welcome back. some quick headlines for you on this holiday monday. the government now weighing a possible foreclosure freeze after allegations of mortgage fraud against major financial institutions. this week, attorney generals attorneys general that is to say from 40 states are expected to announce a joint investigation. however, white house officials question the need to halt all foreclosures coast to coast. and a reservoir that cracked last week is still holding back that toxic red sludge in hungary for now. residents there are now being warned about high levels of toxic dust. oh, great. brian, juliet? thanks, steve. california senator barbara boxer hasn t always been a staunch supporter of the military to say the least. she voted against the wars in iraq and afghanistan and it s hard to forget when she dressed down a general during congressional hearings in 2007. > why has it been delayed? ma am, at the lacpr
washington because if it hrts the economic recovery and causes a further problem of home values it is one more reason for people to be mad. i think that we will not know about turnout until we see it but we ll begin we will begin to get indications that week and next week, as early voting starts, in many states, absentee ballots start to roll in, i think, look, we both know, jamie, the economy is the number one thing people are concerned about, that is what is driving this election. that and a sort of sense that the leadership in congress and the white house is not quite doing its job as people would like. and, you know, we ll see how much that helps the republicans, on election day. jamie: obviously they would say they are doing their job and a great job, so glad to have you talk to us, david, good to see you. good to see you, jamie. thank you. eric: encouraging news out of hungary, this morning dealing with the toxic sludge. authorities say no new cracks have been found in th
holds a big rally in philadelphia in just a few hours with the hopes of helping to close the so called enthusiasm gap that may lead to big republican gains on election day. pakistani officials say they have reopened a border crossing with afghanistan which now allows nato supplies to reach coalition troops. the crossing closed 11 days ago because of a nato helicopter incident that killed two pakistani soldiers. the youngest son of north korean kim jong il joined his father at a massive military parade today in his most public appearance since being unveil at the next leader. he will carry the kim dynasty into a third generation. engineers are hopeful the country can avoid a repeat of the tragic toxic waste spill that killed at least 7 people last week. the engineers have not found any new cracks in the reservoir that gave way on monday, flooding several towns with red sludge. those are the top stories right
and, there were fears that the north wall of the reservoir was close to collapsing but they say, so far it is holding and protective walls are built to hold back any further spills and so far at least 7 people have been killed when the red sludge burst from the metals factory and swept through several villages and leaked into the danube river. jamie: now, is hosting a coming out party for kim jong-il s heir aparents, celebrating the 65th anniversary of the rulers party, he made a rare appearance with his youngest son, said to be the next leader, kim jong-un, was made a four star general, and some say it would carry the dynasty into the third generation, fox news has an incredible inside look of north korea and we ll actually have a report from north korea in the next hour. eric: a bombshell admission from iran, the head of iran s
an aluminum plant. possibly more red sludge could be on the way. the prime minister says yes, more lives could be in danger. another story, cody posey going free today. you might remember the name. you will certainly remember the name. he killed his mother, stepfather and stepsister. he was 14 years old. it happened on a new mexico ranch. he claimed years of physical and psychological abuse. also, a milestone and a psychological threshold we passed yesterday with the dow topping 11,000 to end the week. this is the first time we topped 11,000 since may. we finally closed above 11,000. the market went up despite the jobs report we got yesterday, which didn t give us good news about the economy. the economy lost 90,000 jobs in