girl who spent hours wondering whether she was about to explode. >> it is all very surreal. >> shepard: tonight, the victim of the collar bomb hoax speaks to reporters. >> but first from fox this wednesday night the stunning plan for a mass murder at a high school. cops in tampa say they have stopped the 17-year-old from carrying out an explosive attack that they believe would have left dozens dead. administrators say they expelled the student from freedom high school last year. and the tampa police chief says he was planning to plant bombs at that school on the very first day of class next week. >> we were probably able to thwart a potentially catastrophic event, the likes of which in the city of tampa has not seen and hopefully never will. >> shepard: a picture of the suspect. we're blurring his face and not saying his name because police haven't charged him as an adult. is he a minor. cops say somebody tipped them off about the teen's plot just yesterday. they say when they searched his home, they found all the ingredients needed for the bombs. timers, shrapnel, fuses. and that's not all they discovered. >> they, indeed, found a manifesto that outlined minute by minute what his actions were going to be on the first day of school. to include detonating explosive devices through the school. there were two individual faculty members that were specific targets. >> shepard: investigators say he also intended to kill roughly 30 students. and they say he specifically mentioned wanting more casualties than we all saw in the 1990s attacks on the littleton, colorado high school. that left 13 innocents dead. this suspect had quite a history. >> absolutely, shep. quite a history. he has been arrested, at least two times before. once for breaking into a house and stealing a gun. that got him kicked out of school, expelled. the other arrest had to breaking into cars it got so bad that police put him on curfew where they actually go to his neighborhood and essentially tuck him in at night to make sure that he is not up to any good. of course, that is d. not pay off the way all of this unfolded. if you look into his online history, that's quite telling, too. his facebook page is just covered in drug and alcohol references. and several quotes. one of the most recent quotes was just made yesterday and it's basically saying the jig is up. you can't believe just what happened. he was arrested that same day. >> shepard: jeremy, can i only imagine what people at that school are saying about all of this. >> actually, i just talked to a good friend of his. she said that it's so surprising, it's so shocking and the thing that makes it even more alerting to her is just a couple of weeks ago, he was talking about columbine with her. at the time she didn't think anything of it but now given the current circumstances she is putting two and two together. it's quite alarming. she described him as the type of guy that is quiet and really feels things deeply. she said that he seems to feel things more than other people feel. so, right now people are feeling pretty scared of what could have gone wrong at his hand. shep? >> shepard: jeremy campbell live at our tampa affiliate. fox 13. thanks. the suspect of an accused death of platinum blonde in america apparently had a 1.5-million-dollar motive. the 50-year-old suspect purchased a high priced accidental death policy before taking this woman robin carter to the caribbean. he chose the one year option instead of the cheaper five year plan. is he apparently the been fiduciary. the suspect met the blond on match.com. he claims she vanished while they were snorkeling in calm watters. investigators say she is likely dead. this happened not far from where natalee holloway went missing six years ago. he has a history of domestic violence complaints. investigators say his story does not add up. on monday, the judge ruled there is enough evidence to hold him in custody for another 16 days. his attorney says prosecutors have no proof of any crime. and that the client is cooperating and has cooperated with the investigation all along. our correspondent steve harrigan working this from south florida tonight. where does the search for robyn gardner stand now? >> shepard, the focus of the search after two weeks missing is really on a small southern tip of the island of aruba. they are really trying to work within a gap of about two hours between when gardner was last seen at a dive shop with her companion and when she was reported missing. they are trying to figure out how far that body could have gone. they have already used planes, helicopters, divers, coast guards, and a shore search. so far that's turned up nothing. a search of the rental car has also turned up nothing. the next step, a major push towards the end of this week. they are going to use police, perhaps military, as well as fbi agents to try to turn up something. there are reports that there was blood on the rocks in the area where they did go snorkeling. but so far aruban officials neither confirming or denying whether that's accurate. shepard? >> shepard: what more are you learning about this suspect. >> he has a lengthy court record. entrepreneur frequently changes his do you pays. episodes of stalks, harassment, videotaping sexual encounters with exgirlfriends and posting those secretly on the internet. a lot of problems there and a real sense from these women in their statements in court of fear. fear of a violent temper. one woman who several weeks ago refused to go on a cruise with jordan know said he scared the bejesus out of me. >> the president wraps up a three day bus tour of the midwest. word starting to leak about what he plans to say about an upcoming speech on jobs and the deficit. the white house billing it as major speech that will come right after labor day. senior white house official says we should expect to hear about tax cuts, infrastructure programs to help create jobs. and steps to help people who have been unemployed for a long time. that same official said all the proposals would be fresh ideas. no rehash here. but so far republicans do not sound very impressed. our chief white house correspondent ed henry traveling with the president in alpha, illinois, north and west of peoria, tonight. the president mostly stayed away from specifics today, didn't he. >> he did, shep. he told cbs news is he not fearful of a double dip recession in an interview. he knows full well from being out here in the heartland for three days that people are hurting and he needs to act. while the details are not coming out yet, officials are broadly saying that this new economic plan will have some tax cuts, will have some highway spending, maybe some new components we haven't heard of. but also he is going to challenge that super committee on capitol hill to come up with more than the $1.5 trillion in deficit cuts already on the table. how he gets all that math to add up we'll have to see those details as you say. his response at broad brush here is a mix of i feel your pain and blaming it on the g.o.p., take a listen. >> we have still got a long way to go. it is urgent for us to make sure that we are joining together and not thinking about party first. not thinking about elections first. but thinking about country first. [ applause ] that's the message that we need to send to washington. >> and the heat is on the president politically. look at this new gallup poll just came out today. in terms of approval of his handling of the economy. down to just 26%. that is down 11 points since may. it's the lowest point in his presidency. you see the disapproval number obviously increasing as well over 70%, shep. >> shepard: ed, the republicans are basically saying stop talking already and send us a plan. >> yeah, they have heard him almost every few months. we went back and checked the record. almost every few months over the last two and a half years white house aides have billed a big economic speech is coming. what republicans said call it the tweak on twitter. spokesman for john boehner said we don't really need another speech like a plan like on paper seriously just drop it in the mail. podium not required. thanks. you can see the republicans being pretty harsh here. the town hall final one just wrapped up behind me here. one young man stood up and talked to the president. i'm not disappointed. all of us are not disappointed like michele bachmann would have everyone believe. the president said thank you, shep. >> shepard: ed henry in alpha, illinois. perry said some folks didn't care about the comments he made for the head of the fed. >> i got in trouble not talking about the federal reserve yesterday. 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[ laughter ] i got lectured about that yesterday. [ laughter ] they should open their books up. they should be transparent so the people of the united states know what they are doing. how they are doing it. >> shepard: governor perry's tone may not have been as harsh as it was on monday it is clear now he is not backing down. carl cameron is our main man on politics live in the d.c. newsroom tonight. did governor perry also use this latest incident to launch an attack on the president. >> he did. in fact he sorted responded to the president's response to his initial remarks. democrats, the administration, the president, even some republicans have been critical of perry. he has let the world know he is not only not backing down but in the case of the president, he actually tried to turn the tables. listen to this. >> the president said i needed to watch what i say. [ laughter ] i just want to respond back if i may. mr. president, actions speak louder than words. my actions as governor are helping create jobs in this country. the president's actions are killing jobs in this country. >> president obama and democrats have said the fed has to remain independent. perry wants greater transparency, which isn't really new for conservatives. when it comes to fellow republican ron paul he has been saying the fed should be abolished for decades. >> shepard: today we find out where he stands on global warming. >> that's right. as governor perry kind of scoffed at global warming caused by carbon pollution, man made pollution. scientists say he has been scoffing that for years. this is the first time he has said it as a presidential candidate. he complained most government proposals to cut pollution could cost businesses hundreds and he even said trillions of dollars. >> i don't think from my perspective that i want america to be engaged in spending that much money on still a scientific theory that has not been proven and, from my perspective, is more and more being put into question. >> perry's credit dicks note that back in the 1980s before he quit the democratic party to become a republican he was a democrat who backed al gore for president just about the time that the vice president was soon to be vice president was emerging nationally as environmental leader. shep? >> shepard: karl carl cameron from washington. coverage continues in a few minutes with the perceived differences between governor perry and former texas governor turned president george w. bush. almost 27,000 iphone users are suing apple claiming the company violated their privacy. the group of south koreans demanding almost a thousand dollars a head. a few months ago apple revealed that iphones were tracking their owner's movements based on cell phone towers and wi-fi hot spots then storing that information for up to a year. apple officials say they will now incrypt the data and keep it for just seven days. tobacco companies claim the government is violating their rights and threatening their profits. cigarette makers are fighting back against new graphic warning label rules. a live update coming up. and a dramatic rescue. >> i realized if i let go, something a lot worse was going to happen and just caught my foot. >> shepard: a lot worse. how this teenager got here and how they got him out of there coming up. at exxon and mobil, our smart gasoline works at the molecular level to help remove deposits and clean up intake valves. so when you fill up at an exxon or mobil station, our gasolines help your engine run more smoothly. it's how we make gasoline work harder for you. >> shepard: tobacco companies are suing the federal government over a plan to put graphic photos on cigarette packs. warning labels like this will be mandatory in about a year now. they show images of people supposedly sick from smoking, even a dead person. along with a hotline to help people kick the habit. four of the five largest tobacco companies in america filed suit this week. mandatory labels violate their free speech rights. jonathan serrie in our atlanta newsroom. big tobacco already sued once and lost. what's the difference this time around. >> this time the labels are much bigger than before. they take up the entire top half of the pack of cigarettes. the lawsuit alleges that the photos, which are also new, have been manipulated to appear even more gruesome. fox news senior judicial analyst judge andrew napolitano believes the companies do have a case but says it's complicated because f.d.a. regulation of tobacco is relatively knew. listen. >> we have lived for nearly 100 years with the food and drug administration regulating drugs. we have lived with it for one year regulating tobacco. it remains to be seen how those regulations are accepted. >> nap napolitano grant more latitude to regulatory agencies than state or congressional efforts to control products, shep. >> shepard: other countries are requiring similar labels, some have for a while. why the back push here in the u.s.? >> because here we have the first amendment protecting free speech that includes free speech of corporations. the companies in this lawsuit argue that the f.d.a. is forcing producers of a lawful product to use their own packaging and advertising to convey an emotionally charged government message that will cost them millions of dollars at the very least. the f.d.a. isn't commenting saying it does not discuss pending litigation. but ironically the campaign may also prove costly to federal and state governments, which reap more than $50 billion in cigarette taxes and fees each year, shep. >> shepard: jonathan serrie live in atlanta tonight. john, thanks. watching television could be just as bad for you as smoking. that from a new study. we can't believe it here. researchers in australia say every hour you watch can cut your life expectancy by more than 20 minutes. that's if you are sitting in front of the tv. they say other studies have shown one cigarette only does half as much damage. yet another study offers a way to undo some of the damage. researchers say as little as 15 minutes of exercise per day can add three years to you're life. well, a potentially enormous scandal is threatening one of the most famous college sports programs in all the land. a disgraced and imprisoned booster reportedly admits from his jail cell that he gave student athletes money, meals, jewelry, hookers, an abortion. this is a rapidly developed controversy and for college athletics, the stake could say hardliable higher. plus, back to school in the tornado shattered city of joplin, missouri. ahead, how students are trying to get back to normal. months after a devastating twister killed their classmates and wrecked their homes, and the story of a remarkable gift intended to help the children of joplin get back on track. we are live with that story and bottom of the hour headlines straight away. missed opportunits in one place. the winning horse you could have picked. ♪ that "old flame" you should have called. ♪ that leap of faith you never took. but there's one opportunity that's too good to miss. the lexus golden opportunity sales event, with exceptional values on the lexus is. but only until september 6th. see your lexus dealer. 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