weeks ago, now we learned that not only have they been investigating the united states, the united states justice department has been investigating them. that s right, megyn. this has been an open civil investigation into s&p that sources close to the matter tells fox business started before the downgrade. but what s interesting and striking here, megyn, is the fact that henry waxman, a democrat in congress, at the house reform and oversight government committee launched a probe and a hearing into s&p and the other ratings agency back in the fall of 2008, so this has been outstanding, this so-called probe. by the way, the sec megyn: and the problem was s&p graded these mortgage securities aaa, said their great, awesome, and a lot of people relying on that, the theory goes, then went out and invested in them and then it collapsed. that s why the investigation is ongoing. essentially that the watchdogs didn t bark and s&p being one of those watchdog, in other words, s&p, moody s, g
school. his father said he loves jared and he will make sure he gets quote serious help. gregg? reporter: the father says he had no idea what was going won his son. he s devastated that jared would allegedly plan such a massacre. he loves them and plans to help him. he says his son needs serious help. we all have our devils. but apparently of has a lot of devils. he was days away from carrying out what the chief of police call a catastrophic event the likes of which tampa has never seen. columbine revisited, maybe worse. cano was expelled from freedom high school and police say he spend the summertime plotting his violent revenge. but his plan to detonate explosive devices at the school and murder innocent students, teachers and administrators was
later regretted taking polls on where the president should vacation. they were smart enough to figure it out. they knew what he was doing. speaking of the debt deal which you have been hearing about a lot over the past hour. senate republican tom coburn facing backlash after some remarks he made at an event in oklahoma earlier this week. senator coburn expressing frustration with his fellow lawmakers over the debt ceiling debate calling them quote career elitists. he went one step further and said it s a good thing i can t pack a gun on the senate floor. his comments garnering angry reactions continues gabrielle giffords was shot in the head by a gunman at an event in arizona. we are starting to see angry reaction from today mass kuls after president obama called on
zero heartburn. no heartburn in the first place. great. megyn: the feds have a lot to worry about, the falling stock market, and dust. the epa is considering a crackdown on dust for family farms. the issue came up during the president s midwest bus tour when a farmer asked this question. mother nature has challenged this growing season with moisture, drought, whatever. please don t challenge us with more rules and regulations from washington, d.c. that hinder us from doing that. we would prefer to start our day in a tractor cab or combine cab rather than filling out forms and permits to do what we like to do. we have the secretary of agriculture right now. is there a particular rule that you are worried about?
our economy is now growing again, and we may soon be adding jobs instead of losing them. the jobs bill i m signing today is intended to help accelerate that process. that s why i m pleased today to sign into law a bill that will strengthen american manufacturing and american jobs. i began fighting for months to pass this jobs bill. the most significant step on behalf of our small businesses in more than a decade and once i sign it it s going to speed relief to small businesses across this country right away. megyn: so should americans have faith that the new jobs plan in september will alleviate the jobless problem? joining me now, nationally syndicated radio host and fox news contributor and my friend, mike gallagher, and nancy skinner, also a talko radio host. you and i have made a lot of news this week. welcome back, you are a friend and i m glad you came back! i even have my helmet