financing in his first run for office and then understood the kind of money that he could raise through the internet and pervasive e-mail list. so what did he do? he went back on that pledge and now he understands that he can raise close to a billion dollars in this next election cycle and that s his his eye is all about money. not our money. about raising money for himself. and brad, unlike your buddies in the republican party, this president raises his money in 50 and $100 chunks from regular people. come on! really? george soros and his crowd are regular people? they re multi billionaires. you know that. rick: i read today that the obama campaign got its big money donors together, asked them to raise at least $350,000 before the end of this year. so they are looking for cash. i want to spend the last couple minutes that we have talking about i want to ask you both this question. who do you think christopher we ll start with you that president obama would most like
deaths on commercial airlines in the u.s. arthel. arthel: thank you very much. rick: new violence rocking libya. fighting breaking out near a key oil city where rebels have reportedly been killed in a nato air strike. forces loyal to moammar gadhafi, also reportedly pounding the city of misrata, shelling the city s outskirts, sending locals pouring into the heart of the city. this is just one of several countries where we re seeing mass protests and violence. so what exactly is causing all of the unrest and how does it affect the united states? our next guest is the author of a book called the much too promised land. a former advisor to six different secretaries of state. we re glad you re with us. we want to do have you on to talk about all this because i think for a lot of americans who are trying to keep up with things at home, it can get very confusing when there are so many things happening in so many different countries around the world. we want to sort of break it down and
can catch more about trust a little later tonight when mike huckabee talks with david schwimmer. it airs at 8:00 p.m. eastern right here on the fox news channel. rick: what an important movie with an important helping for parents and kids. when we come back, we ll shift focus a little bit and talk about libya. just one of several countries in the midst of chaos right now. we ll look at the key reasons civilians are rising up and what the u.s. s interests are in all of the other nations where there are problems. arthel: terrifying scene, 36,000 feet in the air when a hole opens up on a southwest jet. why the incident is raising questions about air safety all over the country.
the president would handle him very handlely. rick: he has said he s not going to run, although that remains to be seen. he could certainly change his mind. brad, your turn. first of all, who would he most like to face? who do you think he would be licking his chops to go up against? i think sarah palin. i think because she s a very divisive person and somebody i don t think who could garner the type of support that we re looking for for independents which is what we need to attract. yeah, i think he would probably much prefer to run against sarah palin. now, who he would be fearful of i think is a person like governor mitch daniels of indiana. here is a guy who has a stellar record as governor in a state that obama won last time. don t forget, mitch daniels is an expert on economics and health care. i think mitch daniels, a plain talking midwest governor would
national transportation safety board, has been dispatched to houma to launch an investigation and southwest airlines telling fox news that it has grounded about 79 of its boeing 737s for inspection. that translates into about 300 cancellations nationwide. so if you re traveling on southwest, you need to make sure you call them and see if your flight has been affected. arthel: good idea. thank you very much. rick: and two more midair emergencies. one involving an american airlines plane. passengers and crew getting sick on the flight from washington, d.c. to chicago. this was yesterday. two flight attendants complained of dizziness and four passengers actually fainted. the pilot dropped the oxygen mask and diverted the flight to dayton, ohio. two people were taken to the hospital. it is not clear what caused the illens. but american airlines is looking into it. and the faa is confirming an emergency landing in arkansas yesterday. a delta airlines plane landing safely at little roc