president's post-convention bounce last? byron york is chief political correspondent for the "washington examiner". is it real, first of all, byron, this presidential bounce in the polls? >> well it is real. the tracking polls that showed the race essentially tied have separated a little bit and president obama has moved up a little bit. talk to romney people said look, that is the definition of a bounce. a bounce something that goes up and comes back down. they're not worried about that. as far as the conventions are concerned they were right back-to-back, democrats went second and republicans say look the democratic convention stepped on any republican bounce there might have been. the fact is the president has been a little bit ahead in the race for most of the summer. it is now time if mitt romney will change the dynamic, time for them to do it. jon: this seven-day gallup tracking poll, i think we have results to put on screen, shows the president is up 49 to 44% now. that is pretty significant this close to the election, isn't it? >> well it is. you're going to hear a lot about the conventional wisdom that in the past the contender who was ahead in mid-september goes on to win the race. so there is no doubt about that. the romney campaign is a little concerned about that. maybe not the substance of it, but certainly coverage of it. a pollster, neil knewhouse sent out a memo don't pay too much attention to the polls. there is a sort of a sugar high taking place after convention of democrats. they believe essentials of economy, terrible unemployment rate, decrease in job participation in the population, they believe those things are eventually going to take hold and make mitt romney the winner. jon: at the same time the president got those terrible employment numbers on friday, four times as many people leaving the workforce as actually got jobs unemployment, employment numbers that aren't even enough to keep pace with population growth, seems like kind of an odd time for his popularity to be increasing. >> you know, as far as republicans are concerned appears that the president is defying gravity. how in the world is this happening? if you read the memo, the pollster for the romney campaign, they strongly believe the fundamentals of the campaign, the unemployment rate, the economic suffering and the lack of improvement in the past several years will eventually take hold. they also think, obviously that the first debate between the candidates october third in denver will be hugely important and the last thing is, mitt romney has a ton of money for the general campaign that he has not spent and they're going to be releasing advertising blitzes against the president not only nationally but in all the key states. i think one thing we learned from the republican primary, mitt romney knows how to carpet bomb an opponent. jon: republicans like to compare this administration to the economic situation during the jimmy carter years and worth noting at this point jimmy carter led ronald reagan in the polls by about 10 points. >> well, we do have a number of examples from the past in which the leader at this point didn't go on to win the race. there's no reason for anybody to suggest that the race is locked up but in the next few days romney is going to have to deal with a lot of doubters who are saying well you're doing it all wrong. you need to change your campaign. this is not working out and it is going to be a real test his patience and his determination. jon: byron york from the "washington examiner". byron, thank you. >> thank you, jon. jenna: byron mentioned a little bit about money. the president is also gaining momentum in the race for campaign cash. for the first time in months mr. obama raising more money than governor romney according to the latest information that we have. the president and the dnc taking in $114 million last month that is three million more than the gop. you can see there on your screen. governor romney and the republicans raised 111 million and still have the edge when it comes to total fund-raising. wendell goler is live from the white house with more on this. wendell, why maybe a switch in momentum here? >> not clear, jenna what caused the fund-raising turn around could be the person getting the bounce out of mitt romney's selection of paul ryan as his running mate and the person getting bump from the republican convention is not romney but president obama. he is outraising romney, the first time that happened in four months. the difference was just $3 million. romney is still thought to have more cash on hand but this challenges mr. narrative that romney will outspend him. >> the other side will spend next two months than we have ever seen in our lives, an avalanche of attack ads and insults and distractions. sometimes they just make things up. [shouting] but they have got a bunch of folks who can write $10 million checks and they will keep on running them. >> reporter: actually give the republican super pac fund-raising edge they are still expected to outspend the democrats, jenna. jenna: we heard from the president, wendell. how is the romney campaign responding? >> reporter: romney may be tacking toward the center. he told nbc's "meet the press" yesterday he would not get rid of all health care reform. he said his first action as president would be to repeal obamacare. on fund-raising, we will continue to hard work of raising resources that mitt romney and paul ryan can win in november and put in place their plan for the stronger middle class and finally get country back on the right track. the romney camp says its bold solutions are the reason it is getting so much financial support. jenna? jenna: until a few weeks left until election day and a lot more fund-raising to be done. wendell, thank you very much. jon: right now a strike is rocking the third largest school district in the country. thousands of teachers are walking the picket lines in chicago for the first time in a quarter century. mayor rahm emanuel said the walkout could have been avoided. >> i'm disappointed we have come to this point given all the other parties acknowledge how close we are because this is a strike of choice. and because of how close we are, it is a strike that is unnecessary. jon: steve brown live for us in chicago. what are the issues that the teachers and the city can't come to agreement on? >> reporter: well, there doesn't appear to be pay, jon. we'll pan over and show you striking teachers here just outside of walter peyton college prep high school in chicago. these folks have been working the neighborhood. on the issue of pay there seems to be near agreement. there is 16% increase over four years on the table. teachers union president says they're close with that agreement but not even close are new teacher evaluation system which teachers are really upset about. the call-back of laid off teachers now and in the future and health benefits. if you want to set the undertone of this entire situation it's the longer school day instituted by the chicago public school system as a campaign promise that rahm emanuel ran on and teachers are upset it was put in without teacher input. >> i think it helped, kind of put us here. yes, i think it did. the lack of kind of like working with the teachers union, just imposedding on us what we're going to have done. >> reporter: that set the tone for the relationship between the teachers union and the city, particularly with the mayor, jon? jon: so does the possibility of a long strike loom here? >> reporter: the last one went 19 days so if history is a teacher it suggests maybe this could go longer than a couple. seeing there is such a wide gulf that seems to be there, especially in terms of a new teacher evaluation system which teachers are completely uninformed how this will go, goes directly toward union membership lively hood and don't know exactly how it will work. until they get that issue resolved that seems to be the bigger issue than pay, jon. jon: what a mess. steve brown live in chicago. thank you, steve. jenna: a lot of parents struggling for child care. jon: what a problem. if you have a first, second, third-grader, what are you supposed to do? jenna: put pressure on teachers and other side to get an agreement together. jon: not going to be good for the economy there. jenna: one of the things we're watching in new york city it has been one year since the september 11th memorialed at the site of the world trade center. while reflecting pools and cascading waterfalls moved visitors it comes with a big price tag. construction for the site totaling $700 million. you have to take that into consideration that the underground museum is still being finished. it is not open because a disfight is taking place which government agencies will pay for it. annual cost is estimated at $60 million. 12 million goes to security alone. it is not planned to open this year and maybe not even next year because of delays and disagreements over money. jon: 9/11 memorial also having an impact throughout new york city. several big projects put on the back burner after the port authority committed $7.7 billion to rebuilding the world trade center site. plans for upgrade of other properties like new york's airports have been delayed or even canceled. as we get ready to mark 11 years since the terror attacks, commuters are also feeling the effects. the cash-strapped port authority increasing tolls on area roads and bridges as it struggles to make ends meet. jenna: wow makes you think as you mention on the eve of the 11 year since the terror attacks. brand new twist in the "fast and furious" scandal that could bring the family of fallen border patrol agent brian terry one step closer to justice. we have a live report on that coming up. the fbi is set to launch a new system really straight out of a sigh inches fiction movie you've seen. we'll tell you what it is and how it could transform crime-fighting ahead jon: right now new information on some international stories we're watching. the afghan taliban says it will do everything in its power to kidnap or kill britain's prince harry. queen elizabeth's grandson arrived in afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. his tour is expected to last four months. syria's state-run news agency reporting at least 30 people are dead and dozens wounded after a car bomb tore through the northern city of aleppo last sunday. the blast happened near two hospitals one reportedly used to treat government troops. the u.s. government is stopping flights home for illegal mexican immigrants. it is said to be part of a move to save american taxpayers millions of dollars. since 2004 more than 125,000 mexican citizens have been flown back to their home country with your tax dollars paying the fare. jenna: major development in the "fast and furious" scandal today. mexican federal police say they arrested a man suspected in the killing of u.s. border patrol agent brian terry. his name is jesus mezsa a. one of five men can charged with killing terry in a shootout near the mexican border. doug mckelway is live with more. five men are charged. how many are in custody right now? >> reporter: they have two in custody in addition to jesus meza who was arrested thursday in the sonora. another suspect was wounded in the shootout and has been in custody ever since. three suspects remain at large. this recent arrest is good news to congressional investigators and the terry family but does not ease their determination to who authorized the flawed gun-walking program in the first lace. in a statement the terry family said to the extent closure can ever be realized this is an important part of the process. the key issue of of government accountability remains. why was the operation that killed brian authorized and who will be held to account? chairman issa offering up a similar view. this is one more step for justice for the family of border patrol agent brian terry. ultimately not only the bandits who fired the shots but also those who put the ounce guns in their hands must also be held accountable. another piece in the "fast and furious" puzzle could be put together tomorrow if the inspector general michael horowitz releases his report on the gun-walking scandal and if he testifies before the house oversight committee which is planned tomorrow, jenna. jenna: that is playing out over here. the mexican police made the arrest. as far as this goes next what are we watching for? >> reporter: horowitz, the ig testifying, is supposed to happen tomorrow as i said but it is contingent upon the completion of his report and we're getting late word that that report may not be finished yet. last week ig horowitz wrote a letter to chairman issa warning him that ig investigators still have to closely examine wiretap records, grand jury material and sealed court records to make sure that secret material is not inadvertently disclosed. in his report he said in that letter to issa he would not be able to testify on september 11th as planned unless his report is first released and all of those legal requirements are met. we should find out sometime today whether or not the hearing will progress, jenna. jenna: we'll watch for that. doug, thank you. >>. >> reporter: sure thing. jon: for brian terry's family hope they get to the bottom of that. the fbi is launching new tools. a look at billion dollar facial recognition program right out of a sci-fi flick. israel pressuring the u.s. to draw a line in the sand over iran's nuclear program. president obama promises to protect our middle east's strongest ally but israel's prime minister says he may be losing his patience you've been busy for a dead man. after you jumped ship in bangkok, i thought i'd lost you. surfing is my life now. but who's going to .... tell the world that priceline has even faster, easier ways to save you money. . . on hotels, flights & cars? you still have it. i'll always have it. so this is it? we'll see where the waves take me. sayonara, brah! i've been a superintendent for 30 some years at many different park service units across the united states. the only time i've ever had a break is when i was on maternity leave. i have retired from doing this one thing that i loved. now, i'm going to be able to have the time to explore something different. it's like another chapter. jon: right now the fbi is rolling out a one billion dollar facial recognition system. this high-tech program has been undergoing testing since february. it compiles mug shots, iris scans and more and it is finally said to be ready for launch much. julie banderas is following this story from our new york newsroom. tell us about it, julie? >> reporter: the fbi is revealing its next generation if you will effort to weed out the bad guys. as you mentioned one billion dollars. they put it to the test so far in several states since february. the facial recognition system compiles mug shots, dna information, iris scans and voice recognition, which matches surveillance images with photos of known criminals to help agents better identify and catch suspects. the system works in two ways. it can compare an image to the fbi's massive database of mug shots to pinpoint criminals. it can also track suspects in surveillance footage by honing in on their faces in a crowd. there are those opposed to the idea though such as democratic senator al franken who suggests the database raises serious privacy issues. several public advocates are wary of the project fearing it will eventually extend beyond criminals to include images of the innocent. meantime the fbi says the database used in the pilot studies thus far only comprised of mug shots of known criminals. it remains unclear if images of the general public will also be included when it is nationally implemented by the year 2014, jon. they may be looking at you. jon: wow, fascinating. let's hope not. but then again i don't have a criminal record. >> reporter: that is good thing. jon: julie banderas thank you. jenna: that he we know of. you have to keep your eye on him. the u.s. and israel are now at odds over setting a red line for iran's nuclear program. israel's prime minister says a clear boundary to eliminate the need for military action against iran. the talks come as benjamin netanyahu is showing some signs of patience with washington which has resisted the red line idea and reaffirmed today as well a red line deadline is not what washington is interested in right now. kt mcfarland, a fox news security analyst and joins us right now. we talk about the red line all the time, kt, but what would a red line look like really? >> a red line would be the president of the united states or the secretary of state came out and said, if iran gets nuclear weapons we're going to prevent them and we are willing to use military force to prevent them. jenna: are they saying that? >> no we've got israel's back. jenna: they say all options on the table. >> that is not quite the same thing as we will use american military forces to stop iran's nuclear weapons program. that is what net yaw had you wants. he doesn't believe all those other pledges and certainly feels a reelected president obama doesn't have to keep any those promises. >> if the administration came out and said what you said they would be believed by the israelis and iranians? >> the israelis said that's what they want. why do they want that? they can start a war with iran but they can't finish it. if the united states comes out and says we're willing to use force against you, iran unless you stop the program that will act as deterrent to iran. while iran might say they will take on israel they don't want to take on the united states too. jenna: getting back to that believeability -- >> believeability, yeah. jenna: will it actually deter? if washington changes its tone will it be believed enough by the rest. world that it will elicit change from the iranians to bake off their program. >> you don't know that. the leverage against president obama stops right at the election time. do i believe it? no. i think what you should go for with iran is regime. not regime change george bush style where you send in marines but regime change reagan style. use economic warfare against iran. collapse the economy. so the people do an arab spring against their leaders and say we want a new government. at the end of the day it is not nuclear iran we mind. it is this iran having weapons. jenna: we're seeing a disagreement play out between washington and israel. >> yeah. jenna: hillary clinton said on bloomberg radio said we're not going to do that. netanyahu might want that but we're not doing it. are they on the same page. >> i've done this for 40 years. normally countries don't have interest they have interests but they don't have friends. relationship between the prime minister of israel and president of the united states has to be one of trust because we have different interests in the middle east. israel says a nuclear iran will use those weapons. we will be destroyed. the united states at least now doesn't have a direct nuclear threat from iran. they have a lot of other threats. world oil. nuclear arms race in the middle east but it is a different calculation and that's why israel is so eager to get the united states to back israel's defense. jenna: i want to go quickly back to a point you made about the people taking to the streets. we saw that in 2009. >> absolutely. jenna: some argue that in fact was the beginning of the arab spring. iranian people taking to the streets to protest the election in iran. we did not actively get involved there. >> right. jenna: so the question now is, if we had a different administration would the people try it again? will they actually try it again under this administration? what would that actually take to ta