israel reporting about a quarter of those landed today alone. the white house reports netanyahu thanked the president for america s investment in israel s iron dome defense system that targets incoming rockets. netanyahu saying that system has
the goal. maybe we could do more. senate minority leader mitch mcconnell said the republicans are willing to look at enhanced revenue collection, but only if what he called the real problem, entitlement spending, is also on the table. harris: james, we did get our first indications of the timetable for a possible deal today. that s true. the congressional leaders said their aim is to try to get to the president s desk some outline of a deal by the week after thanksgiving. i outlined a framework of the deal with reforming our tax code and reforming our spending. and i believe that the framework that i ve outlined in our meeting today is consistent with the president s call for a fair and balanced approach. congresswoman nancy pelosi said one goal is fort government to project confidence to consumers and the markets. harris: james rosen, thank you very much. tough times for the agency
one fha critic thinks a real overhaul approved by congress could cost billions, maybe tens of billions. bite the bullet. maybe recap talibanize them to the tune of $25 billion if they can earn their way out reasonably, that s fine. but if they can t, the money is there. let s not try to grow their way out of it, which is what they ve been doing since 2008. in the meantime, officials say they won t make any announcement about tapping the treasury for any taxpayer funding until the president releases his 2014 budget in february. harris? harris: thank you very much. the new york city police department is shining a light on the aftermath of sandy. officers are helping to prevent super storm victims from becoming crime victims. they re using helicopters in powerful spot lights to stop looters from robbing storm damaged homes in the dead of night. rick folbaum is live in the new