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2 percent to 3 percent, so some talk of now if there s a downgrade it could push us into a double-dip recession, so this is serious stuff and both s&p and moody s are saying, jon, they want to see substantial credible plans, s&p is telling fox business a 1-3 one in three chance of a downgrade by 2013 if they do not see a substantial, credible plan to reduce the decifit. jon: let s hope our elected representatives and administration in washington with come up with a plan that avoids this. thank you, liz bed mcdonald. delighted. heather: apparently brand new signs that sarah palin may not be out of the race for the white house in 2012. the former v.p. nominee telling our very own sean hannity that she s still thinking about it and that a decision could come in the next few weeks. chief political correspondent carl cameron is live for us in
cause to try to provoke a crisis between india and pakistan that would have major implications for the united states. we do not want to see those two countries go into another crisis and perhaps fight another war, which they ve done three times in the past. secretary of state hillary clinton still plans to go to india next week. that had been previously planned but that trip is going ahead. heather: thank you very much , national correspondent catherine herridge. thank you. jon: fox news alert, and a glimmer of good news on the economic front. weekly jobless claims are down, the labor department saying the number of people who filed for unemployment benefits last week fell by 22,000 to 405,000. that s the lowest level in almost three months. but now, we re learning the united states could lose its top notch credit rating in the next few weeks. moody s investor services placing the u.s. on review for a possible downgrade if our lawmakers do not agree on a plan to raise the debt ceilin
dollar for dollar demand in terms of spending cuts, or we have to go back and look at revenues, and that s tax increases to republicans. so that s where we are right now. heather: and then coming up friday some discussion on whether it will be a short-term deal or long-term deal m the grand plan. right. so the line in the sand that the president is drawing, he s saying there will be no short-term deals. and eric cantor was trying to portray the republicans as offering some concession because the house side, the house remins have also republicans have also been opposed to a short-term deal. but cantor told the president last night we re now open to a short-term deal, and the president shut him down. heather: they re meeting again today, so there is hope. we ll see what happens. russell berman, thank you. thank you. jon: venezuelan president hugo chavez revealing new details about his cancer treatment. he went under the knife back in june in cuba. now we re learning more about his
of republicans telling her not to run, there are about ten that have taken themselves out of contention. texas governor rick perry is looming ago a potential conservative governor who could give palin a serious run for her money but she continues to say she s thinking about it, and now comes the question of whether or not there s time. perry is making the same consideration, can he logistically put together a national campaign and do the campaigning in the early states that would require it. it s clear that palin is aware of that timetable. listen to this: legally, of course, there are time frames, and that time iso it s coming rapidly, in front of all of us. you know, august and september, you do have to start laying out a plan if you are to be one to throw your hat in the ring, so that s basically the time frame. reporter: in fact, there are some folks who would argue it s actually getting late. we are exactly one month from today from the next fox news presidential gop debate. i