abc. appeared the moderator jumped in there prevented herman cain from answering that question with an event with aei, that is american enterprise institute. talk about his economy, his economic plan rather and herman cain s history as ceo of godfather s pizza. herm man cain will be asked about this yet again. because he is our guest on the fox news channel in one hour here. you will see that live on happening now. . meantime now slow and steady wins the race, right? words to live by for former speak of the house, newt gingrich, calling himself the tortoise from the tortoise and the hare keep moving along in a steady pace. a few weeks after his campaign was left for dead he might be gaining here on the leaderboard. brand new hour for america s newsroom. welcome, patti ann. patti ann: good to see you. happy halloween. a lot to cover.
northeast, it was coming from every direction. patti ann: oh yeah. bill: every hour of the day, and the rain went to snow and the snow went to sleet and you look at the calendar and think man, it s not supposed to be this way. patti ann: my son was saying is it christmas, i need to do my christmas list. not quite yet, but he s ready for it. bill: coming up on it. mel away, will you? patti ann: a live look at a panel discussion in washington, d.c. that s where herman cain is expected to speak any minute. this, after reports that the republican presidential candidate sexually harassed employees two decades ago or was accused of that. kelly wright, live in washington right now. kelly, how is the cain campaign responding to this story? reporter: penny patti ann, let s keep an eye on that panel discussion where herman cain is expected to seek with the aei. he might say something any moment. herman cain s spokesperson, j.d. gordon, told fox news geraldo rizero there is
strip. it was put out by the islam my jihad. a multiple rocket system mounted on back of a pickup truck. that is something else for the israeli military to begin tracking. this began a week ago. islamic jihad launching a missile into southern israel. the question is how long will this go before we end up with something like another gaza war. back to you. bill: developments as they come in. leland, thank you. patti ann. patti ann: might nair on the tarmac once again. hundreds of passengers on several planes spent hours stranded just outside of the terminal. how can this happen again? one pilot make as desperate plea. we can t seem to get any help from our own company. i apologize for this but is there any way you can get a tug and toe bar out to us and get us towed somewhere to a gate or something. i don t care. take us anywhere. [ male announcer ] are you considering a new medicare plan?
over the past 40 years. patti ann: well, the obama health care law was supposed to revolutionize the american health system, but about 1800 companies have been granted waivers, exempting them from parts of the president s overhaul. house speaker nancy pelosi saying, quote, i couldn t speak to all 1800 of them, but some of the list that i have seen have been very, very small companies, they will not have a big impact on the economy of our country. mcdonald s is not a small company and they got a waiver, among others, and dr. marc siegl joins from us the fox news medical a team. thank you for joining us. hi patti ann, how are you. 1800 got the waiver, specifically exempting them from omabacare s requirement that they require a certain amount of health insurance to their employees. is it proper for the government to impose a law on the public in general and then exempt companies of their choosing from having to follow that law? of course not. if the law was working you wouldn t need
you know? i don t believe they are. i do not think they are. this extension of the payroll tax holiday is part of the president s jobs bill and is going to be voted on in the senate fairly soon. harry reid linked the democrats and the president, they want an extension, that would mean another $105 billion in one year, taken out of social security. bill: just to quote here, somebody was picked up, talking within the some committee supercommittee saying it rarely came up in these closed deliberations so they were focusing on the elephants in the room. it s the third rail of economy, touching social security. europe reformed with bankruptcy. will we? bill: wow. see you at 920 time, okay, stuart, on a halloween! on fbn. patti, what s coming up next? patti ann: those are a few of the stories we re following on america s newsroom . coming up, new signs the obama administration may be distancing itself from the solyndra scandal, this as we get new reports a second energy company that